Facing Cao Chong's questioning, Cao Yun said helplessly: "Uncle Emperor, how can I not know all you said?"

"Since you know, why let it happen?" Cao Chong looked at the other party in annoyance.

"When we discovered all this, everything was irreversible." Cao Yun sighed: "Until now, we still haven't figured out how this happened. It was obviously a mutually beneficial business transaction, but our wealth was flowing to each other unconsciously."

"It was a mistake to open up transactions with the Ming Dynasty." Cao Chong said.

"It's too late to talk about these things. The Minister of Revenue has been dismissed from office and investigated. The money minting department, the money marshalling department and other corrupt people who use their power have been beheaded. We have begun to restrict transactions with the Ming Dynasty, but smuggling is rampant and it is hard to investigate." Cao Yun sighed with a sigh, "The products produced by the Ming people are of good quality and low price. The same thing is about half the price of the same thing. Even if we find something wrong and immediately start to restrict the inflow of these goods, the Ming people's goods still pour into our Daqi through different channels."

"In this way, our people will be sad." Cao Chong said with a serious expression.

"Yes." Cao Yun nodded and admitted this. "Two years ago, we finally obtained a large amount of cotton seeds from the Ming Dynasty. Because the country needed a large amount of cotton and cotton cloth, our four county governments began to plant cotton on a large scale, and the people also made a living by spinning and weaving cloth, but it was just a good life for a year. From this year on, a large number of Ming Dynasty cotton cloth and cotton cloth poured into the territory at extremely low prices. The four county governments fell into a dilemma in an instant. The cotton cloth woven by the people could not be sold at all, because the price of the Ming people was too low. In the end, we could only sell cotton to the Ming people. The low price made the people lose money."

"Uncle Emperor, now we, Daqi, can sell anything to Mingren, have nothing left."

Cao Chong sighed: "So he sold food to the Ming people? A large amount of food poured into the Ming Kingdom, and then turned into luxury goods such as fine wine and returned to Daqi. Don't you know that if you do this, Daqi will fall into a grain shortage?"

Cao Yun stood up, took a few steps, turned his head to look at Cao Chong, "Uncle Emperor, I naturally know. But there is a little bit of peace of mind that over the past few years, thanks to God's blessing, my Daqi grain has been harvested year by year. The Changping Warehouses are all over the country, and the charity warehouses are full. In this regard, the imperial court sent people to go down to investigate and secretly, and thus hundreds of officials lost their heads. Now the grain stored in my Daqi country is enough for three years to eat."

"Since that's the case, where did the food that flowed to the Ming Kingdom come from?" Cao Chong asked in confusion.

"The surplus grains in the hands of the people." Cao Yun narrowed his eyes and said.

"The people have no food left at home, if there is anything wrong?" Cao Chong asked.

Cao Yun sat down again, "Things have reached this point, and this is the best way I can think of. By that time, the people would have no food or a good thing."

"How could this be a good thing?"

"Uncle Emperor, the people have no food in their hands, but the imperial court has food in their hands. At the beginning of the war, those who have food in their hands will naturally be the boss. At that time, we can rely on this food to concentrate the country's manpower together." Cao Yun said: "Uncle Emperor still remembers the Molo rebellion in Yue State back then?"

Cao Chong was shocked, "How can this be done? Molo's rebellion is a complete mob. You are the lord of a country, how could you have such a ridiculous idea?"

"It's impossible to do it." Cao Yun said helplessly: "I have no shortage of elite troops, but I am not able to meet the current Ming Dynasty. At that time, I really can't think of a better way except for the human sea tactics."

"What happened?" Cao Chong realized the seriousness of the problem, which made famous generals like Cao Yun feel powerless. Da Qi was afraid that he would take it seriously.

"We copied the Ming people's crossbow machine, Thunderbolt Fire, and new catapults, which could make large quantities of good and cheap armor needed by soldiers. We took it for granted that we would definitely defeat the Ming people, but the Ming people had developed more powerful weapons. Uncle Emperor, that is really not something that humans can resist."

Cao Yun explained to Cao Chong one by one the terrifying weapons displayed by the Ming people in the Battle of Panlong Mountain and the Battle of Manila. Cao Chong's brows were also entangled.

"Six warships destroyed hundreds of warships in Pattaya. Is this really happening in this world not a dream?" He still disbelief.

"It has been confirmed." Cao Yun said.

