Spoiling my mistress and swallowing my dowry? After my rebirth, I changed my marriage to a powerful

The few of them settled down and took action separately.

Zhou Lingyin was responsible for the approval documents along the sea route.

Yin Jin'an instigated a small team from the naval camp under Duke Xun to obey his orders and escort the ship. They were specifically responsible for attacking pirates along the way, defeating them, and putting the pirates' ships on the route.

Li Yunmu recruited several county officials from among the former subordinates of the old Duke of England. After conquering the cities in the wilderness, he stationed them in several cities in the wilderness to manage them.

Xie Yu said he would not participate, but he was still worried, so he secretly divided 50 members of his "Xuan Yi Wei" team and gave them to Xie Zhaozhao. The leader was the original team leader, Xie Jiuliang.

The Xuanyi Guards are the wealth of the Xie family, controlled by every clan leader and deputy clan leader.

Only the clan leader and the deputy clan leader know how many people there are. This is the top secret of the Xie family.

Xie Zhaozhao asked Yunyang to take 100,000 taels of silver and first go to Xie's kiln to get a batch of ready-made blue and white porcelain, and then go to Baiyue to find Yunhe and Dongqin to purchase the goods for this voyage and to escort the goods on the ship.

Yunyang took a group of 150 newly trained palace soldiers, and Xie Jiuliang took the 50 Xuanyi guards, the two of them, one in the light and one in the dark, and went to Baiyue.

Cooperate with Dongqin to capture Baiyue City first.

***

Gu Shaoyu came back from Jiangnan and promptly presented the results of the Jiangnan investigation in the court. The evidence was conclusive and irrefutable.

The prince watched helplessly as all his plans in Jiangnan were destroyed and all his men were confiscated and exterminated.

The Queen said to him, "Gu Ge Lao is a man of deep thoughts. He may have evidence to check you. The reason why he doesn't take action is probably because he doesn't have solid evidence. All you can do now is watch."

If the prince jumps out at this time, it will be evidence.

The prince gnashed his teeth in hatred, but could only watch as Emperor Hui uprooted all the hard work he had put in over the years. He hated Emperor Hui and Gu Shaoyu to the core.

Emperor Hui took action to clean up the officials in Jiangnan, and almost all the salt administration officials were replaced.

The prince gritted his teeth and endured it, almost becoming like a thousand-year-old divine turtle.

After dealing with the matter of Gu Chengyan and "Tu Qianyue"'s ice shop, the prince suddenly became confident.

In the court, he was no longer as listless as he had been in the past few days and was now full of confidence.

"Reporting to the emperor, my country Daqian is strong. I have an idea. I want to open the Silk Road, open up the east-west, north-south passages, and make Daqian famous. The world will come to congratulate us."

His bold words and the blueprint he painted brightened up the eyes of all the court officials.

Emperor Hui was also very interested and asked him to explain in detail.

The prince spoke confidently and reiterated his idea of ​​the Silk Road: "It will be divided into two steps, the land Silk Road and the maritime Silk Road..."

After listening to this, the court officials asked many questions, and the prince answered them clearly and logically.

Emperor Hui nodded repeatedly after hearing this: "It sounds good. What do you think, Lord Gu?"

"Your Highness has a good idea, but I don't know how much money it will take?" Gu Shaoyu said.

The prince said: "To open the Silk Road, and exchange Daqian silk and porcelain for sugar, spices, and high-yield crop seeds, it will cost about 1000 million strings of cash. The more detailed costs need to be calculated separately."

That is to say, 1000 million strings of coins are not enough.

The Crown Prince and Duke Cheng'en calculated that a round trip for a caravan would cost about 50 strings of cash.

But it is impossible for them to report 50 strings of cash, which is 20 times higher.

Duke Cheng'en and he had calculated carefully that for a country to open a trade route is more important than expanding its territory. What is 1000 million strings of cash?

The court suddenly became quiet.

