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

Zhu Youjian's words made Zheng Hongkui's excitement disappear.

Zheng Hongkui thought about it carefully and realized that this was true.

Although in the sea area surrounding Daming, the Zheng family has no rivals.

However, if he wanted to go to Nanyang and snatch food from the mouths of the barbarians, it would be a life-and-death situation.

When the time comes, I may not be able to defeat the barbarians...

Zheng Hongkui was thinking of a solution when he heard the emperor continue:

"I asked you to go to Ezo not just on a whim.

You first manage Ezo, then look for opportunities to beat up the Wonu Kingdom several times, and conquer them first.

It's like raising a dog. If you can't beat it, you never know when it will bite you.

If you beat it until it tucks its tail when it sees you, then it won't dare to frown even if you let it go through a torrent of fire. "

"The Japanese slaves are cruel by nature and fearless of death.

If used as a dog, it would really be a good dog to guard the house and the yard!

After you go to the Japanese slave country this time, do this first.

Then, recruit some Japanese appropriately.

Wait for my news, and when the time is right, go to Old Port!

Use them to fight with blood and blood to regain the old port of Old Port for the imperial court! "

"wonderful!"

Zheng Hongkui clapped his hands and sighed:

"Stones from other mountains can attack jade. Your Majesty's plan is brilliant!

At this time, in the Japanese country, because the princes were fighting and resting, there were wandering warriors everywhere.

Even my Zheng family has recruited some Japanese slaves to work for me.

What Your Majesty said makes sense!

These Japanese slaves are most obsessed with beating but not eating!

As long as the repairman is satisfied and asked to face east, he will not face east.

At that time, I only need to give a little benefit, and I will die for you. "

Looking at the enthusiastic Zheng Hongkui, Zhu Youjian laughed.

Zheng Hongkui thought he was an oriole and took me, a mantis, to catch the silver.

But they don’t know that I am a high and mighty king!

The samurai is holding a slingshot and aiming at you, the oriole!

Zheng Hongkui took advantage of the scarcity of silver coins and made all the benefits. How could Zhu Youjian not know?

Do you really think he doesn't like silver?

Not urgent.

Let Zheng Hongkui use this money to give birth to cubs first!

Overseas feudalism is the carrot I dangle in front of you, a donkey.

When you, Zheng Hongkui, are addicted and can't stop, you will have the means to get your money back!

Apart from anything else, do you want advanced firearms?

Do you want the support of the imperial court?

What about artillery?

What about grenades?

What about the steam engine?

Look further into the distance——

There are also bridge-building technology, railways, trains...

Even if electricity is tinkered with one day...

This little money in your hands, Zheng Hongkui...

What a fart!

Enough to buy something?

Too little!

It's not worth my while.

Let me raise you first, and then I can slaughter you when I am fattened up!

……

Zheng Hongkui left with great gratitude.

The emperor's words made him feel as if there was a furnace in his chest.

Seal the country!

It’s still a great feudal country with a radius of thousands of miles!

I must do my job well and never let His Majesty have the slightest dissatisfaction...

……

In Tianji Hall next to Chengtian Hall.

Ministers such as Fan Jingwen, Ni Yuanlu, Chen Qiyu, as well as Bi Maokang, Bi Maoliang, Song Yingsheng, Song Yingxing, Wang Zheng... Zhu Youjian's new Ming Dynasty's most powerful people unexpectedly gathered together.

Zhu Youjian held the pointer, pointed at a red line on the map, and said seriously:

"This is my new plan, to build a railway from Handu to Wuguan.

In the old Qin Dynasty, you have all personally visited the railway ruins in the Funiu Mountains of Xixia.

At that time, the Qin Dynasty annexed the Chu State and it was inconvenient for the army to transport grain, so this grain transportation road was built.

The ancients 2000 years ago had such wisdom, how can we be any worse?

I think that if it is a specially designed vehicle powered by Wang Zheng's steam engine instead of the horses used to drag the vehicle in the Qin Dynasty, it will be able to obtain greater carrying capacity! "

"Everyone, the biggest source of consumption has always been transporting food rations for the people.

Historically, when transporting grain by dry road, every hundred miles added to the distance would lead to an increase of [-]% in consumption.

If food is transported thousands of miles, seven-tenths of it will have been consumed by the time it arrives!

During the Three Kingdoms period in the past, Cao Cao stationed troops in Chibi with the intention of unifying the world.

Cao Cao dug a grain transport river in Dengzhou to the east of us, connecting it to the Baihe River.

The grain from Dengzhou was transported to Xiangyang after passing through Baihe River, and then shipped southward along the Han River to feed the army.

From Dengzhou to Baihe, it was only 72 miles. Why did Cao Cao go to war and dig a canal? "

(The river still exists today)

"Everyone, think about it carefully. There are 'grain transport rivers' all over the country!"

"Are there many artificial rivers specially dug to carry grain?"

"Doesn't this explain the problem?"

"This is because water transportation can save food to the greatest extent!"

“In the 32nd year of Jiajing reign, Wang Daoxing, the magistrate of Dengzhou, saw that land transportation was being consumed too much.

Therefore, on the upper reaches of this grain transport river, another section was excavated to the suburbs of the city, with a total length of dozens of miles.

Who would have thought that just 12 years later, in the early years of Longqing, the power of the officials and gentry would greatly increase.

This newly created good governance that benefited the country and the people was immediately destroyed by the wealthy gentry..."

Emperor Longqing, who was promoted to heaven by the gentry, was so "revived"...

Zhu Youjian sighed:

“In northern my country, water resources are scarce and water transportation is extremely inconvenient.

Given time, if I want to march into Mongolia, it will all be a dry road! "

"Everyone, by then, how much food will we have to raise to feed the army?"

“Everyone in Qin knows how to build special roads to save food consumption!

Could it be that we are so wise that we don’t even dare to imitate? "

Seeing that the emperor just mentioned the good deeds done by the gentry during the Longqing period and got rid of this problem, the officials all breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhu Yujian clenched his fists loudly.

He doesn't know about this...

This allowed the wealthy gentry family to escape disaster...

Huh?

wrong!

The wealthy gentry in that farmland seemed to have been killed...

Damn!

It's easier for him...

Zhu Yujian shook his head and secretly made up his mind:

Next time, when the emperor asks him to clear out the fields in Hunan, he will definitely not let go of any trace!

I must investigate their past thoroughly!

……

In front of each of the ministers, there was a document, which recorded exactly how to build the railway.

Wang Zheng scratched his head and said:

"Your Majesty, since I came back, I have been considering your Majesty's ideas.

I believe that if we want to realize His Majesty's ambition, we face several major difficulties. "

Zhu Youjian motioned for him to continue.

Wang Zhengdao:

"First, His Majesty wants to use iron to make tracks. The amount of steel required is extremely large. We currently have insufficient blast furnaces!"

"Secondly, there is a shortage of manpower. If His Majesty's idea is to be realized, at least millions of civilians will need to be mobilized!"

"Thirdly, this railway occupies too much cultivated land, and I'm afraid it won't be easy to solve."