The eldest grandson of Emperor Ming Dynasty!

Chapter 118 Grandfather and grandson disagree for the first time

"Da Sun, tell us how many things are still hidden from us."

Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

This eldest grandson is really not easy.

"Grandpa, I haven't kept anything from you. You haven't asked me about it."

Zhu Ying said helplessly.

It's impossible to say that I'm hiding it just because you can't find out.

Zhu Yuanzhang was speechless, but what Dasun said was true.

"Princess Annan, we think it's good. Since it's delivered, you can keep it when the time comes. Anyway, we don't intend to let you go, you kid."

Zhu Yuanzhang paused and said jokingly.

Zhu Ying pursed her lips, and said instead: "The princess is nothing, but Annan will definitely take it down."

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned when he heard this.

He couldn't help but reprimanded slightly: "It's just a remote Annan, what's worth thinking about, if it was in the past, that's all. Isn't it enough for you to toss about in the huge Ming Dynasty now?"

"I haven't handled my own affairs well, and I still think about the outside world. The current situation of Daming, you have lived in the frontier for a long time, you should see it more clearly than us."

"The most important thing is to manage your own family first. Just like what you told us last time about Daming Baochao, the current situation in the treasury is worse than you imagined."

"Can we not know about the situation of Daming Treasure Banknotes, but now that natural disasters continue, it is the only solution at present."

As he spoke, Zhu Yuanzhang's tone became slightly aggravated.

If the situation was different before, he wouldn't be able to reprimand him, but in the current situation, with Dasun's intelligence, you shouldn't be unable to see it.

In Zhu Yuanzhang's view, the territory of Ming Dynasty is already big enough. To waste money and people to attack those small countries, to Ming Dynasty, it is nothing more than militarism.

Zhu Ying listened to the old man's words quietly, without interrupting, nor expressing herself impatiently.

He knew that the old man was limited by his thinking, or vision.

In fact, for the emperors of all dynasties, many small countries are just such a small place on the map.Fighting is troublesome and strenuous, but if you fight down, you won't get any benefits.

Except for some emperors who naturally like to expand their territories, other emperors basically have no interest at all.

Moreover, each dynasty and generation in the Central Plains has always had a lot of things. When the emperor's centralization of power is too high, it means that many things have to be dealt with every day, just like the old man is doing now.

When the emperor's centralization of power was not enough, basically he was thinking of ways every day, how to balance the power of the parties in the court, and take power into his own hands.

Let alone those who like to have fun, they don’t have enough time to play, so how can they have time to take care of those small countries.

After the old man finished reprimanding, Zhu Ying began to explain slowly:
"Grandpa, you don't know something. In Grandpa's heart, Annan is probably like a cluster of mountains with a lot of miasma. When we wait for the army to pass, it will be very easy for us to be dissatisfied."

"Like the road to Shu, it is difficult to march, and the small country has few people, so there is no benefit to be gained. Is that right?"

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly, and said, "It's good if you know. In our opinion, it's better to fight the Japanese kingdom than to fight Annan. At least there is a lot of money as you said."

"It took a little effort to bring down the Wa Kingdom, at least we won't have to worry about running out of money for hundreds of years in the Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Ying replied: "Silver can't be eaten as food, but Grandpa, do you know that Annan has a natural advantage in growing rice."

"The rice in Annan is basically three-season rice, that is, three crops a year, and the rice-growing areas in Annan are basically irrigated by rivers."

"Natural water conservancy, the soil is extremely fertile, and the yield per mu is several times higher than that of my good farmland in the Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Ying explained slowly.

In fact, he himself doesn't know much about Annan, but he still knows the climate of the tropical rainforest.

The most important thing is that the Annan of later generations is a big grain exporting country. There is not much arable land and a large number of people, and it can still export a large amount of grain.

It is enough to show that it has a great effect on arable land.

The biggest reason why it has not been reflected now is that Annan's farming technology is too backward, and the Annan government does not pay enough attention to rice.

And because there is no rice planting technology, the agriculture in Annan has not yet taken off due to many factors.

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard the words, there was a trace of disbelief in his hesitation, but Dasun's words were very certain.

So he asked, "Da Sun, these things are not to be joked about."

From the bottom of his heart, Zhu Yuanzhang still remained skeptical, including the silver mountain of the Japanese country mentioned by the grandson.

It's just that the Japanese pirates were too arrogant, and Ming's envoy was killed, and he held his breath for 20 years.

Before Dasun insisted on attacking the Wa Kingdom, he felt that he might not be able to stop him, so he simply decided to fight.

Now Annan came again, and this time the grandson said it was a food problem.

Food, this is much more important than silver.

"Grandpa, I want to go to Annan to found a country. Naturally, these things have been investigated for a long time. In fact, as for the truth or falsehood of this matter, just send some secret agents to inquire about it, and you will be able to find out."

Zhu Ying explained.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded subconsciously when he heard the words.

