Liu Mingzhi lay gently on the rocking chair behind him, and after lazily adjusting to a comfortable sleeping position, he looked up at Zhang Kuang and Zhang Kuang with a faint smile.
"Two uncles, since you two are not at all curious about this 300,000-strong army.
Then let's forget about it.
Originally, I was thinking, if you two are more curious about this matter, then I will tell you about it and help you two clear up your doubts!
However, since you two are not curious at all, I will not waste my time any more."
As soon as Mr. Liu said these words, the smiles on the faces of Zhang Kuang and Nangong Ye, the two old foxes, suddenly froze slightly, and the corners of their eyes could not help but twitch slightly.
No, no.
What are you doing? What are you doing? Your Majesty, this is wrong!
According to normal circumstances, Your Majesty, shouldn't you be guiding us two brothers to deviate from this matter bit by bit?
When the three of us, the monarch and his ministers, had almost reached the point of discussing the topic, we two brothers took the opportunity to say some appropriately respectful words.
Then, Your Majesty, you took advantage of the topic and told us about the 300,000-strong army.
In this way, Your Majesty, you have told what needs to be said, and the two veterans have also understood what needs to be understood.
In the end, everything is happy between the three of us, the monarch and his ministers.
According to normal circumstances, this result is the best result.
Now, as soon as you speak these words, how do you ask the two of us, the old minister, to answer? And how to proceed with the following topics?
You, you are acting out of common sense, right?
Crazy, Nangong Ye reacted. After looking at each other in confusion, he looked at Young Master Liu with a slightly embarrassed look.
The two old foxes looked at Young Master Liu who was lying on the rocking chair, shaking his hand with a smile on his face and the Wanli Jiangshan jade fan in his hand, and kept purring his lips softly.
At this moment, they wanted to say something, but they didn't know how to say it.
After all, what Liu Dashao said just now has blocked the way for the two of them.
Liu Song saw the depressed expressions on the old faces of Zhang Kuang and Zhang Kuang, who were hesitant to speak but could not speak for a long time. He suppressed a smile and turned his eyes elsewhere.
There is no way, the expressions of the two old foxes now are really funny.
If he continued to read, he was really worried that he would burst out laughing uncontrollably.
Young Master Liu looked at the depressed expressions of the two old foxes, and closed the jade fan in his hand with a teasing look.
"Two uncles."
Nangong Ye and Zhang Kuang heard this and quickly raised their hands to Young Master Liu with smiles on their faces.
"I am here, Your Majesty, please tell me."
"I am here, Your Majesty, please speak."
Liu Mingzhi casually inserted the jade fan into the collar behind his neck, and then skillfully lit a pot of shredded tobacco.
Immediately, he turned his head and exhaled the light smoke in his mouth, then tapped his toes lightly on the ground, and the rocking chair under him immediately began to rock gently back and forth.
"Uncles, no more joking, no more joking.
Master, I stopped you just now, not because I wanted to talk to you in detail about the 300,000-strong army, but because I suddenly remembered some other things.
As for those words just now, they were just jokes, you two don’t need to take them seriously, let alone take them to your heart.”
Hearing what Young Master Liu said, the two old foxes breathed a sigh of relief, and then bowed their hands to Young Master Liu with smiles on their faces.
"I understand, I understand.
Your Majesty, I wonder what else has occurred to you?"
"I also understand that Your Majesty, if you need the two of us to deal with anything, just give me your instructions."
Young Master Liu narrowed his eyes and gently took a puff of dry smoke, then tapped his finger on the armrest of the rocking chair.
"Two uncles, after you two returned, you immediately sent an order to the main generals stationed in various cities, ordering them to arrange manpower to start refining refined salt and refined sugar as soon as possible.
At the same time, skilled craftsmen from various armies were arranged to directly use local materials to start firing large quantities of porcelain.
Tell the soldiers that the fired porcelain does not need to be too exquisite, as long as it has no major flaws and is practical.
Also, let the generals give orders to those soldiers who have married wives and had children in the two countries of Dashi and Tianzhu.
Let the soldiers immediately notify the women at home to start silk weaving.
By the way, if there is a woman who cannot weave silk, coordinate the matter immediately and report it to the main generals in the city as soon as possible.
Then let the generals arrange skilled manpower as quickly as possible to teach the families of the soldiers, so that they can learn the art of silk weaving as soon as possible.
In the end, whether it was salt and sugar, or the porcelain, or the cloth, all were transported to the royal city of Dashi Kingdom and handed over to Krich."
Young Master Liu was eloquent and after talking a lot, he raised his eyes and glanced at Zhang Kuang and Zhang Kuang with a faint smile.
"Two uncles, can you remember what I said to you, young master?"
"Back to Your Majesty, I have already remembered everything."
"Reporting to Your Majesty, I have remembered everything."
Young Master Liu listened to the answers from Zhang Kuang and the other two, and nodded with a smile on his face.
"Haha, hahaha.
Very good, so very good.
Uncles, apart from these things, you should immediately send someone to inform that guy Crich after you go back.
Tell him that the goods you have transferred to him can only be sent by caravans to carry on caravan trade among the Western countries further west such as Rome, Prussia, Frankia and so on.
As for the Tianzhu Kingdom and the Dashi Kingdom, which are currently under the control of the Great Dragon Celestial Dynasty, there is no need to send caravans.
Okay, that’s all.”
"Yes, I understand."
"Old minister, I obey, and I understand."
As soon as Nangong Ye finished speaking, he raised his hand and saluted Young Master Liu with a slightly hesitant expression.
"His Majesty."
"Huh? Uncle, what's wrong?"
"Your Majesty, what is that... what is that..."
Liu Mingzhi looked at Nangong Ye who was hesitant to speak. He smiled and raised the cigarette bag in his hand, put it in his mouth and took a puff of cigarette.
"Uncle, there's no need to be so hesitant. If you have any questions, just ask them directly."
"Yes, thank you Your Majesty."
Nangong Ye took a deep breath and saluted Young Master Liu again.
"Your Majesty, I have the courage to ask.
By acting like this, do you want the people of the Western countries to move from frugality to luxury but not from luxury to frugality?" ()