"They say it all down, but the younger brother must also have his own attitude, and he won't be easily moved by them." Feng Ziying smiled calmly.

"Oh?" Xu Zheng suddenly became interested, "What do you say?" ”

"It's very simple, see who prepares better, more thoroughly, and more securely." Feng Ziying smiled and said: "Needless to say, Guangzhou is the most convenient and complete hub for the Nanyang region, but what about Ningbo, Quanzhou and Zhangzhou? These places are more competitive and substitutional, so who should go first, who should go later, then it can't be because of who has a loud voice in the court, that is too utilitarian, then we should look at the local gentry, businessmen, or yamen, what preparations have been made for this matter. ”

Xu Zheng's eyes lit up, and he nodded again and again, motioning for Feng Ziying to continue.

"To fully open the sea, the first thing involved is to involve shipbuilding, these places must have some shipbuilding foundations, but as far as I know, most of the shipbuilding in these places is mainly to build fishing boats, or ships sailing near the sea, but when it comes to opening the sea, it is necessary to face the open sea, can these shipbuilding workshops be competent? The imperial court has given such good conditions, but it is difficult for you to translate the policies given by the imperial court into practical use, isn't that a waste? It's better to give someone someone else a place that is more thorough. ”

"That's right." Xu Zheng suddenly brightened up, and slapped his hands suddenly, "Ziying, is there anything else?" ”

"Shipbuilding is not a simple thing, there is still a great lack of seagoing ships in the Great Zhou, especially if you want to develop trade with Japan, Korea, Annam, Sulu-Luzon, Manraka and even beyond, the construction of ocean-going ships is indispensable, and even includes the ships of the navy fleet in the next step of the imperial court's layout, which is extremely important, which involves a large number of craftsmen, craftsmen, and also involves materials such as large wood, glue paint, ropes, sail cloth, etc., which is a quite complex industrial system,......"

"Industrial system?" Xu didn't quite understand what the word meant.

"Well, the meaning of the industrial system is that this is a very complex matching, shipbuilding to use wood, including keel, mast and other wood, but also including deck and other wood, but also to use sail rope, canvas and mast cotton cloth and hemp rope, are not generally available in the workshop, involving the erosion and corrosion of water vapor and salt spray at sea, as well as paint and glue to avoid rapid decay and bonding, which need to be provided in large quantities, which is also very complicated, how to integrate these related supporting livelihoods to form a set of smooth operation specifications, is the system ,......"

Xu Zheng was surprised that Feng Ziying, a northerner who had lived in Shanxi and Beijing for a long time, could be familiar with the business of shipbuilding, but he didn't care about studying this at this time, and asked busily: "Brother Fool roughly understands, listen to what you mean?" ”

"Of course, the ship was built, but what about the boatman and sailor? Offshore fishing vessels are not the same as sailors in ocean-going voyages and even sailors' fleets, this demand is not only large, but also more professional, many of which cannot be trained in a year or two, you can't wait until the boat is built, there is no one to operate it, right? This is also something that needs to be thought out and prepared in advance,......"

Xu Zheng nodded again and again, secretly remembering it in his heart.

"For another example, wharves, such as Quanzhou, Zhangzhou and Ningbo, originally had a certain foundation, but when it comes to large-scale sea opening, especially in the face of ships from abroad, is the wharf enough, can it be suitable for ships from abroad? And if the Japanese, Koreans, and even Xiyi came, would there be enough interpreters and related breaks to help them make a deal as soon as possible? ”

Feng Ziying's words made Xu Ji a little puzzled, "Ziying, I'm afraid this shouldn't be something that our imperial court officials worry about, right?" ”

Naturally, the officials of this era could not have any concept of "serving the people", so Feng Ziying's words made some scholars puzzled.

"Brother Zixun, this really shouldn't be a matter for the government to ask, but what is the purpose of our opening the sea?" Feng Ziying asked rhetorically.

"Of course, it is to give more people in the coastal areas a way to make a living, and in addition, it can also increase the financial income of the imperial court." Xu replied.

"In this case, Brother Zixun thinks about it, if foreign merchant ships in order to reach a deal, they must need some interpreters, people from the rest of the house or guild to help complete it, but these channels are insufficient or not, and the transaction may be delayed to a month or two months if it can be completed in three or five days, not to mention the damage and deterioration of some goods, the transaction cost increases, and the transaction efficiency is low. If we don't come, then our tea, porcelain, or silk and cotton cloth could have been sold more, so that more people can engage in this business to make a living, wouldn't it have also been affected,......"

