When Ji Yi left behind the upcoming Western War and boarded a gallop and a speedboat and headed for the Song Dynasty, Wu Haogu was also preparing to leave Tianjin because the 30,000 troops led by Wanyan Aguda arrived at the Korqin grassland a few days ago.

As soon as Agu hit him, Xiao Sesse was scared. Although this woman had a big face in the winter of the second year of the Republic, she broke the tens of thousands of cute ancient troops.

But this time, Wanyan Aguda! Xiao Sesse didn't dare to be entrusted, so he wrote a letter of help for Wu Haogu. He also asked Wu Haogu to meet in Chengde and discuss the military situation in depth together.

Pan Qiaolian and Ximen Qing also knew about the friendship between Wu Haogu and Xiao Sesse, but they were both very tactful and never mentioned it.

However, at dinner today, when Wu Haogu mentioned that he was going to Chengde, Ximen Qing took over the topic.

"Dalang, I heard that Empress Dowager Xiao has a daughter, who is a rare beauty. She almost married the prince of the Song Dynasty last time."

Wu Haogu smiled: "It's a pity that I didn't get married... Why, sister, do you want to protect Yu Liyan as a mediator?"

"How is our family's letter?" Ximen Qing smiled. "Xiner is not young anymore. He has entered the Knights Academy. It is time to tell him that it is easy to kiss."

If you marry Yu Liyan into the house, you can consider it.

Wu Haogu thought about it and turned his attention to Pan Qiaolian, "Sister 18, what do you think?"

Pan Qiaolian's eyes flicked and glanced at Ximen Qing and Wu Haogu. Of course, she knew what Ximen Qing was thinking. Wu Yixin was also Ximen Qing's son. If he married Empress Dowager Xiao's daughter, he would undoubtedly strengthen Wu Yiyong and Wu Yixin's brothers...

However, Pan Qiaolian remained silent, "Okay... it's time to find a kiss for Xiner. But we can't ignore the children's ideas. You are in love with Dalang, and you are not in the will of your parents."

"Yes," Wu Haogu smiled, "This time I will bring the letter with me and let him meet Yu Liyan in Chengde. It would be great if he could like it. If he doesn't like it, he will change it. Empress Xiao also has three daughters, Oriyan, Ooro and Ooro, who are all well-born."

These three daughters were not kissed by Empress Xiao, but were taken to Dading Mansion by her and became bargaining chips for marriage.

"Dalang," said Pan Qiaolian, "I heard you want to create more feudal states in Nanyang? Is there anything wrong with this?"

"Yes." Wu Haogu nodded, "not only do we need to open up the finite country in the south, but we also need to open up the east in the future."

"Japan?" Pan Qiaolian asked with interest.

"More east." Wu Haogu replied.

"Where is the east side of Japan?" Pan Qiaolian asked.

"Is it a Fusom tree?" Ximen Qing asked with a smile.

Wu Haogu shook his head, "It is said to be a vast continent... When King Wu attacked King Zhou, Wen Zhong, the Grand Tutor of Shang of the Shang Dynasty, led the remaining troops of the Shang people and more than a dozen countries across the sea to go there."

"Is there such a saying?" Pan Qiaolian blinked. She had read many books, but had never seen such sayings.

"Legend, just a legend." Wu Haogu smiled, "It was a record found on several ancient slips. After the new generation of soft sails was built quickly, people could be sent to find the Eastern continent."

These ancient simplified scripts have their own origins, all of which are the works of Du Wenyu's brother Du Wenzhong. He was born in the calligraphy, painting, and arts business in Kaifeng Prefecture. Although his writing and painting were average, he still had a bit of a skill in forging antiques. So Wu Haogu asked him to forge a few ancient simplified scripts of the Western Zhou Dynasty and fabricate the legend of Wen Zhong's eastward crossing.

With this legend, you can start exploring the great cause of the New World.

"Who are those bans in Nanyang going to give?" Pan Qiaolian smiled and turned the topic back to Nanyang, "Yong'er, is there any share in Xin'er?"

"Yong'er will not be sealed for the time being," Wu Haogu shook his head and said, "Even if he is not afraid of the distant future and miasma in the South China Sea, he cannot let Princess Qingde suffer such hardship.

However, Xiner can arrange a country... In fact, it is not a country, it is just a city. Whether it can be developed into a country depends on his own ability."

Wu Yiyong was not named because Wu Haogu already regarded him as his alternate successor.

Wu Haogu's legitimate son Wu Yi was still young. Although he was very smart and a talented man from Nankai Academy, he might not be able to support the entire Wu family in the future.

Therefore, Wu Haogu must keep Wu Yiyong by his side!

Pan Qiaolian glanced at Ximen Qing and said with a smile: "The feudal states during the Western Zhou Dynasty were just a city at the beginning. Many countries with far-reaching titles were still mixed with the barbarians of Rongdi. Being able to become a country was the result of countless generations of hard work."

Wu Haogu smiled, "Xiner is capable and can definitely make a fortune, and I, a father, will also help him. I will definitely choose a good place for him and give him more retainers."

Of course, the territory given to my son cannot be bad. The territory under the Nanyang Protectorate is first of all, either the Xingzhou Peninsula (Malay Peninsula) outside Xingzhou or the Java country. There are already some Chinese immigrants on these two lands, and city ports have also been established.

