Chapter 540 Rogue tricks

It can be seen from the warships that Zheng He went to the West in history that the craftsmen of the ancient Chinese during this period were actually very powerful. There was even such a despicable existence as the willow steelmaking method in ancient China, but it was lost later. In the original history, no one was loyal to craftsmen, which could have such explosive technology.

In this world, Zhu Di issued an order, and the status of those great craftsmen is even comparable to that of some second- and third-rank officials. What kind of order can craftsmen burst out? Anyway, the spinning machine has developed to 32 spindles... What is this concept? The Jenny spinning machine developed in the 18th century in the UK has only 8 spindles.

This is just one of them. Obviously, something even more amazing has been developed. Moreover, the Ming Dynasty was actually related to the Byzantine Empire. Although I don’t know when, it seems that Byzantine is almost destroyed now, right?

But it doesn't matter. Anyway, these technologies were developed by ancient craftsmen. Qin Mubai really didn't say anything else, it was just giving some more advanced systems.

These systems and ideas and creativity bring nothing more than a larger land area and countless money. Even the gold and silver standard seems to have been played out by the Ming Dynasty. With the support of money and the country, Qin Mubai is really unable to say what kind of power the world will burst out.

To be honest, according to the inventions in ancient China, if the ancient Chinese emperors had paid attention to the role of craftsmen as soon as possible and improved their status as soldiers... there would probably be nothing else in other countries.

Although this era restricts and controls territories are roads and communications, these things will sooner or later be studied.

Qin Mubai and Zhu Yuanzhang stood in front of the palace gate. To be honest, this time it was a solid gate to the capital of the Ming Dynasty, but is it still the same as the last time?

Go directly to call the door? Zhu Di could recognize it directly last time, but this time, can Zhu Qizhen recognize it? Did Zhu Di pass on related matters? This is all unknown. If you provoke it, it is very likely that the end will be a consequence, and you are directly killed by a random knife?

But before Qin Mubai's idea was over, Zhu Yuanzhang had already walked directly to the imperial guards guarding the gate. Looking at Zhu Yuanzhang's actions, Qin Mubai almost fell to the ground. Let me go, second uncle, don't you want to do it again? Before Qin Mubai could say anything, he saw Zhu Yuanzhang shouting loudly, "Hurry up, let your emperor come out, I am his ancestor."

With a "bang", Qin Mubai, who was following behind, almost fell to the ground. My second uncle, can you change your slogan? Last time I was his father, but this time I became directly my ancestor...

Zhu Yuanzhang's words made the gatekeeper stunned, but the leader of the imperial guards quickly led a few people to the place. When he arrived in front of Zhu Yuanzhang, the leader of the imperial guards frowned and said, "Mr., please leave here. There must be no noise at the gate of the palace. Although the emperor said that the people in the world can scold him as the emperor as long as they think they have reasons, it does not mean that you can insult our emperor's ancestors."

"Puff" Qin Mubai almost spit out his saliva. Damn, has Zhu Qizhen already played so high-end? He even played free speech? This is unlikely, right? There has never been free speech in modern times, let alone this feudal period? Are you teasing me?

"I am really his ancestor, my name is Zhu Yuanzhang." Zhu Yuanzhang had a cold expression on his face, and then took out the jade pendant directly.

Seeing the jade pendant in Zhu Yuanzhang's hand and hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's name, these imperial guards were a little confused. After waiting for more than ten seconds, the imperial guards who took the lead realized that the legend of Zhu Yuanzhang returning from heaven during the Chengzu period has been circulating among the people, not to mention that there were not many years in the past.

It can almost be said that as long as the Ming people did not live in the deep mountains and forests, there was no one who didn’t know.

"You... are Your Majesty Taizu?" The leader of the imperial guard asked with some stuttering.

"Yes, I said, I still want to come back to see my descendants." Zhu Yuanzhang said seriously.

"I...I'll report now." The leader of the imperial guard immediately ran away.

Qin Mubai was a little surprised. It seems that these imperial guards have really received explanations, right? This is really not accurate? Zhu Yuanzhang's jade pendant has been taken away by him. It seems that he is going to wait for the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty here again?

Zhu Qizhen came much faster than Qin Mubai thought. In less than twenty minutes, Zhu Qizhen had already arrived here. When he got outside, after seeing Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Qizhen walked over quickly, then bent his legs and knelt on the ground, giving Zhu Yuanzhang a big gift.

"The younger generation has met Grandpa Taizu." Zhu Qizhen said loudly.

The imperial guards behind and the people who came out with Zhu Qizhen naturally knelt down directly, but they shouted that they had seen His Majesty Taizu.

"Get up, I think you are developing well." Zhu Yuanzhang immediately smiled and reached out to help Zhu Qizhen up.

