The next day, Emperor Wen got up a little late after a long journey.
After a simple breakfast, Emperor Wen asked everyone to accompany him around Le'an.
Emperor Wen did not reveal his identity, nor did he bring too many people with him. He also made some simple disguises to avoid causing unnecessary trouble.
After taking a look around, Emperor Wen was still very satisfied.
Walking on the road in the city, Emperor Wen squatted down and looked around again.
"What is this?"
Emperor Wen pointed to the cement bonding between two bricks and asked.
“It’s cement.”
Yun Zheng explained: "Its function is the same as glutinous rice glue, but its strength is slightly higher than that of glutinous rice glue, and it is also easier to obtain, so there is no waste of food! But the yield is slightly lower."
"This thing is quite good!"
...
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Emperor Wen slowly stood up and asked, "Are you planning to sell this cement inside the country in the future?"
“This might be choking.”
Yun Zheng shook his head and said, "There is a huge shortage of cement in the north of the country, how can we sell excess cement to the interior of the country? Besides, this material is mainly used by the imperial court, and ordinary people don't need it."
"What about ground potatoes?"
Emperor Wen stared at Yun Zheng with a smile on his face. "I heard that the yield of potatoes in Shuobei is 1,500 kilograms per mu. If they are introduced into the interior, the yield will probably be even higher, right?"
have to!
I knew this old guy would bring this up.
However, Yun Zheng had not originally intended to keep the sweet potatoes hidden in Shuobei.
Sooner or later, sweet potatoes will be promoted throughout the whole of Dagan.
Yun Zheng smiled and said, "Father, please don't worry about the potato matter. Let me talk to my third brother!"
Talk to the third brother?
A faint smile flashed across Emperor Wen's face.
This rebellious son wants to trick the third brother again, right?
He can't stand seeing the third brother have even a little money in his hands, right?
"Okay!"
Emperor Wen said nothing more, "I don't care how you talk to your third brother! But one thing is for sure, these potatoes must be brought into the country! Otherwise, I will get them myself! If you have the guts, you can chop me off!"
Emperor Wen simply acted like a hooligan.
This high-yield crop is only grown in Shuobei, which is a complete waste of resources.
Food is the foundation of people's livelihood.
As an emperor, he would not miss out on any high-yield crop.
As for how he cheated the third brother, that was a matter between them.
It's his ability that he can squeeze money out of the third brother.
"I understand!"
Yun Zheng had a fox-like smile on his face.
As long as my father doesn't interfere, everything will be fine.
The third brother, he’s doomed to fail!
Even Jesus couldn’t stay!
Emperor Wen was silent for a moment, then suddenly asked, "Have the three border cities been repaired?"
Hearing Emperor Wen's question, Yun Zheng's heart skipped a beat.
This old guy wants to run to Sanbian City again?
Although there is no need to mobilize a large army to go to Sanbian City, it still wastes time!
The key point is that they ran to Sanbian City and had nothing to do except climb up the city wall to take a look!
Yun Zheng secretly prayed that the old man would not act on impulse, and replied: "The repair of the Gou Bian has been completed, and the Qing Bian and Wei Bian are almost..."
When repairing the three-border city, the priority must be repairing the city walls.
At present, the city walls of Qingbian and Weibian have been completely restored.
However, the barracks in the city have not yet been repaired.
Emperor Wen's eyes flashed with regret, and he turned and asked, "You have built cities, fought wars, and resettled these disaster victims. It must have cost a lot of money, right?"
"really."
Yun Zheng nodded and said with a sigh, "A few days ago, Zi'er and the others did a simple statistics. From the beginning of the year to now, Shuobei has spent more than 30 million taels of silver. If all the cities to be built are completed, another 10 or 20 million taels of silver will have to be spent..."
"so much?"
Emperor Wen frowned slightly, obviously unconvinced.
Shuobei’s biggest expense should still be military spending.
If he was told that Yun Zheng spent 10 or 20 million taels of silver on military expenses, he would believe it.
But spending so much money on other places is obviously a bit fake.
