"Father~" Zhu Biao couldn't help but say something.
Lao Zhu was panting like an ox and his eyes were red. He slowly calmed down after hearing Zhu Biao's voice.
Han Du glanced at Zhu Biao tremblingly and cast a grateful look at him. Sure enough, the only people in the world who can persuade Lao Zhu are Queen Ma and Zhu Biao. It's better not to dance like crazy to death in front of Lao Zhu.
Han Du's eyebrows calmed down instantly, and he stood there with his eyebrows lowered and said nothing.
After Lao Zhu calmed down, he said to Han Du: "Now that the news has spread, what do you think we should do?"
After saying that, I felt a wave of regret in my heart. Firstly, I regretted that I was too naive and allowed the three merchants to harvest grain, thinking that the grain would be theirs in the end. That's why I turned a blind eye to it. I didn't expect that these people would do so brilliantly. Their goal from the beginning was food. As long as these million loads of food were destroyed, the Ming Dynasty would be destroyed. Secondly, I regret that after the fire broke out, I did not control the news immediately, so that I missed the best time to block the news. Now that everyone is aware of the trouble, even if the news is blocked, it is already too late.
However, even if the news is blocked in time, it may not be able to be blocked. How could the court easily block the news after spending millions of pounds?
"It's definitely too late to block the news now," Han Du said.
Lao Zhu had a look of dissatisfaction on his face and said coldly: "Do you even need to say this?"
Han Du quickly continued: "The best way to solve this problem is that Ming Dynasty has enough food."
Lao Zhu glared at Han Du and said in a deep voice: "Just tell me what to do if the Ming Dynasty does not have enough food. If there is food, do I still need to ask you?"
"Your Majesty, I think the first thing is to increase the navy's fishing in the sea. Every load of fish caught now is equivalent to an extra load of food for the Ming Dynasty." Han Du suggested.
Lao Zhu thought for a moment and couldn't help but nodded and sighed: "This is indeed a way, but it may not be enough. Even if I devote all the navy to fishing now, I'm afraid it is impossible to catch millions in a short time. Loads of fish. What’s more, the navy also has to patrol the sea to guard against Japanese pirates, so it’s impossible to devote all of it to fishing.”
"So, the most important thing for the court next is to exterminate the Japanese pirates." Han Du said coldly with a stern face, "Even if they cannot be exterminated, they must be severely damaged so that they are unable to step into the land of the Ming Dynasty. .Your Majesty, before I came back this time, I had already been attacked by Japanese pirates. And in the process of chasing the Japanese pirates, I met another group of Japanese pirates. These Japanese pirates attacked the Ming Dynasty so frequently. I am afraid they came well prepared. . Therefore, I have reason to suspect that these Japanese pirates may have some connection with the fire in the grain depot."
After hearing this, Lao Zhu couldn't help but ponder.
Zhu Biao said with a stunned expression, "How is this possible? What does the Japanese pirates thousands of miles away have to do with the fire in the grain depot in the capital?"
"What do you think?" Lao Zhu looked directly at Han Du.
Han Du thought for a moment and did not answer Lao Zhu. Instead, he asked: "Who do you think the emperor is, who has such a big deal?"
Before Lao Zhu could answer, Han Du continued: "Being able to give up millions of dollars of wealth is not something ordinary people can do." Ordinary people cannot earn millions of dollars in a lifetime, even if they have several million dollars A person with a huge amount of wealth will hold on to this wealth tightly. It is impossible to give it up at will, let alone burn it on fire.
"This at least shows that in the eyes of these people, millions of dollars is not a big amount of money. The wealth they possess must be much more than this. Even the court cannot treat these millions of tons of food as nothing. " Han Du continued to speculate, "This reminds me of some people. People who have deep hostility to the Ming Dynasty and have huge wealth."
After Han Du finished speaking, he looked at Lao Zhu meaningfully.
Lao Zhu suddenly came to his senses and quickly waved his hand to send out all the people on the left and right. After that, he lowered his voice and said, "You mean, those people who secretly printed treasure banknotes?" The sound of Lao Zhu gritting his teeth was enough to show the hatred he felt towards these people.
Is it possible not to hate? These people secretly print treasure banknotes and plunder the wealth of people all over the world. They are also plundering Lao Zhu's wealth. He even had the audacity to assassinate the emperor's grandson, and Lao Zhu hated these people both in public and in private. It was because these people were hiding outside the Ming Dynasty that Lao Zhu had no way to deal with them for a while. If he could catch them, Lao Zhu would like to cut them into pieces.
Unexpectedly, old grudges remain unresolved and new grudges arise. Now these people secretly destroyed millions of loads of grain in the Ming Dynasty.
"Other than that, I can't think of anyone who has such great courage." Han Du sighed, "There are millions of guan. Even if you are a humble minister, you can't just burn it."
Lao Zhu thought for a while and sighed: "I can understand that you want to wipe out the Japanese pirates. But I'm afraid now is not a good time. The Ming Dynasty really has no spare power to deal with the Japanese pirates."
Lao Zhu's idea was to wait until Can Yuan was eliminated and the threat from the north was completely suppressed before the Japanese pirates were wiped out.
But Han Du obviously didn't think so, "Your Majesty, last time we heard from the female official that these people were alone overseas, peeping at the Ming Dynasty. Since they have a foothold overseas, even if they are not Japanese pirates, it is impossible not to deal with Japanese pirates. Therefore, I feel that burning the food is only their first step, and the second step is to drive the Japanese pirates to harass the Ming Dynasty's waters. Now it is no longer whether the Ming Dynasty has the ability to clear out the Japanese pirates, but that the Ming Dynasty must be prepared to clear out the Japanese pirates. "
When Lao Zhu heard this, he couldn't help but change his color after a lifetime of conquest. There is a residual Yuan in the north who is watching eagerly, and may go south to threaten the Ming Dynasty at any time. Although Beiyuan has just been defeated once, no one can guarantee that Beiyuan will lick its wounds safely this year and not go south. With drought raging inside and food shortages, the Ming Dynasty was like a pile of dry firewood. Any spark that appeared could ignite a flame larger than a million tons of food. If coupled with the fact that the Ming Dynasty's thousands of miles of sea territory was constantly invaded by Japanese pirates, it would really be possible for the world to overthrow.
Now it is indeed as Han Du said, it is not a question of the Ming and Qing Dynasties being unable to suppress the Japanese pirates, but that the Ming Dynasty must suppress them.
"Your Majesty, if we can severely damage the Japanese pirates in a short period of time, then the Ming Dynasty can also call on the people to go fishing in the sea, and the court can purchase a large number of people. There are more than one million people along the coast of the Ming Dynasty? If they can all go to the sea to fish, wouldn't it be better than ten naval forces? Times, a hundred times?”
