The sea breeze is blowing waves of sea water from far to near, hitting the reef heavily. White waves splash up and spread out, falling on the reef like pearls falling from jade plates.

Li Ze stood on a tall reef, staring at the vast sea, lifted the wine pot in his hand, took a big sip, and then threw the wine pot to Yang Kai beside him.

Yang Kai's body was not as strong as Li Ze's strength. He followed Li Ze on the wind vent. Even though he was wearing a heavy fur, he was still trembling with cold. He took the wine pot and took a big sip. A fire thread went straight into the dantian from his throat, and a heat burned from his lower abdomen, sending the warmth straight to his four legs.

"Yang Kai, do you know why I started to plan the Henghai so many years ago?" Li Ze pointed to the sea in front of him and asked with a smile. "It's because of this sea!"

Even though Yang Kai now claims to be Li Ze’s confidant, he has never been clear about why Li Ze started to make arrangements in Henghai so early.

"Since I became sensible, I knew my situation." Li Ze sighed and said with emotion, "I'm not afraid of you making fun of you. Everything I did at that time was just to escape from the sea in the future."

"Ah?" Yang Kai looked at Li Ze in amazement.

"Look, this sea is so vast. Do you know how big it is?" Li Ze asked with a smile.

Yang Kai shook his head.

"Let me tell you, if the area of ​​this world is 100%, the sea will occupy 70% and the land will only be 30%." Li Ze said.

Yang Kai's mouth opened a little wider. In the Tang Dynasty, sea trade was actually quite prosperous and he was not ignorant of the outside world. But like Li Ze, he said with certainty that the sea occupies 70% of the area and only 30% of the land, but it is the first time. In the ordinary people's worldview, the land area is naturally larger, because no one has ever truly felt the vastness of the sea.

"There are many islands in the sea, and some islands are not suitable for survival, but some islands are paradises on earth!" Li Ze said with a smile: "At that time, I thought to make a lot of money all day long, and then build a lot of big ships. Then, when the world is in chaos, I took my people to the sea to be free and easy."

Speaking of this, he burst into laughter, snatched the wine pot from Yang Kai, took another mouthful, and laughed wildly towards the sea breeze: "My biggest dream at that time was to become a man of One Piece, hahaha!"

Li Ze's laughter caused Li Mi and Li Mi to look at each other on another reef not far away from them.

Yang Kai opened his mouth, but just cooperated with Li Ze to laugh a few times. Although he had not achieved great success in studying, he was still an orthodox scholar in essence. Since he followed Li Ze to his current position step by step, the grand original intention of taking the world as his responsibility, which was hidden deep in his heart, slowly returned to him.

The scholars of this era, from the beginning of enlightenment, were probably all with this thought. The enlightenment teacher who taught them probably said this to them, but in the days to come, life changed them little by little. In the end, some people wiped out their dreams, while others embarked on a path that went against their original intentions.

Now Yang Kai is excited to find the boy's original intention. He is thinking about following Li Ze to save the people of the world, and then leaving his name in history. Suddenly, he heard that Li Ze's dream was to be a One Piece, which naturally could not be accepted no matter what.

"Jingshou, I think you are the real you now!" Yang Kai said: "Take the world as your responsibility, worry about the world first, and be happy after the world is happy. You are the hero of this world."

Li Ze slapped his lips and said, "Don't put a high hat on me. Actually, I know very well that I am not such a person. If a hero creates the current situation, I am the current situation that makes me. You are actually very clear when you come step by step."

Seeing that Yang Kai wanted to speak but stopped, Li Ze laughed again: "Don't worry, these words are just something to say to you. I'm not worried that you will say it and ruin my reputation."

A common saying made Yang Kai excited and nodded repeatedly.

"At present, I can't help it." Li Ze shook his head and took another sip of wine. Under the influence of alcohol, his face turned redder. "Now I am sailing against the current, if I don't advance, I will retreat. No matter how hard or difficult it is, I have to go step by step."

"This world will be Jieshuai, you will eventually be Jieshuai." Yang Kai said with his cheeks. This was only when he was alone with Li Ze. "This world is only when you can make it better. Chang'an will definitely not do this well."

Li Ze smiled slightly: "The road is long and arduous. I will search up and down. Let's take a look. Although the future can be planned from now on, who can tell the truth about how it will develop? Perhaps a small and inconspicuous thing will lead us to another different path."

