[Ruthless and decisive] [No System] [Characters with their wits about them]
The fourth year of the Jianwen reign, the thirty-fifth year of the Hongwu reign.
The Jingnan Campaign has just ended, and the imperial treasury is empty.
At court, officials pressure the emperor to cancel the costly voyages to the Western Ocean. The shipyard is about to be shut down, and the eunuch Zheng He is facing an inquiry.
At that moment, Chen Yun, who has transmigrated into the role of a low-ranking shipyard official and Zheng He’s deputy, steps forward.
“Costly voyages to the Western Ocean, Lord Xia? What if I could bring back ten million taels of silver from overseas, along with new grain varieties yielding a thousand catties per mu?”
A complete map of the world unfurls across the great hall, stunning the assembled officials!
Zhu Di springs to his feet, eyes shining. “The world is truly this vast?!”
Starting with a battle of wits against the assembled scholars, Chen Yun assists Zheng He in improving the treasure ships, introducing double-entry bookkeeping, establishing an overseas trading company, crushing Chen Zuyi, pacifying Ceylon, and opening up the Cape of Good Hope route...
Years later, the dragon banners of the Great Ming fly across the globe.
Looking at the mountains of tribute from overseas and a world map, Zhu Di throws back his head and laughs. “Chen Yun, you really have built me a Great Ming on which the sun never sets!”
The plot of pretending to be a slap in the face is too straightforward.
Several boatmen couldn't handle it, and the more they listened, the more angry they became.