My Pen Pal Zhu Yuanzhang

Chapter 214: Mr. Li’s Dominance

After reading the letter, Li Han walked out of the store. Nanjing in summer was once known as one of the three hottest furnaces in China. As soon as he went out, a wave of heat hit him and almost gave him a big tan.

Even the air seemed to become sticky. When I breathed it in, it was hot and had a hint of burnt earth, making me feel a little suffocated.

Li Han pinched his nose and it took him a while to get used to the hot air. He wondered if he should buy a car.

Otherwise, as Zhu Yuanzhang's chief royal scientific adviser and minister of industry and logistics, it would be very inconvenient for him to go out purchasing without a car.

His standards for cars are very simple: stable running, air conditioning, and the ability to carry cargo. According to these three points, the Wuling Hongguang seems to be very good.

But it’s too late to buy a car now, so I might as well call Li Momo and ask her to lend me a car first.

"Hey, I'm busy. Do you have an extra car? Lend it to me first. I want a car with a large space to store things. I want five..."

Li Momo hung up the phone before she even uttered the word Wuling Hongguang. Li Han looked puzzled. Was this girl crazy?
Although for men, wives and cars should not be lent out, is the same true for women?
There's no other way. I have to do things even without a car. I looked up at the scorching sun in the sky and decided to wait until it's cooler before going out.

Let me finish writing the reply to Lao Zhu first.

I returned to the store, turned on the air conditioner, and immediately felt much cooler. I took out paper and pen and started writing.

The content of the reply letter was mainly related to Annan. Since Zhu Yuanzhang had decided to take action against Annan, the significance of the matter had to be made clear to him.

Although Annan is almost the same as Vietnam today, it is not exactly the same. Strictly speaking, Annan is equivalent to North Vietnam before the unification of Vietnam, and South Vietnam was called Champa during the time of Zhu Yuanzhang.

In other words, since the decision has been made to attack Annan, why not just take over Champa directly?

Otherwise, after six hundred years, these two guys will become ungrateful wolves after they unify.

Besides, doesn’t this country always like to call itself Little China? It is not happy to be called a Southeast Asian country. It is just the right time to let it enter the Greater China family six hundred years earlier. That’s great.

Once Annan and Champa are taken, together with Laos, the Ming Dynasty's geopolitical structure in the entire Southeast Peninsula will undergo earth-shaking changes.

Of course, to achieve geopolitical control, the two most basic and critical points are effective control of the grassroots and powerful projection of power.

Think about how China today achieves grassroots management across a vast land of 9.6 million square kilometers and can deploy troops at any time and in any place.

This is naturally inseparable from the dense network of roads and railways across the country, which can be summed up in three words - big infrastructure!

However, it is still too early for Ming Dynasty to build large-scale infrastructure. Although there is a need, it is not so urgent, and it does not have the strength.

But it is still possible to build several roads from Guangxi and Yunnan to Annan and Laos.

Just when Li Han was writing halfway, several cars suddenly drove in and parked neatly at the door, and then several professional elites in suits got out of the cars.

"Which rich man is coming?"

Li Han stopped writing, put on a professional smile and greeted them. Then one of them said, "Hello, are you Mr. Li Han?"

Li Han was stunned and nodded, "I am, who are you?"

"Hello, according to our CEO Li's instructions, we have sent you a car!"

The man said to Li Han respectfully: "Mr. Li, please come this way!"

Li Momo really sent a car? Li Han was a little surprised. He thought the girl hung up the phone because she didn't want to borrow it anymore. He didn't expect that she was in a hurry to find a car for him.

Look at the efficiency of this work, you can tell at a glance that he is a man who does big things. When Li Han arrived at the door, he was stunned. Wow, there were five cars parked at the door!
I just want a Wuling Hongguang, not five cars!
All five of them are large-sized SUVs, some are fuel-powered and some are new energy vehicles. The one at the front is the U8, followed by the M9, the 917, the Ford Raptor, and the last one is the Mercedes-Benz G-Class.

The entrance of the shop was filled with imposing SUVs, attracting a lot of people's attention. Many people stopped to watch, and some even took out their mobile phones to take photos and check in.

This also made Li Han a little amused and confused. This is both a new energy and a high fuel consumption vehicle. Is Li Momo here to play with carbon neutrality?

I love the feeling of this female boss.

I just want to transport some goods. Isn't this a bit too luxurious?
"Mr. Li, are you satisfied with these cars?" The workplace elite saw that Li Han's face looked a little strange and asked cautiously.

"I am satisfied. They are all good cars with large space. But I just want to haul some goods." Li Han said helplessly.

The workplace elite quickly said, "Mr. Li, don't worry. Our President Li has already given instructions."

"alright."

Since we are here, we might as well make the best use of it. Li Han is not the pretentious person, so he got on the U8 at the front and set off with the convoy.

The convoy rushed towards the liquor store in a mighty manner. When the owner saw the scene, he thought he was there to buy it.

He also bought dozens of boxes of Moutai, Jiannanchun and other liquors, and also did not forget to buy dozens of boxes of Coke, Fanta and Jianlibao for Zhu Yuanzhang.

However, Li Han discovered that these luxury cars were not as good as the Wuling Hongguang in terms of hauling cargo. The Ford Raptor was better, and its pickup truck's hauling capacity was not inferior to that of the Wuling.

After buying the drinks, I returned home, moved the drinks into the store, and bought a pack of Supreme cigarettes for each of the workplace elites. After all, they had run around for me, so buying them a pack of cigarettes was not too much.

Li Han is very accurate in handling the ways of the world.

The workplace elites were also very grateful to Li Han, and said that Boss Li was magnanimous and had a broad vision.

After seeing off the convoy, Li Han opened his mobile phone again and placed an order for twenty sextants from a local merchant.

While waiting for the courier to come, I finished writing the letter and prepared the detailed instructions for using the sextant. After a while, the sextant arrived.

Intra-city delivery is really fast, Li Han sighed, packed the letters, and then moved boxes of wine and drinks into the mailbox.

……

The imperial edict to Annan has already been issued, but the distance from Yingtian Prefecture to Annan is several thousand miles. Even if one rides at full speed, it will take nearly a month to go back and forth.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang was not idle during this period. On the one hand, he was preparing for the second maritime trade, and on the other hand, he was preparing to send envoys to visit Ryukyu to negotiate the stationing of troops.

On the other hand, the war against Annan was also being prepared and deployed. Li Jisun was likely to ignore the imperial edict and act on his own, so a southern expedition was a high probability event.

However, the situations in the Southern Expedition and the Northern Expedition were completely different. The desert was mostly Gobi or grassland, with flat terrain and not complicated.

But the situation in Annan was completely different. When Fu Youde and Mu Ying attacked Yunnan, the dense forests and mountains there caused great trouble to the Ming army.

The situation in Annan was even worse. According to the reports from the scouts on board the ship, Annan was mountainous and covered with dense jungles, which was not conducive to large-scale military operations. In addition, the climate was hot and rainy, there were many mosquitoes, and malaria was rampant.

Before the southern expedition, these problems had to be considered how to be solved.

After the court session, Zhu Yuanzhang returned to his bedroom rubbing his swollen forehead. He went to the Buddhist temple first and his eyes suddenly lit up. Old Li had replied!
(End of this chapter)