The Ming Dynasty started with saving the eldest grandson

Chapter 65 Forming a Navy
Zhu Xiongying came out of the restaurant and ran all the way to the distance before he stopped and said excitedly:
"Jing Ke, how did I perform just now?"

Chen Jingke gave a thumbs up without hesitation: "Very good, completely beyond my expectation. Even I can't think of anything better than this."

Zhu Xiongying said with embarrassment in his excitement: "It's not as good as you said. Besides, you taught me what I said."

Chen Jingke said with a smile: "Master leads me to practice on an individual basis. You can learn and apply what I teach you. This is the most rare thing."

"Hehe..." Zhu Xiongying could only giggle happily.

Chen Jingke was equally happy. Zhu Xiongying's excellence far exceeded his expectations. He was indeed the descendant that Lao Zhu and Queen Ma devoted their efforts to cultivating.

Counting Zhu Biao, he will be prosperous for three generations.

If nothing happens to the father and son, I can't imagine Daming's future.

Now that he has his own help, Ming's future will only be more brilliant.

The world hegemon dare not say that, after all, the Ottomans are also on the rise, but at least they must be the true pole of the world.

The two of them were not in a hurry to go back, but took their time to play along the Qinhuai River.

Zhu Xiongying's mind was obviously not on playing, and he kept talking about his thoughts just now.

He also summarized what he said poorly and how he should say it more effectively. He also asked Chen Jingke for his opinions from time to time.

Chen Jingke completely understood his mood, listened patiently, and gave him affirmation.

The two walked back and forth on this street several times before Zhu Xiongying slowly calmed down.

Then he said sheepishly: "Am I too complacent?"

Chen Jingke shook his head and said, "No, I would be more excited than you."

Only then did Zhu Xiongying feel relieved.

When Chen Jingke saw him coming out of his mood, he clicked:
"It was a coincidence that you won today. With Fang Xiaoru's knowledge, there are many ways to refute it."

"It's just his character that prevents him from bullying others and allows you to finish your point of view."

"When you have disputes with others, others won't let you go like this."

Zhu Xiongying nodded and said from the bottom of his heart: "Mr. Fang is a true and sincere gentleman. Today I am relying on a small business."

Chen Jingke smiled and said, "You don't have to belittle yourself. He was definitely not as good as you when he was eight years old."

"To be precise, there are only a handful of eight-year-olds in history who can do this."

Zhu Xiongying's mouth burst with joy: "After that, Xiang Luo became Confucius' teacher at the age of seven, and Gan Luo became the minister at the age of 12. I am far inferior to them."

Chen Jingke nodded secretly. Although this boy was very proud, he was not carried away. This kind of character was even more rare.

After walking around for a while, the two of them finally got tired, so they took a bullock cart back to Fucheng, and then walked back to Ouchi.
-
Zhu Yuanzhang was handling government affairs in Jinshen Palace.

As cabinet operations become smoother, his workload has been reduced by [-]%.

Working hours have also been reduced from six or seven hours a day to four or five hours now.

And I have a lot of free time to do other things during this period, which can be said to be quite comfortable.

But even so, he was still a little dissatisfied and muttered in his heart:

It would be great if Biao'er was still in the cabinet. We would set aside two hours every day to stamp our seals and that would be it.

Now I have to review the memorials myself, which is really troublesome.

Thinking of this, he raised his head and looked at Zhu Biao, who was doing calculations with his account book, and asked:

"Biao'er, how are you handling things over there?"

Zhu Biao first wrote down the data on a piece of white paper and made a mark on the account book, then raised his head and said: "The warehouse has been built, and only [-]% of the materials have been collected. But when the autumn Fu is put into the warehouse, it will be ready in a few days." Fill up the warehouse.”

"I have also sent people to keep an eye on the salt farm, recruit more people to increase the salt production, and then slightly reduce the salt production."

"It only takes three months to stock up on enough salt."

Zhu Yuanzhang reminded: "The amount of salt produced cannot be too small, as it will affect people's livelihood."

Zhu Biao nodded: "It only reduces the salt production by [-]%, so the impact will not be too big."

"The main method is to use seawater to dry salt. This method is really effective. I have ordered people to promote it in major salt farms along the coast."

"We will work with people to choose suitable places and develop new salt fields."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said, "I can rest assured that you are doing your job."

Zhu Biao hesitated for a moment and then said: "But the imperial court implemented a policy of banning the sea, so it is difficult to recruit enough salt workers."

"And without the protection of warships, the salt field is easily invaded by Japanese pirates."

Zhu Yuanzhang's face was gloomy and he said with murderous intent: "They are just Japanese pirates. Do you really think we can't do anything to them? Mobilize military households to protect the safety of the salt field."

Zhu Biao did not agree with this strategy: "As long as you can be a thief for a thousand days, there is no reason to guard against thieves for a thousand days. The best way to deal with Japanese pirates is to take the initiative."

"Also, if the silver mine that Chen Jingke said is true, we also need to build a navy that can travel far and fight across the sea to Japan."

"It's better to use the reason of protecting the salt field to build a navy, and then accumulate experience by fighting against Japanese pirates to train an elite navy."

"This will also save a lot of trouble."

Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a moment and said: "Well, we banned the sea in the first place to prevent Zhang Shicheng and other thieves from getting bigger."

"After all these years, our Ming Dynasty has been stabilized and the remnants of bandits and bandits have become less common. There is nothing wrong with reopening the sea."

Zhu Biao knew his father very well. If the country is stable and if the remaining evildoers are not successful, they are all excuses.

The only reason for opening up the sea is to see benefits.

Seawater can be turned into salt by drying it in the sun, and coarse salt can be turned into refined salt by washing it in clean water. The profits from this are unimaginable.

How determined he was to ban the sea at the beginning, he is now determined to open the sea.

But no matter what, it is a good thing to open the sea to build a navy.

"The opening of the sea is of great importance, not only the migration of the people, but also the reconstruction of the municipal shipping department and other yamen."

"The key is still the Japanese pirates. I thought we could build a strong navy first, and then fully open the sea after the Japanese pirates are wiped out."

Zhu Yuanzhang said happily: "We came up with the idea together. Since you have an idea, let's leave this matter to you."

Zhu Biao immediately looked reluctant, leaving everything to me. Who among us is the emperor?
Zhu Yuanzhang pretended not to see his son's expression and chuckled in his heart.

Brat, I've been busy all my life, it's your turn to work.

At this moment, an eunuch hurried in and handed a secret letter to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang just looked at the mark on the envelope and knew that it was to report to him the whereabouts of his precious grandson.

Judging from the thickness of the envelope, it must have been something big.

But what is certain is that it is not a bad thing, otherwise it would not be as simple as sending a letter.

I just don’t know if it was Chen Jingke who did it or Guaishun.

Thinking this, he took out the letter and read it.

(End of this chapter)