Just as Qian Jinshu felt relieved, the palace maid came again: "Madam, Your Majesty has invited me."

Qian Jinshu was shocked and asked, "Your Majesty, you want to see me?"

"Yes."

"Why does Your Majesty see me?"

"We don't know either. Madam, please quickly pack up and go to the audience. Don't keep Your Majesty waiting."

It's over, it's really over now.

After Qian Jinshu put on her clothes, her mood hit rock bottom, and she followed the palace maid to the back garden, as if she had lost her soul.

Her eyes wandered around aimlessly, and she thought of Zhao Guanren again, thinking that if the Zhao Guan family came to force her, she would die to prove her ambition.

For some reason, Qian Jinshu felt that the road to Houyuan was extremely long, as if a hundred years had passed.

When she finally reached the back garden, she walked over with her head lowered and absent-mindedly, like a puppet who had been arranged by someone.

After turning around the rockery in front of her, she suddenly saw a figure by the pond under the ginkgo tree in front.

A somewhat familiar figure.

Um?

She couldn't help but quicken her pace and stretched her neck to look.

She thought she had seen it wrong, but when she walked in and took another look, she saw exactly the person she had been thinking about just now.

"You're here." Zhao Ning smiled gently, "Sit down."

However, Qian Jinshu seemed not to hear anything. She just stood there blankly, with her mouth slightly open, and couldn't help but say: "Guan Zhao!"

Zhao Ning was dressed in red uniform, sitting there, looking like a gentle brother next door: "Sit down first, sit down and talk later."

Qian Jinshu sat down at a loss.

"Guan Zhao, why are you here?"

"Just as you guessed."

Qian Jinshu looked around, and then said in shock: "Could it be that you are..."

"Yes, I am."

But Qian Jinshu still didn't dare to say it out loud, because she would never dare to say anything like this if the other party didn't affirm it positively.

Some things, even guessed, are just guesses.

Since it's just a guess, you can't talk nonsense. This is the most basic quality of a mature person.

Zhao Ning said: "I am Zhao Guanjia."

Only then did Qian Jinshu completely confirm Zhao Ning's identity. She quickly stood up and bowed in salute: "It's very offensive for a civilian girl to see your majesty. I don't know who is your majesty."

Only then did she finally understand many of her previous doubts.

For example, why did Lieutenant Wang choose these two brothers and sisters? Why did the people from the Imperial City Division arrest them into the Imperial City Division's prison that night, and why did their attitude suddenly change?

In other words, why is Zhao Guanren always mysterious and mysterious, appearing once or twice and then never being found again.

"Sit down, sit down and talk."

Qian Jinshu sat down politely. It could be seen from her movements and demeanor that she had a lot of distance from Zhao Ning at this time.

"I had no choice but to disclose my identity. I would like to ask Miss Qian not to take it to heart."

"Folk girls don't dare."

Zhao Ning also felt Qian Jinshu's alienation from him, which was a helpless situation brought about by his identity.

But Zhao Ning is not in a hurry. Everyone has been brought into the palace, can they still run away?

The feeling of alienation can be gradually eliminated.

"Jinshu, I heard from your brother that you know some interesting overseas stories?" Workaholic Zhao Guanjia immediately brought the topic to business.

Qian Jinshu said: "I heard some people who went to sea say something before."

"Oh, tell me then?"

Seeing Qian Jinshu's hesitation, Zhao Ning said: "Let's start with what you have now. I heard from your brother that you purchased a batch of grain south of Cochin country?"

"It's Champa. It was purchased from Champa. The Champa rice of this dynasty also comes from Champa. I heard that there are vast plains there and crops can be harvested three times a year. No one will go hungry."

"Then did you encounter any problems while purchasing food?"

"Except for the possibility of encountering pirates, there are no other problems. Since the Tang Dynasty, private merchants have been doing business with Champa and Jiaozhi. However, due to the limitation of the size of cargo ships at that time, trade was not frequent. The real frequency began in this dynasty."

"If the imperial court wants to expand this sea line, is it possible?"

Qian Jinshu said: "If your Majesty wants to expand, you may need to train naval forces. Because the number of ships and goods will increase, there will definitely be desperadoes hanging on the sea to block the roads and intercept them."

Zhao Ning nodded. Qian Jinshu's views on these matters are indeed very sharp. If she were a man, she must have the talent to be a general or a prime minister.

"How many sailors are needed?"

"Then it depends on how much sea line your Majesty plans to expand and how much supplies are needed."

Zhao Ning pretended not to know and asked, "How do you say this?"

"If your Majesty just wants to purchase grain, you only need to station three thousand navy troops in Qiongzhou, and then send people to Champa to negotiate in the name of the court. The king of Champa will come forward and ask him to collect grain from the people. The Song Dynasty only needs to

Just ship it to the ferry and make settlement. As long as the price is reasonable, the King of Champa will definitely cooperate."

"You have a point."

"But if His Majesty is not just satisfied with food, but also wants to harvest more from sea trade, he will need to invest more money and manpower."

"Where did you start talking about this?"

"The overseas countries are not rich compared to the Celestial Dynasty. The goods of the Song Dynasty can only be sold to their dignitaries, but compared to the Celestial Dynasty itself, the number of people is not large. However, there is a large country named Dashi, and they are very interested in the ceramics of the Song Dynasty.

, silk, and tea can’t put it down, their people are all over Guangzhou, Quanzhou, and occasionally appear in Hangzhou.”

Big food?

Aren't they just Arabs?

The food country has been doing business in Guangzhou since the Tang Dynasty, and many Arabs even live in Guangzhou.

Qian Jinshu continued: "I heard from people that in the past two hundred years, more and more foodies have come to China, and the number of goods sold by the people to the country is also increasing day by day."

Zhao Ning's mind was spinning rapidly.

He suddenly understood.

In the West in the 12th century, the Crusades, the Islamic world and the Christian world were bloody.

Both the prosperous Byzantium and Egypt were declining rapidly, and the demand market plummeted.

The Arabs could no longer do business westward, so the Arabs with advanced navigation technology began to turn eastward.

It was the Arabs who did most frequent trade with the Song Dynasty.

The Arab world has a large population and vast needs.

What Qian Jinshu said is almost consistent with the context of official history, proving that it is indeed true.

The ministers in the court must not know information like this.

Although the Song Dynasty attached great importance to maritime trade, it was still a land-based empire. The ministers in the court were always concerned about farming and barbarians in the north. This was the limitation of the times and no one could escape it.

It is impossible for maritime merchants to enter the court under the framework of a land-based empire, so naturally there will be no force to promote the development of the ocean.
Chapter completed!