Da Ming started to ascend the throne

Chapter 590
After Zhang Shize and Qinglong left, Zhu Youjian looked at the prince Zhu Cihong who was standing beside him and asked:
"Prince, is the food left by the Spaniards sufficient now?"

After the capture of Manila, the military supplies, food, gold, silver and jewelry in the Spanish treasury became the wealth of Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Youjian handed over these matters to Zhu Cihong for management, and it was the first time he asked about this matter until today. Gold and silver are just numbers to Zhu Youjian now.

Zhu Cihong hastily stepped forward to salute:

"Reporting to my father, my son-in-law has placed the list in your room a few days ago. There are more than 800 million taels of gold and silver, and more than 200 storehouses full of food, at least [-] million shi."

Even though Zhu Youjian was no longer short of money, and even though he knew that there must be a lot of people's fat and people in Spain, the figures reported by Zhu Cihong still surprised Zhu Youjian.

"So much, the colonists are really ruthless. The last time we took down Batavia and several small countries, Daming also got a lot of food, which should be about 100 million shi.

I will ask King Ding to count the South China Sea, leave enough rations and military pay for the garrison, and send all the rest back to Daming. When you and the British Duke go back first, the people in the Northwest must not be able to wait. "

Except for the rations left for the garrison, all the rest will be transported back. This sentence is easy to say, but it requires a huge fleet. At present, the merchant ships of Daming here do not have that capacity at all.

"According to the purpose"

"Father, but how can we have so many merchant ships now?"

It was only after Zhu Cihong received the order that he realized that almost all of Daming's arrivals this time were warships, and merchant ships were very limited.

Zhu Youjian didn't help Zhu Cihuang find a solution, but suddenly became strict in tone:
"Zhu Cihong, as the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty and the future emperor of the Ming Dynasty, do you still want me to teach you how to do this? When you arrive at Huangming Island, hand this over to King Ding Zhu Cijiong."

Zhu Youjian said, and handed a folded note to Zhu Cihong.

That's right, now both Luzon and Nanhai are under the control of the Ming Dynasty. As the prince of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Cihong will do nothing but the emperor who would dare to control him.

Obviously, Zhu Youjian was training him and let the prince Zhu Cihong find a way to solve the problem of food transportation. If this trivial matter cannot be done, it will be difficult for him to succeed in the future.

"Abiding by the order, my son will leave."

Zhu Cihong led the order to retreat, and he felt that his father suddenly became stricter, which was quite different from before. An invisible coercion made him feel breathless in an instant.

Now Zhu Cihong is not the former prince who never stepped out of the imperial city, he has already matured after going through a lot of hardships.

As for the seeming restraint in front of Zhu Youjian, it was because of the powerful aura of his father, the emperor through the ages, and of course he would not be confident in front of his father.

Once he left Zhu Youjian's side, Zhu Cihong seemed to be a different person, and went directly to the naval base with his guards.

A team of troops soon arrived at the naval base, and everyone reined in their horses in front of the camp gate:

"Come here, ask the guards to notify General Shi Lang."

"Yes"

The captain of the guard urges the horse to the gate of the camp:
"Brothers in the Navy, we are the prince's guard, please inform General Shi Lang that the prince has arrived."

"It turned out to be the prince Chitose, please wait a moment, the younger one will inform you immediately."

After hearing that the prince had arrived, the hundred households guarding the gate immediately rushed to report to Shi Lang.

Daming's military discipline is very strict now, even if the crown prince comes to the camp, he can't enter the naval base without notification.

When Shi Lang received the report of the prince's arrival, he felt a little surprised. This prince had never entered the military camp privately, so he hurried to greet him.

Sure enough, he saw Zhu Cihong, the crown prince of Ming Dynasty, standing outside the gate of the camp with more than 100 guards on his horse. Shi Lang quickly stepped forward to salute:

"See Chitose."

