The official road connecting Huyang in Kyoto is slightly inferior to the four official roads in Yedu, but it is the road connecting Kyoto after all, and since Emperor Zhao attaches so much importance to the country's commercial and trade activities, he must have put some effort into building the road.

It's just that the official road of the capital is built by the founding emperor of the former Zhou Dynasty, and the technical data of the road building was lost in the process of moving the capital in the last year of the Zhou Dynasty. Therefore, no matter how hard Emperor Zhao wants to be, he has lost one key thing.

However, the emperor's determination to build the main road of the national gate was made by the emperor, and he personally supervised the construction, so the three official roads that were sent from the present-day Kyoto Koyo to the west, south, and north could be ranked second, even if they could not be ranked first in the national ranking of official roads. Emperor Zhou built the road and planned the soldiers, and Emperor Zhao built the road to the main planner, although the intentions were different, but the practices of the two different emperors did coincide with some weirdness.

In fact, with the emperor's state of mind, Emperor Zhao didn't want to build the road better than the previous dynasty, and even build the country more prosperous, so he took so much trouble to vigorously develop commerce and trade while sorting out the people's livelihood.

Let the people have enough food and clothing, and a country will have a vital force, which is as vast as the sea although it is not sharp. It's just that it is not an overnight matter to repair the wounds caused by the previous dynasty to the lives of millions of people. The business in the interior comes and goes as a transaction of money and goods between the people of the country, and its development potential is also limited in a period when people's livelihood is withering and the New Deal is being established.

Therefore, Emperor Zhao was also doing the business of developing foreign trade, and while quickly replenishing the treasury's financial resources, he also used this foreign wealth to purchase some materials made from abroad.

The horse-drawn carriage traveled along the official road between Egun-gun and Kyoto, although it was very fast. However, the people in the carriage did not feel much bump.

Because since leaving Yang County, Mo Ye has seen many caravans hurrying on the road along the way, and yesterday he got the help of the Yan family caravan, so Mo Ye was very curious about this, and Lin Shan casually mentioned to her some things about the land and sea business operated by Zhao Kingdom, so as to relieve her greed and pass the boring time on the road.

Hearing this, Mo Ye said with a sudden expression: "Is foreign trade equivalent to saying." His Majesty the Emperor sold some of his country's specialties to foreign nations that needed it. After exchanging the money that can be used flexibly, then transfer it to other countries to buy the items it needs, and use the rest of its own strength to make up for its own shortcomings? ”

Lin Shan nodded and said, "That's probably the case." ”

"It's also easy to say. In practice, it is very complicated. ”

Mo Ye bit his lower lip and pondered silently before he said slowly: "First of all, the most basic thing is that our country must have enough production of items to trade with foreign countries. And these items have a value that Gentiles feel is worth buying. Master, you have also mentioned to a greater or lesser extent that in the last years of the previous dynasty, many famines and military rebellions broke out in various places, and many people died. Many technical texts have also been lost. Because of these reasons, our country's manufacturing capacity should still be recovering, so the foreign trade business that His Majesty the Emperor is mainly engaged in now should be a fixed product, right? ”

"I know you're worried about the problem of sitting on the mountain, and of course the emperor will think of this question. The trade of goods between countries is not as trivial as exchanging a copper coin for two buns, and in the long run, it will be empty of mountains. ”

Lin Shan smiled and said, "In the early years, the emperor sold a lot of domestic precious things to foreign countries, but that was to lay a little foundation for later commercial activities. and commercial friendship with the Gentiles. After all, my country has just started to do overseas business, and it is cheaper to sell others without cutting some meat. Others will ignore you lightly, and sometimes you have to pay attention to the momentum when doing business. Later, with the establishment of more fixed commercial and trade relations with several overseas countries, this kind of thing that hurts the country's foundation is rarely done again. ”

Lin Shan pondered for a long time before speaking slowly: "As for the situation you considered that the population decline led to the weakening of the labor force, the emperor has already thought of a way to alleviate it, that is, to improve production skills and obtain more materials than the original output value on the basis of the same amount of labor. The Ministry of Industry of the Six Ministries of the Imperial Court has now added a 'Technical Research Group' to achieve this purpose. ”

"To be an emperor, you really have to be able to see the overall situation!" Mo Ye sighed, and she didn't know if she was shouting tired for the emperor, or praising the emperor's hard work and respectability.

As if sensing the dullness of the question she was talking about, she sighed, and then leaned down on the carriage window, casting her gaze far away at the green fields by the side of the road.

In this late spring season, the two vertical poplar trees that stand neatly next to the official road according to the fixed spacing like a guardian are faintly conveying the majestic momentum of the imperial capital in advance. The treetops, which are about two feet high above the ground, are already full of fresh green, which makes the sky look a little drowsy because of the accumulation of stratus clouds at this time, and there is a little less depressing.

