Daming: I became Zhu Yuanzhang's eldest son

After Old Tang finished his performance, everyone was dumbfounded, and then there was a burst of thunderous applause.

Zhu Tao told them.

"It's normal for these ordinary people to be illiterate. After all, your country's cultural background is much poorer, but they can't read. Can't they still listen to books? Cultivate a few more storytellers, and everything will be solved."

As he spoke, he explained some principles of storytelling to these envoys, and asked Old Tang to demonstrate again.

Watching Lao Tang's performance and listening to Zhu Tao's explanation, these envoys were mesmerized.

In the end, Cao Bi directly took off a silver bracelet in his hand. After all, he didn't have anything more valuable, and then gave it to Old Tang.

"Sir, what you said is really good, but there are no storytellers in our country who can tell stories. I think you should follow me. I can treat you as a state guest."

As soon as these words were spoken, the envoys from other countries present were unwilling. What is this for?It didn't take long to start grabbing business.

They also came forward one after another and invited Old Tang to go to their country to tell stories. Zhu Tao said with a smile.

"Everyone, don't worry. This Mr. Tang is my steward, so I can't go with you, but all the envoys present, each of you can take away a storyteller and go to your country to help with training. The Imperial College has already prepared someone Well, don't worry about that."

After hearing Zhu Tao's words, all the envoys present were happy. It seems that this King Dingyuan is really caring, and Daming is really talented and kind.

After they calmed down, Zhu Tao looked at Fang Xiaoru again and said to them.

"Be quiet, everyone. There are still some things. Let this Mr. Fang talk to you."

Fang Xiaoru also looked around at the crowd, coughed and said.

"I have some brochures that have just been published here. The Imperial College has sorted out some stories about Ming's deeds and characters. After you go back, you can distribute them, explain them and publicize them, so that people in your country can learn from them."

Everyone became happy in an instant, so they all lined up quietly to receive these books written by Fang Xiaoru.

But when everything was going very smoothly, suddenly there was a discordant voice, an envoy said suddenly.

"Although what King Dingyuan said is very reasonable, and we are willing to follow Daming to learn culture, but this time we came to pay tribute, why hasn't Daming given us the reward?"

This time, the question was directly brought back to the original point. There is no shortage of smart people among these envoys, and they immediately asked the essence of the question.

After all, everyone came all the way from thousands of miles away to listen to a few short stories. No matter how well these stories are told, they are not as good as real money. In fact, everyone is not a fool.

When Zhu Tao was about to speak, Cao Bi suddenly stood up and said.

"I said that you are so indifferent to things. His Royal Highness King Dingyuan has talked so much and told us all about the culture of Daming. It is almost equivalent to digging out your heart and lungs. You have the cheek to ask for rewards."

However, Zhu Tao also knew that after talking so much, he still wanted to be more realistic, so he said to the envoys below.

"Of course there are rewards. You don't have to be so anxious. Come and bring up the rewards with two captains."

At this time, Old Tang took several captains in front of the palace and lifted up all the big boxes.

The eyes of these envoys were almost straightened. After all, when Daming rewarded gold and silver back then, they were so generous. They almost moved back box by box.

Now that I see almost the same box again, how can I not be full of expectations.

But when the box was opened, it wasn't gold and silver inside, but the Daming banknotes that Zhu Tao was in charge of.

There is not even a tael of silver in it, it is all banknotes, but there are a lot of banknotes.

At this time, the envoys were a little confused about the function of the Daming banknotes. After all, they could only be circulated in the Ming Dynasty, and they couldn't buy anything in their own country.

So everyone stared at Zhu Tao with big eyes and small eyes, hoping that His Highness King Dingyuan could give them a reasonable explanation, after all, they believed in Zhu Tao very much.

Zhu Tao just smiled lightly and said.

"Do you know why Daming's economy is so prosperous?"

As soon as this question was asked, these envoys simply looked at each other in blank dismay. There was no economic scale in their country at all, so how could they consider other issues?

"Please enlighten me, Your Highness, could it be related to this Daming treasure?"

This question itself is very unsolvable, but Zhu Tao nodded indifferently and replied.

"You are absolutely right. The reason why the economy of the Ming Dynasty is so developed is because of the precious banknotes of the Ming Dynasty. They are very light. If you carry gold and silver across mountains and rivers, there will always be safety problems. There are not so many treasure banknotes. Moreover, the face value of the treasure banknotes can be exchanged for goods of equivalent value in Daming, which means that they are equally effective as gold and silver, and this is why I, Daming, are thinking of you."

At this time Cao Bi stood up suddenly, looked at the envoys present, seemed to be a little contemptuous, and then bowed deeply and said.

"So that's the case, His Royal Highness King Dingyuan thought it through and figured everything out for us. We thank Emperor Ming and His Royal Highness for their great love for us."

In fact, his echoing was not simply because he admired Zhu Tao, but because he already understood that Zhu Tao was the emperor's most trusted adopted son.

In other words, supporting Zhu Tao is actually equivalent to supporting Zhu Yuanzhang, and Zhu Yuanzhang seems to have asked the chief eunuch to give him a message to support him in inheriting the throne.

For this throne, he can only fight. No matter what Zhu Tao says, he will go along with it. Even if Zhu Tao said that the earth is square and there are dinosaurs in his eggs, he can find evidence to support it.

Zhu Tao was a little moved, this is really a rare good thing.

However, the other envoys were still somewhat dissatisfied. After all, Daming's treasured banknotes could only be used in Daming's country, while gold and silver were the common currency in the world, and they were hard currencies no matter where they were.

Although one of the envoys did not dare to say it on the face, he murmured cautiously underneath.

"This is of no use to us. After all, we can't spend it when we take it back to China, and it's just a stack of waste paper if we give it."

Zhu Tao had actually heard this voice a long time ago, and he just asked it seemingly casually.

"Which envoy is muttering below? It doesn't matter. If you have any opinions, you can directly raise them and let me answer them for you. I can't understand what I'm going to say."

The envoy just now was startled. After all, he is a small foreign country, and Daming is a kingdom in heaven. If he really said something wrong, let alone rewards, it is unknown whether he can get out of this room.

So Zhu Tao's question seemed gentle, but in fact, the envoy was so frightened that his neck was almost retracted into his cavity.