I Am the Grandson of the Second Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Earning 100 Million Taels at the Beginn

Chapter 354 The ultimate power in the world, one empire and two alliances!
The matter of attacking the plateau was settled in this way, and there was no need to consider which part of the troops to transfer. As early as a few years ago, Jianghuai brought several legions and was arranged by Zhu Zhangui to prepare.

There is no need to worry about food supplies. Asan province transports food by land to the local area, and there is a constant flow of traffic every day. Once there is a war on the plateau, just intercept the food from there. There is no need to worry about the food problem at all.

In terms of weapons and equipment, there is no need to worry about it.

A few years ago, after fighting Jiaozhi, in order to control the southern region, the imperial court stationed heavy troops there and built an arsenal. As long as the fight was not a super war, there was enough to support the battle to attack the plateau.

There is no need to consider heavy firepower. In the complex environment of Gaoyuan, it is difficult for small-caliber artillery to pass, let alone heavy equipment such as rocket vehicles.

When the time comes to war, the tiger squatting gun grenade is probably the heavy firepower.

Now everything is ready, the only thing left is for the imperial court to issue the east wind of attack.

"Tell me, what happened to your gold?"

After talking about the attack on the plateau, the old man remembered the gold matter that Xia Yuanji Yuqian and others mentioned at the court meeting this morning.

He is not interested in fighting, and he doesn't care about the military. Zhu Pangpang, who was about to fall asleep after listening to the discussion between his grandfather and grandson, suddenly regained his energy when he heard the old man ask about gold.

"Yes, son, hurry up and tell me, where did you get the gold. I told you, the imperial court's finances are strained right now."

"Next year we will start to build a few more railways. This year's money is almost spent. Xia Yuanji is in a hurry. If you don't need the money for the time being, take it out and let the court respond."

Zhu Zhangui waved his hand to tell his father to be calm, then turned and closed the door of the war room.

"It's like this. We don't plan to go to war with the West for the time being, so I helped a dog there and wanted him to mess up the West first."

"This gold was contributed by this dog."

Reaching into his arms, he took out a small book and placed it in front of the old man and the old man. Zhu Zhangui introduced it to the two while flipping through the book.

"This Aturu family, who used to be the finance ministers of the good Arab empire, learned of the locations of the three gold mines by chance, and tried their best to occupy them here."

"These three gold mines have two big ones and one small one. Every year, these three gold mines can bring nearly 10 taels of gold to the Atulu family!"

"10 taels!"

The old man and Zhu Pangpang, who were looking at Zhu Zhangui's record, exclaimed when they heard this number.

Daming's current gold-to-silver exchange rate is 1:6.5. Even if calculated on the basis of seven taels, the income from mining gold this year is worth at least 70 taels.

A family does nothing but guards the gold mines, earning 70 taels a year, which is like getting rich while lying down.

Zhu Zhangui shook his head, "This is still a small number. Due to the long time of mining, the shallow gold mines have been mined. Now the mines are relatively difficult deep gold mines, so the output is not high."

"According to the records of the Aturu family, when the gold mine was first mined, the daily output was higher than this, and even in a few years, nearly 500 million taels of gold were mined!"

"hiss!"

With so much gold, the old man and Zhu Pangpang who controlled the whole world gasped.

500 million taels of gold, converted into silver, is more than 3000 million taels, close to 4000 million taels of silver.

Nima, what is a country that is as rich as an enemy? This is a country that is as rich as an enemy. The income earned from mining gold in a year is actually more than the national tax of Daming in a year. It is really enviable.

"You don't need to be too surprised. Compared with the Atulu family, the two unowned continents explored by Zheng He are full of gold."

"There are also many gold mines in those two continents?"

The old man's eyes lit up, showing an excited expression.

Zhu Zhangui rolled his eyes.

There are indeed many gold mines in South America and North America, but compared to those useless ores, Zhu Zhangui pays more attention to the climate environment and the endless land there.

"Grandpa, don't worry too much about money. Although gold and silver are good, once there is too much, it will depreciate in value. It is no different from a pile of stones. It is not even worth the copper we urgently need."

"For our Ming court, land, food, various crops, and various precious ores are the foundation of our strength, and those glittering gold and silver are the least valuable things!"

"Forehead!"

The old man was a little embarrassed to be taught a lesson by his grandson.

"I also know what you said, but the problem is that the imperial court needs real money now. Although those things are good, it's useless if they can't be shipped back."

"Also, let's not discuss the issue of those two continents now, we'll talk about it later." Raising his hand and knocking on the table, the old man looked at Zhu Zhangui and asked, "Tell me now, what do you plan to do with that batch of gold?" .”

Zhu Zhangui rolled his eyes, he had to say those words for nothing.

Regarding the handling of this gold, he actually already had a plan in mind.

"That's what I think!"

Reaching out to pick up a dim sum on the table, Zhu Zhangui broke it into three portions.

"I plan to divide this gold into three parts." Reaching out to pick up a small piece of it, Zhu Zhangui put it in the west, "This money is still in the west, the main purpose is to develop canals, build military bases, And local procurement or other uses.”

