The sun is shining in spring mornings. Li Zhang is eating breakfast while watching today's morning newspaper. The children at home have already had dinner and went to the school in the front yard to study. In order to spread the knowledge he brought from later generations, Li Zhang set up a special school at home. At first, it mainly taught the children at home, but later some children from relatives and friends were also sent in. After all, they all know Li Zhang's ability.

At first, Li Zhang also went to teach his children personally, but later he was too busy, so he personally compiled several textbooks and hired a few young scholars to teach students according to the textbooks. Anyway, they are very basic things and may be a bit difficult for children, but for adults, as long as they are willing to learn, they don’t take much time to learn.

"The Navy will open a military port in Gantuli Port, and all the islands in the South Ocean will be included in the jurisdiction of the Song Dynasty!" At this moment, Li Zhang couldn't help but read it with a smile when he saw a title in the newspaper.

Some time ago, Zhao Zhen asked Li Zhang about the fact that some Song people occupied many islands when they were active overseas. This is actually very normal. After all, some Song people who went out to sea found that a certain island had economic value and naturally had to occupy it. But this also caused a problem, that is, these islands were not under the jurisdiction of the court. Zhao Zhen was worried that these people would occupy the island as king in the future and thus break away from the control of the Song Dynasty.

Under such circumstances, Li Zhang also suggested that Zhao Zhen formally incorporate Gantuli Port into the territory of the Song Dynasty. Although Dong Qing and others had captured this port before, they ruled there in their private names. Strictly speaking, it had nothing to do with the Song Dynasty court. In particular, the Kingdom of Buddha was still a nominal vassal state in the Song Dynasty, so the Song Dynasty was even more inconvenient to directly occupy the territory of Nanyang before.

However, there are no worries now. After all, the Song Dynasty has already known that it has been known to the development of the Nanyang Ocean, and it is useless to hide it. Moreover, more and more Song people went to the Nanyang Ocean, and they must be included in the jurisdiction of the court. In addition, the Kingdom of Buddhas have also attacked the people's sea ships before, which allowed the Song Dynasty to find an excuse to send troops. Now the Navy of the Song Dynasty has set off from the original Honghe estuary of the Li Dynasty. It is estimated that it will not take long to hear the news of the demise of the Kingdom of Buddhas.

"'Everyone under the world is the king's land, and within the world is the king's ministers.' This sentence is very well written!" When Li Zhang saw the last sentence of the article, he couldn't help but exclaim that this sentence from the Book of Songs also gave the overseas territory of the Song Dynasty a legal guarantee. After all, the land in the world belongs to the Song Dynasty, and it only depends on whether the Song Dynasty should send troops to occupy it.

However, the Song Dynasty occupied Gantuli Port and sent troops to destroy the Kingdom of Buddha. Next, it was necessary to strengthen the court's rule in the South China Sea. However, there were so many islands in the South China Sea, and the Song Dynasty could not send so many officials at all, so the Song Dynasty was still very loose in its management of the islands. The latest regulations were that after merchants took the islands, they had to register with the court and pay a fee based on the production of the islands. Only in this way could the island be officially owned by the discoverer, and the name of Shanghai Island also became the territory of the Song Dynasty.

This article seems to be the court taking advantage of it. After all, those who occupy the island need to register with the court, and they also have to pay a smile. Even the island output will have to be paid taxes in the future. But in fact, those maritime merchants did not suffer any losses, because after these islands became the territory of the Song Dynasty, they were protected by the Song Dynasty. The southeast was not peaceful. Not only were there cruel natives, but there were also various beasts. In the past, they could only rely on themselves, but now they could use the power of the court to clear the dangers on the island.

In fact, when Li Zhang saw this article, he couldn't help but feel a little moved. Although he had participated in the maritime trade before, he mainly did business and had no intention of occupying the island. However, now seeing the court's move, he couldn't help but want to occupy a few small islands overseas to play. Anyway, the cost is not much, and even if he doesn't need it himself, he can leave it to his descendants in the future.

"Husband, don't just read the newspaper, breakfast is almost cold!" Just as Li Zhang was thinking about where to occupy the island, Qingori suddenly took away the newspaper in his hand, and then pointed to the breakfast that had only eaten a few bites in front of him.

Li Zhang woke up at this time and immediately responded: "I was so fascinated by something just now, I'll finish it now!"

Li Zhang said a few sips of breakfast and then spoke in a negotiated tone: "The court wants to include the islands in Nanyang into territory. Ordinary people can own an island by just discovering the island and registering it with the court, and paying a sum of money. Qingzhi, do you think we want to occupy several islands?"

Qingzhi was usually worried about the family affairs, so Li Zhang discussed with her. Qingzhi also showed an interesting expression after hearing this. Then he asked for some details, and Li Zhang also answered one by one.

"You can't miss such a good opportunity. There are still many good things on the islands in Nanyang. If you can find gold or gem mines on the island, it would be a fortune from heaven. Even if you don't have these fortunes, the land in Nanyang is good, and it's the best to grow rice!" Qingzhi immediately agreed.

Just as Qingori finished speaking, a maid suddenly came to report: "Madam Qibing, Madam Zhou, Madam Li and others came to visit!"

When he heard the ladies coming in the morning, Aoi immediately guessed the intentions of these people and smiled at Li Zhang: "It seems that not only the husband discovered this opportunity, but the other families also discovered it. But this is good, with a large number of people and a large force. The several families can definitely occupy more islands when they join forces. Don't be sad at that time!"

Li Zhang also knew that these wives were all nobles who had cooperated with him in maritime trade before, which made him laugh and said, "Qingzhi, don't worry, there are too many islands in the South Ocean. If you rely solely on the court to develop them, you don't know that you will have to wait until the Year of the Monkey and Horse Month. However, if you can use the power of the whole country, it will be much faster. Moreover, the court only has the right to rule the land. As for the ownership of the island, the court does not care about economic matters."

"Then I'm relieved. I'll discuss it with my ladies, and it should be a result soon!" Qingori smiled with satisfaction when she heard this, and then took the maid to receive the ladies. Although most of these women in charge did not leave their homes, a business of thousands or tens of thousands of dollars in their laughter was actually just a few words.

After watching Qingori leave, Li Zhang stretched out his long and lazy waist. During this period, he began to deliberately stay away from the court, so he has been quite leisurely recently. Today, the weather is warm and humid, which is a good day to sleep in.
Chapter completed!