Please ask me to be the emperor

"Jinzhou is in urgent need. Zhao Lizi and Geng Zhongming requested to send 4,535 pieces of cotton-padded clothes, 10,000 kilograms of gunpowder, 3,000 pieces of iron, and 10,000 shi of grain!" Tian Xiuying was asking Zhang in her crisp voice. Shunhui reports.

"This is a big deal!" Zhang Shun frowned when he heard this and said, "Food is okay, but these cotton-padded clothes will be difficult to raise in a short while."

Since Zhao Lizi and others in the south are short of cotton-padded clothes, then the rebels stationed in Liaoyang and other places may be even more so.

However, the weather is now cold, and there has been a light snowfall in the capital.

The East-West Warming Pavilion in the Yangxin Hall was already burning hot, causing a lot of women to rush in to stay warm whenever they had something to do.

This is still the case in the capital. Liaodong is located further north, so one can imagine how cold the weather is.

"Your Highness, it's not that there is nothing we can do." Tian Xiuying hesitated after hearing this, and couldn't help but remind her, "The Y-zi library should store fat coats, combat shoes, fur hats and other items. The E-zi library should store cotton armor and other items. If we collect and dismantle them, we may be able to make up for the shortcomings.”

"Oh?" Zhang Shun was stunned when he heard this, and then he remembered that he was no longer the little thief running around.

Although the Ming Dynasty has been in dire decline, there are still three nails in the broken ship.

He remembered that although there was a lack of silver in the treasury, there were still many items left.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but nodded and said: "Okay, let's draft a document and send it to the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry. Let them come up with 10,000 pieces first, and then come out with 15,000 pieces."

"Your Highness, urgent military situation!" At this moment, Tian Shuying suddenly opened her mouth to report.

"Get up and sneak in!" Zhang put the matter aside and nodded calmly.

It turned out that Zhang Shun had kept Gao Qiqian secret for a long time. After all, because there were so many people talking, he accidentally bumped into him a few days ago.

If you bump into him, just bump into him. It doesn't matter to Zhang Shun. On the contrary, he was scared to death by Gao Qian, for fear that he would kill him and silence him.

"Your Highness, Fatty Zhang has come to report that on the third day of November, he has gone to Dengzhou, recaptured the water city, surrendered his deputy commander Bai Dengyong, killed his commander Chen Hongfan, captured a total of 127 ships, and surrendered 1,000 soldiers. Three hundred and three people, countless first-class soldiers." He raised his eyes and looked at his nose and heart, as if he didn't see the fourth daughter Zhang Zhoutian and Zhu next to Zhang Shun, the old god was reporting.

"Okay!" Zhang Shun couldn't help being surprised when he heard this, then he raised his palms and said with a smile, "What a fat man. Zhang has solved a big problem for me this time."

That’s not what you said before!

The slightly shy Zhang Zhoutian and Zhu Sinu looked at each other in private and couldn't help complaining.

The moment someone makes their own decision, you scold them like crazy.

Once you agree, you turn around and praise them as a flower. This is too realistic for you!

Of course, Zhang Shun didn't know what the girls were thinking, so he calculated to himself: "Huang Sunmao already has more than a hundred warships in his hands. If we add the more than a hundred warships captured this time, we can form a navy of about 200 ships. .”

"In this way, for the time being, Fatty Zhang will be appointed as the Commander-in-Chief of the Shandong Army, and Huang Sunmao will be appointed Admiral of the Denglai Navy, ranking to Fatty Zhang's left. The merits will be discussed after this battle is over!"

"Your Highness is so courageous!" Gao Qiqian was stunned when he heard this and couldn't help but praise.

That Fatty Zhang was a direct descendant of Zhang Shun, and since he had made such great achievements, it was natural for him to be promoted to a higher rank.

However, Huang Sunmao was just a deputy envoy, and he had not made many military exploits in this battle, so it was indeed surprising that he was used so highly.

"You don't understand." Zhang Shun shook his head and smiled after hearing this, "With this navy, not only can Tianjin, Liaodong and Denglai be protected, but there are also great benefits!"

"What are the benefits?" When Gao Qiqian heard this, he couldn't help but say, "By the way, Your Highness, Fatty Zhang also sent someone named Wu Yanzhong."

