A scholar of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty

Cheng Chumo cut off a piece of barbecue meat with a knife and ate it by himself, "The meat is almost ready, why don't you just talk if you want to eat it or not."

Li Zhi came to Chang'an again. If he wanted to talk about who could help him with the maritime trade issue, there should be no one else except Shangguanyi. Shangguanyi was the first group of people who took people to the country of Japan. Should be familiar to anyone.

Knowing Li Zhi's arrival, Shangguanyi hurried out to greet him, "I don't know that His Royal Highness Prince Jin is coming, it's because the officials have neglected me."

"Uncle Shangguan, you don't need to be so polite." Li Zhi said to Shangguanyi, "Actually, I came here this time to ask Uncle Shangguan for help."

This Uncle Shangguan made Shangguanyi very helpful, "Don't dare to ask for advice, please come in, His Royal Highness Jin. If His Royal Highness Jin has any problems, I will definitely tell you."

Li Zhi walked into Shangguanyi's home and looked at the environment here. From the decorations in the courtyard, we can see that Shangguanyi is a very organized person. The bucket is placed next to the wellhead, and there is a special place for cleaning the courtyard. Potted plants are also pruned deliberately all the time.

After regaining his senses, Li Zhi sat down at Shangguanyi's home, "Actually, I'm not here for other things this time, but I want to know about maritime trade."

"Marine trade?" Shangguanyi was puzzled, "The initiator of His Royal Highness Maritime Trade is Gu Qing. If you want to say that Gu Qing knows the familiarity and operation of Maritime Trade better than the lower official, why not ask Gu Qing about His Royal Highness Jin Wang. Instead, come to ask the next official?"

Chapter 681 Li Zhi is Very Troubled

Li Zhi couldn't hide it as soon as he opened his mouth, Li Zhi said quickly, "If I want to ask for advice, I actually hope to come to Shangguan Shu to help me. I want to take over the affairs of the sea trade. I also know that Shangguan Shu is now the court appointed by Gu Qing. Zhong Sanqing, Uncle Shangguan has to handle many things in the court."

Hearing this, Shangguanyi smiled and said, "His Royal Highness Jin Wang is very polite, but to talk about maritime trade, there are actually many memorials in the court that are also related to maritime trade."

"Then Uncle Shangguan can help me?" Li Zhi looked expectantly.

"Of course." Shangguanyi nodded, "In fact, there are many things that need to be done to manage the maritime trade, but the time is not up now, presumably Gu Qing also told His Royal Highness King Jin that the time for the maritime trade has not yet come."

"Gu Qing did say it, but I still can't figure out what the timing is?"

"His Royal Highness, please be safe and don't be impatient." Shangguanyi said patiently: "The time is coming, and the best time is to wait until the imperial examinations are listed. The official has discussed the maritime trade with Gu Qing several times. If it develops like this, it will become a barbaric situation, which will grow like weeds, so it must be controlled to a certain extent, Gu Qing and I have already had an idea, and there are three important points in this idea."

Li Zhi collected his thoughts, "Please, Uncle Shangguan, please explain in detail."

Shangguanyi continued, "These three points are the army, government offices, and shipbuilding."

Hearing Shangguanyi say these three points, Li Zhi still has a little understanding.

"These three points are the scenes that Xiaguan and Gu Qing will think of first." Shangguanyi said, "If there is no army to manage, there will be a very chaotic situation at sea. In Gu Qing's words, there will be a flood of pirates. Before the huge benefits of sea trade, coupled with the fact that the sea is a lawless area, pirates are prone to appear, so the army is needed, and there must be conflicts between the management of sea trade and the distribution of benefits. At this time, a government office is needed to take charge of these things. That is to say, Datang needs better sea ships, ships that can sail farther, and these three things must be done first, so that the sea trade can be completely stabilized."

"I understand." Li Zhi nodded vigorously, "That's why we have to wait until the imperial examinations are listed, and we have enough manpower to handle these things."

"Of course that is the case, so we need to draft the charter of the sea trade as soon as possible during this period." Shangguanyi continued, "Another point is that His Royal Highness Jin must find a trustworthy person to help come forward to do various things. The thing is, sea trade is a piece of fat meat, and someone will definitely think about it. Since His Royal Highness Jin wants to take over, what he has to face is a very complicated trade plate. This plate is no less complicated than a court. His Highness Jin needs There is a chess piece, and this chess piece can be used as an abandoned piece or as a killing move."

Leaving Shangguanyi's house, Li Zhi's mind was heavy. He never thought that he would take over the problems faced by Haimao. There were more problems than he thought. The army, the government office, and shipbuilding would all be on his shoulders.

"There are so many things I have to do from scratch, can I do it?" Li Zhi looked at his reflection in the sunset, no wonder Gu Qing has been telling himself to learn, don't worry about it because he is in a hurry, and he still can't do it. There are too many things to learn, sharpening a knife is not a mistake in chopping firewood!Can this knife of mine be used to open up sea trade?

