Chang'an, Prime Minister, Qi Wangyu, stood under the eaves, looking at the gray sky, feeling the bitter cold wind, although his face was normal, but his heart was a little anxious. Although it had snowed since the beginning of winter, the snow was almost the same as it did. It had not fallen into a real heavy snowfall.

This is different from previous years, so it is not a good sign. In addition, there is less rain in Guanzhong this year, and all signs indicate that a large-scale drought may occur in Guanzhong next year.

If this is true, Chang'an will inevitably face the problem of food shortage. At that time, not only ordinary people will be short of food, but even officials and families will probably lack food. Then the amount of grain imported from Guandong will become the key to alleviating the disaster.

According to the plan, the railway that bypassed the dangers of the pillars will be put into use in the summer and autumn of the next year. If everything goes well, the grain imported into Guanzhong will double compared to this year. As long as the drought in Guanzhong is not particularly serious, the grain transported from Luoyang will solve the urgent problem.

But Yu Wenming is still worried that once a drought occurs, it will lead to a large-scale reduction in grain production in Guanzhong. If you only rely on Guandong food emergency, it will probably be a drop in the bucket.

So, do you really have to rely on a steam pump to pump water to irrigate the farmland?

As he thought about it, Yu Wenming's mind saw the situation when the steam pump was running. To be fair, if it weren't for the huge coal consumption and the cost of use, he really wanted to promote the steam pump immediately.

At that time, it will be a daydream with complete water conservancy facilities, water storage in the rainy season and water release in the dry season, and large-scale increase in farmland production and income in the world will not be a daydream, and this will be an extraordinary political achievement.

The reality is that steam pumps can only be used in places with sufficient coal supply, but there is a Tongguan area that produces coal north of Chang'an. The coal mined by the coal has long been exported to Beijing for fuel use.

The former name of Tongguan, the coal mined by the Tongguan can be entered into the Wei River through Tongguan water and then transported to Chang'an. It is precisely because of such convenient conditions that the government can try steam pumps in areas around Chang'an.

With the railway that bypasses the dangers of the pillars and the steam pump, Yu Wenming felt that if a drought really breaks out in the coming year, it would not cause famine.

But even so, resilience is always a very troublesome thing, so...

It’s better not to delay Chen Yongbing until next year.

Turning back to the study, Yu Wenming looked at the memorials of the ministers. Because of Chen's unexpected surrender, many people no longer insisted on using troops to Chen this year. The Chen envoy who arrived in Chang'an with Wang Shao once again reiterated Chen's willingness to maintain friendly relations between the two countries.

The various concessions made by Chen Guo were very moved after seeing them. The other party's concessions that were almost powerless and humiliating, obviously wanted to calm down and beg.

If Zhou State lets go, the two countries will continue to have good friendships and trade with each other, which is of course a good choice.

But for Yu Wenming, this is not the best choice.

The State of Chen must be destroyed. It is better to destroy it early than to destroy it late, otherwise it will change later. Either the great merit of Chen was taken away by King Bin, or the chaos in the Zhou Dynasty was not handled properly, so that the State of Chen had an opportunity to take advantage of it and rekindled.

As a father, Yu Wenming must strive for the best interests of himself and his son. As the ruler and future emperor, Yu Wenming must weaken his younger brother's strength in any case to maintain the stability of the royal power.

Therefore, the State of Chen must be destroyed, and we must not be soft-hearted and talk about it later.

If you compromise and be humble, this is reality, accept your fate!

......

Luoyang, King of Bin Mansion, King of Bin Yuwen talked with the shopkeeper Wang Yue. The steam pump will be trialed in Guanzhong area soon. This is a major event related to the national destiny. Yuwen Wen attaches great importance to it, so he repeatedly instructs Wang Yue to use more snacks.

Various signs show that drought is likely to occur in Guanzhong next year. If the steam pump can take on the heavy responsibility of drought resistance at critical moments, it will inevitably be extremely beneficial for future promotion, so Yuwen Wen has high hopes for this.

Even if the steam pump is a large coal-consuming enterprise, even if the cost of using is astonishingly high, it is an epoch-making weapon. Yuwen Wen does not intend to announce the specific operating principles of such machines too early to avoid the spread of technology.

