Daming: I asked you to hang yourself, but I didn’t ask you to rebuild the Ming Dynasty

Zhu Youjian's words made the two gray-haired old men who were dedicated to serving the country feel embarrassed. They were thinking about donating some family property to relieve the emperor's worries.

Before the two of them could speak, Zhu Youjian continued:

"The two old ministers are loyal to the country. If I reward them with yellow and white vulgar things, it will be dirty in the eyes of the two beloved ministers."

He pretended to be deep in thought for a while, and when he saw both of them looking shy, he suppressed a smile in his heart and said:

"In this case, I will name this new type of heartless cannon the 'General Bi's cannon'. Only by spreading the names of the two old generals forever can we appreciate the hard work of the two old generals' families!"

The two were stunned.

If you ask what is the highest pursuit of scholars?

So regardless of whether he is a corrupt person or not, he will tell you one thing -

"Set up your mind for the heaven and earth, set up your destiny for the life and the people, follow the sages of the past, and create peace for the world!"

The Northern Song Dynasty scholar Zhang Zai’s words should not be too high-level.

Literati often use this as their slogan.

It's like some people on a high platform are full of righteous words. Regardless of what they say, in fact, if you look it up, it's like a rat's nest.

……

As soon as Zhu Youjian spoke, Bi Maokang and Bi Maoliang's eyes widened. The two people, who were as old as children and were obsessed with gold and silver, instantly turned red.

The emperor himself named the new cannon after their surnames!

This is the highest honor!

"Your Majesty, veteran, veteran..."

Bi Maoliang choked with sobs.

At the age of 80, he burst into tears.

It has been rare since ancient times for people to reach seventy.

At the age of 80, how many more years does he have to live?

During his lifetime, he heard personally that the emperor wanted to name such a powerful artillery piece after their surname and pass it down forever.

Bi Maoliang was extremely moved and was about to say something.

Bi Maokang had already pulled his brother's sleeves and couldn't help but kneel down:

"Old minister, thank you for your kindness!"

The emperor gave them eternal glory!

Even that prince and half-saint do not have this glory!

"Get up, get up!"

Zhu Youjian hurriedly helped the two gray-haired old men up with one hand and one at a time.

"Two Qings, I want to go and see the new guns that the two Qings helped me buy. You and I, the king and my ministers, are so polite, but it's going to be dark!"

The two of them wiped away their tears and laughed through their red eyes:

"What your Majesty is saying is that the two old ministers have their necks buried in the soil. How can there be so many ideas for peeing!"

Bi Maoliang laughed at himself, stretched out his hand to invite:

"Your Majesty, the gun-making place is on the smaller island in the north. Let's go and have a look."

……

General Bi's cannon was named like this...

A group of people got on the boat. Zhu Youjian said to Ni Yuanlu, who had been busy all the time and returned to him at this time:

"Ni Qing's family, how are the statistics?"

Ni Yuanlu’s face was full of smiles:

"Your Majesty, I have carefully calculated that if we follow the layout of the two old officials, we can still arrange 130 waterwheels on Wangfuzhou Island."

There are three large islands in the Wangfuzhou Islands. As long as the homeless people who have nothing to do can reinforce and tidy them up, at least [-] waterwheels can be set up.

According to Erbi's layout, if on average every ten hydraulic presses can build five cannons per day, then...

As long as there are sufficient raw materials and the right manpower, we can make all the artillery - 150 artillery pieces a day!

Of course, due to many reasons, and the fact that it is the easiest to manufacture without conscience, the output will definitely not be so high by then...

However, in less than 50 years from Jiajing to Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1573--1620), the Ming Dynasty alone manufactured as many as [-] to [-] furlong cannons...

Zhu Youjian had a smile on his face, he must be far better than them.

War has always been the best catalytic hotbed for technology...

……

Zhu Youjian continued:

"How much money have I brought along this journey?"

Ni Yuanlu replied without even thinking:

“Your Majesty, all the rewards in the army, as requested by Your Majesty, have not yet been paid.

Therefore, there are still 6703 million taels of silver and 1209 million taels of gold in the Guanghua Bank. "

Zhu Youjian thought about it for a while:

"In other words, I can currently control 3000 million taels of silver?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, this quantity should be able to complete Your Majesty's plan!"

……

Ni Yuanlu has been responsible for a secret plan these days - preparing for the emperor to leverage the country's bank deposits.

The emperor wants to make silver coins!

Zhu Youjian thought about it carefully. If the silver exchanged for 3000 million gold and silver was refined, it would only be about 800 million taels of pure silver.

If he remembered correctly, Yuan Datou's silver content was only between 80% and 82%.

Considering that in this era, currency was minted, not die-cast currency.

Once Yuan Datou's beautifully crafted currency is taken out, its impact on the world will be huge.

Because exquisite currency itself can push its value up a lot.

Therefore, if he sets the new version of coins to contain 70% silver, people will accept it.

This is the principle of rare things becoming more valuable.

……

But this is not enough!

Zhu Youjian frowned and thought carefully:

Fire consumption has always been deducted when minting coins, and the fire consumption in the Ming Dynasty has always been maintained below 8%.

In other words, if he charges 10% fire consumption, people will accept it based on the exquisiteness of the exclusive coins.

After all, no one in the world has ever seen die-cast coins. Even if he said that the fire consumption is as high as 30%, some people would believe it...

After such comprehensive calculation, the 3000 million taels of silver in his hand can be used as 5000 million taels of silver.

……

He remembered reading a paper in his previous life. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the total amount of silver in circulation in the Ming Dynasty was between 500 million taels and [-] million taels.

With a ratio of sixteen to one, we will leverage the entire market...

Zhu Youjian frowned...

It seems a bit risky!

……

Ni Yuanlu saw the emperor's frown, presumably because she was worried that the move was too risky.

With a smile on his face, Ni Hubu coughed slightly, reminding the emperor that he pointed to the north.

"What do you mean?"

Zhu Youjian, who was thinking about how risky his high-leverage operation was, didn't understand what Ni Hubu meant for a while, and asked subconsciously.

Ni Yuanlu lowered her voice and said in a voice that only two people could hear:

"Your Majesty, have you forgotten about Li Zicheng?"

"There is a shortage of food in Shanxi and Shaanxi. His Majesty let Liu Fangliang go back earlier, which was considered a preliminary friendship with Li Zicheng.

His Majesty even plans to put Yuan Zongdi back as well. In this way, this trust will be enough to reach the level of doing business with each other.

In this case, why doesn't Your Majesty give Li Zicheng some money?

Who makes Shanshan and Shaanxi lack of food? "