"According to your grandson's request, the canal is at least more than 400 miles long. It will take three years to dig it out!"

"No, no, no, Prince Barkuk, you don't know the strength of our Ming Dynasty. If our grandson says three years, it must be three years!"

"Have you seen the power of our cannons? We can provide massive amounts of gunpowder to explode..."

"As long as you can recruit enough workers to help us dig out the earth and rocks..."

Balkuk still didn't nod after hearing this, but asked for a blunderbuss and went outside to test fire.

Under the guidance of Ming craftsmen, Barkuk hit the target three times in a row, and after testing the power of the fire gun, Barkuk said with excitement on his face.

"Ten thousand such firearms!"

"If your country can agree, this prince will promise your country to persuade my father to form an alliance with your country and help your country build the canal!"

Zhu Yunxi, who was accompanying Lao Zhu on a tour of the factory, thought for a moment after hearing Chang Jizu's report.

"Ten thousand handles..."

"The number is really too much. Once the canal is built, there will be some resistance to quelling the chaos."

When Lao Zhu heard what Da Sun said, he immediately asked curiously.

"What's a bit much?"

"What bad thing did you do without telling us?"

Zhu Yunxi immediately took out a map from his sleeve and pointed to the narrow strip between the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea.

"Grandpa Huang, if our silk, porcelain, and tea from the Ming Dynasty want to be shipped to Europe, they have to go ashore here, and then get stuck in the neck by the people here."

"My grandson wants to open up these two sea areas, so that Ming's goods can reach Europe directly, and earn money from these people..."

Hearing this, Lao Zhu held his chin and thought about it.

"The workload of this project is not low. We will soon catch up with Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty."

Zhu Yunxi nodded in agreement.

"No!"

"If it were placed in our Ming Dynasty, it could force the people to rebel."

"So, I plan to use the power of the local people to wait until they dig the Grand Canal, and then occupy the land around the Grand Canal and make it the land of the Ming Dynasty!"

Lao Zhu took over the topic and said.

"But now someone has made an exorbitant request and wants to buy 10,000 fire blunderbuss from you?"

"yes!"

Lao Zhu smiled confidently.

"This is easy to handle!"

"Fireguns have a limited lifespan. Generally speaking, they will be useless after a few hundred rounds. You can do something about it."

Zhu Yunxi's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard this. Originally, he wanted to control the opponent through ammunition. After all, firearms depend on the amount of ammunition. A firecracker without ammunition is just a fire stick.

However, after listening to Lao Zhu's advice, he found that Lao Zhu's method was more reliable.

What if the other party secretly hides ammunition and suddenly gives it to me?

Or should we directly control it from the aspect of quality control and limit the lifespan of their fire guns to a minimum value?

"Grandpa Huang is wise!"

Listening to Da Sun's flattery, Lao Zhu laughed so hard that his eyes narrowed into slits.

"This is just one of the reasons. The second thing is to remember to support other people so that their country will continue to have civil strife. As long as they seek help from the Ming Dynasty, we will always be invincible."

"In addition, you can also find a few enemies for them so that they are always under threat from enemies."

"In short, we can't let them have time to breathe. Only by keeping them busy will they not dare to have bad intentions!"

While Lao Zhu was teaching emperor philosophy to Zhu Yunxi, he sat on a stone pier by the roadside to rest. After talking for a while, he suddenly realized that he hadn't eaten lunch yet!

"Nisun, you won't let us not even have lunch on our birthday, will you?"
Chapter completed!