Cao Chong stood up, turned around for several circles in the room, and said sternly: "Since that's the case, you can't wait any longer. As you said, since this thing called artillery has not been equipped with the Ming border army, it only means that they do not have the power to produce on a large scale. Otherwise, we would not know that such powerful weapons have reached the border army. We can only attack immediately."

"It will take at least half a year to a year before we can make the final preparations. This is the fastest speed we can do." Cao Yun looked at Cao Chong, "and we are still waiting for an opportunity."

“When is the time?”

"Qin Li went to the West, and now he finally came back with news. He has successfully convinced Danxi, the king of the Tiger Dynasty in the West, that the Tiger Dynasty will come to the east in a large scale." Cao Yun said.

"What can some barbarians do?"

"Uncle Emperor must not underestimate the Tiger Dynasty. According to the letter sent back by Qin Li, the territory managed by the Tiger Dynasty is not smaller than our continent at all, and the people there are all large and extremely strong. In terms of the personal combat power of the soldiers, I am afraid we are not as good as others. More importantly, the navy of the Tiger Dynasty is quite powerful, all of them are armored ships. When they come east to attack the Ming people, it is the best time for us to attack." Cao Yun's face was a little flushed, obviously a little excited. "The Ming people have such a powerful weapon. If it is just the Tiger Kingdom or us, they will not be their opponents, but if both attack at the same time, the possibility of the Ming people's defeat will be greatly increased."

"Since the Tiger Dynasty is so powerful, will it be able to be controlled in the future?"

"Those who come from the east will be vulgar, and he will be my master." Cao Yun said. "The emperor's uncle pacified Liaodong this time, and worked hard and made great contributions. Liaodong was calm, which would be of great help to our court. Otherwise, he would have a headache. I also think the strategy mentioned by the emperor in the memorial was feasible, but are these women really trustworthy?"

"What's the credible or not!" Cao Chongran said indifferently: "Just exchange of interests, this Wanyan Aguda is also a great man of his generation, but they are really about to survive. As long as they give them grain and cloth, they will be a natural good thug."

Cao Yun stood up, walked to the wall, and looked at the map intently, "How many people can Wanyan Aguda do?"

"At least three thousand, and they are the most powerful people in the tribe. These people are not good at fighting, but their bravery is indeed daunting. In Liaodong, these people beat our border troops with big sticks." Speaking of this, Cao Chong was obviously a little annoyed, but he calmed down in a blink of an eye. "If they were given iron armor, spears, strong crossbows, bows and arrows, such a force would be enough to make the Ming people chaotic for a while."

"If you give them these things, will you be in trouble in Liaodong?"

Cao Chong smiled, "We will only give them these things after they get on the boat. Only when they start burning, killing, looting in the Ming realm will we give them food and cloth. Wanyan Aguda knew very well. It was unlikely that they would snatch things from us in Liaodong. They could only use their force and blood to give their tribes some chances to survive. Otherwise, when this winter comes, they will die of freezing and starving, and face the danger of extermination of the tribe."

Cao Yun nodded slightly and pointed his finger at a place on the map, "Uncle Huang, Jiangnan in the State of Chu is a good place. The wild people traveled across the sea and crossed, which has nothing to do with my Daqi?"

"As you said, since the Ming people don't want to turn against us immediately, then when these savages come to their territory, they will be blameless to us and can only wipe them out by themselves. With the force of these savages, I think it can at least make them busy for more than half a year. That's worth it." Cao Chong said.

"Uncle Emperor, Ning Zefeng has led the boat army to sea. The public news we have given here is that Ning Zefeng is ambition and leads his troops to rebel and become a pirate. I will also write a letter and ask Qin Feng to send his navy to help us eliminate this rebel." Cao Yun said with a smile.

"It's so good. If the savage comes across the sea, it will be just the confluence of the rebel Ning Zefeng and has nothing to do with my Daqi." Cao Chong nodded. "It can be explained whether it is public or private."

"Since that's the case, the court will fully agree to him by Wanyan Aguda's request." Cao Yun said: "Tomorrow, I will summon him and sign a agreement with him to send troops immediately, so that they can't afford much money or food. Half a year is probably the limit they can support. As for armor, swords and spears, give them some old goods. They fought with us in Liaodong for a long time, and having these standard armors is nothing."

"The hidden ghost spy detectives in the Jiangnan region will be launched this time. There is nothing to hide. The more harm it can cause to the Ming people, the more harm it will be. Once these savages land, they will not be familiar with the place and need someone familiar with geography to lead them."
Chapter completed!