I was pulling trees in Daming, and Lao Zhu begged me to come out of retirement

Chapter 139: There is no way to fight. There is no way to fight at all

The spread of the news caused the price of raw silk to once again see a small surge.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the data sent up by the Jinyiwei below and the corners of his mouth unconsciously rose a little.

"It seems that there is not much money left from these blood-sucking insects. 65 taels, hum! If it weren't for the God of Land's advice to leave a way out for others, we wouldn't be able to give you this little money!"

Because of the Mongolian iron hoof, not only did the powerful weapon gunpowder spread to Europe, but the Ming Dynasty was also no stranger to world trade.

Zheng He's seven voyages to the West brought huge amounts of silver reserves to the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty's economy also developed rapidly.

The reason why Zhu Yuanzhang was so familiar with Europe was that among the books given by Tianyu, there was a miscellaneous book called Navigation, Currency and Trade, which briefly described the reasons for the end and demise of the Middle Ages in Europe at the same time as the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Yuanzhang was well aware of the huge wealth created in Europe by the plague at that time, so he was not worried at all about causing a backlog by purchasing too much raw silk.

He had ordered Chen Youliang to send Fang Guozhen to explore the route of the Maritime Silk Road in the name of eliminating him, and was waiting to truly start the colonial trade journey after this bargain hunting.

Moreover, the divine guards in the Tianyu underground city are working hard to farm pigs 24 hours a day.

On average, each monster spawning point can provide nearly 3 taels of gold per year, and there are dozens of monster spawning points in the dungeon.

In addition, there is a very smart piglin BOSS in "Hell" who will launch a monster (zhao) (cai) attack (song) on ​​the city (bao) every once in a while.

This resulted in Zhu Yuanzhang hoarding a huge amount of gold with no place to use it. He was worried that a large amount of gold would enter the market, causing not only the depreciation of gold, but also the collapse of the market, which would be troublesome.

Under the inhumane money-throwing tactics, the impoverished Yuan Dynasty and the old Song Dynasty had basically no ability to fight back.

Moreover, Zhu Yuanzhang wanted more than just the collapse of the two dynasties.
He wanted to use this opportunity to completely reshuffle the entire Chinese wealth and even the underlying system.

Although the Yuan Dynasty has been reversing history,

But it laid a very good foundation for Zhu Yuanzhang.
The influence of Confucianism, which had restricted the thoughts of the Chinese people, was reduced to the lowest level at this time.

For decades, no Han people had been able to enter the core management level of the imperial court, which almost wiped out Chinese bureaucracy.

This is why Zhu Yuanzhang, a peasant with no background in history, was able to make a comeback.

This is also the reason why Zhu Yuanzhang encountered so little resistance when he implemented policies that were far beyond the times and unorthodox.

In the Yuan Dynasty, most of these Han scholars did not even have the chance to become county magistrates. Now, following Zhu Yuanzhang, they may even have the opportunity to become prime minister of a country with more power than the prime minister. No matter what outrageous decrees Zhu Yuanzhang issued, they would not be as outrageous as those in the Yuan Dynasty.

Not to mention that there is a supernatural god who is above the Ming Empire.

Nowadays, officials are working hard to serve the people.
If you do well, it is not impossible to become an immortal. Worldly power and wealth will mean nothing.

Zhu Yuanzhang stood up and spoke kindly to Shen Wansan, who was kneeling respectfully below:

"Minister Shen, you have worked hard during this period. Please order the members of the Sun Moon Trading Company in various places to prepare to evacuate."

Shen Wansan's pupils shrank.
He bowed hurriedly and said yes.

By the next day, the news that Zhu Yuanzhang was going to Qingdao to welcome the ocean-going fleet had spread completely.

A large number of spies, agents, merchants, landlords and unknown persons gathered towards Qingdao Port.

All the inns in Qingdao were fully occupied.

When the day came for the fleet to return, the port was filled with common people, merchants, and slaves who came to watch the excitement.

At this time, the Ming Empire had begun to have the atmosphere of the Celestial Empire. No matter which regime the merchants or citizens were from, as long as they paid taxes according to regulations, they would be accepted.

