Ming Dynasty: A centenarian madman criticizes the Grand Secretary and brings his coffin to court!

Everyone was still immersed in the bloody aftertaste of the "extermination plan," their scalps tingling and their legs trembling.

To build three thousand giant ships?

Emptying the national treasury?

Just to wipe out those few tiny islands?

Are you going to wipe out their entire population?

This scale of action, this bloodthirstiness, is truly unprecedented and unparalleled!

but!

Even the civil and military officials who were terrified, and even Yu Qian who had cursed Gu Canghai a thousand times in his heart.

At this moment.

A big question mark popped into my head—

As for?

Huh? Seriously, is it really that serious?

Using a sledgehammer to crack a nut is bad enough, but you've used an atomic bomb to kill a chicken!

Why tear down your house just because of a few fleas?

This doesn't fit Grand Tutor Gu's cunning nature of "not releasing the hawk until he sees the rabbit!"

"Grand Tutor..."

The Minister of Revenue, mustering his courage, got up from the ground and said tremblingly:

"This humble official...this humble official dares to ask."

"That Japan..."

"The ground was covered in volcanic ash, and they were dirt poor."

"Apart from that little bit of silver, we have nothing else."

"We've spent so much money building so many ships, even if we wipe them out..."

"This deal... was a huge loss!"

"deficit?"

Upon hearing this word.

Gu Canghai, who was pouring wine from the flask into his mouth, suddenly stopped.

He slowly turned his head.

Suddenly, a look of utter disbelief, as if he were looking at a fool, burst forth from those cloudy old eyes.

"deficit?"

"Who told you I built this ship to get to that damn island?"

Gu Canghai threw the wine pot down.

"Clang!"

With a crisp sound, the wine jug rolled into a corner of the Golden Hall.

"Those short guys..."

"It's just a pile of dog poop on the roadside!"

"My army was marching out to war, and when we passed by, we just kicked them aside because they were in our way!"

"Follow...follow your foot?"

The entire court was completely dumbfounded.

They mobilized 500,000 Shenji soldiers and built 3,000 ships.

In your words, it's just "going with the flow"?

So where are you really going...? Are you going to attack the Lingxiao Palace?

"A bunch of frogs in a well!"

Gu Canghai snorted coldly.

He picked up the vermilion pen again.

This time.

His gaze did not linger on the blood-red fork.

Instead, they crossed that sea area.

They crossed the vast Pacific Ocean (which was then called the Eastern Ocean).

Keep heading east!

Keep heading east!

until--

It landed on the far right of the map, in an area that was originally a blank space, not even recorded in historical books!

That place, which will be known in later generations as the "Americas"!

"Snapped!"

Gu Canghai slammed his pen down there!

Then, in that blank space, he drew an enormous circle!

This circle.

It's even larger than the territory of the Ming Dynasty!

It's bigger than anyone else realizes!

"here!"

Gu Canghai's voice suddenly became impassioned, carrying a trembling fervor:

"Do you see this blank space?"

"here!"

"That's my true goal!"

"here!"

"This is exactly the kind of backyard I've been looking for for the Ming Dynasty!"

"Where...where is this?" Zhu Qizhen craned his neck, looking completely bewildered. "Isn't this the sea? Isn't this Guixu?"

"Return to nothingness my ass!"

Gu Canghai slapped the map:

"This is land!"

"It is a land flowing with milk and honey—a fertile land of God!"

"On this land..."

Gu Canghai took a deep breath and extended three fingers, each one resembling a serpent tempting Eve:

"First!"

"There's an endless supply of beef here!"

"Bison are everywhere! All over the mountains and plains!"

"No need to raise it! No need to feed it!"

"If you catch it, you can eat it! That meat..."

Gu Canghai smacked his lips, a look of reminiscence on his face:

"It smells amazing! A million times better than what the imperial kitchen makes!"

"second!"

"There are mountains of gold and silver here!"

"It really is a mountain!"

"The silver was exposed like a stone, while the gold flowed in the river!"

"You can pick them up until your hands are sore just by bending down!"

"Compared to impoverished Japan, this place is truly—filthy rich!"

Upon hearing the phrase "mountains of gold and silver," even though Gu Canghai's words were an exaggeration, the Minister of Revenue's eyes lit up instantly, and his breathing became rapid.

money!

So much money!

If such a place really existed, wouldn't the national treasury be in turmoil?

however.

Gu Canghai did not stop.

His expression became more serious than ever before, even... with a hint of holiness.

"third!"

"And that's the most important point!"

"On this land grows a...divine creature!"

"A divine object?"

Everyone held their breath.

Could it be an elixir of immortality?

Gu Canghai slowly exhaled a breath of stale air and said, word by word:

"That thing..."

"Call it—Potato!"

"And—sweet potatoes!"

"And—corn!"

"These things..."

"Yield per mu—"

Gu Canghai's eyes widened suddenly, and he roared out a number that was enough to shatter the entire feudal agricultural society:

"A thousand pounds!!!"

"Even—two thousand jin!!!"

Rumble—!!!

This explosion didn't come from reality, but from the depths of everyone's minds!

Yield per mu... a thousand jin?!

In this era when rice yields were only three or four hundred catties per mu, and people would starve to death if there was even a slight disaster.

This number.

It does not represent food.

It represents—a miracle!

It represents—fate!

The Hongwu Plane.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who was originally sitting on the dragon throne watching the play.

When I heard the phrase "yield of 1,000 catties per mu".

It was as if I had been struck by lightning!

Freeze the moment!

Three seconds later.

"Don't you want to live anymore? Don't you want to live anymore?!"

The founding emperor suddenly jumped up from the dragon throne!

Even their shoes were lost!

Barefoot, he rushed to the sky, his old face almost pressed against the line of golden subtitles!

