Tang He, Feng Sheng and other nobles also followed, looking at this and that from time to time, but they didn't care about this, after all, they were now princes, and even if half of the people in the world starved to death, it would not be their turn to starve.

Of course, except for the three days ordered by Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty, with this auspicious rui, the people of Daming will no longer suffer from hunger, and the world will be prosperous!"

"God bless Daming, God bless Your Majesty!"

Although many people have doubts about Li Wei's remarks, it does not prevent them from making a big fuss.

Li Wei couldn't help but pout secretly when he heard this, it was obviously shipped from overseas by Wang Jinghong, who risked his life, so that a few words would become a gift from God.

Although Li Shanchang and the others did not deal with Li Wei very well, they also followed closely at this time, except for Li Wei, who was silent, everyone else basically shouted congratulations.

As the saying goes, Zhu Yuanzhang was very happy, but when he heard these words, he laughed even more, and after laughing for a while, he sighed lightly and said to Li Wei:

"If these things are really as you say, then our people really don't have to go hungry anymore, you are a great merit!"

Li Wei lightly arched his hand: "Your Majesty has a good reputation, in fact, these things can be transported, mainly thanks to Wang Jinghong and others, who risked their lives to cross the ocean to transport these precious grains." ”

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he turned his head to look at Wang Jinghong next to him, and said softly: "Well, Li Wei is right, you are also indispensable, so let's do it, after returning to the palace, you will receive the palm print of the internal official and supervisor, and in addition, we will reward you with ten thousand treasures!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Wang Jinghong immediately bowed down and thanked him.

"Hehe, get up!"

After rewarding him, Zhu Yuanzhang turned his gaze back to Li Wei and said loudly: "As for you, if it weren't for your guidance, Wang Jinghong and others would not have known about overseas affairs, and your credit would be greater." ”

After speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at the ministers, and he said this to tell the ministers what Li Wei's merits were, so that he could reward them.

"Li Wei found such high-yield grains, benefited tens of millions of people in the Ming Dynasty, and supervised the construction of ironclad giant ships, with outstanding merits, and deserved a heavy reward! Proposed purpose, grant Li Weite to enter the Guanglu doctor, add the prince Taibao, and reward the python robe crown belt! ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said loudly, and the accompanying cabinet Wang Ben and others immediately respectfully claimed yes.

When the ministers heard of these rewards, their hearts were dismayed.

Dr. Tejin Guanglu is the same as Dr. Ronglu before Li Wei, but his status is one level higher, which is the limit of the Wensan rank, and Li Shanchang has this title.

This is nothing, what is more important is the crown prince, although this title is one level lower than that of Doctor Tejin Guanglu, it is only a product, but the significance is even more significant.

Taishi, Taifu, Taibao are collectively known as the three dukes, is responsible for assisting the emperor to deal with important military and political affairs, the current three dukes of the Ming Dynasty, Li Shanchang is the Taishi, Xu Da is the Taifu, and the Taibao is the late Kaiping King Chang Yuchun, the weight of these three people, fully illustrates the importance of the position of the three dukes!

And Li Wei's current crown prince Taibao is equivalent to the prince's "three dukes", called the prince's three divisions, Zhu Yuanzhang put this title on him, which is equivalent to setting him as Zhu Biao's "Chang Yuchun".

And now there is a more subtle situation, that is, Zhu Biao does not have a real prince and three divisions, but shares a set of teams with Zhu Yuanzhang, with Li Shanchang and Xu Da leading the prince and prince respectively.

In this case, Li Wei, the crown prince, is more special, since the prince and the master are both in charge, then in the case of Chang Yuchun's death, does Li Wei, the prince and the prince, also have to receive the Taibao?

Li Shanchang's face was gloomy, looking at this young man who had risen to almost an equal level with him in just a few years, his heart was cold, not only jealous of Li Wei's favor, but also hated Zhu Yuanzhang's injustice and coldness.

It is said that once the son of heaven was a courtier, but now that Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor, has not been changed, he wants to change these old ministers first!

Li Wei is not very clear about these subtle official positions, but from the attitude of everyone, he can also see the weight of the reward that Zhu Yuanzhang gave him this time.

It's just that what makes him frown is that compared to him, Wang Jinghong's reward is a bit thin. Although the information was given by him, it was Wang Jinghong and others who risked their lives to go to sea, and if the great credit was attributed to him alone, he would inevitably be ashamed.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks Wang Jinghong ......"

Li Wei was about to ask Wang Jinghong for another credit, but Wang Jinghong, who was following closely, hurriedly pulled him: "Master Hou, thank you quickly!" ”

Wang Jinghong was very discerning, and he guessed what he was going to say from Li Wei's hesitant attitude, but Zhu Yuanzhang was not the Zhu Di in the back, he was very annoyed by the eunuchs' interference in politics, and it was already very good to be able to give these rewards.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Li Wei frowned, and had to retract what he wanted to say first.

