I will be the prince at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 140 Expedition Outside the Customs
After Li Dingguo and Bai Wenxuan's army set off, Zhu Cixuan allocated 100 million silver dollars and [-] shi of grain to Zhang Huangyan to help the victims of the disaster.

Under the leadership of Zhang Huangyan and the assistance of Wei Zhouzuo, Li Wei, Jiang Hede, Cheng Kegong, Jin Zhijun and other five former Manchu and Qing ministers, the situation in Yanjing City stabilized quickly.

After all, these five people are still very capable, otherwise they would not have sat in the high positions of various ministers. This is why Zhu Cixuan just beat them up and didn't chop off their heads.

With the assistance of Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, and Cai Jiuyi, [-] old and weak were eliminated, and [-] elite soldiers were reorganized, and [-] were drawn from the [-] troops they had crossed the river to join them in the Northern Expedition, and handed over to Zhang Liao and others. to train.

After everything was on the right track, Zhu Cixuan, who was idle, held a lottery draw.

"Ding, congratulations to the customer for winning a set of blueprints for Zheng He's voyage to the West. Captain Zheng Hebao is 44 feet long, 155 feet wide, eight floors, nine masts and twelve sails, and [-] cannons."

Fuck, the blueprint of Zheng He’s treasure ship that Zhu Cixuan failed to find after several years was actually drawn in a lottery. What a surprise. What is the concept of a captain with a length of 44 feet and a width of 138 feet? It is equivalent to the modern length of 56 meters. With a width of [-] meters, it is a true giant of the sea.

The red-haired man known as the sea coachman, the largest warship at present is only more than 60 meters long and 15 meters wide. The Zheng He treasure ship bluntly said that it was the grandfather of its grandfather. It can be seen how amazing the industrious and intelligent Ming people were at that time. .

Zhu Cixuan immediately called Zhang Huangyan and Li Wei, the minister of the Ministry of Industry.

(Zhu Cixuan demoted the minister of the Ministry of Industry who was appointed by the Tartars to the Minister of the Ministry of Industry of the Ming Dynasty, because the current Minister of the Ministry of Industry is Song Yingxing. When Li Wei knew that his immediate boss was Song Yingxing, he happily accepted this appointment.

Who is Song Yingxing?That is the object of his Li Wei's admiration all the time, and he has written such masterpieces as the creation of things made by nature, which makes him admire Li Wei as high as a mountain.To be ranked under Song Yingxing, not only is it not demeaning to him, but on the contrary, His Highness the Crown Prince attaches great importance to him, which makes Li Wei work more attentively. )
After the two arrived, Zhu Cixuan took out the blueprints of Zheng He's treasure ship and wooden-hulled sailing battleship, and said to them, "These two blueprints, one is the blueprint of Zheng He's treasure ship, and the other is the most advanced three-masted battleship for Westerners. For the blueprint of the ship, you immediately find a skilled craftsman to make two copies of each of these two blueprints."

Zhang Huangyan and Li Wei carefully took over the blueprints of the two warships, and their hearts could not be more shocked. Unexpectedly, His Royal Highness was so horrified that he got the blueprints of Zheng He's treasure ship and the foreign-haired devil's three-masted warship. This is definitely Zhen Guo Sharp weapon!

Only to hear Zhu Cixuan say again: "I don't need to say more about the preciousness of these two blueprints, I think you should also know, so this prince asks you to find competent people, and make sure that the copies are exactly the same without any mistakes. The two blueprints must be kept carefully and must not be damaged at all. After the copying is completed, the crown prince will reward you a lot. You are responsible for this matter, Li Qi, and you must not make it up to others."

"Yes, Your Highness the Crown Prince, I will be personally responsible for this matter, Your Highness, please rest assured." Li Wei said solemnly.

……

Half a month later, Chang'an East Street outside Chengtian Gate.

"A little to the right!"

"A bit to the left!"

"Yes, a little higher, a little higher."

A plaque with six large characters of "Daming Empire Bank" with golden borders hangs high, with red lanterns on both sides, and regular couplets with black characters on a red background.

The sun is shining brightly and the spring is beautiful.

Zhu Cixuan stood at the window of the private room on the second floor of the opposite teahouse, watching with a smile the opening of the Yanjing Branch of the Imperial Bank of the Ming Dynasty.

