"Some? How much is some? Please tell me clearly." Lao Zhu noticed something was wrong in Han Du's tone, and his lips began to tremble.
You must know that what Han Du took away was all the gunpowder and cannonballs from the Ordnance Bureau, which was the output of the Ordnance Bureau day and night for an entire year.
Han Du laughed twice, and just when Lao Zhu's heart was trembling, he whispered: "There is not much left."
Lao Zhu's eyes widened when he heard this. With so many gunpowder shells, after Han Du went to sea once, how many were left?
Lao Zhu was furious and shouted: "Get out!"
Han Du was so frightened that his whole body trembled, and he hurriedly said goodbye and fled from Lao Zhu.
When Lao Zhu returned to Queen Ma, he was still angry.
Empress Ma was still thinking happily about the memorial handed over by Han Du. Seeing the anger on Lao Zhu's face, she smiled and asked: "What's wrong with your Majesty? You were very happy this morning, why are you so happy now?"
With this look, who is so bold as to offend your dragon power again?"
"Who else? It's not Han Du." Lao Zhu said angrily.
Empress Ma was surprised and said with a smile: "Han Du is very good, isn't he? He got so many good things back from this trip to sea. It's okay if you don't reward him. Why are you complaining?"
Lao Zhu glanced coldly at the memorial in Queen Ma's hand, and said bitterly: "He is good at making money, but he is also good at making money. The gunpowder shells that the Ordnance Bureau took a whole year to produce were lost to him once
It’s all used up.”
After hearing this, Queen Ma looked dazed for a moment. Then she stood up, walked over to Lao Zhu, stretched out her hand, squeezed his shoulders, and said, "Is this what makes the emperor unhappy? Merchants also know that being able to make things is not considered a skill.
, being able to sell things and exchange them for money is your skill."
"No matter how expensive those things are, but they can be exchanged for so much wealth, why don't you just enjoy it and complain?" Queen Ma tapped her index finger on Lao Zhu's temple, which made Lao Zhu tilt his head.
"You only know about money." Lao Zhu complained angrily.
After hearing this, Empress Ma refused, and raised her voice and said, "What's wrong with money? Even if you are the emperor, you must have money to be able to support the beauties in the harem and the hundreds of people in the court."
Only by being an official can you support all the people in the world. Your Majesty, don't think you are rich now, but if you don't have money, try it."
After being lectured, Lao Zhu's expression softened a lot, and he sighed: "It's not that I don't know the importance of money, but is this a matter of money?"
He suddenly stood up and walked a few steps with his hands behind his back, "Remnant Yuan has always been a serious problem for the Ming Dynasty. If it is not eliminated, I will not be able to rest assured. Originally, I was planning to wait for Han Du to come back and prepare for a northern expedition, but
Now~"
Lao Zhu sighed slightly and shook his head.
Empress Ma felt that the matter was not that serious, "Your Majesty, this Can Yuan will not be staying in Mobei for more than a day or two, and the Northern Expedition will not be once or twice. Even if it doesn't work this year, why not wait until next year for the Northern Expedition?
Is that so? Now that things have become like this, even if the emperor cuts off Han Du, he won’t be able to get anything out of it.”
After hearing this, Lao Zhu could only nod helplessly, and that was all he could do. Fortunately, what comforted Lao Zhu was that now Can Yuan does not dare to invade Daming at all.
, on the contrary, they are always worried that Ming will conquer them. Therefore, Ming does not have to worry about being attacked by residual elements.
If Can Yuan comes to carry out a sneak attack, then Ming Dynasty will laugh out of his dreams. Instead of having to go on an expedition, he can fight Can Yuan at his doorstep. This is a great thing that he can only dream of.
A few days later, Lao Zhu decreed the establishment of the Municipal Shipping Department, and Han Du was promoted to the first position of the Ming City Shipping Department.
"Congratulations, you have been reinstated." Zhu Biao opened the imperial edict with a smile, took a look at it, and handed it to Han Du.
The Municipal Shipping Department was promoted to the fifth rank, which is equivalent to Han Du's original official position. It can also be regarded as a restoration of the official position. Moreover, Lao Zhu not only assigned all maritime trade affairs to the City Shipping Department, but also assigned the Ming Dynasty Navy to it.
Below the Shibo Division, the promotion of the Shibo Division can be described as the real low-level weight.
The navy of the Ming Dynasty did not have a clear subordinate. In the past, Tang He was in charge of Lao Zhu. Later, Tang He intended to train Han Du and wanted Han Du to take over the navy, but Lao Zhu never nodded.
