A bloody note and a scarred carrier pigeon were placed on the desk at the same time, Yu Wenwen looked at the gray carrier pigeon that had just died, and motioned to the servant to come closer: "Bury it in the back garden." Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

"Yes, Lord Lang."

The servant took the pigeon and stepped back, Yu Wenwen took out a small notebook, and began to translate the symbols on the note, the content was simple and only five words: Stage 4 is completed.

This means that the progress on Zhang Yu's side is going well.

While breathing a sigh of relief, Yu Wenwen burned the note, and in a wisp of green smoke, he seemed to see the carrier pigeon again.

The back and tail are feathered, the right wing is nearly broken, and the body is mottled with blood, thinking that it was attacked by birds of prey during the flight, and after the lucky escape, he endured severe pain and continued to fly, and finally returned to the Anlu pigeon nest before dying.

This carrier pigeon, from Huangzhou Xiyang outside the city of the lakeside manor take-off, the two places are about 300 miles apart, it does not seem to be a long distance but is still dangerous and abnormal, the hidden danger of the pigeon communication network, in this flying pigeon biography is vividly expressed.

In order to avoid the accidental disappearance of carrier pigeons during the flight, which leads to the loss of key information, it is common to take measures to release several carrier pigeons and carry the same content of the note, and now only one barely arrives, which means that the rest of the carrier pigeons have an accident halfway.

This is the case from Xiyang to Anlu, so the carrier pigeon flies directly from Boduo to Xiyang, Huangzhou, or first to Jiangnan Jiankang, and then a new batch from Jiankang to Xiyang, which will only be more dangerous.

In any case, there is information that has been sent back, and the completion of stage four means that Zhang Yu has arrived in Hakata safely, dedicated the gift to the minister Su Ma Zi, and Yu Wenwen's most important wish has been fulfilled.

A piece of land in a suitable area of Hakata Bay is used as an exclusive wharf and mooring place for the Yuwen Bun Sea Trade fleet, and there are also mansions and small estates on the shore for storing goods and resting for the ship's personnel.

The small fortress of its own, with its own guards, but mainly relied on the support of Hakata's Japanese officers and soldiers, and could deal with a siege by pirates on a general scale, or a sneak attack by outlaws who wanted to make money, and this was enough.

Although I prefer to set up a "concession", this is unrealistic and unnecessary, the national strength of the Japanese country is worse, but the transoceanic expedition is not something that Yuwenwen can afford, so making money honestly is the right way.

The trade route planned by Yuwenwen is from Xiyang to Hakata, but it is very likely that for various reasons, the actual route is from Jiankang to Hakata.

This section of the road from Xiyang to Jiankang, because of the hostile relationship between Zhou and Chen, it is very troublesome to walk, and the money to buy the road is indispensable.

So just in case, the route is divided into two fleets responsible for operation, one is the Yangtze River (inland river) fleet, which is responsible for traveling between Xiyang and Jiankang, and the other is the sea fleet, which is responsible for traveling between Jiankang and Hakata, the latter is under Zhang Yu's sole responsibility.

If Xiyang's goods can be transported to Jiankang, then they will be transported to Hakata for sale, if they fail to reach Jiankang, then Zhang Yu will buy incense, raw silk and other goods in Jiankang and transport them to Hakata for sale.

The profit of incense medicine is super high, but the quantity may not be much, and the profit of raw silk, according to the information of the Ming and Qing dynasties in later generations, is about 20 times.

With such a lucrative route, can it open the age of discovery? It can't be done.

Yuwen Wen is self-aware, although the new route has been opened and the foothold is also available, but he does not have a seaport under actual control, and there are no large number of skilled and reliable seafarers.

For the sake of secrecy, the size of the fleet is not large, and without a crew with rich sailing experience, it is impossible for the fleet to venture out during the typhoon season in summer and autumn, so there is not much time and frequency of sailing in a year.

