The power struggle between the white mountains and black waters seems to be a little far away from the Qi country.

The Qi people who are active in the land of Liaodong are currently limited to the land of projectiles along the coast.

For this enclave, the Qi State did not pay much attention, and not much for the people in the Penglai area, it was a paradise for hunter-gatherers.

With the popularization of a large number of civilian ships, from Penglai to the islands between the opposite shores, settled Qi people slowly appeared.

These people all make a living from fishing, and the income from fishing is no less than that from farming.

Moreover, these fishermen also have land, and the combination of the two makes the standard of living in the Penglai area much higher than that of the rest of the cities in the Qi country.

And Shixi was also recalled from the south by the imperial court in the fourteenth year of Hongwu.

In the past six months, the population trade has made the Qi army a lot of money, and they may be the richest people in the Qi army.

But there are no impermeable walls in the world, how could the imperial court allow this kind of trade without paying taxes to exist.

As soon as Shi Xi arrived at Penglai Port, he was taken away for questioning by the household officials and Jinyi guards sent by the imperial court.

The state of Qi did not allow commercial activities in the name of the army, even if it was not approved by the imperial court.

Shi Xi's behavior had violated the laws of Daqi, and more than ten days later, Shi Xi was escorted to the capital by five flowers.

Yang Hao was not too angry with Shi Xi's behavior, judging from the information he had, Shi Xi jumped up and down in a short period of time to buy people from the south, and the money he earned was urgently needed by the imperial court.

And he has the law of Daqi as a basis, and he can justifiably confiscate all this closed wealth.

But he didn't intend to do this, firstly, it would make the soldiers who had already tasted the sweetness dissatisfied with the imperial court, and secondly, he also felt that the imperial court could learn from Stony Brook's approach.

Of course, for the sake of his reputation, he would not engage in such dirty things in the name of the imperial court.

Shi Xi was imprisoned for half a month, and was released after nearly eighty percent of his income was confiscated by the household department.

and fined him for half a year, given a warning, and if he recidivists, he will be suspended from his post for investigation.

After being locked up in a dark prison for so long, Stony Brook was very glad that he had come out alive.

Although eighty percent of the income was confiscated, the remaining two percent was also a lot of wealth.

The imperial court did not take it all, it was already the emperor's grace.

His dream is to cross the endless sea, and the more wealth he accumulates, the more he will be able to have a fleet of his own in the future.

He originally thought that this matter was over, but not long after returning home, a palace man passed Yang Hao's message to summon him to the palace to face the saint.

Shi Xi had a headache, he was unwilling to face Yang Hao, so he felt a lot of pressure.

Yang Hao's eyes that seemed to be able to perceive people's hearts made him very uncomfortable.

Although reluctant, Shi Xi hurriedly washed up, changed into official clothes, and hurriedly followed the palace people towards the palace.

"Chen Shixi meets the king, long live my king, long live long live."

Stony Brook respectfully bowed.

Yang Hao nodded and asked him to sit down, and said coldly: "Shi Aiqing has gained a lot when he comes in." ”

Shi Xi was a little embarrassed when he heard this: "The minister is guilty!" ”

Yang Hao said: "You are naturally guilty, if it weren't for your merits over the years, I'm afraid you would have no chance with the army." ”

When Shi Xi heard this, he immediately broke out in a cold sweat.

"Thank you for your kindness, and you should remember this lesson."

Yang Hao nodded and said: "I came to you this time, there is an important thing for you to do, this king remembers, you said before that you want to go to the sea to have a while, I don't know if Shi Aiqing still has such thoughts." ”

Shi Xi's eyes suddenly lit up, and he hurriedly said: "If you can go to the sea, I am willing to scatter all my family wealth." ”

"There is no need to scatter all the wealth, this king plans to send a fleet next summer to the continent thousands of miles away to the east, your task is to find several local plants, if there are people over there, try not to conflict with them, after you come back, this king will give you a fleet to explore this world for me."

Yang Hao's words suddenly made Shi Xi feel like he was in a dream, and happiness came too suddenly.

He even felt that the imperial court confiscated eighty percent of his income was simply too little, and if he knew that there was such a good thing, he would not hesitate to take out all the money.

"The minister will live up to the king's trust."

Stony Brook said excitedly.

Yang Hao said: "This trip to the east is unpredictable, I will only let you bring three hundred sailors, the rest of the crew can only be recruited from the people, to next summer before going to sea, you must let them learn survival skills at sea, you pick some clever ones from the sailors, this more than a year, they will carry out detailed knowledge of ocean navigation, you remember, I only give you two years, if you can't return to Daqi within two years, the court will think that you have been killed, if the future fleet finds that you have betrayed Daqi, No matter where you are hiding in the world, I will bring you back to the Fa-rectification, you can hear you clearly. ”

Shi Xi shuddered and said respectfully, "The minister heard clearly." ”

"For more than a year, learn as many survival skills as possible, this time to the sea, you not only have to explore the unknown place, but also to establish corresponding supply stations along the way, you as the forerunner, leaving Daqi, you can only rely on yourself, the sea is vast and unpredictable, I hope to see you come back alive."

Yang Hao said earnestly.

Stony Brook nodded solemnly.

"The king, if the minister is unfortunately killed, the minister's subordinates will continue the task assigned by the king.

Yang Hao said: "Aiqing can rest assured that he will go east, and Aiqing's family and the court will take care of it." ”

Shi Xi's heart sank when he heard this, knowing that Yang Hao was still not worried about himself, but he also knew that it was normal for the imperial court to do this, and once again showed his determination to be loyal to Daqi.

After Shi Xi left, Yang Hao let out a long sigh.

He really didn't wait for it, in his opinion, the development speed of Qi was too slow.

The low efficiency left him with empty ideas and unable to implement them.

The most important point is the issue of food.

If this problem is not solved, let alone the realization of initial industrialization, whether the internal affairs of Qi can exist stably are two things.

It is now the fourteenth year of Hongwu, and he has been here for sixteen years, and even if it seems that he will start exploring the Americas next year, it will take four or five years at the earliest to see the effects of the new crop.

And that's when he has been in this world for twenty years, how many twenty years can he live.

The enemy of time is so terrible, for the sake of the country he built with his own hands, Yang Hao has to cherish every minute and every second.