Cai Wei glanced at him and said lightly, "Your Highness, is this testing me again?" ”

Qin Fei pursed his mouth and complained: "The princess is really incomprehensible! At this time, as a □□, shouldn't you say a few words like marrying a chicken and sharing weal and woe to show loyalty to this king? ”

"I just want to know whether His Highness's plan is for private gain or for the benefit of the country?"

If this highness really wants to usurp the throne, then what does he want to do with the tens of thousands of acres of land on the northeast border? It can be said that it is not helpful to his rebellion, and now the Jurchens are eyeing the Northeast, often sending troops to invade the territory, attacking cities and plundering land, maybe one day he will occupy these lands by the Jurchens, with this person's cunning as a fox, he will be willing to take this risk to ask for a field with no income?

Qin Fei smiled calmly under her gaze: "This king's abacus, it is naturally for private interests and for the country, and it is good to make a steady profit and not lose money." As for what the specific matter is, I can't tell you yet, the princess just needs to be the king's rich lady. ”

Cai Wei stared at him for a moment and said, "If Your Highness wants to get rich overnight, you still have to go through the way of business, but not within the country. ”

Qin Fei's fingers unconsciously tapped on the table, raised his eyes and asked, "Does the princess mean to trade with overseas countries by sea, and use my country's tea, porcelain, and silk to earn gold, silver, pearls, and ivory from overseas countries?" ”

"It seems that His Highness has already thought of the law of maritime trade, so why bother to ask me again?"

"This king is just from the ancestors to learn, the Northern Qin and Southern Qin, although our dynasty is militarily weak, but in the commercial economy is extremely developed, the treasury is sufficient, because the two dynasties against the previous dynasty to agriculture-based anti-business policy, but to financial management as the priority, not only the dynasty on the land is extremely prosperous, but also in Guangzhou, Quanzhou, Hangzhou, Mingzhou, Mizhou and other places set up a "city division", with overseas East and West oceans and foreign markets, trade, the annual profits are millions of guan. It's a pity that in my Yan and Qin Dynasty, but the implementation of the sea ban completely closed the overseas mutual market, the law of tribute, even if Emperor Dezong reopened the sea ban, but only in Quanzhou every year for a short month, a year, the customs tax is only 20,000 or 30,000 taels of silver, and then most of it is greedy, what is enough? ”

Cai Wei nodded and said: "During the Northern and Southern Qin periods, regardless of the decrees on the side, it is extremely pragmatic to focus on overseas mutual markets, and it will be of great benefit to the country and the people. It is because although he has repeatedly asked for peace with the Khitan currency, although he is humiliated in diplomatic and political affairs, it is much more cost-effective in financial affairs than the cost of being forced to move the capital or raising troops. The war could not afford it, and the internal situation was stable, which made the commercial economy of the country prosperous. It's a pity that at that time, the court didn't know how to be prepared for danger in times of peace, and used the surplus financial resources to sort out the armament, but it still emphasized literature and light military force, and the result was ......"

At this point, she suddenly realized that she had talked to Qin Fei about the rise and fall of these families and countries, and if others knew about it, they would definitely say that she did not abide by her duty as a woman.

Seeing that she was silent, Qin Fei smiled, "This king is not one of those sour and smelly old rotten Confucians, the princess is right, this king-" He deliberately dragged out the tone, and spit out two words in an extremely ambiguous tone, "I love to listen!" ”

He saw Cai Wei turn his head a little uncomfortably, and the corners of his lips hooked, "Let's get down to business, because of the court's ban on the sea, if you want to trade with overseas Zhuyi, you can only go to sea secretly. However, in the Western countries, because few people go there, this route is not very good. ”

Cai Wei sneered: "It turns out that His Highness is waiting for me here!" Your Highness can't help but be too clear about the details of my Zhou family, right? ”

"This daughter-in-law is a lifelong thing, you have to polish your eyes to find out the foundation of the door, if it is not for the king's homework and knowing that you are a treasure, how can he disregard your face and take all the trouble to snatch you. My father-in-law had not only been to Sealand, but had stayed there for five years, and when he finally came back, he must have known how to take the seafaring road. ”

"The Western countries are thousands of miles away from our country, why should Your Highness be willing to go far, if you are in a hurry to use the money, it is better to have a faster turnover of maritime trade with the Eastern countries."

