"Your Majesty! I have something to report about the 'Golden Egg Plan'!" A few days later, Liu Ji and Zhang Juzheng came with their brother-in-law.

"What's the matter? Is there something wrong?" Yang Song put down the brush in his hand and asked seriously.

Zhang Juzheng stood up and bowed, and replied with an ugly expression: "Your Majesty, I am ashamed of the Lord's trust, and there is a fatal loophole in the 'Golden Egg Plan'!"

Yang Song didn't say anything, just stared at Zhang Juzheng waiting for his explanation. At the beginning, the other party slapped his chest and promised that this plan would bring miraculous effects to Xia Guo.

"Your Majesty, the 'Golden Egg Plan' needs a trade window, otherwise so many gold coins would not be able to flow outside the pass for no reason." Zhang Juzheng explained.

Liu Ji added: "It is so chaotic outside the pass, and it is not an opportunity to open up a trade route. Moreover, the country and the outside world are now in a state of hostility. It won't take long before, outside the pass..."

It seems that expressing the meaning without saying it completely becomes Liu Ji's characteristic. Fortunately, it is not that half of it hides the meaning, but that it clearly expresses the meaning, otherwise Yang Song would not be able to stand this tone.

Yes, 3,000 tons of gold coins cannot be carried by one or two people. It takes 1,500 times to be pulled by a carriage. If only some intelligence personnel are used, it is estimated that tens of thousands of people will take one person to transport them out.

The casting of gold coins is very simple. First, melt the gold into pieces of gold plates, with the thickness equivalent to gold coins, and then put these gold plates under a hydraulic stamping machine for stamping. One pressure can make ten gold coins.

These gold coins quickly piled up under stamping. Until now, the 3,000 tons of gold have not been consumed, and it is unknown how long it will take to complete them all.

And I don’t have to worry about not being able to use it. As long as I can’t use it, the gold coins that I really can’t use can be turned into gold ingots once they are returned to the furnace.

Liu Ji looked at Yang Song who had fallen silent and reported: "Your Majesty, I wonder how you view these aliens, rule or clean up? And what is the state of Xia State and these forces? Is it always hostile or peaceful coexistence?"

In fact, the essence of Liu Ji’s question is to ask, what is the ultimate goal of Xia Kingdom?

Yang Song never thought deeply about this issue. In the past, he thought about how to lead the tribe to survive and gain a foothold, what he thought about was to develop and strengthen the country.

Now Xia Guo's heels have completely stood firm, and his development and growth are steadily continuing. He has only spent his brain in his spare time and has never delved into it.

At this time, Liu Ji's question really stumped him. Yang Song thought about it for a long time but couldn't figure it out. Moreover, this was the principle that determines Xia Guo's future way of doing things, so he didn't dare to make a decision with just a row of heads.

"Bowen, I wonder what your plan?" Yang Song asked Liu Ji for advice. Since he didn't know, then ask the person who knew it.

Liu Ji bowed and said seriously: "Your Majesty, I have two strategies for you to choose from."

"One of them, the country is closed and the key roads are strictly guarded. With the current development speed of Xia Kingdom, it will become extremely powerful in dozens or hundreds of years. Then, it will be able to sweep the world with the momentum of plowing the court and sweeping the caves."

"The second is to open the window to the outside world to communicate with people from other races, so that the excellent civilizations of our country can spread the world and educate foreign races. Although there are racial barriers, in the long run, although people from other races have different intentions, they also yearn for favor."

This is why Xia State has such long-term considerations and these two choices have been made after it has capital to establish itself.

After all, it is because Xia Kingdom is not strong enough now, otherwise there would be no such problem. You don’t have to make a choice if you are really strong.

Yang Song thought about it, but it was still difficult to make up his mind, so he said, "This issue is raised at the next court meeting, so that the ministers can discuss and decide."

"Yes, lord." Liu Ji saw Yang Song's hesitation and knew his embarrassment, so he took the order. Yang Song, the monarch, was under great pressure.

The court meeting four days later was held as scheduled. At the meeting, Liu Ji proposed: "There are two choices in the future, one is to close the country and the other is to open up to the outside world. Please make a decision."

"I don't know what you think of these two choices, but if you have other choices, you can speak out." Yang Song threw out the issue as expected and asked the ministers to discuss it.

Xun Yu first replied: "I suggest you choose to close the country. Because the existing territory has not been developed yet, no more troubles will occur."

Changsun Sheng said, "I am discussing it. At this stage, we should increase the population and strengthen the national strength, and wait for changes."

"I suggest opening trade routes and opening border markets. All the land should not be opened to prevent the whole country from showing all the virtual and realities of our country." Chen Ping suggested.

"I agree with Director Chen's words that opening up trade routes can collect information and enable our country's civilization to educate the Northern Yi." Zhu Xi replied.

"I also agree with opening up business ways to the outside world. In this way, the 'Golden Egg Plan' may be implemented." Zhang Juzheng actually agreed with opening up to the outside world at this time.

"I am against opening a trade route. Opening a trade route will make the barbarians in the Beiyi suddenly become greedy for our country. Have you forgotten the matter of the original Bill City?" Changsun Sheng has been resentful about this matter.

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In general, the ministers in the Political Consultative Hall were divided into two factions, or agreed or opposed them alively, and their own reasons were sufficient, which made Yang Song's already embarrassed thoughts even more chaotic.

When the ministers were still citing scriptures and using history as evidence, Liu Ji stood up and shouted: "Your Majesty, everyone, listen to the next word."

The ministers stopped arguing and looked at Liu Ji, waiting for his later words. Liu Ji was the monarch's military advisor, so they still need to respect him.

Seeing that the government office was quiet, Liu Ji continued, "I suggest building a market outside Shanhaiguan to add it to the outside window of Xia State."

"Mr. Liu's plan is very good." Xun Yu's eyes lit up and he agreed loudly: "In this way, the country can be closed and goodwill can be shown to the outside world."

"This plan is very wonderful, and I am worthy of being a military advisor."

"This is killing two birds with one stone."

"Mr. Liu's wisdom is worse than that."

"My plan can be implemented!"...

Many ministers started to discuss, all of them were filled with a voice of agreement.

After seeing this, Yang Song's expression was also refreshed and asked, "Do you have any other opinions? If not, then do as the military advisor said!"

"Yes, the wise and wise!" The ministers agreed in unison.

"Your Majesty, where should this market be built? The place outside the pass is in chaos, with refugees like water and bandits like stars." Although Xun Yu was the supervisor of the Executive Office, he had heard of the situation outside the Shanhaiguan.

When Yang Song heard this, he nodded gently and agreed with Xun Yu's question very much, so he looked at Liu Ji.

Before Liu Ji could reply, Chen Ping stood up and replied, "Your Majesty, Director Xun, I know there is a place suitable for building a market."

"Where?" Yang Song asked.

Chen Ping replied: "There is a valley ten kilometers away from Shanhaiguan. The business road passes through the valley from this valley. As long as a simple village wall is built at the entrance of the valley, the valley can be used as a workshop."

After hearing this, Yang Song opened the small map and looked at it. After finding the place Chen Ping said, he saw that as Chen Ping said, there was a valley entrance between the two mountains that was only more than 300 meters wide.

In the future, the open land was just out. Although it was not big, it was more than enough to fill the market.
Chapter completed!