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"T-ten li long caravan?"
"Where did he get it?"
Zhu Yuanzhang widened his eyes in disbelief.
He naturally knew that his precious grandson had some ability. Otherwise, he would not have given him a single cent and asked him to be self-sufficient.
But this ten-mile-long convoy
Isn't this a little ridiculous?
The Embroidered Uniform Guard laughed bitterly." The Third Imperial Sun went to visit the various High Dukes. Every time he came out of the mansion, he would bring a lot of things. A small part of this convoy was given by the High Dukes.”
Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned.
No wonder he wanted to go to the Duke of Song Residence. It turned out that he had this idea.
"What about the other half?"”
The Embroidered Uniform Guards continued," The Third Imperial Grandson asked each Duke to write a letter. The letter was filled with blessings to send them off. Then, he took these letters to visit the major merchants one by one. They should be gifts from the merchants, right?"”
Zhu Yuanzhang was so angry that he blew his beard and glared." What gift? I think he extorted it."”
How much wealth did a ten-mile-long convoy have?
It would probably be tomorrow.
Many memorials criticizing the Third Imperial Sun would appear on his table.
He was the grand grandson of the emperor.
They openly extorted the various country dukes and merchants.
Wouldn't that group of Confucians go crazy?
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"However, this kid Yunchen has quite a lot of tricks.”
As he thought about it, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly burst into laughter.
These days, because of Huang Zicheng, this group of Confucians had angered him quite a bit.
Now that such a thing had happened.
It was time to make these Confucians anxious.
"Let that kid send half of it to the palace. It'll be our reward for cleaning up his mess.”
Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand.
"Yes, sir!"
The Embroidered Uniform Guards received the order and immediately reported.
Outside Yingtian Prefecture.
Zhu Yunhao, who was stopped by the Jinyiwei, listened to the old man's request.
He could not help but roll his eyes!
"Half of the convoy? This old man is really ruthless.”
It seemed that he had extorted a group of dukes this time, but they were actually more than happy.
What heartache? It was most likely an act.
He represented the royal family.
Wouldn't their relationship take a step further if they took some benefits from this trip?
To be able to reach the level of a Duke, one must be very cautious and have great power. In their eyes, wealth was not that important.
All of them probably wanted him to 'extort' them.
As for the merchants of the Ying Tian Prefecture.
With the environment of the Ming Dynasty, no one would feel anything wrong even if he imprisoned a few merchants, let alone extorting them.
What else did the old man say?
Wiping up his own mess?
They were all excuses! He probably wanted to extort a sum of money from him.
Zhu Yuanzhang: I just want half of it. Are you going to give it to me?
Zhu Yunxi:
After being plundered for five miles.
With the remaining five miles of convoy, Zhu Yunhao continued to rush toward the east of the country.
The old man's visit to extort a sum of money was just a small interlude.
It didn't have much of an impact on this industrial journey.
After waiting for half a month.
The convoy finally arrived at the east of the country.
After returning to the place where the blast furnace was used to make iron.
Zhu Yunhao discovered that there were three more huge blast furnaces here.
"This is…"
He was puzzled.
One of the Jinyiwei guards said,"This blast furnace was built before General Qi returned to the imperial court.”
So that was the case.
Zhu Yunhao nodded slightly.
"However, these three blast furnaces are not enough.”
"If we want to completely turn Guandong into an industrial zone of the Ming Dynasty, we still need hundreds of them.”
"Little Li, immediately go to the county town and recruit 500 laborers." Zhu Yunhao laughed.”
"Yes!" Little Li nodded repeatedly.
With the gifts from the state duke and merchants, Zhu Yunhao was naturally much more generous.
The first step of industrialisation was to build infrastructure.
They needed a lot of manpower.
These 500 were only the initial stages. When they gradually developed, they would need more people.
According to Zhu Yunhao's plan.
He would first set up a factory assembly line to make some simpler ironware.
For example, broadswords, hoes, and the like.
