My Daming New Empire

Zhu Di's eyes lit up, and he asked, "The country of Timur is thousands of miles away, with high mountains and long rivers, how can we take revenge?"

Seeing him moved, Zhu Zhanji smiled and said, "Grandfather, now our Ming fleet has arrived at Khormos twice, and Khormos is the vassal state of the Timur Kingdom. From Khurmos to Natie The capital of the Mu'er Kingdom is less than two thousand miles away, and there are no mountains and rivers to separate it, let alone miasma and swamps, so the army can drive straight down."

Zhu Di went around to the front of the huge world map, looked at the location of the Timur Kingdom, and asked, "One hundred thousand troops, marching for half a year, how to deal with the military rations?"

Zhu Zhanji pointed to the location of India and said with a smile: "Our army only needs a little military rations. When we arrive at Jiaozhi, Siam, Guri, Shaliwan, Zufar and other places, we can raise military rations on the spot. Shaliwan, Zufar and other countries have been Being abused by Timur, if my army goes out, they will naturally raise food for my army.”

Zhu Di nodded and said, "Tomorrow's Mid-Autumn Festival, I will summon envoys from these countries to raise food for my Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Zhanji said with a smile: "Grandpa Huang, don't be impatient. It won't be too late to send out the army after the grandson goes to investigate the situation first and make preparations."

Zhu Di looked at Zhu Zhanji suspiciously, and asked, "Why do you suddenly want to attack Timur?"

Zhu Zhanji pointed to the map of Europe and said: "My Ming Dynasty has a vast land and abundant resources. Porcelain, iron, tea, silk, and cloth are all available. The people there are like the Mongolian people. They mainly eat meat and cannot do without tea. Silk can be exchanged for the same weight. Gold, but the trade channel is blocked by this Timurid country. After destroying the Timur country, my Ming’s goods can be sold there directly, earning more gold and silver.”

Zhu Di also knew that this grandson attached great importance to trade, so he didn't doubt his intentions, and seriously considered the pros and cons of attacking Timur.

Now that Ming's firearms are developing rapidly, no one can beat him. This change in the mode of war also gave Zhu Di even greater ambitions.

He took a closer look at the land passage between Asia and Europe. This Timurid country was much bigger than the Bagu and Nanzhang he had chosen. Compared with them, Dongpu was only a small country.

If he could destroy this country by himself, it would be much better than destroying several small countries. "This plan works, but..."

Zhu Zhanji saw that he was a little embarrassed to speak, and then said: "The grandson is just exploring the way first. Even if the war starts, of course, he will wait for the emperor's grandfather to order himself."

Zhu Di laughed, pointing to the map of Central Asia and said: "Tamerlane has a vast territory, but attacking from the sea cannot damage its foundation. I think one should attack from the south and the north, and the two sides can attack in one fell swoop."

Most of Xinjiang in later generations still belongs to the Chaha Taidong Khanate, which is today's Yilibali.Daming has only one Hamiwei, which is also the most marginal control area of ​​Daming in the northwest.

It is not generally difficult to attack Central Asia from land.

But now that there is a musket, Zhu Zhanji is actually not worried, so he deliberately said jokingly: "Then this Yili handle..."

Zhu Di laughed and said: "I have 50 troops in the Ming Dynasty, and now I have [-] muskets. As long as there is enough gunpowder, no matter where they come from, I can beat them to death. If you don't listen to me with a small Yili handle, I will kill them." Went out."

This kind of arrogance that doesn't make sense at all, Zhu Zhanji was secretly delighted when he saw it. It is really a happy thing to have such a grandpa who is a war thug!

Thinking that he can live for at least six years, this time is enough for him to show his prestige again!

Thank you Huang Qianjiu, I spit on you, super cowardly hairball, bookworm who can chew, thank you for your support

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On the Mid-Autumn Festival of this year, because of the great victory of the Eastern Expedition, Daming pardoned a group of prisoners with minor crimes.

But all of this has nothing to do with Zhu Zhanji. After spending the Mid-Autumn Festival with his family in the palace, he simply arranged the adjustment of the Navy's first fleet, and took his mother, younger siblings and a group of wives and concubines to Tangchi Spa vacation.

When he was no longer in the palace, his wives and concubines were like being imprisoned, they could only move about in the East Palace and had no chance to enter or leave the palace gate.

Unless there is a major event in their own family, it is impossible for them to leave the palace.

