In the living room of Zhou's mansion, Zhou Ning looked at the information handed to him by Li Zhang, with an incredible expression on his face. He never expected that his incompetent son would actually build a port. Although the other party was just a group of uncivilized natives, it was a considerable contribution.

"That's how it is. You know Zhou Liang's temperament better than anyone else. Instead of letting him stay in the Song Dynasty to cause trouble, it's better to put him outside and do whatever he wants!" Li Zhang said with a smile.

"Yes, yes, yes, or Dingbei Hou was considerate, but what did the imperial court do when he conquered a port in Nanyang? It was a place where the barbarians were transformed from foreign countries, with miasma, poison and toxicity, and there were also natives who could eat people. And I haven't heard that the imperial court had plans to use troops in Nanyang?" Zhou Liang suddenly asked in confusion at last.

"To be honest with General Zhou, the matter of Nanyang is still secret. Only Your Majesty and I knew about it. Moreover, the matter of the Navy's independence from the navy some time ago was also related to Nanyang. However, now it is not convenient for the court to send troops directly, so I organized some people in private. Zhou Liang is mainly responsible for the military, and there are other people working with him." Li Zhang seemed to hesitate for a moment before he told the matter of Nanyang.

General Zhou was shocked when he heard that the matter in Nanyang was actually confidential, but then he became excited. Li Zhang was willing to tell himself such a confidential matter, which was enough to show his trust in him, which made him feel flattered for a moment.

"Also~" Li Zhang suddenly paused and then smiled mysteriously, "General Zhou, are you interested in doing a business with me?"

"Business?" Zhou Ning was still a little uncomfortable with Li Zhang's jumping thinking, and was stunned at this time and didn't know how to answer.

"Yes, Zhou Liang and his team occupied the port in Nanyang only the first step. In addition, the court will encourage merchants to go out to sea to do business. But you also know that there are many dangers at sea, so someone must set an example for them. I happened to be interested in sea trade, but it's not interesting to do this kind of business myself, so I wanted to join a few people to join forces." Li Zhang said again with a smile at this time.

Although the sea trade in the Song Dynasty was prosperous, it was only compared with the previous dynasty. Compared with the real sea trade in later generations, the sea trade in the Song Dynasty was still very primitive, and the participants were limited to the southern coast, far from meeting Li Zhang's requirements. Therefore, in order to promote the development of sea trade in the Song Dynasty, he had to do it himself.

"That's great. Thanks to the respect of Dingbei Hou, our Zhou family will definitely help you!" Zhou Ning agreed loudly without hesitation when he heard Li Zhang's words.

"Uh? I haven't said what exactly I mean?" Li Zhang was stunned when he heard this. Haimao also included many kinds. In order to convince the Zhou family to participate, he had also formulated a feasible business plan before, but he didn't expect that he agreed without using the other party.

"Haha~, who doesn't know that Dingbei Hou has a finger that turns into gold when it comes to your business. As long as it is your business, there is nothing that doesn't make money. Although I don't care about the business at home, based on my understanding of my elder brother, he will definitely agree!" Zhou Ning replied with a laugh.

Li Zhang's ability to accumulate wealth has long been known in the capital. Not to mention anything else, just a money business makes him rich as a country. Of course, what is even more rare is that Li Zhang is not greedy for money at all and directly handed over the money business to the court. In addition, Li Zhang is His Majesty's cousin, so doing business with such a person is stable and profitable, so Zhou Ning naturally has no reason to refuse.

Since Zhou Ning agreed so readily, Li Zhang saved a lot of talk. Zhou Ning was eager to find his elder brother and immediately settled the business. However, Li Zhang felt a little hasty and would wait for a while to find some time to discuss it carefully in the future. In addition, he was also planning to pull more people in.

Although Li Zhang was interested in sea trade, the real purpose of his proposal to do sea trade business with the Zhou nobles was not to make money, but to set an example for others, as he said just now. If the first aristocrats who did sea trade business made a lot of money, they would definitely attract other aristocrats to join, which would trigger the arrival of the real era of navigation.

In the next few days, Li Zhang visited several other nobles with good friendship and quickly settled the cooperation on maritime trade. Their people were powerful and it was easy to do business. Soon each company sent out effective managers and then went to the south with the money, preparing to buy a batch of ships first and then recruit some experienced boatmen. As for the goods, it was the simplest. After all, they had many industries under their name, whether it was tea, silk, or porcelain, it was easy to get a batch of them.

Li Zhang didn't have to worry about business matters at all, because the family's industries have always been managed by Qingzhi, and the other nobles are almost the same. The male lead is the outside and the female leads the inside, and the so-called inner part does not only refer to the family, but also to various industries in the family. Therefore, after Li Zhang and the heads of the family made a decision, the rest of the matter was handed over to the hostess of each family, and at the gatherings of some female relatives, one business after another was negotiated.

Early that morning, Li Zhang also asked for leave from the medical school. Because he received the news in advance, Lu Wu and the others finally came back from Yanyun, and today they arrived in the capital, so Li Zhang also went out of the city to greet him.

Li Zhang walked out of the city for several miles, but Lu Wu didn't let him wait for a long time. Soon he saw a group of people coming in a dusty manner. The leader was Lu Wu, who was riding on the horse with white hair and beard. Although he was old, his body was still strong. The waist on the horse was straight, and he felt that he was getting stronger and stronger.

Behind Lu Wu were Lao Dao and Blind Eye and others, as well as some of Lu Wu’s old brothers. However, many of them were not as strong as Lu Wu and could only sit in the carriage at this time, but their spirits were quite high.

"Uncle Wu, you are finally willing to come back!" Li Zhang shouted happily when he saw Lu Wu. Lu Wu laughed when he saw him. Then Lao Dao and others also stepped forward to greet Li Zhang.

In order to welcome the return of Lu Wu and the others, Li Zhang also specially held a banquet at Huiweizhai to wash away the old buddies such as Lu Wu. However, when Lu Wu and the others were old, Li Zhang did not dare to let these old men drink too much wine. If there was any problem, he could not explain to the family of these people.

It was drank until it was getting late, and Li Zhang then helped Lu Wu, who was a little drunk, back home. However, what he didn't expect was that he found something wrong as soon as he arrived at home, because there were a lot of guards at home, so someone reported to him that Empress Dowager Li, who worshiped Buddha in Cixiao Temple, actually came to his house at this time.

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