The old man and Zhu Pangpang nodded, agreeing to the suggestion.

In the plan of the three, attacking the Western navy in the future is also one of the main forces.

In the future, the Ming Dynasty's navy will be dominated by steam ironclad ships, which are in great need of coal and water. The establishment of naval military bases and supply bases is a must.

Without these military bases and supply bases, those armored battleships would not be able to drive very far.

Reaching out and picking up a small piece, Zhu Zhangui put it in front of Zhu Pangpang.

"This small part will be handed over to my father, who is responsible for the internal use of the court. But there is a premise that you can't invest it all at once. Once the money is too much, it will be worthless. It will easily disrupt our internal economic system. This is old. Father, you weigh it."

Zhu Pangpang nodded, picked up the snack, stuffed it into his mouth, chewed carefully, and began to think about how to use the money.

Picking up the last big one, Zhu Zhangui put it in front of the old man.

The old man was stunned for a moment, and pointed at the big snack in front of him.

"You don't intend to give me this money, do you? Little brat, your grandpa has taken it, but grandpa is old and can't use the money anymore. Later, you can draw some gold and make me a suit. I'll go." The dragon robes I wore when I was a child, just let me walk decently."

Zhu Zhangui smiled, "Grandpa, where do you want to go, I mean this money, as our family's reserve fund."

"The three of us, grandparents, have the means to make money and control the court. But future generations may not have this means. I want to keep this money as a means for future generations to solve financial difficulties when they encounter financial difficulties."

"Even if our Daming disappears one day in the future, with this money, our descendants in future generations will be able to live in peace and security."

As for the chance of a comeback, Zhu Zhangui never considered it.

So many dynasties have been destroyed in ancient and modern times, and several descendants have rebuilt them.

For this idea, the old man agrees very much. Under the influence of Lao Zhu, Zhu Di still has a very strong old farmer's idea of ​​earning more property for future generations.Stuffing some snacks into his mouth, the old man agreed:

"Alright, save some capital for the cubs of future generations, whoever doesn't have a prodigal son, with this capital, as long as there is still brains, it will be enough to turn things around."

Zhu Zhangui chuckled lightly.

This old man's thinking is really simple enough. If I hadn't appeared, you would probably have jumped out of the coffin and strangled him to death if you knew what your great-grandson did.

"Boss, you probably have a lot of things to do this New Year's Eve, so don't stay with me here, go and do your work!"

After eating the snack, the old man rolled his eyes and thought of his plan, so he said that he wanted to fool the fat boy next to him away.

Zhu Pangpang didn't know if he could see what the old man was thinking, so he agreed and left.

It's just that before leaving, he gave Zhu Zhangui a wink.

Signal Zhu Zhangui, if the old man has any dangerous thoughts, he should agree to deal with it first, and then discuss the solution later.

Zhu Zhangui returned a knowing look, got up and sent his father out of the door.

"Has your father gone away?"

When Zhu Zhangui came back, the old man glanced at the closed door.

"It's far away, he has a lot of things to do, if it wasn't for gold, he wouldn't have talked with us for so long today."

Zhu Zhangui shook his head helplessly, these two are really interesting.

In the past, the father Zhu Pangpang was afraid of the old man, but now it's the other way around, and the old man is afraid of his fat son.

"It's good to leave. I have some things that are inconvenient for me to say when he is here, and he objected after talking about it. I am upset!"

After taking a sip of the tea poured by his grandson, the old man took out a map from the cabinet and spread it out in front of the two of them.

"Little brat, look!"

The old man clicked on the plateau, Ah San, the direction of the Western Regions and the direction of the grassland.

"As long as we take down the plateau, the Timurid Empire will be surrounded by us."

"This guy has been with us for so many years, it's time to get rid of it."

Looking at the offensive route made by the old man on the map, Zhu Zhangui pondered for a while and shook his head.

"Why don't you agree!"

Seeing the eldest grandson shaking his head, the old man frowned, thinking that the boy's wings were hardened as a prince now, and he would not listen to him.

"No."

Zhu Zhangui quickly denied that the old man has a very strange temper now, he is very easy to talk when he is in a good mood, and he is more difficult than anyone else when he is not good to talk.

"That's right, Grandpa. When I came back, I received a telegram from Aden."

"Zheng He received the news that the Ottoman Empire and the Timurid Empire are uniting with Western countries, intending to prevent my Ming Dynasty from going west."

"But those white-skinned pigs in the West don't trust them, so they formed another alliance."

Picking up a pen next to him, Zhu Zhangui found a map of the West and drew two circles on it.

Pointing to the circle on the west, Zhu Zhangui introduced to the old man: "This circle is an alliance formed by Britain, France, Holland, Spain, and other countries. They call themselves the Angel Alliance, which means that they are like angels, blocking An army of demons from hell."

The old man sneered when he heard this.

This is treating Daming as a demon and an angel. If he remembers correctly, an angel should be a birdman with wings.

"All the countries of the Angel League are small countries, and they can only have 60 to [-] combat power, which is not a problem for our Ming Dynasty. In addition, there are Ottoman and other countries in front of us. If we don't attack from land and sea, we will be with them for the time being." They can't touch it."

