"What's the use of this?" Zhu Yuanzhang was a little confused.
Shen Wansan did not dare to show off in front of Zhu Yuanzhang, and said directly: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said that this thing can be used to harvest the wealth of foreigners."
Next, Shen Wanshan began to explain Zhu Biao's instructions to Zhu Yuanzhang, and soon Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes lit up.
This thing is actually a kind of glass product. The Academy of Sciences researched it in order to try to carve spiritual formations on this material to see if it could replace the spiritual material. The result was naturally a failure!
But this kind of material is special in that it can indeed have a trace of aura attached to it.
This makes this thing valuable.
This kind of beads has two characteristics. The first is that it is cheap. It is a glass product and can be mass-produced in a workshop. The second is that it is special. It can attach a trace of aura, and this aura can also be melted into water and play a role. It will definitely improve the function of the body.
And this gave Zhu Biao inspiration.
Perhaps he could try to replicate the tulip scam that Europe experienced two hundred years ago and harvest the wealth of the West, thereby helping Zhu Yuanzhang achieve his goal of conquering the world.
Of course, Europeans who have experienced the tulip scam will definitely be more vigilant about it, and this needs to be run well.
"You can try this strategy!"
"But now is not the time!"
Although Zhu Yuanzhang didn't understand economics, this was actually another kind of hoarding goods.
He has experienced businessmen hoarding food to harvest the people. The two things are actually the same principle.
Therefore, it is not difficult for him to understand the plans of Zhu Biao and Shen Wansan.
Seeing Shen Wansan's face full of doubts, Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said: "Because my Ming Dynasty is not strong enough now!"
"As a businessman, you should understand the meaning of this sentence better!"
"Sometimes even if you can harvest wealth, you can't keep so much wealth!"
"After all, the real wealth in the world has never been gold and silver, but land, factories, minerals, and food!"
"If we do this now, the most we can do is harvest a batch of gold and silver. Although this will greatly injure the West, it will not kill them. If we wait until Ming's guns can truly deter Western countries , it would be different.”
"Your Majesty is wise!" Shen Wansan quickly understood what Zhu Yuanzhang meant.
According to Shen Wansan's intention, he should rely on this method to make a fortune and run away, but Lao Zhu was obviously more ruthless and had a bigger pattern. After understanding this method, his first idea was to use this method to steal the country.
If he does it right, he can really use Westerners' own money to buy Western countries.
Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a moment and then said: "Of course, we can start making preparations now!"
"I will let Jin Yiwei protect you. You go to the West in person and find a suitable agent to do this first!"
"After all, our Eastern faces are more likely to make Westerners wary, but it would be very appropriate if Westerners themselves did it!"
"Yes!" Shen Wansan nodded respectfully.
After Mr. Shen left, Zhu Yuanzhang was still very impressed by Zhu Biao's fantastic idea. He was only 70% sure that this second task could be completed.
After all, the word "conquer" is too general. Guns and artillery alone are not enough. Just like Japan now, it is on the edge of the Ming Dynasty. It has conquered them twice, but the conquest progress still cannot reach 50%. arrive.
It's like convincing someone.
Thunder, rain, and dew are all gifts from the Lord. Thunder can only complete 50% of the conquest goal, and the remaining 50% depends on rain and dew.
Of course, for the Japanese, it is okay to inflict rain and dew, but at the same time, thunder methods are also essential, and even more important, otherwise these people really think that Ming Dynasty is stupid and has too much money!
After several years of hard work in China, it has now been thoroughly sorted out. Agriculture is stable, industry continues to develop, and railways and highways are under orderly construction.
It's just a matter of time before it develops.
Next, Zhu Yuanzhang felt that it was time to turn his attention abroad, especially the countries surrounding China.
northwest direction.
After the previous disastrous defeat in Peiping, in which all 100,000 people were executed, Tsarist Russia had actually completely lost control of the Far East.
Xu Da's previous Eastern Expedition swept across the northwest and encountered almost no large-scale resistance from the Tsarist Russians.
Nowadays, not to mention Sakhalin Island, even Lake Baikal further north has returned to the control of the Ming Dynasty.
In the south, the French were originally eyeing Vietnam, and the British tried to penetrate their sphere of influence into Tibet from India. However, after experiencing the failure of two naval battles and witnessing the rise of the Ming Empire, the two countries also began to shrink strategically and gave up.
Most interests in Southeast Asia.
Even though there are still Western businessmen operating throughout Southeast Asia, they are now doing business honestly and strictly abiding by the laws of the Ming Dynasty. However, the unscrupulous aggression in the past has all stopped.
