Liaodong, Fushun, Yuwen Wen, who had been on tour here, was in an open-pit coal mine mining area. Looking at the busy figures in the mining area, listening to the roar of machines, and looking at the mountains of coal piled up in the coal yard, I felt relaxed and happy.

He wore a "safety helmet" on his head, work clothes, and "labor protection boots" on his feet, like an ordinary mine employee. He stood on the high platform of the mining area, looking down at the open-pit coal mine area like a washbasin, and asked the technicians who were accompanying him to visit from time to time.

Fushun was one of the former places of Xuantu during the Han Dynasty and later occupied by Goguryeo. After the Liaodong Campaign, it returned to the jurisdiction of the Central Plains court. Yuwen Wen knew about the famous "Fushun Coal Mine" in later generations, so he changed the name to Fushun, and then invested manpower and material resources to explore coal mines, and then carried out large-scale mining.

Because it is "answer the questions according to the answer", and the mining technology and management system of coal mines are the same as those of Yecheng Pingdingshan Coal Mine, the mining progress of coal mines in Fushun is very fast.

Now it is the 19th year of Mingde. Eight years have passed. The open-pit coal mine in Fushun has begun to take shape. There are now small trains operating on the coal transportation tracks in the mining area.

The train that was successfully tested in Ezhou, Central Plains was soon promoted to major coal and iron mine areas and mining areas across the country. The steam engine technicians from various mining areas used existing steam boilers, steam engine accessories and homemade mine pulling trains based on technical principles and ran directly on the existing tracks in the mining area.

Although this kind of homemade small train is a bit simple, its performance is basically useful. It can pull the mine trucks that many horses tow in groups on normal slopes and walk to the exit at a speed of 20 miles per hour (uphill).

Coal mines are not short of coal, so with this new type of transportation tool, the mining area saves a lot of manpower and horsepower. Not only does the coal transport speed much faster, but it can also invest more manpower to mine coal mines and increase the daily mining volume.

Of course, this kind of small train can also attract people. Miners take small trains to get out of the mine and leave the mine, saving labor and time, and can also improve mining efficiency.

Yuwen Wen looked at the small mine transport train walking on the winding tracks, and listened to the roar of the train, as if he heard the pulse of the times.

Railways are the blood vessels of industrial society. The roar of trains is the pulse of industrial society. The telegram lines arranged along the railway are like nerves, and the sufficient coal supply is the food that supports industrial society.

These things are now available with Yu Wen Wen's efforts. Although today's society is still far from industrial society, the seeds he planted himself have grown into seedlings and one day they will grow into towering trees.

This is true in the Central Plains, and so will in Liaodong.

With the help of steam engines, Liaodong, which has been abandoned for many years, will soon become a hot land. People use steam pumps to drain the swamps, use steam pumps to irrigate farmland, and use iron farm tools to reclaim land, turning countless wastelands into fertile fields.

With land, food, and safe settlements, more people will be attracted to settle in Liaodong. As a large number of people in the Central Plains flock to Liaodong to settle, guarding their homes with muskets and cannons, and setting up settlements will never appear in Liaodong again.

The premise of all this is that steam machinery is widely popularized in Liaodong, and to enable steam machinery to operate, there must be sufficient coal supply.

Therefore, Fushun Coal Mine appeared in time.

The coal quality of this open-pit coal mine is good and the veins are large, so the mining scale will become larger and larger in the future. The produced coal will be transported to the upper and lower reaches of the water route.

With the coal supply from Fushun and the steamships as a means of transportation, the coastal cities along the Liaoshui River and its main tributaries will not be short of coal. The steam machinery roaring everywhere is like pacemakers, making Liaodong's "heartbeat" faster and more powerful.

Yuwen Wen stayed in Gaotai for more than an hour and was very satisfied with the current situation of the mining area. However, he was not in a hurry to leave, but instead moved to the mining area office and had a discussion with the technicians.

