Daming: Lend the system to Emperor Hongwu at the beginning

Chapter 147 Stealing the Country 【Seeking Monthly Ticket】

"What's the use of this?" Zhu Yuanzhang was a little puzzled.

Shen Wansan didn't dare to show off in front of Zhu Yuanzhang, and said directly: "His Royal Highness said that this thing can be used to reap the wealth of foreigners."

Then Shen Wanshan began to explain Zhu Biao's account to Zhu Yuanzhang, and soon Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes lit up.

This thing is actually a kind of glass product. The Academy of Sciences researched it to try to depict a spirit array on this material, to see if it could replace the spirit material, but the result was naturally a failure!

But this kind of material is special in that it can indeed attach a trace of aura.

That's what makes this thing valuable.

This kind of beads has two characteristics. The first is that they are cheap. They are made of glass and can be mass-produced in workshops. Surely improve the function of the body.

And this gave Zhu Biao inspiration.

Maybe he can try to replicate the tulip scam that Europe experienced 200 years ago, and harvest the wealth of the West, so as to help Zhu Yuanzhang achieve his goal of conquering the world.

Of course, Europeans who have experienced the tulip scam must be more vigilant about this, and this needs to work well.

"This strategy can be tried!"

"But now is not the time!"

Although Zhu Yuanzhang doesn't understand the economy, this is actually another kind of hoarding.

He is very clear that the merchants harvest the money and land in the hands of the common people by hoarding grain. These two things are actually a principle.

So it was not difficult for him to understand Zhu Biao and Shen Wansan's plan.

Seeing Shen Wansan's face full of doubts, Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said, "Because I, Ming, am not strong enough yet!"

"You are a businessman, so you should understand the meaning of this sentence better!"

"Sometimes even if you can harvest wealth, you can't keep so much wealth!"

"After all, the real wealth in the world has never been those gold and silver, but land, factories, minerals, and food!"

"If we do this now, at most we will harvest a batch of gold and silver. Although this will hurt the West's vitality, it will not kill them. If we wait for my Ming's guns to truly deter Western countries When it’s time, it’s different.”

"Your Majesty is wise!" Shen Wansan quickly understood what Zhu Yuanzhang meant.

According to Shen Wansan, he would rely on this method to make a fortune and run away, but Lao Zhu is obviously more ruthless and has a bigger structure. After understanding this method, his first thought was to use this method to steal the country.

If he does it right, he can really buy Western countries with Westerners' own money.

Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a while, and said again: "Of course, you can start making preparations now!"

"I will let Jin Yiwei protect you. You go to the west yourself, and first find a suitable agent to do this!"

"After all, the faces of our Easterners are more likely to make Westerners vigilant, but it would be very appropriate if Westerners do it themselves!"

"Yes!" Shen Wansan nodded respectfully.

Waiting for Shen Wansan to leave, Zhu Yuanzhang still admired Zhu Biao's whimsical ideas. He was only [-]% sure that this second task could be completed.

But now it has increased a lot.

After all, the word conquest is too general, and guns alone are not enough. Just like the current Japan, which is just next to Ming Dynasty, they have conquered them twice, but the progress of conquest is still not even 50.00%.

It's like convincing a person.

Thunder, rain and dew are all benevolence of the king. Thunder can only complete 50.00% of the conquest goal, and the next 50.00% must be completed by rain and dew.

Of course, for the Japanese, it is okay to apply rain and dew, but at the same time, the method of thunder is also indispensable, and it is even more important. Otherwise, these people really think that Ming is a fool with a lot of money!
After several years of hard work in the country, it has now been thoroughly sorted out, agriculture is stable, industry continues to develop, and railways and roads are under construction in an orderly manner.

It's just a matter of time before it develops.

Next, Zhu Yuanzhang felt that it was time to turn his attention to foreign countries, especially these countries around China.

northwest direction.

Tsarist Russia went through the previous fiasco in Beiping, where all 10 people were killed. In fact, it has completely lost its control over the Far East.

Before Xu Da's expedition to the west, he swept across the northwest, and almost encountered no large-scale resistance from the Tsarist Russians.

Now let alone Sakhalin Island, even Lake Baikal in the north has once again returned to Ming's control.

In the south, the French were eyeing Vietnam, and the British tried to infiltrate their sphere of influence into Tibet from India. However, they failed in two naval battles and witnessed the rise of the Ming Empire. The two countries also began to shrink strategically and gave up. Most interests in Southeast Asia.