Zhu Cihong turned over and jumped off the horse, clenched his right fist in front of his chest in return:

"General Shi Lang, I came here today to ask you to borrow a warship to go to Huangming Island."

Seeing Zhu Cilang straight to the point, Shi Lang smiled slightly:
"Chitose, may I ask if there is an order from His Majesty?"

The emperor was still in Luzon, and the crown prince was only number two. Without the emperor's order, Zhu Cihong could not move the warships at will.

Shi Lang could lend him a battleship, but he could also refuse.

"No, father asked me to solve it on my own, so I had no choice but to ask the general for approval. If any adverse consequences occur, I will bear all the responsibilities, and I hope the general will make it happen."

Although Zhu Cihong is the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty and the successor of the emperor, he has always been very kind in front of the soldiers, and he never speaks condescendingly.

Take the example of borrowing a warship from Shi Lang today, he was always discussing with Shi Lang, Shi Lang thought for a while, and immediately agreed to Zhu Cilang.

"Okay, pay attention to safety on the Chitose road, let the Zhengde go, Ma Bao, you lead the [-] navy to escort Chitose, if there is any accident for Chitose, come and see him first."

"Yes"

Ma Bao, the trusted captain of the Zhengde, immediately gave the order to take Zhu Cihong and his party to the harbor where the Zhengde was moored.

After Zhu Cilang left, Shi Lang immediately returned to the military tent and took out the walkie-talkie. Even if he agreed to borrow the ship from the prince, he still had to report to the emperor afterwards.

In fact, since Zhu Youjian met King Ding and Zhu Cihong, he is still very satisfied with these two sons. These two sons are not as unbearable as imagined.

Seeing the disappearance of Zhu Cihong's back, Zhu Youjian sent an order:

"Cao Zhengchun, let the heads of the four major families come in."

"According to the purpose"

Cao Zhengchun hastily bowed to receive the order, and then ordered Dongchang fanzi to pass on the four masters.

After receiving the emperor's oral order, Zhang Shantang and others hurried to the Protectorate's Mansion, thinking that the emperor was concerned about Luzon's reform.

"Minister Zhang Shantang, Liu Fengxiang, etc., see Your Majesty."

Now they are all officials of the Ming Dynasty, and they can no longer call themselves Caomin.

"Freedom of grace"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

After the four people were flat, just as they were about to report to Zhu Youjian about recruiting troops and taxation, Zhu Youjian spoke first:
"Four lovers, I would like to ask you one thing, how about the rice production in Luzon, and whether it can feed the people here."

Zhu Youjian didn't ask questions knowingly. He only knew that Luzon was rich in rice, bananas and coconuts, but the output was not very clear.

The four looked at each other, and bowed to Li Yu, who had the most say in Lu Song:

"Reporting to Your Majesty, rice is harvested three times a year in Luzon, and the output is very high. The Spanish colonists transport a large amount of rice from here every year. The annual rice output can feed the people for three years."

Li Yu's answer made Zhu Youjian very satisfied. He knew that the rice ripening season was coming soon, and there were still many fields left by the Spaniards. This part of the rice could be transported back to Daming for disaster relief free of charge.

"Very good. It will be the rice harvesting season in a few days. I will entrust this matter to the four of you. If you are responsible for finding someone to harvest, I will pay them wages."

Li Yu hastily received the decree:

"Minister, obey the order"

Hearing that the emperor actually wanted to pay the workers wages, Zhang Shantang couldn't figure it out, and bowed again:

"Your Majesty, there is no need to pay wages. They are all citizens of Daming now, and it is their sacred mission to do things for Daming."

Zhu Youjian shook his head:
"My ministers must be officials, and the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty must also be paid. Of course, the common people must be paid for working for the Ming Dynasty. As long as they are obedient, the Ming Dynasty will definitely treat them well. Go!"

"Follow the order, Your Majesty is holy!"

(End of this chapter)