"He claimed that it was a tribute painting by Chen Hongfan and that it was an old friend of Mr. Wang Zhengwang, so he wanted to meet His Highness."

"Oh? Let's meet him then!" Since this person knew Wang Zheng, could he be a "Western Fa Party member"?

Thinking of this, Zhang Shun nodded and agreed.

Not long after, after the girls retreated behind the screen, Wu Yanzhong, the painter of praise, walked in under the leadership of Gao Qiqian.

"The sinner Wu Yanzhong has met His Highness King Shun. His Highness is a thousand years old!" Wu Yanzhong kowtowed three times and nine times to Zhang Shun honestly.

"I heard you want to see me? What's the matter?" Zhang Shun asked directly.

"The sinner was originally a tribute painting by Sun Fujun and Sun Yuanhua, and he had a good relationship with Mr. Wang Zhengwang. Chen Hongfan's head was obtained by the sinner." Wu Yanzhong said quickly.

"Then what?" Zhang Shun asked expressionlessly.

Are you just trying to build a relationship with me? Is this a trivial matter worth wasting my time?

There were some things that Wu Yanzhong didn't want to say, but seeing that this set of words was not easy to use, he couldn't help but become anxious.

He quickly continued: "The sinner has been traveling to Liaodong and Denglai for many years, and he is quite aware of his tricks. Please speak to your highness."

"Oh?" Zhang Shun couldn't help but become interested after hearing this, and then said, "Thank you!"

When Wu Yanzhong saw Zhang Shun's interest, he couldn't help but continue: "Liaodong, Denglai, Beijing and Tianjin, Dongjiang and North Korea are all integrated into one, and they are connected by waterways!"

"The rice cloth from the south of the Yangtze River and the medicinal materials and ironware from the north can be transported from Denglai to Beijing and Tianjin, from Denglai to Liaodong, from Denglai to Dongjiang, and from Dongjiang to North Korea. The benefits of goods cultivation are no less than those of Fuguang."

When Wu Yanzhong said this, he couldn't help but stop and glanced at Zhang Shun secretly.

"I know, you continue!" Zhang Shun understood what he was thinking and couldn't help but nodded.

Although Wu Yanzhong spoke hesitantly, Zhang Shun, a later visitor, immediately understood what he meant.

It is a maritime trade route in the north from Denglai and Tianjin to Liaodong, Dongjiang, North Korea and even Japan.

This voyage may not have as much potential as the Nanyang voyage, but it is a trade route after all, and the profits are still very lucrative.

When Wu Yanzhong saw that Zhang Shun "pretended to understand", he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and quickly continued: "In the past, the Ming Dynasty used hundreds of thousands of troops and spent tens of millions in pay, but it was impossible to destroy the Tartars, because it is connected through this line."

"If your Highness is serious, you can ask the criminal to take charge of this matter and prevent his sails from entering the sea. I guarantee that within a year and a half, the Tartars will disarm and rebel, and surrender as a courtesy!"

"Huh?" Zhang Shunzheng listened with great interest, but he never expected that the conversation would suddenly change from trade to maritime ban.

It turned out that Wu Yanzhong, as the representative of the Wu family in Shanyin, had participated in the trade of this voyage all year round and made huge profits. Of course, he was unwilling to give up this voyage.

But now the rebel army is extremely powerful, and Denglai, Dongjiang and Liaodong are all in danger, and will or have already been included in the rebel army.

That's why he took Chen Hongfan as a proxy and came to see Zhang Shun, trying to continue to control this trade line.

His strategy was very simple, which was to bully Zhang Shun, the "country bumpkin" and "mud-legged man" who did not understand trade, and advocated a sea ban.

Those who ban the sea ban people but not their own ears!

As long as the sea ban is lifted, the court is not allowed to collect taxes, and other competitors are not allowed to enter the sea, the Shanyin Wu family will be able to completely monopolize this trade route.

"Sea ban? Why is there a sea ban?" Zhang Shun couldn't help but laugh, "I heard that there is no stability without farmers, no strength without industry, and no wealth without business."

"Now that this trade route is undergoing vigorous development, how can we talk about sea bans?"

Oops!

After hearing Zhang Shun's words, Wu Yanzhong's expression suddenly changed: This is when he met someone who knows what he is doing!