It's finally come to this!

Liu Chun sighed with relief, from saying that Lao Zhu was moving to carry out official trade, to cultivating the fleet, to visiting the country of Harieh, until today, he is preparing to send troops to Java.

It's a matter of course, more than ten years of hard work!

How difficult it is to propel a behemoth to change the course of a 2,000-year-old course and go to an uncharted sea.

There are strong opposition forces in both the government and the opposition.

Even former allies are hesitant at the moment, and even oppose them. Liu Chun can't say anything, after all, the prospect depicted is no matter how beautiful it is. Someone has to verify it.

The only thing that makes Liu Chun feel relieved is Zhu Di's support, which is definitely going all out.

Zhu Di now has at least three cases in his hands, one of which is Wang Jin's murder of the king, according to Luo Feng's investigation, the Wang family is an upstart in the past ten years and has annexed a lot of land. seems to be a strong party, but in the process of moving to Beiping, Wang Jin's old father fell ill and died, and his uncle also broke his leg.

At the same time, the Wang family has a child, and he is indeed hiding in the Kong family.

This matter can be done by the Kong family to instigate Wang Jin and assassinate Zhu Di, although there is still a lack of some key evidence, but the direction is here......

Who knows, Zhu Di just pressed it down and did not continue to investigate.

Also, the Kong family mobilized tens of thousands of people to besiege Jinyiwei, these people are not all the countrymen of the Kong family, and the Kong family does not have so many, many of them are the rest of the Shandong heroes, if you want to do it, it is also full of corpses, and the heads are rolling...... But Zhu Di still stopped.

In the end, it was these Tai students, they jumped out, was there anyone behind them, what was the relationship between the instructing person and the Kong family, and could they become the same party......

Frankly speaking, if Zhu Di wants to investigate, all of them can set off huge waves.

But Zhu Di was always left in the middle.

The world is big, and the things that go to sea to open up are the biggest!

Not long ago, Yu Yanzhao and Wu Zhong were sent as envoys, and this group of people was forced to go out, and now the scale is larger, and the force used must be greater.

"I can let go of everything, but overseas development is urgent!" Zhu Di said to the cabinet ministers: "There are some things that you can pass on, as long as you can cooperate with the development of overseas, I can not blame the past, and nothing has happened!" ”

Yang Shiqi and the others were prostrate on the ground, they didn't know what His Majesty meant, and they hesitated.

Zhu Di was displeased, and slapped the table hard, "Don't guess, I, Zhu Di, have always been straightforward!" I've been leading troops for twenty years, and I don't need to lie to you. Go and tell the Kong family that if you want the whole family to be safe, you will take the initiative to write a letter and ask to move overseas. No matter what they say, as long as they get out, I will spare them, otherwise, I will do their great crime of murdering the king and plotting rebellion! Alright, let's all go down! ”

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Up to now, everyone has understood one thing, that is, His Majesty attaches great importance to overseas. It stands to reason that Zhu Di, a seasick person on a boat, has nothing to do, why is he so obsessed with overseas?

Isn't Your Majesty Evil?

The ministers guessed that in fact, it was not that complicated at all, and there was only one reason, that is, lack of money!

That's right, it's a lack of money!

In fact, many people ignore one thing, after the field is equalized, does it mean that everyone can fill their stomachs with an increase in grain production?

That's not the case!

In the autumn of last year, because of the successive implementation of the equalization of land, all the hidden acres of land were dug up, and the increase was by 50%.

That's a good thing, right?

But at the same time, many major cities, especially Jiangnan, are experiencing food shortages.

Zhu Di had to use the national grain stock to solve the food shortage.

Zhu Di was puzzled, so he deliberately brought Liu Chun over and studied it carefully.

The results given by Yoo Chun are interesting for only one reason, and that is Juntian!

In fact, there is a flexibility in the ordinary people's daily food, from starvation to fullness, there is a large span in the middle.

In the past, the landlords exploited and kept the people in a state of starvation.

Then many large landlords took the surplus grain to the city in exchange for furniture, cloth, books, and so on. There are also some landlords who simply run grain stores to make money.

Through them, a large amount of grain was brought into the city.

But after the land, these big landlords disappeared, and the common people first had to fill their stomachs, except for taking out a small amount of grain and paying taxes, they kept the rest to fill their stomachs.

Compared with the past, the food flow into the cities has plummeted.

Taking Suzhou, Hangzhou and other places as examples, there are different degrees of food shortages.

Faced with such a result, Zhu Di had nothing to say.

"In this way, it still makes sense to keep the gentry?"

Liu Chun spread his hands, "Existence is reasonable, the gentry are indeed a part of the economic operation, and now that they are removed, there will inevitably be turmoil." ”

"Method, I want to listen to the way?" Zhu Di said in a sullen voice.

"Ramp up acquisitions." Liu Chun said very simply: "There is no other way. ”

"So how do you ramp up acquisitions?"

"The first is to put pressure on the local yamen to work out an amount to provide excess rations, and then allocate them to the provinces. Then there is the increase in the purchase price. ”

"If you raise the price, you will spend more money!" Zhu Di gritted his teeth and said.

"I think it's worth it!"

Zhu Di rolled his eyes angrily, who doesn't know the value, but I can't take it out, not to mention that I still want to use troops abroad? You're a problem for me!

Zhu Di and Liu Chun argued for a long time, and finally Zhu Di compromised, he agreed to the proposal to increase the purchase price, but he asked Liu Chun to find a way to increase the expenses, and he would not carry the black pot for Liu Chun.

