Zhao Lin smiled and said, "You've all come at the perfect time. These are the difficult questions that the bosses wrote down. Take a look."
Zhao Lin asked someone to distribute the questions written by Liu Rui and others to the people in Qingyuan Academy.
These people just took one look and laughed out of anger.
"The dock is too small. I hope the court can fund the construction of a larger and stronger one."
A young man in his early twenties read aloud the contents of the paper he was holding and sneered, "Who wrote this? Is it so outlandish?"
"That's nothing. Look at this. The hull is too poor, not strong enough. I hope the court can provide warship blueprints so that they can build a better ship. Also, I want the court's firearms battalion to help build some cannons to put on the ship to defend against pirates."
Another young man shook the paper with the words on it. "Wild idea? I think it's better to just say it's an order. Is that something you can come up with?"
The other people from Qingyuan Academy shook their heads.
The first one is about the dock, which is barely relevant.
The second thing he did was to ask for the blueprints of the imperial warships and the help of the Firearms Battalion in building cannons. What was he thinking?
This alone is enough to convict him of treason.
The people who wrote the two questions were very embarrassed. One of them angrily said, "We wrote them because the adults told us to. Is there anything wrong with that?"
"Of course that's right." Zhao Lin said slowly.
The merchants were all delighted.
Then Zhao Lin continued, "But I am an official of the imperial court, not a turtle in a wishing well. You have the wrong person."
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Mi Banxia couldn't help laughing, then quickly covered her mouth, her face flushed.
That's so inappropriate.
I actually laughed out loud in front of so many people.
What will Lord Zhao think of me?
Mi Banxia was so embarrassed.
Liu Rui quickly explained: "Please calm down, sir. We are all uneducated and just write whatever comes to mind. If we are wrong, please don't be angry with us."
"Of course I won't argue with you. Otherwise, we wouldn't be meeting today. Instead, I would have directly raided your house and exterminated your entire family."
Zhao Lin said coldly, "You don't think I brought all these soldiers and horses here, mobilizing so many troops, just to play a joke on you, do you?"
As soon as these words were spoken.
The atmosphere suddenly became tense.
The sea merchants did not dare to act rashly, and the people in Qingyuan Academy also quieted down.
There was a pause.
Zhao Lin said, "I've said before that maritime trade has enormous potential for profit. As long as it's managed well, it will benefit both you and the court. I've come with sincerity this time, and we can all make money together. But..."
Zhao Lin glanced at him fiercely, "If anyone dares to play tricks on me, I will chop off his head."
"We wouldn't dare. Sir, please calm down. We wouldn't dare to have any thoughts about it." Liu Rui quickly spoke on behalf of everyone.
"Of course I know President Liu has no intentions, but I can't stop others from having intentions."
Zhao Lin's fierce gaze swept over these sea merchants one by one.
These sea merchants all twisted their bodies uncomfortably.
They were shocked.
Zhao Lin is just a young man in his early twenties. Why can his gaze make us and others feel uneasy?
Is this official position really that profitable?
Zhao Lin lowered his gaze and said, "Everyone, go back and think carefully about what I've said. And by the way, write down the specific difficulties of maritime trade and hand them over to me."
"Let's take our leave first."
Liu Rui and others left the headquarters and went to a deserted place.
A sea merchant said angrily, "Zhao Lin said he was sincere. Is this sincerity? I think it means he wants to kill us."
"Shut up!"
Liu Rui scolded him and turned to Mi Jinxuan, "What does Mr. Mi mean?"
Mi Jinxuan shook his head and said, "I don't know either. I just heard that Grandfather was very angry. I don't know why he sent my younger sister to bring people here."
Mi Jinxuan suddenly realized: "Could it be that Grandfather is dissatisfied with Zhao Lin and is trying to sabotage him? With these people around, we can know in advance what Zhao Lin wants to do, and we don't have to worry about him suddenly killing us."
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