"So Ziying, do you think the local government should be responsible in these aspects?" Although Xu Zheng felt that Feng Ziying's words made some sense, this still subverted the mentality of the official and the government.

"No, it doesn't necessarily have to be led by the government, but the government can come forward to guide, such as convening the leaders of several guilds, letting them set up and agree on their own, and then letting them train some interpreters on their own, and the government will play a role in regulating and guiding, all for the sake of a better livelihood, they will naturally not refuse, and at the same time, with the appearance of the government, it can also give a psychological security guarantee to the businessmen who come outside to engage in commerce,......"

Xu Ji was greatly moved by Feng Ziying's "brain-opening", these concepts subverted his previous cognition, but it is unprecedented to open the sea and borrow money, and some new ideas are needed to implement, which is also acceptable.

At this time, he also had to admit that it was natural for Feng Ziying to be valued by the princes of the imperial court, and even the emperor was quite favored.

At least this truth is something he can't think of, and he can't think about it at all.

It's just that he is also very strange why Feng Ziying thinks so carefully about this sea opening strategy, you can say some general frameworks, but it is too incredible to be so meticulous and thoughtful.

You know, people who have never been in touch with this kind of affairs can't think of any of this.

Maybe this guy is a genius or a demon.

The reason why Feng Ziying spared no effort to instill Xu Zheng was because, on the one hand, it was true that there were too many specific details involved in this strategy of opening the sea, and it was not something that any one person or even a few people could do, and on the other hand, because Xu Qi had been identified as the key training object in the future by Ye Xianggao, Huang Ruliang and other leaders among the Fujian scholars, that is to say, after ten or twenty years, Xu Qi would become a representative figure of the Fujian scholars in the imperial court.

Judging from the interests and concepts of this group, Feng Ziying believes that it is possible to cooperate, and it is undoubtedly much easier to influence and inculcate ideas in it now than to influence them after their ideas and concepts have been formed.

"Ziying, where did you get these ideas from?" Xu Ji couldn't help but ask.

"Brother Zixun, people's energy is exhausted, one is to read books, the younger brother may not read books like you, focusing on the collection of scriptures and righteousness, and not much interest in poetry and songs, I prefer to read some miscellaneous books, in addition, the younger brother also likes to talk with all kinds of people to understand, like the Shanxi Chamber of Commerce and the Fujian Chamber of Commerce, I will also go to sit on a regular basis, talk to some of their businessmen, and even willing to let them write out some of their observations, I pondered, well, like the "Extraterritorial Strange Tan" in "Internal Reference", In fact, many of them are the Liangguang Chamber of Commerce and your Fujian Chamber of Commerce, many businessmen have slowly accumulated, or I have never been to the sea, how do I know those situations? ”

Xu Zheng can only accept such an explanation, otherwise it is really difficult to explain how the other party can know so much and think so broadly.

"Brother Zixun, in fact, the younger brother still has an idea, how to set up a printing agency when the time is ripe, you might as well set up a printing agency to publish and print some books related to the opening of the sea trade and the production of new things, so that businessmen from all over the world can also learn more, maybe they can find more livelihoods from it, so that more people can have more livelihood channels, and not always stare at that one acre and three points of land, and the silent people in the city can also find some livelihoods,......"

Feng Ziying's "brain-opening" one after another made Xu Zheng a little overwhelmed, and he needed some time to slowly digest Feng Ziying's views.

But he has a feeling that Feng Ziying's assumptions may bring about a lot of unexpected changes, not only for himself, but even for many things in the future.

The same views Feng Ziying is also taking the opportunity to instill Qi Yongtai and Qiao Yingjia, of course, the "influence infiltration" of these two people cannot be as straightforward as Xu Ji, but needs to be slowly transmitted on many existing affairs.

But this kind of perseverance and inadvertent subtlety often has an amazing effect.

Especially for some seemingly unsolvable problems, if you can come up with an ingenious way of thinking, it will often be more effective, and when a similar problem arises next time, everyone will be more receptive to this kind of approach, which would otherwise feel a little unusual.

Of course, he will not throw away it from Qingtan Academy, seeing that next year will be the Autumn Festival, Xu Qixun, Song Shixiang, Fu Zonglong, and their group of Dongyuan children will begin to grow up, and it is necessary to give them classes and pour chicken soup at this time.

Even so, Feng Ziying felt that she still hadn't done enough, and she only hated that her current background was indeed too shallow, and it was difficult for her age, qualifications, and status to reach that level, which would take time to accumulate slowly.

That's why he has a publishing and printing book club to come out, and he can also write some things he wants to close, so that he can better and faster deliver some things he wants to spread.