Chapter 410 The Timing of Winemaking
The governor's mansion was silent.
Yue Yun's question made everyone look at Xiao Ming. After the Northern Expedition, will Qingzhou be involved in 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 were powerful. He understood that the generals now have no concept of maritime rights and interests at all, and this is also the fundamental reason for China's backwardness in the navy in modern times.
After all, Lu Quan dominated the development of civilization at that time, and the foreign enemies also came from the north. At least hundreds of years later, the Western cannons and giant ships blasted open the country's gates, but it was too late.
"Haiquan?" Pang Yukun, Niu Ben, and the others seemed confused when they heard the words. Niu Ben said, "Your Highness, now the enemies of the Great Yu Kingdom were barbarians. We should continue the northern expedition until the barbarians surrender."
"What General Niu Ben said is reasonable, I hope Your Highness thinks twice." Pang Yukun agreed.
When Xiao Ming was preparing for this plan, he had expected that it might attract opposition from everyone, but he was still ready to implement this plan, because without maritime trade, Qingzhou would not be able to quickly accumulate wealth.
"The war is about money, no food, no guns and bullets. What can we do to continue the northern expedition? Don't forget that the soldiers and horses damaged by the last defeat of the barbarians are only skins. Going deep into the country of the barbarians is no different than going into the country of the barbarians. Attacking the stone with an egg, and in the past two years, we have fought with the barbarians twice and lost our troops, which has seriously affected the development of Qingzhou, but this competition for sea power is to open up the southward trade route to facilitate the development of Qingzhou." Xiao Ming said loudly. .
When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty attacked the Xiongnu in the north, he finally won, but he exhausted the treasury.
In the same way, even if the Great Yu Kingdom used the wealth of the whole country to start a war with the barbarians, they would still lose both in the end, not to mention his current wealth.
Now after defeating the barbarians again, the army is a little impetuous, and he is taking this opportunity to cool down this impetuous atmosphere.
When it was mentioned that Qian Pang Yukun and Niu Ben stopped talking, they naturally knew that the Qingzhou Army was piled up with money, and they couldn't do anything without money.
Zhan Xingchang pondered for a while, and agreed with Xiao Ming's idea: "I think what Your Highness said is right, now the emperor has no determination to go to the northern expedition, and other vassal kings will not cooperate with the northern expedition. It is unwise for us to go deep into the grasslands alone. At this stage, the barbarians should be mainly defensive, and after accumulating enough excellent troops and money, the northern expedition should not be too late."
Everyone nodded when they heard the words, and Pang Yukun and Niu Ben also realized it at this time. It turned out that everything now has to make way for development.
Yue Yun was a little dissatisfied with Zhan Xingchang and Niu Ben's opposition. He said: "You are too narrow-minded now, do you really think that the Great Yu Country is still the center of the world? It is extremely ridiculous, and now what is rampant around the oceans of our Great Yu Country is the Foreign warships, you only care about the land on land, but we have lost the vast ocean territory, and without the ocean trade, how can potatoes, peppers, and corn come?"
The Governor's Mansion became more and more quiet, and Yue Yun's words made everyone start 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's thoughtful look, Xiao Ming nodded secretly. He just wanted to make these people change their old thinking. After all, the future belongs to a maritime power, and when he has a lot of capital and upgraded his arms, the barbarians in the north will only be able to change their minds. Can wait to be beaten.
Setting the tone for strengthening the navy and development, Xiao Ming asked Bowen Academy if there had been any changes 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 Lu Tong have also developed a set of techniques to be attacked one by one.
"His Royal Highness, we have listed all these technologies. Next, we are going to conduct experimental research according to this list." Lin Wentao handed a piece of paper to Xiao Ming.
Xiao Ming glanced at the list handed over by Lin Wentao and felt very relieved. This list listed the research order of future scientific items. thing.
"Very good, let's make full use of the laboratory and do research boldly. The government office will guarantee the supply of your research expenses. If someone performs well, you can even apply for personal research expenses from the government office."
Both Lin Wentao and Lu Tong smiled. They wrote down Xiao Ming's words and prepared to go back and announce the good news to the students.
After the matter at the college, Xiao Ming began to ask about Qingzhou's government affairs.
Pang Yukun said: "Now the lower officials have selected some officials to go to Youzhou, and now the government of Youzhou has been formed, and the pasture assigned to Cao Zhengyang, Ding Wu, and Dai Zixing by His Royal Highness last time was also handed over to three people. People are buying foals for stocking, and the Chamber of Commerce has also dispatched them to the pastures to work with them."
After a pause, Pang Yukun took out an account book, "In addition, although the grain harvested by the people in the two seasons this year has decreased, there is still a lot of surplus grain in the people's households. Therefore, the prefectures and yams purchased a total of 2 million stone of wheat in these two seasons. However, because of the abundance of food, the price of food is now low in Qingzhou.”
"Well, this is a good thing, it means that the people's food at home can't be eaten and they are sold." Xiao Ming said.
Pang Yukun sighed and said, "However, Your Highness, the low price of grains hurts the farmers, this matter has both advantages and disadvantages. Although many people want to sell their grain to the government office, the current number of granaries cannot keep up. Wanshi grain has reached its limit."
Xiao Ming laughed twice, "Don't worry, for this king, this is indeed a good thing. In the past, there was not enough food to eat, and I didn't dare to brew wine. Wine is sold in China, Goryeo, Japan, and even Nanyang.”
"That's a brilliant idea." Pang Yukun laughed.
At this time, Yue Yun rolled his eyes and said, "It's just that pirates are rampant at sea. This business is not easy."
"Then it's up to you, the navy, to clear up the troubles at sea." As soon as Pang Yukun finished speaking, he felt fooled, and his feelings were taken by Yue Yun, and he was dissatisfied with his opposition to the navy's foreign expedition.
Seeing Pang Yukun's deflated expression, Yue Yun laughed out loud.
Xiao Ming smiled helplessly, and continued: "And the barbarians love to drink. When I was in Chang'an, I heard that Shanxi merchants bought wine from the Chamber of Commerce and sold them to barbarians at high prices. This cheapness cannot be taken by Shanxi merchants. Taking advantage of this opportunity, We exchange wine for fur, and maybe we can sew leather boots for every Qingzhou Army soldier.”