"Yes, if the civil strife in Zhongzhou does not end for a long time, it will inevitably be a waste for the entire Zhongzhou. And taking this opportunity, the Northern Desert can attack Zhongzhou, are you right?" Liu Qingge's question magnified the greed of human nature. pole.
Cuiliu was obviously surprised when she heard Liu Qingge's idea. After all, everyone thought that Beimo's relationship with Zhongzhou was already good-neighborly and friendly, so why did Beimo want to attack Zhongzhou again.
"Young Master, I don't quite understand. During the time we were in the Northern Desert, and even before, the Young Master has made such a great contribution to the trade in the Northern Desert. You said how could they let us down? This is not a sign of our just establishment. A kind of expectation to get up?"
"I have discussed this issue with Prince Tuoba before. There are indeed some people who are very eager for peace just like you and me. There are also some people who are used to plundering. Suddenly there is no plundering, but they see that they can plunder. Do you think he would be tempted by having ten or even a hundred times more wealth than before?"
"Young Master, the kind of person you are talking about is simply terrifying!" Cuiliu felt horrified when she heard this.
"Is it scary? This is human nature! So we must prevent this kind of thing from happening, and in order to accept more refugees in the future, we need an island, a relatively large island."
"Young Master, you mean, we want to recruit navigators? Our Liu family does have some experience, but most of them are in river transportation. There are very few people who can have navigation maps. They also need to have navigation experience. This is even more important. Looking for a needle in a haystack. Even if we find navigators and ask them to search for an uninhabited island, young master, do you think this is possible?"
Cuiliu obviously felt that all this was unrealistic.
"Why is it impossible? Are all people born to develop on this land? I don't think so. We all discover larger new continents through exploration again and again, just like Xu Xiake back then. If it weren't for his Travel notes, how many people know that there are so many wonderful worlds outside the Sifang China."
Obviously this was something Liu Qingge must insist on doing. Cui Liu also knew that no matter how much she tried to persuade him, it would be useless, so she immediately spread the news, not only within the Liu family, but also posted it everywhere.
Although there are few navigators, it is not impossible. After more than a week of recruitment, someone finally came to apply.
Liu Qingge looked at the calm and calm young man in the camp, and she felt that this person was not simple: "What's your name?"
"My name is Marco Polo." The young man gave a simple salute.
With blond hair and blue eyes, he does not look like a Zhongzhou native at all, but his fluent Zhongzhou Mandarin makes him look like a Zhongzhou native.
Liu Qingge asked: "Are you from Zhongzhou?"
"I don't dare to hide it. I am not from Zhongzhou. I sailed to Zhongzhou with my parents and settled there. This time, the young master posted notices recruiting navigators everywhere. I think I can give it a try. , after all, I am very familiar with navigation, and there are navigation maps passed down from my parents." Marco Polo's eyes were filled with excitement, and it was obvious that he had a great longing for the sea.
Liu Qingge thought for a moment and then said: "Yes, yes, but I hope you can find an uninhabited island in the sea. I wonder if you can do it?"
"I can give it a try, but I want to go back to my hometown and have a look through this voyage, so that my trip will be worthwhile."
This request sounded unreasonable, as if Liu Qingge had to invest countless manpower and money in her just to let Marco Polo find his home.
Sure enough, as soon as the young man finished speaking, someone objected: "Isn't this nonsense? We are looking for a new world, how can we be a tool for this child to go home, and not many of us have sailing experience. When the time comes, we will follow this young man back." We are home and he no longer carries out missions, so what should we do?”
"Yes, this is not a small investment. It is even possible that this young man will return without success in a few years. We can stop accepting refugees by then. That way there won't be so many troubles. What do you think? "
"I agree, this search for a new continent and an uninhabited island is too illusory. If this young man took us to his house on the way to sail, he went to a few places, turned back without success, and said a few words. Can we shirk all responsibilities?"
"Yes, young master, please think twice! This is obviously inappropriate. How can we do this!"
"Yes, Young Master, we just don't want to accept any more refugees. If we accept too many refugees, can we still afford it? The expenses during this period are obvious to all. We do not object to Young Master doing charity, but we must also There’s a limit! We can’t use our entire Liu family to support us!”
After hearing everyone's words, the young man's eyes were originally shining, but now his eyes were dim, as if he had expected this ending.
Because some people had funded the navigators a long time ago, but every time the navigators returned, they did not bring many valuable things.
Therefore, fewer and fewer people are willing to support navigators in recent years. Because of this, in the face of such developed water transportation in Zhongzhou, there are basically not many navigators born. Only the early Xu Xiake became famous all over the world with a travelogue.
But Xu Xiake's travel notes can only satisfy everyone's curiosity and cannot provide anything of real value.
It is precisely because of this that Xu Xiake has achieved a good reputation throughout the ages.
"Everyone, do you think that we will be here in the Northern Desert for a long time?" Liu Qingge asked in a deep voice.
"This is nature. This is the land we bought with money. Why can't we completely own this land! How we want to deal with this land is our freedom. No one else has the right to interfere! "One of the shopkeepers yelled at the top of his lungs.
"Perhaps everyone is too optimistic about being in the Northern Desert. As long as our Liu family is okay, we can not only bring countless benefits to Zhongzhou, but also provide many jobs for Zhongzhou people. But if more and more Zhongzhou people When people come to our place, do we care for these refugees?" Liu Qingge asked.
"We don't have to accept them. Why do we accept so many refugees? Being able to accept some of them is already kind enough. We don't need to make these fearless sacrifices. We only need to do something within our ability. We will be worthy of the people of Zhongzhou!"
"Yes, Shopkeeper Liu is right, we just do what we can, there is no need to make a fool of ourselves!"
"Yes! We just do what we can!"
