In Wenyuan Pavilion, the Secretary Xia Yuanji and Song Li had not returned to the tribe hall yet, but had been waiting for news here.

Your Majesty has summoned Hao Fenglou into the palace, and you can almost imagine that news will come soon whether it will be thunder or rain.

Xia Yuanji was really angry today. A big fire burned his heart and was still there whirring angry. When others saw him like this, they naturally didn't dare to disturb him. However, Xie Jin came over with his hands behind his back, poured tea for him himself, and said with a smile: "Why should Xiabutang do this? What else can I say about this? The shipyard burned it, and it burned. Look, although His Majesty summoned Hao Fenglou today, he would blame him, but it was a rare thing to punish him.

This saint of Hao Fenglou has done so many things, and have you ever seen him lose his hair? Alas... Even if the things in the world are like this, you can't say that Your Majesty is a trusted villain. Your Majesty has his considerations. We are ministers, just do the job obediently. As for this grand plan of the court. Alas... Xiabutang, I really don't know whether to say or not. The emperor is a hero, and the master is strong and the minister is weak. Can we take care of these?"

When Xia Yuanji heard this, he was not angry, but he became even more angry. Although his official position was not as good as Xie Jin, his qualifications were higher than Xie Jin. In addition, his temper was not good, so he was furious at this moment and couldn't help but retort: ​​"What is this? There were Bi Gan and Wei Zheng in ancient times. Are those people all bastards? Since ancient times, there have been five ministers' deaths. I yearn for it. Others don't know about the energy spent in this shipyard, but I know that I dare not say that I worked hard, but I have done a lot of effort. Now that the shipyard is over, if the court does not hold it accountable, I will serve as a warning. I must fight for this black sage and report it even if I don't want to."

After hearing his words, Xie Jin just smiled slightly and said, "Mr. Xia is admirable," and then hid aside and went to leisure.

But it didn't take long before news came, and someone said, "Hao Fenglou has left the palace."

"He left the palace...here he left the palace like this?"

Xie Jin could naturally hear clearly in the duty room. However, he seemed to be unaware of it and did not care. He held a memorial in his hand, with a calm expression.

The other few people believed that Xie Jin did not act, so he looked patient and kept silent.

Xia Yuanji almost jumped up: "Leave the palace? Didn't your majesty say anything harsh?"

The person who came to the house said, "I comforted him a few words. It seems... I am asking Hao Fenglou to build a ship..."

When Xia Yuanji heard this, he almost vomited blood again.

However, Xie Jin, who was in the room, suddenly became interested. When he picked up the bill, he couldn't help but pause slightly, and a trace of doubt flashed through his eyes.

Xia Yuanji asked, "Shipbuilding? What ship is he built by a Jinyiwei?"

"It seems to be said that Hao Fenglou promised His Majesty that he would supervise the construction of ships..."

Xia Yuanji sneered coldly: "It seems that he wants to use the imperial court's money to make trouble."

But the visitor said, "It doesn't cost the court a copper coin."

Xia Yuanji couldn't help but sucked her cold breath, but she couldn't help but say, "It's just to please and act like a good person. This shipbuilding will not be done without four or five years. I may not say it will be another remark at that time."

But the visitor said, "Sir, it seems that Lord Hao has begged His Majesty for a year, saying that it will be able to receive miraculous effects within one year."

"One year?" Before Xia Yuanji could make a sound, Song Li, the Minister of Works, couldn't help but sneer. He shook his head and said, "No, let's talk about the material of this ship. If you don't have any exposure to the sun for three years, what can you use to build a ship? This guy knows nothing about building a ship, but he still has to volunteer and make a joke."

Xie Jin kept listening with his ears on his back. At this moment, he suddenly thought and came out of the room. Everyone bowed to him.

Xie Jin said: "I have heard what Songbutang said just now. If the ship material is not exposed to the sun, it will easily rot when it goes into the water. It won't take long to take the hull to be damaged. But is it because the sea defense has stored dried ship material long ago?"

Song Li stroked his beard and said, "It is not impossible. However, in my opinion, even if Annan has stored ship materials, there will be no more ship materials. After all, Annan has limited ships. Compared with our Heavenly Kingdom, the highest level is determined. Even if they store them, they are probably just ship materials for ordinary ships, such as huge ship materials such as blessing ships and treasure ships. They are useless to store them."

Xie Jin couldn't help but say, "Does this mean that ship materials were stored in Annan, and these ship materials could only be used for ordinary ships, and only ordinary passenger ships could be built?"

Song Lihe nodded and said, "That's right."

