After being proud, Zhu Di also got down to business.

"When he was in the bookstore before, he mentioned that he had now taken over a job to explain the "Wealth of Nations" with the barbarians, and planned to ask these barbarians to help the Ming Dynasty work, respect the Ming Dynasty, and discuss the status of the Heavenly Empire from this perspective."

He Qiu nodded slightly, this is a bit like the set of global division of labor and cooperation made by the American imperialists in later generations, which is a little more sophisticated than the methods of the British and French colonies at the beginning.

It's just that it's not suitable for today's Daming, after all, the situation of Daming is different from that of a country like theirs, and years of history have made Daming more moral.

And the population of the Ming Dynasty is much larger than them, just to eat, I am afraid that a group of people will need to open up in Southeast Asia and occupy it.

In this era, it is an era of horse racing, and if the progress slows down, there will be no certainty about anything in the future.

"Your Majesty, our Ming Dynasty is strong and self-sufficient, and the development of industry and commerce is indeed very beneficial, but it is more difficult, and the work of simply selling labor can indeed be done by barbarians."

"Through the goods of the Ming Dynasty, in exchange for the gold, silver, minerals and raw materials of the foreign domain."

When Yu Yanzhao heard this, his heart was even more cheerful, he was worthy of the person who wrote "The Wealth of Nations", it seems that He Qiu had already considered these things.

At this time, Yu Yanzhao admired He Qiu even more, but he was also a little apprehensive, since He Qiu also thought of this, was he still useful to him?

He Qiu looked at Yu Yanzhao and said after a moment's silence.

"You can take up an official position in the Lifan Yuan for the time being, you can take over your family, and in the future, you will need to implement such a strategy with a talent like you who knows foreign languages."

Yu Yanzhao hurriedly nodded desperately and answered.

"The grass people are grateful."

Subsequently, the subordinates on one side temporarily led Yan Zhao and He Dong out, and then He Qiu had some more confidential things to tell Zhu Di.

After only the two of them were left in the garden, He Qiu sighed and said.

"Your Majesty, the minister asked the development of the sailor before, how is the progress of building a big ship now?"

Zhu Di frowned and said with some annoyance.

"You also know that Daming is short of money! The warship you want to build, a warship will cost a million taels of silver, which is too expensive, but there is no visible enemy at sea, and there are really few who agree. ”

"Not to mention that my father was unwilling to invest at that time, even if I look at it now, I feel distressed, not to mention the courtiers below."

In addition, it is also because some people come to buy the goods of the Ming Dynasty when they sit at home, and there is really no motivation to develop the navy and ship the goods out to sell.

Zhu Di has no shortage of such thoughts in his heart, although he also knows that he can make more money by shipping goods out and selling them, but compared with the money for building the navy, it seems to be a drop in the bucket.

He Qiu shook his head and said.

"It's sooner rather than later!"

Then He Qiu began to talk to Zhu Di about the things.

Now that Da Ming has created a breech gun far ahead of the times, to be honest, the threat on land is no longer the same for Da Ming.

As long as the army of the Ming Dynasty is uniformly equipped with breech guns, nearly a million musketeers will be the most powerful force in this era, and it is really nothing to be Tatar.

Not to mention that the investment of the Ming Dynasty in Liaodong is not small at all, Daning, and even further north have set up guards to rule, and they are constantly immigrating there.

The northwest and northeast can be regarded as relatively stable, and the southwest direction, with the development of the Dongchuan copper mine in Yunnan Province, the construction of the Jinsha River waterway has also become relatively stable.

The local toast was able to drink soup with Daming, and they were doing better than before, and this alone made them feel a lot less resentful in their hearts.

Now the visible threat can only come from the east, and the east is the sea, which means that the threat of the Ming Dynasty will only be the enemy at sea.

If you want to put an end to such a threat, you must have a strong navy!

Moreover, after having a navy, it is good to attack Annam and other places, and Annam is a country with a long and narrow coastline.

It is too difficult to send troops from the southwest from the land alone, but if you attack from the sea, it becomes much easier.

Zhu Di was immediately attracted by He Qiu's words, and he wanted to expand his territory for more than a day or two.

But as far as the eye can see, except for the Mongolian tribes such as the Tatars and Warats in the northwest, only the southwest can be explored.

Not to mention, Zhu Di and Zhu Yuanzhang's father and son were annoyed by the Japanese who harassed the Ming Dynasty back and forth, if there could be a sailor who has always been strong, or according to He Qiu's navy, these Japanese can be swept out of the territory, it will also be good news for him.

You must know that the southeast is a rich land, and if it has been harassed by the Japanese invaders, it will be very unfavorable to the rule of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Di said thoughtfully.

"Then according to your words, the navy must be there, and the future threat of the Ming Dynasty will also be at sea?"

He Qiu nodded and said seriously.

"Your Majesty, do you remember the map of the southeast?"

Zhu Di nodded, as an emperor, the national map must always be remembered.

He Qiu simply drew a coastline map of the southeast coast on the ground, added the Yangtze River, Nanjing and other places, and then pointed to Nanjing and said.

"Your Majesty, please see, this is my Ming Dynasty's coastal defense line, assuming that the minister is now in charge of the naval army of 10,000 people, attacking the southeastern provinces, and running away after grabbing it, can the court have a way to get the ministers?"

Zhu Di knew that the imperial court must have no choice, not to mention 10,000 people, even the small group of Japanese robbers before, all of them caused a lot of turmoil in the southeast, not to mention the sailors of 10,000 people.

The combat effectiveness of the guards in the southeast is not good, and Zhu Di knows this well, that is, now that the guards are being reformed, the guards in the southeast hinterland are abolished, and the combat effectiveness of new recruits is just like that.

After all, the southeast is already a wealthy land, and few people dare to put another heavy army in the southeast, if the army is linked with these local officials, the Ming Dynasty will be in danger.

Seeing Zhu Di hesitating and not speaking, He Qiu pointed his finger to the location of Nanjing and said.

"Now the capital of the Ming Dynasty is Jinling, and after the capital is moved, the imperial tomb of the Emperor Taishang will also be here, maybe Jinling will also be the capital of the Ming Dynasty.

When Jinling is empty, the minister travels west from the Yangtze River all the way to attack Jinling City, can Your Majesty have a way?

Even if they don't invade Jinling, and only plunder in Hangzhou, Suzhou and other places along the Yangtze River, the imperial court may give countermeasures? ”

Zhu Di's face suddenly became extremely ugly, he was also a very talented military commander, how could he not see the sinister part of He Qiu's dispatch?

If he puts his troops in Jinling, it will make the entire southeast erosive, but if he does not defend Jinling, he will transfer troops to encircle and suppress the enemy on the sea, and he will not be able to catch up with Shiyi, if he lets the enemy on the sea go straight to Jinling City, which courtier can afford such a responsibility?