"If I'm not going out to sea myself..."
Hearing Xu Shi's words, Xia Ke'an blinked thoughtfully. "So you're planning to send people out to explore?"
She had no intention of playing those "What is it?" "You're so amazing!" games with Xu Shi. Those little tricks to satisfy a man's vanity were for children.
And she was in her older sister form now. She had no interest in doing that sort of thing.
Xu Shi paid no mind to what she was thinking and merely smiled as he nodded.
This trip to the Hualan Empire had seen him act more as a pioneer, setting an example for future development. If he were truly expected to spend the rest of his life constantly expanding overseas, he would not be willing either.
His nature was still rather lazy. Besides, he was the ruler of a faction now. Personally leading an expedition once or twice was fine, but repeatedly leaving the home base unattended was ultimately inappropriate.
Now that they had experience, their methods naturally had to be adjusted.
They simply needed to stabilize and improve their seafaring technology while constantly sending fleets out to explore.
As for him, he only needed to oversee and direct things from the home base. It was far more efficient that way.
"Indeed."
Xia Wuyou chimed in as well. She knew everyone had gained a great deal from this voyage.
At the very least, the framework had been established. Setting up signal nodes along the route, building overseas bases, establishing diplomatic ties with other regions, trading according to demand... If they could keep it going, they would be able to spread a global network within a few years.
But still.
"There's one issue we need to pay attention to. How do we determine the overall strength of other