Admiralty's Palace.

Back garden.

Zhongli Qiuyang was also sitting with Li Chenan in the pavilion under the moon at the moment, drinking tea.

At this time, he also looked at Li Chenan with great confusion and asked two words:

"Really?"

This was his question about Li Chen'an's desire to ban Caoyun and hand it over to businessmen to operate.

Li Chenan took a sip of tea and raised his eyebrows: "It's more real than real gold!" ”

"Isn't that a mess?"

"What's the mess, you say come and listen?"

Zhongli Qiuyang was dumbfounded, and after a while, he realized that he couldn't speak.

Li Chenan leaned lazily on the back of the chair, looked at the stars and moon in the night sky, and said slowly:

"Caoyun is a thing, and its existence has two major functions."

"One is to generate income for the imperial court. The second is that in times of war, it can quickly transport troops, deliver grain and grass to the front line, or in the event of a disaster, it can transport disaster relief materials to the disaster area through Cao Yun. ”

"That's pretty much it."

"But the downside of it is also obvious, which is that it is inefficient."

"If the goods produced by merchants want to be transported to other places through Cao Yun, they need the approval of the Cao Yun Division, they need to wait for the dispatch of ships, and they also need the nuclear inspection and release of the Cao Yun Divisions in various places......

"Leaving the merchant ship to the merchants to take care of themselves reduces a lot of intermediate links, and the merchants' goods can circulate faster."

"Of course, letting go of Caoyun does not mean that the imperial court will completely let go, which requires some additional conditions."

"For example, in times of war and famine, the imperial court has the right to requisition merchant ships."

Li Chenan sat up straight, the corners of his mouth curled, "Didn't you ask me where the silver for the newly built warship came from?" ”

Zhongli Qiuyang was stunned for a moment, "Could it be that you are the idea of those businessmen who beat it?" ”

"Yes!"

Li Chenan leaned over, and the thief smiled:

"Bid!"

“…… What is a bidding thing? ”

"You can understand it as selling for the sake of the price."

"There are many merchants in Ningguo, and there are also many rich families!"

"All merchants know that this thing is very profitable, and they all know the importance of having their own fleet!"

"But I'll only allow three fleets to exist, and that's the one with the highest price."

Zhongli Qiuyang was stunned for a moment, "Fifty new warships will be built, which will require at least thirty or forty million taels of silver...... They put out so much silver to buy a qualification...... A lot of silver will be invested in the subsequent construction of merchant ships! ”

"Which one of our Ning countries do you think has such a lot of financial resources?"

"Uncle, they can join forces in private!"

"Isn't it enough for one family to have enough money, so that several families can come together and share the convenience of shipping and the profits it creates."

"Don't talk about it, let me ask you, when do you plan to marry Cheng Yiren?"

Zhongli Qiuyang's face suddenly darkened, and he held the teacup and muttered for a moment, and asked, "What do you think about my grandfather?" ”

"Little things...... Actually, it's not a thing! ”

"I didn't pay attention to that big departure empire at all."

"History is always forward, and it has been a thousand years since the empire perished, although there are still some followers, but they are all people who have remnants and luck."

"What do you think of such a person?"

"Even if there are a lot of them, so what?"

"The foundation of a nation lies in its people."

"The demise of a country is often due to the dissatisfaction of the people."

"Don't think that the people are really ignorant, although they don't know a single word, but they all have a scale in their hearts!"

"A tyrannical court, even if it uses high-pressure means to make the people shut up and bend down...... But that's all temporary. ”

"Once someone raises their arms and shouts, the resentment in their hearts rushes straight to their heads, and the consequence is chaos in the world."

"This is the barefoot who is not afraid to wear shoes, but he is not pushed too quickly."

"This is the reason for the fall of the Great Empire, and the same is true of the change of dynasties over the past thousand years."

"So, I don't care about the remnants of the empire at all, what I care about ......"

Li Chenan got up, stood by the pavilion, looked at the dark lotus pond and said slowly: "All I care about is whether our people in Ningguo can live a better life!" ”

"As long as the people's lives are prosperous and their faces are smiling every day, then the foundation of Ningguo will be the most stable."

"Don't say that the Void Great Departure Empire has made a comeback, even if it is the current Three Kingdoms United Vaning...... What are you afraid of? ”

He turned to look at Zhongli Qiuyang and said with a smile:

"So, you can rest assured about the matter of Dingguohou."

Zhongli Qiuyang really relieved his heart at this moment.

He also looked at Li Chen'an, with a smile on his face.

"Why didn't I see that you still had such an opinion when I was in Guangling City?"

Li Chenan walked over and sat down at the table again, raising his eyebrows, "At this time and that time, at that time, I wanted to live a safe life in the tavern and Ruoping." ”

"But now that I've changed my mind, it's naturally going to be a little different."

"This is a path I have chosen, and this path is not as comfortable as being a small boss in a tavern under the banyan tree!"

"Next, I will ask the Zou clan to build a new warship according to my opinion."

"I don't know if you've heard of artillery, but I told the craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry in detail when I left Kyoto."

"Even if they haven't figured it out yet, it will be available soon when I get back to Kyoto."

Zhongli Qiuyang's eyebrows frowned slightly, since Li Chen'an wanted to combine this artillery with the warship, then the power of this thing must be greater than the current crossbow.

At present, the naval warships of all countries use a combination of fixed crossbows and archers to fight.

If artillery is more powerful than a crossbow......

For example, the longer the range and the greater the lethality, then it will naturally be in the most advantageous situation in the event of a water war.

"What the hell is this artillery?"

"It's the equivalent of throwing fireworks from a distance."

Zhongli Qiuyang was stunned, the battle report of the Battle of Wuyaguan had already been sent by the imperial court, and the Red Flame Army was able to capture Wuyaguan by throwing fireworks from a distance with catapults......

"Is it a catapult?"

"Of course not, don't worry, after the Ministry of Engineering builds the cannon, it will be sent to various armies, and then you will know, and the method of training sailors will become completely different."

Zhongli Qiuyang's eyes lit up, since it was not a catapult, it must be even more powerful than a catapult!

Such weapons and equipment are on a warship, and once the sailors are proficient, they will be invincible!

"How do you know these things?"

Li Chenan laughed again, "Uncle, I know a lot of things!" ”

He looked up at the night, and it was already dark, so he stood up.

"You'll find out later!"

"Sleep!"

"Tomorrow, when Old Lady Zou arrives, let's go to see the dock together, and by the way, see what the current sailor warship looks like."

Li Chenan walked out of the pavilion with a step, and Zhongli Qiuyang followed.

"Don't send it, I'm afraid Lord Yunchen is waiting for you impatiently."

“…… She? I'm afraid she's still chatting with the four princesses. ”

"Besides, we haven't gotten married yet, so we haven't had sex together, so why wait for that."

Li Chenan smiled, and walked on the moonlight with his hands behind his back:

"Uncle, ......!"

"Persuade the king not to spare the golden clothes,

Persuade the monarch to cherish his youth.

Flowers can be folded straight and must be folded,

Don't wait for no flowers and empty branches! ”

Across a wall, several women were whispering.

Li Chen'an's little poem came to their ears in this silent night.

Yunchen County Lord Cheng Yiren's eyes suddenly lit up, and he looked at Ning Chuchu, "Broken?" ”

Ning Chuchu looked resentful.

"Fold two, and there are two!"