The eldest grandson of Emperor Ming Dynasty!

No one would have thought why the court suddenly issued such a notice.

Find a tree?

It sounds very unreliable.

But that reward is real.

In just one day, this news spread wildly in the capital, and everyone in the streets and alleys was discussing it.

1000 million Guanbao banknotes, plus a reward from Wanhuhou.

This is straight to the sky.

The conversion of 1000 million taels of silver is basically clear to anyone who read it, and it is for the convenience of foreign businessmen.

Obviously, this tree that can shed tears should not be owned by Daming.

The common people just watched the excitement, and the real excitement was the families involved in the maritime merchants, the nobles, and the merchants of all nations in the capital.

There are also those who are self-righteous, thinking that there is no tree that can shed tears in this world, and hearing the name feels a bit absurd.

How could there be a tree in this world that shed tears.

Most of the sea merchants from all over the world who can go to the capital have spent most of their lives doing business in various countries. The real big businessmen have never heard of this kind of tree.

However, when the latest Jingshi Mansion report was released, with detailed information on it, no one doubted whether the tree really existed.

The first is the origin of the tree.

Here Zhu Ying made a modification. In order to make everyone more motivated, he said that he had seen the trunk of this tree when he was in the Western Regions.

He was no longer a tramp, but an old businessman.

This trunk is the old merchant's last treasure.

Then there is a detailed introduction to the tree situation.

It is highly poisonous, and when the bark is cut, a lot of milky white sap will flow out, which looks like tears, so it is called the tree that can shed tears.

According to Taisun's recollection, the old businessman found this tree in a hot place with four seasons, and the trees around it were tall and dense.

As soon as the detailed description in the Di newspaper appeared, it quickly broke the non-existent rumors.

It's all described so clearly, how could it be fake.

His Royal Highness Taisun does not need to use a fake tree to deceive people.

The key is that the Daming Wanhuhou is really fragrant.

The notice is relatively brief, but the mansion newspaper is very detailed.

First of all, this Daming Wanhuhou is hereditary!
And it is a real power seal.

After receiving the title of Marquis of Wanhu, he will also be given the command of Qianhusuo.

Second, is the mansion.

This is not an empty mansion, where servants, maids, and the imperial court will all be equipped.

With the addition of 1000 million Guanbao notes, you can go directly to the pinnacle of life.

The mansion newspaper also said that no matter who can find this tree, they will give it to them.

Even if it's a three-year-old and a second-year-old, it's still true.

This Jingshi Mansion Newspaper is to be published overseas, which means that the imperial court's promise is to the whole world.

It can be said that such a huge reward has never been seen in ancient and modern times, and it is the first time in the world.

The most important thing is that this residence report will be sent to the whole of Ming Dynasty in an expedited way of [-] miles.

In order to get the rubber tree, Zhu Ying took great pains.

In fact, he originally wanted to offer a reward of [-] million yuan.

But Zhu Yuanzhang persuaded him.

"If it's too high, it doesn't feel so real."

In this regard, Lao Zhu has experience, such as the Guo Huan case back then.

After hearing this, Zhu Ying also felt the same, so she set a number of 1000 million.

Hereditary Marquis of Ten Thousand Households, tsk tsk, if someone can really find a rubber tree, to be honest, Zhu Ying thinks it would be worthwhile to even give the seat of a prince.

Before the end of the first lunar month, a large number of ships had already moved along the coast of Daming.

This feeling, as if whoever is slower, the bounty will be snatched away.

Even Zhu Ying didn't realize that the appearance of this reward greatly promoted the progress of the great voyage.

Especially when it comes to open-expanded adventures.

The great voyages in history were for Europe to seek more interests, including colonization, also known as the Age of Exploration.

But now because Zhu Ying offered a huge reward for finding the tree, all the caravans would inevitably embark on the road of opening up wasteland.

There is no set time for rewards.

In other words, no matter how long it has passed, anyone who can find this tree will be rewarded.

In order to ensure the safety of tree seekers, Zhu Ying even stated in the residence newspaper that if it is inconvenient to bring back the tree after finding it, Daming can send a fleet of escorts to accompany it for protection.

Even the worries of the future are omitted, there is nothing to worry about.

As a result, there is a series of chain reactions.

The big families that had never been involved in maritime trade before began to join in one after another, recruiting crew members on a large scale.

The shipyard began to rotate continuously for twelve hours, and a large number of shipyards began to be built.

There is no way, the orders for sea-going ships have exploded, and some large shipyards have already been listed for three years.

The current shipbuilding technology itself is rising on a large scale.