It's hard to say about the money of the Japanese country. There are still many ministers in Ming Dynasty who know agriculture. Send a few envoys to investigate and find out whether what Dasun said is true or not will be known immediately.

Thinking about it this way, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately believed what Dasun said.

"If this is the case, it seems that Annan is still very important." Zhu Yuanzhang murmured, and his heart suddenly began to move.

Food is the most important thing for the people, and the matter of food has always been the most important issue for Daming.

As long as there is enough food, is it afraid that Daming will not be able to grow stronger?

Seeing the old man's heart fluttering, Zhu Ying hurriedly said while the iron was hot: "It's not just the Japanese country, Annan. I've been in the deserts and grasslands of the Western Regions for many years, and many small countries seem to be useless."

"But in fact, it is of great significance to Daming after the operation."

"The silver obtained from the war against Japan is the food obtained from Annan. In this way, there is no saying that it is a waste of money for the people."

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang became silent.

He had to admit that Dasun's words really touched his heart.

Who would dislike having a lot of money and food at home?

What's more, the current Daming is affected by natural disasters, with little money and food.

However, the proposition hidden in Dasun's words is really too big, and most of them even Zhu Yuanzhang can't accept this.

Once Da Ming starts the war, it cannot be stopped easily.

The scale of a war is far from being able to be fought in a few days or a few months.

No one said that once a war started, it would definitely be won.

All kinds of unexpected factors are just as powerful as the place where the Mongolian Yuan was founded back then, but they lost successively in such a small place as the Wa Kingdom.

The failure of the two wars resulted in a huge loss to the Mongolian Yuan, and it also laid a huge hidden danger.

Moreover, Zhu Yuanzhang has never been a belligerent person.

He participated in the rebellion at the beginning because he could no longer survive, and if he didn't rebel, he would starve to death.

The subsequent battles, not to mention, were basically pushed by the situation at that time.

If I don't hit you, you will come and hit me.

The only choice is to fight, there is no retreat at all.

So when the entire Central Plains were conquered, Zhu Yuanzhang stopped his conquests and turned to recuperate.

The reason why there are millions of troops is because Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to protect his family business, not because he had any idea of ​​enclosing wolves and living in Xuxu and expanding the territory.

Even if he becomes the emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang is still a person who wants to protect his family business from the bottom of his heart.

The ambition in Dasun's words cannot be said to be concealed, it can be said to be completely without any concealment, and the heart of war is clearly revealed.

Zhu Ying saw that the old man's face was a little heavy, and knew that the old man must be very conflicted in his heart.

Today's words, Zhu Ying's meaning is very direct, even he knows that the old man is very resistant to these topics.

But he still chose to speak out, because too many things, in terms of ancient conditions, could not be settled overnight.

There are some preparations that take years of preparation.

So he had to say it in advance to test the old man's attitude, even if he would be disgusted by the old man because of it, he didn't care.

He didn't even care about the worst plan, missing the throne of the Great Ming Emperor.

With his current situation, even if he couldn't become the emperor of Ming Dynasty because of this incident, but with his status, it would be no problem for him to be a vassal king.

In the name of Daming, there are not too many things he can do.

Besides, having said that, the Emperor of Ming, who would he do if he didn't?

Or Zhu Yunwen?

If this is really the case, I am afraid that it will not be Zhu Di who will be Jing Nan.

After thinking about it for a while, Zhu Ying felt that for now, it is better not to force the old man too hard.

He changed the subject and said, "Grandpa, last time I told you about the granulation of gunpowder, has it been arranged for the Gunpowder Department to do it?"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang recovered from his contemplation and said: "Yesterday, the memorial came over, saying that it has been completed, but the effect has not been tested yet."

Zhu Ying was slightly taken aback when she heard this.

So fast?You're not mistaken, it's only been a few days, and the gunpowder has been successfully granulated?
Although the granulation of gunpowder is not complicated, the action of the gunpowder department is really too fast.It was completely beyond his imagination.

At this time, Zhu Yingcai understood that the current scientific research ability in the early Ming Dynasty was not comparable to that in the late Ming Dynasty.

"Grandpa, I want to visit the Gunpowder Department again tomorrow." Zhu Ying couldn't help but said.

He wondered if the Gunpowder Department had made a mistake.

"Okay, let's go with you tomorrow to see if what Dasun said is true."

Zhu Yuanzhang said.

Dasun gave him a lot of advice, so far, work-for-relief is still a good idea.

The country of Wa and Annan are too far away.

The most recent thing that can be seen is the granulation of the so-called gunpowder.

In Dasun's words, the granulation of gunpowder seems to be quite important, even a bit exaggerated.

It seems that once done, it will increase the damage of the firearm by a level.

Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to go and see for himself, if this is the case.

Then Zhu Yuanzhang should pay more attention to the silver mountains of the Japanese country and the Annan rice that Dasun said.

At the same time, Zhu Yuanzhang also understood that if the power of firearms can be improved by this.

For the Ming army, it was even easier to fight.

(End of this chapter)