Fushun Coal Mine was established with the help of Zhongyuan mining technicians. Among these technicians from Zhongyuan, many are from Daye, Ezhou, and many are from Pingdingshan Coal Mine in Yecheng. Most of them are veterans who have been engaged in mining for many years.

The iron ore and coal mines in Daye area were developed on a large scale under the position of local officials of Yuwen Wen. Later, a group of people were transferred to Pingdingshan, Yecheng to mine coal mines. Therefore, many of the technicians who are in charge of the Fushun Coal Mine are considered to be Yuwen Wen's old subordinates at that time.

The old subordinates left their hometown and came to the distant Liaodong to start mining and settle down (support the border). Since Yuwen Wen went to Liaodong here, he naturally had to convene his old subordinates for a discussion, ask about their well-being and listen to everyone's voice.

I would like to ask if you are used to living in Liaodong, how is the winter situation, it is inconvenient to send postage to your hometown, etc.

Yuwen Wen has been a local official for many years, so he is very familiar with practice. The questions he asked are closely related to the daily life of technicians. I heard that everyone was doing well in Liaodong, and Yuwen Wen was very satisfied.

Then he asked the young technicians how Donghai maids were.

Donghai maid is a maid from Baekje, Silla, Goguryeo and Japan, collectively known as "Donghai maid".

The merchants in the Central Plains bought these maids from poor families from merchants from the East China Sea, and then taught Chinese and etiquette and resold them to the rich people in the Central Plains. Such a transaction has become a scale.

Now Donghai maids and Kunlun slaves are known together, and they are very popular in the Central Plains.

Asking this question in public was indeed a bit of that, let alone the emperor asked it himself, but Yuwen Wen himself didn't care. After all, this was considered a concern for the ministers. However, the young technicians present did not answer, nor did they not answer, they all blushed and were extremely embarrassed.

Seeing this, several older technicians quickly came out to rescue the scene: "Your Majesty, Donghai maids can do housework, be considerate, and warm the bed, which is very good."

"That's good, someone needs to take care of the family." Yuwen Wen nodded, understanding the embarrassment of these young people. "Everyone works during the day and works hard in the mining area. He can't go home and do things by himself."

"As men, they always have to get married, and then have children, so that they can explain their parents and ancestors. Otherwise, they will travel thousands of miles to Liaodong to support the development, but they will still be alone for many years. What does this mean?"

Yuwen Wen is a man, and of course he understands men's needs. Although the "young people supporting the border" may not really not be able to find a wife, the court appropriately provides "help" to solve personal needs, which is also a "humanized ruling measure."

The ratio of young men and women in the Central Plains has not reached an imbalance, but for "young people supporting the border" (promising young people who support the development of the border), it is not easy to find women who are willing to follow him to "support the border".

Therefore, the government’s practice of rewarding maids with outstanding performance and excellent year-end assessments can mobilize the enthusiasm of personnel. As for whether the maids are rewarded or ordinary maids or Donghai maids, it is actually nothing.

In Liaodong, Donghai maids became the "prize" for the government to reward outstanding officials and technical personnel, which gave many people who were far away from their hometowns in the Central Plains to Liaodong to serve the imperial court.

As for whether this "life partner" will become a wife or a concubine, that is the "winner"'s own business.

In fact, the court used this method to solve the marriage problem of "young people supporting the border", so that these people have a companion and someone to serve them, so life will not be difficult.

For Yuwen Wen, this is a means of killing two birds with one stone. First, it introduces young women to the country to solve the marriage problem of "young people supporting the border", and second, it is to cut off the source of the fire, allowing Baekje, Silla and even Goguryeo to lose a large number of young women, which in turn affects the domestic population growth rate.

Although the source of Donghai maids are poor women from all countries, and their domestic nobles and noble families will not lack women, the large loss of young women will reduce the marriage rate of ordinary people, and the number of newborns will decrease every year, which will last for twenty or thirty years, and the negative effects will appear:

As the national tax base (in-kind tax, labor service), the slow growth of the total number of ordinary civilians means that the growth of national strength will slow down. If the country conquers many years of war, it will become increasingly difficult to restore the population.

