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

Chapter 67 Do you have a pig brain?

Ignoring Zhu Yuanzhang's bragging, Old Sun continued to read novels to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Because "Those Things About the Ming Dynasty" is a novel rather than a historical record,

This made Zhu Yuanzhang listen with great interest, but at the same time he sneered at some of the authors' imaginations.

Fortunately, the early evaluations of Zhu Yuanzhang in the book were slightly exaggerated, which gave Zhu Chongba's vanity unprecedented satisfaction.

"See? I am the one who filled the Yuan with soil. I am the divine bird that was reborn from the ashes, destined to shine brightly."

Old Sun yawned and said to Zhu Chongba with a sleepy look, "Yes, yes, you are a divine bird, the kind that makes the sound of "oh oh". Now hurry back to your nest and go to sleep. What time is it?"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked up and found that the sky was indeed filled with stars.

At this moment, he had just heard the part about selling himself to bury his mother, and he was still feeling unsatisfied.

"Tell us more. Tell us more."

Old Sun rudely drove Zhu Chongba away: "Impossible, we still have to teach Third Sister and the others to read tomorrow morning. This is a mission given to us by the gods."

Hearing the name of Tianyu,
Zhu Chongba left Old Sun's house in embarrassment.
He knew that this old bachelor would not give him face when he rose to power. He had been beaten many times when he taught him in the lessons when he was a child.

After leaving Old Sun's house, Zhu Yuanzhang held the book tightly in his arms.

He could see that this was a book of prophecies that could predict the future.

It can give you insight into the trajectory of the future.

If the God of Land had not intervened, he might have continued to move forward according to the path written in the Heavenly Book.

Now with the guidance of the Heavenly Book, he will definitely be able to create a better future than the original one!
As the son of a tenant farmer who herded cattle for a landlord, Zhu Chongba's knowledge was too shallow.

Although he had outstanding talents in martial arts and military affairs, he lacked a lot in pattern and vision.

Originally, he broadened his horizons and enriched his knowledge by begging.
But at this time he directly got the reference answers for the exam.

"I thought that group of corrupt officials was the limit of Yuan Gou, but I didn't expect that they even wanted to kill all the five major surnames: Zhang, Wang, Liu, Li, and Zhao."

"No wonder the God of Land said that the Yuan Dogs didn't even consider themselves as the masters. They were just a bunch of evil guests who broke into the house and robbed people."

"That Tuotuo actually wants to revitalize the Yuan economy by printing money. Doesn't he know that currency is linked to the credibility of the country?"

"Do you really think that you can print money whenever you want? If you don't have the power of the land god, you are just courting death if you want to print money infinitely."

Taoyuan Township now has its own system, and everyone uses work points to conduct transactions.

It can be said that work points are the banknotes issued by Tianyu.
Normally speaking, his unlimited distribution of work points would inevitably lead to economic collapse.

But Tianyu can still cheat.

He linked work points to grain, meat, eggs and milk to ensure that work points could be exchanged for the same food at the same price at any time.

In this way, the value of work points is kept constant.

After having enough food, people began to develop towards handicraft industry and entertainment industry.

Therefore, the prices of alcohol and service industries in Taoyuan Township are already much higher than those of grain.

This is simply unimaginable in the late Yuan Dynasty when disasters were rampant everywhere.

And precisely because of this,

Zhu Yuanzhang had insights far beyond his time regarding the role of banknotes as a general equivalent.

He knew very well that the so-called currency change would only accelerate the economic collapse and bring the Yuan Dynasty to its end!

When I returned to my staff dormitory,

Zhu Chongba excitedly wrote a string of pinyin on a blackboard.

Then he drew a big circle and wrote the words "civil rebellion" inside it. Although he didn't know there were Han Shantong and Liu Futong behind him,
But based on the content of the previous few pages, his military talent soon told him that opening the river was a huge opportunity.

It is impossible for ordinary people to hold large-scale gatherings on weekdays.
The number of people mobilized to build the river embankment ranges from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands.

If he could control such a large population at once, the obstacles he faced would disappear by at least 50%.

And Tianyu once told him,
The poor are always the first to be won over, and every time a dynasty changes, it is this group of insignificant poor people who are angered.

Those who were forced to work on the river repairs were basically coolies who could not afford to pay the head tax.

They are a class that is completely in line with me.

Zhu Chongba paced back and forth excitedly.

He felt that he had found a smooth path to rebellion.

Zhu Chongba rushed to Tianyu's villa and walked back and forth anxiously under the villa.

As soon as the rooster crowed, he couldn't wait to ring the golden bell at the gate of Tianyu.

Boom, boom.

Tianyu, who had just woken up from his bed and was savoring the massage, roared at Zhu Chongba with a mad look on his face:
"You are crazy! It's only what time now, I'm suing you for disturbing the public!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was so frightened that he trembled, his legs went weak and he fell to his knees on the ground.

"Lord of the Land, please spare me. I have also found a great plan for establishing the Ming Dynasty from the Wordless Book of Heaven!"

Tianyu raised his eyebrows and became interested.

A clever idea?

He came up with a brilliant plan in just one night. Are all the children of destiny so awesome?

"Can you tell me about it?"

After getting permission, Zhu Yuanzhang excitedly told Tianyu that he would wait until the Yellow River dam was built and then sneak over to lead the uprising.

He patted his chest with a solemn look on his face and said:

"Changing the currency will inevitably lead to currency depreciation, and those corrupt officials will definitely withhold the people's grain. If it is a good year, it will be fine, and the people can still bring some food with them. Now that there are natural disasters everywhere, we just need to raise our arms and call for action, hehe~"

Tianyu: “…”

Tianyu looked at Zhu Chongba as if he were a mentally retarded person and asked:
"Is this the idea you came up with?"

Zhu Chongba nodded blankly: "Why, why, isn't this a good idea?"

Tianyu took out one of his slippers and slapped Zhu Chongba on the forehead, cursing and roaring:
"Good idea! Good idea! I asked you for a good idea, but you didn't read much yesterday and you woke me up early in the morning like a lunatic!"

"Do you have a pig brain? Do you think the two million Yuan Dynasty troops were just for show? Do you think Han Shantong and Liu Futong didn't do it?"

"A tree that stands out in the forest will be destroyed by the wind, and the first bird to stick its head out will be shot down, haven't you heard that? At this stage, it's useless to have people. There are only people left in the Central Plains who are poor."

"Produce, produce, produce! Stock up, stock up, stock up! What can you say if there's no food? Get lost! Finish reading the whole book before you come back to me!"

Tianyu kicked Zhu Chongba on the butt and kicked him out:

"Get lost! From now on, your second brother's experimental field will belong to you. You can gather as many troops as you want and store food on your own! I can't possibly provide you with logistics!"

Damn it, I really think I’m an unlimited grain-producing machine, providing food and drink for hundreds of thousands of people. I don’t even need to fish anymore, bah!

With a bang, the door was shut tightly.

Zhu Yuanzhang patted the footprints on his butt pitifully and ran to find his second brother.

(End of this chapter)