But now that the grain inspector suddenly said something like this, Zhu Di naturally felt that there was something fishy in it.

But he didn't ask, instead he looked at the grain inspector, then at the gloves on his hands, hesitated, and then said:

"You just said...what are these gloves, um, made of?"

The grain inspector thought that Zhu Di didn't hear clearly, so he immediately said: "What you said back to the emperor is made of wool!"

Zhu Di paused and continued to ask: "What is the wool made of?"

The grain inspector thought for a moment and said, "Xia Shangshu said it was woven from wool purchased from the grassland!"

"Wool..."

When Zhu Di heard the grain inspector confirm this again, he suddenly put his hands on his waist, took a deep breath, then looked at the gloves on his hands, then at the group of generals on the left and right, and then at the gloves on his hands.

With his appearance, others didn't know what he was thinking. They saw Zhu Di thinking for a long time, and then with a solemn look on his face, he looked at the grain inspector and asked: "What is the output of the textile factory? How many pairs of gloves can be woven in a day?"

What’s the cost?”

The grain inspector was puzzled, but Xia Yuanji had already explained these questions to him. When Zhu Di asked about it, he just thought about it for a moment and said:

"Xia Shangshu said that the textile factory has more than 600 pieces of textile equipment. Excluding the looms that have been eliminated, there are about 400 pieces of textile machinery left. It can produce 17,000 bundles of wool a day, and one bundle of wool can be woven.

There are five pairs of gloves, and as for the cost, a bundle of wool is said to be five cents."

"One bundle costs five cents, and one bundle of wool can produce five pairs of gloves. In this case..."

Zhu Di's eyes lit up and he immediately asked: "Does that mean the cost of a pair of gloves is one penny? Fifty thousand gloves can be produced in a day... not 85,000 pairs, but less than a thousand taels of silver?"

Hearing Zhu Di's account, the grain inspector shook his head in confusion and said: "No, I heard that His Highness Taisun sold the wool to the common people for ten cents a bunch, and then paid

A pair of gloves costs ten cents, so the cost of a pair of gloves should be nine cents!"

"The common people saw that there was a profit, and there were so many participants that it was difficult to even supply the amount of wool. So I thought that if there was enough wool, I might be able to get hundreds of thousands of pairs of gloves in one day.

It’s not impossible!”

Zhu Di nodded when he heard this, but the eyes of the princes and uncles around Zhu Di immediately lit up.

They certainly wouldn't dare to rob the emperor, but if Yingtian can produce hundreds of thousands of pairs of gloves in a day, then even if it's their turn, it won't be their turn in a few days, right?

However, the limited production was a bit disappointing for them.

Production is limited, which means that the output of hundreds of thousands of pairs per day cannot be achieved.

They were thinking about this problem, and then saw Anyuan Hou Liu Sheng suddenly stood up, cupped his hands towards Zhu Di, knelt on one knee and said:

"Your Majesty, the last general invites you to fight!"

"Please fight?"

Zhu Di was stunned for a moment. He was just thinking about the limited wool production. When he saw his favorite general suddenly asking for a battle, he was stunned for a moment and subconsciously asked:

"Why ask for a fight?"

Liu Sheng heard this and said without thinking: "Back to the emperor, since wool is woven from wool, the general knows about wool. Every tribe on the grassland raises a large number of sheep. Since His Highness Taisun's wool yarn production is limited,

, then please ask the emperor to send a cavalry to the general, and let the general go to the grassland to grab the wool. After grabbing enough wool, he will send it to His Highness Taisun. In this way, within a few days, the generals of the army will have a pair of them.

"

After Liu Sheng finished speaking, the eyes of the other princes and uncles on the side also lit up.

These people were all promoted by Zhu Di himself, and it can be said that they are all Zhu Di's confidants.

I didn't have so many twists and turns in my heart. I was a little regretful when I heard that the production of woolen yarn was limited. After all, less production in one day meant that they might be able to get their soldiers to wear gloves for a day or two at night.

Now when I heard Liu Sheng's reminder, I immediately reacted.

Yes, the production of woolen yarn is limited, so why not grab it? There are so many sheep-raising tribes on the grassland, so it is not easy to just grab it?

The next moment they figured it out, all of them, like Liu Sheng, knelt down and said:

"The last general Zheng Heng invites you to fight!"

"The last general Chen Mao invites you to fight!"

"The last general Li Bin invites you to fight!"

………

Zhu Di's eyes lit up when he saw the crowd of people asking for battle. When he was about to give an order, the grain inspector standing aside quickly stood up with a cold sweat on his forehead and said:

"That's what the generals said, but that's not how the accounts were calculated. The generals don't know that the reason why His Highness Taisun's wool production is limited is not because there is not enough wool, but because there is not enough textile machinery.

That’s why the quantity produced in one day is limited!”

