Chapter 11 The New Zheng He Goes to the West?

With the passage of time, a large amount of silver began to be scattered throughout the people, and with the influx of this silver, the commercial activities that had been silent in the entire Ming Dynasty suddenly became frequent again.

Even some shrewd businessmen have begun to prepare for the establishment of workshops by hand.

With the establishment of workshops one by one, the silver then flowed from the hands of merchants to the people.

The state of private money shortage began to gradually improve.

Of course, if you want to completely reverse it, this million taels is obviously not enough.

However, at this moment, where the island country is located, the mining of silver has begun, and the Great Song Dynasty on the Luzon side has also been completely occupied, and gold mining has begun.

Even with the current mining volume, it is easy to get millions of taels a year.

It will only take a few years, and the money shortage of the entire Ming Dynasty will be completely reversed.

Of course, Zhu Di didn't pay attention to this at this moment, he was waiting for Zheng He's return in the Taihe Palace.

Zheng He had already taken control of Luzon a month earlier, and under his orders, Zheng He quickly returned from Luzon and finally arrived in Kyoto today.

As soon as he arrived, Zhu Di couldn't wait to summon Zheng He.

There was no way, Jiang Chen's description of the prospect of going to the West really made him too excited, and as soon as Zheng He returned, he couldn't wait to start trying.

In anxious waiting.

Zheng He soon came to the Taihe Palace.

"Your Majesty!"

Zheng He saluted respectfully.

"Haha, Sanbao, you did a good job this time!"

Looking at Zheng He who walked in, Zhu Di got off the throne directly and helped Zheng He up.

"Your Majesty is blessed, and the ministers are just doing their duty."

Zheng He also smiled.

"Hahaha, Sanbao, don't be modest, this time I won the island country and Luzon, my Ming no longer has a shortage of money, this is enough to be famous for eternity!"

Zhu Di laughed and spoke, and his expression couldn't help but be emotional.

"Your Majesty is too famous, I don't know what Your Majesty has ordered to summon your ministers this time?"

Zheng He continued with a smile, and then hesitated to ask.

"That's right, I decided to go to the West again in half a year, but this time the goal of going to the West is different, Sanbao, you see, this is the idea I got from a gentleman, see if it's feasible?"

Hearing Zheng He's words, Zhu Di nodded, then spoke, and the figure took out a scroll from his arms.

"Yes!"

Zheng He replied respectfully, and then took the scroll.

When the scroll opened, the words on it quickly caught his eye.

Immediately, Zheng He involuntarily fell into the gods.

Zhu Di didn't bother, but waited quietly.

What is described above is naturally the "colonial system" that Jiang Chen told him about.

As for handing it over to Zheng He, the reason is very simple, after all, this needs Zheng He to implement.

At this moment, Zheng He looked at the words on it, and only felt that his heart couldn't help beating violently, and his expression was full of shock.

It wasn't until a moment later that Zheng He slowly moved away from the scroll.

"Your Majesty, this method is so clever, I'm afraid that there will be no more boundless troubles, even the countries of the South and Western Seas will be the first to look forward to my Ming Dynasty."

Zheng He sighed and spoke.

As someone who has seen most of the world, he can feel the power of this kind of plan.

With such a plan, I am afraid that it will not take decades, and the majesty of the entire Ming Dynasty will cover the entire South Seas and even the Western Ocean.

"Hahaha, it's okay!"

"Sanbao, I want you to follow this on your next trip to the West, and this time, I will double the size of the fleet, and its supplies will be mobilized by you at your full discretion."

Zhu Di's smile retracted, and he looked at Zheng He's solemn words.

"Yes!"

"Your Majesty, the minister will do his best!"

Zheng He responded respectfully.

"Okay, I'm waiting for your good news, and this map has been given to you, this time the target is Europa!"

Zhu Di nodded, and then waved his hand, and the old eunuch quickly stepped forward and handed a new pair of scrolls to Zheng He.

"Map!"

Zheng He's heart moved, and then his expression couldn't help but become a little excited, and his eyes involuntarily looked at the scroll.

He has not forgotten His Majesty the Emperor, and has a map of the whole world.

"Let's go down, get ready, and leave in December!"

Zhu Di waved his hand.

Zheng He also bowed down and retreated.

Just as soon as he left the palace, Zheng He couldn't help but open the scroll.

And when he looked at the incomparably clear world map on the scroll, Zheng He couldn't help but breathe a little heavier again.

"Sure enough!"

Zheng He muttered to himself, his expression excited.

This map is undoubtedly more valuable to him than anything else.

Carefully tangle the scroll.

Zheng He then quickly left the palace.

In the following time, Zheng He began to prepare quickly.

Since this time was obviously different from the previous voyage to the West, the preparation time was undoubtedly much shorter, and in October, a large amount of supplies began to be delivered to the port.

Compared with the previous court transfer, this is undoubtedly much faster.

By the time the time came December, the basic preparations had been completed.

In December of the fourteenth year of Yongle, in history, Ming Chengzu ordered Zheng He and others to escort the envoys of various countries and the old port to return to China, and Zheng He did not travel until the autumn of the fifteenth year of Yongle.

But in this plane, history has changed.

In December of the 14th year of Yongle, Zheng He led the ship to set off, accompanied by the monk Huixin, the generals Zhu Zhen, Tang Jing, etc., and the ship was even more mighty.

Originally, there were only 208 ships in total, including 62 large ships and 146 small ships, but at this moment, the number of ships directly doubled to 400, of which hundreds were merchant ships full of goods.

Such a large scale almost instantly obscured most of the sea.

And this time in the West, history is destined to be completely different.

Zheng He's mission is different, and the mission of sea vessels is also different.

If it was just a political show before, then this time Zheng He went to the West purely for profit.

For Confucianism, for ministers, face still needs to be considered, but for the country, the only problem is only the issue of interests.

At this point, when he set sail, Zheng He directly summoned his subordinates, and the two deputies began to negotiate.

Atop a huge treasure ship.

Zhu Zhen, Tang Jing, and Zheng He sat in it.

At this moment, Zheng He had already handed over Zhu Di's two scrolls to the two, and when the world map was presented and Zhu Di's strategy was placed in front of the two, the two couldn't help but be completely shocked.

Especially Zhu Zhen.

Needless to say about the world, even if Zhu Zhen, who went to sea for the first time, has a certain understanding after reading a lot of Zheng He's records, although he is not as familiar as Zheng He and Tang Jing, but he also has a clear enough understanding of the West and the South Sea, but he never thought that the world would be so huge.