In addition, they are near East-West trade routes. Although they cannot block the road and charge, they will not suffer from poverty.

Wu Haogu paused and smiled and said, "There are some good territories, enough for children to share. Even if they don't seal them, we still have money, and we will never let them suffer."

"Is there any money?" Pan Qiaolian frowned slightly, "Although the inner account has some savings, it is probably not enough to support the expenses of developing countries in the distant seas?"

If Wu Yijiu wanted to build a country overseas, the money from the internal account would definitely be endless.

But Wu Yixin...

Wu Haogu understood Pan Qiaolian's thoughts and immediately smiled and said, "Money is not saved, but printed! As long as silver coins and bank bonds can pass the world, are you still afraid of not having money? It's just to issue some bond notes. With the secret, you can naturally issue bonds. With the bank notes, you can lower the interest on the bond notes. If you borrow money, you will make a profit."

There are actually several situations in overseas colonies. One is a colony with mountains of gold and silver. Without government organizations, the people flock to themselves. One is an Indian-Asian-3 type, with a rich country and a weak army, and they become masters when they go. The other is an American type, a chosen country, but it is also a wild land, and it must be invested and developed. This requires the support of a financial system that can turn money into support.

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Kaifeng Prefecture, Yuqing Daode Palace.

Zhao Ji, dressed in Taoist costume, was sitting cross-legged on a cushion, squinting his eyes and listening to his former friend, Mi Youren, the left prime minister of the Great Zhou Republic, explaining the conditions for Wu Haogu to marry his daughter.

"... the family teacher is afraid that his daughter will be wronged in Kaifeng Prefecture, so he has no other intentions. Who doesn't know that the royal family of the Song Dynasty seems noble, but is actually a prisoner of wealth and honor. For ordinary wealthy and noble relatives, this kind of wealth and honor is enough to make them moved. However, the Wu family is also the leader of a country in Zhou State. Although wealth and honor are not as good as the Tian family of the Song Dynasty, it is almost the same. And there is not so much restraint, free and happy."

Pan Xiao'an and Wu Haowen were also in the Yuqing Daode Palace today. They were like Zhao Ji, dressed as Taoist priests. After Mi Youren finished speaking, they both spoke one after another.

Pan Xiao'an said: "Your Majesty, our dynasty now has even a military governor who has troops in charge. What's the point of having multiple princes with real titles? Moreover, Jingdong Shang City, Qushan County, and Yuzhou Island are not large, and there is not even a state."

Wu Haowen disagreed with it and just shook his head: "I'm afraid that if I set a precedent, I can't stop it in the future. If there are too many seals, the world will be in chaos."

Mi Youren smiled and said, "The precedent was not opened by Prince Yun, but by Prince Jiaozhi. The family master also had a suggestion to enfeoff the countries south of Jiaozhi. Half of the Zhao family and half of the Wu family. He enfeoffed more than a dozen countries, followed the Xia monarch and the barbarians, and divided the land south of Jiaozhi, leaving only a few to be directly governed by the Song Dynasty and the Zhou Dynasty. These bans will be dispersed in the future, and they will still be the bloodline of the Zhao and Wu families."

"This is not bad..." Zhao Ji nodded, "I have a lot of descendants, and it's too crowded to stay in the capital."

Zhao Ji now has 18 surviving sons, and he is only in his thirties and has many concubines. He still has to continue to have a son. If he can give birth to a child until he is 70 years old, there will be 80 sons without 100. So many sons are granted princes, and just giving birth to a gift and salary is an astronomical number.

In the future, the son will have a son, and the grandson will have a great-grandson. There may be thousands of people in the reproduction period. This is not the kind of royal family in the distant branch, but the royal family in the near branch. According to the standard of surrender, the son is a prince, the grandson is a prince, the great-grandson or the duke of the country, and even the side branches must have a marquis and be appointed as an official... Thousands of dukes and marquis! On average, a duke and marquis spend tens of millions of dollars a year!

Not to mention the expense of building thousands of mansions in Kaifeng Prefecture City. It is not possible to give a "Shiku Gate". Why do you have to have a large courtyard? At least it must be worth more than 100,000 yuan. Thousands of mansions will not cost several hundred million yuan?

Seeing Zhao Ji moved, Mi Youren continued to fool him: "Your Majesty has many descendants, and it is not impossible for a hundred sons and thousands of grandchildren to live in Kaifeng Prefecture... Just buying a mansion will require emptied the national treasury."

The emperor actually wants to be a house slave!

"...If all of them are sealed out, they will be nothing more than a hundred countries and a thousand cities. The world is so big and boundless, and hundreds of countries and thousands of cities are not a problem at all.

Besides, there are not only the Tian family who have too many descendants, but which family is not full of descendants? The descendants of the Tian family always have wealth. But there are really some descendants of the nobles. If one hundred countries can be enthroned, not only will the descendants of the Tian family have a king to be, but the descendants of the nobles have a place to become officials."

It seems that this is the case...

"...... Today, there are not only royal families, nobles, but also poor people. There are countless people who have no inch of land and no tiles on them. In recent years, the Central Plains have suffered many displaced and large groups of refugees, which will sooner or later cause great trouble in the world. If you recruit a wing army, you will be divided into the kings and move to overseas vassal states. If a king gets ten thousand households, a million will be millions. There are fewer million households in the Central Plains and more million households overseas!"

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