After hearing him out, many questions rose in Yu Tonghai's heart. "My lord, this Tenglong Guard Maritime Trade Fleet is?"
"It is a maritime trade fleet belonging to Tenglong Guard. From now on, the main duty of the Tenglong Vanguard's naval force will be to escort merchant ships out to sea for trade!" Yang Zhengshan said flatly.
"Ah!" Yu Tonghai's face filled with astonishment.
The naval force was to escort merchant ships for trade!
Could they do that?
Looking at him, Yang Zhengshan said seriously, "That's right. Tenglong Guard's naval force was established in the first place to escort merchant ships!"
His original purpose had only been to conduct maritime trade, but Old Emperor had made him establish Tenglong Vanguard separately and build a naval force.
There was no problem with building a naval force, but maritime trade was still the root of it.
Xue Ping, who had not spoken all this time, suddenly said, "Tenglong Guard's sea trade was approved by Your Majesty!"
Yang Zhengshan's brows lifted, and he looked towards Xue Ping in surprise.
He had not expected Xue Ping to know about this.
Old Emperor had indeed agreed to Tenglong Guard conducting maritime trade, but that was because Yang Zhengshan had played a little trick and bundled the establishment of the naval force together with maritime trade.
Old Emperor had probably only paid attention to the matter of the naval force and likely had not cared about the maritime trade at all.
But no matter what, this had indeed been approved by Old Emperor. On that memorial, there was the character "Approved" written in Old Emperor's own imperial hand.
Yu Tonghai's heart tightened. He felt that Tenglong Guard's situation seemed somewhat complicated.
Leaving aside the fact that Tenglong Guard's establishment was seriously overstaffed—a guard should have five