I, the grandson of the second emperor of the Ming Dynasty, earned 100 million taels at the beginning

The smell of barbecue spread throughout the entire capital. The adults gathered around the fire and chatted about their emotions today, while the children ran around in the gaps with sweets and snacks distributed by Jinyiwei. From time to time, innocent laughter and Noisy screaming.

Above the city tower, the old man sat at a round table, punching and drinking with a group of veterans.

Now that he is no longer the emperor, he doesn't need to care about the manners that the emperor should pay attention to. Although he didn't care about it before, he is in a particularly good mood today. Of course, except for the little depression that he didn't get on the airship.

Zhu Pangpang, who just became the emperor today, is also in a very good mood. He kept toasting to receive the toasts from the ministers, chatting and laughing with a few important ministers about interesting things.

Today we don't talk about state affairs, we don't talk about government affairs, we only talk about the past and the romance.

Everyone was happy, and so were the children. The only depressed person was Zhu Zhangui, who was squatting by the fire and grilling for the old man and the veterans.

The old man who didn't get on the airship and was in a very unhappy mood kicked him a few times when he came back.

The reason given was not that he didn't get on the airship, but that Zhu Zhangui painted the portrait of his great-grandfather on the airship, showing no respect to his ancestors.

Zhu Zhangui despised this for a while, didn't this old guy just didn't get on the airship, if he wanted to kick someone, he just said, need to move the grandfather's out.

As for respecting the ancestors, you still have the face to say this, who killed dozens of ministers in the Taimiao in front of the ancestors last year.

If the ancestors were angry, they would probably be you first.

After kicking Zhu Zhangui a few times, the old man also punished Zhu Zhangui not to eat tonight, and to be responsible for the barbecue at their table as punishment.

"Father, how did you manage to make great-grandpa like you and want to beat you to death?"

Zhu Qirui, who was squatting aside to help light the fire, looked at Zhu Zhangui, whose face was blackened because he burned too much, and teased with a smirk.

Zhu Zhangui, who was roasting a bunch of mutton, dared to laugh at this brat when he saw him as a father. He stared angrily and kicked him up.

"You little bastard, even your father dared to tease you. You've lost your nerve, don't you? Get out! Be careful, you know what you did a few days ago, and I'll settle the score with you later."

Zhu Qirui, who was laughing and hiding aside, heard his father's reprimand, narrowed his eyes and said, "Father, I'm a little bastard, so what are you?"

After finishing speaking, the little guy turned his eyes and looked at Zhu Zhangui in shock: "You actually called grandpa and great-grandfather old bastards, dad, you're done, I'll tell them to go."

Zhu Zhangui stared, mother, I knew this little bastard was rebellious and made himself so angry every day, I should have sprayed him on the wall in the first place.

If Zhu Gaoxu hadn't been paralyzed, and he saw this scene here today, he would definitely gloat.

"I'm bastard, son of a bitch, your son is such a fool, isn't he carved out of the same mold as you? Dogs eat shit, wolves eat meat, and rat sons can make holes. There is a son for every kind of father. Neither of you two Good bird."

Chapter 312: Zheng He: I want these two ironclad ships, whoever disagrees, who dares to object!

The grand military parade left a deep memory on people, and at the same time, it was also recorded in the history books.

The historians who specialize in recording historical records, I heard that they have been fighting for several days for this. Dozens of people have used all the literary talents they can use in their lives to write historical records that they think will shock future generations.

Whether it is true or false, Zhu Zhangui is not clear, and he is not interested in watching it. Zhu Zhangui doesn't care how he is recorded in history, whether it is a tyrant or a sage, as long as he lives comfortably.

As the Spring Festival passed, Daming officially entered the first year of Hongxi.

In the new year, the imperial court seemed to have a new look. It changed the state of war in the Yongle Dynasty and started large-scale production and construction, and the people recuperated.

