A scholar of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty

"It's nothing." Gu Qing smiled helplessly, "You can continue patrolling."

Cheng Chu nodded by default.

Walking out of the palace, Gu Qing turned around and walked into Fang Xuanling's house. The Fang family was still as quiet as before, walking in Fang's house familiarly.

"Gu Qing?" Mrs. Fang said with a smile, "Are you here?"

"Master." Gu Qing bowed politely to Mrs. Fang, "Master's health is good recently."

"Well, you're still sensible." Mrs. Fang said with a smile, "Only the two sons in the family don't come around after they get married. If you have a heart, the old man is in the study. Go and see him."

"Master, I'll go see the teacher first." Gu Qing said with a smile.

The more Mrs. Fang looked at Gu Qing, the more she felt that this kid grew up very fast. From the age of 13 to the current age of 20, in just seven years, Gu Qing, the younger generation of Datang, was the fastest to go. From a commoner to sitting in the current Shangshuling, he is even the magistrate of Xingui County.

Gu Qing came outside the study, Fang Xuanling was still reading as usual.

"Come in, I heard you coming a long time ago." Fang Xuanling said flatly.

Fang Xuanling put down the scroll, "Is the trip to Guanlong going well this time?"

"Back and bumps finally got the job done." Gu Qing walked into the study to make a cup of tea.

"Your Majesty doesn't have much to say about this matter. The downfall of a powerful family is actually not something worth celebrating for the court. You succeeded, and Your Majesty got what you wanted, but you can't show your banner. The propaganda of the drum, do you understand?"

"Students understand that it's better not to be good when you get a bargain." Gu Qing smiled and handed Fang Xuanling tea, and took out a note from his bosom, "The student found something in Guanlong and wanted to ask the teacher to take a look."

Looking at the words on this note, Fang Xuanling squinted for a long time, "Where did you get this thing?"

"A strange old man gave it to me. Can the teacher know these words?"

"I don't know." Fang Xuanling shook his head and put down the note, "But the old man has seen similar words in an ancient book, but he can't remember where it is. You might as well go and read Qu Yuan's Tianwen and see if he understands it." There will be clues."

"Tianwen written by Qu Yuan?" Gu Qing said suspiciously, "Does the teacher mean that this text is related to Tianwen?"

"It's been said for a long time. Although the old man has read a lot of ancient books, he can't compare to Kong Yingda. You might as well ask him, maybe he will give you some inspiration." Fang Xuanling returned the note to Gu Qing.

"Let's not talk about this." Gu Qing put the note aside, "Teacher is in good health these days."

"Hehehe." Fang Xuanling smiled and said, "Well, it's your master who is already so old."

"He's in good health." Gu Qing sat cross-legged, "Teacher, what's going on with Goguryeo and Japan recently?"

Fang Xuanling pondered, "Goguryeo has made a lot of moves, and it is ready to enter the Wa Kingdom again. Your Majesty has given Goguryeo a lot of food, fodder and supplies, but the Wa Kingdom has lost contact with us, and I don't know what the current situation is in the Wa Kingdom?"

"Students are planning to go to sea these days. After Chang'an is ready in a few days, the students will ask Shangguanyi to go to the East China Sea to build a port and build a big ship."

"You still have to intervene in the war in the East China Sea, and there will be voices in the court to impeach you."

"I know." Gu Qing had been mentally prepared for a long time, "I do what I do, they impeach them, anyway, the students have already made countless enemies in the court, so it doesn't matter if there are more, anyway, if there are too many lice, I am not afraid of being bitten."

"You're called broken pots, you won't make a good name for yourself." Fang Xuanling said in a scolding tone, "I heard that you want to do maritime trade, build big ships, and build your so-called Port, if you hadn’t moved every cultural relic in the court, you would have been impeached to pieces just for laboring the people.”

"Students are rich, and students also know how to measure. The teacher can rest assured." Gu Qing smiled.

"Is your port the same as your factory?"

"Almost the same meaning, and it is also for the people to get more money through hard work." Gu Qing continued, "The factory was just a small workshop at the beginning, but now the factory is bigger and there are more workers. Even if the people don't have to rely on farming, they can Earning money in the factory to get food and clothing, the students thought that instead of letting the wealth be stored in their own homes, it would be better to let it flow.”

