The spring breeze blows, and the willow branches of the willow trees sway in the wind on the river bank. Yuwen, who was sitting leaning against the window, saw this scene and suddenly thought of the song "Ode to Willows".

The jade is made up into a tall tree, and thousands of green silk ribbons are hanging down.

I don’t know who cuts out the thin leaves, but the spring breeze in February is like scissors.

It is late February. If it happens to be a literary event, you can "get from" this poem "Ode to Willows" by the Tang Dynasty poet He Zhizhang. However, Yuwen Wen does not need to act like this, and it is not interesting to have such a gimmick as an emperor.

What's more, such "original" reputation will really hurt your conscience.

The imperial boat that Yuwen Wen was riding slowly left the dock and began sailing surrounded by ships in front and back. The two sides of the Han River were green, and the scenery looked refreshing and made him feel good.

But what made him feel even better was the battle report from Liaodong. The battle report delivered when the fleet was about to leave Fancheng allowed Yuwen Wen to learn about the latest battle situation in Liaodong. He learned that his son Yuwen Weihan led his army to attack Ba'an City, and then razed him to the ground.

The building materials obtained from the "demolition" were transported to Liaokou by the captives and turned into part of the "complete version" of Liaokou City.

Yuwen Weihan got good results in the first subject of the "College Entrance Examination", which made Yuwen Wen, who was Aye, very happy. Of course, it was also because of the Anshi City.

Anshicheng was a strong city in its original history, and the Sui army and Tang army returned one after another. "At that time", the Sui army and Tang army had no effective means of attack, so they became the name of Anshicheng.

Now, under various means, Yuwen Weihan, who was leading troops to the war for the first time, easily pulled out the nail, which made Yuwen Wen unable to help but want to praise the power of technology.

The first actual combat of chlorine, the "large-scale air bombing" of the hot air balloon team, and the power of technology helped the Liaodong Road marching to successfully complete the first phase of the goal, so Yuwen Wen became more and more looking forward to the next battle.

Of course, he gave his son more than two magic weapons, and the remaining "trump card" was enough to make Goguryeo feel ecstasy.

But there is still some distance to recover Liaodong.

The Zhou Kingdom had limited national strength and could not maintain a large-scale battle between the two main legions on the east and west sides at the same time. Therefore, Yuwen Wen judged that this was not the best time to recover Liaodong and did not rush to achieve success.

The task he set for his son was relatively simple, which was to consume the enemy's living power as much as possible and annihilate the opponent's field army, forcing the opponent to rely on the strong city as a turtle and dare not fight easily.

We will calmly plan for Liaodong, take steady steps, and boil the frog in warm water.

Now that his son is making his reputation, his plan is progressing smoothly, Yu Wenwen is of course happy.

Yuchi Chifan, who was sitting next to him, saw his husband happy, he hesitated for a moment and quickly asked him a question: Beiyang Trading Company has been continuously investing manpower, material resources and financial resources over the years to assist the imperial court in expanding in Liaodong. Why do you feel a little unfair?

Yuwen Wen took his eyes away from the window and looked at the queen: "Hasn't you said it for your husband? Sanniang doesn't understand?"

"Uh...I really don't understand..." Yuchi Chifan was a little dull. She really couldn't keep up with Yuwen Wen's thinking because the other party's thoughts were really incredible.

"Oh, I said it for so long yesterday, why are you..." Yuwen Wen was speechless. Seeing Yuchi Chifan's confused look, he pondered for a moment, and decided to simplify the complex and use more "easy-to-understand" rhetoric to let the queen understand her layout.

After brewing the words, Yuwen Wen said, "For example, there are rats in the room..."

Before he finished speaking, Yuchi Chifan was so scared by the word "rat". He exclaimed, with his hands covering his chest, and looked left nervously again and again, just about to run wildly. Yuwen Wen was stunned when he saw this, and then felt helpless:

Women are indeed afraid of mice!

Seeing that the queen was so scared that she almost cried, he quickly explained: "I mean, for example, there are rats in the room..."

"Ah... I'm rude..." Yuchi Chifan was a little embarrassed when he heard this, and sat back on his heart with one hand. She was afraid of the mouse, so she felt uncomfortable when she saw the mouse from afar. The other concubines were the same, and even the female guards (healthy women) were mostly like this.

Yuwen Wen was angry and funny: "You women! You see rats one by one, it's like seeing tigers... Okay, let's get back to the point. There are rats in the room. You are afraid, and the healthy women are also afraid. Although there are many people and no one dares to fight, what should I do?"

"If there are rats at home, you have to be beaten to death. Who will be beaten? People come to beat them. However, although there are people in your family, they are all women who are afraid of rats. They will dizzy when they see the rats. So they have to ask for help from outside, and also have to ask for male helpers."

"As soon as you go out, you see a male tailor passing by, so you hire him to beat a mouse, but the tailor is rushing to make clothes for a customer. If the appointment is broken by mistake, the business will be ruined and you earn twenty cents less, so you send forty cents to hire him to beat a mouse."

"The tailor then went to the house to kill the rats. After a long time of struggle, he killed the rats and took the money and left."

"This tailor, who is the one who makes clothes, is he hired to beat you with mice. Isn't he doing his job? But although he delayed a business and lost twenty cents, he got your forty cents, which of course he made a profit."

Hearing this, Yuchi Chifan suddenly realized: "Then, did the imperial court leave the two things of building a city in Liaodong and raiding the Goguryeo city to the Beiyang Trading Company, and then give some rewards?"

"That's right, so don't think that Beiyang Trading Company seems to be in a serious business in Liaodong in the past two years, hiring people to fight and build cities, and the expenses are too big. The more you look at it, the more you feel that there will be huge losses, but in fact it is profitable."

After Yuwen Wen finished speaking, he added: "Beiyang Trading Company must make a profit, otherwise when the dividends are distributed at the end of the year, shareholders of all sizes will be in an uproar."

"But..." Yuchi Chifan thought of another question, but hesitated, but he still asked:

"But in this way, the court will have to spend a lot of money and food for this. Why not just send troops to attack Liaodong and harass the enemy and recruit the people to serve labor and build a city?"

Yuchi Chifan said carefully. Seeing that Yuwen Wen had no unhappy expression, she continued: "Even if the official army, even if they are stationed in the camp, consume food and grass every day, and the people have to serve labor every year, and the court does not need to pay remuneration for this."

"So, sending the government troops to attack and collecting the money and grain of the people for labor and building cities is definitely much less money and much cheaper than hiring the Beiyang Trading Company."

After hearing what Yuchi Chifan said, Yuwen Wen did not answer immediately, but looked out the window and looked at the grass and woods on the Han River shore.

After the beginning of spring, he was not idle. He took his family out to patrol Jingxiang, Shannan, and drove on Wuguan Road to Jingzhou. He boarded a ship in Fancheng. He wanted to go down the Han River and go to the Han Mian area, and see with his own eyes the achievements of the Han Mian development.

This is not for "traveling on public funds", but for seeing with your own eyes how his layout is progressing.

Only by seeing it with your own eyes can he be confident to use this as a basis for decision-making and implement his own series of plans.

Yuwen Wen withdrew his gaze, looked at the somewhat anxious queen, and replied: "Yes, generally speaking, it is the most cost-effective to recruit people to serve labor and work, and it will not cause too much burden on the court's finances."

"The soldiers of the government should serve the country. They don't need to put the ready-made army, but instead have to spend extra money to hire people to fight. This is indeed a waste of time to increase the financial burden..."

"There are obviously relatively low-cost ways to solve problems, so why do you still have to choose a costly way to do things?"
Chapter completed!