Li Zhi said to Shangguan Yi: "What we need most now is time."

Shangguan Yi looked back at Li Zhi, "The court will find a way to buy time for the Hai Trade Department, and abandon His Majesty's prejudice. The court cannot just put pressure on the Hai Trade Department. I know what to do. Your Highness, King of Jin, has studied the sea ships carefully these days. I am waiting for the good news of the Hai Trade Department, but the court needs a reply, a time."

"Three months." Li Zhi said to Shangguan Yi, "at least three months."

"I understand."

Shangguan Yi left after saying that, and Li Zhi stood at the door of the Hai Trade Department to say goodbye to him.

Xu Jingzong came to Li Zhi and took out a booklet, "The account sharing of the sea trade this time has been made clear, so please check His Highness King Jin."

Li Zhi took the booklet and said to Xu Jingzong, "Xue Ji can almost come back. Tell Xue Ji that he can settle everything and go back to the Hai Trade Department to do business. He will have to do the matters of the Hai Trade Department branch."

Xu Jingzong nodded, and Li Zhi indeed handed over this matter to Xue Ji, and he was not disappointed.

"Your Highness King Jin, should you explain a few words to the academy?" Xu Jingzong said, "Although the academy of the Construction Branch will help us this time, there has been no voices coming. I know that the King of Wei is doing this, and he is talking too much, but the matter cannot be put on hold."

Listening to Xu Jingzong's words, Li Zhi nodded, "It's okay, just say anything if you have something to do. Don't care about the relationship between me and the emperor's brother. The branch of the Maritime Trade Department is indeed to be established. The Maritime Trade Department will cover the entire Central Plains in the future. The Maritime Trade Department will continue to expand. The central plains' control cannot be like a piece of loose sand. If the foundation is not set up in the Central Plains, the Maritime Trade Fair will be in chaos in the future."

Xu Jingzong nodded, glad that Li Zhi could think so, now everything in the Maritime Trade Department is at the beginning, just like a century-old feudal division, the disadvantages of feudal division are very obvious, and each person cannot be unified in his own affairs, and it is very likely to evolve into division in the end.

Li Zhi hoped that the Hai Trade Department would be like the county control, and through the Chang'an general's leadership, it would be better controlled. On the one hand, it could limit the development of each county, and on the other hand, it could also carry out better control. This system was also the hope of Xu Jingzong.

When he first came to the Haimai Department, Xu Jingzong thought this place was like a place for retirement, but now it seems that this place is also a place with great potential and can also make achievements. What's more, there are no intrigues in the court here, and there is no need to face Li Chengqian. King Jin is also a person who is not right to the people.

I am already an abandoned son in the court. Who else would accept me if I commit such a thing? I helped Gu Qing do things. At least I was ranked among the three ministers in the court. I became an outstanding man. After a glorious life, Gu Qing also saved his life. I am very grateful to Gu Qing for giving him such a good way out.

Shangguan Yi walked back to Chang'an City step by step. Three months were short. Now it takes time and means and manpower to maintain the situation in the West and hold back Rome.

But looking back, I really admire this wisdom in my heart. Sometimes I think about what I want to be an official in the court, to be successful, and to be prominent in the future? Shangguan Yi looked at Chang'an for life. Perhaps the academy and the sea trade department were sticking to the future. Gu Qing's entire village was built around the academy. With the academy, the factory, and the sea trade department, Gu Qing took every step of the way and seemed to be very down-to-earth.

This also shows why Li Shimin attaches so much importance to the academy. Even if Gu Qing wants to get the academy out of the court, as long as the academy operates well, Li Shimin will not interfere in many things and will allow the academy to develop freely.

Knowledge? Knowledge! What a magical thing, Shangguan Yi came to Chu Suiliang's home with a smile. At this moment, Chu Suiliang was choosing wild vegetables at home.

Chu Suiliang looked up and saw Shangguan Yi and said, "How is the trip to the Maritime Trade Department?"

Shangguan Yi sat beside Chu Suiliang and said, "Your wild vegetables are not good."

"It's just spring, and there are not many wild vegetables outside." Chu Suiliang said with a smile, "I'm used to the hard life, and winter goes slowly. When I was a child, I grew up eating wild vegetables. I thought about eating a bite of wild vegetables. Before dawn, my wife went out to pick vegetables, and a spring rain of wild vegetables grew back."

"Choose more, and I'll take some back too." Shangguan Yi said.

"Go yourself." Chu Suiliang looked at Shangguan Yi, "You are almost thirty years old, and you don't find a family."

"There are many things in the court." Shangguan Yi smiled awkwardly, "This trip to the Sea Trade Department has not been in vain. Now the Sea Trade Department has developed an iron ship, but it only takes time now. His Highness King Jin said it will take three months."

"Three months." Chu Suiliang stopped his movements, "It's not easy to deal with."

"It's really not easy to deal with." Shangguan Yi also nodded, "But we can't just let the Maritime Trade Department work."

"That's right." Chu Suiliang nodded again.

Shangguan Yi continued, "So we think of ways to let the Western war situation delay these three months. As long as these three months, we can prepare a lot of things for our Tang Dynasty. Not only the Maritime Trade Department, but these three months are also the spring planting season. Large-scale recruitment is not a good thing at this time. How many farmers want to farm during this season."

"Okay, as long as His Highness King Jin can give an answer, we can do the rest." Chu Suiliang thought, "Can you let Tianzhu, Persia and Tubo jointly defend Rome first?"

"Can they keep it?" Shangguan Yi was worried.

Chu Suiliang sneered, "I will definitely not be able to defend it."

Seeing Shangguan Yi's helpless expression, Chu Suiliang continued, "Don't be bitter. We all know that the three parties in Persia, India, Tubo have been having a big fight for the trade route. Our layout from the beginning was to make them have differences, and we don't have to expect them to defend together. But people's hearts are a very wonderful thing. They all want to seek the greatest benefit from it, but the greatest benefit is never in their hands."

"In our hands." Shangguan Yi said.

"That's right." Chu Suiliang nodded, "They are not qualified to bargain with us. As long as we show that we don't care about our own affairs, they will always be anxious. Even if they join forces with Rome, we will have the Hexi Corridor Gobi as a natural barrier."
Chapter completed!