Imperial Master of the Ming Dynasty

And inside the wall, under the old crooked neck tree.

Zhu Gaoxu and Li Jinglong also stared at Jiang Xinghuo nervously, as if Jiang Xinghuo was a moving treasure.

In fact, Zhu Gaoxu was already sighing in his heart at this time, this is the banished immortal who has opened his eyes.

A casual word and a hint of secret can bring eight million taels of silver per year and completely change the destiny of a country.

But damn Li Jinglong!

Zhu Gaoxu glanced at Li Jinglong, who was leaning against the tree trunk. At a certain moment, the thought of killing someone and silencing him had even crossed his mind.

Of course, Zhu Gaojiu didn't know that his father was "secretly inspecting the level of teachers" in a secret room separated by a wall. Zhu Gaojiu's understanding was that it was a pity that such a staggering secret and national wealth could not be monopolized by him.

Even if he doesn't take it all for himself, handing it over to his father is still a great achievement that can add points in the battle for the heir apparent!

As for Li Jinglong's state of mind at this time, in addition to being nervous before witnessing the lottery draw, there was also some extra regret.

"I'm so stupid, really."

Li Jinglong murmured to himself: "I only knew that the affairs of the Mingbao Sect would have an impact on Li Chu in the future, and I was afraid of being tortured to death by Emperor Yongle, so I accepted his request to be the eyes and ears here; I don't know when With these eyes and ears, I learned more, bigger and more shocking secrets. These secrets are extremely useful to Emperor Yongle but extremely useless to me. Wouldn’t this make it easier to be tortured to death by Emperor Yongle?”

Li Jinglong saw Zhu Gaoxu's glance at this time, and understood the murderous intent in Zhu Gaoxu's eyes, but secretly cursed, is this man a fool? Your dad is listening right next to you, why are you just sitting there thinking about taking it all to yourself?

Emperor Yongle had to say: This is all my money, my money!

In fact, several people's minds were spinning, and it only took a few breaths, but Zhu Gaoxu finally couldn't hold it anymore, and asked in a lowered voice as he approached the wall.

"Mr. Jiang, where is the silver mine?"

Just as Jiang Xinghuo was answering, there was a "buzz~" sound, and Zhu Di and others in the secret room next door quickly covered their ears.

"What's going on?"

Listening to the deafening sound that suddenly came from the wall, Zhu Di frowned and asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, this is a special eavesdropping device used by the Jinyiwei of the Hongwu Dynasty, whose walls have ears." Ji Gang hurriedly explained, "The local thickness, porcelainization, combination of pottery and porcelain, local glazing, and patterning all affect the final effect of eavesdropping. .And taking into account the kiln changes of ceramics, that is, deformation, shrinkage, and glaze, these cannot be controlled during the production process. This kind of loss of sound is inevitable."

And even after such a delay, no one in the secret room heard Jiang Xinghuo's first few words, and only heard Zhu Gaoxu's huffing and puffing.

"Mr. Jiang, isn't this too far?"

"Starting from the mouth of the Yangtze River, it is 1,400 miles. You must know that the sea is not as good as the land. It depends on whether there is a favorable wind. But in any case, it is correct based on the average speed of 50 miles per hour (the average speed of the Ming and Qing Dynasties is about 13 kilometers per hour) hour (that is, 26 kilometers per hour), you can drive 600 miles in a day and night, and 1,400 miles only takes less than three days."

Jiang Xinghuo's slow voice continued to be heard through the wall: "Besides, isn't there Jeju Island as a transit station? Given Li's North Korea's fear of the Ming Dynasty, just send envoys directly to Li's North Korea to ask for or buy it."

Zhu Di was so anxious that he almost stamped his feet without hearing the key information.

After all, there were still Ji Gang and other ministers beside him. Zhu Di suppressed the anxiety in his heart and maintained the majesty on his face that showed no emotion or anger in the past.

Zhu Di really wanted to tear down the wall at this time. He stood in front of Jiang Xinghuo and said to him: "Stop talking nonsense and tell me where the silver mine is."

Zhu Gaochi, who was also anxious and sweating on his forehead, saw his father's impatience and said harshly.

"Father, based on the distance and place names, I'm afraid the place Mr. Jiang mentioned is Japan!"

Japan?

Zhu Di fell into deep thought. Japan was one of the fifteen "countries not to be conquered" listed by his father Zhu Yuanzhang.

Of course, in Zhu Di's case, the words left by his father are basically useful and are called "Taizu Ancestral Instructions". The useless ones are just bullshit. Anyway, when he goes underground, his father wants to beat him. The main reason cannot be because He did not abide by the ancestral precepts, and Zhu Di had no worries if he had too many debts.

Zhu Di thought to himself, if there is no levy, there will be 8 million taels of silver per year if it is levied. Except for a pedantic fool like Emperor Jianwen, whoever replaces the Ming Dynasty as emperor will have to conquer Japan.

What's more, Japan was very dissatisfied during the Hongwu Dynasty, and its relationship with the Ming Dynasty was extremely poor. In the last years of Hongwu, it had completely severed all contacts, and there were many excuses for war.

What Zhu Di considered was not whether to conquer or not, but how large a scale to conquer and whether it could be conquered.

The defeat of Kublai Khan in the former Yuan Dynasty can be said to be a reminder that Japan is not an enemy country that can be easily conquered.

Inside the wall, Li Jinglong also thought of this.

"Mr. Jiang, I'm afraid you don't know that Japan is protected by divine winds." Li Jinglong said mysteriously, "In the past, Kublai Khan sent an army of 100,000 men to conquer Japan twice across the sea, but both failed because of encountering divine winds. When they returned, history books recorded: The boat was damaged and exhausted, and countless soldiers howled and drowned in the sea."

"Of course, if I were to lead the army, it would definitely not be like this."

As the saying goes, "Who dares to talk about war on paper, only I am General Li." As the first person in the world to talk about war on paper, Li Jinglong, the sage of war on paper, was extremely excited at this time.

Looking at the baffled opponent, Jiang Xinghuo curled his lips and said.

"What kamikaze?"

"To put it bluntly, isn't it a typhoon formed by a subtropical low pressure?"

After hearing this, Li Jinglong, who was about to discuss his military plan to conquer Japan, was suddenly stunned.

"Typhoons that form near the tropics in the Northern Hemisphere move northwest along the edge of the Pacific high pressure and reach the mid-latitudes. In late summer and autumn, the power of the Pacific high pressure gradually weakens, making it easier for typhoons to land in Japan."

"Forget it, it's too troublesome to talk about geography, and I can't understand it." Jiang Xinghuo looked at the other party's blank eyes and said directly, "It's not a kamikaze at all. To put it bluntly, it's a giant typhoon from July to October. Suddenly A landlubber like Bilie, who has never been to the sea in his life, is still going to conquer Japan according to the rules of the season when autumn is high and the horses are fat. Isn't he sending himself to the typhoon? It would be strange not to be blown into scum. "

"well……"

Speaking of this, Jiang Xinghuo suddenly sighed and felt emotional for a moment.

"Actually, those lessons I taught before may still be regarded as pointers."

"But if the conquest of Japan is really possible, it is really what I want to do."

"Mr. Jiang, why is this?" Zhu Gaoxu immediately expressed his positive attitude, "Do you have an enemy in Japan? Tell me, I will chop it up for you!"

When Li Jinglong heard this, he immediately glanced at him with disdain.

Are you going to avenge Jiang Lang?

You are greedy for that eight million taels of silver a year!

You are despicable!