Daming: I became Zhu Yuanzhang's eldest son

After Xu Zengshou trained a bicycle troop of one hundred households, he immediately asked them to serve as instructors respectively, while continuing to train other hundred households.

Before Zhu Di sent troops to the Northern Expedition, the bicycle troops had trained five hundred households and could participate in the battle.

These troops have been trained, and of course they must have bicycles as the necessary equipment for participating in the war.

Zhu Tao asked Lao Tang to lead the craftsmen to rush to work day and night to produce all these bicycles and pass the safety inspection.

In order to allow the bicycle troops to perform their tasks normally at night, all the newly produced bicycles are equipped with searchlights.

These searchlights use solar energy as electrical energy storage, so it is a natural charging process during the day, and it can be used normally when the switch is turned on at night.

On the northern battlefield, Zhu Di also scratched his head. There was heavy rain and mud ahead, and the horseshoe had passed south. It was even more difficult for infantry to walk on such a landslide.

Seeing the weather like this, the soldiers of Beiyuan cheered loudly, thinking that it was impossible for the Ming army to rush over again.

But when they were secretly rejoicing, a small army descended from the sky and packed up all the lucky reinforcements.

These people can ride bicycles freely in any terrain and landform, and they are extremely fast.

The problem is that these Yuan soldiers have never seen what a bicycle is. When they saw the Ming army riding this, they were scared out of their wits.

In addition, because of the weather, they have always been lucky, and they can't say that they have any will to fight.

Therefore, the vanguard troops gained a lot directly, killed a reinforcement prime minister, captured a grand master, and the ordinary soldiers gained nothing.

When the bicycle troops returned to the camp of the Ming army, Zhu Di gave the highest courtesy, not only came out to greet them in person, but also ordered everyone to be rewarded with 30 taels of silver for one meritorious service.

After the rain was over, Zhu Di personally wrote a letter to the imperial court, asking for credit for the warriors of these bicycle troops.

After Zhu Yuanzhang received this memorial, he was naturally in a good mood. In his heart, the Northern Expedition was a relatively important matter, and so was the opening of the sea ban.

Now Hu Weiyong can defeat the Japanese pirates at sea, and Yan Wang Zhu Di is advancing very smoothly. This is good news.

It shows that whether it is the consolidation of the sea area, the expansion of the border, or the elimination of the forces of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty has been extremely smooth, and the Ming Dynasty will be solid forever.

In a good mood, Zhu Yuanzhang summoned three cabinet ministers and discussed with them what to do next.

Three cabinet members came to the cabinet. Zhu Yuanzhang had been waiting here for a long time. The three of them first greeted the emperor.

Seeing the very happy expression on Zhu Yuanzhang's face, they were also very relaxed. After all, the emperor was happy and the ministers were happy.

Seeing the three late cabinet members, Zhu Yuanzhang was not angry at all, but spoke first.

"Three lovers, we just received Zhu Di's memorandum saying yes, when the heavy rain was pouring, the bicycle troops could kill generals and make meritorious deeds, to show our Ming's military prestige, and the former Hu Yin defeated the Japanese pirates at sea. Let's see how the Ming Dynasty Prosperity is expected from now on.”

At this time, Liu Bowen's expression suddenly changed. Although he knew that when the emperor was in a good mood, he shouldn't add trouble, but as a cabinet member, he couldn't just report good news and not bad news. This is not the duty of a minister.

Liu Bowen took out this memorial, handed it to Zhu Yuanzhang, and said softly.

"Your Majesty, I shouldn't let you down, but I just came from the Ministry of Accounting. Liang Qingbiao complained to the minister again, saying that apart from the 100 million taels of treasury silver, the Ministry of Accounting has no balance."

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang was in the most excited mood. He had already thought about how many new projects would be built, and he would also open warehouses to release grain and reduce taxes, which would benefit the country and the people.

But these things cost money without exception, and they cost a lot of money.

However, as a member of the cabinet, Liu Bowen raised such a question, not to pour cold water on the court, but he must consider the problem from this aspect.

It's hard for a smart woman to cook without rice, and it's hard for a so-called rich man without money, let alone a country with one emperor.

Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a while, and asked Liu Bowen, "Since you raised this question, we would like to ask you what good strategy you have. According to folklore, you, Liu Bowen, are young Zhuge Liang. You must have an idea to tell us."

If he didn't have the previous energy, Liu Bowen might still give advice and suggestions freely, but now, he has already gotten used to a fixed answering pattern.

"Your Majesty, I still think that you'd better ask the Young Master what he thinks about this matter. He will definitely have a good way to tell you, at least much smarter than me."

This sentence can be regarded as right for Zhu Yuanzhang's taste. If there is something wrong, he will not worry at all. Once he talks to Zhu Tao, there is nothing he can't solve.

So Zhu Yuanzhang immediately announced the end of the meeting, and he came to Zhujiazhuang to find Zhu Tao without stopping.

Since he sent Hu Weiyong the pictures of mandarin duck formations last time, Zhu Tao has also become interested, and he has nothing to do to train his dealers according to the moves and formations in these mandarin duck formations.

In normal production, if something happens, you can pull it out and use it as an elite soldier. This is also a form of training for warfare.

Seeing his father coming, Zhu Tao hurriedly let him into the house to serve tea, and seeing Zhu Yuanzhang's sad face again, he hurriedly asked.

"Father, what are you worrying about? Is there something wrong with your business? Or did someone ask you for advice? You are in trouble."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, looked at Zhu Tao helplessly and asked.

"That's what happened. Now we are very familiar with the ministers of the six ministries and nine ministers in the DPRK. Mr. Liang Qingbiao, Minister of the Household Department, came to me and said that the Household Department has no money other than 100 million taels of treasury silver. Ask me Is there any strategy that can quickly bring benefits to Daming!"

At this moment, Zhu Tao thought for a while and remained silent for more than ten seconds, then raised his head and said to Zhu Yuanzhang very firmly.

"Your Majesty seems to have a lot of things to do. Whether it is tax reduction or exemption or projects to enrich the people, a lot of money is needed, but the Ministry of Households has no money. Taxes alone are not enough. I think there is only one way that can take effect quickly, and that is colonial!"

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang stared at Zhu Tao with wide eyes, because he didn't know what colonization meant at all.

Zhu Tao also realized that the old man in front of him didn't understand the meaning of this word at all, so he tried to explain it in plain language.

"In layman's terms, we conquer a foreign country, station our troops and population there, collect their resources and labor, serve us and create value."