Iron Dynasty

The governor's mansion was silent.

Yue Yun's question made everyone look at Xiao Ming. After the Northern Expedition, does Qingzhou want to enter a new war? And what is the purpose of this war?

"Yes, the navy is going to fight for sea power!"

Xiao Ming's words are loud and loud. He understands that the generals now have no concept of maritime rights, and this is the fundamental reason why China is behind in the navy in modern times.

After all, at that time, the Six Powers dominated the development of civilization, and foreign enemies were also from the north. At least a few hundred years later, the western artillery ship blasted the country's gates before someone awoke, but it was too late.

"Haiquan?" Pang Yukun, Niu Ben and others were really confused when they heard the words. Niu Ben said: "His Royal Highness, now the enemy of Great Yu Kingdom was the Barbarian. We should continue the Northern Expedition until the Barbarian surrenders."

"General Niu Ben's words are reasonable, I hope your Highness will think twice." Pang Yukun echoed.

When Xiao Ming was preparing this plan, he had predicted that it might attract opposition from everyone, but he was still ready to implement this plan, because without ocean trade, Qingzhou would not be able to accumulate wealth quickly.

"The war was fought with money, no food, no guns and bullets. What do we use to continue the Northern Expedition? Don’t forget that the soldiers and horses damaged by the barbarian’s last failure are just fur. At this time, going deep into the barbarian’s land is no different. Attacking stones with pebbles, and we have fought with the barbarians twice in the past two years to lose our troops and soldiers. This has severely affected the exhibition in Qingzhou, but the battle for sea power is to open the trade route to the south to facilitate the exhibition in Qingzhou." Xiao Ming said loudly. .

At that time, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty attacked the Xiongnu in the north and finally won, but the treasury was exhausted.

In the same way, even if the country of Da Yu raised the nation's wealth and went to war with the barbarians, it would end up losing both, not to mention his current wealth.

Now after defeating the barbarians again, the army is a little impetuous, and he is about to cool down the impetuous atmosphere by this opportunity.

Speaking of Qian Pang Yukun and Niu Ben, they stopped talking. They naturally knew that the Qingzhou Army was piled up with silver, and they couldn't do anything without it.

Zhan Xingchang thought for a while and agreed with Xiao Ming's thoughts, "I think the words of your highness are correct. Now the emperor does not have the determination of the Northern Expedition, and other kings will not cooperate with the Northern Expedition. It is unwise for us to go deep into the grassland alone. At this stage, the defense against the barbarians should be the main focus, and it will not be too late for the northern expedition to accumulate enough sophisticated troops and money."

Everyone nodded when they heard the words, and Pang Yukun and Niu Ben also recalled at this time. It turns out that everything now has to make way for the exhibition.

Yue Yun was a little dissatisfied with Zhan Xingchang and Niu Ben’s opposition. He said: "Your vision is too narrow now. Do you really think that Great Yu is still the center of the world? It is extremely absurd. Foreign warships, you only care about the land on the 6th floor, but we have lost the vast ocean land, and there is no ocean trade. How come potatoes, peppers, and corn?"

The quieter the Dudu's Mansion, Yue Yun's words caused everyone to reflect. Before, they really only saw the barbarians in the north, but now they all know that there are many countries in this world.

Seeing everyone showing a thoughtful look, Xiao Ming nodded secretly. He just wanted these people to change their old thinking. After all, the future belongs to the maritime power, and when he has a lot of capital and upgrades his arms, the northern barbarians only Can wait to be beaten.

Setting the tone for strengthening the navy and exhibition, Xiao Ming asked if there had been any changes in Bowen Academy during this period.

According to Lin Wentao, Bowen College has now recruited a group of students to expand the number of students in each department, and he and 6 Tong have also developed a set of techniques to be broken one by one.

"His Royal Highness, we have listed these technologies, and then we are going to carry out experimental research according to this list." Lin Wentao handed a piece of paper to Xiao Ming.

I glanced at the list that Lin Wentao handed over, Xiao Ming was very pleased. This list lists the order of future scientific research. Both of them prepared well. These things range from simple to difficult, and they belong to basic industries. thing.

"It's very good. Let's make full use of the laboratory and boldly research. The government will ensure the supply of your research fees. If someone performs well, you can even apply for individual research fees from the government."

Lin Wentao and Liu Tongju both smiled. They wrote down Xiao Ming's words and prepared to go back and announce the good news to the students.

After the college, Xiao Ming began to ask Qingzhou's government affairs.

Pang Yukun said: “Now the lower officials have selected some officials to go to Youzhou. Now the government of Youzhou has been formed. The pastures assigned to Cao Zhengyang, Ding Wu and Dai Zixing last time are also handed over to three people. People are buying foals for stocking, and the Chamber of Commerce has also dispatched them to the pasture to operate with them."

After a pause, Pang Yukun took out an account book, "In addition, although the crops harvested by the people in the two seasons of this year have been reduced, the people’s households still have a lot of surplus grain. Therefore, the state government offices in these two seasons purchased a total of 2 million shi of wheat. , But because of the abundance of food, low food prices have appeared in Qingzhou."

"Well, this is a good thing. It means that the food in the homes of the people can't be eaten and sold." Xiao Ming said.

Pang Yukun sighed and said, "But your highness hurts farmers because the grain is low. Although many people want to sell grain to the government, the number of granaries cannot keep up. This year, each state has prepared 200 granaries. Wanshi’s food has reached its limit~www.wuxiaspot.com~Xiao Ming laughed twice, "Don’t worry, this is indeed a good thing for this king. Before, there was not enough food to make wine, but this time With so much food surplus, they took the opportunity to purchase wine, and then sold these wines to Korea, Korea, Waguk, and even Nanyang. "

"This is a brilliant idea." Pang Yukun laughed.

Yue Yun rolled his eyes at this time and said, "It's just that pirates are rampant at sea, this business is not easy."

"Then it's up to you navy to clean up these sea disasters." As soon as Pang Yukun finished speaking, he felt fooled, and his feelings were caught by Yue Yun, and he was dissatisfied with his opposition to the navy's foreign warfare.

Seeing Pang Yukun's slumped expression, Yue Yun burst out laughing.

Xiao Ming smiled helplessly, and continued: "Moreover, the barbarians love to drink. When I was in Chang'an, I heard that Shanxi merchants bought the liquor from the Chamber of Commerce and sold them to the barbarians at a high price. This cheapness cannot be taken by the Shanxi merchants. Taking advantage of this opportunity, We exchange wine for fur, maybe we can sew leather boots for every Qingzhou Army soldier."

(To be continued.)