People grow old and become fine.

What's more, Wu Qian is a leader among people, how can he not see Zhao Mengqi's perfunctory meaning.

Hard forcing can only be forced to this point.

Wu Qian sighed, and then turned to bitterness.

"Your Highness, why don't you want to go on the Northern Expedition, the biggest wish in this life is to see Wang Shike return to the Central Plains and return to the old capital before he dies, but at the moment, our Great Song Dynasty really doesn't have such strength."

"Since the Nandu, our economy has been declining, and until now, it has shrunk severely, not only the national government is on the verge of collapse, but the people are also extremely decaying."

"On the rich land of the world, since the southeast is the most, and now the southeast is no longer the southeast of the ancestors, in the past, Fengzhou Zhuang County, the weather changed, the month changed and the years were different, and it became a poor state.

"Over the years, all things have been declining, the small people are sad, the big life is boring, the prices are soaring, the market is depressed, and the people are cloudy.

"This is still the case in the southeast, and the county of Luzhou is even more desolate, desolate, with many abandoned farmlands and water conservancy, ten rooms and nine empty, settlements in ruins, and few strong people fleeing."

"The current situation of the Great Song Dynasty, the treasury is empty, the states and counties are exhausted, the cultivators have no spoonful of food, the weavers have no silk, the people are suffering, and the sea is turbulent."

"The general trend of the world, such as sticking to the destruction of glue rotten paper, and placing a few cases, the slightest touch of it, should fall to the ground and break the ear!"

As he spoke, Wu Qian raised his hand and flicked it lightly, and the tea cup on the edge of the table fell to the ground and shattered.

"Your Highness, you said that in such a situation, how can you use swords again?"

"If there is no hope of change, it's just a big deal to fight to the death for that slim opportunity, but the old minister has seen the hope brought by His Royal Highness, building water conservancy, suppressing the strong and strong, reforming the field system, attaching importance to production, and also has a unique view on military culture and education, the old minister asserted, maybe as long as ten or twenty years, the situation of my Great Song Dynasty can have earth-shaking changes, and at that time, my dynasty will be rich and strong, and the army will be strong, and then the Huanghuang division will send troops to the Northern Expedition, and the recovery of the Central Plains is only in the palm of his hand."

If I hadn't seen the light, I could have endured the darkness.

Originally, after so many years of stagnation, Wu Qian watched the big tree of the Great Song Dynasty decay day by day but was unable to do anything, and in frustration, he only thought that it would be good to be able to maintain it, but the appearance of Zhao Mengqi brought the dawn to the dark and gloomy Great Song Dynasty.

Even so, in his own opinion, it would take at least thirty or fifty years to make a fundamental change in the Great Song Dynasty, but considering that King Yan was young and vigorous and did not have such a long patience, in order to better persuade, he said that it would only take one or twenty years against his will.

"Your Highness, you are still young and have enough time to display your ambitions, don't rush to achieve success, but bury the last chance for the revival of the Great Song Dynasty."

Wu Qian felt that one or twenty years was already very fast, but Zhao Mengqi knew that the Mongols would not give so much time, and if the history remained unchanged, the Mongols would be able to prepare for another three or four years and launch a second full-scale war against the Great Song Dynasty.

But Zhao Mengqi also had to admit that Wu Qian was right, just with this bunch of bad cards in his hand, even if he knew the general trend of history, it would not change any result.

There is an army of millions with one mouth, and with a wave of the arm, you can sweep the world, stare at the withering and decaying, and seal the wolf with your legs, which is really cool, but it is not realistic.

Many people in later generations believed that the Song Dynasty was very wealthy, and the reason why they could not defeat the Mongols was purely because of incompetence.

But if you carefully look through the historical materials, you will find that in the late Southern Song Dynasty, it was really poor, the court was poor, and the people were even poorer.

After crossing to the south, under the high pressure of external threats for a long time, in order to maintain defense, a large amount of financial expenditure was invested in the military, and the economy fell into a vicious circle, which continued to deteriorate.

Before the southern crossing, the Great Song Dynasty generally minted 2.9 million copper coins every year, but after that, it never exceeded 200,000 guan a year.

During the Yuanfeng period, the iron output was 5.5 million jin per year, and during the Shaoxing period, it was cut by more than half, only 2.1 million jin, and now it is even more pitiful, less than 500,000 jin, that is, even tenths

None of them were saved.

This is not bad, but other minerals are even more outrageous, with copper falling from more than 14.6 million to 230,000, lead from 9 million to 170,000, and tin from 2.3 million to 20,000.

Obviously, this disparate decline cannot be blamed solely on the loss of half of the territory.

The decline in minerals is only a microcosm, and in addition to the handicraft industries directly affected by it, other agriculture and commerce have also suffered serious setbacks.

Even the overseas trade, which can be proud of other dynasties, has fallen to the bottom, and during the Shaoxing period, Quanzhou was able to receive more than one million guan in sea taxes, but now it is less than 40,000.

This kind of indication shows that Da Song is really so poor that he has only pants left.

The causes of the recession are many and complex, and in addition to the devastation of war, the main ones are the intensification of annexations and the corruption of governance.

In the face of such a mess, Zhao Mengqi can only choose to develop obscene in the short term.

"Wu Gong, don't worry, I'm not an ignorant and reckless person, I understand what you say, I promise you, I won't take the initiative to go to war until you're ready."

Yes, not actively.

It was easy to say that Wu Qian temporarily put his mind at ease, but he did not relax his care of Zhao Mengqi, and was always confined to his side to teach.

