"Dasun, tell us how many things are still being hidden from us."
Zhu Yuanzhang asked.
This eldest grandson is really not simple.
"Grandpa, how can I hide anything from you? You haven't even asked me about this."
Zhu Ying said helplessly.
Just because you can't find out, you can't just say I hid it.
Zhu Yuanzhang was speechless. What Grand Sun said was true.
"Princess Annan, I think it's good. Since you sent it here, you can keep it when the time comes. Anyway, I don't intend to let you go, considering you are a brat."
Zhu Yuanzhang paused and said jokingly.
Zhu Ying pursed her lips and said, "The princess is not a big deal, but Annan must be taken down."
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he frowned immediately.
He couldn't help but have a slight scolding in his tone: "It's just a remote Annan. Is there anything worth worrying about? If it was in the past, that's it. Now the Ming Dynasty is not enough for you to worry about."
"I haven't settled my own affairs well, and I'm still thinking about the outside world. You have been living on the border for a long time, so you should be able to see the current situation in Ming Dynasty more clearly than we do."
"The most important thing is to run your own business well first. Just like you told us about the Ming Dynasty Baoqian last time, the current situation in the treasury is worse than you imagined."
"How can we not know the situation of the Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes? But now that natural disasters continue, this is the only solution at the moment."
As he spoke, Zhu Yuanzhang's tone became slightly aggravated.
If the situation had been different before, it would have been easier for him to reprimand him, but with Da Sun's intelligence, you shouldn't be able to see this situation now.
At present, the Ming Dynasty's territory is large enough in Zhu Yuanzhang's opinion. To waste money and people to attack those small countries, for the Ming Dynasty, it is nothing more than militarism.
Zhu Ying listened quietly to the old man's words without interrupting or expressing his thoughts impatiently.
He knew that the old man was limited by his thinking, or vision.
In fact, for the emperors of the past dynasties, many small countries were just a small area on the map. Fighting is troublesome and laborious, and once the fight is over, there is no benefit.
Except for some emperors who naturally like to expand their territories, other emperors basically have no interest at all.
Moreover, there are always many things happening in every dynasty and generation in the Central Plains. When the emperor is too centralized, it means he has to deal with a lot of things every day, just like the old man is doing now.
When the emperor was not centralized enough, he basically thought of ways every day to balance the power of the parties in the court and take power into his own hands.
Not to mention those who like to have fun. If they don’t have enough time to play, how can they have time to take care of those small countries?
After the old man finished reprimanding him, Zhu Ying began to explain slowly:
"Grandpa, you don't know something. In Grandpa's heart, Annan is probably surrounded by high mountains and miasma. When the army passes by, it will be very easy for us to adapt to the climate."
"Just like the Shu Road, marching is difficult, the country is small and the people are small, and there is no benefit, right?"
Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly and said: "It's good that you know. In our opinion, it is better to fight against Japan than to fight against Annan. At least there is a lot of money as you said."
"It took a little effort to defeat the Japanese country. At least our Ming Dynasty will not have to worry about running out of money for a hundred years."
Zhu Ying replied: "Silver cannot be used as food, but grandpa, do you know that Annan has natural advantages for growing rice."
"The rice in Annan is basically three-crop rice, which means three crops a year. The rice growing areas in Annan are basically irrigated by rivers."
"With natural water conservancy and extremely fertile soil, the yield per mu is several times higher than our fertile fields in the Ming Dynasty."
Zhu Ying explained slowly.
In fact, he himself doesn't know much about Annan, but he still knows about the tropical rainforest climate.
The most important thing is that Annan in later generations was a big exporter of grain. It had not much arable land but a large number of people, and could still export a large amount of grain.
It is enough to show that it has a great effect on cultivated land.
The biggest reason why it has not appeared now is because the farming technology in Annan is too backward, and the Annan government does not pay enough attention to rice.
And because there is no rice planting technology, the agricultural sector in Annan has not yet taken off due to many factors.
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he hesitated with a hint of disbelief, but his words were extremely certain.
So he asked: "Dasun, these things are not a joke."
In his heart, Zhu Yuanzhang still remained skeptical, including the Japanese Yinshan mentioned by Da Sun.
It's just that the Japanese pirates were too arrogant and the Ming Dynasty's envoy was killed. He had been holding back his anger for twenty years.
Before, Da Sun insisted on attacking the Japanese country. He felt that he might not be able to stop it, so he just decided to do it.
Now came Annan again, and this time Dasun said it was a food problem.
Food is much more important than money.
"Grandpa, I was thinking of going to Annan to found the country. Naturally, I have already investigated this matter clearly. In fact, as for the truth or falseness of this matter, I can just send some detailed agents to inquire about it."
Zhuying explained.
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he nodded subconsciously.
It's hard to tell about the Japanese silver. There are still many ministers in the Ming Dynasty who know about agriculture. They sent a few envoys to check it out. Whether what Dasun said is true or false will be known immediately.
