Daming: You are really my eldest son

Chapter 76
At Longjiang Shipyard, the strict guards became tighter with the arrival of Zhu Yuanzhang.

Stepping into the slightly crude curtain room of the Judiciary, the messy furnishings inside did not arouse Zhu Yuanzhang's dissatisfaction.

This is a place where practical things are done. If the cleaning is too clean, it will appear that these people are not doing their jobs properly.

When the official hurriedly found an old wooden stool from elsewhere, Zhu Yuanzhang sat in the hall, looked at the prudent owner of the shipyard, and asked him the purpose of his trip straight to the point:
"Three months ago, we asked Wang Pu, the doctor of the Ministry of Water, to inform you to rebuild the long-distance sailing ship for us. Is there any result?"

When this matter was mentioned, the principal's face suddenly became a little panicked.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who had been staring at him, suddenly snorted with displeasure.

The sea boat is related to Ming Guozuo, and it is even more related to his position as a father in the heart of the bastard.If these people don't have any clues in three months, then how can he, as a father, establish prestige in Zhu Ji's heart in the future.

"Why, with our Daming's salary, why are you perfunctory us like this?"

"Your Majesty, my humble minister Rong Bing."

Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to refute a few words when Zhu Ji said that the Ming Dynasty was superfluous, but he didn't want the slap to come so suddenly.Just as the guards were about to pull it out and chop it up, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help laughing angrily when he heard the master knelt down tremblingly and wanted to say a few words.

"Say, let's listen, what else do you have to argue with?"

Zhu Yuanzhang, who snorted coldly, waited quietly for the principal to speak, while the principal who was kneeling on the ground dripping with sweat said hurriedly:
"Your Majesty, since Lord Wang Pu issued the ultimatum, we have called craftsmen to discuss this matter. After calculation, a sea-going ship that meets His Majesty's requirements needs at least [-] materials. If it needs to ship goods back and forth, it may cost [-] to [-] materials. .”

"Such a huge ship requires a lot of craftsman's skills, and it is very expensive to use high-quality materials. I will present the problem to the Shangguan. A few days ago, Master Wang Pu personally came to inform us. Build a big ship with two thousand materials."

Hearing that the trial production started, Zhu Yuanzhang finally looked a little better.

"So how's it going now?"

According to the usual speed of ordering shipbuilding, it stands to reason that there should be a sound within three months. Zhu Yuanzhang was eager to see how the ship with two thousand materials was completed, but he didn't want to answer the master's answer, which made him even more angry.
"Reporting to Your Majesty, according to the craftsman, the ship is nineteen feet four feet eight inches long and four feet seven feet seven inches wide. To withstand strong winds at sea, the keel needs to be more than eight feet in circumference. Such timber shipyards have insufficient reserves. It was not even the bottom of the boat.”

Zhu Yuanzhang felt that everyone was stupid.

I talked about it for a long time, but I didn't make it.

But no matter how angry he was, he couldn't vent his anger on the principal at all.

Even he himself knew that the boats built by Longjiang Shipyard usually cost four to five hundred materials, so he didn't even think about preparing such thick wood.

It's hard for a clever woman to cook without rice, even if he cuts off the main thing, it doesn't matter if it can't be made or it can't be made.

"Then tell us, how much does this ship cost?"

Since it couldn't be made for a while, Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to hear how much it would cost to make it happen.

At least, he had to tell his son that his subordinates were useless, not that he was incompetent.

"A sea-going ship with two thousand materials should be made of nanmu. Including the riveted iron nails and other materials, the cost of a ship is at least [-] guan."

"hiss!"

Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly took a breath of air.

"How many did you say?"

He was afraid that he didn't hear clearly just now, and after asking again, Zhu Yuanzhang felt that he was very poor as an emperor.

A ship is 32 guan, if a fleet is sent out, at least eight ships.This is [-] guan, and even this is still the minimum.

Based on Daming's current taxes and food prices, these eight ships will cost one-tenth of this year's taxes.For the sake of Zhu Ji's way of dealing with natural disasters, this matter must be done.

After waving these officials to leave the Judiciary, Zhu Yuanzhang sat on the wooden bench and remained silent for a long time.

When Zhu Ji was about to fall asleep, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly asked:
"Ji'er, where is the silver mine in Japan?"

"I just remember that place seems to be called Iwami Yinshan, which should be in the south of the main island of Japan."

"Shijian Yinshan, Shijian, good. Go back to the palace, let's send someone to find out where the Shijian Yinshan is. Our first battle will be fought there."

Zhu Yuanzhang gritted his teeth and looked outside Tijusi's door, as if what he saw was the place Zhu Ji said.

After a long while, the terrified principal watched Zhu Yuanzhang's car drive away, and his whole body collapsed and sat on the ground as if collapsed.

Just now, Zhu Yuanzhang not only forgave their crimes, but even personally told them that the two thousand-material ship was put on hold for the time being, and the craftsmen should improve their skills and make a decision when the materials were ready.

What he didn't know was that because of the [-] sea-going ships he was talking about, Emperor Ming became more determined to destroy Dongpu.

Unlike Wuman City, which is facing the street, which is noisy all day long, the Huitong Hall near the West Eighteen Guards is always uniquely quiet, allowing the envoys of the vassal states to feel the majesty and power of Ming Dynasty.

As usual, Xuanwenxi stood alone outside the apartment door after lunch, looked up at the clear sky in the northeast and sighed.

The current situation in Dongpu is quite chaotic, and his master Ji Ming wants to take this opportunity of reconciliation with Daming to make this powerful suzerain country give up its recognition of the conscience of General Zhengxi.

However, the former Daming envoy strayed into the area controlled by Chiming, and was detained by Chiming because of his ignorance of the situation in Japan at that time. This time, he was refused to submit the letter of credence, and was even reprimanded by the Emperor Ming.

While Xuan Wenxi felt lost in his heart, he was also full of worries about his master.

If they can't persuade Chi Ming to return to Daming's envoys this time, and then assist Daming to send back the Daming people who were held hostage by rogues in Japan a few days ago, I'm afraid there will be many troubles in the future.

Just when Xuan Wenxi was feeling a lot, the director of the consortium walked up to him with a smile on his face:

"The envoy of Dongying Kingdom has something on his mind?"

"Mountains and rivers fluctuate several times in autumn, and the confusion of fish and fish makes people worry."

Xuan Wenxi clumsily put together verses, just wanting to express his inner worries in a way that is easier for the principal to understand.

He didn't know what he was thinking about with the head of the embassy, ​​but the affairs of Dongying were really complicated. When Zhao Zhi, the magistrate of Laizhou, was sent as an envoy to Dongying, he mistakenly took Lianghuai as the leader of Dongying.

Later, although Zhao Zhi himself wanted to change the perception of the adults in the court, Dongying was a tiny place, and the emperor didn't care who was the master there.

In addition, Chiming detained the later envoys of the Ming Dynasty, so that the whole court did not have a good impression of the real Dongying king.So at this time, no matter how much he sympathized with the envoy of the vassal state, it was of no avail.

　I missed some information and wasted a lot of time.In addition, Chapter 74 has a wrong description of the domestic situation in Japan, which will be revised later

　　
　
(End of this chapter)