"Some? How much is some? Please tell me clearly." Lao Zhu noticed something was wrong in Han Du's tone, and his lips began to tremble.
You must know that what Han Du took away was all the gunpowder and shells of the Ordnance Bureau, which was the output of the Ordnance Bureau day and night for an entire year.
Han Du laughed twice, and just when Lao Zhu's heart was trembling, he whispered: "There is not much left..."
Lao Zhu's eyes widened when he heard this. With so many gunpowder shells, how many were left after Han Du went to sea once?
Lao Zhu was furious and shouted: "Get out!"
Han Du was so frightened that he trembled all over and hurriedly said goodbye and fled from Lao Zhu.
Lao Zhu returned to Queen Ma, still angry.
Empress Ma was still happily thinking about the memorial handed over by Han Du. Seeing the anger on Lao Zhu's face, she asked with a smile: "What's wrong with your Majesty? You were very happy this morning, why are you so happy now?" With this look, who is so bold as to offend your dragon power again?"
"Who else? It's not Han Du." Lao Zhu said angrily.
Queen Ma was surprised and said with a smile: "Han Du is very good, isn't he? He brought back so many good things from this trip to the sea. It's okay if you don't reward him. Why are you still complaining?"
Lao Zhu glanced coldly at the memorial in Queen Ma's hand, and said bitterly: "He is good at making money, but he is also good at making money. The gunpowder shells produced by the Ordnance Bureau for a whole year were lost to him once It’s all used up.”
After hearing this, Queen Ma looked stunned for a moment. Then he stood up and walked over to Lao Zhu, stretched out his hand, squeezed his shoulder, and said: "Is this all, the emperor is not happy? Merchants also know that being able to make things is not considered a skill, being able to sell things for money, That’s the point.”
"No matter how expensive those things are, but they can be exchanged for so much wealth, why don't you just enjoy it and complain?" Queen Ma tapped her index finger on Lao Zhu's temple, which made Lao Zhu tilt his head.
"You only know about money." Lao Zhu complained angrily.
After hearing this, Empress Ma refused, and raised her voice and said, "What's wrong with money? Even if you are the emperor, you must have money to be able to support the beauties in the harem and the hundreds of people in the court." Only by being an official can you support all the people in the world. Your Majesty, don’t think you are rich in the world now, but if you don’t have the money, try it.”
After being lectured, Lao Zhu's expression softened a lot, and he sighed: "It's not that I don't know the importance of money, but is this a matter of money?"
Suddenly he stood up and walked a few steps with his hands behind his back, "The residual Yuan has always been a serious problem for the Ming Dynasty. If it is not eliminated, I will not be able to rest assured. Originally, I was planning to wait for Han Du to come back and prepare for a northern expedition, but Now~"
Lao Zhu sighed slightly and shook his head.
Empress Ma felt that the matter was not that serious, "Your Majesty, this Can Yuan will not be staying in Mobei for more than a day or two, and the Northern Expedition will not be once or twice. Even if it doesn't work this year, why not wait until next year to start the Northern Expedition? Is that so? Now that things have become like this, even if the emperor cuts off Han Du, he won’t be able to get anything out. "
After hearing this, Lao Zhu could only nod helplessly, and that was all he could do. Fortunately, what comforts Lao Zhu is that now Can Yuan does not dare to invade Ming Dynasty at all. Instead, he is always worried that Ming Dynasty will conquer them. Therefore, Ming does not have to worry about being attacked by residual elements.
If Can Yuan came to carry out a sneak attack, Daming would really laugh out of his dreams. Instead of having to go on an expedition, you can fight against Can Yuan at your doorstep. This is a great thing that you can only dream of.
A few days later, Lao Zhu decreed the establishment of the Municipal Shipping Department, and Han Du was promoted to the first position of the Ming City Shipping Department.
"Congratulations, you have been reinstated." Zhu Biao opened the imperial edict with a smile, took a look at it, and handed it to Han Du.
He was promoted to the fifth rank in the Ministry of Shipping, which was equivalent to Han Du's original official position. It could also be regarded as the restoration of the official position. Moreover, Lao Zhu not only placed all maritime trade affairs under the Shipping Department, but also placed the Ming Dynasty Navy under the Shipping Department. The promotion of the Shipping Department can be said to be a truly low-level position.
The Ming Dynasty Navy did not have a clear subordinate. In the past, Tang He was in charge of Lao Zhu. Later, Tang He intended to train Han Du and wanted Han Du to take over the navy, but Lao Zhu never nodded.
Now that it's all right, Lao Zhu issued an order to transfer all the navy to the Shipping Department and hand it over to Commander Han Du.
Han Du took it with both hands and sighed slightly, "Congratulations. To be honest, after being a teacher for a few days, I really don't want to hang out in this official position anymore. It's not interesting."
Seeing that Han Du didn't seem to be talking casually, Zhu Biao asked in surprise, "Looking at you, don't you want to help Gu Gu in the future?"
To be honest, Han Du really didn't want to help Zhu Biao. Although Zhu Biao seems to be as stable as Mount Tai now, it's really hard to say whether Zhu Di's rebellion was forced or was premeditated.
It wasn't that Han Du was afraid of Zhu Di, but he simply didn't want to get involved in such a mess as seizing the direct descendant.
But Han Du couldn't say that he didn't want to help Zhu Biao, because Zhu Biao had saved his life. If something happens to Zhu Biao in the future, Han Du will never be able to stay out of it.
After thinking for a while, Han Du said with a smile: "No, how dare I have such an idea?"
"It's fine if not." Zhu Biao smiled. He thought Han Du was just complaining casually and didn't care.
Han Du took a deep look at Zhu Biao and said, "Your Highness is a rich man, so you have to be extremely careful. Those people have weird methods. Since they dare to attack Duke Cao, they may not dare to do unbearable things." Things to come.”
"I understand," Zhu Biao thought for a while and nodded in agreement. However, he still half-jokingly said to Han Du: "Didn't you drive them all to the continent and trap them? Can they still come out to make trouble?"
Han Du sighed, "Those people have been rooted in the Ming Dynasty for too long and are deeply rooted. The Ming Dynasty must have their people now, but we don't know it yet."
Whether or not these people can be found, and how many of them can be found, depends on how much inside information the captured people know.
Thinking of this, Han Du couldn't help but tell Zhu Biao, "Your Highness should be careful in everything, especially in diet."
Seeing that Han Du was so concerned about him, Zhu Biao smiled and nodded and said, "I understand."
Those who can enter the East Palace or the Imperial Palace will naturally be screened at all levels. Those people may not be able to place people in the East Palace. Perhaps this is why they attacked Li Wenzhong but were unable to attack Lao Zhu and Zhu Biao.