Mo Ye looked at the two new greens on the side of the road that were rapidly retreating for a moment, and then she withdrew her gaze from a distance, turned to look at Lin Shan, and wondered: "With the skills developed by the power of a country, can ordinary people quickly master them?" Or are ordinary people willing to master this technology? ”

"What's so hard about that? The part of the technology that the technical research group created is actually to teach the people how to farm. The work of farming is basically a necessary means for the people of our country to earn a living, and how can they not accept it happily when the state sends people to teach them how to harvest more grain in the same field for free? Lin Shan smiled after speaking, and Wen Yan said: "Ye'er, don't think that just because the technical research team is named in the name of the country, you think that the things they have created and studied are complex and profound. ”

Mo Ye scratched the back of his head, first nodded in agreement with Lin Shan's statement, and at the same time said with surprise: "Such an initiative is indeed easy to make people think about it......" When she said this, she suddenly turned her head around, and her eyes showed an unbelievable expression, and she asked: "Master, listen to the meaning of your words, could it be that the business that His Majesty the Emperor has been doing with foreign countries in recent years is actually selling grain?" ”

"Grain does make up a large part of overseas business." Lin Shan did not hide this from Mo Ye, he went on to explain: "Sixty percent of our country's territory is suitable for growing grain crops, so before going to sea, in fact, even the emperor did not know that the rice and grain that was easy to obtain in his country and were transported by merchant ships to some small countries outside the East China Sea, not only did not worry about sales, but the selling price was also very gratifying. And this material can be planted and harvested repeatedly on the same land in the country. ”

Mo Ye was puzzled: "How can this be? There will also be land where crops cannot be grown...... No, is there a country where there is no place where crops can be grown? ”

"Before going to sea, this situation was really unbelievable, but such a country really exists."

Lin Shan's tone paused slightly, and after thinking about it for a while, he continued: "For example, the 'Boluo Country' in the East China Sea region, their country is surrounded by sea on all sides, and the breadth of the land is only equivalent to the size of two industries, and there are only two seasons in a year, winter and summer.

However, their country is rich in salt tung trees, and although the fruit of this fruit tree cannot be eaten, the 'Thunder Fire Pill' made from the oil refined from it is extremely effective. Originally, the salt tung fruit of the Boluo country was mainly sold to the eastern countries in exchange for grain and other daily necessities, and later after the trade with our country, because the price of grain in our country was slightly cheaper, so now a lot of the salt tung fruit of the Boluo country has been resold to our country. ”

Mo Ye stayed in Lizheng Academy for a few years, she did not have the task of gaining fame, and because of her identity as a woman dressed as a man, she spent a lot of time in the huge library of the academy. She had also learned a little about the 'Thunder Fire Pill', and although she didn't know it in particular detail, it was enough to be sure that it was used on the battlefield.

And since she burned the picture scroll of Lin Shanshan that night, she also knew that she had been planning to level the stubborn people in Qingchuan today, so the purpose of Zhao Guo to use grain to get salt tung fruit from Boluo Country was already very obvious. Even if the matter of Ping Qingchuan has to wait for a few years, it will not hurt to hoard more such things in the munitions depot. A vast land like Zhaoguo, which can be rich in grain, is estimated to have attracted the attention of some people as he crosses the sea with a large amount of grain trade.

Mo Ye, who thought of this, suddenly thought of another question, and she couldn't help but ask Lin Shan: "Master, isn't the emperor's majesty's obvious move to take salt tung fruit from foreign countries is indirectly telling people who have a heart, our country lacks this kind of thing, will anyone use it as a handle......

"Since the Thunder Fire Pill is something created in our country, there are naturally places suitable for the production of raw materials on the territory of our country. It's just that the place is a little far away from Kyoto, and His Majesty is afraid that it may lose control, so it has always been planted piecemeal. Later, His Majesty found that the thunder fire pills made from the salt tung fruit produced in the Boluo Kingdom were more powerful, and he began to take a large amount of them, but he soon thought of the problem you considered, so in the past two years, the purpose of the behavior of the easy to buy salt tung fruit was more just to create a cover. ”

When Lin Shan said this, his eyes moved slightly, and after a pause, he said with a smile: "My country also has a sea area, and half of Kyoto Huyang is close to the sea, but the technical research team has been working hard!" ”

If you just listen to Lin Shan's last sentence, it will definitely make people feel foggy and unclear. However, Mo Ye, who participated in the previous conversation with Lin Shan, understood this sentence very easily at this time. But she looked at Lin Shan at this time and didn't speak again, just laughed twice, and her expression was full of cunning.

At this time, Lin Shan sighed a little abruptly and said, "Ye'er, sometimes I really wish you were a boy, so that you wouldn't idle your mind." But when I think about it, I feel that this kind of thinking is all my personal selfishness, and all you need is a peaceful life. ”

Hearing this, Mo Ye said disapprehantly: "No, I actually want to help you with your worries, Master, but I don't know where to start." The woman is also a person with sound limbs and ideas in her heart, if the master needs Ye'er's help in the future, just call me! I'll be happy to oblige! ”

Lin Shan took the initiative to ask Mo Ye confidently, he just smiled gently and didn't say anything more.

Then he took a step closer to the car door, lifted half of the curtain, and shouted at Ma An: "How far are we from 'Wansonggang'?" (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Biquge www.biquge.info to vote for recommendations and monthly passes, your support is my biggest motivation