"Although the countries of the Eastern Kingdom are close to each other, although the profits of our things are abundant, they are only two or three times as profitable, but if they can be transported to the Western Ocean, they will at least be ten times more profitable. I just asked the princess about it first, but the area around Quanzhou is where the princess's ancestral home is, and it is from there that my father-in-law traveled to the sea, and he once took the princess back. I wonder if my father-in-law has ever told the princess about going to sea, such as which boatmen to find in the local area to go to sea for comparison, well, it is not easy to get lost and die at the bottom of the sea? ”

Cai Wei thought about it, and still told him a name, "If Your Highness sends someone to Quanzhou, you can find a person named Zheng Yihu, when my father and I were in Quanzhou, he was a small leader of the Sea Eagle Society, but my father said that he was brave and strategic, and he would definitely make a difference one day, and he could become a leader of the people." A few more years have passed, but I am afraid that he is now a high-ranking and powerful person in the Sea Eagle Society, and His Highness can first order someone to discuss this matter with him. ”

She didn't explain what kind of gang this Sea Eagle Society was, if Qin Fei had already had this intention, he would definitely know that all the sea smuggling in Fujian was inseparable from the Sea Eagle Society.

Qin Fei really didn't ask her, touched his chin and said, "Well, the Sea Eagle Club has a place on its side, but on the king's side, there is really not enough manpower, and there is a shortage of people!" ”

He looked at Zhou Caiwei with a smile and said, "I don't know if my father-in-law has told the princess about any available talents, this king is really eager to be talented now!" ”

Cai Wei wanted to reject him, but suddenly remembered someone, so she said, "I have someone here who I want to recommend to His Highness." ”

After Qin Fei heard the man's name, a heartfelt smile appeared on his lips, "Princess, this is a thankful retribution, thank him for not listening to his mother's arrangement that day, and not going to insult you?" ”

"I just think that Cousin Wu Chong is an upright person, and besides, he also has the ability and talent to go out. When my cousin was fifteen years old, he traveled the world alone, not in the imperial examination, but in the spirit of traveling all over the world, exploring the mysteries, and recording all kinds of things he saw and heard, like Mr. Hongzu. It's a pity that his father made an accident later, and the family was in the middle of the road, so he had to go home to support the door, and was forced by his mother to study hard, wanting to revitalize the lintel in high school one day. Because his mother was not good at taking care of the accounts, he helped his mother take care of some of the remaining fields and industries in the family after studying, and the maintenance was well organized, and there was a two-tenth income every year. ”

"I didn't think you knew a lot about this cousin!" Qin Fei felt a little uncomfortable in his heart when he heard this.

Cai Wei heard the sourness in his words, and felt a little inexplicable, didn't he personally say last time that he and her were just a nominal couple, he couldn't even eat Qin Min's vinegar, so why did he even eat the dry vinegar of the Wu family's cousin.

"It's just his sister suing me." In fact, some of them were told by Zhao Yifang, and because it was inconvenient to mention them, she said that she was Wu Chong's sister.

"No matter what his mother tried to do with me, he was kind to me. If people treat me well, I will naturally treat others well. ”

Qin Fei's eyes flashed, "That king has been treating you so well, should the princess also be kind to this king?" Every time I see this king, I always have a cold face, and there is no trace of laughter, I really see this king blocking my heart! ”

Cai Wei continued to have a cold face, "I'll tell you a story with Your Highness." Once upon a time, there was a son who went out to play one day and suddenly fell into a pit, which turned out to be a trap set by hunters in the mountains. He fell inside, unable to come out, was anxious, at this time suddenly a female bandit passed by and rescued him from the trap, and before the son thanked her for saving his life, he was forcibly taken back to the cottage by the female bandit on his shoulder, saying that he was going to marry him as the husband of the village. ”

"It turned out that this female bandit forced this son to marry her, because he took a fancy to the child's intelligence and his family's money, and wanted to use it. She didn't know how many beautiful boys she had accepted for the same purpose before. If His Royal Highness is the son, do you think this female bandit is good or bad for the son? ”

Qin Fei touched his nose and decisively changed the topic, "It seems that the princess really wants to give him a chance to make contributions to this king!" Since the princess values him so much, let the king see if he is worthy of the king's use as the princess said. ”

"It's just that he now has a mother and a young sister, and he has to pass the exam to revive the lintel of his family, even though it is his life's wish to sail and travel all over the world, but if he wants to take the risk of smuggling by sea, I am afraid that he may not be willing to agree."

Qin Fei suddenly threw a smile at her, "How could the princess forget, as long as it is the person that this king looks at, but none of them can escape from the palm of my hand!" ”