Guojiazhuang is actually just a manor near the suburbs of Beijing. There are ridges nearby and scattered fields outside. Among the stars, a large mansion that looks like a city block is in sight. If this house is placed in Bianjing, it will naturally be nothing outstanding, but if it is placed here, it is dignified and gorgeous, and even the dark bricks and tiles become radiant.

There was a warning at the door, and sixteen short-dressed men lined up in a row. Chen Ao and Chen Ji got off the carriage, and someone immediately came out to greet him.

The facilities here are all ready, with the door facing the screen wall, covering the movement inside. The wall is 1.5 meters high, completely isolating the inside and outside the wall. The houses have also been repaired and weeds have been removed. In addition to the dormitory of ten people, there are also institutions such as main halls, study rooms, punishment rooms, registration rooms, and grain rooms.

The setting here is like an independent county government office. The county government office has six rooms and four rooms here. The punishment room specializes in dealing with spies who violate the rules. The study room is to combed intelligence and classify it, which information is important, which needs to be archived, and so on. As for the registration room, it is to archive it, and on the other hand, it is to recruit personnel. The grain room is to pay monthly money, and although the sparrow is small, it is all-in-one.

The main hall is where Chen Ji’s office works, with three or four ear chambers next to it, and recruiting more than a dozen miserable scholars at will.

Chen Ji and Shen Ao arrived at the main hall together, and Chen Ji took out a thick book, which contained a list of personnel, hometown, age, and subjects for practice. Chen Ji smiled faintly and said, "Do you want to gather the spies and say a few words?"

Chen Ao shook his head and said, "There is no need." He flipped through the book casually and couldn't help but ask, "Have all the doctors in teaching recruited?"

Chen Ji said: "A lot of people have been recruited, but there are few who teach languages ​​in various countries in Southeast Asia. There are still a few Jurchens, including Dayue, Liuqiu, Dali and other countries, but there are very few others. Now I have gone to Quanzhou to ask if the Quanzhou Haizheng Yamen can recommend some people."

Chen Aohe nodded and said, "We must do this quickly. In three months, I want them all to go out of this Guojiazhuang."

Chen Ji found a seat and sat down, took a sip of the tea he had just delivered, and said slowly: "I don't know if you ask or not, why do the water detectives practice marching and fighting?"

Chen Ao sat down and said, "This is also for the sake of safety." He hesitated for a moment, as if considering whether to reveal his true thoughts, and then said, "I just received the news from Quanzhou that the sea surface has been calm and there are more and more merchants going into the sea. Three years ago, there were only more than 900 large sea ships in Quanzhou, but now there are more than 7,000. This is not the case with small and medium-sized ships with small cargo and drought. Although the countries in Southeast Asia have deep hinterland, due to the increasing volume of goods and the local purchases are limited. In order to get rid of the goods as soon as possible, the maritime merchants have to lower prices from each other. Now, the profits are getting thinner and thinner."

Chen Ao revealed the reality of Quanzhou merchants. In the past, those silk, porcelain and various commodities that were more precious than gold and silver in Southeast Asia were no longer rare because of the increasing transaction volume. Xibei goods became daily necessities for ordinary wealthy households. How high can this profit be? Now, more than one million people engaged in marine operations in ports such as Quanzhou have exceeded one million, which has not included the porters on horseback and the employers of various workshops. In the past, everyone knew that going into the sea was a huge profit. Now, anyone with some money in their hands flocked to join in, which resulted in the dilemma of having too many monks and less porridge. Some merchants even went into the sea and shipped to their destination for sale.

Chen Ao saw the letter from the Haizheng Yamen and couldn't help but smile bitterly. Of course, he knew that this special situation had a term called crisis in later generations. The opening he opened in Quanzhou now is good on the surface, but if the current crisis is not handled properly, the consequences will definitely be fatal.

If this situation continues, the maritime merchants will inevitably go bankrupt. Most of the ships that were purchased for a large amount of money will be ruined on the docks. Once the maritime merchants go bankrupt, a large number of sailors and porters will have no livelihoods. In the past, due to the insufficient supply of goods, the maritime merchants will also recruit a large number of people. Once the goods cannot be sold out, these people will inevitably be ruined.

The biggest problem is that Quanzhou has hired more than one million workers. These young and strong people have abandoned their land and lost their livelihoods in the city. It is absolutely impossible to get them to become tenants again. Without anyone hiring them, they have nothing to do in the city all day long and have no food to eat. What is the final result?

A problem that is more serious than refugees, the unemployment rate is as high as a certain point, which is the beginning of riots and even rebellion. Once a large number of gathering workers show signs of riots, it is difficult to curb the repression. The population gathered around Quanzhou and Quanzhou has exceeded three million. Such a huge population will definitely be a disaster.