Back home, Li Zhi looked at the dishes in front of him and didn't eat them for a long time.

"Have no appetite today?" Gu Qing asked Li Zhi.

"It's okay." Li Zhi shook his head a few times and finished eating the food in front of him. After saying that he was full, he returned to the study.

"Brother Gu Qing." Xiao Sizi asked in a low voice, "Brother Huang, what's wrong, something is wrong these few days."

"He has reached the stage of rebellion." Gu Qing put a piece of braised pork into Xiao Sizi's bowl, "Princess Jinyang, don't learn from him."

"Yeah!" Xiao Sizi nodded while eating the food.

After eating, Gu Qing walked alone in the village, the summer fireflies were flying in the fields, Yang Sheng was sitting on the edge of the field with a grass root in his mouth, in a daze, since the last time he came back, the field ridge became the longest time for Yang Sheng to stay. The place.

"What are you thinking?" Gu Qing came to Yang Sheng's side.

"I planted this mu of land, not bad." Yang Sheng said with a smile.

"That's it."

"King Jin went to Shangguanyi's house today." Yang Sheng whispered.

"This kid is looking for the right direction, but the problems he has to face will be very difficult and difficult to deal with." Gu Qing looked at the peaceful village, just what he could think of was enough to make him feel overwhelmed, not to mention the possible problems in the future. There will be unexplainable situations, how can it be so simple. "

Yang Sheng crossed his legs and said, "Why don't you finish everything and leave the maritime affairs to him."

"It's not that simple." Gu Qing sighed, "He wants to do something to prove himself. I don't want to stop him. I want to have more experience. I also want to wait until the time is right, but he can't wait. He doesn't wait either."

The two fell silent again.

"How about Tang Jian?" Gu Qing asked, "The fat monk, there has been no news of Tang Jian for a while."

"It's strange to say." Yang Sheng hesitated, "There is someone behind Tang Jian, but we have never found out who is behind him. That guy seems to be hiding, and Tang Jian himself refuses to say, Tang Jian As long as you don't speak up, the people behind will not surface, and I think it's time to do something."

"It's really honest." Gu Qing slapped a mosquito flying in front of him to death, and then flicked it casually, "Find someone to tell Di Renjie, let's put out the bait and catch a fish, and see if the people behind Tang Jian will come out."

"How to do?"

"Di Renjie knows how to do it." Gu Qing nodded.

A few drops of rain fell, and Yang Sheng got up irritatedly, "Why is it raining again in this damn weather, I'm going home."

Yang Sheng quickened his pace and left. Gu Qing felt the drizzle all over the sky. The rain was not too heavy. In the sultry summer, this kind of rain was very refreshing. In the quiet night, there were more veil-like rain sounds. After walking around the village, he returned By the time everyone else at home had already fallen asleep, only the candles in the study room were still on.

Gu Qing walked into the academy and saw Li Zhi was writing something.

"What's wrong?" Gu Qing sat in front of him and asked.

"I'm bored." Li Zhi scratched his scalp, crumpled up what he had just written and threw it away, "I don't even know where to start, every time I think about going step by step, but when I think of what's ahead I have to take into account the things behind, but feel that the things in front are not right.”

Gu Qing got up and took the candle, "Don't write or think about it, you can't think of anything like this, go to bed early, don't worry."

Chapter 682 Li Er Moves In

"If this is the case, I won't be able to sleep." Li Zhi said in a low voice, "Gu Qing, I found out that Ben and I are not capable of taking over Haimao. I was too anxious."

"Think about it slowly." Gu Qing stretched his waist and said, "I'm going to bed first, and you should go to bed early too, it's still early."

"I can't sleep." Li Zhi said.

Shaking his head and sighing, Gu Qing left the study and closed the door for Li Zhi, only to see Gao Yang walking towards the room.

"I'll sleep with Wu Mei tonight, you sleep alone." Gao Yang walked into the bedroom while talking and shut Gu Qing out.

These two women are really... Gu Qing scratched the back of his head in distress. Li Zhi was in the study. It seemed that he couldn't sleep in the study. He walked to his guest room. This place was originally used to entertain guests, and this is also the place to entertain Li Tai. .

Before opening the door of the guest room, I heard a dull snoring sound, opened the door out of curiosity, and saw Li Tai lying on the bed sprawled asleep.

Closing the door again, Gu Qing was in a lost mood. When did the dead fat man sleep in his own house? He came to the front yard of his house without any sleepiness. Looking at the star-strewn night sky, his mind drifted so far away that he almost forgot what it was before he crossed. What does it look like.

The sound of flapping wings came, and Gu Qing looked up, the figure of the phoenix flitted across the night sky, the moonlight shining on its feathers, until it landed in front of him and stopped, stretched out his hand, and let it meekly lower its head. preening its feathers.

"You always leave without making a sound like this, and then come back without making a sound." Gu Qing smiled and talked to it, "Where did you go wild recently?"