"12th brother, hurry up and follow me to find big brother. Big brother should be back from his inspection of Shaanxi. Now, only big brother can make father take back his order.”
Zhu Di's expression was filled with nervousness. He truly loved his twelfth brother.
Even at this moment, he was still thinking of a way.
Zhu Bai subconsciously struggled for a moment, but it was obvious that Zhu Di's strength was much greater than his. For a moment, he actually couldn't break free.
He could only smile bitterly.
"Fourth Brother, there's no need. I originally wanted to go to Qiongzhou!”
"There's no need to trouble Big Brother!"
Zhu Bai's words were serious, and his eyes were filled with determination.
"Silly, twelfth brother, do you know what kind of place Qiongzhou is? Since ancient times, Jingchu had been a place of barbarians. Although Jingchu was once a place of barbarians, it could enter the Song Dynasty and develop. Now, it was a land of fish and rice. However, Qiongzhou was filled with miasma and poisonous insects. What was the use of going there?”
Seeing Zhu Bai's serious expression, Zhu Di stopped in his tracks and spoke angrily.
"Fourth brother, Qiongzhou is indeed a desolate place for barbarians, but what if I say that I can give ten thousand taels of gold to Ming in a year and quell the scourge of the pirates in three years?”
Hearing Zhu Di's words, Zhu Bai couldn't help but feel touched. Therefore, he muttered to himself for a moment before speaking.
His words stunned Zhu Di.
"Ten thousand taels of gold in a year?"
"Suppressing the Japanese pirates in three years?"
As if he had heard wrongly, Zhu Di subconsciously asked.
"Yes!"
"Fourth brother, do you know how great the benefits of sea trade are? During the Song Dynasty, half of the world was used to supply gold, Xixia, and Mongolia. It was still more than enough. The Great Song's annual national treasury income was 70.7 million strings of strings”
As he spoke slowly, Zhu Bai could not help but sigh with emotion.
In the entire history of China, the richest country was undoubtedly the Great Song. Its wealth had reached an unimaginable level.
For example, during the reign of Kangxi and Yongzheng, the Qing Dynasty's highest annual financial revenue was more than 30 million taels of silver. At the peak of the Qianlong period, the Qing government's financial revenue was about 40 million taels of silver, and this figure was not even worth mentioning in front of the Song Dynasty! At the peak of the Northern Song Dynasty, the annual income was 160 million taels of silver.
Among them, the poorest Da Ming was probably one of them.
At least it hit! Yang was the poorest.
It was almost from the beginning to the end.
In the beginning, it was poor because the Mengyuan had swept up a large amount of goods, so much so that in the early Ming Dynasty, they had no choice but to return to the level of bartering. As for the later period, it was because the wealth belonged to the gentry and landlord class, and the dynasty was still poor.
One of the most important reasons was the sea trade.
Coming to this big Ming's turning point, Zhu Bai naturally wanted to do something and also think of ways to change something.
This was not only his own fate, but also the fate of the entire Ming Dynasty.
Hearing Zhu Bai's words, Zhu Di felt his mind rumble.
"70.7 million strings, the highest is 160 million strings!”
He muttered to himself. At this moment, there were only two terms left in his mind.
He had naturally read history before, and he had even taught Little Twelve. However, he had never read the entire history or the entire Great Song from this perspective.
"Don't worry, Fourth Brother. Since I've decided, I'm sure I'm confident. Fourth Brother, just wait for my good news in the Imperial Court.”
Looking at Emperor Yongle of God Zheng, Zhu Bai said with a smile.
"It's true!"
Zhu Di came back to his senses and said with uncertainty.
"Of course it's true."
"Fourth brother, it won't take too long. In a year at most, I'll be able to give my Big Ming ten thousand taels of gold!”
Zhu Bai said with a smile. His voice was filled with certainty, and his gaze was firm, causing Zhu Di to hesitate a little.
His 12th brother had been smart since he was young. Perhaps he could really do it.
"Good!"
"Since Twelfth Brother has such ambitions, I won't persuade him anymore. If you have any needs, tell Fourth Brother. Fourth Brother will definitely satisfy you!”
Zhu Di nodded and stopped talking about what happened before.
He didn't know if Zhu Bai could do it, but since Zhu Bai was so confident, he couldn't continue to attack him.
"Thank you, Fourth Brother!"
"I don't need it for the time being. If I need it in the future, I'll tell Fourth Brother.”
Zhu Bai shook his head and smiled.
Under normal circumstances, he would still ask for some help, but he was a man with a golden finger. He really did not need any help.
Instead, what he needed was a quiet development. It was best if no one cared.
This was also the reason why he wanted to go to Qiongzhou and not Guangzhou. Qiongzhou was really empty. In the current Ming Dynasty, or perhaps in the entire history, it was considered a place where birds did not shit. In the true sense, the sky was high and the emperor was far away. However, Guangzhou was different. After the development of Mengyuan, Guangzhou was now somewhat prosperous.
As a vassal king, he felt that there would be many problems.
"Good kid, you have guts!"
"Alright! If there's a problem, look for Fourth Brother. If he really can't stay any longer, he'll come. I'll go ask Eldest Brother and Imperial Father for mercy!”
Zhu Di patted Zhu Bai's shoulder and said with a smile.
"Thank you, Fourth Brother!"
Zhu Bai said with a smile.
He did not refute Zhu Di's words. After all, Zhu Di cared about him too.
The two brothers said a few more things and then left separately.
At this moment.
In the main hall, Zhu Yuanzhang was listening to a eunuch's report.
If Zhu Bai was here, he would have realized that the information reported by the eunuch was the content of his conversation with Zhu Di.
Almost word for word.
"Good, very good!"
"Ten thousand taels of gold a year, and three years to wipe out the Japanese pirates.”
"In that case, if he can't give me ten thousand taels of gold within a year, he won't come back. I'll be King Qiong forever!”
"Oh right, inform me that no one is to help King Qiong. In addition, the King of Yan has been a little free recently. In that case, lead the troops to Beiping.”
Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly and spoke with a hint of anger.
He was originally waiting for Zhu Bai to apologize.
In the end, he heard this.
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