With the efficiency of the assembly line, coupled with the pure iron he refined himself, it was definitely cheap.
After that, he started to focus on some more complicated items.
For example, the Fran Machine Cannon and the flintlock.
This was also the purpose of Zhu Yunhao bringing these craftsmen here.
Moreover, the time difference between them would not be too long.
It was estimated that in another half a month, these craftsmen would not be able to rest.
Finally, it would slowly enter the automated stage.
By that time, Da Ming's industry would have a solid foundation.
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Time flew by.
A few months passed quickly.
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Several months later.
While Zhu Yunhao's industrial zone was in full swing, the imperial court was also closely planning.
He was not planning anything else.
It was because the Northern Expedition was about to begin!
Half a year ago, the imperial court had already discussed the northern expedition.
Finally, after the autumn harvest, it was put on the agenda again.
Compared to the Northern Expedition.
Previously, Zhu Yunhao's 'extortion of the Duke' and Huang Zicheng's imprisonment were not considered a big deal.
This included both inside and outside the court.
Everyone's eyes were on the fifth northern expedition!
Hall of Heaven.
The Minister of Revenue took a step forward." Your Majesty, this year, all the major provinces have had a bumper harvest. The production of sweet potatoes and potatoes is even more shocking. Now, the grain stored in the national treasury has reached 30 million dan.”
"According to the national tax statistics, there is a total of 4,329,300 taels of silver.”
Hearing this report.
Zhu Yuanzhang was pleasantly surprised."The grain reserves in the national treasury have increased by 50%. Not bad."”
"With this grain, the soldiers of the northern expedition will have nothing to worry about.”
The food of the imperial court came from taxes.
The tax revenue of the Ming Dynasty was the lowest in all the dynasties (including the Manchu Dynasty), almost to a frightening degree.
Therefore, the grain that could be harvested in previous years.
They were all around 20 million stones.
This time, the increase was definitely due to the sweet potatoes and potatoes.
Moreover, this was the reason why sweet potatoes were not promoted nationwide.
Even Zhu Yuanzhang did not dare to imagine how much grain they could harvest in a year after these crops were popularized throughout the country.
"Your Majesty, the soldiers, horses, and weapons of the three armies are all ready. We can lead the army to the northern expedition at any time!”
Lan Yu also stepped forward and reported.
Behind him were Fu Youde, Feng Sheng, and Wang Bi.
Each and every one of them rubbed their fists and could not wait any longer.
"Very good."
Zhu Yuanzhang laughed." Since everything is ready, we will reward the troops in three days and lead the army to the northern expedition!”
"This battle, my Great Ming will definitely win!"
They had been preparing for battle for half a year.
The fifth northern expedition was finally about to begin!
"My Great Ming will definitely win this battle."
The ministers roared.
The civil officials were fine.
The generals of Great Ming were all so excited that their faces turned red.
The entire Heaven Tribute Hall was filled with killing intent.
He was like a tiger that had been dormant for a long time.
It emitted a dangerous aura that made one's heart tremble.
However, at this moment.
A terrifying clap of thunder suddenly resounded throughout the palace.
rumble ~
The thunderous sound seemed to tear the sky apart!!
Many of the officials were shocked.
"Is this heavenly punishment?"
A civil official was terrified." Could it be that the army is going north to incur the wrath of the heavens? Is there an immortal who doesn't want us to kill?"”
Previously, he had advised against the Northern Expedition, but the Emperor was insistent on not changing his mind.
In the end, the punishment of the heavens was really coming.
"Shut up, old thing."
The hot-tempered Wang Bi rushed up and slapped him twice.
He almost slapped this civil official to death. He was dizzy and couldn't find the north.
However, the other ministers did not care about this.
All of them ran outside.
The sky was clear.
"Not thunder?"
Lan Yu's brows immediately relaxed.
If there was really a sudden clap of thunder, it would hurt morale.
He turned around.
He saw green smoke rising from the side hall.
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