This is why Chen Ao was eager to establish the Jinyiwei. His current situation seems to be peaceful, but once the crisis spreads, it will be a huge matter, and even the entire dynasty may be ruined.

The industrial empires in later generations had experienced similar crises, but Chen Ao could not have imagined that the crisis of the Song Dynasty would come so quickly and with such a fierce momentum that he could not have expected.

In fact, after thinking about it, Chen Ao understood that the reason why the crisis of the British in later generations lasted for decades was that Britain itself was a country with a small population. A country with a population of millions dumped its goods into the hinterland of tens of millions and hundreds of millions of people, and the crisis naturally came slowly. But the Song Dynasty was different. There was the world's greatest wealth and a huge population. Once they were guided to this direction of human beings in later generations, what would the result be?

The result is that the consumption in Nanyang is too small and can no longer satisfy the appetite of the Song Dynasty. If more and more popular markets are not opened up, the consequences will be fatal.

Either the Song Dynasty was completely destroyed in crisis, or it was to use swords and strong ships and cannons to break out a way of life.

Chen Aoxin took a sip of tea calmly, his eyes slightly opened, and he said without hesitation: "Preparation!"

"Traveling?" Chen Ji was stunned for a moment. With his knowledge, he still had some difficulty understanding the word that came up with Chen Ao.

Chen Ao said lightly: "I dare to ask my mentor, what if one day a fleet goes further and discovers a new island or even a continent?"

Chen Ji once studied Nanyang quite a bit. People stayed in a cave and did nothing, and the greatest pleasure was naturally reading. The books in Quanzhou were quite strange, including a lot of ocean knowledge. In fact, the world is so big that it is common for people to discover many unknown islands in Nanyang. All of them were recorded. However, most of these islands were deserted islands, and occasionally some were popular, but they were all natives and not many populations. Chen Ji thought at the time that it was indeed the most amazing thing in the world. When Chen Ao asked this question, he replied without hesitation: "It would be fine if there were a small country and few people, but if there were a large population, he would naturally do business with them."

Chen Ao shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Where is this easy? When these unknown island continents see strange ships, those who know some education may do business with you, but most of them are going to attack. Most of the fleets have weapons and sailors, but it may not be useful to resist. These spies are mixed with them. They can indicate their identity at critical moments, dispatch them, and try to escape unstoppable."

Chen Ji couldn't help but say, "Will a spy do such a great effect?"

Chen Ao said seriously: "When the fleet is overseas, they often sweep the snow in front of the door. Once there is something wrong, some want to escape, some want to fight, and the dispatch is not unified. What should I do? If someone stands up and takes out my token, it will at least have a deterrent effect on everyone. Even if someone wants to ignore others' lives and death, they have to consider it. In fact, as long as everyone is willing to be one mind, they may not be afraid of the local indigenous people."

After hearing this, Chen Ji couldn't help but nodded and said, "Today, I am the teacher who is teaching."

Chen Ao also smiled. In fact, there was one thing he had not said yet. The reason why these spies wanted to learn military knowledge was more important to understand the terrain and the opponent's city barriers, troops, and weapons configurations, and roughly estimate the opponent's strength.

Chen Ao can't say these words for the time being. Although Chen Ji is an old man, he is still a scholar after all. Scholars always have a little bit of mystery in their work. Although they are full of great principles, they are always the people of the world. It would be a bit difficult to let them do things. There are also scholars who can do things. Chen Ji is only half of them, so let him adapt slowly first. When he knows that his favorite disciple has pulled him onto a pirate ship, it will be difficult to get off the ship when he wants to get off.

Although Chen Ao's mouth is full of benevolence, righteousness and morality, he is full of thieves and prostitutes. Giving kindness is nonsense. His only way is to hold a sword in one hand and a copper coin in the other hand, and to be honest and obedient to do the dumping. The copper coin will be given out. However, if he is disobedient, Chen Ao doesn't mind another soul under the sword.

In fact, Chen Ao doesn't want to kill people, and he is even more unwilling to create such so-called humanitarian disasters in later generations. But now the arrow is on the string. Either you die or I die. If you don't exploit you, the Song Dynasty will fall. If you can't explore, countless people will lose their livelihoods and have no food and clothing. Chen Ao can only have one choice.

Everything has been arranged, and now what we have to wait for is an opportunity. Chen Ao took a sip of tea lightly, squirmed with his lips, and smiled at Chen Ji, saying, "Good tea, such good tea, there are many people on the vast ocean that cannot taste it. Such tea should break through the sea, reach the other side of the world, and sell it to the horizon."

…………………………………………………………………………
Chapter completed!