Previously, it would take at least three months to build a sea-going ship at full capacity, which was something only large shipyards, such as Jiangnan Shipyard, could do.

And Zhu Ying implemented parts processing in the factory, which greatly improved the efficiency of the factory, which increased the speed of shipbuilding. For example, a large shipyard can build it in less than two months.

For smaller ones, three months is enough.

Even so, it is still in short supply.

Daming almost has a little money, but now they are all involved in maritime trade, and their enthusiasm is too high.

Although Zhu Ying had expected such a situation, she did not expect it to be so high.

1000 million guanbao banknotes may be owned by many big families, but it is hereditary to tens of thousands of households, and they are rewarded with real power. This is really crazy.

After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, apart from the group of founding heroes, it is difficult to have the blockade of titles.

In the past few years, it is not that there have been no wars. Fighting against Japan and Annan are all battles involving hundreds of thousands of people.

But even so, the imperial court did not award many titles, but only promoted according to merit, and the rewards of money increased.

This also means that the title will become more difficult in the future.

That's why the hereditary Wanhuhou who is emerging now is so touching.

Besides, for many families, the sea trade business itself is profitable, even if the weeping tree cannot be found, the possibility of losing money is not high, so naturally there is no need to think about it, and it is over.

In addition, Zhu Ying issued another decree through the Ministry of War.

Ten years of expedition.

5 people were recruited for a ten-year expedition. This expedition took the form of voluntary registration.

Restricted age under 35 years old.

The only child in the family cannot apply.

Looking at these two items alone, not to mention 5 people, even 1 people sign up is pretty good.

But what happened next was really exciting.

All soldiers who sign up will be paid two hundred guan per person for settlement.

With this alone, the hearts of almost a large number of soldiers began to beat.

Before the military salary reform, the status of soldiers was extremely low, and many soldiers were even criminals, completely without self.

Previously, military pay was not settled with precious banknotes, but with food, such as rice and wheat, and the unit of calculation was stones and liters.

Like the criminals who are exiled into the army, they will die when they die. Once they are settled, the court will not pursue your crimes. It is the utmost benevolence to collect the corpse.

For many soldiers, stuttering is actually not bad, especially in times of war, where there is no such thing as a soldier getting paid.

As for the regular army, it is divided into combat soldiers and auxiliary soldiers.

The treatment of the auxiliary soldiers is very general, two or three stones of rice is enough for the family members, if there are no family members, it will naturally be in the hands of the commander, and even some who obviously have family members will be corrupted.

The treatment of soldiers is much better. Under normal circumstances, commanders do not have pensions for corrupt soldiers, and they will report to the court and send them to their families.

Of course, in addition to pensions, the military household system is also a benefit.

The military household system inherited from father to son, after receiving the pension, even if the minor son inherits the household registration of military household, he can also receive a certain amount of food every month. It is naturally impossible to get rich, but starving to death is definitely not possible. appeared.

Now that Zhu Ying's army has been reorganized, the treatment has naturally improved a lot.

First of all, the hereditary household system was broken, which means that even if the father is a sergeant, the son does not have to be a sergeant.

The second is money and food.

The food and drink of the sergeants in active service is basically under the unified responsibility of the army, and there is a monthly payment in addition.

Ordinary auxiliary soldiers and logistics soldiers can get seven coins per month, soldiers with eleven coins, and those with official positions, such as small flags and general flags, will naturally get more.

For example, at the level of a hundred households, there are almost eighty or ninety banknotes every month.

It also depends on the region. For example, there will be more subsidies in border areas.

Compared with the current economic situation of Ming Dynasty, it doesn't seem to be very high, but the soldiers are all provided with food and housing, including all armaments, and the monthly money they get can be saved completely.

When going to war, there will be war subsidies, meritorious service can also be awarded, and if enough is captured, a sum can be shared.

Soldiers in all dynasties did not have this kind of treatment. It can't be said that it is good, but it can already be said to be quite high.

That is to say, Zhu Ying was engaged in the economy and made Ming's treasury so rich that he dared to play like this. In other dynasties, such a military payment system could directly bring down the country.

In fact, the key lies in the blow to the aristocratic family. After all, in the previous dynasties, [-]% of the money and food produced went into the pockets of the aristocratic family, and the court and the people shared [-]%.

Although the imperial court collects taxes from all over the world, it still has to bear famine, salaries, rewards, military salaries, wars and other expenses. Among them, there will be a large number of corrupt officials who are greedy for imperial money and food. The so-called seeking officials from thousands of miles away is only for money. Stretched.

In terms of pension, today's Daming can be said to be very high.

