Obviously, Zhu Yuanzhang had been waiting for this sentence for a long time. As soon as Li Shanchang finished speaking, he showed a smile on his face.

"Yun Qi, give this plan to the Minister of Goodwill and all the ministers, let's take a look!"

"I obey the order!"

Yun Qi hurriedly walked forward, took the thick stack of plans, took it with both hands, and handed it to Li Shanchang quickly.

"Xie Yun's partner!"

Li Shanchang quickly took the plan and started reading it with a serious expression.

"Da Ming Hai Trade Plan?..."

Looking at the big words on it and the somewhat unfamiliar fonts, Li Shanchang's expression flashed and thoughtful. He couldn't help but think about the incident of summoning the navy generals at all levels in Yingtian City a few days ago.

At the beginning, Li Shanchang and others thought that the emperor wanted the prince to understand the situation of the navy.

At this moment, I figured it out and turned out to be wanted to engage in maritime trade.

However, although Li Shanchang looked down on domestic merchants, he agreed with going overseas to engage in maritime trade with other countries.

A penny can stump a hero, and a clever woman can't cook without rice.

The treasury is now so poor that it is jingling. If you go overseas to trade, it can greatly alleviate the pressure on the treasury.

But, so many big ships, sergeants, shipmen and all kinds of items...

Thinking of this, Li Shanchang couldn't help but frowned and handed the plan in his hand to Wang Guangyang and the ministers who had already stretched their necks behind him.

After a long time, Zhu Yuanzhang stood up from the dragon throne after reading the plan.

"Everyone, everyone has read this Daming Hai Trade Plan. I wonder what you have any ideas?"

"Report to the emperor, the content of this plan is detailed, and all kinds of arguments are reasonable and well-founded! As long as the Ming Dynasty successfully starts this plan, one trip will make the Ming Dynasty treasury worry-free, and even after paying various salary and disaster relief silver every year, you will still be rich! I wonder if the emperor, who wrote this plan?"

Li Shanchang hurriedly bowed and said.

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, his expression raised and his voice became louder, "This is the prince's words!"

Below, Li Shanchang and the ministers all showed their expressions.

Fortunately, no one talked nonsense.

"The prince is really a talented person! From beginning to end, this plan has various details, including military information. The old minister has been in politics for so many years and is ashamed of himself."

First he gave a few compliments to the prince, then Li Shanchang changed his tone and said slowly: "But there is one thing that, as a minister, I have to say it!"

"Li Xiangguo just said it's okay!"

Zhu Biao has always had a very good temper, but Li Shanchang still said this in a very humble tone.

"Report to the Emperor, Your Highness, the Crown Prince, I need more than 200 large ships and various sizes of ships to watch this plan. I, the Ming Dynasty, cannot afford the money to form this fleet now. As for the various materials and crew members on the ship, the gold and silver are needed, which is even a huge sum of money!"

Immediately afterwards, Yang Siyi, the Minister of Revenue, pulled his old face and looked extremely sleepy.

"Your Majesty, what Li Xiangguo said is that this time, you need more than 200 large ships of various types at a time, and the ships must be equipped with various weapons and supplies and soldiers. After one trip, the money and supplies required are astronomical. At present, the national treasury cannot collect so much!"

Afterwards, after saying that, he secretly glanced at the front and found that Prince Zhu Biao's face was normal, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.

Seeing this, Wang Guangyang and the ministers below were all tempted.

However, Tang He, who looked irritable, asked first.

"Li Xiangguo and Lord Yang are a little too worried! After the sea trade required for sea trade, Tang captured more than 400 large and large sea ships after he surrendered Fang Guozhen in eastern Zhejiang. As for the various firearms and weapons and crew soldiers on the sea ships, our Ming Navy can directly allocate them.

As for food and food, just a few dozen large ships can't be squeezed out? If the national treasury is really poor, Tang asked to lead troops directly, Dongting Lake or Panyang Lake to clear out a circle, or lead troops to the north to conquer Shanxi, and gather all the materials and money needed by the caravan within one year!"

Hearing this, Li Shanchang, Yang Siyi and others couldn't help but look helpless and didn't want to pay attention to Tang He, this rash man.

As for Zhu Yuanzhang, he glared at Tang He fiercely.

"Ding Minister, don't be fooled. Prime Minister Li and Lord Yang are all saying truthfully, don't be reckless!"

When he heard this, a trace of helplessness flashed in his eyes by Li Shanchang, Yang Siyi and other ministers.

Sure enough, the emperor was still concerned about this maritime trade plan.

However, thinking of the situation of the treasury, Li Shanchang could not bite the bullet and said, "The Emperor, Your Highness, and Censor Tang, the daily consumption of the Northern Expedition Army has made the treasury tight and unable to operate. Although that plan is overseas business trade, it is even more necessary than a naval battle!"

"Now, our Ming Dynasty is pursuing everywhere, and we have to reduce taxes from some local people year after year, and the national treasury is even more empty!"

After saying that, Li Shanchang looked at Zhu Yuanzhang with a sad face.

As for Yang Siyi, he was almost crying.

Nowadays, he is almost worried about the Minister of Revenue just supplying the Northern Expedition, as well as the construction of Yingtian City Wall and the Imperial Palace. If he adds the supply of more than 200 fleets in Shanghai, he will be forced to death by all the officials of the Ministry of Revenue, and he will not be able to take it out!

...

"Your Highness, what happened?"

In Zhenyi Restaurant, Zhu Zi'an sat by the window, lying on the windowsill with a bored face, his eyes empty.

A burst of noise mixed with the building came over.

Zhu Zian turned his head and saw Zhu Biao, and walked in with a sad face.

I squatted on the chair weakly, picked up a glass of fruit wine, and started drinking it.

"Second brother, the overseas trade plan has not been passed!"

“Why?”

Zhu Zian sat down slightly, and said curiously.

"Second brother, the national treasury is tight, and the fleet needs cannot get all the supplies!"

Speaking of this, Zhu Biao looked helpless.

Although he had long thought that overseas trade required huge funds.

However, he did not expect that such a large amount of manpower and material resources were needed.

"Your Highness, the fleet goes out to sea in summer. Then in winter, you will go overseas from the port of Quanzhou, Fujian. There is still so long to prepare!"

Zhu Zian was stunned. In his impression, the Ming navy should have enough sea ships.

Especially in Fujian, there are many shipyards, all of which are factories that make some sea ships.

It’s probably enough to prepare for more than a year!

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Chapter completed!