It wasn't until Wanwan and Zhao Qian saw that Zhao Mengqi had never returned to Wujiang, so they simply ran to Gusu City, so Zhao Mengqi took the opportunity to pick up people and get rid of Wu Qian's control.

After waiting for people outside the city, Zhao Mengqi directly changed to the little ladies' boat and entered the city from Panmen.

Zhao Yan stood at the bow of the boat with Xiaobai in his arms, and was excited when he saw the scene in the city, "Wow, it's so lively here, it seems to be more prosperous than Lin'an."

Zhao Hui was also excited, "Wujiang County is too small, just take two steps to the end, it's not interesting at all, it looks big and fun here, we should have come a long time ago......."

These days, as some people expected, the price of grain has indeed fallen, and it is not officially driven, but the private grain stores in the city that have taken the lead in lowering the price.

They all have debts, but King Yan is only willing to offset them at the usual price and half, they want to sell while the price of grain in the market is still two, to minimize losses, and they are not all borrowing King Yan's money, other creditors will not be too kind, they will definitely wait until the lowest price of grain to collect debts.

Before, these grain shops are a unified caliber, and the price rises at the same time, but at this time, it is different, in order to grab business and sell more grain, that is a cheaper than one, you sell consistent nine, I will sell consistent eight, and then send two eggs, and the service attitude is so good, it is almost to the customer who buys grain to call daddy.

But the common people are not stupid, they have always bought up and not bought their fathers, no matter how attentive these grain merchants are, few people really go in to buy grain.

As a result, the price of grain in the market fell day by day, falling below the usual five in two days, and then continued to fall, and some of them were forced by debts to even drop 800 yuan a stone.

The haze of food shortage has completely dissipated, and Gusu City has also regained its former vitality, and there are still hundreds of foreign gentry in the city, drunk and drunk every day, spending money like running water, which has greatly stimulated the economy of the city, and the industries related to eating, drinking and playing have become more prosperous.

In the past, the places such as Qinglou Goolan were generally more lively in the evening, but now they began to be lit up in the daytime, and the drum music continued.

Panmen is the main access channel of Gusu City, there are a large number of merchants to stop back and forth, so the neighborhood is relatively prosperous, the restaurants are densely packed, and the flower street and willow lane are indispensable.

The boat is in the middle of the river, both sides of the bank are full of colorful buildings and flower pavilions, in the attic, many beautiful ladies are showing flowers, leaning on the railing, or shaking the painting fan, or waving silk handkerchiefs, to the people passing by in the river to show off their style.

Dressed in colorful sheer light gauze, they twist and dance from time to time, showing their graceful figures to the fullest, their eyes are like silk, their mouths are chanting or singing, and they attract guests with sticky and seductive voices.

"Great officials... Why don't you rest here in the slave family? Draw the well and rinse the cold teeth, and clean the heart and wash the dust."

"Outside the staff, life is a hundred years and today, and it is not a pity today

, the slave family has delicious food and wine, warm nephrite, just waiting for you to come......

"What a handsome little housekeeper, come to my sister, my sister and you will sing about wine, stroke the strings, and talk about homely things together."

"Xiao Sheren, you can ignore her, like a wolf and a tiger, you can't bear it, let's come here as a concubine, there is a way, Gou is new, every day is new, every day is new, and every day is new, and the concubine is the latest."

"Oh yes, when I see that the little sheren is a scholar, the truth in the book should be tired of reading, the slave family has a big truth here, do you want the little sheren to come and read one or two, but there is a different taste......

"Hehe, I see that Xiaoshe is popular, it must be a person who practices martial arts, and slaves also like to dance with guns and sticks, Xiaoshe people come quickly, you and I are like-minded, and the meeting is fateful, and the fate is deep and shallow, depending on the meaning of Xiaosheren......

, what kind of tiger and wolf words are they?

Zhao Mengqi had been staying in the cabin when he left the city, but he didn't notice this, and now he was standing at the bow of the boat with a few little ladies, looking at these warblers and Yanyan, he felt dazzled and excited.

Zhao Yan looked ignorant, and his eyes flashed with curiosity, "Oh, fourth brother, are they talking to you?" What do they do, they all look so beautiful."

"Phew! A group of shameless sluts, who are not ashamed in broad daylight, are unclothed, and their words and words are dirty." Zhao Wei blushed and scolded.

She is two years older than Zhao Yan, and she is about to leave the cabinet, and with a good court education, she understands everything she should know.

Qian Duo sneered on the side, his mouth was yin and yang, "Hehe, I'll just say, it turns out that someone is immersed in this sea of flowers all day long, no wonder he left us in Wujiang and forgot about it!"

Zhao Mengqi turned his head and saw Wanwan looking at him playfully, his eyes also flashed with doubt, and he couldn't help but feel a little panicked, and hurriedly argued.

"Qian Duo, don't slander people's innocence! This king is very good at cleaning himself! Besides, how could I possibly look down on these vulgar fans!?"

"Heh, if not, then what are you panicking about? I didn't name names." Qian Duo thought that he had caught Zhao Mengqi's handle, and he had to be unforgiving, "You said that you don't like these, then you must have found a better one, I heard that some of the outfits in this Gusu City are more gorgeous than those in Lin'an."

yes, I didn't do anything, what am I panicking about!?

I had this idea, but I didn't have a chance to put it into practice.

So, Zhao Mengqi's face was blank, he ignored Qian Duo, and just looked at Wanwan seriously, "Ruochu, you have to believe me, I am absolutely innocent, well, Wu Gong can testify for me!"

Wanwan was still silent, just looked at Zhao Mengqi so fixedly, without blinking her eyelids.

Zhao Mengqi, dangerous!