While Zhu Yuanzhang was still thinking, Lan Yu couldn't help but speak:

"Your Majesty, I think Li Jin has no intention of plotting against him."

Zhu Yuanzhang raised his eyebrows slightly, curiosity aroused, and asked:

"How do you know?"

"intuition!"

Lan Yu spread his hands together, saying that he always acts on intuition.

Zhu Yuanzhang glared at Lan Yu. This kid had never been reliable.

But at this moment, he had already made up his mind.

Standing up slowly, Zhu Yuanzhang said to Xu Da and Lan Yu:

"Is the 20,000 troops still under your control?"

Xu Da also stood up and said:

"Yes, the generals in the army were all brought out from the Beijing camp."

"They are also loyal to the emperor, and we will never dare to be careless in this kind of thing."

Lan Yu interrupted from the side:

"Don't worry, the emperor, we will never dare to be careless."

Zhu Yuanzhang narrowed his eyes and then said:

"Let these soldiers learn how to control Italian artillery as soon as possible to prevent accidents."

"If Li Jin does anything bad, we allow you to take action first and then report."

"But if Li Jin is really wholeheartedly and wants to destroy the Japanese pirates, you don't have to stop him."

"If you really devote yourself to your country, it would be a good thing."

Zhu Yuanzhang's inner doubts were not dispelled.

The main reason is that Zhu Yuanzhang was shocked today, which is too great.

It's more shock than shock.

Unexpectedly, Li Jin was able to produce such a powerful weapon, which was beyond Zhu Yuanzhang's expectations.

If Xu Da and Lan Yu were not here, and the 20,000 troops were still under their control, I was afraid that Zhu Yuanzhang would have chopped Li Jin on the spot.

After all, this threat to imperial power was too great that Zhu Yuanzhang could not accept it at all.

Even now, Zhu Yuanzhang is still half-believing and half-doubting.

As Xu Da said, it is completely unreasonable for Li Jin to hate those Japanese people so much.

Li Jin is not a child who grew up by the sea, and although his parents are no longer there, they are not killed by the Japanese.

If he wants to hate, he should hate the Mongolians more than those short-lived men on the other side of the ocean.

Originally, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't believe such nonsense, but he remembered that he had come to Shanghu County for the first time.

In the black market in the dark place north of the city, the people who were abducted and entered the arena were basically all Japanese.

Although there are still a few Kunlun slaves, the Japanese people occupy an absolute number of slaves.

There is also Li Jin's prospects for the future at the Royal Chamber of Commerce and the East India Company formation meeting, the most important one is to eliminate the Japanese pirates.

Conquering the Japanese island, and then carrying out slave trade on the Japanese island. Judging from the situation, it is indeed necessary to exterminate the Japanese island.

All of these things made Zhu Yuanzhang, who was suspicious, temporarily choose to believe Li Jin.

But if Li Jin had any abnormal movements, he would never be lenient, but would directly dispatch a large army to completely kill Li Jin.

When Empress Ma and Zhu Biao heard that Zhu Yuanzhang had a glimmer of hope for Li Jin, Empress Ma and Zhu Biao let go of their hearts.

Although Li Jin is still under the observation range, he finally saved his life.

After making up his mind, Zhu Yuanzhang discussed with Xu Da about the issue on Li Jin's side.

"Advance, there are 20,000 people here, and some of them have already started participating in the boarding exercise."

"I have also taken the boat to see it. The ship is very large, two or three times more than the giant ship of Chen Youliang's snail."

"And it is indeed two decks. I have also seen the artillery on it, and it is definitely no less than a hundred."

"There are more than 1,500 soldiers on the ship, and more than 300 sailors alone."

"There are also feet that can be used under the giant ship to power the boat."

"The sails are also used for hard sails, but there are two spinnades on the stern and bow, which can turn quickly."

Xu Da just brought a group of soldiers with good training performance a few days ago to board the giant ship that Zhu Yuanzhang and Li Jin were talking about today.

The moment he first saw him, Xu Da felt a huge sense of oppression, which made him feel a little suffocated.

This kind of ship is actually the largest ship he has ever seen. It looks even bigger than some small islands, and it is simply a monster on the sea.

The most terrifying thing about this kind of ship is that it is not only large, but also runs at a speed that is not slow at all, and it is even far exceeding the speed of the lucky ship.

Due to spinnakers, the direction changes are also very fast.

In addition, there is also terrifying firepower support.

It’s like playing a game. While others can’t beat you, they are not as fast as you, and they can only be abused by you.

After hearing Xu Da’s report, Zhu Yuanzhang asked:

"How many such ships have Li Jin built?"

"I'm afraid there are no less than ten ships. I saw in the shipyard before that there are no less than fifteen sinks in the shipyard."

"If it's going to be built, they will definitely build it together."

"So Li Jin has no less than ten giant ships in his hands now, and it may even be fifteen."

Xu Da said confidently.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded when he thought about what he saw and heard in the shipyard.

If you follow the manufacturing speed of assembly lines like Li Jin, I am afraid that the speed of his manufacturing ships will definitely be far beyond expectations.

If Li Jin really wiped out the Japanese pirates, the Longjiang treasure shipyard alone would probably make money every day and generate huge profits every year.

In addition, there are also the gold and silver mines on the Japanese island, which are even more in Li Jin's pocket.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but look at Empress Ma. Fortunately, our girl is smart and decisively accounts for half of the share.

Otherwise, Li Jin would have to swallow all the money by himself.

Xu Da continued:

"But there is something wrong with this kind of ship."

"Oh? What's the bad thing?"

Queen Ma was listening with relish, but unexpectedly, Xu Da made her feel a sudden turn of the conversation, which made her feel a little shocked.

"It is because this kind of ship has not very deep draft. Although it runs relatively faster, it does not carry much."

Xu Da analyzed:

"So Li Jin said at the beginning that it seemed that several large lucky ships would need to be built as transport ships to provide supplies to the fleet."

"In addition, there are also frigates, and dozens of smaller and faster frigates need to be built."

"After all the calculations, almost a hundred warships need to form a fleet together to sweep across the world and flatten the eight wildernesses."

Zhu Yuanzhang was a little stunned. He just asked Li to wipe out the Japanese pirates. Why did he now act like he wanted to destroy all the countries on the sea?

Besides, how much money does it cost to nearly a hundred ships?

"Can Li Jin build so many ships?"

"All of these things can be calculated. I'm afraid that it won't be able to make it without five million taels, right?"

Xu Da stretched out three fingers and said:

"Li Jin said that he made it himself, and he didn't need that much silver, at most it would be three million taels of silver."

"And this money will be recorded on the Royal Chamber of Commerce. After all, if the trade routes are really opened and the Japanese island is occupied, the Royal Chamber of Commerce will benefit the most."

Speaking of this, Xu Da looked at Zhu Yuanzhang with a smirk. After all, Zhu Yuanzhang was the major shareholder of the Royal Chamber of Commerce.

This money was not in vain, so Zhu Yuanzhang naturally paid the most.

Sure enough, after hearing Xu Da's words, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately said furiously:

"Bastard, why do you want the Royal Chamber of Commerce to pay for the money? That's all our money, our money!!"

"For the sake of personal grudge, Li Jin, this dog, insisted on destroying the Japanese pirates and the Japanese islands, why did he spend our money?"

"Let's go find him now and let him give us an explanation!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was about to get up, but Xu Da held it down and said:
To be continued...