Zhu Houzhao was happy and pulled Fang Jifan into the palace!

Unexpectedly, as soon as he arrived at the Meridian Gate, a eunuch hurriedly made his debut from the inside: "It turns out that Xinjianbo is here, come quickly, come quickly, Your Majesty is in the warm room and is about to summon him."

Fang Jifan and Zhu Houzhao looked at each other, and Zhu Houzhao said astonished: "You go to see your father, I'm going to see the girl. Let's see you next time."

After saying that, he ran away.

Fang Jifan shook his head and had to rush to the warm room obediently. However, he saw that Liu Jian, Minister of War Ma Wensheng and others had arrived.

Ma Wensheng seemed to be in a good mood, and his voyage to the West was going well. He had met Xu Jing and had a long talk with him. He actually felt that Xu Jing was much more reliable than Fang Jifan!

Now, I finally felt relieved. Xu Jing, as the commander of the army, led the fleet to continue to go to the sea, which was a foregone conclusion. What the Ministry of War had to do was to assist from the side.

The most important thing is.

The map of the world left by the eunuch of the Three Treasures.

This map has been published and issued by the inner court at the instruction of Emperor Hongzhi.

At least everyone has a bright future and knows where the legendary Golden Seed Country is.

At present, the Ming Dynasty's fleet has reached Mugudu, which is the east coast of Kunlun Continent. The next step is to bypass the entire Kunlun Continent and to the west of Kunlun Continent.

According to the information found by King Scream on Earth, the accuracy of the world map is extremely high, and it is almost not much different from the countries explored by King Scream on Earth.

Once you reach the west coast, you will have to travel through a vast ocean and you will be able to reach that huge island.

Everything about voyage to the West is preparing to land on that island.

Of course, there are difficulties.

In Kunlun Island, there are many Francophones and great cannibal ships, and many ships are on the routes in that area. Without their help, it would be impossible to get supplies!

The plan formulated by the Ministry of War is that there are only two ways to solve the supply problem. One is to reduce the fleet to the smallest scale. However... this is a bit difficult, because once the Franchise or the cannibal attack in Kunlun Continent is unimaginable. For the sake of stability, a large enough fleet is needed to go with full load and try its best to make full supply. With this huge fleet, after arriving at some Franchise settlements, there is actually no need to worry that the other party will refuse to provide supplies, because in Xu Jing's plan, the Franchise settlements and ports in Kunlun Continent are not strong, at most a scale of 100 people, which is enough for them in Kunlun Continent.

Their firearms are relatively well-established and have strong combat power.

However... if there was an elite soldier equipped with bird guns who were in the size of 1,500 people, I think the Franchise would not choose to take any extreme measures.

This is not a big problem for the Ministry of War. You must know that when the eunuch Sanbao went to the West, it maintained a fleet of 20,000 to 30,000 people. Next, the Ministry of War will try its best to build a fleet that supplies thousands of people.

Ma Wensheng is very worried about this now.

To be more precise, whether it is Liu Jian, Li Dongyang and Xie Qian, they are actually very troubled.

When Fang Jifan came, when Fang Jifan saluted the emperor, Ma Wensheng took the lead and said, "How much does it cost to make the new Jianbo, the flying ball... to be made?"

OK, it's money again!

Sure enough, in this world, money and food are the core of everything.

Fang Jifan said: "Whale skin is more expensive. Ahem, this flying ball is covered with skin. I'm afraid it costs hundreds of taels of silver. Adding the others, it's probably enough for three hundred taels of silver per ship."

Your Majesty hopes to create a batch of flying balls to use in various border towns.

One ship is three hundred taels, but one hundred ship is not three thousand?

This number is actually acceptable.

But Li Dongyang felt very distressed because he knew that there must be more than a hundred ships. He said cautiously: "What is the maintenance of the usual way? In addition, I am afraid that a flying ball will take at least three or five people. In this way, it will be a lot of expenses."

Fang Jifan thought about it and was a straightforward person and was unwilling to fool Li Dongyang, so he said: "Not only that, the most expensive one is fuel. The fuel at present is refined whale oil. In the sky, at least two kilograms of refined whale oil is required for an hour. If it needs to last for ten or even twenty hours, then the whale oil needed will be more. However, in the future, you may find ways to replace whale oil with other oils."

In Fang Jifan's words, for Li Dongyang, it was almost like reaching out to say two words to Li Dongyang, making money.

Li Dongyang said expressionlessly: "Thinking this way, there is indeed a lot of money. The nine sides are so big... If there are fewer flying balls, it will be useless, but if there are too many, to be honest, the Ministry of War has been spending a lot of money over the years, and the Ministry of Revenue has really no money to make a pot. Although Your Majesty can spend some money, he has to raise so many flying balls... Hey..."

He shook his head.

The Ministry of Revenue is very careful in budgeting, so Li Dongyang complains, and it is understandable.

Ma Wensheng didn't dare to say anything. He was really shameless to ask for money and food anymore. In fact, he himself knew that the expenses were too high.

The ministers of other departments are also here, and everyone has a lot of resentment towards Ma Wensheng.

All the money and food of the court went to the Ministry of War, and the other departments were eating soil, so they couldn't live a life.

"Xinjianbo."

At this moment, someone stood up, but it was Wang Ao, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel!

Wang Ao had a bad temper. After all, he was the Minister of Personnel. The Minister of Personnel was called a heavenly official and his status was not inferior to that of the Cabinet Bachelor. Because he was in charge of the imperial examinations, he determined the promotion and decline of countless officials.

Wang Ao was very angry.

Over the years, other departments have been standing aside. Every year, the Ministry of Revenue is responsible for the annual income and departure of the year, and almost always moves money and grain to the Ministry of War. To be honest, it feels so distressing to see.

Wang Ao was the teacher of Emperor Hongzhi. He was in Zhanshi Mansion and taught Emperor Hongzhi to study, so even Emperor Hongzhi had to call him Master Wang.

Wang Ao said: "Xinjianbo believes that this flying ball can kill the enemy?"

Fang Jifan said: "I never said that I can kill the enemy. I mean, I can investigate."

Wang Ao smiled slightly and said, "You can't kill the enemy, that's useless. The court has set up so many forts outside the pass and built so many beacon towers. The passes are continuous and the blocks are echoing each other. Why do you need to rely on flying balls to warn? I think this thing seems terrifying, but in fact it is useless. It's just a trick or a trick, or the old method is effective. The court has had many difficulties over the years. The money and grain are all taken from the people's fat and ointment. Spending on this useless thing is a waste of people's wealth. What do Your Majesty and the public think?"
Chapter completed!