Tang Yi discovered that Longqing was sometimes much cuter than those court officials. At least he would not be able to live up to the past, nor was he so pedantic that he cared about the life and death of the barbarians. He told the nonsense of "love as one". Longqing's only concern was how to make money!

"Actually, this is not complicated. I have estimated that with the strength of our Ming army workshop, we can produce 100,000 muskets, thousands of cannons, and tens of millions of kilograms of gunpowder every year. Just take out a little, it is enough to reverse the situation of the war in any vassal state. Pigs and sheep will change color and turn the world upside down, just in the thoughts of the Ming Dynasty!"

"The master said he wanted to help the vassal states quell the civil strife and then get rewards?" Long Qing thought for a while and felt that it was not good. Doing this made the Ming Dynasty a bit like working for the vassal states. Not only did it waste the people and cause money, if the vassal states vassal states, wouldn't it be a waste of work?

"Your Majesty, the rebellion of the vassal states is complicated and cannot be easily mixed. Just keep a high position. Leave the rest of the matter to the merchants."

"What should the businessman do?"

"Of course, profit is the first. The strong side will put pressure on the weak side. As long as the war continues, weapons will be consumed continuously, and gold and silver will come naturally." Tang Yi said confidently. Have you never eaten pork or seen pig run? To put it bluntly, isn't it just supporting agents? Later generations of Huajia have Zhi, Feng and Anhui warlords, and there are melee in the Middle East in the world. No big country dares to say that it is a big country without intervening.

A car, a few iron buckets, and a second kick is installed. One set costs hundreds of millions of dollars. It doesn’t bring three packs of after-sales service, making money is easier than drinking water.

At present, the Ming Dynasty's firearms, looking at the world, are definitely weapons of mass destruction. It is a loss if they don't use them to make money.

"This, it seems that this is not suitable, right?" Long Qing was thinking, it was too immoral! Isn't this making money in war and drinking human blood? It's really inconsistent with the way of benevolence and forgiveness.

But then he thought, Master Tang Liuyuan passed the title, and he didn't care about the true disciples of Confucius and Mencius's Way, what he cared about.

"Master, I am worried that once all the surrounding vassal states get firearms, it will be detrimental to the Ming Dynasty, how should we deal with it?"

"Your Majesty, don't worry, how much financial resources these small countries have and how many weapons they can buy, it's still too far to threaten the Ming Dynasty."

Tang Yi carefully evaluated that among the surrounding countries, except Japan, almost all other countries have no ability to produce firearms. The small countries in South China get at most some sporadic firearms from the Western Italians. They don’t know how to build them, and they can’t even repair them. If they use them, they can only be used as fire sticks.

As for Japan, it was equipped with a lot of firearms. Of course, it was only compared to their country. The more powerful princes, at most, only two or three thousand "iron cannons", and were not on the same order of magnitude as the Ming Dynasty's muskets that cost tens of thousands of yuan.

In addition, there is certainly a gap between the navy of the Ming army and the Western barbarians, but on the ground in the east, the number is large enough and the equipment is advanced enough to block any vassal state. It can be said that anyone who dares to provoke the Ming Dynasty will definitely taste the unforgettable lesson.

"Your Majesty, in addition to having enough strength, we must also use it flexibly. For example, once a small country is ungrateful, it can fully support its opponents and make use of others. It can also provoke domestic chaos, put them into civil strife, trade sanctions, and maritime blockades... In short, the Ming Dynasty has enough means to make them surrender."

Oh my God!

Long Qing was stunned when he heard this. He had always been whispering to Master Tang and gentle and gentle. No matter how big the matter was, he was always polite. He rarely spoke harshly. Just such a humble gentleman, who was really ruthless, was so terrifying. It was not an exaggeration to say that he was sinister and vicious.

Longqing was careful and jumped around.

Tang Yi smiled helplessly, "Your Majesty, do you still remember the situation of Western barbarians introduced to you?"

"Remember, remember, why is there any movement in the Western Yi again?"

"It's like this. Since the opening of the shipping route, Spain and Portugal have taken advantage of their advantages and occupied a large area of ​​colonies. Spain has a particularly strong national strength, with thousands of warships, and is known as an invincible fleet!"

"Why are there so many?" Long Qing said in surprise: "I'm afraid the Ming Dynasty doesn't have so many warships, right?"

"That's right." Tang Yi said muffled: "If we exclude armed merchant ships, our warships only have more than 300, and the quality of sailors is far less than that of Spain. Not only that, England, another island of Europe, chased after them, and there were hundreds of fleets. The queen of its country actually plundered ships together with pirates and shared the spoils. In addition, the Netherlands, in terms of area, is less than half of that of Southern Zhili, but its business is prosperous, the shipbuilding industry is developed, and it has no less than 30,000 sea ships. At present, the Netherlands is still a Spanish colony. Although the ships transporting goods to the Ming Dynasty are mostly from the Netherlands, which is the often mentioned Red Mavericks."

