Zhao Xu was called.

Recently, he has been very honest, reading and writing articles, then looking for opportunities to go out, and going to Chen'an's house to talk to a few friends.

Zhao Shu looked at the eldest son and found that he had grown taller again, and couldn't help but sigh.

"Higher than me, right?"

He walked over and Zhao Xu immediately bent his knees invisibly, "No, official, you've read it wrong."

Zhao Shu reached out to his forehead and then stretched over flat, but it turned out to be taller.

"Well, it seems that you still eat less. Looking back... Let's give Qingning Palace more mutton."

Zhao Xu was stunned and said, "I have eaten well outside."

After returning from Xiongzhou, he had the privilege of free entry and exiting the palace, so he went out frequently...

The Shen family has recently created a lot of delicious food. Zhao Xu enjoyed eating and his weight soared.

But in Zhao Shu's eyes, this is not the case.

"In the palace... Alas! It's my father who is not good, so you can't eat well. Look back... look back..."

He felt a little regretful, feeling that the 300,000 guan should have to return at least 100,000 guan, and at least it would make life in the palace easier.

To be an emperor, there are only people from the Zhao family. Of course, Zhao Ji doesn't count.

Zhao Xu felt that his father was really fooled by his ministers.

"Sansi will always be short of money..."

For the current Song Dynasty, the excess money will be filled by the prime ministers looking for holes, and there are countless holes in the Song Dynasty. In other words, unless the innovation is successful, the Sansi will always be short of money.

Zhao Shu was silent, and he also knew this truth. He sighed for a long time: "You know this. There were merchants who were preparing to set up a shipyard before. They wanted to go out to trade overseas, but there are so many places overseas for trade exchanges in the Song Dynasty?"

"Yes." Zhao Xu said affirmatively: "There are all kinds of small countries along the way. Those small countries seem small, but they are extremely rich, including gold, silver, jewelry, ivory, tortoiseshell... In the past, they could still trade directly with the cannibals, and there were countless goods needed..."

Many years later, the money earned from overseas trade in the Southern Song Dynasty supported half of the country and blocked the Jin people and Mongolians...

Without the huge gains of maritime trade, the Southern Song Dynasty could not hold on.

Moreover, the sea trade was divided by the Dashi merchants at that time, and if all of them were taken over to the Song Dynasty...

The monarch and ministers in the court will go crazy and will go crazy for the huge profits, thus treating the navy and maritime trade policies as golden roosters laying eggs.

"Those natives hold gold nuggets, and just need a knife to make them smile and regard them as the treasure..."

"Is it true?" Zhao Shu felt a bright light in front of him. If this was true, the days in the palace would get better again.

"Really," Zhao Xu said sincerely: "These are all asked from the Dashi merchant."

"Can they tell the truth?" Zhao Shu felt it was unreliable. "If it was so profitable, they would definitely hide it."

Zhao Xu first lowered his head, then looked up, and said embarrassedly: "They were unwilling to say it, but later we moved them with emotion, explained them with reason, and remembered to convince people with virtue... So they were moved and said it."

Zhao Shu's eyelids twitched for a moment, knowing that this son was telling all lies.

What moves it with emotion? Is it moving your fists?

If you understand it with reason, it must be a threat.

Conquer people with virtue...

Isn’t that what Chen An said all day long?

Why!

All are pretenses!

"Officials, the big cannibals have purchased so many goods and returned, who can they sell them to? Sell them to Dashi? I think it is not only. The big cannibals are in chaos, and they are currently facing powerful opponents. After many battles, the big cannibals are divided into two parts... How can such big cannibals buy and sell so many goods?"

"What do you want to say?" Zhao Shu turned around, with curiosity in his eyes.

"This world is not just the Song Dynasty and Dashi..." Zhao Xu felt it was necessary to popularize his father with some knowledge: "Miscellaneous studies think that this world is a ball..."

"Cough cough cough!" Zhao Shu interrupted him with a dry cough in dissatisfaction, "I know, some people say that the place under our feet is a big ball."

He will feel panic when talking about the ball, and feel that he is indifferent.

But big balls are different. Big balls are big and can support yourself and the Song Dynasty.

