Even if Luo Xin didn't go, almost all the officials of the Maritime Bureau were Luo Xin's subordinates, and they would have invited each other several times. So he asked:

"Sir, how do you feel about Maritime Affairs today?"

"It develops very fast!" Luo Xin nodded and said, "The number of ships in the vassal states that came to the Ming Dynasty to trade has increased several times."

"Sir, do you have no other feelings?" Zheng Ruozeng's eyes showed disappointment.

Luo Xin was silent for a moment and looked at Zheng Ruozeng and said, "You want to say that more than a hundred years ago, our fleet went out to sea to explore the ocean. Those people from the vassal states came to our Ming Dynasty to see and pay tribute. Now they already have their own ships, and for example, the Ming Dynasty's sea ships are fine. They came to the Ming Dynasty on their own ships, and they did not pay tribute, but to do business with us?"

"Yes!" Zheng Ruozeng looked at Luo Xin with a bright look and said, "Those vassal states have made great progress! Now their ships are stronger than our Ming ships, and their guns are more profitable than our Ming Dynasty. If our Ming navy and those vassal states fight at sea, they may not be opponents. We can only rely on numbers to win."

Luo Xin was also silent, sighed for a while, "History is advancing, and the world is naturally changing. Before, we, the people of the Ming Dynasty, thought that our Ming Dynasty was the center of the world and the largest place in the world. But now we know that our Ming Dynasty is not the center of the world, nor the largest place.

There was an endless sea that isolated our cognition, but now with the development of the times, the Europa's navigation technology has developed unprecedentedly. The ships they built can take them through the ocean to reach various parts of the world, and they have gained huge benefits from it. A small Franc aircraft, a small land, has a low status compared to Europa, but now they have become the richest, most powerful and most vast country in the world with the help of the ocean."

"Yes!" Zheng Ruozeng said with emotion: "If Zheng Gong did not seal the sea after he voyage to the West and continued to develop sailing, there would be no matter what Franchi! I once met a Franchise man. He showed me a map and pointed to the territory of our Ming Dynasty on the map. Your Ming Dynasty's territory is not small, but as long as it is the place where the sun shines, it will be our territory. This is because they can attack any land country in the world at will, but those land countries cannot go to the ocean to fight with them. Therefore, they can only defend passively, but they come and go freely.

For example, although we in the Ming Dynasty also had a navy, we were not Franji's opponent. To be disrespectful, when you and Hu Zongxian wiped out the Japanese pirates, they did not rely on the power of the sea, but instead introduced the Japanese pirates to the land and eliminated them on the land. If we were fighting against the four major Japanese pirates at that time, we were afraid that our Ming pirates would not be our opponent."

Luo Xin nodded, and Zheng Ruozeng continued: "In other words, Franji has now been able to threaten our Ming Dynasty."

"Not bad!" Luo Xin nodded and said, "And the threat does not come from the only Francophone. Don't underestimate the traditional powers of Europa. In Europa, France and Britain, the two most powerful countries, Francophones are just a nouveau riche. These two powerful countries just didn't see the benefits brought by the ocean before, but now Francophones set an example for them. How could a powerful France and Britain make a small Francophone beautiful in the past?

These two powerful countries have understood that the ocean is a channel connecting countries in the world and will become a must-fight for future wars. Therefore, if any country has high shipbuilding technology, large number of ships, large tonnage, and strong artillery technology, it can defeat its opponents, control the sea routes, start from dominating the ocean, and dominate the world."

Zheng Ruozeng slammed excitedly and said, "Sir, you are right. In the future war, the position of the navy will rank first. The power of the country and the country is no longer cavalry and infantry, but navy. The power of the navy will determine the power of the country. Whoever can dominate the ocean is a strong country. Therefore, there is a need for enough naval bases and a strong navy. Offense is always the best defense. Now our Ming Dynasty navy is not only behind in technology, but also behind in thinking. Just blindly defending, and can only get more and more backward and passively beaten."

Luo Xin looked at the opposite side, and his eyes also showed admiration. He did not expect that in the Ming Dynasty, he would meet a person who knew so much about the ocean, a person who had such an enterprising spirit, and a person who wanted to dominate the ocean and dominate the world.

"Listen to your words, it is better to read ten years. Mr. Wang is worthy of being the person who knows the ocean best in the Ming Dynasty. I'm here right this time."

Zheng Ruozeng's eyes lit up and said, "Do you have the idea of ​​revitalizing the navy?"

Luo Xin shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Sir, I came here just for the pirates of Jiaolai River this time, but I didn't expect you to paint a grand future for me."

"Jiaolai River Seaway?" Zheng Ruozeng said with a slight silence: "It's not difficult in terms of water conservancy technology. Please wait for me."

Zheng Ruozeng stood up and left hurriedly. After a while, he returned to the room with a stack of paper and placed it in front of Luo Xin and said:

"Sir, this is my research on the Jiaolai River sea channel."

Luo Xin picked up the stack of paper and started to look. The room was silent. Luo Xin read it very quickly. He also had a plan for the Jiaolai River and Haidao in his heart, so he could just look at the general idea. But what surprised Luo Xin was that Zheng Ruozeng's thoughts coincided with Luo Xin, which made Qin Shuang sigh at the wisdom of the ancients. He put down the paper in his hand and said in admiration:

"Sir, great talent!"

Zheng Ruozeng shook his head and said, "Sir, solving the Jiaolai River Seaway has never been a technical problem, but a human problem. If you want to solve the Jiaolai River Seaway, IMHO, you will encounter many obstacles from interest groups. In the end, it is likely to end in failure. Therefore, if you want to solve the Jiaolai River Seaway, you must first solve the interest groups."

"I understand!" Luo Xin carefully put the stack of paper away.

"Sir, in fact, it's very simple to solve the problem of interest groups."

"Oh? Tell me."

"That is to give interest groups greater benefits in exchange for the interests of Jiaolai River and sea routes. At that time, they will not only not stop adults, but also support them and promote this matter."

"How to exchange? What benefits should be used to satisfy them?"

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