After Zhu Yuanzhang heard Li Jin's explanation, he was very happy.

Because of the matter of building roads, he can carry out all over the country, and at that time, he will benefit the most.

As long as all roads in the country can be built, the annual toll collected alone is a lot of silver.

And with the help of the local gentry, road construction will no longer be a burden to the Ming Dynasty, but a help from the Ming treasury.

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled in his heart, but his face was expressionless, and said:

"It costs hundreds of thousands of taels of silver to build this road, which is really too expensive."

"The amount of money spent shows the real material of this road."

Li Jin replied:

"This road is made entirely of asphalt, how can it not cost much?"

"And this highway connects Shanghai County and the port, and it will inevitably be a trade route in the future."

"If you don't fix the road a little bit, I'm afraid it won't be long before it will be damaged."

Queen Ma nodded after hearing this, and said:

"What Master Li said is reasonable, according to Lord Li's estimate, how many taels of silver can be collected on this road in a year?"

"I'm afraid it won't be less than 100,000 taels."

Li Jin pointed to the passing businessmen and said:

"Madam, please look, this person is full of businessmen, and in the future, we are really going to open the sea here, and I am afraid that there will be more merchants here."

"At that time, I am afraid that the annual toll will be doubled."

When Queen Ma heard this, she was overjoyed.

I didn't expect that just investing in a road would bring me a harvest of 100,000 taels of silver every year, and I was really overjoyed.

After Zhu Yuanzhang listened to Li Jin's words, he fell into deep thought.

As Li Jin said, if the sea is really opened, then the trade route in Shanghu County will really be opened.

And the road here will also become a golden passage.

Since Li Jin can build roads, why can't he build roads?

Zhu Yuanzhang decided that after he went back, he would contract all the roads connecting Shanghu County to various prefectures and counties.

When the time comes, Li Jin will be able to make money again, and he will eventually work for himself.

After all, Li Jin is only here, and the distance is not far, so he can't charge much money at all.

And if you want to repair yourself, it will be as little as a few hundred miles, or as many as thousands of miles.

In addition, there are many roads he has built, and with these roads alone, Zhu Yuanzhang feels that he can lie down and collect money.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang actually had the kind of hurry to return to the court and immediately start to implement the matter of building roads.

However, Zhu Biao's words brought Zhu Yuanzhang back to reality.

"Master Li, I just heard you say that your road is over, but what about your boat?"

"Didn't you say you were going to sea? And the shipyard has been open for so long, why haven't you seen the ships you built? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang only reacted at this time.

A few months ago, Li Jin swore to himself that he would go to sea, but since he came here, he hasn't even seen a single hair on the boat.

"Li Jin, do you want to lie to us? Greedy for all our money? ”

Li Jin said angrily:

"The integrity of the official is based on doing business, how can he lose the integrity of the official because of such a small amount of money?"

"The ship was built a long time ago, but now it has been put in a secret place and is being trained in secret."

"Xu Da and Lan Yu sent by the emperor are all there!"

"Would you like to go and see it?"

Zhu Yuanzhang then remembered that Xu Da and Lan Yu had never delivered news to themselves since they came here a few months ago, could there be any delay?

"Of course we're going to check it out!"

"Where will you get our money when the time comes, we don't know?"

Li Jin nodded and said:

"It's okay, then let's go with this official."

After Li Jin finished speaking, he led a few people to the carriage.

.....

Port of Zhoushan.

Originally, it was just a deserted island, but today, the island is full of camps.

At one end of the island, there is a port, which looks quite large, which is a naval port specially built by Li Jin in order to train the navy.

Zhu Yuanzhang stood on the shore, looking at the island not far away, there were constant boats coming and going, although they were all small boats, but they were indeed full of people.

The boat crisscrossed the sea, not looking like a landlubber at all, but a bit of a strong navy.

Zhu Yuanzhang pointed to the boat on the sea, and asked with some surprise:

"Li Jin, is this the Jingying that Xu Da and the others brought?"

Li Jin nodded and said:

"It's them."

"Now they are not skilled enough in the water, so they can only train in small boats first."

"When they can use the boat freely and adapt to the bumps at sea, they can go to the newly built warship and start training."

Zhu Biao looked at Li Jin in disbelief and said:

"Aren't they familiar with water?"

"You see them flying in small boats, where do they look jerky?"

Zhu Yuanzhang also looked at Li Jin suspiciously, he hadn't seen a powerful navy, Chen Youliang's navy was known as the elite of the world.

At most, this is what it looks like, is this not up to Li Jin's requirements?

Li Jin shook his head and said:

"People who are good at water can stay in the water for seven days and seven nights without being damaged, which is comparable to fish."

"And these people are so fast that they can even run in the water faster than they can on land."

"I've heard of some people who are like a white stripe when they cross the water, and they are called white stripes in the waves."

"Although our requirements are not so high, we can't be too far behind."

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao are all numb.

White stripes in the waves? Why have they never heard of this kind of statement?

And this kind of person, can it still be called a human? The mermaid is pretty much the same!

Let's see how strong Li Jin's navy can be if he blows so big!