Xiao Shouxin, the treasurer of the Ming Dynasty Bank, stood at the entrance of the bank where the gongs, drums and firecrackers were ringing, shouting loudly from time to time.

At the same time, the entire capital was alarmed. A number of high-ranking officials and merchants drove carriages full of cash, copper coins, and silver to the opened Daming Empire Bank, and exchanged old copper coins and silver for one penny, New copper coins of Wuwen, Shiwen, and Wushiwen, and solid round one-yuan, five-yuan, and ten-yuan silver dollars with continuous wire teeth.

When they got the new copper coins and new silver dollars, they all sighed and couldn't put it down. The new coins were minted so well!After letting them exchange it back, they are not willing to use it to buy things.

In the evening, when the bank was closed, carts of old copper coins and ingots of white silver were sent to the Ciqing Palace under the guard of soldiers, and new copper coins and silver dollars of the same value were brought back to the bank from the Ciqing Palace.

And these old copper coins and silver were minted into new copper coins and silver dollars by Zhu Cixuan with a universal minting machine.

After being lively for more than half a month, the large-scale exchange was completed, but the small-scale exchange was still in an endless stream, and the bank was still overcrowded every day, so Zhu Cixuan made another big profit.

At this time, the two blueprints of warships that Li Qi was in charge of copying were also completed. Zhu Cixuan did a spot check and found no omissions. Zhu Cixuan rewarded the copying craftsmen with 100 silver dollars on the spot.

Afterwards, Zhu Cixuan put away the originals, and dispatched a thousand soldiers to quickly send a copy of Zheng He's treasure ship blueprint and a wooden three-masted sailing battleship blueprint to Jiangning, and hand them over to Song Yingxing, Minister of the Ministry of Industry.

He also wrote a handwritten letter, ordering Song Yingxing to supervise the Longjiang Shipyard to build the two warships according to the drawings.

Shortly thereafter, Jin Wang Li Dingguo and Gongchang Wang Bai Wenxuan successively received good news, and the Nine Frontiers recovered in sequence.

After thinking for a while, Zhu Cixuan summoned Zhang Huangyan, Hu Shi'an, Wei Zhouzuo, Li Kui, Jiang Hede, Cheng Kegong, Jin Zhijun, Zhang Liao, Chen Gong and others to Ciqing Palace, saying:
"The king of Jin and the king of Gongchang sent letters one after another. The nine military towns of Liaodong Town, Jizhou Town, Xuanfu Town, Datong Town, Taiyuan Town, Yansui Town, Ningxia Town, Guyuan Town, and Gansu Town have been recovered. It has also been completely driven out of my Ming territory."

Zhang Huangyan, Zhang Liao, Chen Gong and others were overjoyed, but Hu Shi'an, Wei Zhouzuo, Li Yu, Jiang Hede, Cheng Kegong, and Jin Zhijun were in mixed feelings. It turned out that the invincible, invincible, and incomparably powerful Manchu Eight Banners, In front of the prince in front of him, he was like a chicken and a dog, vulnerable to a single blow. In just a few months, they were driven back to their hometown, which made them embarrassing.

Zhu Cixuan continued: "At present, the Tatars are in constant panic, and the morale of our Ming generals is high. Therefore, the prince decided to send troops to Shengjing to capture the Emperor Xuanye of the Tartars. Therefore, Zhang Liao has reorganized his troops and is ready to go out at any time."

Zhang Huangyan's face changed when he heard that, "Does His Royal Highness want to lead the troops there in person?"

Zhu Cixuan smiled slightly and said: "Don't worry Zhang Shangshu, although the prince is young, he also knows that swords and guns have no eyes on the battlefield, so I will be careful. But this city of Yanjing has to work hard for Zhang Shangshu.

This time, Lord Hu Shi'an, Lord Jiang Yuanheng and Lord Jiang will go out to fight outside the customs this time. Wei Zhouzuo, Li Wei, Cheng Kegong, and Jin Zhijun will stay in Yanjing to assist Zhang Huangyan and Master Zhang in governing the city of Yanjing. . "

Zhang Huangyan originally wanted to follow Zhu Cixuan to go outside the customs, but seeing that the crown prince entrusted him with the heavy responsibility of staying in Yanjing, he had no choice but to give up the plan.

(End of this chapter)