In order to make as much money as possible, the ship must be loaded with high-value cargo, which will attract pirates, perhaps at the mouth of the Yangtze River, or near Hakata Bay, which is a real risk.

Any fishing boat or merchant ship encountered on the way, the Haoqiang along the coast is a potential sea bandit, which can be said to be unguardable, and the other party only needs to succeed once to strangle Yuwenwen's sea trade fleet in the cradle.

If you want to ensure the safety of the fleet, you have to organize the fleet to clean up the pirates and raid the other party's lair, does he have the money? No.

Under the constraints of many factors, it is impossible for Yuwenwen to tilt resources to navigation too much, and the development of maritime trade is the "icing on the cake" for him, and what is needed most now is "charcoal in the snow".

What is Charcoal in the Snow? Territory, food, population, strong soldiers who can win battles, and more war horses.

This kind of topic is depressing, Yuwenwen is actually still in the farming stage now, the grain output is okay, there is no shortage of iron but there is a shortage of horses, so in order to make up for the shortcomings, he is trying to find a way around.

Properly maintain a fleet to engage in small sea trade, and the money earned back is mainly used to cover the huge expenses of buying and raising horses, this is his plan, and the specific matters are handed over to Zhang Yu to be responsible.

Make money, raise soldiers, grab land, earn more money, raise more soldiers, grab more territory, and so on, until the conditions are ripe, can large-scale maritime trade be carried out.

The door was slammed, and the servant's voice sounded outside the study: "Master Lang, Liu Ji asks to see you." ”

"Let him in."

Packing up his mood, Yu Wenwen began to deal with the next matter, and Liu Wenjing, who was haggard in the palace secretary's office, walked in with a thick stack of official documents.

"Liu Ji's room, can you still survive it?"

"Thank you for the king's care, the lower officials can still survive."

"How's the martial arts going on?"

"Xia Guan is about to report to the king..."

The secretary room, the official in charge of the documents, the secretary office joins the army, and is in charge of the drafting of documents in the army, records and commendations, etc., Liu Wenjing, who joins the army in the royal office, naturally assists Xiyang Wang Yuwenwen in dealing with all kinds of military documents.

Usually very leisurely, but when it comes to the war, it will be busy, if it is okay to go elsewhere in the shogunate, but Liu Wenjing's boss is a black-hearted owner, especially likes to let his subordinates work overtime, or there is no overtime pay.

"Xiao Liu, you can deal with this matter."

"Xiao Liu, you can arrange this matter."

"Xiao Liu, this speech will be used for tomorrow's meeting, you can work overtime."

Of course, this is just Yuwen Wen's brain supplement, which comes from the common mantra of later bureaucrats, but in fact, he uses Liu Wenjing like this, anyway, there is nothing impossible to be young!

Yu Wenwen asked Liu Wenjing to compile the relevant situation and progress of the military exercise, summarize it on a daily basis, and at the same time be responsible for the drafting and verification of various military orders, of course, he is not alone, but also other adjutants of the shogunate.

Yu Wenwen was guarding in Anlu, and his shogunate was not idle, all of them were made to the ground by this big martial arts, especially Liu Wenjing, who also had to supervise the dispatch of grain and grass, and after tossing for more than ten days, he was so tired that his bones stood up and his eyes were black.

In the eyes of outsiders, this is torture, maybe Liu Wenjing offended the king of Xiyang, so he was miserably abused, but Yuwenwen was actually testing Liu Wenjing's ability, and it also meant exercising.

And Liu Wenjing also knows this, so she worked very hard, although she was tired and didn't look like a man, she still completed the task well, and now it's time to show the results.

With a thick pile of papers, Yu Wenwen asked questions while flipping through them, like an expert who asked questions during the thesis defense.

"In short, what do you think?"

"The soldiers and horses have not moved, the grain and grass go first, and the war is money and grain."

"Anyone can say these words, what is your argument?"

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