He knew that Yun Zheng had let the prisoners and the old and weak soldiers do many things.
How much silver will this cost?
"It is indeed a lot. Even I cannot believe that I have spent so much money."
Yun Zheng looked so worried that Ye Zi standing beside him wanted to hit him.
This guy!
There has to be a limit to exaggeration!
After all, my father is the king of a country. Even if he doesn't know the details of how much silver it costs to build a city, he should have a rough idea.
Tens of millions of taels of silver, and he just opens his mouth to ask for it?
This is almost like blatant deception of the emperor!
"Okay, stop complaining to me about being poor!"
Emperor Wen glanced at Yun Zheng and said, "I don't care about the money in your hands, nor do I care about your profitable business! As for you, don't expect to get money from me, the treasury has no money to give you!"
Crying poor?
He still wants to cry poor!
This year has been full of disasters for Da Gan, and money is being spent like water.
If it weren’t for the accumulation in previous years, the imperial court would have run out of food long ago!
"well!"
Yun Zheng nodded repeatedly and breathed a sigh of relief.
He was really afraid that Emperor Wen would come to him to extort money.
Especially his profitable businesses.
What if Emperor Wen asked him to hand over all those ways of making money, where else would he make money?
"Let's go! Let's go to Dingbei first!"
Emperor Wen greeted them and ordered, "Tell them that I am visiting incognito, so there is no need to welcome them with fanfare."
Yun Zheng took the order and immediately ordered his men to ride back to Dingbei as fast as they could to report the news.
Soon, they boarded the carriage.
Emperor Wen specifically asked Yun Zheng to ride with him.
"Do you have any ideas about the tribes in the western desert?"
In the carriage, Emperor Wen suddenly asked Yun Zheng.
"Within three years, as long as the tribes in the western desert do not take the initiative to attack, I will not touch them."
Yun Zheng had already planned for this, and he immediately explained his reasons.
After a series of wars, Shuobei was under too much financial pressure.
Now they need to stop for a while and focus their main energy on governing Shuobei and Northwest Protectorate.
The next step is to destroy the Dayue Kingdom and completely eliminate the threat to the north of the Northwest Protectorate.
In this way, when they send troops to attack the tribes in western Mo, they will not have to worry about the Dayue Kingdom stabbing them in the back.
If they spend two or three years to build up their army, they will have a powerful vassal army.
By that time, the tribes in western Mo would be their prey.
"Then let's do as you think. I am not as good as you in fighting."
Emperor Wen stroked his beard and said, "Anyway, there is one thing. No matter how hard this war is fought, don't ignore the people's livelihood! Otherwise, you will be fighting vigorously in the front, but there will be fires everywhere in the backyard. You won't even have time to put out the fire. What's the point of fighting?"
"Your son will always remember your father's teachings." Yun Zheng said humbly.
"Okay, let's get down to business!"
Emperor Wen stared at Yun Zheng sharply, and asked with a half-smile, "How have you considered your marriage with Jia Yao?"
have to!
After all, there is no way to escape this mess.
"If Father insists, then let's do it!"
Yun Zheng was full of helplessness, "However, I still think that we can just do it simply and go through the motions. There is no need to make a big fuss!"
Emperor Wen was both angry and amused. "How simple can a marriage between two countries be?"
Did he think that his marriage with Jia Yao would be as simple as his marriage with Ye Zi?
What are you thinking about!
No matter how simple their wedding was, it would be more grand than when he married Chen Luoyan.
Otherwise, how could he spend those millions of taels of silver?
"Just do the simplest way!"
Yun Zheng said casually.
"That's more like it!"
Emperor Wen showed a satisfied smile on his face, and said meaningfully: "If you refuse to accept the imperial decree for your wedding with Jiayao, do you think the court will send officials to the Northwest Protectorate?"
Listening to Emperor Wen's words, Yun Zheng couldn't help but smile bitterly.
This old guy is so fucking sinister!
If I don't marry Jiayao, will those officials who are going to be sent to the Northwest Protectorate just return the same way?
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