Zhu Zaihou strongly pushed for commercial reforms. Other than salt, iron, and armaments, everything else was released.
After the opening of water transport, merchant ships that could not get the convenience of water transport could go down the water transport.
This caused the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal to suddenly flourish.
Many merchants gave up on land transportation and switched to water transport.
In the past, the tax on water transport was negligible.
And now, after only ten days of opening, he had obtained a million taels!
It was simply an unimaginable difference!
Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, agriculture was valued and commerce was suppressed.
Ever since Zhu Yuanzhang, he had believed that business could not produce. Without production, it would be a waste…
But now, the officials in the cabinet saw that the profits from the business tax were so huge!
All the officials in the court looked at each other.
They couldn't believe it. They all thought that Chief Xu Jie was old and said something wrong.
However, the Minister of Revenue, Gao Yi, bowed and walked out.
He took out the Ministry of Revenue's account book and proved that Xu Jie was not lying.
The initial success of the water transport reform.
It made the cabinet fully realize the great power of business reform!
From today onwards, the Ming Empire would completely abandon the national policy of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce.
Instead, it was the best policy to strengthen the country by placing equal emphasis on commerce and agriculture!
As long as there was silver, everything in the Ming Empire would be easy to handle!
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The eunuch holding the imperial edict arrived at Tanggu Harbor.
This was Qi Jiguang's navy camp.
After Qi Jiguang knelt down to receive the imperial edict, the design blueprint of the new warship appeared in front of him.
Whoa--
Qi Jiguang's entire body shook!
The design of the new warship was magnificent. From the design parameters, he could see that it was even more unusual than the large pontoon and the treasure ship!
What shocked Qi Jiguang the most was…
This new type of warship was no longer a thin sailboat?
"Eunuch Li, who did His Majesty ask to design this ship?”
Qi Jiguang anxiously asked the eunuch who delivered the decree.
"General Qi, I heard that this battleship was drawn by His Majesty with a stroke of his own pen.”
Boom!
A personal letter?
Qi Jiguang was stunned in place for a moment, at a loss.
Where did the little Emperor learn this?
Or was he an omniscient, omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipotent God?
If this battleship was feasible.
He had fought against the Japanese pirates for many years and knew all kinds of warships like the back of his hand.
And this kind of warship required very little wood.
The material used to build this warship was steel!
Furthermore, the warship was designed with four cannons on each side of the hull.
A cannon was installed at the bow and stern of the ship.
A warship actually had ten cannons!
This was an invincible castle on the sea!
"Men, quickly invite the craftsmen camp!"
Qi Jiguang was very excited about the warship design that the Emperor had sent over.
The best craftsmen were gathered on the spot to look at the design.
These craftsmen were the top craftsmen of the Ministry of Works and were also transferred to Qi Jiguang by Zhu Zaihou.
When these top-notch craftsmen saw this warship design, their eyes instantly lit up!
"This battleship is simply too perfect! Who thought of that?
Power was easily solved, and the problem of navigation based on the monsoons and ocean currents was completely solved.
"This is an epoch-making and groundbreaking technology in the history of navigation!”
All the craftsmen clicked their tongues in admiration.
Qi Jiguang smiled slightly and said,"
"This was personally designed by His Majesty!”
Hohoho-
All the craftsmen stood rooted to the ground in shock.
All of them widened their eyes in disbelief!
However, they knew how powerful the current emperor was.
"Your Majesty is truly a genius! The people are blessed!"
One of the craftsmen excitedly knelt in the north, in the direction of the emperor and the Forbidden City.
These low-level craftsmen were already moved to tears when they saw Tian Zi's personal letter.
Zhu Zaihou's sketch of the steel warship was circulated by these craftsmen as if they had obtained a treasure.
All the parameters were recorded.
"Everyone, you have to study it well and create it as soon as possible.”
"Yes, General Qi. We will definitely not let down His Majesty's high hopes!”
Qi Jiguang nodded and left the tent.
At the same time, he ordered his personal guards to guard the place tightly to prevent any leaks.
This was the pinnacle of technology in this era!
He absolutely could not let other countries obtain it, or the consequences would be unimaginable.
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