Xie Jin narrowed his eyes and said, "I understand that, I will understand." He paused and then continued, "Hao Fenglou volunteered to get rid of his crime, on the one hand, but it was just to please and act like a person. So he first issued a military order, claiming to build a ship, so he could build a lot of sea ships within a year. But these sea ships seemed petty, and most of them were ordinary sea ships at that time. But since he offered the ship, what could Your Majesty say? Although Your Majesty was not satisfied with these ships, and even our court felt petty, they had worked hard after all, which was the wish of their Hao family. Will Your Majesty still blame him at this time?"

After Xie Jin's explanation, it made sense. After hearing this, many people couldn't help but feel terrified and sighed in their cleverness.

This man surnamed Hao is really amazing. He committed such a big deal, but he was willing to share his worries for the king and father. According to human nature, even if he built a ship in the future, His Majesty would not be angry about it. After all, he was the power of the family and spent countless "works" to offer great gifts. If he didn't hit the smiling person, what could His Majesty say?

Besides, a year or two later, Your Majesty's anger over today's affairs had long disappeared. Although today's affairs were of great importance, the emperor could not always be worried about this matter. At that time, the Hao family would only "promise" and whether the court was satisfied or not, it would be considered a word of hard work without any credit.

Xia Yuanji sighed and couldn't help but gritted his teeth and said, "Treacherous minister, traitor, he has such a scheming at such a young age."

Xie Jin smiled and said, "Don't worry about Xiabutang. When you say this, I remembered that there were occasional big food ships coming across the ocean from Quanzhou Maritime Shipinsi. Is there such a thing?"

Xia Yuanji said: "This is a little heard."

Xie Jin said again: "I heard that this big-giant ship is quite sharp, and its means are not under our Ming Dynasty. Some of the ships they built can be more than thirty feet long and can accommodate hundreds of people walking on the ship. Is there any... that too?"

But Song Li, the Minister of Works, was from Fujian. After hearing this, he said, "I have also been to Quanzhou. This... I have heard that the great cannibals are good at buying and selling, sailing around the world, integrating things. Those great cannibals are very familiar with this navigation. I even heard that in their country, the rich people show their wealth by the number of ships. Some giants buy islands themselves, build docks, and build sea boats, and shuttle through the world. The great cannibals frequently appear in the southeast area. The country is thousands of miles away, and they all come by boats. It can be seen that their ships are still quite referenceable."

Xie Jin smiled and said, "That's it. Since the great cannibals can build a big ship, it will demonstrate their national prestige. Think about it, what if such a big ship appeared outside Nanjing at this time?"

Xia Yuanji did not have much good impression of Xie Jin. After hearing his words, he still couldn't help but think about it. Then his face changed and he said, "Donald Jie, are you trying to increase your anger and destroy your own prestige? Where is this to set the prestige of the Celestial Empire?"

Xie Jin smiled and said, "Xiabutang, I don't know whether to say it or not. You also say that there are evil people in the country and slandering the people, but so what? People use small tricks and can get away with big things. It is useless to rely solely on persuasion. Hao Fenglou is going to be sloppy, so what if we are a villain who is clearing the king, even if we use some tricks?"

Xia Yuanji hesitated and finally sighed: "Mr. Jie means to find an excuse to ask the big food man to come to Nanjing to pay tribute, and say hello to the Maritime Mansion Department. When they arrive at the mouth of the river, they will then order the boatman to drag the boat to the Qinhuai River outside Nanjing. In this way, from the emperor to the subjects to see the big food ship, they will be amazed. If Hao Fenglou uses a small boat to swear, his Majesty will be different in his heart."

Xie Jin smiled and said, "I'm afraid of the word "Comparison" in this world. If there is no comparison, no matter what ship Hao Fenglou built to perfunctorily, Your Majesty will not feel bad after all. But look at the wild and big cannibals, and the other people's ships are so magnificent, but Hao Fenglou brought a group of small sampans into the capital. What would Your Majesty think? The Sacred Heart is impermanent. I did this just because I didn't want to let this villain please and act like a good person. Of course, I just mentioned it casually. After all, I don't want to care about this matter and I'm too lazy to care about it. What does it mean depends on the meaning of the two old tribes."

Xia Yuanji and Song Li looked at each other, and finally Xia Yuanji gritted his teeth and sneered: "Yes, I can't indulge villains to slander and fascinate him anymore. Since that's the case, then... let's find a reason."

Even Song Li couldn't help but nod.

Xie Jin smiled slightly and said, "This is easy. Just find a censor to write a letter, and then ask someone to go to Quanzhou Maritime Shipping and ask them to say hello to the big cannibal. At that time, let the big cannibal give a message, and everything will be natural."

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Chapter completed!