"What?"

"You said we don't know how to be grateful?"

"Mr. Kong, I have to argue with you. You are slandering and prejudice against us..."

"In your teachings, everything is given by the Lord, and you completely ignore personal efforts. This is contrary to what I, the Ming Dynasty, have always advocated: Heaven is moving vigorously, and gentlemen should constantly strive for self-improvement..."

In the name of work, Kong Yanjin exported ideas from the Book of Changes to Bishop Allen.

Amid the increasingly heated debate between the two, the two envoys from the Timurid Empire and the Kipchak Khanate had already picked up the arrowheads processed on the lathe to discuss them.

"This thing is so neat and sharp!"

"If you are shot by this object on the battlefield, you will not be immune even if you are wearing three layers of leather armor!"

"Not only leather armor is not immune, ordinary mail armor is also very difficult..."

The Kipchak Khanate and the Timur Empire have been in constant conflict. However, during the Ming Dynasty, the two envoys temporarily put aside their prejudices and discussed all the novelties they saw in the Ming Dynasty.

After all, although they belong to different camps, they have many similarities in culture and religion. They still have more in common than Ming people who are unfamiliar with each other.

"May I ask, sir, if you can tell me the daily output of this product?"

The translator glanced at the arrow with disgust.

"This item has almost been eliminated in our Ming Dynasty. Only some old frontier troops and newly naturalized Mongolian troops have equipment."

"Now is the production control stage, and only about 100,000 pieces can be produced every day."

"What?"

"Can you produce 100,000 of these neat and sharp arrows in one day?"

The translator said proudly.

"What's so strange about this?"

"If the Emperor Taisun hadn't intentionally limited production capacity for fear of running out of room in the warehouse, we could produce millions or tens of millions a day tomorrow!"

"hiss……"

The two Khanate envoys took a deep breath after hearing this, and each re-evaluated their foreign policy with the Ming Dynasty.

Originally, they came to visit the Ming Dynasty with a condescending attitude. After all, the Ming Dynasty was begging them and hoped that they would jointly send troops to deal with the Bei Yuan.

However, now that they saw Ming's military strength, the two of them couldn't help but murmur.

The Ming Dynasty is already so powerful and can defeat Bei Yuan, so why should it form an alliance with them?

"I dare to ask this gentleman, Ming Dynasty is fully capable of defeating Bei Yuan, why do you need me to wait for help?"

The translator replied without thinking after hearing this.

"oh!"

"The emperor's grandson said that our Ming Dynasty has few people and cannot bear to be wasted on the battlefield."

"There are few people in Ming Dynasty?"

When the two Khanate envoys heard this, they thought it was the biggest joke.

Who doesn’t know that Ming Dynasty is rich in products and has a large population, making it the most populous country in the world.

However, their grandson was too young...

If the Ming Dynasty thought they had few people, then the Kipchak Khanate and the Tamerlane Empire, which could not see a single living person for dozens of miles, would have to cry to death.

"The people of Ming Dynasty are really nice, but there are only over 10 million people..."

When the two envoys heard this, they secretly clenched their fists, wishing to punch this boastful official to death.

What this guy said is so irritating, ten million people are still not enough!

This is a number that we can’t even imagine!

"But it's getting better now. Under the vigorous management of our emperor's grandson, the survival rate of newborns in Ming Dynasty has been greatly improved. More than 300,000 newborns survive every month. And this number is increasing every month. By the end of the year

It is expected to reach 400,000..."

The envoys of the two Khanates looked at each other and saw shock and fear in each other's eyes.

In their territory, the population of a small country may not have so many people...

It can be said that the new population of the Ming Dynasty in one month is equivalent to a country in the Amu Darya region!

The two fell into silence for a long time after coming out of the mechanical processing factory. Since they came to the land of Daming, they have seen the wealth and prosperity of Daming, so Daming is definitely not short of money. Today they saw Daming's military workshop

Later, I got a taste of the military productivity of the Ming Dynasty. It can be seen that the Ming Dynasty had no shortage of weapons, armor and other equipment.

Later, I heard the monthly number of births in the Ming Dynasty and inferred that the Ming Dynasty had no shortage of people and could even crush the two khanates.

Now they have only one hope, that is, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty are not good at fighting. When they really fight on the battlefield, they are far less willing to sacrifice their lives than their people.

But can this wish come true?

