These people don’t look old, and needless to say, they are all very good at reading and writing.

But the problem is that the foreign affairs department wants to expand trade to the outside world, and Wang Chong doesn't want trade to be managed by a nerd.

"Okay, let me hear it all. You took a boat to a strange country. I accidentally found that the people in this country were not wearing clothes, especially women, who were all more beautiful and gentle than our Da Yan Chao. What should you do?"

Wang Chong looked at the first person, "You can tell me."

This man is quite fat. He obviously has eaten a lot of food since he was a child and has good living conditions. He smiled with a wretched smile: "Emperor, they are not wearing clothes. They must be a barbarian country. The grass-roots think that they can consider capturing their women, filling the population of our country, and opening jails and becoming maids is simply a good deal without any capital and profit."

If it weren't for his identity, Wang Chong really wanted to slap him and then curse: "Get out of here!"

He could think of this kind of answer, it was simply... an idiot!

Ignore this person anymore and look at the second one: "What would you do?"

This man is quite delicate and has a righteous look on his face: "The emperor, the saint said: A gentleman should not look at anything that is polite, and he should not speak about anything that is polite. People from other countries are not wearing clothes. As a civilized country, how can we peek at others? Therefore, I think we should not contact them, so as not to get rid of the people and say that we are hooligans."

Wang Chong was even speechless after hearing this.

This person is the legendary "righteous gentleman" who is bare and unmoved in front of you!

I'm afraid this is a standard nerd. Just like the epic record, the ancient nerd led his troops to fight and said that we were a great country, how could we do something like sneak attack? Since we wanted to fight, we had to face it head-on to reflect the prestige of our great country.

I feel disgusted after hearing this.

Such a person must stay away from him, so as not to be struck by lightning and seem to hurt himself.

So Wang Chong ignored him and looked at the third person.

This man was with a tiger back and a bear-bearing waist and said respectfully: "Emperor, Caomin thought that this group of people who were not dressed in clothes was not as good as barbarians. They could kill them all and occupy their territory. In this way, our Dayan Dynasty would definitely be stronger and make the enemy scared."

"What if I can't beat it?" Wang Chong asked.

"I can't beat..."

The man was stunned: "How can we not be able to defeat it? We have many soldiers and a wide range of generals, and we also have weapons and equipment, so we cannot be able to defeat it."

Judging from this person's appearance, he is just a reckless man.

Wang Chong suddenly lost interest in him, but he could consider letting this person join the army in the future. As long as this person survived, he would definitely be a powerful general.

"What about you?" Wang Chong looked at the fourth person.

"The grass-roots think that these people can be captured and used as slaves to work for our country."

Wang Zhong denied it again.

Although this method is similar to slavery, the premise is that it must be stable and have sufficient institutional advantages.

Otherwise, what's the use of internal instability just by finding slaves?

"And you?"

Wang Chong looked at the fifth person.

This man looked pretty pretty, and he frowned and said, "Caomin feels that if the other party is not wearing clothes, it is completely a wild place and is useless to us. What do they do."

"Okay, your ideas don't suit me, go down."

Wang Chong waved his hand impatiently.

Several people were a little embarrassed and retreated immediately.

"The emperor, I am stupid. I think there is a good way, such as letting those who have no clothes to be slaves. I wonder why the emperor doesn't use him?" He Taigao asked in confusion.

"Da Pei, I have said that foreign trade, foreign trade, what I want to do is trade, make money, and pull people over as slaves to arouse hatred there. What can I get? Only hatred!"

"Uh...that Emperor means..."

"It's very simple. It's just to do trade. If the people there don't have clothes, we sell them, so that they can provide us with food and raw materials there, and we process finished clothes for them. We don't have to enslave them, but also get the resources we need there. At the same time, because the people here make clothes, everyone has something to do and can get the gratitude of the people there. Isn't it a three-killing goal?"

In fact, what Wang Chong said is easy to understand. In modern society, people who know how to do business understand this truth.

Because if you want to enslave people in a place, you have to put in countless manpower to start a war. Starting a war means resource consumption, which will not only arouse hostility to the other party, but may not necessarily succeed.

But by selling materials to others and getting resources, you are equivalent to getting what you own in another way.

For example, in modern Germany, there is a joke that Germany launched World War II and did not conquer all the resources in Europe. Unexpectedly, after peace, they obtained the resources they needed through trade.

He Taigao's mind is still a little bit unreal. He can't figure out how he can make the other party obedient by selling clothes to others?

But soon he stopped thinking about it and laughed in his heart. As long as we serve the emperor, what should we do if we want to do so much?

Since there is no suitable candidate, Wang Chong could only temporarily put the matter of candidates for the foreign affairs department aside and devote himself to dealing with this winter matter first.

