Hearing Zhu Cixiang's words, Shen Tingyang was slightly shocked.
He hesitated for a moment, looked at Zhu Cixiang in front of him and said: "Your Highness, but... Taizu once listed Fusang as a country that cannot be conquered. You are like this..."
"Hahahahahaha!"
Zhu Cixiang's face was full of smiles. He smiled and said to Shen Tingyang in front of him: "What was Taizu's situation at that time, and what is our situation now???
Everything is not static! We naturally have to respect Taizu, but we cannot respect him rigidly! If Taizu knew about the Japanese pirates invading the border, would he want to attack Fusang???
What would Taizu do if he knew that Toyojo Hideyoshi once led an army to conquer North Korea and even wanted to invade the Ming Dynasty???"
Zhu Cixiang looked at Shen Tingyang in front of him calmly.
"There has never been a country that has been able to escape unscathed after provoking our Ming Dynasty!"
Zhu Cixiang's eyes flashed with light, and there was a hint of coldness in his eyes.
"The Ming Dynasty cannot be humiliated!"
"Yes! Your Highness!"
Shen Tingyang bowed respectfully towards Zhu Cixiang.
"By the way, how is the development of the navy?"
At this moment, Zhu Cixiang suddenly thought of something. He looked at Shen Tingyang in front of him with a smile on his face and asked.
"Your Highness, because you told me before, the money earned by our fleet can be used first to develop the fleet. We have earned a lot of money, and currently seven large warships are under construction.
And currently, three large warships, seventeen medium-sized warships, and nearly fifty small ships have been installed!"
Shen Tingyang showed a smile on his face and said to Zhu Cixiang in front of him.
"good!"
Zhu Cixiang smiled slightly.
Zhu Cixiang is still very satisfied with this number. With so many ships, they already have a lot of combat capability.
"How has the problem of the artillery on the ship been resolved?"
Zhu Cixiang smiled and asked Shen Tingyang in front of him.
"According to your previous instructions, we ordered the shipwrights to make some changes to the warship. The large warship can be equipped with more than forty improved cannons.
But currently, our production capacity is somewhat insufficient!”
As he spoke, Shen Tingyang looked at Zhu Cihong in front of him with a helpless look.
"We asked the Huangming Artillery Factory. According to what they said there, they can only provide us with part of the artillery fire. So right now, even three large battleships can only carry 20 improved artillery pieces each. !”
"As for the other medium-sized warships, they can only be equipped with a few symbolic cannons! It's not enough at all!"
"Take your time!"
Of course Zhu Cihong heard Shen Tingyang's complaints.
With a smile on his face, he looked at Shen Tingyang in front of him.
"This kind of movable artillery was modified by Mr. Song Yingxing. It still takes time to manufacture it. The production capacity is not high now, so the priority is to provide it on land!"
After hearing Zhu Cihong's words, Shen Tingyang knew that his complaints were in vain, but he didn't feel anything wrong because His Highness the Crown Prince was right.
The most important thing right now is to provide land troops in the battle. After all, we have not yet unified the world. When we do dominate the world later, we will have ample opportunities to strengthen our artillery!
"Yes! Your Highness!"
Shen Tingyang bowed respectfully towards Zhu Cixiang.
"Okay, there's nothing else to do, so you can leave!"
Zhu Cixiang said to Shen Tingyang in front of him with a smile in his eyes.
"Yes! Your Highness!"
Shen Tingyang bowed respectfully to Zhu Cixiang in front of him.
After saying that, Shen Tingyang slowly retreated.
Looking at Shen Tingyang's back, Zhu Cixiang said with some emotion to Taoyao beside him: "I have ignored Shen Tingyang during this period of time, but I am not wrong about him, and the development of the Navy is also booming. , Not bad, not bad! ”
Zhu Cihong had a smile on his face.
Tao Yao smiled, looked at Zhu Cixiang in front of her with a smile and said: "This Navy Admiral is an honest man, he even gave us all the accounts of the Navy's expenses for more than a year. "
Zhu Cixi smiled.
"There are not many officials like Daming left who are capable and honest!"
As he said this, Zhu Cixiang had a look of emotion in his eyes.
"really!"
Taoyao nodded in agreement.
"By the way, how are the expenses in the accounts during this period??"
At this time, Zhu Cixiang continued to ask Taoyao in front of him.
"About the accounts..."
Tao Yao began to report accounts to Zhu Cixang. Currently, Tao Yao was responsible for calculating many of the court's accounts and expenses. Tao Yao handled these complex calculations in an orderly manner.
Zhu Cixiang also checked, but the situation was far better than he imagined, so Zhu Cixiang basically left these accounts to Taoyao.
The other side.
Wu Di sat in his study all day and night.
Mrs. Wu stood outside the study with some porridge in her hands, with an anxious look on her face.
"Master, just eat something! You haven't eaten anything all day and night!"
Wu Anshen was filled with worry.
I don’t know what stimulation my master received from His Highness the Crown Prince. Ever since he came back, he has been completely lost.
I didn't eat anything that night, and then I locked myself in the study alone for a day and a night without coming out to eat a grain of rice.
Mrs. Wu is really afraid, what will her husband do if his body cannot hold on anymore?
But no matter how hard she knocked on the door, there was still no movement in Wu Zong's room. When Wu wanted to have someone knock on the door.
"Don't let anyone bother me!"
Wu Di in the room spoke only at this moment.
"Master! You really can't do this! No matter what, you have to eat! If you don't eat, your body will collapse soon!"
Hearing his wife's words, Wu Yan's eyes flashed with a flicker.
"Madam, if I don't eat, my body will collapse. What about ordinary people?"
When Mrs. Wu heard her master's words, she was stunned for a moment. She was a little confused. There was a trace of hesitation in her eyes and she said to Wu Ding: "Ordinary people are not made of iron. If they don't have food to eat, their bodies will naturally collapse. Drop it!"
After hearing his wife's words, Wu Yan's eyes finally shone with light.
"Then Madam, do you think we should kill those who don't feed them?"
"Of course you should!"
Mrs. Wu's thoughts were very simple and she didn't think much about anything at all.
"Eating is a matter of course. Everyone should eat! How can you do it without eating? Others deprive you of the opportunity to eat. Then such people should be killed!"