The emperors of old Zhu's family are all workaholics. Ever since he became the emperor and took on the burden of the entire Ming Dynasty, Zhu Pangpang has been busy in the Shang study every day.

That was the day Mrs. Zhang gave birth, he went there, and he didn't even have the time to go back for a meal.

At the end of January, Mrs. Zhang gave birth to another daughter for Zhu Pangpang. Although she was not the grandson the old man wanted, he could accept the granddaughter.

After Mrs. Zhang gave birth, the old man started his free life.

Take a group of veterans out every day to go hunting, or go fishing in Tianjin port.

No, just after February 2, after the old man confirmed that the airship was not in danger, he cheerfully took a group of veterans to visit the great mountains and rivers of Ming Dynasty.

The old man who put down the throne felt relaxed all over his body. After he was free, he started his dream when he was young, and to be precise, it is also his dream now, which is to visit every corner of the Daming Mountains and Rivers, and take the territory he guards. , have left his mark.

On the third day of March, Zhao Ling'er, who was pregnant some time later than Zhang, gave birth to another daughter for Zhu Zhangui.

There was another little padded jacket, and Zhu Zhangui happily named it Miaoyin.

Zhu Pangpang is also very happy with the addition of two children a year in the family. He also loves the youngest granddaughter very much. On that day, he directly gave the little guy who was born less than a day old the title of Princess Jinling.

Jinling is the companion capital, giving this little girl this title, one can imagine how much grandpa Zhu Pangpang loves her.

You must know that Zhu Miaoyan, the eldest daughter of Zhu Zhangui, was named the Princess of Xiangyang.

For the royal family, different fiefdoms represent different degrees of favor.

For example, in the period after Li Shimin, being named the King of Qin was a great favor.

In the Ming Dynasty, it was also a great favor to be named the King of Wu, because Zhu Yuanzhang was the King of Wu before he became emperor.

"Prince Prince!"

Zhu Zhangui, who was holding his little daughter and supervising the other little guys doing their homework, heard a whining cry in his ear.

Hearing this cry, Zhu Zhangui trembled with goosebumps all over his body, and looked helplessly at Zheng He who was sitting beside Zhu Miaoxuan, who was playing chess with Zhu Zhangui's third daughter Zhu Miaoxuan.

"I said, Old Zheng, if you have something to say, there's no need to look at me like that."

"Grandpa Zheng He is here for you!"

Just as Zheng He was about to open his mouth, Zhu Miaoxuan, who was sitting across from him, dropped his chess pieces. Seeing that Zheng He hadn't moved, he hurriedly reminded him loudly.

"Oh oh oh sorry, sorry, I forgot!"

Zheng He, who was preoccupied with his own affairs, hurriedly accompanied a smiling face, pretended to think about it, and dropped a piece on the chessboard.

"My lord, don't you know what I'm thinking? It's not about the ships and artillery. It's been almost two years, and my fleet has not moved at all. I will be old in a few years, so I will run away." Don't move the boat."

Zhu Zhangui was speechless.

He just said, this guy Lao Zheng has been running here every day for the past two days. His relationship is not to accompany him, but to come here to ask for boats and guns.

In fact, Zhu Zhangui was also quite tangled.

When the navy saw a new ship with new artillery, it sent people to wait in the shipyard and gunyard every day. When a ship came out, they didn't need the help of the people in the shipyard, and they drove it to test the voyage by themselves.

The artillery is more exaggerated.

In order to compete for the new artillery, people from both the navy and the army almost fought in the artillery factory.

Although Zhu Zhangui told them that the new warships don't use artillery like the army, their habitual cognition still thinks that this kind of fast-loading short gun is more reliable.

The cannon factory saw that the two parties were making a lot of noise and affecting their work, and they couldn't afford to offend both parties, so they reported the matter to Zhu Pangpang.

In the end, the two parties were called over by Zhu Pangpang for a training session, and the operation of grabbing the cannon came to an end.

