Hundreds of millions of silver!

Zhu Di was completely shocked and could not believe it at all!

Although the Ming Dynasty now has a tax of 30 million taels of silver per year, that is a number calculated by adding grain, silk, etc.

The current annual taxes and silver taxes in the Ming Dynasty are no more than three million taels!

What does it mean to have hundreds of millions of silver and tens of millions of gold?

Subconsciously, Zhu Di felt that this dick was bragging randomly and making a few nonsense.

"Yes, Prince Han, everyone knows that Japan is poor, otherwise how could those Japanese pirates risk their lives to rob us of the Ming coast?"

Even the little snot followed and said, not believing it at all.

Zhu Gaoxu sighed and explained patiently: "There are many reasons why Japanese pirates plunder the Ming Dynasty."

"First, during the Hongwu period of the Japanese Kingdom, the princes were in the separatist period, attacking each other, fighting for power and profit. Some landlords of the Southern Dynasties who failed in the war organized warriors, merchants and ronin to go to the coastal areas of our Ming Dynasty to carry out pirate activities such as armed smuggling, robbery, burning and killing."

"Secondly, many daily necessities in Japan, such as silk, cloth, pots, needles and medicinal materials, are supplied by our Ming Dynasty, and in many small overseas countries, they are in short supply, which stimulated the Japanese lords, nobles, warriors, merchants, etc. to compete for our Ming Dynasty trade."

"But Taizu implemented a strict national policy of banning the sea, which made Japan unable to obtain the supplies of our Ming Dynasty through trade. In addition, in the 25th year of Hongwu, the warriors, frustrated politicians and ronin of the Southern Dynasties lost their support, so they wandered on the sea, occupied islands, and invaded the coast of the Ming Dynasty from time to time. More and more Japanese people followed suit and plundered the Ming Dynasty's materials through plunder, which caused the increasingly fierce Japanese disaster in the late Hongwu years."

When Zhu Di heard this, his eyes widened and his face was full of disbelief.

Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the Japanese plague has been relatively serious, so Taizu implemented a strict national policy of banning the sea.

But no one expected that this would have prompted the Japanese disease to become increasingly fierce!

If Zhu Gaoxu's remarks are true, Zhu Di has to seriously consider whether to suspend the exploration and cooperation trade with Japan to eliminate the invasion of Japanese pirates on the coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Gaoxu seemed to have realized this and took this opportunity to propose a policy with bad intentions.

"Dad, Japan has poor hands-on ability, so it must rely on our Ming Dynasty to provide daily necessities, just like the barbarians of the Mongol Yuan."

"You can take advantage of this time that the Japanese envoys came to the court to issue an order to cancel the Exploration and Cooperation trade with Japan in the name of the Japanese pirates' plunder, unless the Japanese have solved the Japanese pirates themselves."

Zhu Di pulled his beard and nodded with some relief.

This is his first time. In terms of national affairs, his opinions coincide with his second brother.

This dick seems to be really enlightened!

"Let's talk about the silver mine."

Zhu Di is not interested in anything now, only in silver.

"Don't think about silver mines, unless you are willing to send troops to destroy this small country."

Zhu Gaoxu was ready to bewitch the enemy, hoping that Zhu Di would send troops now to destroy the abominable Japan.

However, Zhu Di just gave him a blank look and rejected the proposal.

"Water is a country that is not conquered by Taizu, let alone the Ming Dynasty is the country above the Celestial Empire. We should be well-versed in other countries and have soft and distant people. How can we bully the weak? Where can we do this?

Zhu Gaoxu was stunned, then shrugged helplessly, not going to bother with him.

If you don’t fight, just don’t fight. When you are burping, I will lead my troops to destroy Xiaori... The Japanese who are doing well!

After a pause, Zhu Gaoxu then picked up the strokes and drank secretly while drawing.

"Dad, look, this is the Sultanate of Delhi, which is what is called "body poison" and "Tianzhu" in ancient books. It is rich in hand-woven fabrics and sari fabrics."