"The 100,000 members of Yixing Society are all the most loyal followers of Jieshuai. As long as Jieshuai's words are just a matter of being on the ground, they will never refuse." Yang Kai said loudly.

"Does Yixing Society already have 100,000 members?" Li Ze was a little surprised.

"Yes, there are more than 10,000 core members." Yang Kai whispered: "In their eyes, there is only Jie Shuai and no other."

"Yixing Society is the foundation of our existence." Li Ze nodded and said, "With them, even if we will experience failure in the future, as long as we have them, we will have the capital to turn over. Yang Kai, the focus of Yixing Society should still be on the bottom. Of course, the upward penetration cannot be relaxed. If you can dig one, you can dig one, from quantitative change to qualitative change!"

"In this direction, I have a division of labor with Cao Zhang. He goes up and I look down." Yang Kai said: "He is more familiar with the upper class, and I am more clear about what the lower class people need."

"Which side of Wuwei Academy?"

"Jie Shuai, half of the people in Wuwei Academy are now members of our Yixing Society, and there will only be more and more people in the future." Yang Kai said: "I am not a waste of time, as the deputy mountain chief."

"That's good!" Li Ze smiled. It can be estimated that most of the civil servants under Wuwei will come from Wuwei Academy in the future. If a large number of Yixing members are mixed in, it will naturally be beneficial to Li Ze's rule.

"After the spring of next year, Haixing's port will begin to be built." Li Ze withdrew his thoughts, looked at the sea and said.

"We still need to build a port?" Yang Kai asked.

"What? Are you worried that my port will be built and can build a big ship, so you ran to be One Piece?" Li Ze asked with a smile.

Yang Kai smiled awkwardly.

"Maritime trade!" Li Ze said: "Now the foreign trade of the Tang Dynasty is all concentrated in Guangdong. Do you know how much money can be made in Guangdong in a year? It makes people drool when thinking about it! If we also have a good port here, it can provide a better environment for those maritime trade merchants and attract them to dock here, the money will be our profit. Yang Kai, the profit here is beyond your imagination. With money, we can do more things!"

Speaking of money, Yang Kai was naturally excited. He knew very well that if he wanted to accomplish great things, he would have to invest a lot of money. Although Li Ze now has territory in more than a dozen states, the money in the treasury has always been very difficult. Every time Yang Kai saw Xia He, he basically saw Xia He holding a pen and thinking hard about the account sheet. It was during this period that Jin Mantang's funds began to flow into Wuyi, and she smiled rarely on her face.

In fact, the annual expenses of Yixing Society are an extremely huge number.

"In addition to money, there are also powerful navys to protect our sea fronts!" Li Ze looked at Yang Kai and said, "Do you still remember the naval battle between the Tang Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty during the prosperous Tang Dynasty? That battle made Japan's tens of years, and I would never dare to sing the edge of the Tang Dynasty again. But now, if Japan comes again, will the Tang Dynasty still have enough strength to deal with it?"

"I'm afraid they don't have the courage either." Yang Kai smiled.

"Never take foreign enemies lightly, and never underestimate them. Japan is indeed very chaotic now, even more chaotic than our Tang Dynasty, but if possible, I want to organize a huge fleet and fuck them again so that they can never turn over." Li Ze said viciously.

Yang Kai was a little unable to understand Li Ze’s ideas.

"If someone didn't mess with us, there was no need for us to beat us?" he asked silly. "It seems that there is no conflict of interest between us and them!"

Li Ze smiled and said, "Do you know? There are many island countries that are like spring all year round. When rice is thrown on the ground, it can grow heavy ears, and it can ripen three times a year."

"Is there such a good place?" Yang Kai's eyes suddenly turned red.

"In that country, there is a place called Shimiji. There is an open-air silver mine. Just knock it with a hammer and it will be a silver mine with extremely high silver content. Do you want it?" Li Ze asked again.

"Of course I want to." Yang Kai widened his eyes, "Jie Shuai, so we must build this harbor, and we must build this warship, and we must build a navy as soon as possible. After the formation is completed, they will set sail and go to those places, let the people there grow food for us and dig out all the silver there. In this way, when we go south in the future, we will never be short of money."
Chapter completed!