"What's so difficult about that!"

After hearing the grain inspector's words, one of the few princes and uncles immediately stood up and said:

"Since there is a shortage of textile equipment, let's go and grab the textile equipment. I, Wang Tong, will grab as much textile equipment as His Highness Taisun wants."

The grain inspector was dumbfounded when he heard this. Besides robbing, couldn't these murderers think of something gentle?

Textile machinery, this thing is only available in the Ming Dynasty. If you just rob it like this, wouldn't you be robbing your own family's things?

If this was the case, he might as well not say this at all and let these people snatch the sheep of the prairie people.

At any rate, it won’t be the people of Ming Dynasty who suffer.

Zhu Di on the side was calmer after all. Knowing that what Wang Tong said was mindless, he glared at Wang Tong and scolded:

"Robbing, plundering, plundering, all you can think about is robbing? Those textile equipment are only available to the people of the Ming Dynasty. Is it possible that you want to send troops to rob the people of the Ming Dynasty?"

"That can't be done!"

Wang Tong scratched the back of his head in embarrassment when he heard this. After hearing Zhu Di's words, he also understood what he said and how big the problem was, and for a while he was too hesitant to speak again.

Zhu Di pondered for a moment and then said: "Fan Zhong, arrange for someone to convey my decree to Taisun, order Taisun to recruit folk textile equipment by himself, and also order the Textile Bureau to transfer all textile equipment and personnel to Taisun for distribution.

.”

"The final general's decree!"

Fan Zhong responded respectfully.

Zhu Di nodded and looked at the people kneeling on the ground asking for a fight. After thinking about it, he finally gave up the idea of ​​letting these people plunder the grassland.

The main reason is that it has started to snow on the grassland, and everything is covered in white. It is very easy for a small group of troops to lose their way.

And it is easy for a large army to scare off the enemy and be targeted by Mahamu's people. Those small tribes will definitely run away in advance when they see it.

So after thinking about it, he gave up the idea and said, "Everyone, get up. Let's wait until the snow melts to discuss the looting!"

After hearing this, several people who asked for the battle also understood that the emperor had given up on looting. When the snow melted, it would be almost spring, and the weather would be warm by then, and it would not make much difference whether he had gloves or not.

Big.

But Zhu Di naturally didn't care what these people thought. He had more things to consider.

Before the Northern Expedition, his eldest grandson told him the strategies for conquering the grassland.

Although some things seemed childish to him, he had to say that there were many things worth learning from.

For example, if the grassland people recognize the rule of the Ming Dynasty, the grassland now is no better than the grassland in the past.

After the fall of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, the grassland became a piece of scattered sand. Even the army he founded had a cavalry formed by the Mongols, the Duoyan Three Guards.

This cavalry originally belonged to the troops of Ning Wang Zhu Quan, but after being borrowed by Zhu Di, he spent a lot of money to buy it, and then selected the strongest among them to reorganize his own Duoyan Guards.

Coincidentally, the Mongols formed more than one army in the Ming Dynasty.

During Lao Zhutou's Northern Expedition, especially in the battles of 1387 and 1388, no fewer than hundreds of thousands of Mongolians were captured.

Although these Mongols were also capricious with the rise of Oara and Tatar, Zhu Di also understood that this did not mean that the Ming Dynasty could not rule the Mongols.

It's just that the hopes of the Mongols have not been completely extinguished. As long as the hopes of these Mongols are extinguished, it is not impossible to rule the Mongols.

In his opinion, what these Mongols relied on to resist the rule of the Ming Dynasty was nothing more than cavalry.

Once the Mongols lost their cavalry, the Ming Dynasty could simply suppress them with a flip of their hands.

The plan to purchase wool proposed by my eldest grandson may not be applicable to the two tribes of Oara and Tatar.

But for those Duoyan Sanwei and other Mongolian tribes who have been conquered by the Ming Dynasty, it is completely feasible.

Now that he is still here, these Duoyan Three Guards and other Mongolian guards are intimidated by his presence and do not dare to act rashly. This is the best time.

At this time, as long as these health centers can taste the benefits of raising sheep, and there are no external threats, they will definitely raise a large number of sheep.

As a result, fewer horses will be raised.

In less than ten years, these people will adapt to become qualified sheep herders. Even if another ambitious person appears, without horses, what threat will there be to the Ming Dynasty?

Therefore, Zhu Di immediately gave up the plan after his heart fluttered when several princes and uncles proposed the robbery.

Since wool is so useful, what about trying the method your eldest grandson said?

Even if it fails, there will be no loss to Ming Dynasty.

And if it succeeds, it will be an achievement that will benefit generations to come.

Therefore, in Zhu Di's view, these sheep-raising tribes on the grassland not only cannot plunder, but also must be protected.
To be continued...