When Zhu Yunwen heard the emperor's instructions, he hurriedly took out a few sheets of white paper from his sleeve and presented them to Liu He.

Liu He took the white paper and handed it to His Majesty.

"Grandpa Emperor, please look at this. This is a drawing by Pirmahem. It is a building he saw in Samarkand."

"In my grandson's heart, the Ming Dynasty has always been the most powerful, no matter how far away it is. But when I saw these buildings, I realized that they were also very powerful on the other side of the world."

"They have a culture that is comparable to ours, and Pirmahem told me that his grandfather, Timur, will wage war against the Roman Empire."

"In Piermahem's heart, Rome today is no match for his grandfather."

Zhu Yunwen spoke in detail about Pirmahema and Timur.

At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang saw the tall buildings shown in the paintings. Visually, these buildings seemed much taller and more majestic than the Ming Imperial Palace.

"Grandson, come and see too."

After reading it, Zhu Yuanzhang passed it to Zhu Ying.

Zhu Ying took the painting and took a look at it.

Suddenly I felt extremely familiar.

It turns out that such buildings already existed in Europe at this time.

After reading it, Zhu Ying felt a little emotional. Not only now, but even six hundred years later, these castles, churches, town halls and the like will still be in use.

These very modern buildings made Zhu Ying feel a strong sense of separation at this moment.

"Has grandson seen it?" Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly asked.

He didn't see surprise or shock on his eldest grandson's face, but rather a look of familiarity.

Zhu Ying paused for a moment and replied, "My grandson has not seen it with his own eyes, but I have heard many overseas merchants talk about it, and I have also seen many portraits of overseas buildings."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, and then asked: "It seems that Samarkand's strength should not be underestimated, and it can even be comparable to our Ming Dynasty."

At this point, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but sigh and said: "In fact, I have a very good impression of Timur. Five years ago, Timur sent people to pay tribute and congratulate us."

"I originally thought that although Samarkand was not small, it was not too big either. I never expected that it was almost the same size as the Ming Dynasty."

"It seems that he really has wolfish ambitions."

The reason why Zhu Yuanzhang had such a good impression of Timur had a lot to do with the fact that Timur was the first head of state in the Western world to recognize the Ming Dynasty and send an envoy to pay tribute.

This is tribute, not tribute.

Paying tribute generally means that subjects pay taxes to the king.

If the princes are against the emperor.

This also means that Timur put himself in a very low position.

However, his eldest grandson once told him about the power of the Timurid Empire, otherwise he would have been kept in the dark.

"Grandpa, actually, Samarkand has a huge problem. If this problem is not solved, Samarkand will fall apart sooner or later. Besides, they don't have the ability to solve this problem."

Zhu Ying spoke up.

Zhu Yuanzhang asked: "What's the problem? Tell me."

Zhu Ying nodded and said, "My grandson's Chamber of Commerce has many partners in Samarkand. Timur is currently waging wars everywhere and expanding his territory very rapidly, but the conquered lands are not well governed."

“Those conquered lands now seem to have no problems, but in fact many natives are secretly waiting for the opportunity.”

"Once Timur suffered a defeat or suffered huge losses on a battlefield, it was inevitable that a fire would break out in his backyard."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, thought for a while and then asked, "Then what do you think will happen if Timur fights our Ming Dynasty?"

Zhu Ying smiled and replied, "Whoever strikes first loses."

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang laughed and said, "What Grandson said makes sense. We are too lazy to care about the affairs of Samarkand."

"No matter what he thinks, he is still a subject to the Ming Dynasty."

After Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, he thought for a while and then continued: "However, our Ming Dynasty cannot rest on its laurels. We must also visit more countries overseas to see what other countries are like."

"Let's form a large fleet, send enough soldiers, and load the goods of our Ming Dynasty."

"First, it is to show the power of our Ming Dynasty and to deter those small countries. Second, it is to learn more about overseas countries."

Zhu Ying was slightly surprised when he heard this.

Isn’t this a new version of Zheng He’s voyages to the West?

However, Zhu Ying is still quite supportive of this.

"After we defeat Japan next year, our fleet will be free. We can let them travel around as Grandpa said."

"It will also help us understand the customs and practices of different countries."

Zhu Ying agreed.

At this moment, Zhu Ying suddenly felt that letting Zhu Di go on a trip to the West seemed to be a good choice.

But it's still early, so there's no need to rush to choose someone with the old man.

Zhu Yunwen was sitting below, watching his elder brother and grandfather the emperor chatting like this, and it seemed that they were about to forget about him.

Moreover, he felt that his elder brother seemed to have known about the building for a long time, although he had never seen it before.

He couldn't help looking a little depressed.

Zhu Ying noticed this very keenly. After pondering it for a while, he asked, "Yun Wen, before you came, I was talking to Grandpa about the laws of the Ming Dynasty."

"We need to revise the laws of the Ming Dynasty now. I wonder if Yun Wen is available."