Thinking about it this way, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately believed what Da Sun said.
"If this is really the case, it seems that Annan is still quite important." Zhu Yuanzhang murmured, and his heart suddenly began to beat.
Food is the most important thing for the people, and food has always been the most important issue for the Ming Dynasty.
As long as there is enough food, are you afraid that Ming Dynasty will not be able to grow?
Seeing that the old man was moved, Zhu Ying quickly struck while the iron was hot and said: "It's not just the Japanese country, Annan. I have been in the deserts and grasslands of the Western Regions for many years, and many small countries seem to be of no use at all."
"But in fact, it is of great significance to Ming Dynasty."
"The silver obtained by fighting the Japanese country and the grain obtained by conquering Annan. In this way, there is no way to waste money and waste people."
Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang began to fall silent.
He had to admit that Da Sun's statement really moved him.
Who would despise the fact that they have a lot of money and food?
Moreover, the current Ming Dynasty is affected by natural disasters and has little money and food.
However, the proposition hidden in Da Sun's words was so great that even Zhu Yuanzhang could not take on this problem.
Once the Ming Dynasty started its campaign, it could not be stopped easily.
The scale of a war is far from being fought in a few days or months.
No one says that once a war is started, it will be won.
Due to various unexpected factors, it was as powerful as the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty when it was founded, but it failed one after another in a small place like Japan.
The failure of the two wars caused the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty to suffer considerable losses, and also laid huge hidden dangers.
Moreover, Zhu Yuanzhang has never been a warlike person.
When he first joined the rebellion, it was because he could no longer survive. If he didn't rebel, he would starve to death.
Needless to say, the subsequent battles were basically driven by the situation at that time.
If I don't hit you, you will hit me.
The only option is to fight, there is no way out.
So when the entire Central Plains was conquered, Zhu Yuanzhang stopped his conquests and turned to recuperate.
The reason why he has a million-strong army is because Zhu Yuanzhang wants to protect his family business, rather than because he has any idea of enclosing the wolf as a vassal and expanding his territory.
Even if he becomes the emperor, from the bottom of his heart, Zhu Yuanzhang is still a person who wants to protect the family business.
The ambition in Da Sun's words cannot be said to be concealed, but it can be said to be completely undisguised, and his desire to conquer is obvious.
Zhu Ying saw that the old man looked a little heavy, and knew that the old man must be very conflicted in his heart.
The meaning of Zhu Ying's words today was very direct. Even he knew that the old man was very resistant to these topics.
But he still chose to speak out, because too many things could not be solved overnight based on ancient conditions.
There are some things that even take years of preparation.
So he wanted to speak out in advance to test the old man's attitude. Even if he was disgusted by it, he didn't care.
He didn't even care about the worst-case scenario of missing out on the Ming Emperor's throne.
In his current situation, even if he cannot become the Ming Emperor because of this incident, with his status, there is no problem in becoming a vassal king.
In the name of Ming Dynasty, there are simply not many things he can do.
Besides, if not the Ming Emperor, who would?
Or should we say Zhu Yunwen?
If this is really the case, I am afraid that it may not be Zhu Di who will be in trouble by then.
After thinking for a while, Zhu Ying felt that for now, it was better not to push the old man too hard.
He changed the subject and said: "Grandpa, I told you last time about the granulation of gunpowder. Have you arranged it to be done by the Gunpowder Department?"
Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang came back from his meditation and said: "The memorial came over yesterday and it was said to be completed, but the effect has not been tested yet."
Zhu Ying was slightly startled when he heard this.
So fast? Isn't that wrong? It's only been a few days and the gunpowder has been successfully granulated?
Although the granulation of gunpowder is not complicated, the actions of the gunpowder department were really too fast. It was completely beyond his imagination.
At this time, Zhu Yingcai understood that the current scientific research capabilities in the early Ming Dynasty were not comparable to those in the late Ming Dynasty.
"Grandpa, I want to go to the Gunpowder Department again tomorrow." Zhu Ying couldn't help but say.
He wondered if the gunpowder department had made a mistake.
"Okay, let's go with you tomorrow to see if this is what Dasun said."
Zhu Yuanzhang said.
Dasun gave him a lot of advice. So far, the work-for-relief program is pretty good.
Japan and Annan are too far away.
The closest thing that can be seen is the so-called granulation of gunpowder.
In Da Sun's words, the granulation of gunpowder seems to be quite important, and even feels a bit exaggerated.
It seems that once completed, it can increase the damage of firearms by one level.
Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to see for himself if this was really the case.
So Zhu Yuanzhang should pay more attention to the Japanese Yinshan and Annan rice mentioned by Dasun.
At the same time, Zhu Yuanzhang also understood that if the power of firearms could be improved to a higher level.
For the Ming army, it was even easier to fight.