The main point is that one is not afraid of any form of invasion.

I have opened my borders. If you have the ability, you can sneak in and try to attack the city.

The Ming Empire's armaments never relied on defending cities, but on killing enemies and attacking cities. Any city is nothing but tofu dregs in front of TNT and alloy pickaxes.

If we cannot resist the Ming army, it will be useless even if we occupy the city.

As for redstone technology, this thing is completely a product of "immortal magic". No matter how the enemy tries to find out, it is absolutely impossible to break through the technical barriers. At this time, as the sun rises,
A magnificent horn sounded from afar.

Everyone turned to look.

Chang Yuchun and Xu Da took the lead and walked slowly at the front of the line.

Behind him followed a group of divine guards wearing enchanted armor emitting a purple halo.

If you look closely, you will find that the enchanted armor on these God-guards is actually pieced together from various levels of miscellaneous armor.

But the enchanted aura they emit makes these armors look extremely mysterious.

The crowd gasped as they looked at this group of divine guards who looked like heavenly soldiers.
Some enemy bandits who had ulterior motives quietly put back their hidden weapons.

There is no way to fight, there is no way to fight at all!
The opponent's armor is glowing all over, who dares to go up?
If their armor had shone a little brighter, they would have charged forward.

Zhu Yuanzhang sat in a closed carriage with a smile on his face.
Although he is confident, he is not arrogant.

He was not so arrogant as to show up in such a dense crowd.

If someone is so desperate that he shoots an arrow at his face, he will be dead on the spot. After all, he is not Tianyu, whose health is endless and whose physical condition is always constant.

The carriage slowly arrived at the port.
At this time, the people in the port had already been cleared out.
Everyone stood far away on the periphery waiting for the arrival of the legendary fleet.

Until noon,

A huge whistle sounded from the sea level.

Dozens of steel ships hundreds of meters long were emptied of water.

There is no mast on the hull, but it can easily sail in the sea.

The whistle on the ship was made by craftsmen from the simplest steam engine, but what really drove the ship were the rows of steam turbines at the bottom of the stern.

"I'm coming!"

"Hiss~! How did they let these iron ships leave?"

"Nonsense! Magic! Magic, have you forgotten the water-dividing technique on the Yangtze River? Not to mention this sea-floating technique, I would believe it even if they could move mountains and seas."

"That's true, but I don't know when Your Majesty will rescue the people in those poor places. It should be easy for Your Majesty to unify the Central Plains. I don't know why you stopped."

"Nonsense, your majesty loves the people like his own children, and he is unwilling to rashly go to war with the Han people who are his compatriots. Don't you know that? The Sun and Moon Trading Company is a state-owned enterprise of the Ming Empire, and now it is selling grain to the people of the Yuan Dynasty and the old Song Dynasty at a low price."

"The price of raw silk has skyrocketed. Yuan and Old Song have been frantically asking their people to raise silkworms and reel in silk. If it weren't for Your Majesty, they would have starved to death countless people."

The people of the Ming Empire were discussing in low voices.

The merchants and landlords from Yuan and Old Song who came to watch the ceremony looked a little unhappy.

Although they knew that what the other party said was true, they did vow to resist the unification of the Ming Empire to the death.

Because Zhu Yuanzhang stood on the side of the common people and targeted the entire landlord class. Once unified by Zhu Yuanzhang, their ancestral property would be confiscated and redistributed.

This was totally intolerable to the big landowners and the aristocracy.

As the saying goes, to destroy someone's wealth is like killing his parents.
What Zhu Yuanzhang was going to do was not just killing his parents, but digging up his ancestral graves.

Therefore, although they were licking their faces and making money crazily from the Ming Empire, they did not want to join the rule of the Ming Empire at all.

What they want most is to maintain the status quo.

The Ming Empire grew food for those poor people, while they made crazy money from raw silk.

As everyone waited anxiously, Zhang Dingbian commanded the fleet to slowly approach the shore...

(End of this chapter)