Shen Yu's father came to the palace to meet Wang Chong a few days ago and told some things about Haiyancheng.

According to Shen Yu's father, the lord of Haiyan City, Xu Luye, was already considered a local tyrant there, and he was in power and even the defending generals there listened to him.

So it was difficult for Wang Chong to order Xu Luye.

Moreover, Wang Chong checked the tax records in Haiyancheng in recent years, and it has been declining year by year.

But you should know that Haiyancheng is near the sea area, which not only has developed agriculture and good weather, but also has a rich meal and can eat a lot of seafood, so there is no hunger.

There were many merchants and trade developed there, but the tax revenue was not as good as that of cities in the mountains.

This shows that Xu Luye privately withheld a lot of taxes.

Although he knew that Xu Luye was disobedient and could resist him at any time, Wang Chong could not do anything to him. It was very simple. Even though his troops could suppress him, the way was too far.

The force is not enough, but also requires food, transportation capacity, etc.

The food and grass are tight at the moment, so it is obviously not suitable to launch a battle.

Afterwards, Wang Chong asked Shen Yu's father to stay in the palace for a few days, and arranged a few newcomers from the East Factory to dress up as merchants, and went to Haiyancheng to spy on various news.

Wang Chongxian temporarily put this matter on hold.

This winter, although Wang Chong launched disaster relief and the disaster situation in the capital stabilized, not long after, refugee riots occurred in two cities.

There were also signs of rebels in one of the cities, killing the local city lord's family.

After Wang Chong learned the news, he immediately sent a general to suppress him in advance.

The rebels were resolved, and Wang Chong took the opportunity to enthrone a new city lord there, which was considered to have regained control of that place.

In a blink of an eye, the New Year is here.

The arrival of the New Year means that the warm weather is coming, and this is the only place where Wang Chong takes a breath.

He actually understood that many people must have died in other areas this winter. Unfortunately, he is not a god and cannot take care of people in every area. He can only take his time in the future.

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On the New Year's Day, Wang Chong asked his concubines to gather together and cook a large pot of hot pot for meals.

Because Wang Chong reformed the harem, the atmosphere in the harem has improved a lot now. Many concubines call each other sisters and respect each other as guests. Wang Chong was very pleased to see it.

There are three most favored ones now.

Needless to say, Queen Zhao Luan, Wang Chong admired her character and mind very much, and she definitely had the temperament of being a mother in the world.

Then there are Feng Chengcheng and Shen Yu.

Feng Chengcheng has good ability to manage the clothing factory. As for Chen Yu, because of her family, he was also valued by Wang Chong.

However, these three have not yet been pregnant with the dragon seed, because Wang Chong doesn't want to be distracted by other things, so he is not ready to ask for it for the time being.

"Your Majesty, I will give you a cup. Under your leadership, our Dayan Dynasty will surely prosper."

A concubine mustered up her courage and raised her wine glass and said.

"Your Majesty, I would like to respect you. I used to be ignorant and didn't know that you worked so hard. Now I understand your difficulties. I think I was really stupid before."

During this period, Wang Chong also tried to let the concubines understand the internal and external troubles of his country, so the effect was very good and he gained the understanding of the concubines.

"Let's have something together." Wang Chong also raised his wine glass.

After drinking and eating, Wang Chong suddenly took his concubines out for a walk.

Suddenly, a meteor slid across the sky.

This meteor is very dazzling. It looks like it is not an ordinary meteor. When it slides through the sky, it illuminates the other seven stars in the sky.

These seven stars are connected into a row, forming a seven-star pearl.

"Meteor!" He Taigao's eyes narrowed. After seeing the seven-star beads, his face looked ugly.

"The seven-star meteor..."

Zhao Luan seemed to have thought of something, and her expression changed suddenly.

Wang Chong looked at her expression and asked curiously: "Did the queen think of something? Why did her face suddenly turn pale?"

"No... nothing."

Zhao Luan squeezed out an ugly smile, "Maybe...maybe...maybe cold."

He Taigao was stunned for a moment, and suddenly wiped his tears quietly, and became sad.

This confused Wang Chong again and asked, "Big partner, why are you suddenly sad?"

"Plop!"

He Taigao suddenly knelt down: "The emperor, old slave... the old slave is not sad. The old slave is very happy, how could he be sad?"

"Not right?"

"It's true, old mist... old mist is cold."

"I will tell you if I ask you to say it. If I don't say it, I will chop your head."

He Taigao kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty, I really have nothing to say. Even if the emperor wants to chop off the old slave's head, I have nothing to say... Is there anything I have to say."

"you!"

Wang Chong looked at He Taigao and guessed that He Taigao and the Queen had something to hide from him.
Chapter completed!