The starting price is fifty pennies, even for logistics soldiers and auxiliary soldiers.

There are eighty guan in Zhan Bing's words.

If it is a small banner, a general banner, and a hundred households, there will naturally be more.

So Zhu Ying gave you two hundred guan as a settling fee, which is equivalent to paying you several times the death benefit in advance.

Zhu Ying knew very well that the [-] expeditionary force crossed the Bering Strait from northeast Asia to North America, and then crossed almost the entire North American continent to South America.

The distance among them is estimated to be at least [-] miles.

Even at a normal marching speed, it would take about three years to cover fifty miles a day and more than 8000 miles a year.

Certainly not that fast actually.

This is different from the Long March of the later generations. There is no need to deal with war. Northeast Asia is almost no man's land. Even if there are some small tribes, how dare they provoke an army of [-], I am afraid that all the surrounding tribes add up to only a few thousand people.

The only thing to worry about is the harsh natural environment, so Zhu Ying chose soldiers under the age of 35.

The younger you are, the better your physical fitness will be.

This is not a battle, it mainly depends on endurance.

Even if she crossed the Bering Strait and arrived in North America, Zhu Ying was not worried.

No matter how the tribe fights against Daming's regular army, they are not at the same level at all. This is [-] soldiers.

In fact, it would definitely not be said that there are [-] soldiers. In terms of combat soldiers, [-] soldiers are already as high as the sky, and most of the rest are auxiliary soldiers, including doctors accompanying the army, and talents in various fields.

Even so, it would be able to run rampant throughout the American continent.

Of course, the purpose of the expeditionary force was not to grab territory. Their purpose was to find trees, spread the civilization of the Ming Dynasty, and promote the majesty of the Ming Dynasty. Naturally, friendly exchanges were the main priority.

Based on the harsh natural environment, such as Northeast Asia is almost covered by ice and snow, the marching speed will naturally be slower.

The reason for choosing [-] soldiers instead of [-] or more is also due to this consideration.

After all, it needs a lot of food, especially before entering North America, the northeastern part of Asia.

Naturally, there will be restrictions on carrying food. It is impossible to say that you can carry a year's food on the march. This is very unrealistic. You can only collect food while walking on the road.

So the cook who accompanied the army was also the key.

Calculated in this way, it is very good to be able to arrive in South America in five years. Even if you are familiar with the road and go there again, it is estimated that it will take about five years to come back.

During the ten-year expedition, there was really no water involved.

In fact, Zhu Ying thinks that even under smooth circumstances, it may take twelve or three years, or even 15 years.

The fastest situation, of course, is that the entire [-] expeditionary army is wiped out.

The two hundred guan notes are the basic soldier's salary. In fact, including the officers, including doctors, it is at least 3000 million guan.

In addition to the settling allowance, Zhu Ying also gave special treatment, as long as anyone who can complete the task and return to Daming, all personnel will be promoted to three levels in a row, and all the military pay will be made up.

Ten years of military pay, this is not a small sum.

Even if it is ten guan notes, there are 120 guan in a year, and [-] guan in ten years.

However, the settlement allowance, that is, the pension, has already been paid, and the supplementary military salary can only be received by those who come back alive.

On military merit.

Ordinary soldiers directly crossed the small flag and became a small flag officer.

And Zongqi can surpass the test of hundreds of households and become a hundred households.

For commanders and the like, in addition to official positions, they can also be awarded titles.

To sum up all the above treatment, just listen to it, it is really attractive.

Among them, especially for recruits who have just joined the army, it is even more tempting.

How can one be afraid of death as a soldier, besides, no one thinks that any country will dare to oppose Daming, isn't it just a march, as long as he can come back alive, he will have official positions, money, and reputation.

Naturally, when Zhu Ying issued the decree, he didn't say where he was going, and most of the soldiers didn't know what kind of harsh natural environment they would encounter.

In fact, Zhu Ying didn't issue this decree, even if he issued a military order directly, there was no difference, but he himself knew the difficulty of this, so he gave such a generous reward.

After all, the rewards offered are already tens of millions of coins, and there are tens of thousands of hereditary lords, so we can't treat one more favorably than another.

In fact, this expeditionary force of 5 people is what Zhu Ying thinks is most likely to find rubber trees.

When the order was released in the military, it was already boiling.

In fact, even if they didn't say it clearly, most people can guess that the purpose of this ten-year expedition is to find the weeping tree in the previous mansion report.

How could it be possible for an ordinary military operation to last as long as ten years, and it would be impossible to give such a high reward.

But no matter how difficult it is, with the rewards given so far, the soldiers are encouraged to sign up.