She married a dying prince and she won three babies.

"Your Majesty, I'm worried about leaving this money in the hands of others. My father happened to be the magistrate of Jiangqing County and is very familiar with the disaster area. Could you please let him be the imperial envoy for disaster relief? And let my younger brother help him.

Moreover, my sister-in-law, Lady Xiangling, is pregnant and in the disaster area, so I want to go with her. If anything happens to her, I will be heartbroken, but I can do my best to ensure her safety."

Everyone knew what Yu Yuanzheng meant as soon as they heard her words.

Officials have always been prone to corruption in disaster relief efforts.

If her father and brother went, knowing that the money was paid by her, they would naturally be more diligent in spending the money where it is most needed, and they would also be able to restrain the officials below and prevent them from abusing their power.

At the same time, it was also a way to give credit to her father and brother.

When I return from disaster relief, I will definitely be rewarded by the emperor.

The emperor immediately understood what Yu Yuanzheng meant.

What a smart woman.

"Okay, I approve. Since you want to go, then Prince Rong will also go with 3,000 elite soldiers to escort supplies to the disaster area. Remember, you must be quick. The people can't wait. Every day of delay means they will suffer a day more."

"I obey your order." Shangguan Ziqi bowed.

The matter was resolved and everyone went their separate ways.

But the prince did not leave.

"Hongyi, your daughter-in-law is really good. It's really a bargain for your Shangguan family."

The emperor felt a little jealous. How come such a good woman didn't end up in his Cao family?

It would be great if she was the Crown Princess. As the mother of a country, she would be able to devote herself to the Wei Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, she is just a little woman who loves money. If she didn't love money, she wouldn't be able to come up with so much money today." The prince deliberately belittled Yu Yuanzheng so that she wouldn't always be remembered by the emperor.

"It's good to love money. If she didn't love money, she wouldn't have traveled all the way to Southern Shu to serve the Emperor of Southern Shu. How much did she earn in one go?" The emperor only heard this and couldn't remember it clearly after a long time.

"I earned 500,000 yuan for dealing with the Emperor of Southern Shu, 100,000 yuan for dealing with the envoy of Canglan, and later I helped Southern Shu capture the Second Prince Liu and earned another 100,000 yuan." The prince listed them all.

He also admired his daughter-in-law's ability to make money. He had never saved so much money in his entire life.

The Shangguan family has many properties, but it would take several generations of princes to accumulate so much wealth in just a few years.

"She not only loves money, but is also very smart. She will take advantage of this opportunity to pave the way for her father and brother. If she were a boy, I would definitely let her come to the court to share my worries." The emperor sighed.

"Hasn't she already shared the emperor's worries?" The prince glanced at the emperor. What else did he want to do to him?

My son and daughter-in-law are preparing to go to the disaster area.

"When they come back, I'll talk to her and see what she wants to do. Just teaching a few students medical skills seems a bit of a waste of talent.

It is a woman's duty to stay in the inner chambers, but for capable women, I may entrust them with important tasks."

The emperor is really thinking about it.

The prince wanted to roll his eyes when he heard this.

"I heard that there have been pirates appearing along the eastern coast recently. Please send someone to investigate this matter thoroughly." The emperor remembered something.

Not long ago, I received a memorial from the governor of a coastal state mentioning this matter.

Although there are local garrisons to take care of this matter, if the pirates are on a large scale, Prince Rong's Mansion will also have to intervene.

"Your Majesty is right. Speaking of this matter, I have a plan."

The prince thought of what Yu Yuanzheng had said. In later history, because foreign powers possessed advanced ships and weapons, they opened the country's closed doors and the people suffered terribly from being burned, killed, and looted by the powers.

The southeast of Wei is right next to the sea.

"What plan?" The emperor was stunned.

"I want to establish a navy on the coast to fight pirates.

Pirates have always been present along the coast. The people living along the coast are already relatively poor, and they have to suffer harassment from pirates, which makes their suffering even worse.

Over the years, because Canglan has always coveted Great Wei, we have been seriously negligent in coastal governance."

"Where can I get the money to build a navy for you now?" The emperor was really impressed by him, as he could do whatever he wanted.

"Your Majesty, I have thought about this matter for a long time.

Now that Canglan has surrendered, and Southern Shu has signed a friendly treaty with our Great Wei, our Great Wei army can consider making appropriate cuts in personnel.

Let soldiers return to their families and increase agricultural labor.

Naturally, a lot of military expenses can be saved.

I will select some of the remaining soldiers to serve as the navy, and this will not increase military expenditures, but will actually reduce them.”

The prince was very thoughtful and his reasons were very reasonable.

This proposal made the emperor fall into deep thought.

"Is it necessary to mobilize such a large force just for a few pirates?" The emperor felt that the prince was making a big deal out of nothing.

There were only a few dozen pirates who came ashore, at most a hundred or so, while several coastal states had two to three thousand government soldiers. Were those people supported in vain?

"Your Majesty, I am not just guarding against a few pirates. I am guarding against other countries farther away." The prince knew that the emperor did not take a few pirates seriously, so he had to point the problem to overseas.

"What do you mean?" The emperor was confused.

“Your Majesty, our Great Wei only borders Canglan and Southern Shu, and to the southeast lies the sea.

Did you know that there are many islands in the sea, some big and some small.

The bigger ones can become their own country, and further away, there are many countries like ours.

We have no idea what their current situation is.

When they have greater ambitions, advanced ships, and more advanced weapons, they are likely to sail to Wei to plunder our gold and silver, occupy our land, or turn Wei into their vassal state and pay tribute to them every year.

This is also the reason why I did not lock the secret recipe of the bomb back into the iron box. Not only do I want to establish a navy and research more powerful bombs, and then use its principles to make more advanced weapons, I also want to build ships that can travel long distances.

We don’t need to wait for others to explore our Great Wei, but we, the Great Wei, will go out to sea and explore other countries.”

The prince spoke with great passion.

This was the idea he discussed with his son after listening to his daughter-in-law talk about the advanced people of later generations.

If the treasury was not tight, he might have talked to the emperor long ago.

Later I thought of disarmament, and today I took this opportunity to bring it up.

The more I think about it, the more feasible it becomes.

After hearing this, the emperor was so shocked that he couldn't recover for a long time.

"Hongyi, how do you know all this?" The emperor had never heard of this before, and there was no record of it even in the almanac.

He knew that there were other countries to the west and north besides the Three Kingdoms, but today was the first time he heard that there were many countries on the other side of the sea that might one day send ships to invade.

The two grew up together, and before they reached adulthood, the prince was his study partner. They both knew what books they had read.

He knew that there were islands in the sea, but he didn't know what was farther away.

There are actually islands that are their own country?

How big is the island?

As a result, the seaside of Wei is not safe at all.

The seaside has never been the focus of defense. There are only a few troops stationed in each state. If a large number of troops really come from the sea, and if they also have bombs or even more powerful weapons, the Wei Dynasty will be in danger.

After listening to the prince's words today, he felt as if his eyes had been opened, but at the same time, he was also a little scared.

He couldn't imagine that someone would really attack from the sea, but the Wei Dynasty had no army that could fight at sea.

"How did I know this? Your Majesty, please don't ask. Just tell me whether you agree or not."