So when Zhu Zhanji came back, he would naturally take them out to relax.

Regarding the full moon banquet for several children, in this era when children under the age of five are not safe, they will not make a fuss.

When he came to Tangchi Hot Spring, Zhu Zhanji just held a small-scale dinner, and invited the child's grandparents, uncles, and had a meal together.

Although he was on vacation in Tangchi, it was mainly to give the concubines a time to relax. Zhu Zhanji's main energy was still on arranging people to go to Jiangyou to find saltpeter mines, and to prepare for the bank and prepare for the voyage to the West.

Knowing the place Jiangyou and the name Laojun Mountain, Zhu Zhanji was not worried about whether he could find the saltpeter mine.

Even if he can't find it, at worst he arranges a fleet and gives an accurate positioning.Let them go to Chile along the Pacific Ocean to dig the saltpeter mines there.

As for voyages to the Western Seas, Zheng He already had very rich experience.Although the scale this time will be much larger, Zhu Zhanji does not need to worry too much about how to prepare.

His main focus was on summoning the sons of the palaces, and getting the inner eunuch to form the largest trading team in history.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, Zhu Di sent six honorable envoys, headed by Mu Xin, to various palaces to announce the decree, asking each palace to send a second or third generation son to follow the grandson and go to the West together.

If Zhu Di still had some worries about Zhu Zhanji's voyage to the West at the beginning, but after he used the conquest of Timur as a bait, Zhu Di was really looking forward to his trip to the West.

As for the trade team, Zhu Zhanji not only wants to conduct trade in Southeast Asia and South Asia this time, but also wants to go directly to Europe to see what the world is like now that is familiar to future generations.

For Europe, Zhu Zhanji has no intention of meddling in the slightest.To be honest, the whole of Europe can be regarded as a wild land, and the only climate suitable for human survival is only one.

Because of the influence of the Atlantic warm current, Western Europe and Southern Europe have no extreme heat in summer and no severe cold in winter, so it has become another cradle for the development of human civilization.

But throughout Western Europe, the land is barren and not suitable for growing food, and the minerals are not rich. Whether it is the iron ore in northern France or the iron ore in Sweden, the reserves are not large. The only one with rich reserves is only one coal mine and forest resources. up.

But these are nothing compared to the Americas and Australia.

The main reason why they were able to be so rich was that they seized the opportunity of the Age of Discovery and vigorously carried out colonial plunder and trade. On this basis, they developed into the largest economy in later generations.

He wants to go to Europe, the purpose is to restrict Europeans.In this life, he wants to confine the Europeans in Europe, preventing them from having the opportunity to invade the Americas, Australia, Asia, and Africa.

Relying on Daming's current strength, this is not difficult.

Just need to control Iceland, Azores, and set up a few monitoring points in Africa, and the Europeans can be restricted

However, it is a systematic problem to make these monitoring points self-circulating and develop on their own.

This is a restriction at sea, but on land, it is actually more difficult to restrict Europeans.

Because the deserts in the Northwest, the Gobi Desert, the remote tundra in Siberia, and the high mountains in Central Asia are all difficult problems for the current Ming Dynasty to solve.

Before the development of the train, the control of such a long distance was a bigger problem.

So although Zhu Zhanji wanted to overthrow the Timur kingdom, he never thought about destroying the Arabs directly.

Outside of the area under Ming's current control, the European whites and Arabs must become rivals, so that they don't care about each other.

As for black people, sorry.

Daming is not Portugal, so there is no need for them to go to America as coolies, so they should stay in the corner of Central Africa and sing and dance happily every day.

For this race, Zhu Zhanji has no affection at all. They are synonymous with depravity and laziness.

Even if Daming uses some black labor in the future, he will definitely castrate them and never let them spread.

Although Europeans and Arabs are very poor now, there are still three catties of nails in the broken ship.In southern Europe and North Africa, they have accumulated a lot of gold and silver for thousands of years. Since they are going to go there, of course they have to search for it.

Robbery is the most inefficient behavior. Through trade, they can honestly exchange their gold and silver for what they want.

After arranging these affairs, Zhu Zhanji's main energy was on the preparation of the bank affairs.

In his previous life, he took part in shares and controlled many banks. He is no stranger to the establishment and operation process of banks.

But that is a modernized bank of later generations. In today's era, if the bank is to survive on its own, many aspects must be re-planned.