"Yes, it's a big big ball." Zhao Xu changed his mouth, "The Song Dynasty is in the east. Apart from the Liao people and Xixia... there are still countless lands on the vast sea. Those lands can be cultivated like the Song Dynasty, and there are also various minerals... trees... rivers... various animals... that is fertile soil."

Zhao Xu was very intoxicated. He hoped that the Song Dynasty would find those lands one day and then become the arable land and mines of the Song Dynasty.

"I have known since I was a child that the Song Dynasty was poor. Every year, the court was quarrels and arguments. In the final analysis, it was because of lack of money and food... but there were overseas!"

Zhao Xu said confidently: "What the Song Dynasty lacks at present is arable land and mines... The Song Dynasty has more and more people, and it will increase in the future. What should we do? I think it is impossible to do it internally. After all, the Song Dynasty only has so much land and cannot carry so many people, so..."

"So do you want to look for land overseas?" Zhao Shu felt that young people are good, and that thinking pattern is always positive and optimistic.

But as an emperor, he was different. He had to think about one thing and take into account all possibilities before he could make a decision.

This is the emperor's thinking pattern.

"Yes!" Zhao Xu said longingly: "The Song Dynasty will farm outside and mine outside. Every year, grain, gold, silver, copper and iron will be transported back in a steady stream. At that time, the Song Dynasty..."

The Song Dynasty at that time must have been so powerful that the world was watching.

"Not many people are willing to go away from their hometown."

Zhao Shu thinks that young people are always so simple and immature in thinking about things!

"Can you give me benefits!" Zhao Xu said seriously: "It's just that you give me more benefits. Those merchants dare to risk their lives to go out to sea for wealth, and others cannot go out to sea for benefits. I think people are profit-seeking, and as long as they find a way, they can always lure them to go out to sea."

"The word temptation... is not good." Zhao Shu felt that his son had really changed, especially his confidence, which made him suddenly feel that he was old.

"Yes." Zhao Xu bowed his head, "The official family actually has some places to provide farming for the Song Dynasty..."

"Where?" Zhao Shu thought about it carefully, but when he didn't expect this place, he felt that he was really old.

"north."

Zhao Shu was looking forward to the answer, but he didn't expect it to be this. He couldn't get out of his throat with an old mouthful of blood, and he felt so uncomfortable that he wanted to hit someone.

"The Liao people in the north."

"Lower or later, the Liao people will be beaten down by us." Zhao Xu took it for granted, thinking that the Liao people only deserved the Song Dynasty as stepping stones.

Zhao Shu stroked his chest, feeling very uncomfortable.

This son regards everything around him as the place of the Song Dynasty. Is this okay?

If he waited for him to ascend the throne, would the Song Dynasty have to go out to war?

"Yelu Hongji only knows hunting and cannot be considered the King of the King. However, the Song Dynasty is booming. If he lives for a long time, I dare to say that the last emperor of the Liao people is him."

This son is inflated!

It's so swelling!

But I am cautious.

Zhao Shu compared himself with his son and felt like a bad old man.

This feeling was very bad, so he said with a straight face: "That... Cao Qi seems to be sick, go and have a look."

Empress Dowager Cao cooperated with Zhao Shu's work more and did not cause trouble for him, so Zhao Shu was happy to give face to the Cao family.

So the outside world went from being unoptimistic at the beginning to now thinking that "mother is kind and son is filial", and the royal family of the Song Dynasty was in a state of joy.

Zhao Xu agreed and left the palace and went to the Cao family.

After arriving at the Cao family, Zhao Xu saw someone lying in the main hall.

"What is that?"

He had never experienced the rules of the Cao family, so he was very puzzled.

A few steps forward, I saw a man lying on the door panel...

In an instant, the dark hall became yin and qi.

Damn it!

"National uncle..."

Zhao Xu rubbed his eyes, ready to brew some sad emotions.

"This is...who is here?"

Cao Qi, who was lying on the door panel, suddenly made a sound, and Zhao Xu was scared and sweated.

"National uncle is..."

The man was lying on the door panel, looking straight, the key was that he was still wearing white clothes...

Anyone else would be scared to pee?

And the man suddenly spoke out.

Damn it!

The timid will be scared to death.
To be continued...