Now that it's all right, Lao Zhu issued an order to transfer all the navy to the Shipping Department and hand it over to the commander Han Du.
Han Du took it with both hands and sighed slightly, "Congratulations. To be honest, after being a teacher for a few days, I really don't want to hang around in this official position anymore. It's not interesting."
Seeing that Han Du didn't look like he was talking casually, Zhu Biao asked in surprise, "Looking at you, do you think you don't want to help Gu Gu in the future?"
To be honest, Han Du really doesn't want to help Zhu Biao. Although Zhu Biao seems to be as stable as a mountain now, it's really hard to say whether Zhu Di was forced to rebel or if it was premeditated.
It wasn't that Han Du was afraid of Zhu Di, but he simply didn't want to get involved in such a messy thing as seizing the direct descendant.
But Han Du couldn't say that he didn't want to assist Zhu Biao, because Zhu Biao had saved his life. If Zhu Biao had something to do in the future, Han Du would never be able to stay out of it.
After thinking for a moment, Han Du said with a smile: "No, how dare I have such an idea?"
"It's fine if you don't." Zhu Biao smiled. He thought Han Du was just complaining casually and didn't care.
Han Du took a deep look at Zhu Biao and said, "Your Highness is a rich man, so you have to be extremely careful. Those people have weird methods. Since they dare to attack Duke Cao, they may not dare to do unbearable things."
Things to come.”
"I understand," Zhu Biao thought for a while and nodded in agreement. However, he still half-jokingly said to Han Du: "Didn't you just chase them to the continent and trap them? Can they still come out to cause trouble?"
Han Du sighed, "Those people have been rooted in the Ming Dynasty for too long and are deeply rooted. There must be some of their people in the Ming Dynasty now, but we don't know about it yet."
Whether or not these people can be found, and how many of them can be found, depends on how much inside information the captured people know.
Thinking of this, Han Du couldn't help but tell Zhu Biao, "Your Highness, you should be careful in everything, especially in your diet."
Seeing that Han Du was so concerned about him, Zhu Biao smiled and nodded and said, "I understand."
Those who can enter the East Palace or the Imperial Palace must have been screened at all levels. Those people may not be able to place people in the East Palace. Perhaps this is the reason why they attacked Li Wenzhong but were unable to attack Lao Zhu and Zhu Biao.
"Some? How much is some? Please tell me clearly." Lao Zhu noticed something was wrong in Han Du's tone, and his lips began to tremble.
You must know that what Han Du took away was all the gunpowder and cannonballs from the Ordnance Bureau, which was the output of the Ordnance Bureau day and night for an entire year.
Han Du laughed twice, and just when Lao Zhu's heart was trembling, he whispered: "There is not much left."
Lao Zhu's eyes widened when he heard this. With so many gunpowder shells, after Han Du went to sea once, how many were left?
Lao Zhu was furious and shouted: "Get out!"
Han Du was so frightened that his whole body trembled, and he hurriedly said goodbye and fled from Lao Zhu.
When Lao Zhu returned to Queen Ma, he was still angry.
Empress Ma was still thinking happily about the memorial handed over by Han Du. Seeing the anger on Lao Zhu's face, she smiled and asked: "What's wrong with your Majesty? You were very happy this morning, why are you so happy now?"
With this look, who is so bold as to offend your dragon power again?"
"Who else? It's not Han Du." Lao Zhu said angrily.
Empress Ma was surprised and said with a smile: "Han Du is very good, isn't he? He got so many good things back from this trip to sea. It's okay if you don't reward him. Why are you complaining?"
Lao Zhu glanced coldly at the memorial in Queen Ma's hand, and said bitterly: "He is good at making money, but he is also good at making money. The gunpowder shells that the Ordnance Bureau took a whole year to produce were lost to him once
It’s all used up.”
After hearing this, Queen Ma looked dazed for a moment. Then she stood up, walked over to Lao Zhu, stretched out her hand, squeezed his shoulders, and said, "Is this what makes the emperor unhappy? Merchants also know that being able to make things is not considered a skill.
, being able to sell things and exchange them for money is your skill."
"No matter how expensive those things are, but they can be exchanged for so much wealth, why don't you just enjoy it and complain?" Queen Ma tapped her index finger on Lao Zhu's temple, which made Lao Zhu tilt his head.
"You only know about money." Lao Zhu complained angrily.
After hearing this, Empress Ma refused, and raised her voice and said, "What's wrong with money? Even if you are the emperor, you must have money to be able to support the beauties in the harem and the hundreds of people in the court."
