Hearing this, Leah's face became ugly, and she frequently made her eyes want to shut up Chen Feng.

Anyone with a modicum of common sense knows that overseas trade is not so easy to do? Gladstone has tried something like this before, but in the end it has all failed.

Waste money and money, and get nothing......

Because this process takes a lot of time and money, it takes at least several years just to open up an overseas route.

What's more, it is not as simple as imagined that many matters such as selling goods to the outside world and agreeing on import and export taxes have not been resolved.

Chen Feng promised to raise five million catties of rice and white flour for the empire in just one year, which required opening up new shipping routes first, and then making money through trade, and then buying local grain and transporting it back to the port.

All in all, this is an almost impossible task.

But Chen Feng didn't pay any attention to Leah's gesture, and instead continued: "In addition to these five million catties of grain, I will also develop Whale Fall Island into a big city for international trade, and its scale is likely to surpass that of King Monty. ”

Seeing this, Greenland, who was beside him, coughed lightly a few times and interrupted him.

"That's the case, Chen Feng Wang Jue drank too much last night, and he hasn't completely sobered up, if you brag about it, just listen to it, don't take it seriously, who hasn't drunk and talked nonsense?"

"The old man thinks that Commander Greenland's words are very unreasonable, this is the court, not the vegetable market, if you say it in front of Emperor Leah, how can you change it at will?"

Lord Daiss smiled and looked at the nobles behind him, "There are more than a hundred nobles behind me, and they all hear it very clearly, Prince Chen Feng said that he would raise five million catties of grain for the Monty Empire in a year by overseas trade, and if it was not completed, he would be beheaded." ”

"Of course it's true, a gentleman's words are hard to chase!"

Chen Feng was resolute.

"Okay, then the old man and the princes, just give Chen Feng a year, toss at will, and no longer intervene, but if you fail to complete the agreement after a year, I hope you can fulfill your promise. ”

With that, the princes left the court, dismissed their soldiers, and put an end to the civil war that had been going on in the city of Monty for several days.

At this time, in the empty palace, only Leah and Greenland remained.

"Since the matter is settled, then I will go back to Whale Island first, time is urgent, and I can't delay. ”

Chen Feng was just about to say goodbye and leave, but was stopped by Leah, "Chen Feng, I have always felt that you are a mature and stable man, how can you talk about it in front of all the princes?"

You must understand that on this day next year, if you fail to fulfill your promise, for the sake of the Empire, I will have to execute you with my own hands. ”

"Your Highness, have faith in me! ”

"How can it be exceeded? That's five million catties, not five hundred catties!"

Greenland shook his head and said: "The farming civilization of the Monty Empire is far ahead of other continents, but the yield per mu is very low, generally only a few catties, and only in places with fertile soil can there be a yield of more than ten catties per mu.

Moreover, food is a strategic commodity and is generally not sold outside the country. ”

"How many catties per mu? Teasing me?" Hearing this, Chen Feng's face turned green.

In the real world, he is a programmed ape and is not interested in farming, but occasionally learns about the news that Grandpa Yuan's yield per mu has exceeded 1,000 catties on TV.

Super hybrid rice achieves a yield of 1,000 catties per mu, so normal planting, to say the least, should have five or six hundred catties.

The farming civilization of Azesia is obviously lagging behind the real world, and it is halved, even if it may have one or two hundred catties, but I never thought that it would yield a few catties per mu.

It's not a star and a half behind, but a whole thousand years.

"The wind and rain are smooth, and the yield per mu can be a few catties, catching up with drought and floods, and there is no harvest. ”

Leah hid her face and sighed, and muttered at a loss: "Even if I empty the treasury, I may not be able to gather five million catties of grain." ”

The power of the hereditary aristocracy has been entrenched in the Monty Empire for more than two hundred years, and it is impossible to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, there are hundreds of princes alone, and the only prince who has been promoted by the military merit system is Chen Feng.

The two simply can't compete with each other.

Especially during the time when Chen Feng was not in Monty Royal City, these hereditary nobles didn't even take Emperor Leah seriously.

Even if their knightly tattoos have been abolished and deprived of military power in disguise, in their respective mansions, the guards alone can make up a million troops.

If Chen Feng fails to fulfill his promise, and Leah breaks her promise and does not kill him, it will definitely cause a large-scale civil war.

"There's still a year to go, what's the panic?"

Although he was a little flustered, Chen Feng still pretended to be nothing.

I pretended to be forced to do it with tears.

That night, Chen Feng did not leave the Monty Royal City in a hurry, but rested in the wing room of the palace, and secretly entered Greenland's room in the dead of night.

"If you feel lonely, then you should go to Emperor Leah at this time, and share a room with me alone, aren't you afraid of gossip from outsiders?"

Greenland was only wearing a translucent wrap-chest thin skirt, and when she saw Chen Feng breaking in, she picked up the futon casually and wrapped it around her chest.

"What do you think? I'm here to consult with you on important matters. ”

Chen Feng casually extinguished the candle, observed the surroundings, and after making sure that there was no one, he pulled Greenland behind the screen.

"Oh!" Greenland poured a full cup of tea by the moonlight and handed it to Chen Feng.

"The rebellion that has occurred in the royal city of Monty in the past few days has made me aware of the hidden dangers that exist in the new empire, and we must prepare early. ”

"Hidden dangers, you mean those princes?"

Greenland put the teacup to her lips and took a sip of tea.

"Hereditary nobles are not just titles, behind them are large families that have coexisted with the empire for more than two hundred years, and they are deeply rooted, and if they want to eradicate them without a valid reason, they may cause mutiny. ”

Hereditary nobles had fiefs and subjects, which were not fully recovered in the early days of the Monti Empire.

"The only threat is the one hundred and twenty princes, the marquis, the earl and the viscount are not to be afraid, this whole year is a buffer period, and when I am not there, the new army will be transferred to the palace to protect Leah's safety.

Then the intelligence agencies of Petersburg were sent to secretly collect incriminating evidence from the princes and plant undercover agents in the mansion. ”

"Your Highness has Monty's blood flowing in her body, the hereditary nobles dare not touch her, you are busy opening up overseas trade with peace of mind, and the royal city of Monty and His Highness Leah will be guarded by me. ”

"Then please, these princes are always a threat to stay, and when I return with my army in a year's time, I will annihilate them in one fell swoop. ”

Chen Feng could only prepare with both hands, which was also a helpless move.

If the promise can be fulfilled, then everyone will be happy, relying on the absolute superiority of troops, and slowly weakening the prince's fiefdom and military resources.

If you can't keep your promise, then send an army to destroy all the princes.