Even though there are still Western merchants operating in Southeast Asia, they are now doing business honestly and strictly abiding by the laws of Ming Dynasty. However, the previous unscrupulous aggression has stagnated by coincidence.

It can be said that after the disastrous defeat of the previous big show where all countries jointly encircled and suppressed Ming Dynasty, now Daming can at least draw his sword and look around in a daze in the entire East Asian region, and it is rare to meet an opponent.

This is the horror of a great unified country when it is not constrained by domestic rebellion and can achieve unification with the outside world.

Now Huaxia has regained its status as a giant again. Not to mention attacking, just standing there and letting the small countries of Britain and France fight, they will not be able to kill them.

After all, the blood is too thick!

Zhu Yuanzhang is sure that even if he leaves this world now, Huaxia will continue to advance along the road of industrialization.

Because the old interest groups have been completely swept away by him, and new interest groups are forming, or have already formed, no one can go against the trend.

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes finally fell on the east.

Japan!

The island nation was conquered twice by him.

And now it's time for Japan to be on his to-do list as the first country he conquers.

The Ming fleet is here again.

But this time it is no longer guns, but merchants and commodities.

"This is Japan?" Ren Jiadong raised his head and looked at this strange country curiously.

This is his first time in Japan.

Even his first time abroad.

He is from Shaanxi.

To be clear, he was the idiot son of a landlord in Rencheng, Shaanxi.

He doesn't like reading, and he doesn't have any big ambitions in life, he just loves to play.

According to his original life trajectory, it should be to study, try the imperial examination, lose his name in Sunshan, and finally go home to marry a wife, take in a few concubines, guard the family's thousands of acres of land, and live a leisurely and happy life as a country gentry and landlord.

But the appearance of Zhu Yuanzhang completely disrupted his life.

The servants in his family were dismissed, the fields were forcibly distributed to the common people, and his father kicked his legs in a fit of anger.

He was also frightened at first. There were people who joined forces to resist the imperial court, but he didn't dare to follow. In the end, those people were ransacked and exterminated, and their family escaped.

The subdivision movement went on vigorously.

At first, he also secretly hated these soldiers in his heart, hated the emperor who sat high in the city of Beiping.

But gradually, Ren Jiadong realized the sense of crisis.

He understood that it was no use living only in hatred, he had to pull himself together.

Because their family has lost the most powerful guarantee of land for future clothing and food, he can't sit and eat the rest of the family's money, they must have a source of income.

After some careful consideration, he completely dismissed the few remaining servants in the family, and took only his old mother and a loyal old servant who voluntarily followed him on the road to the south to do business.

However, what he didn't expect was that this road was going extremely smoothly.

The imperial court even had a special yamen to help these gentry and landlords who had money in their hands but had no experience and didn't know what to do to own an estate.

He successfully opened a factory and made money smoothly.

It wasn't until this time that he finally realized that the south today is really full of gold.

As long as he works hard, the wealth he can possess will even far exceed the accumulation of several lifetimes of their family.

This is also the first time he realizes that not only land can be used as security, but factories can also be used.

At this moment, for the first time, he had complicated feelings for the imperial court and for Emperor Zhu in Beiping City.

It was this Emperor Zhu who ruined their family, but it was also this Emperor Zhu who gave him hope of living again.

He didn't know what kind of emotion he should face him with.

But soon, he was not entangled, because he devoted all his mind to the business.

This feeling of making a lot of money is really wonderful.

And now, with the fleet coming to Japan, it was he who once again responded to the imperial court's call and came to build Japan.

Of course it wasn't that he had any special affection for Japan.

It is because the imperial court will give various preferential policies to build a factory here, one of which is that he will obtain a piece of land near the port for free for 60 years.

For a small businessman like him with a little insufficient funds, this is simply a blessing in disguise.

So here he is.

Like him, there are many people who came to Japan from China this time. Without exception, they are all carrying a lot of money, looking for possible business opportunities, and always preparing for the construction of Japan.

This is the first candy Zhu Yuanzhang gave to the Japanese.

Of course candy is sweet, and thunder is also painful.

Because along with these businessmen came Deng Yu and his [-] troops.

For a long period of time to come, Deng Yu should be stationed here. Like Daming, he would divide the fields in Japan, force households to be separated, and large families with the same surname to be divided and then relocated.

Of course there will be resistance and bloodshed during this period, but these are inevitable.

After going through labor pains, the Japanese people at the bottom will be surprised to find that their lives have improved, they can eat and wear warm clothes, and even have extra money to support their children's education.

Of course, at that time, there may be no more Japan.

It might be called Daming Eastern Province instead.

(End of this chapter)