And Liu Shihai saw that Zhou Tong had already answered truthfully, if he was vague, it would be a little too much, so he replied honestly: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister is also fifty-four years old this year. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"The age of the two Qing families is not young, especially Zhou Lao Aiqing, who is already in his prime, and he will already be old in a few years, and Liu Qing's family is so fat, it is also a big burden on your body." Zhao Xu said to the two of them with concern

Liu Shihai and Zhou Tong saw Zhao Xu asking their age, and thought that Zhao Xu wanted them to take the initiative to resign and go into hiding, so they were both a little apprehensive in their hearts, but Zhao Xu ignored the apprehension in the eyes of the two of them, but continued: "You two Qing family are the two optimus jade pillars of my Great Song Empire, but don't fall down suddenly because of overwork in your body and heart, you have to learn to grasp the big and let go of the small, don't participate in everything in every detail, even if you don't feel sorry for yourself, I still feel sorry for the two Qing families, and when I have nothing to do in the future, I will go to the Tai Hospital, and find He Wenbao and An Daoquan to regulate and condition my body, your body is the capital of the empire. ”

Listening to Zhao Xu's words, the doubts in the hearts of the two were instantly dispelled, and the tears of the two of them kept shaking in their eyes, and they were grateful to Zhao Xu.

"Okay, I'm done with what I have to say, two of you, you can step down."

"The ministers are retiring, long live my emperor, long live, long live."

Liu Shihai and Zhou Dong's efficiency is absolutely nothing to say, just after Zhao Xu's orders to prepare the goods have been prepared, and the East China Sea Fleet is under the control of Yue Fei, and the army accompanying the voyage is under the control of Liu Qi, all of them rushed back to Beijing from the garrison, and even Pan Shilong, the commander of the imperial privateer regiment, received the general and returned to Beijing. At this time, the imperial study was already stained with all the heavyweights in the court

Zhao Xu saw that all the people had arrived, so he took everyone to the world map he drawn, in front of the world map sand table made by the craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry overnight, pointed to the location of the Great Song Dynasty on the sand table, and said to all the court officials present: "Here, it is our Great Song Empire, our eastern region has these thousands of miles of coastline, our country from north to south, and then from east to west, including almost all the world's topography, and climate and environment, and there are two destinations for this voyage, the first is here, This place is named the African continent, and the southernmost point of the African continent is here, the route is difficult, there are many storms and reefs, but this is the only shipping route connecting our east and west, so here I named it the Cape of Good Hope, under the large area of land north of the Cape of Good Hope, they buried a large number of high-content gold veins and diamond veins (diamonds) underground, it can be said that a large area of land around the Cape of Good Hope on the entire African continent is penetrated by this gold vein and this diamond vein. Therefore, the first task, 20,000 elite blue brick cavalry, with Liu Qi as the general, occupy here, all creatures that dare to resist, whether they are humans or animals, all killed, and capture as many people with unique black skin there as possible, as our slaves, to carry out the excavation and development of mineral deposits, the Ministry of Industry, send a team of about 100 people to accompany the professionals of construction, roads and bridges, and mineral exploration to cooperate with Liu Qi's occupation work, Lin Chong, I also need you to send two teams of 100 people Hua Wolf special combat soldiers to accompany him, The first is to adapt to the combat environment there and temper our soldiers in a more cruel environment, and the second is to carry out special combat missions there, with Liu Qi as the main officer, and the Hua Wolf general and the officer in charge of the Ministry of Industry as the deputy. After reaching the Cape of Good Hope, find an excuse to break away from the main fleet and find a place to land nearby. ”

"Your Ministers understand." Liu Qi, Lin Chong, and Xu Liang all bowed to Zhao Xu to receive orders

"Liu Qi, as the commander of the expedition, you must remember an extremely important question, our tens of thousands of soldiers will be stationed there for three years after arriving there, which will be a very hard and protracted war, there, only you soldiers and craftsmen who go on the expedition, there is no entertainment, and there are no women, after a long time, all of you will feel very lonely, and even, you may become extremely irritable, you must always adjust your mentality, And more to enlighten the soldiers who have become irritable and abnormal, and as for the black-skinned local women, I mean you should try not to touch them, if there really are any soldiers who can't stand it, it doesn't matter, but there can't be children between them, and you also tell them that when the construction there is almost over, I will allow them to bring their families over. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, the minister has written it down." Liu Qi said with a fist at Zhao Xu

"Let's talk about the second mission, there is this ocean-going fleet led by Yue Fei himself, your task is, first, follow this fleet of James Norrington from the Kingdom of England to the westernmost part of the world, find out and record the required routes, routes, and second, bring a batch of silk, porcelain, and tea from our Great Song Dynasty to the West to sell, see where our goods are, what the market is, and bring the information back to our country."

"Yes, Your Majesty, the minister has written it down." Yue Fei clenched his fists and said

"Pan Shilong, your task is first, to land at any point on the African continent and capture some black slaves, see how much they are worth, and find out their market for me. Second, to continue to sell these black slaves, to find out as much as possible about the national conditions, economic strength, military strength, and military deployment of the neighboring countries, will be extremely beneficial to our combat missions in the future. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, Your Lordship." Pan Shilong bowed to Zhao Xu and clenched his fists to lead the order

"Zhou Lao Aiqing, you immediately organize the scheduling and preparation of all aspects of the overall work, and be sure to prepare all this before these Westerners set off."

"Commandment."

"Liu Shihai, how are you preparing for the goods we are going to trade with them?"

"Your Majesty, rest assured, the ministers have all been arranged."

"Very good, no matter how hard you work, prepare our own goods that need to be brought to the West, this time they will all be concentrated in Qingzhou Port, and when they set off, Yue Fei will take them with them."

"Obey." Liu Shihai returned to the road

"Ladies and gentlemen."

"Wait here."

"Today's meeting is a high-level state secret and must not be disclosed to anyone, otherwise, you Aiqing must not blame me for being unsympathetic." Zhao Xu said to everyone present in a somewhat gloomy manner (to be continued.) )