Only by being an official can you support all the people in the world. Your Majesty, don't think you are rich now, but if you don't have money, try it."
After being lectured, Lao Zhu's expression softened a lot, and he sighed: "It's not that I don't know the importance of money, but is this a matter of money?"
He suddenly stood up and walked a few steps with his hands behind his back, "Remnant Yuan has always been a serious problem for the Ming Dynasty. If it is not eliminated, I will not be able to rest assured. Originally, I was planning to wait for Han Du to come back and prepare for a northern expedition, but
Now~"
Lao Zhu sighed slightly and shook his head.
Empress Ma felt that the matter was not that serious, "Your Majesty, this Can Yuan will not be staying in Mobei for more than a day or two, and the Northern Expedition will not be once or twice. Even if it doesn't work this year, why not wait until next year for the Northern Expedition?
Is that so? Now that things have become like this, even if the emperor cuts off Han Du, he won’t be able to get anything out of it.”
After hearing this, Lao Zhu could only nod helplessly, and that was all he could do. Fortunately, what comforted Lao Zhu was that now Can Yuan does not dare to invade Daming at all.
, on the contrary, they are always worried that Ming will conquer them. Therefore, Ming does not have to worry about being attacked by residual elements.
If Can Yuan comes to carry out a sneak attack, then Ming Dynasty will laugh out of his dreams. Instead of having to go on an expedition, he can fight Can Yuan at his doorstep. This is a great thing that he can only dream of.
A few days later, Lao Zhu decreed the establishment of the Municipal Shipping Department, and Han Du was promoted to the first position of the Ming City Shipping Department.
"Congratulations, you have been reinstated." Zhu Biao opened the imperial edict with a smile, took a look at it, and handed it to Han Du.
The Municipal Shipping Department was promoted to the fifth rank, which is equivalent to Han Du's original official position. It can also be regarded as a restoration of the official position. Moreover, Lao Zhu not only assigned all maritime trade affairs to the City Shipping Department, but also assigned the Ming Dynasty Navy to it.
Below the Shibo Division, the promotion of the Shibo Division can be described as the real low-level weight.
The navy of the Ming Dynasty did not have a clear subordinate. In the past, Tang He was in charge of Lao Zhu. Later, Tang He intended to train Han Du and wanted Han Du to take over the navy, but Lao Zhu never nodded.
Now that it's all right, Lao Zhu issued an order to transfer all the navy to the Shipping Department and hand it over to the commander Han Du.
Han Du took it with both hands and sighed slightly, "Congratulations. To be honest, after being a teacher for a few days, I really don't want to hang around in this official position anymore. It's not interesting."
Seeing that Han Du didn't look like he was talking casually, Zhu Biao asked in surprise, "Looking at you, do you think you don't want to help Gu Gu in the future?"
To be honest, Han Du really doesn't want to help Zhu Biao. Although Zhu Biao seems to be as stable as a mountain now, it's really hard to say whether Zhu Di was forced to rebel or if it was premeditated.
It wasn't that Han Du was afraid of Zhu Di, but he simply didn't want to get involved in such a messy thing as seizing the direct descendant.
But Han Du couldn't say that he didn't want to assist Zhu Biao, because Zhu Biao had saved his life. If Zhu Biao had something to do in the future, Han Du would never be able to stay out of it.
After thinking for a moment, Han Du said with a smile: "No, how dare I have such an idea?"
"It's fine if you don't." Zhu Biao smiled. He thought Han Du was just complaining casually and didn't care.
Han Du took a deep look at Zhu Biao and said, "Your Highness is a rich man, so you have to be extremely careful. Those people have weird methods. Since they dare to attack Duke Cao, they may not dare to do unbearable things."
Things to come.”
"I understand," Zhu Biao thought for a while and nodded in agreement. However, he still half-jokingly said to Han Du: "Didn't you just chase them to the continent and trap them? Can they still come out to cause trouble?"
Han Du sighed, "Those people have been rooted in the Ming Dynasty for too long and are deeply rooted. There must be some of their people in the Ming Dynasty now, but we don't know about it yet."
Whether or not these people can be found, and how many of them can be found, depends on how much inside information the captured people know.
Thinking of this, Han Du couldn't help but tell Zhu Biao, "Your Highness, you should be careful in everything, especially in your diet."
Seeing that Han Du was so concerned about him, Zhu Biao smiled and nodded and said, "I understand."
Those who can enter the East Palace or the Imperial Palace must have been screened at all levels. Those people may not be able to place people in the East Palace. Perhaps this is the reason why they attacked Li Wenzhong but were unable to attack Lao Zhu and Zhu Biao.