The current trend of Da Ming basically depends on the dispute and compromise between Zhu Di and Liu Chun, and the others are at most chess pieces, even if they are Dao Yan, they are only bigger chess pieces.

There are many things that involve the core, and Daoyan is not qualified to participate.

"I don't want to say it too complicated, in a word, the internal interests of Daming are uneven, and they must be made up from the outside. So, you have a great responsibility this time! ”

Li Jinglong grimaced, "What's that...... Why don't you elaborate on it, and I'll listen to it. If I really don't understand, you'll be replaced! ”

"Phew!"

Liu Chun smacked him fiercely, "It's over, you still want to escape, get on the thief ship, unless you die, don't think about coming down!" ”

Liu Chun said unceremoniously: "How are you going now?" ”

Li Jinglong drooped his head, "I eat and drink on the boat all day, but I won't get seasick, and I have read your health regulations and know how to save my life." But how do you extract spices, find minerals, and establish trading bases...... These things are too complicated, and you have written a lot of ideas for making money with financial currency, and I can't even understand it. ”

Li Jinglong really hesitated, "Liu Chun, I'm afraid I won't be able to do it well!" ”

Liu Chun took a deep breath, he was also very embarrassed.

"To be honest, if there were anyone else, I wouldn't let you go. Overseas risks are high, and there must be a person with sufficient status to take the lead. And the person has to be flexible and smart, and more importantly, has to be lucky! ”

"Luck?" Li Jinglong's eyes widened, "What is this?" ”

"I can't help it!" Liu Chun shrugged his shoulders, the thing of navigation is indeed a matter of luck, take Columbus as an example, the big guys know that this person discovered the American continent. But in fact, this man insisted until his death that he had discovered India, and there was no doubt that he was an iron man.

But God just favors fools, and there is no place to be reasonable.

"In short, I trust your luck!"

Li Jinglong couldn't say anything, "Okay, I'll fight too!" Even if you die at sea, you are much stronger than you are now! ”

After intense preparations, Li Jinglong finally led thirty ships to sea.

This time it was different from before, and he no longer used the name of the messenger, so he simply named it the Javanese fleet, and Li Jinglong was appointed as the chief of the naval division.

In addition, he was given a full 500 students.

In the past, closed-door training has been conducted for everyone. He explained to them the affairs of the sea, instilled all kinds of knowledge, and promised them that as long as they arrived in Java, worked for five years, and returned to the Ming Dynasty, they would be given priority use, and His Majesty would personally grant them official positions and rich rewards.

Li Jinglong's fleet has 1,000 elite soldiers, 500 students, and more than 2,000 experienced sailors, and the entire configuration can be called luxurious.

Li Jinglong was full of excitement, bid farewell to Zhu Di, reorganized the fleet in Liujiagang, and set sail for the sea!

The guy is gone, and everyone is excited and waiting for the results.

From time to time, news came from the fleet, they passed through Zhoushan, and when they reached the sea off Fujian, everything seemed to be going very well.

But just as it was passing through the Penghai Sea, a sudden wind suddenly rose, and the dark clouds on the horizon seemed to be boiling, and they quickly pounced!

It's a typhoon!

Three days later, Xiamen received an urgent report from the fishermen, saying that a broken mast had been found on the sea, and that it had the banner of the chief soldier of the naval division on it!

Li Jinglong is in distress!

This guy's run out of luck!

The news reached the capital, like a dark cloud, covering everyone's heads.

Zhu Di didn't even eat lunch, and hurriedly recruited Liu Chun into the palace, and the monarch and ministers discussed for a long time. As for the officials of Kedao, especially Chen Ying, the deputy capital imperial history, they even found Dao Yan.

"My lord, Cao Guogong died at sea, and even the dignified Guogong has no bones left, and he has become a drowned ghost, can this thing go to sea continue?"

Dao Yan's face darkened, "How does the old man know, if you want to dissuade you, go to the book!" ”

Chen Ying wanted to say something, but Daoyan didn't pay attention to him at all.

This guy gritted his teeth secretly, the old monk was still afraid of Liu Chun, but it didn't matter, there were many people who opposed going to sea, and they would definitely be able to stop it this time!

Zhu Di sent Liu Chun out for the first time, "No matter who it is, it can't stop my determination, Li Jinglong fails, and I will send another 30,000 people to the sea!" Let Zheng He lead the team! I don't believe it, he Sea Dragon King can still make the Son of Heaven bow his head! ”

Zhu Di was arrogant, and Liu Chun was shocked and a little relieved, but Li Jinglong's accident still made him uneasy.

Just when the situation in the capital was changing color, Li Jinglong dragged his tired body and climbed onto a huge desert island, and he was about to fall apart.

"Water, is there water?"

At this time, a soldier held a round thing and came to Li Jinglong.

"Grandpa Guo, Qing Shui didn't find it, you try this first!"

Li Jinglong took it and frowned slightly, "It's so hard, how can you eat it?" ”

The soldier hurriedly used a knife to peel off the hard skin on the outside, and the abundant juice flowed out.

Li Jinglong couldn't wait to take a bite and chew hard, the sweet juice made him almost fly.

"This, this is sugar cane, right?"

The soldier smiled: "Grandpa Guo has good eyesight, we have come to this desert island, but there are a lot of sugar cane." The villain's neighbor was originally a sugar house, and squeezing sugar can make money! ”

Li Jinglong gnawed half a sugarcane, and finally came to strength, he raised his eyes and looked around, and couldn't help but say: "It seems that my luck is really good!" ”

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