Those hands that had killed countless people were now trembling like leaves in the wind.

"How much...?"

"A thousand jin?"

"Two thousand catties?"

"Gu the Madman!"

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes instantly reddened, they were truly blood red:

"You...you're not lying to us?"

"You're not making fun of us?"

"Does such a crop really exist in this world?"

"If such a thing really existed..."

Zhu Yuanzhang's voice choked, and tears welled up in his eyes:

"And what about the people of our Great Ming Dynasty..."

"And what about our fellow townsmen from Fengyang..."

"Then our father, our mother, our eldest brother..."

"Yes or no……"

"Does that mean we won't starve to death?"

"Does that mean we'll have food to eat?"

This was Zhu Yuanzhang's lifelong obsession!

It is also the deepest and most painful scar in his heart!

Start with a bowl.

This is the memory hunger gave him!

If such a miraculous object existed back then...

How could his family have all died? And why did he become a monk?

"Father!"

Zhu Biao rushed over to support his swaying father, his own face filled with shock:

"This...this is unbelievable!"

"If it's true, then this item... is even more valuable than the Imperial Seal of the State!"

"It's more than just the imperial seal!"

Zhu Di roared from the side:

"This is the divine weapon that protects the nation!"

"With this thing, as long as they're given food, who would rebel?"

"May the Ming Dynasty's rule last forever!"

In the celestial display.

Gu Canghai seemed to hear Zhu Yuanzhang's roar, and seemed to see the barefoot old man weeping.

He gazed into the void and sighed softly.

"Zhongba..."

"When have I ever lied to you?"

"Forehead……"

Gu Canghai scratched his head, a little embarrassed:

"Although back in Huangjue Temple, I stole a chicken from the temple and claimed it was done by a weasel..."

"But this is different!"

"This is a matter of utmost importance, concerning the very livelihood of us Han Chinese!"

"Even if I were the biggest jerk in my life, I would never joke about something like this!"

Then.

The conversation between the two "soulmates from afar" came to an end.

Gu Canghai regained his murderous aura and looked at the map in his hand.

"so!"

"These three thousand warships!"

"We're not going to fight a war!"

"We're going to—move!"

"They're going to rob us!"

"We're going to get those precious gems back for me!"

Speaking of it.

Gu Canghai's voice suddenly turned low.

It carried a sense of... a kind of sorrow, as if it were the final arrangements.

"and……"

"Your Majesty, Your Excellencies."

"Why do you think I would go through all that trouble to go to that godforsaken place?"

"Is it for my own sake?"

"I'm already a hundred years old! How many more meals will I be able to eat properly?"

Gu Canghai turned around, his back to the group of terrified ministers.

Looking at the vast and desolate East.

"This old man is speaking for the Ming Dynasty..."

"Leave yourself an escape route!"

"An escape route?"

Zhu Qizhen and Yu Qian were both stunned.

The Ming Dynasty is at its zenith; why should it need a way out?

Gu Canghai sneered:

"Flowers don't bloom for a hundred days, and people don't stay good for a thousand days."

"This Central Plains region has been divided and united, fought and killed for thousands of years."

"Who can guarantee that the Ming Dynasty will last forever?"

"Who can guarantee that in the future there won't be another emperor like you... cough cough, like some spendthrift sons who squander such a good hand?"

As Gu Canghai spoke, he glared fiercely at Zhu Qizhen, making the young emperor shrink back.

"We need a... backup base!"

"There must be a second Ming Dynasty!"

"What if one day!"

"I can't stay in the Central Plains any longer!"

"The Tartars have invaded!"

"Our descendants will still be able to board the ship!"

"You can even run to the other side of the sea!"

"There's land there! There's grain! There's meat!"

"As long as people are alive!"

"As long as Chinese characters exist!"

"The Ming Dynasty—will never perish!"

Even if the sky falls here!

"The sun over there..."

Gu Canghai suddenly raised his hands, embraced the sky, and uttered a bold statement that would be recorded in history:

"It will still rise!"

"This is—"

"The sun never sets!"

boom--!!!

As these three words landed.

The entire orthodox dynasty.

The entire Hongwu plane.

Even all the timelines and eras from which this history is viewed.

They were all plunged into a deathly shock!

The sun never sets!

Wherever the sun shines, there will be the dragon flag of the Ming Dynasty!

What a magnificent spirit!

What foresight!

This is no madman.

This is clearly an ancestor who carried the entire nation on his shoulders and worried himself sick for future generations!

"Waaaaah..."

Inside the Fengtian Hall, some emotional civil officials had already begun to wipe away tears.

"Grand Tutor...Grand Tutor is bringing peace and prosperity for all generations!"

"We...we are ashamed!"

"I actually thought the Grand Tutor was going mad..."

"We're the ones who're blind!"

however.

Just as the atmosphere reached its climax, and everyone was moved to tears.

A backdrop of light.

The art style has suddenly changed!

Now that the grand strategy has been set!

So... this invincible fleet, shouldering a sacred mission!

What exactly did they bring with them when they set off?

【artillery?】

[Swords?]

No, no, no!

That's your biggest misunderstanding of "Gu-style colonization"!

The scene changes.

On the deck of that majestic giant ship, one could see...

There were no soldiers lined up in neat rows.

There were no gleaming weapons.

Instead……

Yes--

"Hmph hmph hmph!"

"Moo moo!"

"Gagaga!"

Countless black-haired wild boars, large yellow cattle, as well as ducks and geese, were crowding on the deck, making deafening noises!

Even on the neck of every single pig.

They all had a shiny gold sign hanging on them!

The words written above were so bold they instantly broke down one's defenses:

[Imperial Pigs of the Ming Dynasty! Anyone who kills one will be executed!]