Tang Yi sighed and said, "The wealth plundered by the Western Barbarians has been invested in the country, and they have been accumulating their military and military forces. With their powerful fleets and developed firearms, they have seized colonies everywhere and established trade strongholds. Their power has increased day by day. A hundred years ago, the South Ocean was just the doorstep of the Ming Dynasty. Two hundred years ago, our merchant ships were everywhere in the Indian Ocean. Now, they have occupied Malacca. If Luzon had not been successfully restored, they would use Luzon as a springboard and threaten Dongfan Island. At that time, the southeastern sea border of the Ming Dynasty will open and the maritime security will be gone!"

Before he finished speaking, Longqing changed his color. He could not imagine that the monarch of a country would gather with pirates and sit on the ground to share the spoils. Is there any kindness and morality?

The pursuit of interests by Western barbarians has reached the point of being crazy, and it is simply unknown how to describe it! Long Qing kept shook his head and sighed.

"A person has no intention of hurting the tiger, and tigers will harm people's hearts. If they continue like this, in another hundred years and two hundred years, the status of the superior country will be lost and the soldiers will cause disasters. Perhaps the war will burn us. It is not that the ministers are in a dangerous manner, but that the world is changing drastically and they have to catch up. The methods mentioned by the ministers are all used by the Western Barbarians, and they are even more shameless. The country of India and the weak countries of South China Sea cannot resist at all. Instead of letting the Western Barbarians eat their flesh and blood, one day, it is better to attack the Ming Dynasty first. The Ming Dynasty still has an advantage at the moment, and if it delays, I don't know what will happen."

Long Qing really listened to it. Tang Yi had mentioned the matter of Nanyang to him before, but there was pressure from Altan at that time, and the court had no time to look south. Now the threat from the north was eliminated, and let go south, it was time for him to go south!

"I am convinced by the sir to plan the country. Please teach me what should I do?"

"I think that when you should immediately set up a trading colonial company, your Majesty will take part in it, organize merchants to travel to Southeast Asia and seek business opportunities. In addition, the weapons that have been replaced in the army should be concentrated, find business opportunities, dumped in large quantities in exchange for gold and silver." Tang Yi said earnestly: "In the past, the Ming Dynasty relied too much on silk, porcelain, tea and other things, which could make money, but it did not have much effect on improving military strength and national strength. In the future, the Ming Dynasty would take the initiative to attack, have better guns and larger warships, and without force guarantees, there would be no trade security!"

...

Just when Tang Yi was focusing all his attention on Nanyang and wanted to expand Nanyang market, a news suddenly came from Jeju Island.

In February of the fifth year of Longqing, thousands of Japanese pirates drove dozens of ships to attack Jeju Island. The soldiers and civilians guarding the island of Daming rose up to resist, killing more than 300 Japanese pirates, sank 18 ships, and capturing more than 100 people...

Compared with the battles that often cost tens of thousands of people in the north, this victory seems insignificant, but this battle opened up overseas markets for the Ming Dynasty's weapons.

Back in early February, Huangfu Yang, who returned last year, rushed to Jeju Island with 20,000 wool fleece. When he arrived, many merchants from the southeast arrived. The original trading shed was replaced with a wooden house. I heard that the cement house was ready to be built and it could be repaired in autumn.

They talked enthusiastically, exchanged their experiences in doing business, and some people were talking non-tatistic jokes, and burst into laughter from time to time.

Just as everyone was happy and relaxing, suddenly there was a rapid sound of gongs coming from the wooden lighthouse on the pier.

"Enemy attack!"

A dense array of Japanese ships appeared on the sea, and they were rushing towards Jeju Island with their teeth and claws.

"It's the Japanese pirates!"

The merchants in the southeast recognized it and all changed their colors. Some people even complained, "What should I do if the Japanese pirates are coming?"

It’s too late to escape, and some people say that at most, you can give them everything to lose money and avoid disaster!

Huangfu Yang heard this for a while and his nose was so angry that he was crooked.

"You touch your crotch, are you still a man? Three or four months ago, I was so depressed that I wanted to jump into the sea. After finally getting through the trade, I got alive. Isn't it all in vain to let the Japanese pirates grab a hand?"

Huangfu Yang spat viciously, "I'm not afraid of Altan, I still care about a few Japanese pirates! At worst, I can fight to the death, and it's better than being a coward. You still rely on the sea to make a living. Why don't you go home to coax your children with such courage?"

When Huangfu Yang scolded him, the merchants were embarrassed and ashamed.

He was angry and angry, and his eyes widened, "Let's fight!"

All the ships gathered together, with about 500 sailors, and less than 100 soldiers on the shore, Huangfu Yang gathered 600 people. Unfortunately, they only had three hundred muskets in their hands.

"Don't be afraid, listen to me. When Prime Minister Tang commanded ten thousand people to come, he dared to fight against Altan's 100,000 troops. Don't worry, as long as you listen to me, you can win!"

Huangfu Yang shouted, but he had no idea at all. The first shot was shot with his eyes closed.

But when the smoke of gunpowder spread, they were all stunned. A hundred steps away, the Japanese pirates fell to the ground, just like harvesting wheat, and fifty or sixty people were injured or killed in their words!

Huangfu Yang was so happy that he was going crazy. He suddenly screamed, "Why are you still standing there? Recharge!"
Chapter completed!