At present, Daqian's national strength is relatively good since its founding, and the annual income of the national treasury is 2000 million strings of cash.

But, using half of the national treasury to open a trade route? It's still too risky!

In case of war, natural disasters...

So those who had been cheering all fell silent.

The prince was not in a hurry. He looked at Gu Shaoyu and said, "The elder should agree with it, right?"

Emperor Hui glanced at Gu Shaoyu suspiciously.

Gu Shaoyu was also very surprised: Prince, do I look like an unlucky child?

He did not comment, but only said to Emperor Hui: "Your Majesty, I think the prince's idea is very good, we can discuss it again."

Emperor Hui also nodded and praised the prince for his thoughtfulness.

The prince looked at Gu Shaoyu with a smile. Gu Shaoyu's heart was pounding. Is he sure that I will agree?

Ordinary court officials left the court at noon, while the officials in the cabinet would not leave until 3 p.m. Gu Shaoyu took time out at noon to go to the Ministry of Revenue.

He said to Xie Yu, "Go back and tell the eldest lady that I will come over at 5 pm to discuss something with her."

Xie Yu was puzzled. What could he and his sister discuss?

When he returned home, he immediately told Xie Zhaozhao the news.

"Brother, did the elder tell me what happened?"

Xie Yu shook his head: "In the Ministry of Revenue, with so many people watching, the elder didn't say anything."

"So what happened in the court today?"

Xie Yu is only a sixth-rank official now, not qualified to attend court before the emperor, but there is some important news that the Minister of Revenue needs to convey to the department when he returns, especially the matter of silver.

"Today, the prince proposed to open up the Silk Road, a trade route from the west to Xiandou Country, which requires 1000 million strings of money."

Xie Zhaozhao understood immediately that this was Guan Yingying's idea!

This was two years earlier than when Guan Yingying opened the Silk Road in her previous life!

In other words, Guan Yingying has already convinced the prince.

1000 million strings of cash? You're so bold!

Did Gu Shaoyu come to see her for this matter?

At 3:00 p.m., Gu Shaoyu arrived at Xie's house in a carriage.

Originally, Xie Yu wanted to follow, but Gu Shaoyu said seriously, "When I came out just now, His Majesty rewarded me with a basket of fresh lychees. Can you send them to Grandmother?"

Xie Yu burst into laughter and said, "Okay, okay, I won't be that eyesore."

Xie Zhaozhao was already waiting for Gu Shaoyu in the tea room. There was no extra talk when they met and Gu Shaoyu went straight to the point.

"Today in the court, the Crown Prince submitted a petition to open a trade route to Xiandou. The eldest lady originally said that she wanted to open a trade route to the south. Did the news leak out?"

This person really has eight hundred thoughts in his mind. He obviously wanted to ask Xie Zhaozhao which trade route was opened and how the progress was, but he chose to ask whether the prince copied her idea.

Xie Zhaozhao shook his head and said that he did not have enough money to open up overseas trade routes at the moment.

I heard that the Qitong Wharf is a wild and lawless port, and ships from many countries trade freely here.

She wanted to trade goods with merchants from other countries in the Port of Qitong first, save some money, and then slowly consider long sea routes.

"Can you start working on it?"

"I guess the first shipment will arrive in the capital soon."

"So fast?!" Gu Shaoyu didn't expect her to be so mobile.

He walked up to her, squatted down, grabbed her hand, and said, "Miss, I admire you so much!"

Xie Zhaozhao's ears turned red. Why did this man touch her? He said in a low voice, "Why are you thanking me?"

Gu Shaoyu said frankly: "The prince proposed to open a trade route in the court, and asked for more than 1000 million taels of silver. Even His Majesty frowned and said nothing. But the prince seemed to be sure that I would agree to his proposal. I felt uneasy."

Xie Zhaozhao was stunned for a moment, then suddenly understood.

The prince was certain that Gu Shaoyu would obey him because he guessed that "Tu Qianyue" was the fugitive Guan Yingying.