Trade between China and the West and the exchange of goods is a good thing in itself. However, Liu Yue was also cautious about the opening of treaty ports, and Liu Yue knew that the current level of development of Western civilization was very close to the period of industrial civilization in the Age of Discovery. After the opening of the treaty port, the impact of Western culture on the culture of the Central Plains will also be great, and it may reach a point where it cannot be contained.

However, Liu Yu does not want a country, in a state of closed eyes and listening, the future form of a country, should not be suppressed by high pressure, nor can it be relied on the state to grasp the mouthpiece to mislead the people, this should be a natural process, what is good or bad, what is more acceptable, this should be left to the people to choose.

Tolerance and open-mindedness are actually the common characteristics of human beings in the era of civilization.

Liu Yu carefully read the list of goods submitted to the imperial court by Western merchants, in fact, the request of Westerners was very simple, that is, to transport goods to the mainland to sell, not just to buy and sell goods on the coast like stealing chickens and dogs, but also to be levied high taxes by the government. What Westerners yearn for the most is actually the rich land of Guanzhong, and they think that Guanzhong's proximity to the political and cultural center of the Great Shun Dynasty is very beneficial to their profits.

For most Western merchants, they were not invaders, but just wanted to make a profit. This is a common trait of businessmen. Only when they do not get benefits, they will go astray and plunder in the most primitive way of human beings, that is, aggression.

"Send some people to meet with the representatives of Western merchants, and express our intentions by the way."

Liu Yu first explained to Sui Yu his position on trading with Westerners, as well as the principles and bottom line that the Great Shun Dynasty should adhere to. Sui Yu is a businessman, as long as Liu Yuyi says. She understood right away. There is no need for Liu Yu to explain in detail.

On most issues. Sui Yu obeyed Liu Yue's words, but it was only when Liu Yu talked about the issue of taxes that Sui Yu expressed her opinion.

"There are some goods from the Westerners, although they are shipped over long distances, but the price is still cheaper than that of my Dashun Dynasty, such as cloth. If there is such free trade, I am afraid that it will be harmful to the goods of our dynasty. ”

Liu Yu smiled. There is no need to explain in detail, Sui Yu has already been able to understand the importance of "trade protectionism". Indeed, the industrial revolution of Westerners mainly replaced manual labor with the productivity of machines, so as to achieve the manufacture of the same goods, greatly reducing labor costs, and thus expanding productivity. In this context, the backward technology of the Central Plains will make the goods far less competitive than these Western goods, if a certain protection is not applied. That would inevitably harm the interests of the handicraftsmen and peasants of the Shun Dynasty.

"Miss Sui, what you said is right, in the early days of free trade. Indeed, it is necessary to re-endow Western commodities to protect our Central Plains commodities. Liu Yu said, "But this is not a long-term solution, what we can do is to introduce Western handicrafts, as well as some advanced techniques, so that our own people can also produce low-cost goods to compete with Western goods." Otherwise, relying only on trade protection will only go to the last stage, damage the interests of our Great Shun Dynasty, and make our Great Shun Dynasty's skills backward and be in a situation of being passively beaten. ”

Sui Yu nodded, although what Liu Yu said was very reasonable, she still had certain cognitive limitations, she couldn't understand how civilized the craftsmanship of Westerners was. As a citizen of the Shun Dynasty, although Sui Yu has his broad vision, he still has the arrogance that the people of the Celestial Dynasty are accustomed to, thinking that the Shun Dynasty is the upper kingdom of the Celestial Empire, and that the reason why Western goods are cheap is because Western manpower is not valuable.

Only Liu Yu can understand how important the industrial revolution initiated by the West has had on the development of the world. Almost overnight, the transformation from backwardness to civilization, if it cannot conform to the development of the times, then the Shun Dynasty will be at an extreme disadvantage, and it is not uncommon for an eight-nation alliance to emerge or something.

This meeting was only carried out by Liu Yu and Sui Yu, but it had a great influence on the future development of the Shun Dynasty. In this meeting, Liu Yu is a strategist, and Sui Yu belongs to an executor, and even the summary of the meeting is written down by Sui Yu word by word for future implementation.

After Liu Yu finished explaining the matter, Liu Yu specifically mentioned the problem of Western missionaries, although the Westerners had no intention of preaching in Middle-earth, Liu Yu wanted to borrow their missionaries to destroy the image of the new religion among the common people.

Sending Sui Yu away, Liu Yu's mood also improved, and he was thinking about where to go, when Lian Yusheng came in and spread the word, saying that there was a little female official who wanted to see Liu Yu.

"Female officer? Qu Doctor Girl? Liu Yu frowned.

"It's not Qu Yinu, that female official, my subordinates have seen it before, and it seems that she is very familiar with His Majesty."

Only then did Liu Yu remember that Qu Ning and Lian Husheng followed him to Lingnan, and they were familiar with each other along the way, and Lian Husheng would not call Qu Ning "a female official". Hearing Lian Husheng say that he met Qi'er, Liu Yu immediately thought that it should be a little stammering Wu Shuo.

"When did the little stutter become a female officer?"

Liu Yuying came out and realized that it was not that Wu Shuo became a female official, but that she was wearing the clothes of a female official, and she herself was walking in the palace and belonged to a "free person", and the people in the palace did not dare to ask about her. First, she is the great-granddaughter of the national teacher Wu You, and secondly, she is the little sister of the empress.

"Little stammer, what's the matter?" When Liu Yu saw Wu Shuo, it was obvious that she was very unhappy on her face, because Liu Yu took her little sister away and hadn't seen each other for half a year.

The most difficult lovesickness, since Qi'er left Chang'an City, Wu Shuo has been alone.

"I ...... I'm ......."

I was for a long time, and Wu Shuo said, "Someone is looking for it." ”

The connection is "I have someone looking for me", but Liu Yue knows that Lu Dao is not like that, it should be that Wu You wants to see him and asks Wu Shuo to come over and pass the word.

Liu Yu smiled and said, "Do you have someone looking for?" Then go, don't send it, even the guards, you go with her......"

Wu Shuo snorted, his face was very dissatisfied, and he ran away. Liu Yu tidied up his clothes and led people directly to Wu You's astronomical institute.

After returning to Chang'an City, Liu Yu has been very busy and has no time to visit Wu You, an old friend. When he arrived at Wu You's Astronomical Institute, Liu Yu was immediately stunned by the scene in front of him, the originally good and dignified hall was burned to gray and black, and the second astronomical institute after Wu You entered the palace was unfortunately destroyed by a fire.

"When did this happen?" Liu Yu asked Lian Husheng on the side.

Lian Husheng said: "About two months ago, my subordinates only found out after returning to Chang'an City, and I never told the general. ”

"This old fellow, is he addicted to arson? Burn the palace to play if you don't have anything to do? What happened to Zhilu Dao this time? ”

Lian Husheng said helplessly: "I heard what research Wu Guoshi has been conducting recently, since this fire, he has put the research in the open field. ”

Liu Yuxin said that this old guy is not only an old god, but also a cyborg maniac. (To be continued......)