my days with tyrants

Chapter 62 His Majesty the Great Emperor

Temporary Lee...

Temporary worker Li is of course not qualified to refuse.

At this time, he was flattering Zhu Yuanzhang like a loyal dog. Zhu Yuanzhang had hinted to him that if he behaved well, he could be considered King of Korea.

As for what is good performance?
The first is naturally that the treasure banknotes will pass through North Korea in the future.

During Yang Feng’s journey to the north, Zhu Yuanzhang had quickly solved the watermark and color-changing ink technology for treasure banknotes. The former was originally available at this time. There is a watermark of square hole money...

vulgar!
Tasty!
But using a dragon is definitely not enough.

Neither can the sun and the moon, because the emperor's clothes carry the sun and the moon on his shoulders.

Or use Brother Fang Kong!
As for the color-changing ink, Yang Feng taught him the kind recorded by Song Yingxing. Soak the wick with comfrey juice and then burn tung oil to scrape the lamp black to make the ink, so that the printed handwriting will turn red when viewed sideways in the sun.However, the cost of this kind of ink is high, so the characters and patterns of the new banknotes, including the size, have shrunk significantly. Anyway, these two things are basically enough for short-term anti-counterfeiting.Those counterfeit banknotes may solve the watermark in the short term, but the color-changing ink is really not a short-term solution, because even the ministers of the DPRK and China do not know where the ink is made.

It is estimated that a special factory has been set up in the health office of some tung oil production area.

He has no shortage of such guards.

So now the new type of precious banknotes has begun to circulate and the current currency value is exchanged for one to four old banknotes.

As for how to publicize the identification of genuine and fake banknotes, this is very simple for him, because at this time he has Muduo preaching, that is, there are special elders in fixed places in various places, holding a copper bell, but the inside of the bell is made of wood, and then Propaganda and enlightenment to passers-by.

For example, we should honor our parents, accumulate virtue and do good deeds.

Now just change it to teach people to distinguish genuine and fake banknotes.

He rewarded Li Chenggui with [-] guan, and then allowed North Korean merchants to trade in ports such as Liaoyang, Dengzhou, Taicang, and Ningbo in the Ming Dynasty, but they could only use precious banknotes, even if they brought gold, silver and copper coins, they had to go to the Shibo Department to exchange them first. .As for having no treasure banknotes, and no gold, silver and copper coins, it doesn't matter, you can sell them with food and horses, and won't you have treasure banknotes to use after selling them?

However, it is strictly forbidden to use gold, silver and copper coins directly, and hack them to death if they are found.

Mutual reporting is also allowed.

The whistleblower gets the property of the whistleblower.

Li Chenggui was ecstatic!

Because he knows that his spring has arrived.

He can be a second-hand dealer, buying overseas trade goods from Daming, and then selling them to places like Wa to make money.

As for the need to exchange gold, silver and copper coins for treasure banknotes, it is not important, because he will definitely receive gold, silver and copper coins when selling them to the Japanese, so as long as he controls this kind of business, then he can solve the financial problems...

His Majesty the Great Emperor!

Of course, His Majesty the Great Emperor earns more.

After all, no matter how much gold, silver and copper coins he earns, he will eventually have to go to Daming to exchange them.

Then it was all in the hands of His Majesty the Emperor.

Thirty-seven points!

Seventy percent belong to others!

Just how many people want to do it but still can't get it!
After all, at present, Daming's import and export trade is only open to him and Ryukyu!
And His Majesty's second request to Li Temporary is the leased land.

It's a rented place!
Because the sea transportation from Daming to Liaodong is unstable, ships often miss the windy season, which eventually leads to long delays and capsizing from time to time, so His Majesty the Emperor chose to open a new shipping route based on Ambassador Yang's suggestion.That is, the route that goes out of the Yangtze River Estuary to the east and enters the East China Sea circulation, then enters a warm current northward to the coast of North Korea, and then sticks to the coast of North Korea all the way to Liaodong, which is the southern half of the north-south route envisioned by Yang Feng.But the key to this route is that Dengzhou cannot be resupplied, and a new resupply station needs to be built on the west coast of North Korea, so Daming needs to rent a place in North Korea.

Take a look!

Take a look!

This is the Son of Benevolence!
He can obviously grab it directly, but he still has to rent it.

However, this issue is still under discussion.

Li Chenggui knew that he could not refuse, but he was not reconciled. After all, he was also afraid that Zhu Yuanzhang was actually thinking about his poor place, so he was cautiously probing.

But it must be given.

Of course, he was thinking too much. Zhu Yuanzhang was not interested in him. His Majesty the Emperor was just preparing for the invasion of Japan. After all, the golden mountains of Sado Island and Iwami Silver Mountains that Yang Feng described to him were too attractive. Zhu Yuanzhang would definitely take them. The next step is to establish a springboard for marching in North Korea first.

As for Yang Feng's investment plan, His Majesty the Emperor readily agreed.

Where can I find such a good taker?

What's more, he took the initiative to come to the door.

If Yang Feng gets it right, it means that the Ming Dynasty actually controlled the Songhua River Basin, and if he messes it up, he will lose money himself.

His Majesty the Emperor doesn't have to pay.

As for Yang Feng's use of these commercial villages to plot evil?