"It is true that the business tax in the court has become richer and richer these years." Fang Xuanling agrees with Gu Qing's idea, "The Ministry of Households has been expanded several times because of the huge business tax, and the tax in the court has increased. North Korean and Chinese officials are getting busier."

Thinking of Fang Xuanling's words, Gu Qing secretly thought, Li Er is not kind!The national treasury is more full, and it is time to raise wages.

"Nowadays, trade in the Central Plains is active, and the DPRK and China cannot relax their control over merchants." Fang Xuanling said, "These days, the DPRK and China have been arguing repeatedly because of trade, and they want to formulate a complete strategy for managing business."

Seeing Gu Qing's absent-minded look, Fang Xuanling smiled wryly and shook his head, "It's getting late, you should go home early."

"Student, I'm leaving now." Gu Qing was about to get up, but he hesitated to lift the pen next to Fang Xuanling and write a sentence before leaving.

Fang Xuanling looked down at the few words written by Gu Qing and didn't recover for a long time. Gu Qing wrote six words, arbitrary, mandatory, and standardized.

Looking at these six characters, Fang Xuanling had some ideas. The control of merchants in the past dynasties was not very strict. It also has to be said that merchants have been around since ancient times. Starting from bartering, A certain amount of discretion should be given to commercial law, allowing it to develop freely, but it also needs to be regulated. In order to maintain business stability, regulation is a must. Standardization and regulation have almost the same meaning, and businessmen should also be taken seriously.

Fang Xuanling picked up the pen again and began to write down his thoughts.

Chapter 495 Li Zhi's Grievance

On the way home, Gu Qing walked through Zhuque Street all the way, passing the gate of the mansion, Cheng Yaojin happened to be standing at his door, "Boy Gu, are you going to sea?"

"Yes, yes." Gu Qing nodded awkwardly.

"The old man gave you a lot of money." Cheng Yaojin said.

"That's natural." Gu Qing nodded again, "Don't worry, Uncle Cheng, I guarantee that there will be a lot of money in the account."

"I heard from my family yesterday that you are short of money?" Cheng Yaojin's words meant something.

"It's nothing." Gu Qing smiled wryly and backed away secretly.

"Really?" Cheng Yaojin asked again.

"Really not." Gu Qing nodded vigorously, "It's serious."

"Do things well." Cheng Yaojin said, "Go back, my ears are not sharp recently, and I can't hear the word "money."

"Boy, let's take my leave first."

In Dongshi Bizhai, Di Renjie was instructing the fat monk to send his eyeliner to Goguryeo these days to watch the movements between Goguryeo and Wa Kingdom.

The center of gravity of the Green Gang departed from Guanlong and headed towards the East China Sea step by step.

Gu Qing was on the way home, and there was a boy blocking the way, "Dare to ask, but Gu Qing is ordered by Shang Shu?"

"Who are you?" Gu Qing asked suspiciously.

"The head of the Li family in Zhaojun dragged Xiaomin to deliver the letter."

After the other party finished speaking, he handed over a letter and left.

While walking, Gu Qing opened the letter and looked at it. What was written on it was Li Ran's words. There were not many words, but all the words hinted at when Di Renjie would go to the Li family in Zhaojun to propose a marriage. He also said that the Li family in Zhaojun had prepared [-] husbands. Willing to come and build a big port for yourself.

It takes a lot of manpower and material resources to build a large port and return ships to sea. To go to sea before spring, the monsoon is a key factor. It is not easy to build a steam engine in this era.

Another very important thing to go to sea is the compass. Only with the compass can we ensure that we will not lose our way at sea. In the era of great navigation, the compass is the lifeblood of navigators.

Back home, Gu Qing began to prepare to make a compass. In fact, the prototype of the compass appeared very early in the history of the Central Plains, and there are many theories. It was first recorded in the book Guiguzi, and the term Sinanche appeared. A spoon and compass.

Later, in the Kaiyuan period, there was a geomancy master who created the geomancy art. The three needles are also the embryonic form of the compass. The origin of this acupuncture method is also mentioned in the historical materials of the Ming Dynasty, but in the era of scientific enlightenment, the compass is often used. It is used on the compass of geomancy.