"Hmm."

Zhu Yuanzhang bowed his head lightly, not paying attention to their small movements.

"Do you grow all this food?"

Zhu Yuanzhang asked Li Wei.

Li Wei shook his head lightly: "I don't know, but someone knows." ”

Saying that, Li Wei signaled to Wang Jinghong, and Wang Jinghong immediately asked people to bring up the captured Native Americans, and after these black natives were brought over, they kowtowed to Zhu Yuanzhang, and Abba and Abba kept talking.

"Your Majesty, these are the natives of that place, and they know how to grow these kinds of agricultural products." Li Wei introduced.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at these people and asked softly, "Will you grow these grains?" ”

"Abba Abba Abba ......"

"Well, very good, then you will be responsible for planting these grains for us, and when it is done, we will be rewarded!"

"Abba Abba ......"

"Alright, excuse me."

Zhu Yuanzhang raised his hand slightly, quietly ended this international exchange, turned around and left.

Li Wei looked confused, scratched his head and thought hard, this old Zhu, still understands Indian language? No, I can't!

Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang walking away, he could only temporarily put aside his doubts and follow.

Subsequently, he introduced rubber to Zhu Yuanzhang, but compared with the three main grains, he did not pay much attention to these cash crops.

"Alright, let's take us to see your ironclad."

Zhu Yuanzhang probably swept around these peculiar crops, and couldn't wait to interrupt Li Weidao.

Before looking at the grain just now, he wanted to take a look at the ironclad ship first, but he temporarily suppressed it because of the importance of the grain, and now that the grain is also finished, of course he has to go to the ironclad ship to take a look.

"Oh yes."

Li Wei saw that he was not interested, so he could only put down the natural rubber block in his hand.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang does not attach importance to it, he also attaches great importance to it, especially rubber is an important strategic resource, which must be grasped, whether it is cultivated by himself or plundered overseas, it cannot be let go.

The group left here and walked towards the massive ironclad ship.

Under the guidance of Li Wei, everyone went up the gangway and boarded this huge ship like a mountain.

Tang He and Feng Sheng, who were originally listless, immediately became enthusiastic when they boarded this giant ship.

"This ship is so big!"

"yes, and it's iron-clad again."

"If there was such a huge ship at the beginning, why did we have to fight so hard in the battle of Poyang Lake, just run over it and it would be over!"

A group of generals touched the guardrail of the deck and sighed again and again.

"Your Majesty, this ship is made of steel beams as the bone, iron armor as the skin, the middle is filled with wood, the carrying capacity can reach 10,000 materials, the most important thing is that this ship is a steam engine to drive the propeller, the fastest speed of the ship can travel more than 80 miles in an hour, if you don't count other full sailing, from the Yangtze River to the mainland of the country, you can arrive in two or three days!"

Li Wei said loudly that he had not forgotten the purpose of shipbuilding, and he had made up his mind about small Japan.

When everyone heard his words, they were even more shocked in their hearts.

"If you say that, isn't that really a thousand miles a day?" Tang He asked out loud, he was already very interested in the water master, and he was even more happy to see the hunter at this time.

Li Wei nodded: "Yes, if you are in a hurry, you can indeed travel thousands of miles a day, of course, it is impossible for the sailor to travel like this, but five or six hundred miles should still be able to do it." ”

Although the ironclad ship is very fast, it is impossible to go deep alone in battle, and it has to carry those paddle steamer wooden ships.

Fortunately, those ships were also driven by steam engines, and they were small in size, so they didn't slow down much.

Tang He's heart was hot when he heard this, if he could command this kind of sailor to fight, it would be so cool!

Before, he thought that the reward given to Li Wei by His Majesty today was too much, but at this time, he felt that it was nothing more than that, and if he could create such a big guy, no matter how heavy the reward was, it should be.

Zhu Yuanzhang carefully examined the big ship, with a smile on his face.

At the beginning, he had also seen this kind of ironclad giant ship on Li Wei's computer, but looking at it on that small screen, there was still a big difference between seeing it with his own eyes in reality, and only in reality could he feel the shock brought by this behemoth.

"Your Majesty, now that the ship has been built, do you dare to decide the crusade against the Japanese country?" Li Wei struck while the iron was hot.

Hearing this, Li Shanchang's face changed slightly: "Your Majesty, this matter needs to be cautious!" ”

Li Weihu glanced at him suspiciously, wondering why this old man had to stop the conquest.

Tang He and the others didn't speak, most of them were militants, if they hadn't given Li Shanchang face, they would have taken the initiative to ask for help.

