Ming Jian knows very well the power of the market economy, which is the only way to revitalize the Great Song Dynasty, but now that it is a feudal society, the pace of reform cannot be too large, otherwise, it will pull the egg.

After the ban on salt and iron is lifted, the entire economy will be fully developed, but after a few years of development, its driving force will gradually weaken, and then other reforms will be put on the agenda.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have thought about it again and again, and decided to give us a few more ways out of the Great Song Dynasty, now salt and iron are driving the development of the economy, but this is far from enough, and we need to increase the development of other aspects. The Jin people and the Western Xia people stood in the way, and the materials of our Great Song Dynasty only had to be sold to the Great Song Dynasty, which was not easy, so I decided to open the Maritime Silk Road and sell the materials of the Great Song Dynasty by sea, so that our Great Song Dynasty would have countless gold, silver and jewelry. Ladies and gentlemen, what do you think? ”

Ming Jian said.

At the beginning of the Age of Sail, the sword was able to make history, and at this time Europe was in the dark Middle Ages, and all countries were lagging behind, and it was the time to make a windfall.

As for Africa and the Americas, it is similar to the barbaric era, where there are countless human resources and various crops, which are brought back to supplement the Great Song Dynasty, and the Great Song Dynasty is even richer.

After Ming Jian's words were spoken, the ministers were dumbfounded, asking for money from the sea, they had never thought of it.

Li Ruoshui said: "Qiqi official, the sea is boundless, and the waves are turbulent, the danger is incomparable, going to sea is equal to nine deaths, the risk is too great, I am afraid that the development is very large, even if the imperial court personally manages it, it must be too costly, in case there is no return, the treasury will definitely be greatly weakened at that time, please think twice!" ”

Li Ruoshui's words also represent the words of most people in this era, in addition to being forced by life to fight with the sea, most people choose to live and develop on a stable land.

The tonnage of ships in this era is also very small, and there are too few that can withstand strong winds and waves.

Ming Jian said: "Li Aiqing, the sea is indeed extremely dangerous, but the prospects are incomparably broad! Do you know how big the world is? Compared with the whole world, our Great Song Dynasty is just a corner of the world, even if it is the whole of China, it is only a small part of the world! So, we have to explore the world, and if there is something good, wouldn't it be better to ship it back? So, we need to vigorously develop the shipbuilding industry, wooden ships, no! I think that steel can be added to the sea ship, so that it can resist the wind and waves, Li Aiqing, in the current imperial examination, those who have excellent results in mathematics, physics and chemistry, but they can go to the shipyard to study the development of new ships, not only merchant ships, in the future, we will also need a large number of warships, this matter, but it is very important, Aiqing supervises it. ”

Li Ruoshui was secretly surprised that Ming Jian actually wanted to add valuable steel to the ship, it seemed that this was an iron heart to develop the sea.

He hurriedly said, "The minister obeys the order." It's just that this steel is valuable, and if it is used on sea ships, I am afraid that the manufacture of weapons will be affected to a certain extent at that time, and the number of sea ships can only increase step by step. ”

Ming Jian said with a smile: "It's okay, it's okay to send five sea ships this year, when the time comes, let Tianjiao Road select sea athletes, and lead a team of troops to go to sea with goods to trade, but bring back everything that I don't have in the Great Song Dynasty!" ”

Li Ruoshui breathed a sigh of relief, just building five sea ships, it was still no problem.

"Obey the order!"

After retiring from the dynasty, Ming Jian went to Yelu Feiyan's residence again, last night a night of love, Ming Jian still liked Yelu Feiyan very much, so he sealed her a talented person and gave her a palace.

Entering the house, Yelu Feiyan didn't have the etiquette habits of other concubines at all, so Fei also pounced on Ming Jian, kissed him, and said, "The official family is in court." ”

After Ming Jian sat down with her in his arms, he said, "The habit of living with a concubine? ”

Yelu Feiyan immediately pursed her lips and said: "I'm not used to it, the official family, the concubines feel so bored, the official family, the concubines heard that the Emperor Taishang has a courtyard, which has a lot of rare and exotic beasts, the official family, let's go hunting, right?" ”

Yelu Feiyan is right, in the past, Song Huizong Zhao Ji set up a courtyard, specializing in raising rare and exotic beasts, after experiencing the difficulty of Jingkang, he withdrew from the court, and he was dedicated to raising rare and exotic beasts, and the name of the courtyard was also taken by Song Huizong as 'Gold Hunting Academy'.

Ming Jian also knew that there were lions, tigers, leopards, and wild boars in it, and Song Huizong also gave these beasts the name of the Jin people, every time he hunted and shot the beasts, he would look relieved, and he seemed to hate the Jin people.

"Since Concubine Ai is interested, then I will accompany you to go today, come here, go to pass on Fu Qing, go and prepare immediately, I will accompany Concubine Ai to [Gold Hunting Courtyard]." Ming Jian said to Yelu Feiyan's maid Suji, this Suji was brought by Yelu Feiyan from the north, and it seems that she is a Murwei person.

Su Ji went for a while, and Fu Qing came.

Ming Jian said: "Fu Qing, I want to go to the [Gold Hunting Courtyard], you go immediately to prepare the hunting outfits, and then send someone to pay a message to the Emperor Taishang." ”

"Yes."

Fu Qing went for a while, and also came back, after dressing up, the group went to the [Gold Hunting Courtyard], Song Huizong personally greeted Ming Jian at the door, and the two had not seen each other for a while.

"How do you let Daddy greet you? The sin of the sons is also! Ming Jian hurriedly went over to salute Song Huizong.

Song Huizong said with a smile: "I haven't seen my son for many days, but my father misses it very much, today you and my father and son will gather together and talk about it well, is this your new Liao girl?" ”

Ming Jian hurriedly called Yelu Feiyan to come over and salute, and said: "Daddy, this is Yelu Feiyan, and Erchen has already planned to cooperate with the Liao people to fight the Jin people together." ”

Song Huizong bowed to Yelu Feiyan and motioned for her to be flat, but pulled the Ming sword to the side and whispered: "My son, our Great Song Dynasty and the Liao people are also feuding, how can we make a national policy lightly because of a woman?" Daddy was worried. ”

Ming Jian said with a smile: "Daddy, don't worry, today's Liao people are already seriously injured sick tigers, don't worry, Erchen wants the Liao people to be the lackeys of our Great Song Dynasty, and in the future, the Liao people will be our vanguard, and when the Jin people are destroyed, our Great Song Dynasty will be even stronger, and we are not afraid of the Liao people." ”

Song Huizong said with a smile: "In this way, Daddy is relieved." You're here to hunt today? ”

"Yes, Feiyan was so flustered that her son accompanied her to hunt, Daddy, how many rare and exotic beasts are there in this courtyard?" Ming Jian said.

Song Huizong said: "These days, my father sent people around to collect, there should be a total of thousands, among which there are a few bears, my son should be careful, this bear is blind and infinitely powerful, rough skin and thick meat, not easy to shoot." ”

Ming Jian nodded and said, "Erchen knows. ”