"The money matter is easy to solve," said Empress Dowager Lu, "When your father was in power, he focused on developing the economy across the south of the Yangtze River. Many rich people directly received the favors of me and your father.

"In recent years, they have also paid in every year. You go to the Ministry of Revenue to pick a few people, organize a new yamen, convene these people to contribute money, and pay dividends from the profits obtained by the court."

After saying that, she summoned a female official to the curtain: "Nan Zhao will do the specific matters, so she can help."

Nan Zhao walked over and bowed, and he saw that he was a semi-modern secretary trained by Empress Dowager Lu.

The emperor took back his gaze: "Even if the shipbuilding funds are not hindered, cargo ships cannot be in place immediately. The cost of building a nautical ship is higher than that of a river boat. Nowadays, most of the large ships that can go out to sea can be combined are only one of them. My son also thought of summoning these ships, investing in buying, or renting them, but the quality of the ships is uneven, and it is not a long-term solution to involve several joint stocks."

"You mean to build a fleet."

"My son has this idea."

Queen Mother Lu was silent for a while: "The existing ships do not guarantee their service life, and not all sea ships have traveled across the ocean, and they only sail near the sea. However, convening existing ships to form a fleet can solve the urgent problem. At least, it can save this transaction first.

"As long as we gain three or two years of turnover, it is unknown whether the situation will change at that time."

"In short, it is imperative to build a qualified long-distance fleet. With such a fleet, it is not only useful to explore commerce, but also to develop other aspects. For example... to obtain information from overseas countries."

The emperor said this and looked at Zhao Su: "My son doesn't like to do things that are not sure. There is a risk in opening shipping, and as the monarch, I have to try to minimize this risk. The best way is to seize the opportunity."

Zhao Su, who was mentioned, suddenly shook and continued to look at the screen in the cold eyes of Empress Dowager Lu.

The cross-Atlantic Ocean requires very high demands on ships. According to modern theory, there must be standards for doing big things. The fleet sailing not only for business, but also holds the responsibility of promoting national prestige. The fleet of several uneven ships is obviously not as good as a neat and regular team to make people respect it.

There is always no solution to all problems properly...

The emperor came to get an idea, and he didn't even mention their time travel. If Empress Dowager Lu couldn't help him solve this problem, he would have to make trouble today! He was making trouble, so Empress Dowager Lu would have to find her and be ruthless if he turned around?

Thinking of the days when she was in Changle Palace, she couldn't help but feel anxious. This dog emperor can just mess with people! He didn't use his brains, but only knew to force them, such weak women here!

The mother and son in the hall stopped talking and started drinking tea. She had long since become a pure backboard and had to continue staring at the screen.

Now, this screen is much better than humans! Look at the eagle spreading its wings, the majestic waves, and the steep reefs... It is really a decisive heroine. Even the patterns chosen by her own residence are so grand!

I wonder if she can flatter her in this position?

Let’s take a look at the title: “Autumn on Zhu’an Island”.

Zhu'an Island? What a great place! Zhao Su remembers it was an island in the East China Sea, which was fabricated by the original author of the novel. Empress Dowager Lu and the late emperor had been on this island for a few days.

So why there is such a pair of embroidery in the main hall of Cining Palace, it can be explained. She is remembering that past!

What a strong woman who never forgets her original intention!

Zhao Su's mind was toggling and changing, while staring at the embroidery, but as she looked, her eyes gradually stopped...

Queen Mother Lu said: "You can't build a fleet and you want to go to sea transportation by yourself. Where can you do this?"

"The Queen Mother..."

"You have to look for some possibilities," the emperor ignored the voice next to him and turned his cup. "If you want to do it, you must do it properly in all aspects."

Empress Dowager Lu gave him a blank look.

"emperor……"

There was a faint sound somewhere.

Empress Dowager Lu looked at it and saw that the human-shaped background board was moved in front of her. She said angrily: "What do you have to say?"

"That," Zhao Su pointed to the screen behind, "I have an immature suggestion. If I don't let me make a specific plan, I'd like to talk about it."

The mother and son looked over with four eyes.

Zhao Su cleared his throat: "I just thought, we have difficulties in building our own fleet at the moment, and there are many disadvantages of foreigners' fleets coming in. So what if we can think of a way, even if we don't have to run that far, the foreigners' fleet cannot get close to Middle-earth?"

The air suddenly became quiet.

Zhao Su's eyes wandered back and forth between them until the emperor spoke: "Speak down!"

She said boldly: "I just thought, "Don't we have a sea in Daliang? Don't there be many islands in the sea? So can we find an island farthest from Middle-earth to serve as the junction of goods between the two countries? ... In other words, we will do the financing and other things, but on this basis, find an island to build a trading platform.

"This platform is in our hands. We have made it a big trading market. Not only people from England can do business, but people from other countries can also do business, but they cannot reach our mainland and land. In this way, we can feel at ease. Moreover, at present, the risk of transportation is borne by Westerners.

"It only takes a few years to operate like this, and we have made the money we should make, and the fleet will be successfully formed by then. Whether it will continue to be handed over in the near-shore or we are responsible for long-distance voyages is not a problem. So is this a killing two birds with one stone?"

"Free Trade Port?" Empress Dowager Lu blurted out.

"It can also be said," Zhao Su saw that they did not object, so he became even more courageous. "We aim to establish a cargo transit base to solve the current difficulties according to the national conditions, and currently focus on import and export trade. Moving the conflict to a safe zone may be a compromise. In the long run, establishing such a stronghold will not affect our future fleet going to sea.

"Getting the trade market to our doorstep will facilitate our collection of information and attract businessmen from other countries to come and sell goods, which may help Daliang's economic prosperity."

Empress Dowager Lu turned his head to the emperor first: "Listen!"

The emperor, who had been listening intently, suddenly stood up, walked to the side hall, and pulled out a map from a pile of scrolls to unfold it.
Chapter completed!