After all, the Ming Dynasty is also a new empire. It has only been established for more than 20 years, so it should still retain the bloody courage of the founding period, right?

After struggling for a while, the two could only make a bold proposal.

"I would like to ask this gentleman, can you sell a set of machines for producing arrowheads in your country to our country?"

"Our country is willing to exchange gold and silver of equal weight for it!"

When the translator heard this question, he immediately smiled.

"Can't!"

"My Ming Dynasty has just enacted legislation, and transporting lathes and other machines out of Ming Dynasty without permission is considered as treason!"

"this……"

When the two of them heard that they were accused of treason, they immediately gave up the idea of ​​buying the machine.

However, both of them expressed full concerns about their country and felt that it would be a very unwise choice to become an enemy of the Ming Dynasty on the battlefield in the future.

Compared with these overseas envoys from the Mingdong region and Europe, the overseas vassal states around the Great Ming Dynasty were much calmer.

Because they have seen too much of Ming's power, they have long been overwhelmed by Ming's terrifying strength and have lost their temper.

The two emperors Huairen and Xicheng no longer thought about the revival plan, and began to think about how to curry favor with the Ming Dynasty, send more envoys to the Ming Dynasty, and learn more of the Ming Dynasty's advanced technology.

Li Chenggui, who came from the peninsula, had already considered giving up the throne, immigrating to the Ming Dynasty and becoming a minister of the Ming Dynasty.

As for the mess on the peninsula, let his sons deal with it on their own, he is too lazy to take care of it.

While everyone was visiting the machining workshop, Prince Barkuk from the Mamluk dynasty of Egypt, accompanied by officials from the Ministry of War, had already entered an inconspicuous small workshop to visit the production base of the new Ming Dynasty muskets.

Prince Balkuk came with the mission of forming an alliance. His father's regime was unstable, domestic rebellions continued, and there were external threats from the Timurid Empire. He urgently needed to find a strong ally.

Originally, they all believed that the Ming Dynasty was too far away to effectively contain the Timurid Empire and the Kipchak Khanate, and they were not optimistic about forming an alliance with the Ming Dynasty.

However, the battleships of the Ming Dynasty gave them a huge impact, especially the artillery equipped on the battleships, which was even more powerful. It could easily tear apart the fortresses and castles along the coast, and it was even more devastating to the villages along the coast.

Therefore, the princes and ministers in their country decided to send the prince to visit the Ming Dynasty and examine the strength of the Ming Dynasty.

Balkuk completely fell in love with the land of Ming Dynasty after he set foot on it. The climate here is warm and humid, and it is simply the paradise he dreams of.

The scenery here is as beautiful as a picture scroll, with a dreamlike and unreal feeling everywhere.

Coupled with the fact that the people here are prosperous and everyone's faces are filled with happy smiles, he once thought that this was the legendary sacred place flowing with milk and honey.

What surprised him even more was that everyone here was gentle, extremely polite and elegant.

If he hadn't seen the brutality and power of the Ming Dynasty's navy, he would have thought that he had arrived in a country of benevolence and righteousness full of wise men.

You must know that before the Ming Dynasty's navy appeared, they and the Arabs jointly collected the protection fees in the Mediterranean.

Now that the Ming Dynasty has the navy, instead of receiving protection fees, they have to pay protection fees to the Ming Dynasty...

"Prince Balkuk, please go this way..."

"This is our gun processing factory. The cannon processing factory is also in this area. I will take you to visit it later."

Prince Barkuk looked into the processing factory and saw craftsmen rubbing iron rods on strange machines and drilling holes into the iron rods from the outside in. He couldn't help but curiously asked.

"Is this the barrel of a flamethrower?"

"Yes!"

"But it needs to go through drilling, rifling and other processes before it can become a qualified barrel!"

"If your country agrees to form an alliance with our country and assist our country in building the Hongwu Grand Canal, our country will sell 3,000 of these firearms to your country to help your country quell the domestic rebellion!"

"At the same time, our country will also solve part of the problem of food for workers during the excavation of the Hongwu Grand Canal."

Upon hearing this, Barkuk did not express his position on the spot, but asked for some details.

"How long does it take your country to dig the Grand Canal?"

"The time limit given by our grandson is three years..."

Barkuk quickly shook his head after hearing this.

"No, no, no, this is impossible!"
To be continued...