"Thank you for Grandpa Taizu's blessing, I'm afraid at most I can be a successful king." Zhu Qizhen immediately said respectfully.

Qin Mubai looked at Zhu Qizhen curiously. Zhu Qizhen and Zhu Yuanzhang had nothing similar. If he had to say that there was something similar, the eyes looked the same, but the others really didn't have anything similar.

However, Mayor Zhu Qi is really handsome, and his figure is also good.

"Grandpa Taizu, is this Mr. Qin?" Zhu Qizhen asked as he looked at Qin Mubai.

"Yes, this is Mr. Qin." Zhu Yuanzhang said.

"Zhu Qizhen has met Mr. Qin." Zhu Qizhen also bowed to Qin Mubai with his fists.

"You're welcome." Qin Mubai bowed to him, as if he had returned the favor.

It is naturally not a place to talk outside the palace gate, so we have to talk to the palace. Qin Mubai and the others quickly returned to the palace, which is also fate. The most suitable place to talk to is naturally the Imperial Study Room.

However, after entering the imperial study, Qin Mubai and Zhu Yuanzhang saw a huge world map hanging on the north wall of the imperial study.

Of course, the map cannot be the one left by Qin Mubai, but was made later, but all the things and scales were made according to Qin Mubai's one.

So, the territory of the Ming Dynasty is really clear at a glance.

Just by this look, Qin Mubai knew that the land of the Ming Dynasty was too big, larger than Qin Mubai imagined. I won’t talk about the Southeast Asian side. The word Ming was engraved on both sides of the Strait of Malacca, including Southeast Asia in later generations. And at the bottom, Australia is now a big word Ming.

It was fine to go west, and it had almost not occupied much land, but to the north, it had reached the Arctic Ocean. The entire east of Lake Baikal had the words "Ming Dynasty". It did not exist in places like Korea, including the Japanese island.

The most important thing is that all the way east, North America from Alaska to Mexico, almost all have a big Ming character.

Qin Mubai was stunned by this world map and was shocked. Can you control such a large territory? Not to mention anything else, can you just stop from the Ming Dynasty to North America? And this is not the touching success rate of sailing as it is in this period.

Zhu Yuanzhang next to him was also in a daze. His territory in the Ming Dynasty had been enlarged before, but now it has not only been expanded three or five times? This is at least ten times the previous one, right?

"Are you sure this is the current land area of ​​the Ming Dynasty?" Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but ask.

As soon as Zhu Yuanzhang's question came out, Zhu Qizhen's face turned slightly red, and then said embarrassedly: "This, of course not, but we engraved our name first. North America is not good at the area we can actually control now. This Oceania is only a small part, but the entire South Ocean and the northern grasslands, all the way to Lake Baikal, are our actual control areas."

"How can I control such a big place?" Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help asking.

"It is a policy designated by His Majesty Chengzu. As long as you have more children, you can have permanent land and tax exemption." Zhu Qizhen said quickly.

"So the population of my Ming Dynasty has increased at least several times compared to the Chengzu period." Zhu Qizhen added.

"Puff" Qin Mubai directly sprayed out all his saliva.

Speaking of which, it seems that Zhu Qizhen is not far from Zhu Di. It should be 1450 now, and Zhu Di died in 1424. The last time Qin Mubai came was about 1403, which means that only 47 years have passed. In 47 years, the population has increased several times... But think about it, the concept of fertility in this period is different from that in later generations.

Not only are you getting married early, but you also have three wives and four concubines. The most important thing is that if you give birth to a child, you will be given land... In 47 years, it is really not impossible to increase from 100 million people several times. Although the risk of having a child during this period is still very high, but the base cannot be withstand it!

What's more, according to that map, I'm afraid the Ming Dynasty has integrated into several countries, such as the ethnic groups on the grassland, have been integrated into them.

"What are you planning to do?" Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help asking.

"Didn't you say that as long as you control the army, aren't you afraid of rebellion in other places? As long as we have an invincible navy and control the naval fleet, aren't you afraid of overseas territory being uncontrollable? So, according to the ideas and ideas that Chengzu and some ministers of my father, since we are not afraid of rebellion overseas, then we will directly enfeoff those royal families." Zhu Qizhen said.

"In the words of our ancestors, although we may not be able to control some land, we can let the Han people live there and let our Chinese culture spread throughout the world, and even if the meat is rotten, it will rot in the pot."

"To put it bluntly, it is a population strategy. No matter what, we Han people migrate to the whole world first. As long as my population is more than you, it will be convenient for me to control you. In this case, even if we are not a country in the future, it is also a country of our Han people and our Chinese culture." Zhu Qizhen said quickly.
Chapter completed!