"Can't think of it? With your knowledge, will it not be able to think of it?" Yuwen Wen felt a little confused. Yang Ji actually gave up. He felt that he was talking too much, which caused the other party to ignore it.

"King, what if you can't think of it, so what if you think of it? There is something to do with priority. The king doesn't need to spend more time on the ridge, otherwise what is the difference between looking for fish in Yuanmu?"

"If a person has no dream, what is the difference between it and abalone?"

Yuwen Wen asked back, abalone is the name for salted fish in this era. After hearing this, Yang Ji smiled and did not answer. He felt that Yuwen Wen was really over-energy and always thought about things he shouldn't think about.

"After a while, it will be autumn. When the north wind blows, it will be when the foreign merchants return to their country. When they come back, it will be next spring and summer. Therefore, what new maritime trade measures should be implemented by the new government, and we must set them down before they set sail and try our best to inform them."

"What is the tax rate for sea ships entering the port and how much tax the buyer and seller have to pay is all their concerns. If you really want to plan Gudou Port into a sea trade port, you have to make a noise first. Otherwise, when people come next year, what should you do if you can't figure it out and turn around and run away?"

Yang Ji replied after hearing this: "King, this matter is handled by the officials. Please put your mind on the Central Plains. The Huangzhou Army, including the Hulin Army, can handle the Chen Army with ease, but in the future, it will probably only be a series of bloody battles."

"It's not that complicated. Either they defeated the first big battle and were defeated like a mountain; or it turned into a confrontation, and then the food route was cut off by the enemy's cavalry. In the end, the food was broken without fighting. Anyway, when fighting against enemies with more cavalry in the plains, it would be as miserable as possible. It would be better to think about something happy."

"Is it because the king wants to have joy in suffering?"

"What else? Huangzhou's cavalry is a young man. If you really want to fight, you can only defend yourself to the death, protect Shannan's flanks, and do your best to win the main force's decisive battle. I don't mind breaking into Henan and going to a wilderness in Huainan, but I'm afraid the end of the battle will be the wilderness."

"The king was joking. With barbed wire, our army was not helpless on the plains."

"However, the other party has a thunderbolt, and there are still many, haha." Yuwen Wen smiled, smiling a little helpless, "This can be considered a cocoon. Think about it, the Hulin Army, which has a long spear formation, cannot withstand the continuous thunderbolt just by defending it."

"If the Thunder of the Sky was really invincible, the official army would have taken Jiankang long ago, right? Why should the king play tricks on the officials? The development of sea trade cannot be planned overnight. Don't be impatient."

Seeing that Yuwen Wen was not giving up, Yang Ji began to pour cold water on him. He was not very familiar with the sea trade, but after Fan Yu understood the people's conditions everywhere, he probably had some understanding. It was precisely because of this that he had some deep worries about Yuwen Wen's ambition to plan the development of sea trade.

Yuwen Wen's wishful thinking was a joke, thinking that with Fanyu Port, the trade route from Xiyang Huangzhou to Jiangzhou and then crossing Dayu Ridge to Guangzhou Fanyu will be rich once it takes shape.

In general, Yang Ji believes that Yuwen Wen’s plan is fine, but if you think about it carefully, it will actually take several years before this trade route will be significantly profitable, and at the same time, it will face very severe competition.

There is actually a more convenient way to go from Xiyang, Huangzhou to Fanyu, Guangzhou, which is to first walk along the waterway and then head south along the coast to Fanyu.

This route saves time, effort and freight. When the north wind blows in autumn and winter, you may be able to arrive from Xiyang to Fanyu in less than half a month. What if you take the land route? About one month, the shipping along the way will be transported, horse-drawn, and people will pick up the freight soar.

Similarly, when the southeast wind blows in spring and summer, ships loaded with cargo sail north from Fanyu to move north to Yangzhou and turn into the Yangtze River. Although it is difficult to go up against the current, it is not impossible to sail.

In short, traveling between Fanyu and Xiyang can save time, effort and money than land. Although hurricanes are indeed troublesome in the coastal areas in summer and autumn, merchants are most sensitive to costs. Once the Zhou State pacifies the south of the Yangtze River, most merchants who go to Fanyu in the Yangtze River Basin are willing to take water (sea route).

In this way, the land trade route planned by Yuwen Wen is much less attractive, and there is a greater threat, that is, the seaport in the Central Plains, but more than Fanyu can allow Fanbang sea ships to berth.

If the Central Plains are unified, the maritime merchants from the south can directly sail north, skip Fanyu to reach the port on the border of Fengzhou, or head north to Kuaiji County in Yuezhou, or even arrive at Guangling Port in Yangzhou.

These are all ready-made ports, and Guangling is located at the junction of rivers, rivers and seas. Even in the original history, Guangling was a famous port in the world during the Sui and Tang Dynasties. Moreover, the Hangou near Guangling can communicate with the Henan and Henan water system, which is the prototype of the southern end of the Grand Canal during the Sui Dynasty.

It can be foreseeable that with the end of the confrontation between the north and the south, Yangzhou Guangling will surely become the world's largest water, sea and land gathering place, and become a cargo distribution center in Henan, Huainan, the Yangtze River Basin, and coastal areas. Why should Fanyu compete with Guangling?

Guangling has abundant products from Huainan and even Henan for capital, and Kuaiji has abundant products from Sanwu area for capital. There are large amounts of raw silk, silk, and porcelain in both ports. What the merchants want is these scarce goods, and they will definitely go to these two ports to do business without hesitation.

Yuwen Wen wanted to build a water and land trade route from Xiyang to Fanyu to win the power along the way to him. Yang Ji could understand this plan, but with the changes in the current situation, this plan may not be as effective as expected.

Merchants west of Jiangzhou and Jiangzhou will sooner or later consider going to Fanyu by water, so as to carry a large amount of porcelain, raw silk, and silk. If you go through water by land, cross Dayu Ridge and then go to Fanyu by water, the cost will not be low. Over time, everyone will inevitably make the most money-saving choice.

How to avoid this situation? That is what Yang Ji originally envisioned as "the root cause": it is stipulated that in the sea north of Xuwen, Fanbang sea ships could only dock at Fanyu Port for business, and use a method similar to sea ban to make Fanyu the only trading port in the coastal areas of the Central Plains and enjoy the profits of maritime trade.

Then we will train the navy and inspect the seas north of the Longbian, and order all sea ships to go to Fanyu to do business. This is the so-called root cause treatment, but does Yuwen Wen have the ability to turn it into reality? No.

The sea trade is huge profits, and it is not only Yuwen Wen who knows about this kind of thing. It is not only Yuwen Wen who colluded with officials and businessmen. It is not that Yuwen Wen started to do it. How many local officials and wealthy merchants are preparing to rely on Guangling and Kuaiji to make money in the sea trade.

This kind of force colluding with officials and businessmen is actually many times stronger than Yuwen Wen's small group. He dares to operate the maritime ban and makes Fan Yu the only foreign trade port. I am afraid that the memorials of impeachment will accumulate into mountains.

Unless he holds great power or even becomes the emperor, he can only issue such an order against the public. Yuwen Wen is still far from such a status, so Yang Ji feels it is boring to propose it.

"Not bad, you have made progress. It seems that you are really enlightened, but it's not enough, haha."

Yuwen Wen smiled and didn't look like he was hit at all. Yang Ji became arguing. He wanted to hear what the other party had wrong, but he saw that Yuwen Wen used one of the thirty-six strategies: "It's not too early, so I have to go back."

"Master, Master! Why did the Master avoid answering?"
Chapter completed!