Daming: Mixed in Dangzhi County, Beiping

Chapter 89 Talking about Lu and Hai
"Half finished?"

Zhu Di's expression was concentrated, he stared at Guo An closely, and asked: "Guo An, do you know what you are talking about, my Ming Dynasty is a kingdom of heaven, with a territory of tens of thousands of miles, how could it be possible that there is no other country outside of my Ming Dynasty? There are twenty countries that are bigger than my Ming Dynasty?"

"Your Highness misunderstood!"

Guo An smiled lightly, and explained slowly: "What the lower official said meant that the land area outside our Daming land was twenty times the area of ​​our Daming land.

As for the country, it should be my Ming Dynasty that is the most powerful. "

"You mean, the area of ​​the mainland where those foreign countries are located is twenty times the size of my Ming country?"

Although he understood, Zhu Di's eyes were full of disbelief.

How could he believe that there was such a large country outside of Ming Dynasty?

Guo An was not prepared to argue with Zhu Di, but asked slowly: "Your Highness, I wonder if you have heard that some foreign envoys came to Daming by boat, and the journey took half a year?"

Zhu Di nodded slightly: "We heard about this matter when we were young."

"However, those foreigners all came from the west."

Guo An said: "It takes half a year for the foreign countries in the west to come to our Ming Dynasty. How much distance does it have to travel? And in the east of my Daming, there are Goryeo, Jurchen, and Wa countries;

In the north of my Ming Dynasty, there is still a large grassland occupied by Beiyuan, and there is also a vast desert, the land of the extreme north!

What about me in the south of Ming Dynasty? "

Zhu Di was startled, and quickly asked, "Yes, where is the southern part of Daming?"

Guo An replied: "Your Highness, there are a group of small islands in the south of Ming Dynasty, such as Luzon Island, Brunei, and Sudan.

As for the area of ​​these small islands, although each of them is not big, they add up to half of our Ming territory.

And to the south of these small islands, there is another big island, the area of ​​which is about the same as the territory of our Ming Dynasty.

Further to the south is the land of the extreme south, and the area of ​​the extreme south island is hundreds of times larger than the territory of our Ming Dynasty!On it, it is covered with ice all year round, and it will not melt even in midsummer. "

Zhu Di gradually opened his mouth wide, completely stunned by what Guo An described.

After a long while, he asked slowly, "Are you also aware of these from ancient books?"

Guo An said: "Your Highness is wise!"

"The lower official learned from ancient books that when the territory of the Yuan Dynasty was the largest, it stretched beyond the Yin Mountains in the north, quicksands in the west, Liaozuo in the east, and the sea in the south.

Its merchant ships even sailed tens of thousands of miles, and it took a year to go to the Great Food Sea.

As for the ancestor Guo Taishi, after compiling and formulating the "Shoushi Calendar", it took several months to go to the extreme north for the test! "

Zhu Di opened his mouth and found that he was powerless to refute. When he was studying in Dabentang, he hadn't read a book seriously for a day.

Moreover, no one has ever told him what Guo An said.

"What about the sea?"

Guo An sighed softly, "Your Highness, apart from these places, the rest is the ocean!"

Zhu Di: "..."

Guo An said again: "Your Highness, just the area of ​​the sea beyond the southeast of our Daming territory is dozens of times the size of our Daming territory.

If all the sea fish living in it can be caught, it will be enough for all the people in Ming Dynasty to eat sea fish for hundreds of years, maybe they can't finish it! "

"how can that be?"

Zhu Di muttered to himself.

All of what Guo An said impacted Zhu Di's inherent concepts all the time.

Suddenly, thinking of something, Zhu Di lifted his spirits and retorted: "Since there are so many big fish in the sea, why has no dynasty ever organized an army to go fishing?"

Guo An replied: "Your Highness, the sea is very dangerous due to strong winds and waves, and it is not as safe as farming.

Moreover, there are not so many big boats that can go fishing in the sea. In addition, the sea is extremely deep, ranging from tens of feet to thousands of feet deep. It is impossible to catch the big fish below it.

Furthermore, the vastness of the sea, a ten-foot-long ship will be smaller than an ant, and before entering the deep sea area, the ship will get lost..."

Zhu Di was a little crazy thinking, "What if all the fleets of my Daming Navy go out to sea for fishing?"

"Your Highness, first you need His Majesty's consent, then I need the consent of the generals of the Daming Navy, and tens of thousands of sailors..."

"It's a pity that in the vast sea, there are Japanese pirates and Zhang Shicheng, Fang Guozhen and the rest of the party making trouble!"

"Yes, if all these people are wiped out, such a vast sea can be used by my Ming Dynasty!"

"Damn it, with so many sailors, why can't they find those Japanese pirates, Zhang Shicheng, and Fang Guozhen's remnants in the sea?"

"..."

Zhu Di stayed in Guo An's house for a whole day, and he left when it was getting dark.

This matter naturally attracted the attention of some inspectors and officials.

Guo An didn't know about this, but hurriedly took Guo Erniu to the county government office for a walk, and then he went back to the mansion with peace of mind.

The next day.

After being promoted to the morning hall, Guo An went to Yanwang Palace.

"The next official sees Your Highness!"

"What are you looking for us for?"

Seeing the respectful Guo An, Zhu Di was puzzled.

Guo An was speechless, but this time he had something to ask for, so he could only reply honestly: "His Royal Highness, the purpose of coming here this time is to have a look at the weaving carts in His Royal Highness's palace."

"Ok?"

Hearing this, Zhu Di finally remembered.

However, he looked at Guo An with a strange look in his eyes.

"How can you be so interested in such a craftsman as a textile machine?"

Guo An smiled softly, "Your Highness, since the invention of the textile machine, how many people have been saved? I wonder if you can count?"

Rarely, Zhu Di did not get angry, but his face became serious.

"Songjiang cotton cloth, clothes and quilts all over the world. With the appearance of looms, Songjiang Mansion can weave tens of millions more cotton cloth every year, so that all the people in the north and south of Ming Dynasty can wear cotton clothes, and there is no need to endure the cold in winter, and there are countless people alive!"

"Then what does His Highness think of Huang Daopo?"

"Teaching textile skills, inventing textile machines, and countless living people are Vega, the god of cotton."

Guo An nodded slightly. Although Zhu Laosi sometimes swears and is rough, his three views are still upright.

"So, how can the loom be just a craftsman?"

Zhu Di said impatiently, "What exactly do you want to say?"

Guo An quickly laughed and said, "Your Highness, I'm just arguing for the people of Wanping County!"

"Injustice?"

Zhu Di stared, "What does the textile machine have to do with the people of Wanping County?"

Guo Andao: "His Royal Highness, now in my Ming Dynasty, every citizen with five to ten acres of land must plant half an acre of cotton.

Although it is beneficial to grow cotton and the tax is high, the people in Wanping County still have a lot of cotton in their hands.

The cotton that the people in Wanping County worked so hard to grow was finally taken away by those merchants at a low price and sold to Songjiang Prefecture, where the weavers in Songjiang Prefecture weaved it into cotton cloth or clothing, and then sold it to me at a high price in Wanping County people.

How much money will I, the people of Wanping County, lose if I do this? "

(End of this chapter)