It can be said that after the disastrous failure of the previous drama in which all countries jointly encircled and suppressed the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty has now been able to draw its sword and look around at a loss, at least in the entire East Asia region, and it is difficult to find an opponent.
This is the terror of a unified country that is able to achieve unification with the outside world without the constraints of internal rebellion.
Now China has once again regained its identity as a giant. Not to mention attacking, it just stood there and let the small countries of Britain and France fight, but they couldn't be beaten to death.
After all, the blood is too thick!
Zhu Yuanzhang is convinced that even if he leaves this world now, China will continue to move forward along the road of industrialization.
Because the old interest groups have been completely wiped out by him, and new interest groups are forming, or have already formed, no one can go against the trend.
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes finally fell on the east.
Japan!
This island country was conquered twice by him.
And now it's time for it to appear on his task list as the first country to be conquered by him.
The Ming Dynasty's fleet has arrived again.
But what they brought this time was no longer guns, but merchants and commodities.
"This is Japan?" Ren Jiadong raised his head and looked curiously at this strange country.
This is his first time in Japan.
It was even his first time abroad.
He is from Shaanxi.
To be clear, he was the foolish son of a landlord in Rencheng, Shaanxi Province.
He doesn't like reading and has no big ambitions in life. He just likes to play.
According to his original life trajectory, he should have studied, attempted the imperial examination, failed in his career, returned home, married a wife, had several concubines, guarded his family's thousands of acres of land, and lived a leisurely and happy life as a squire and landlord.
But the appearance of Zhu Yuanzhang completely disrupted his life.
The servants in his family were dismissed, and the fields were forcibly distributed to the people. His father kicked off his legs in anger.
He was frightened at first. There were people who were trying to resist the imperial court, but he did not dare to follow them. In the end, those people were confiscated and their families were exterminated, but his family escaped.
The land relocation movement was carried out with great vigor.
At first, he secretly hated these soldiers and hated the emperor who sat high in the city of Peiping.
But gradually, Ren Jiadong realized the sense of crisis.
He understands that there is no use living in hatred, he must cheer up.
Because their family has lost the land that will provide them with the most powerful guarantee for their future clothing and food, he cannot just sit back and sit on the remaining money at home. They must have financial resources.
After some careful consideration, he completely dismissed the few remaining servants in the family, and took only his wife and one loyal old servant who voluntarily followed him on his way south to do business.
However, what he didn't expect was that this road would go extremely smoothly.
The imperial court even had a special government office to help these gentry and landlords, who had money but no experience and no idea of what to do, own an industry.
He successfully opened a factory and made money successfully.
It was only then that he finally realized that the south is really full of gold.
As long as he is willing to work hard, the wealth he can possess will far exceed what his family has accumulated in several lifetimes.
This was also the first time he realized that not only land can be used as a guarantee of livelihood, but factories can also be used.
At this moment, for the first time, he had complicated feelings for the imperial court and Emperor Zhu in Beiping.
It was this Emperor Zhu who ruined their family, but it was also this Emperor Zhu who gave him hope of living again.
He didn't know what kind of emotions he should face him with.
But soon, he stopped worrying because he put all his attention into business.
This feeling of making a lot of money is really wonderful.
And now, as the fleet comes to Japan, it is he who once again responded to the court's call and came to build Japan.
Of course it's not that he has any special feelings for Japan.
But because if he builds a factory here, the imperial court will grant him various preferential policies, one of which is that he will receive the right to use a piece of land near the port for free for sixty years.
For a small businessman like him who lacks funds, this is simply a piece of cake falling from the sky.
So here he is.
Like him, there are many people who came to Japan from China this time. Without exception, they all carry a lot of money, pursue possible business opportunities, and are always ready to build Japan.
This is the first candy Zhu Yuanzhang gave to the Japanese.
Of course candies are sweet and thunder is painful.
Because along with these merchants came Deng Yu and his 100,000-strong army.
Deng Yu should be stationed here for a long time to come. Like the Ming Dynasty, he divided Japan's fields, forced large households into households, split up large families with the same surname, and then relocated.
Of course there will be resistance and bloodshed during this period, but these are inevitable.
After going through labor pains, the people at the bottom of Japan will be surprised to find that their lives have improved. They can have enough food and clothing, and even have enough money to support their children's education.
Of course, by that time, there may not be a Japan anymore.
Instead, it might be called the Eastern Province of the Ming Dynasty.