The same goes for Mrs. Ru and the others.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded lightly: "Okay, when we go back, we will order the transfer of the Yanjiang Guard Station and set up a water division for you." ”

In fact, after hearing Li Wei's previous story about the invasion of China, he had already decided that he had to fight, but he didn't respond on the spot.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Li Wei said excitedly.

This matter has been debated for a long time without any result, and now that Zhu Yuanzhang has responded to his words, no one else has opened his mouth to argue.

It's just that in the face of this result, some people are happy and some are worried.

"Your Majesty, I also want to participate in the sailor training, and I hope Your Majesty will approve it!" Soup and excited arched hands.

Zhu Yuanzhang was slightly stunned, and looked at Li Wei with an inquiring gaze.

Li Wei glanced at Tang He, frowned, and said, "I think forget it, Xinguo Gong is old, so it's better to live in his old age." ”

"Hey, stinky boy, don't think you're great when you're young, the old man can still beat you both when he's old, believe it or not?"

Tang He glared, rolled up his sleeves and was about to fight.

The corners of Li Wei's mouth twitched, because he had learned the lesson of single-handing Lao Zhu before, he didn't dare to fight easily this time.

Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a moment, then nodded and agreed: "It's okay, then you can help us watch this kid." ”

Although Tang He is a noble of Huaixi, he is also one of the few people he trusts the most, Li Wei has no experience in the combat of a water division, so a veteran can look at him more at ease.

Hearing this, Tang He immediately happily folded his sleeves and said loudly: "Thank you, Your Majesty!" ”

Li Wei pursed his lips and emphasized: "Let's talk about it first, the new army has a new way of fighting, and the Duke of Xinguo can't interfere with me!" ”

Tang He glared at him dissatisfied.

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand: "Okay, you train according to your way, but you also have to ask Tang He for advice, the battle of the sailor is not child's play, you can't be careless!" ”

"Yes!"

The two said yes, and they were both reluctant in their hearts.

"If you have any other requirements, just mention them to us!" Zhu Yuanzhang said generously.

Li Wei said: "It's nothing else, just give enough money and food." ”

"Money? Aren't you responsible for what money and food? ”

Li Wei was stunned: "Isn't Your Majesty not allowed?" ”

"Now yes!" Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand, looking extremely heroic.

Li Wei: "......"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked unhappy at him, and comforted: "You don't have to be depressed, so be it, you can pay for the money and food yourself, and we can transfer more soldiers and horses to you." ”

Li Wei is even more speechless, so don't I have to spend more?

Then Zhu Yuanzhang opened his mouth to transfer 100,000 soldiers and horses, but under Li Wei's strong opposition, it was repeatedly reduced to 50,000, including 20,000 in the Shenji Battalion and 30,000 in the coastal naval division.

When it came to the transfer of soldiers and horses, Li Wei remembered Shi Jun and Lin Xian who he met yesterday, and immediately complained: "By the way, the minister wants to impeach Lin Xian, the commander of Zhenhaiwei, when the minister met Wang Jinghong yesterday, they were intercepted by the soldiers patrolling the river who mistook them for smuggling boats. ”

"Oh?" Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Li Wei unexpectedly.

Although Li Wei is well-known in the court for being ruthless and scheming, he knows that in fact it was all deliberately arranged by him, and there are not many people who really Li Wei himself took the initiative to rectify, and it is really rare for this Lin Xian to provoke him to sue the main complaint.

Li Shanchang, who was on the side, frowned slightly when he heard his words, and pleaded while Zhu Yuanzhang was groaning: "Zhenjiang Wei's patrol and arrest of smuggling is also official business, I think it's just a misunderstanding, why should Jiang Duhou make a big fuss?" ”

"What do you mean by making a fuss about me, don't the Korean public know the importance of these grains?" Li Wei said dissatisfied.

"Hehe, the old man also just knew, I think that Lin Xian must not know, as the so-called ignorant is not to blame."

Li Wei looked at Li Shanchang, a little annoyed in his heart, this old guy was silent before, why did he talk so much recently!

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the two of them, and shook his head secretly in his heart, Li Wei, this kid is still a little tender, with his current status, if he really wants to rectify Lin Xian, he can find other reasons to let the people below play impeachment, but he is so stunned that the royal complaint seems to be deliberately looking for trouble.

"Hmph, the grain is very important, although Lin Xian is an unintentional mistake, but it is indeed almost a big delay, let's go back and give a precept, let's demote it to a thousand households!"

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly.

Li Shanchang's heart sank when he heard this, and he commanded thousands of households, and the second grade was directly reduced to the fifth grade, which was not a heavy punishment, but since Zhu Yuanzhang had already said it, he didn't dare to say more.

However, Li Wei frowned slightly, still a little dissatisfied.

"No, I have to let Chen Su check this guy when I go back, if he is clean, it's fine, if it's not clean, hum!"

Li Wei snorted coldly. (End of chapter)