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Zhu Yuanzhang laughed inexplicably when he heard this, leaving Zhu Biao confused! "We have already written to discuss this with Old Fourteen!"

"Old Fourteen also replied that as long as the court is willing to pay, he can give as much cement as you want, and the price is absolutely cheap!".

"With the current financial resources of the treasury, it is not a problem to build a few cement roads!"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Biao's puzzled look and explained with a smile.

"So you have already discussed this with Old Fourteen?"

Zhu Biao was also amused and helpless when he heard this. He didn't expect that the old man had not yet gone to Ganzhou, but he had been in frequent contact with Old Fourteen in secret! "It's just a few letters!"

Zhu Yuanzhang said without comment.

"If Ganzhou can supply enough cement, there will be no problem in building the road. The only thing to consider is how to convince the Ministry of Revenue to pay out the money!"

Zhu Biao looked at the old man and reminded him slowly.

After all, Zhang Xun, the Minister of Revenue, is a notorious miser. Sometimes, even if Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang wants to use money, he still needs Zhang Xun's consent! Not to mention the cost of building a cement road. Even if the old fourteenth gives a cheap price of 24, it is definitely a very huge number, and it will definitely not be less! "We will tell Zhang Xun in person that this cement road must be built!"

"In addition to building roads, the output of rubber must be increased. In the future, not only will all official roads be paved with cement roads, but more importantly, rubber tires, at least the court and the army, must all be replaced!"

Zhu Yuanzhang said seriously, obviously determined to make this thing a success!

As for rubber planting, Zhu Yuanzhang also wrote to Zhu Jian and mentioned that he wanted to expand the scale of planting, but according to the reply of the fourteenth old man, this thing can only be planted in the tropical areas of the south!

It is definitely impossible for Zhu Yuanzhang to promote it in all parts of the Ming Dynasty, and he can only find a way to plant more there! So Zhu Yuanzhang simply regarded the entire island of Qiongzhou as a planting base for rubber trees, and personally ordered the entire island of Qiongzhou to be mainly responsible for planting rubber trees!

Hearing that Zhu Yuanzhang had an idea, Zhu Biao did not continue to struggle on this issue.

He knew that the old man’s decision was right. Whether it was building cement roads or promoting rubber, it was a good thing that benefited the country and the people!

The only thing he was worried about was that he took too big a step and it was easy to get into trouble!

But at present, there should be no worries in this regard. I believe that the old man should also be sensible! The most important thing is that the Ministry of Revenue is in charge of the court’s purse. Even if the old man wants to mess around, it is impossible! "Oh, by the way, Dad, autumn is coming soon. In addition to the Fourteenth Old Man, several princes in the border areas have sent memorials..."

Zhu Biao suddenly changed the subject and did not finish the rest of the sentence, but he believed that Zhu Yuanzhang must know what it meant! Every year at this time, several princes in the border areas would send memorials to the court without any prior agreement.Submitting a memorial, of course, the Fourteenth Old Man is an exception!

Because the autumn harvest of the Ming Dynasty is imminent, and the Tartars in Mobei will face the pressure of food shortage after winter, there are always some fearless and stubborn Tartars who go south in groups to "graze and grain"!

Although they are basically small-scale teams, with hundreds of people and dozens of people, the villages and towns harassed by these Tartars in the border areas do not have the ability to resist these Tartars! At this time, the army of the court or the vassal kings needs to stand up and deal with these Tartars who dare to violate the border! Fighting a war must cost money and food, so at this time every year, most of the vassal kings on the border will cry poor to the court, clamoring for the court to give money and food to deal with the threat of the Tartars in Mobei! As soon as Zhu Biao opened his mouth, Zhu Yuanzhang understood what was going on, or he had long been accustomed to it!

"Follow the old rules!"

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand, meaning that Zhu Biao should deal with it according to the usual practice of previous years!

Are these princes really short of the money and food given by the court? It's just an excuse for these sons. Even if they don't give it, it won't affect anything!

"Uh... everything else is easy to say, but the fourth son wants a lot this year!"

Zhu Biao couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this.

"Huh?"

"How much does this kid want?"

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned when he heard this.

"He said he wanted 1 million taels of silver and 200,000 shi of grain!"

Zhu Biao reported the amount Zhu Di applied for in the memorial directly to Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Does this Fourth Brother really think that our money and food are all blown by the wind?"

"He dared to ask for 1 million taels of silver and 200,000 shi of grain and grass!"

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, his eyes widened immediately, and he was obviously very angry about Zhu Di's sudden request!

In previous years, at most 100,000 or 200,000 silver taels were given as food and wages. 100,000 taels of silver could pay 50,000 soldiers for several months! What's more, Zhu Di's own guards were only more than 10,000, and the rest were court troops, and the food and wages were directly allocated by the Ministry of Revenue!

"Then let's give him directly according to last year's standards?"

Looking at Zhu Yuanzhang's angry look, Zhu Biao smiled bitterly and tried.

"No more!"

"No one from the vassal kings will give us this year. We might as well use the money to build roads!"

"Old Fourteen also has so many people to support. Has he ever asked us for a tael of silver? Why don't they learn from Old Fourteen?"

Zhu Yuanzhang immediately changed his mind. Not only did Zhu Di's food and salary go down the drain, but the food and salary of other vassal kings also went down the drain! ??

And this account had to be directly counted on Old Four, and let Zhu Di take the blame! Let's blame Zhu Di! "Okay, we know!"

Zhu Biao sighed helplessly, wondering what Old Four was thinking? If you say you are going to fight a big one, you have to send outIt is reasonable to ask for so much money and food for the army's northern expedition!

But even if you want to march north, you still need the old man's consent! Unless you, the fourth son, can be like the fourteenth son, and dare to lead the army deep into the northern desert without asking the old man for a penny!

How can ordinary border defense be replenished with so much silver and food?

As for whether these princes can still defend the border after not giving them food and wages, Zhu Biao and Zhu Yuanzhang will not worry too much about this! At present, the situation in the northwest is relatively stable, and the Mobei Tartars dare not go south to the northwest of the Ming Dynasty at will, but the situation in the grassland is complicated, and there will still be some small tribes who take risks to survive the winter and invade the border of the Ming Dynasty from Shanxi or Hebei! Fortunately, these Tartars still know the limits, they only rob food and dare not kill people indiscriminately! If there are a large number of casualties among the people, let alone other princes, the Su Wang will definitely investigate to the end, and they can't afford to offend!

Like in Shanxi or Hebei, there will be no massacres when the Tartars enter the village! .