Let's let these merchants survive first!
April.

On the Songhua River.

"Looking at this place now, it's a different world compared to winter."

Zhang Furao looked at the scenery on both sides of the strait with interest.

But they are not warships under their feet. That one is still under construction at the Jilin Shipyard. After all, even if it is to make do with it, it needs to be cut down first, and at least it needs to be dried in the shade a little bit.

We can't let these boats rot before they get to Nurgan.

What's more, you have to come back.

What's more, there are still two vassals on board.

In case any ship was destroyed and drowned, the craftsmen would have to kill the whole family.

In short, the necessary treatment still has to be done.

So Yang Feng's choice is very simple, just build rafts directly, anyway, he is going down the river, he cuts wood in Wuzhebu, and then makes large rafts one by one, all of which can be said to be in the original forest. Big pine, even tree I didn't even bother to peel off the skin, and then weaved it into a giant raft to carry the cavalry and drifted along the Songhua River just like releasing people.

Like a giant aircraft carrier on the river.

The people who support the raft are all Wu Zhe, and they also do this in the first place.

And not just a raft.

At this moment, there are a total of [-] such giant rafts on the Songhua River carrying a total of [-] cavalry.

Among them were only one thousand Ming troops.

As for the other two thousand, of course they are the ones.

Zhu Di didn't object to Yang Feng's actions, but he didn't support them either. Sending Zhang Fu's [-] Artillery Corps to follow him was a kind of friendship sponsorship, but he wouldn't send troops to do private work for him.

It is he who wants to get Mengge Timur, and it is not Daming who wants to get Mengge Timur.

People pay tribute to Li Chenggui.

Theoretically, the subjects belonging to the vassal state of Ming Dynasty are fundamentally different from Xiyangha.

The latter originally surrendered to Daming, but betrayed Daming, and even plundered Liaohaiwei, which belongs to the rebellion that must be severely punished, but Meng Ge Timur is not. As for what Yang Feng said about others...

He lied, could it be that His Royal Highness King Yan also followed him to lie?
It is already giving face if it is not exposed.

In short, Yang Feng is going to engage Mengge Timur, Zhu Di will not stop him, but don't expect Zhu Di to send troops to help him, the task given to Zhang Fu is only to patrol Huligaijiang, and he can decide whether to proceed if he is attacked Counterattack, but does not include actively attacking Xiguan City, unless the Jurchens of Xiguan City attack them.

and so……

The fact that the attack did not attack did not mean that they opened their mouths. Could it be that Meng Ge Timur got up and confronted them after he died?

"That's why I said, great rivers and mountains, you can't just lose them for nothing. There is no truly worthless land in this world. The more land, the better. Even if it looks worthless at this time, it doesn't mean that it will be worthless in the future. , because you don’t know what undiscovered minerals are there. Now in the desert on the other side of the sky, the aborigines are so poor that they live on two dates a day and a glass of goat’s milk. Looking around, there is sand that can’t even feed a few sheep. But by our time, because they had oil under their deserts, they were all very rich.

As long as it is land, it is always right to occupy more.

Even if there is no one to live in, it has to be painted on your own territory.

Include your own state and county.

In this way, future generations will be justified.

Even if you can't go there, as long as you have a map in your hand, you have to open the frontier on the map first. "

Yang Feng instilled in Zhang Fu the way of expansion.

Then in front of them, a vast river mouth appeared...

"My lord, Hu Li Gai Jiang has arrived!"

Nanghana, the leader of Wuzhe who was waiting beside him, said humbly.

"This name is too ugly!"

"Uh, my lord, in fact, we are called Mudan Hada upstream, which translates into Chinese as Qujiang."

"Then call it Mudanjiang, take care of your titles!"

Yang Feng said casually.

Immediately following the roar of the front line, all the workers around the raft moved into action, pushing the raft towards the shore with their poles. They could not enter the Mudanjiang current, otherwise they would be washed to the north bank, and they had to dock before entering.

Of course, there is no pier on the shore, so it is directly stranded in shallow water.

Then the cavalry went down.

From here, they had to go upstream along the Mudanjiang land route.

"My lord, there is a boat coming!"

Nang Hana shouted.

Yang Feng immediately raised his binoculars and looked at the Mudanjiang.

There three sloops were going down the river.

"Who is this?"

he asked.

"The people from the upper reaches were either the Huligai tribe or the Udori tribe. They lived together in Xiguan City. The chief of the Huligai tribe, Aha, came out and married Mengge Timur for generations."

Nang Hana said.

Yang Feng adjusted his binoculars.

They were also spotted on the opposite side. Many people gathered on the deck quickly, and the middle one was still in charge of his subordinates. These Houligai immediately took out their bows and arrows and erected their shields.As long as they enter the Songhua River, they can go straight down the river, and they can escape at that time. After all, these rafts cannot catch up with the sailboats.

"Fire and sink their ship."

Yang Feng said.

Then he pointed the binoculars at a slender figure on the boat.

The latter was staring at this side with a bow and arrow, and then looked at his binoculars as if he had a heart.

"There are still women?"

Yang Feng continued to adjust the telescope with great interest.

And on the raft behind him, on the backs of lying camels, rapid-fire guns were spraying flames...

(End of this chapter)