Although the two parties are no longer blocked in the artillery factory, they both have informants in the factory. As long as a batch of artillery leaves the factory, these two groups will find Zhu Pangpang and ask for the distribution of artillery.

As for why you didn't find Zhu Zhangui, it was because Zhu Zhangui had ordered.

Now is the era when his father is in charge of the house, and Zhu Zhangui has already made an arrangement with his father. The internal affairs and logistics are handled by the father, and he is responsible for the management of foreign operations.

Therefore, as long as it is not about war, Zhu Zhangui will not choose to intervene. This is a respect for the old man, and he also wants to be lazy.

Since he came back a few years ago, he has hardly been idle. He was either fighting abroad, or he was not accompanied by his wife and children on the way to fight abroad.

So he wanted to spend more time with his wife and children while his father was in good health, to make up for the mistake of not being with them a few years ago.

Seeing that Zhu Zhangui fell into silence, Zheng He thought that Zhu Zhangui was thinking about taking care of the army and navy first, and wanted him to wait for a few more years, so he said urgently: "Your Highness, I am getting older now, plus I am also disabled, and my body is getting worse day by day. I have been dreaming these days, about those brothers who died in the west, and they have been asking me when I will pick them up, what a heart!"

As he said that, Zheng He's eyes were slightly red, and he thumped his chest in pain.

Zhu Zhangui sighed helplessly when he saw the painful look of Zheng He, who was also a teacher and friend.

"alright, you win!"

Zheng He's eyes lit up.

Zhu Zhangui handed his youngest daughter to the maid next to him, went to the table next to him, wrote a warrant, and handed it to Zheng He.

"In June, Quanzhou Shipyard will launch two ironclad warships. Originally, the navy was keeping a close eye on them, but I'm making the decision now to approve them to you."

"In addition to the navy, I will approve 10 more warships and 20 transport ships with you. The Marine Corps will dispatch a corps to you and follow your command. These are enough!"

Unexpectedly, Zhu Zhangui gave so much at once, Zheng He stood up in surprise, reached out to take the warrant, and nodded repeatedly.

"Enough is enough!"

"By the way, Your Highness, I heard that a batch of new muskets will also be issued to the army. See if you can..."

When he folded the warrant and put it in his arms, Zheng He felt a little embarrassed and made another request.

Zhu Zhangui waved his hands angrily, "All for you, all for you..."

"Hey, thank you Your Highness!"

Zheng He was so excited that he almost knelt down, and after taking the warrant for the new-style rifle, Zheng He didn't care about playing chess with the little girl, and turned around in a hurry and left.

He wanted to go to Quanzhou as soon as possible, and those brats in the navy were keeping a close eye on him. If they snatched the boat away late, it would be hard for him to come back.

"Let's go again in August, you go to Quanzhou first and wait, I may go with you."

Trotting out, Zheng He, who was afraid that Zhu Zhangui would regret it, waved his hand without looking back, indicating that he knew.

Looking at the back of going away, Zhu Zhangui shook his head helplessly, picked up the little daughter next to him, picked up the ruler and yanked it fiercely, Zhu Qirui who was distracted and couldn't do his homework well.

"I heard that today you approved some ships and weapons for Zheng He!"

During dinner, Zhu Pangpang confirmed the news he received today while eating.

Maybe it's because the family is used to eating together, Zhu Pangpang doesn't have such big rules as the old man.

When eating every day, as long as Zhu Pangpang is not busy, the whole family will gather to eat together. In Zhu Pangpang's words, eating like this is lively.

"He has been running away from me for several days. If I don't promise him again, he will probably live in the East Palace."

After taking the rice handed over by his wife, Zhu Zhangui nodded and answered while enjoying the delicious dinner.

"So, you're planning to go to sea." Zhu Pangpang nodded slightly, and asked his guess.

"We use more and more oil-based machinery. Although Daming has oil production, it is something left to us by our ancestors. We can't waste it all, and we have to leave some for our children and grandchildren."

"My idea is to use the ones from outside first, so as to save the ones at home."