After introducing the situation in the west, Zhu Zhangui nodded affectionately and solemnly to the Ottoman Empire and the Timurid Empire in the east.

"Our next main enemy is the Alliance of Allah headed by the Ottoman and Timur Empires."

"These two forces are the lords who dominate the West. Although the Timurid Empire has fallen, a lean camel is bigger than a horse. Its own strength is not comparable to that of ordinary countries."

Raising his hand and knocking heavily on the Ottoman Empire, Zhu Zhangui said with a serious expression: "The most troublesome thing is the Ottoman Empire. They are now in their heyday, and their monarch is a man of great talent and boldness. It is very difficult to deal with."

"According to our information, since Zheng He's fleet appeared in the west, the Ottoman Empire has set its sights on it."

"They spent a lot of money to buy the blueprints of the ships that Zheng He sold to the West, and went back to study and modify them themselves. They are also investing more in the flintlock. I heard that the results have been developed and are currently being installed in the army."

"Coupled with the fact that its national power is at its peak, and it has a huge elite army capable of fighting well, it will be our main opponent in the future of Ming Dynasty."

"According to the information we have investigated, the two countries plus the surrounding small countries, and the Golden Horde Han Kingdom that has been in contact with them during this period, they can at least mobilize no less than 200 million troops."

"If it's going to be a serious fight with our Ming Dynasty, it won't be a problem to forcibly withdraw another 200 million troops."

"To be honest, Grandpa, based on my current thinking, the Timur Empire cannot be fought for the time being, because once it starts, it will have to go to war with the entire Alliance of Allah, and even the Alliance of Angels."

After saying this, Zhu Zhangui looked at the old man and said seriously: "Grandpa, our Ming Dynasty is not ready for an all-out war."

Stretching out a finger, Zhu Zhangui said solemnly: "For 10 years, this is the agreement I made with my father. During these 10 years, Ming Dynasty will not start a full-scale war with other countries!"

"So I plan that these 10 years are just a reserve for a big war. Ten years later, I will mobilize 500 million troops to sweep thousands of troops from multiple directions with a thunderbolt."

"Even if we can't flatten the West in one fell swoop, we must completely destroy these two alliances and lay a perfect foundation for the next general attack."

Looking at the two circles Zhu Zhangui drew on the map, and thinking about what the grandson said just now, the old man's originally good mood gradually became heavy.

Originally, he thought that after defeating the prairie barbarians, there would be no country in the world that could confront Daming.

In his impression, those countries in the west are all barbaric and backward, and he has never regarded them as opponents in his eyes.

But today, after listening to his grandson's introduction, the old man realized that he had beaten the prairie barbarians away, and he had completed the initial preparations to conquer the world.

"Oh, there are so many powerful people in the world, I underestimate the people of the world."

Staring at the two big circles on the map, the old man was both excited and regretful.

When he defeated the grassland back then, he seemed to have lost the goal of his struggle all of a sudden, and his whole body was quite depressed.

Now two powerful enemies appeared again, and the old man's fighting heart, which had been extinguished long ago, was ignited again.

But the emptiness that came from the random body caused the fiery heart to burn just now, and then slowly went out.

He was old, and he was no longer the Yan Wang Zhu Di who was still full of energy after fighting with the enemy for three days and three nights.

10 years!

For this world, ten years is just a flick of a finger, and for a young man, ten years is just a time to wait for the opportunity to rise.

But for an old man like him who is getting older and his health is getting worse day by day, ten years may be forever, and he may not be able to wait for this decade to come.

"By the way, didn't you arrange a dog? Why didn't you let him stir up the West."

Look at the map in front of you.The old man suddenly remembered the dog who contributed gold!

Zhu Zhangui sighed helplessly, "Originally my plan was to support him, but our strong appearance frightened the gang of western ghosts. Now they have put down all grievances and unified goals and started to deal with us. There are several big empires pressing down there, and it is a bit difficult to mess up below."

After saying this, Zhu Zhangui suddenly smiled again.

"However, this dog is not wasted. I have already instructed him to join the Alliance of Allah. I believe that in the future, this dog will definitely bring us Daming different surprises."

"Big news from Your Highness, big news from the West..."

Just as the grandfather and grandson were smirking, the voice of Hu Yu, who had been on duty today, sounded outside the door.

"What's the matter? Has something happened over there to the west?"

Stretching out his hand to open the door, Zhu Zhangui also had an inexplicable smile on his face when he saw Hu Yu with a happy face.

The news that can make Hu Yu, a cold-faced man, smile is absolutely extraordinary.

"Black Death suddenly broke out in Western countries, and we already have the medicine to treat it."

Hu Yu handed Zhu Zhangui a telegram, excitedly talking about the contents.

Zhu Zhangui's expression was first surprised, then happy, and then picked up the telegram to observe carefully.

After reading the above content at a glance, Zhu Zhangui suddenly hammered the door frame next to him fiercely, looked up to the sky and burst out laughing.

"God help me too!"

(End of this chapter)