Daming: I became Zhu Yuanzhang's eldest son

Now that Zhu Yuanzhang has talked about this, and expanding the territory, he must be making contributions to the Ming Dynasty, and the two princes don't need to shirk it.

"Father is lucky to have such a plan, and my son is willing to expand the territory for Daming, lay down a bright and brilliant world, and let the prestige of Daming spread across all nations."

For such rainbow flattery, Zhu Yuanzhang accepted it as it was ordered, and didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

"The third child has learned to talk about scenes now, but we really plan to expand the territory of Daming more than double that of now, let's start with that Europa, and take it all within two years , accept it as my land from Daming."

Zhu Di didn't speak just now, not because he didn't want to flatter him, but he was thinking about another issue.

Seeing that he was a little dazed, Zhu Yuanzhang took the initiative to ask him.

"Fourth, what are you thinking? Is there anything wrong with this plan? If you have any thoughts, just say it."

In fact, Zhu Di has been in charge of the Guoshang Department, and he runs the imperial court's purse.

He has always been very clear in his heart that in fact, when the imperial court goes to war, what they fight is not necessarily the soldiers and horses ahead, but more importantly, the follow-up money and food.

A Northern Expedition failed to completely wipe out Beiyuan, and it had already consumed 200 million taels of silver. If it weren't for the fried noodles and potatoes and other foodstuffs invented by Zhu Tao, I am afraid that it would have consumed even more.

So what he is most concerned about is that while the frontier is expanding, the food and grass behind can keep up in time.

"Father, my son is indeed a little worried now. Although the court has been recuperating, there are only less than 200 million taels of silver in the treasury. The expedition to Europa will consume more silver than the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty. Much more."

Zhu Yuanzhang, who was still full of excitement just now, was suddenly at a loss.

He only thought of the invincibility of the Daming iron cavalry, but he ignored one point, that is, whether the opponent is weak or strong, if he wants to use troops, he must have a lot of financial resources to support him.

However, since Zhu Tao proposed this strategy, this brat must have a solution.

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Zhu Tao and asked.

"Tao'er, since your fourth brother has posed such a difficult problem, then you can solve it for him."

Zhu Tao nodded, and said to Zhu Di very solemnly.

"Fourth brother, in fact, I have proposed this solution to the problem long ago, but you didn't pay attention to it. Do you still remember how we conquered Japan?"

Zhu Di only heard one sentence, and he suddenly realized, and immediately became excited.

It should be said that Zhu Tao's method was very feasible. At that time, there was not enough money for the conquest of Dongying, so he issued national bonds to the people and officials, let them buy shares in the caravan, and promised to give them silver as a bonus.

At that time, everyone was skeptical about this method. After all, investing so much money, but the benefits are far away, it is always difficult to accept.

Therefore, Xu Zengshou and Hu Weiyong, who were on the expedition to Japan, had been fighting a bit difficult on the front line.

But they did live up to Zhu Yuanzhang's expectations, and they advanced very smoothly on the front line.

When Xu Zengshou returned to Beijing to attend Zhu Tao's wedding, he also brought along two thousand Japanese pirates. These people were still eating swill and pig food, and they were working as slaves in Zhu Tao's experimental field in Huaxiang Village.

Moreover, they have initially advanced Ming's colonization plan for Japan and gained benefits.

Dongying is a place rich in silver mines. Zhu Tao made a very clear mark on the map for Hu Weiyong and Xu Zengshou.

By the time they advanced to the island, the mining of silver mines had already begun.

Moreover, these excavating workers are all conquered Japanese pirates. Under such circumstances, even if they are exhausted to death, or the mine collapses, they will not feel distressed.

After all, these Japanese pirates all have a lot of blood debts in their hands, and each of them deserves to die.

Before they die, if they can make a little contribution, it will be considered a worthy death.

Xu Zengshou and Hu Weiyong marched ahead, and at the same time sent a transport team to the treasury of the Ministry of Households to return 200 million taels of silver.

And they reported that a large amount of silver would be unearthed and sent to the capital one after another.

Zhu Yuanzhang was of course very happy, so he kept 100 taels, and distributed the rest to these shareholders.

Whether it is officials or ordinary people, when they invested, they never thought that there would be a day when they could get dividends, but the dividends came soon, and everyone was ecstatic.

Thinking of this, Zhu Di also understood that this model can be replicated.

"Brother Tao, what you mean is to issue national bonds as soon as possible, and let all these officials and people buy shares, so as to accumulate enough military expenses for the attack on Europa."

Zhu Tao smiled, and said to Zhu Di calmly.

"Fourth brother, in fact, the purpose of issuing national bonds before is to let everyone know that I, Daming, will definitely be able to do anything I want to do, but now I don't have to spend so much time."

Zhu Di didn't understand what Zhu Tao meant, and looked at Zhu Tao very puzzled, wanting to wait for his answer.

Regarding the doubts of the fourth brother, Zhu Tao naturally gave a very detailed explanation.

"Actually, the issue of national debt is just a stopgap measure. Now to attack Europa, you only need to find a few big chaebols, and they are even willing to spend their own money to follow the army as a colonial caravan."

Zhu Di thought for a while, and said to Zhu Tao helplessly.

"But even Shen Wansan was beheaded by his father, who else can be called a chaebol in Yingtian Mansion?"

When Zhu Di said this, he felt that he had made a bit of a slip of the tongue. After all, it was a pity for the person I killed. Wouldn't it be against Zhu Yuanzhang?

But he took a peek at Zhu Yuanzhang, and it seemed that his father was not very angry.

He stopped talking, and directly exposed the topic.

In fact, Shen Wansan's death is a typical example of not dying if you don't do it. At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to build the city wall of Nanjing.

And Shen Wansan found Zhu Yuanzhang by himself, saying that with his own financial resources, he could repair the Nanjing City Wall alone without the need for funds from the Ministry of Household Affairs.

For such a rich and powerful businessman, if he changed to another emperor, even if he was consoling him on the surface, I am afraid that he would feel uncomfortable in his heart.

But Zhu Yuanzhang was not another emperor, he directly found a reason to kill Shen Wansan.

Zhu Tao didn't want to say anything more about Shen Wansan, it might be wearing dragon scales, so he said to Zhu Di with a smile.

"Fourth brother, in fact, your ideas are somewhat conventional. If we don't have Shen Wansan, we can create one, but there must be two conditions, that is, first, he must be completely used by the country, and second, it must be our own. family."

Zhu Di smiled and said helplessly.

"Brother Tao, do you want to be the leader of this caravan?"

After hearing Zhu Di's words, Zhu Tao said helplessly.

"Don't ask me to be the leader of the caravan, even if you ask me to be the king of Europa, I won't do it. I have a Zhujiazhuang to eat and die."