Mingshi

Chapter 1040 Huge Plan

"It's very simple." Luo Ye said with a smile: "Get some rice paste on your face, and when the rice paste dries, it will look like that. Ha ha teacher"

Luo Ping nodded and said: "Although it is simple, it is practical. It is difficult even for me to recognize you. If this is not prepared in my heart, but met on the road, I will definitely not recognize you."

Luo Xin at the side looked at Luo Qing and Luo Sheng and said, "Brother, cousin, is this an appointment between you two?"

"No!" The two shook their heads at the same time.

Luo Xin couldn't help laughing: "That's really a coincidence!"

Luo Qing and Luo Sheng looked at each other and smiled: "It's really a coincidence!"

Then the two looked at Luo Heng and Luo Ye respectively, Luo Ye looked at Luo Heng again, Luo Heng smiled and said:

"It's up to the two of you to talk to Buqi."

The two nodded and looked at each other. Luo Qing smiled and said, "Cousin, let's talk first."

"Alright!" Luo Sheng organized his speech and looked at Luo Dao: "No, now Taiwan is developing well, and its shipbuilding has completely surpassed all the powers on the sea. And we have already started to study and build the iron ships you mentioned. .”

Luo Xin's eyes lit up and he said, "Have you researched the steam engine?"

"Not yet!" Luo Sheng said with a smile: "However, great progress has been made. Those craftsmen said that it can be researched in one year at the shortest, and three years at the most."

"Good!" Luo Xin said happily.

"Cannon and musket technology are also continuing to be researched, but the bullets and shells you mentioned cannot be produced."

"How is electricity research going?"

"A kind of hand generator has been researched, and wind power generation is being studied."

"When you have researched wind power generation, you can research a machine called a lathe, and a stamping machine, etc. At that time, I can give you a general directional information for those craftsmen to research. When they make these machines Come out, and there will be no problem making bullets and shells."

"it is good!"

Luo Sheng was overjoyed. He had tasted the benefits of technology. Now his fleet was invincible at sea, and with the equipment of thermal weapons, he was also invincible when landing on islands.

"No, now the 36 islands that Ryukyu and Wang Zhi occupied in Japan are also occupied by us, and they have developed well. Japan has been completely surrounded by us geographically."

Luo Xin raised his eyebrows and asked, "Is the Warring States Period in Japan over?"

"Not yet!" Luo Sheng shook his head and said, "But according to our observations, it's almost over. After the baptism of war, Japan is already very weak. If we start a war with Japan now, I firmly believe that Japan will be completely occupied soon."

Luo Xin pondered for a while and said, "Cousin can decide the exact time."

"it is good!"

"What's the difficulty?"

"Food!" Luo Sheng said: "Taiwan has developed too fast, and it has annexed Ryukyu and 36 islands. The population has increased dramatically, but the planting area is not enough, so there is a shortage of food. Although some food has been exchanged with the Ming Dynasty. However, many things we don't have. It can be exchanged with Ming Dynasty, such as firearms and ships. Therefore, the food exchange is still not enough, and when Japan is occupied, food may further become a problem.”

"After occupying Japan, food won't be a problem." Luo Xin said with a smile.

"why?"

"Japan has a lot of silver mines."

Luo Sheng looked happy, then shook his head and said, "Even if you have a lot of silver, you can't exchange it for food. Daming's food is not enough for him."

"Go to Lingnan, where there is a kind of rice that can be grown three times a year. As long as you have silver, you can exchange as much as you want."

"Really? Why haven't I heard of it before?"

"Transportation! Daming can't solve the transportation. If you transport by land, you will lose money and consume too much. But you don't have this problem, because you can transport by sea."

"Great!" Luo Sheng looked at Luo Dao excitedly: "No, when are you going to Taiwan?"

"Let's talk!" Luo Xin thought for a while.

Luo Sheng also knew Luo Xin's difficulty, it was impossible to leave the capital for such a long time at will.So he said:
"No, what else do you want?"

Luo Xin thought for a while and said: "No, your next plan is to target Japan."

"clear."

Luo Xin looked at Luo Qing.Luo Qing said with a smile: "Now the grassland has been completely unified, with 20 soldiers and horses. My problem is also the lack of food. Although Uncle Lu has been supporting, but the grassland has been cultivating health and rest for so long, the older the population, the more people need it. There is also more and more food. Some are not enough, and Uncle Lu is also very worried."

Luo Xin looked at Luo Sheng and said: "After you go back, put Lingnan's affairs first. Although there is the Ming government, the situation is very complicated. The territory that the Ming government can control is less than one-third of Lingnan. One. You can use glass first... By the way, there are a lot of mosquitoes in Lingnan. I will give you a method of making mosquito coils in a moment. You can first support an aborigine in Lingnan, and then use glass, mosquito coils, etc. through that aborigine. The goods are exchanged with them for grain. Half of the exchanged grain is kept by myself, and half is traded with the elder brother. The elder brother trades with you with horses, cattle and sheep on the grassland."

"Okay!" Luo Sheng nodded happily: "We happen to be short of horses, cattle and sheep. And once the food problem is solved and there is sufficient food and grass, it will be even less of a problem to occupy Japan."

"I have the most horses, cattle and sheep." Luo Qing said with a smile.

Everyone is very happy that the food problem has been solved.Luo Qing looked at Luo Dao: "No, what are we going to do next? I can't, my cousin is still fighting, I can't let me support 20 troops and do nothing, right?"

Luo Xin thought for a while and said, "Let's send troops to the Western Regions."

"Send troops to the Western Regions?"

"That's right, open up the Silk Road. At that time, you don't have to do trade yourself. You just need to build cities along the way from the grassland to the Western Regions and collect transit taxes."

"It's like the Municipal Bureau collects tariffs?" Luo Qing's eyes lit up.

"Yes!" Luo Xin nodded and said, "What you charge is customs duties. Of course, you also have to ensure the safety along the way, and go out regularly to suppress bandits. Only when the roads are safe, will more merchants from Ming Dynasty and Western Regions travel to the Silk Road. Road, you will collect more and more tariffs."

"That's no problem!" Luo Qing rubbed his fists and said, "There are no big countries in the Western Regions, they are all small countries, and it is not difficult to conquer them at all."

"Brother, remember, what we want is not just to conquer, but to treat them as our vassal states. We want those small countries in the Western Regions to disappear and just become a state and a capital of our own country."

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