"After all, if we can hold such a large country, future generations may not be able to hold it. We have to leave some property for them, some cards for them, so that we can turn things around in the future."

While Zhu Zhangui was talking, he also looked at Zhu Qirui who was lowering his head to cook rice.

Zhu Qirui grinned when he noticed his father's gaze, as if he was not talking about me, he continued to eat with a thick skin.

Zhu Pangpang slightly nodded in agreement, then hesitated, and whispered: "The imperial court has no money."

Zhu Zhangui's hand that was picking up the vegetables stopped in place, and looked at his father's innocent look with a look of astonishment.

"How is it possible? At the beginning of the year, the Ministry of Households still had 2000 million taels of silver in deposits. After only two or three months, you have spent all the money. This is too prodigal."

Zhu Pangpang sighed helplessly, put down the Kuaizi in his hand and said worryingly: "Can you not be defeated? There are so many railways to be repaired, and the roads in Shandong are leveled, the roads around the capital, and the mausoleum of your mother and me. There is also your grandfather's Emperor Wanglu. The navy is clamoring to change ships and guns, and a lot of people are waiting to change firearms on the army side. All of them don't cost money, and they are all thrown away in large quantities. money."

Zhu Pangpang looked at Zhu Zhangui, "Do you know how much the National Defense Force's military expenditure is this year?"

Zhu Zhangui shook his head. This is a political matter of the court. According to the agreement between the two fathers, this is the father's responsibility, and he didn't worry about it.

Zhu Pangpang sighed again, stretched out his index finger and thumb, and made an eight.

"800 million taels, this still does not include the replacement of weapons and equipment. If weapons and the supplement of training ammunition in the later period are included, this amount must be at least doubled."

"Oh, by the way, there is also the Sanbengzi mechanized unit proposed by you and your grandfather. If it is formed, it will cost more money."

"As far as the imperial court's more than 2000 million taels of silver is concerned, this is a simple calculation, excluding the formation of the three Bengzi troops, the army alone can take more than half of it."

Scratching his head worriedly, Zhu Pangpang said tiredly: "Millions of troops seem mighty and powerful, but they are all paid for by money. We can't just let the soldiers eat food and not give them salaries! What's more, there are The gold swallowing beast in the navy is waiting there, as well as your airship formation plan, all of which cost money like flowing water and can't be blocked."

"In the past two days, I have been remembering with Xia Yuan Jihe to see if we can save some money. As a result, we broke our fingers for a long time, and we were only a few feet away. We couldn't even save a tael of silver."

"When I think about the money that will be spent this year, as well as the military expenses that will be advanced in the future and various court expenses, I feel very worried. Now I finally realize that your grandfather wanted to use the money at the beginning, and said to my son Good mood."

Seeing that his father was so worried that he couldn't even eat, Zhu Zhangui asked helplessly: "About how much do you need, if the quantity is not much, the chamber of commerce can make up for it."

Zhu Pangpang didn't show any excitement on his face, he spent all his own money, so there's nothing to be excited about, he's not an old man.

"Xia Yuanji gave me calculations. If the plan of the imperial court and the reorganization and training of the army are followed, excluding the Sanbengzi mechanized troops and airship troops, at least 6000 million taels of silver will be needed."

"If you want to add your Beiju Luzhou development, you need to make up another 500 million taels of silver."

"The imperial court's autumn harvest and commercial tax this year, after deducting various expenses and basic budgets, can leave about 3000 million taels of silver. If you want to make up for it, you must give me at least 3500 million taels of silver, otherwise the court will have nothing to do next year." move."

Hearing this number, Zhu Zhangui frowned and thought.

Now the imperial court can make money, but it also spends a lot.

The construction of railways and cement roads in the capital and Shandong area, and even the popularization of major roads across the country in the future, all require money.

That is to say, the chamber of commerce and the colony have left some money in the past two years, otherwise the court may not be able to afford such a big disturbance.