Steam pumps must first benefit the people of the Central Plains. This is the principle, so Yuwen Wen must keep it confidential for a certain period of time, but confidentiality and large-scale promotion are conflicting, so Yuwen Wen adopted a compromise method.

That is to adopt the "official supervision and private" approach, the government is responsible for supervising and assisting in the promotion of steam pumps, and the "dynamic non-governmental organizations" actually manufacture, manage, maintain and use steam pumps.

The government does not need to know the operating principle of the steam pump, does not need to know how this thing was made, but only needs to know that this thing can pump water. If the promotion is effective, then there is hope for promotion, and that's all.

"Violent non-governmental organization" is an agricultural cooperative called "Jiahesheng". It is responsible for the manufacturing, installation, operation and maintenance of steam pumps, and is also responsible for the promotion of various new agricultural tools, farming technologies and the sale of seeds.

Water is the foundation of agriculture, and it is the responsibility of local officials in all dynasties to encourage agriculture and sericulture. As a good helper to increase agricultural production and income, Jiahesheng can use water pumps to increase the chance of a bumper harvest.

Such non-governmental organizations were naturally accepted by the court, and they were able to successfully establish and openly promote steam pumps.

The promotion of steam pumps has invested huge initially, so Jiahesheng, which was established recently, relies on investment from all owners, the government invested public funds, and the third is borrowing. The main source of loans is Rixingchang Guifang.

Therefore, Wang Yue can participate in the supervision of Jiahesheng as the "representative of the investor". In fact, he is the spokesperson of Yuwen Wen, protecting Jiahesheng and expelling ghosts and monsters.

For Yuwen Wen, the near future is a critical moment, so he cannot be distracted too much. He will give Wang Yue what he should explain, and he will start to be busy with his own affairs.

In order to calm the situation, Chen State has made concessions that are almost powerless and humiliating. A series of recent events and the incredible concessions that Chen State has of course related to Yuwen Wen.

But he did not think that his brother would let Chen Guo go, a qualified ruling man, should not be confused for some small profits and then give up his established policies and goals.

Yuwen Wen felt that Yu Wenming must be determined to let his son steadily take over the great contribution of pacifying Chen State. His determination could not be shaken by Chen State's concessions, so...

The plot is to be continued.

After leaving the study, Yuwen Wen turned into the backyard and came to the "Qionghua Courtyard". There, Qionghua Courtyard advocated Zhang Lihua was ready, while Chen Jae, the owner of Xuanhua Courtyard, was a little shy.

Chen Jae is already Yuwen Wen's side room. After tasting the joy of fish and water, she is already moistened to the point of affection. However, she has always been with Yuwen Wen overnight alone, but today she has to go with the king Yunyu with the former concubine Zhang Lihua, so she is a little shy.

Although she has picked it for Yuwen Wen, if she watches the concubine and Yuwen Wen act, or lets the concubine watch her and Yuwen Wen act, she will never be able to overcome the hurdle in her heart.

Seeing Yuwen Wen coming, Chen Mama's cheeks were hot, Qiqi Ai Ai: "Big, king... what's going on today is better to talk about it later..."

Yuwen Wen raised his eyebrows when he heard this: "Okay, then I'll talk about it later."

"Really?" Chen Ma was happy when she heard this, but Zhang Lihua was a little helpless when she heard it. Because she had suffered a loss, she knew that in Yuwen Wen's mouth, this "I'll talk about it later" had another meaning.

I don't know if I want me first or...

Zhang Lihua thought so, but saw Yuwen Wen patting Chen Yao on the shoulder: "Be good, go back first."

"Hey?" Zhang Lihua was stunned. Seeing Chen Xiao leave as if she was running away, she was a little confused: Wouldn't you tell me about it in the future?

Yuwen Wen knew what Zhang Lihua was thinking and smiled slightly: "I've said it all in the future, can I go back on my word?"

"Then...I'm serving the king..."

Seeing that Zhang Lihua was ready, Yuwen Wen was not in a hurry: "No, I have something to ask you."

"I wonder what the king is going to ask?"

"That thing, I want to know more about it, let's confirm it."
Chapter completed!