After listening to Commander Wei and others describe the current situation in Dongshui, Chen Chen also had a general understanding of the situation in Dongshui.

"So, now we're stuck in the Far East?"

Commander Wei took Chen Chen's words and nodded and said: "Let's just say that, Dongshui merchants can go directly to other countries, and Dongshui's white paper can also be circulated, but paper money is strictly controlled, and the movement of our army is under the monitoring of Chen Guo and Nanzhao, I am afraid that we will not be able to march west and south for a while." ”

Chen Chen took out the paper map he had just drawn and looked at it and said, "It's true, we are Chen Guo to the west, Nanzhao to the south, Chen Guo to the north, only the east ......" After speaking, Chen Chen's eyes were firmly fixed on those islands.

"Lord Wang, we are facing the sea to the east, how can this develop?" Chen Cheng looked at the map and couldn't help frowning.

Chen Chen smiled: "Now you can't go to the west and south, you can only go to the east, as for how to develop this king, of course I have a plan." Now that the four states have stabilized, then there is no need to move west and south, now the population density of Dongshui is too large, it has to be dealt with well, and the shipbuilders of Nanzhao have been assigned to our Ministry of Industry, so it is also time for them to contribute, this king decided to put all the focus on a few islands, the country's treasury and Kyoto all moved to Lushui Island, and then relied on the four affiliated islands to develop the navy. ”

"However, with so many people coming to Dongshui, if we don't expand the territory, then it will be difficult for this normal operation?" Yang Cheng said at the right time that for him, he likes to lead the army to fight the most.

Chen Chen shook his head and sighed: "No, we can't expand, now the development of Tianzhou and Yunzhou has made this king a little overwhelmed, let's maintain this situation first, and shift the focus to the ocean." ”

"The ocean can provide us with salt, and we don't have to go to Nanzhao to buy salt at that time, and when the navy is built, we will directly carry out overseas exploration and open up new routes.

Compared with the land, Chen Chen wants to develop marine trade, the land is connected to each other, the products have too much overlap, and it is impossible to be a monopoly, and the ocean is not, in case a new route is opened, the construction of a naval army and a fleet, then it is not impossible to transport goods from other countries to earn the middle price, and even participate in the battle for maritime hegemony.

And the most important thing is that the ocean does not require any investment, it can be used as soon as it is used, and the typical small profit is large.

After several people discussed, Chen Chen directly decided that the focus of Dongshui would be shifted from land expansion to maritime trade, and the construction of new Kyoto and the planning of luxury islands were put on the agenda by Chen Chen.

Although others had objections, they did not refute it, and under Chen Chen's instructions, the Dongshui army left a certain number of troops on the border of Tianzhou and Yunzhou to guard against the sneak attack of Nanzhao and Chen, and the rest of the troops were all transferred to the east.

Three days later, Wei led the three of them with their troops to the beach on the ocean of the Dongshui Peninsula, while Chen Chen continued to stay in Tianzhou, waiting for Wu Kexin's arrival, and began to discuss the system of the first official election in Dongshui.

Nowadays, although Dongshui has absorbed exiles from all over the world, and the entire imperial court and bureaucracy are extremely vigorous, these people are not under their control, as a king, they naturally have to cultivate their own wings and right-hand men, so the young, strong, and motivated young people selected through the examination system are naturally the best candidates to study.

A day later, Wu Kexin finally brought people to Tianzhou, and at this moment Chen Chen was writing the latest development outline in the courtyard of the capital.

"Minister Wu Kexin see the prince." Wu Kexin led everyone from the university to the courtyard to bow down.

Chen Chen put down the pen in his hand and nodded and smiled: "Lord Wu has worked hard, get up." ”

Everyone thanked the prince for his kindness and stood up, and the official positions were arranged in order.

"Does Lord Wu know why this king asked you to come to Tianzhou?" Chen Chen smiled slightly and beckoned Lord Wu to sit down.

Wu Kexin sat down tremblingly, turned his head and said softly: "I heard that the prince has opened a paper mill in Tianzhou, and paper is closely related to scholars, isn't it because the prince asked the minister to come from Shengzhou for this?" ”

Chen Chen laughed: "It is worthy of being a world-famous bachelor, extremely smart, this king does have this reason, but this is not the main reason, the main reason is that Dongshui education has developed for a long time, and now it is too peaceful. ”

"That minister, thank you for your concern about Dongshui education." When Wu Kexin heard this, isn't this a great opportunity for him to accept his protégé, so he hurriedly got up and thanked him.

"Don't be in a hurry to thank you, this king hasn't finished talking yet, the officials selected this time are all going to be under the king's hands, and the three of you won't interfere in the selection of officials at that time." Looking at Wu Kexin's happy expression, Chen Chen felt a burst of amusement in his heart, presumably this Lord Wu especially wanted to take this opportunity to vigorously cultivate his wings, but this time it was absolutely not possible, and it would not work in the future.

The Big Three ganged up to fight, Chen Chen turned a blind eye, after all, it was a game played by some old fritters, and he didn't want to interfere, as long as he could maintain balance, as for the new young people who came up soon, he didn't want them to be poisoned by a few old fritters.

After all, the future development will take an unusual path, once these old guys stabilize their position and then fight with their own theories, it will be over, so cultivating their own people must be urgently needed.

Wu Kexin's mouth moved, and he wanted to say something, but a middle-aged man behind him reached out and pulled him, shaking his head slightly.

This small action was naturally seen by Chen Chen in his eyes, Chen Chen couldn't help but look at this person more, this person looks dignified, but his eyes are shining, and he is obviously not an easy master to deal with.

Chen Chen sneered and pretended not to see it, took a sip of tea and continued: "Lord Wu should also know, this king has decided to shift his focus to the ocean, so this must require a large number of young people with a lot of courage. As for the existing court personnel under the leadership of the three of you, they are also in order, and there is a clear distinction between the various people, this king is naturally not easy to interfere, and he can no longer intersperse personnel, and he can't make direct decisions on the affairs of the court, so he still has to rely on you to ......."

Before Chen Chen finished speaking, Wu Kexin was suddenly anxious, and hurriedly knelt down: "The prince has tormented the minister, the prince is far-sighted, I just follow the pace of the prince, and I dare not have a million differences." ”

Everyone behind Wu Kexin was shocked, and some timid people had cold sweat on their foreheads.

Chen Chen waved his hand and smiled slightly: "Okay, okay, this king is just talking about it, your loyal king knows, okay, everyone have a good rest, tomorrow we will discuss the development of education." ”

Everyone thanked them and immediately retired.

Looking at the expressions of Wu Kexin and the others leaving, Chen Chen snorted coldly, the power of the university has developed too fast recently, Wu Kexin has relied on the advantages of peach and plum all over the world to vigorously develop his power, he sees these things in his eyes, when necessary, just give these scholars some warnings, let them not forget the fundamentals.