"This is Luzon, rich in gold; this is the Moluga Island country, especially the spices such as sandalwood, lilac, cardamom, pepper, etc., which is known as the "country of spices". In addition, there are gold and pepper in Sumatra, camphor in Borneo, sandalwood in Timor..."

Zhu Di was stunned, completely confused, his eyes widened, looking in disbelief.

He looked at the little snot beside him, and the other party looked in disbelief.

But when Zhu Gaoxu said this, he naturally didn't vomit some things.

"Dad, in fact, spices and gold are valuable, but they are not the most precious things on the sea."

Zhu Di was stunned and asked subconsciously: "What else is more precious than spice gold?"

The Central Plains has produced very few spices since ancient times, but literati and doctors regard spices as elegant objects for self-cultivation, so spices are more expensive than gold, which is an expensive thing that high-ranking officials and nobles compete to pursue.

Zhu Di really didn't expect that there is anything more precious than spices in this world?

It's terrible to be uneducated!

Zhu Gaoxu gave him a blank look and said slowly: "Dad, the grain crops in the Ming Dynasty are mainly rice in the south, and wheat and corn in the north, right?"

After hearing this, Zhu Di felt more and more confused, but he nodded.

"Dad, do you know how much is an average yield of wheat, rice and corn per acre?"

"In addition to other factors, rice can be planted for two seasons a year, with an average yield of about four stones per mu; wheat is also divided into winter wheat and spring wheat. On average, it is almost four stones, and corn is much worse, with only two stones per mu of yield."

After all, this is a common sense issue. Zhu Di even planted land in Fengyang in the early years, so he naturally knew it.

After hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu nodded repeatedly, even gave Zhu Di a thumbs up, and then he threw out a major news.

"Dad, what would you do if I told you that in those small overseas countries, there were three kinds of grain crops hidden, which could easily reach a yield of twenty stones, thirty stones, or even forty stones per mu?"

Zhu Di suddenly stood up, trembling with excitement.

Yield of twenty stones per mu!

The yield per mu is thirty stones!

Even the yield per mu is forty stones!

And there are three such foods!

What is this concept?

The number of registered populations in the Ming Dynasty is about 50 million, far exceeding the prosperous eras of the Han and Tang Dynasties.

However, it is precisely because of the large population and the continuous natural disasters in the Ming Dynasty that tens of thousands of people starve to death every year!

For example, in Henan and Shandong, people are hungry and eat because they have no food!

If there is enough food, the population will not only not decline, but will soar!

What is a prosperous era?

How to evaluate the prosperous era?

population!

This is the final answer.

Zhu Di was determined to prove himself, so he wanted to create a prosperous era of Yongle, just like the Zhenguan rule of Emperor Taizong of Tang Li Shimin!

Only in this way can he not be infatuated for thousands of years and be scolded by all ages!

Therefore, Zhu Di implemented the new policy, built the Shuntian imperial capital, compiled the "Yongle Encyclopedia", sent Zheng He to the West, dredged the Grand Canal, and personally led the Northern Expedition to the Mongolian Yuan...

But who depends on whom he can accomplish the grand career in his heart?

people!

A continuous stream of people!

As long as there is enough food, Zhu Di has the confidence to complete these feats and become the same emperor as Li Shimin!

Get it!

Must get it!

Zhu Di quickly realized his incompetence and slowly sat back on the bed, but he was still muttering in his mouth.

"Second, what you said... are all true?"

"If there is really such food, even if I travel across the ocean and work hard for an expedition, I will get it at all costs!"

Zhu Gaoxu smiled when he saw this, "If Dad doesn't believe it, he can use this map to confirm that his vision and knowledge are much broader than your dad."

Zhu Di was stunned and then said angrily: "Get out!"

"Why."

Zhu Gaoxu immediately ran away, leaving Zhu Di staring at the geometric map and dazed.
Chapter completed!