Time Travel: After Seizing the Throne, I Lead the Ming Dynasty to Take Off

Hearing what Zhu Yuanzhang said.

Lu Wei, standing by, also showed an expression of deep agreement. He quickly calmed down and said, "Your Majesty, what you say makes sense! Others always say that His Majesty of Yingtian Prefecture is willful and absurd, but Your Majesty knows best. He has only been on the throne for half a year and has achieved one great achievement after another. How could he really be so willful and absurd?"

"It's very likely that His Majesty Yingtianfu is not seeking immortality, but is simply making plans for a rainy day."

Having said that, Lu Wei felt that his thoughts were becoming clearer, and his previous "awkward feeling" towards the young emperor suddenly decreased a lot.

My respect for the little emperor Zhu Yunhuan suddenly increased a little more.

"Teenagers are as meticulous as ever! They're more organized and thoughtful than anyone else."

Lu Wei already had a very good impression of Zhu Yunhuan. Even if he was really willful and absurd, it did not affect his good impression of him. After all, he had witnessed the situation and effects of Zhu Yunhuan's administration with his own eyes - the results were there, and that was enough.

Now I find that even those absurd things may not be true.

Lu Wei's heart was naturally touched even more deeply...

However, the next moment.

But he heard Zhu Yuanzhang beside him sigh lightly, shook his head and said: "In this case... he might as well be simple and absurd and just use the Alchemy Department to make the elixir!"

The slightly flattering look on Lu Wei's face suddenly froze.

Confused.

Hmm? His Majesty of Yingtian Prefecture isn't obsessed with the illusory pursuit of immortality. Isn't that a good thing? At least the money and manpower originally thought to be spent on alchemy... won't be incurred, right?

Lu Wei pursed his lips awkwardly and asked tentatively, "Absurd... is better than not ridiculous? Your Majesty, what are you thinking?"

Zhu Yuanzhang took a deep breath.

"You've been in the army and in the Imperial Guards before. Don't you know the drawbacks of fire muskets and bowl-mouth muskets?"

"Don't you know that mothers are not allowed to be used in the Yingtian Prefecture area?"

"If the Alchemy Department is really just a covert scheme, a place he uses to secretly manufacture fire lances and bowl-mouthed muskets... then I wouldn't call him absurd, but wouldn't the investment and expenditure from last year to this year have been wasted?"

Although Zhu Yuanzhang was already old, his thinking was still very clear. In his opinion, using firearms to deal with the nobles of Huaixi was not feasible! After a quick calculation, wasn't it just a waste of time?

Lu Wei was stunned when he heard Zhu Yuanzhang's words. After thinking for a moment, he said, "It seems...it really makes sense!"

He had to admit.

What Zhu Yuanzhang said made sense and he could not refute it.

Zhu Yuanzhang was still complaining, "He's been busy all this time, but in the end, he got nothing. It would be better if he could just let the Alchemy Bureau make the elixirs properly..."

"They're aggressively recruiting Taoist disciples and alchemists, and they're also constructing a massive building project that's taken up an entire royal estate... With such a massive investment, who knows, if they really start refining elixirs, they might even be able to find some magical pills."

"Perhaps... we might even have a chance to catch a few and eat them. If we can't even talk about eternal life, wouldn't it be nice to live a little longer and see more of the Ming Dynasty?"

"Hey..."

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head with some regret, and even felt a little lost in his heart. After all... he had been looking forward to the elixir for quite some time.

If what the Alchemy Bureau did secretly was the same as last year, which allowed the people to wear clothes and keep warm, or even repair their houses and eat meat, he would not care so much.

The key point is that when his little hope was dashed

The rest was wasted - what a loss to my grandma!!

Mr. Lu Wei smacked his lips speechlessly...

"Hmm... so that's what they mean by 'absurd is better than not absurd'? It's a path I've never imagined."