The Three Kingdoms of the Peninsula: Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla have been fighting for years, and the people in the country are in a difficult situation. Many farmers have gone bankrupt, either becoming tenant farmers or selling themselves as slaves, and selling their daughters as "Donghai maids" has become the helpless choice of many families.

With the loss of a large number of young women, more and more poor young people cannot find their wives and face increasingly severe oppression and exploitation, so the smuggling winds are becoming more and more intense.

This is Yuwen Wen's strategy to take advantage of the troubled waters and provoke a melee between the Three Kingdoms on the Peninsula. However, no country in the Three Kingdoms could break through the deadlock and just waste it. Then he secretly poached the enemy and used economic means to cause population loss in various countries.

Although this effect is limited, it is effective in the end. The melee of the Three Kingdoms will only become weaker and weaker. At the same time, Zhou and the Three Kingdoms make money by doing business, seize the time to develop Liaodong, so that the strength of the Liaodong region will grow rapidly.

As one goes up and down, the time to completely solve Goguryeo will gradually ripen.

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In Fushun City, in the inn where the palace is the main palace, Yan Wang Yuwen Weihan reported to his father Yuwen Wen about the situation of the Yalu River during his eastern tour. In the early Xia Dynasty, he arrived at the Yalu River Basin east of Liaodong as an observer, inspected the garrisons and settlements in various places, listened to the voices of the military and civilians, and now he summarized them and presented them to the imperial examination.

"Father, with steamships and support from all over the world, the fortresses, cities and villages on the front line of Yalushui have been living well. Military and commercial villages have developed, and many places have begun to be self-sufficient."

"The Yalu Water's ship repair yard has been put into use. With the help of spare parts sent by Zhongyuan, various types of steamships can be overhauled. In this way, it can ensure the Yalu Water shipping, support the Yalu Water Cannon fleet, support the coastal fortresses at any time, and counterattack the invading enemies."

"The south bank of Yalu River, military camps and Shang camps are also very good. The frontier fortress groups of the government troops have become a system. Even if the Goguryeo cavalry attacked, it would be difficult to penetrate several lines of defense of the government troops."

"In a few years, the fortresses on the south bank of Yalushui will be basically self-sufficiency, and the burden on the court will be reduced. When Liaodong can truly develop, relying on the nearby transportation of Liaodong's food and grass will be enough to support the court to recover and control the old places of the four counties of Han."

The former places of the four counties in the Han Dynasty must be recovered as long as the court has the ability. This is Yuwen Wen’s belief and it is also the belief he constantly instilled in his sons. But when he implements it, he must pay attention to strategies.

To recover the four counties of the Han Dynasty, Goguryeo and even Baekje had to be destroyed. This was not difficult in military terms, because the Tang Dynasty did this in history.

The problem is that the country is conquering the country immediately, but not the country immediately. Although the four counties of Han were recovered militarily, they had to defend the old land of the four counties of Han, but they could not just rely on war.

The Tang Dynasty recaptured the four counties of Han, and established prefectures and counties, and the Andong Governor's Office carried out direct rule. What was the result?

The imperial court's financial resources could not support a large number of troops stationed in the peninsula. In addition, the west was to fight against the Turks and Tubo, which forced the Tang court to join the main force of the army on the Western Front, so Silla began to cause trouble.

Taking advantage of the return of the Tang army, the main force of the Tang army instigated Goguryeo and the remaining people of Baekje rebelled, and taking advantage of the time when the Tang army was unable to suppress the rebellion, they directly sent troops to harass the Tang territory.

When the main force of the Tang army advanced eastward, Silla quickly shrank its troops and then sent envoys to seek peace.

After a few trips, Tang Ting could not bear the expense of repeatedly mobilizing troops eastward to combat the rebellion and retreating the enemy, so he could only gradually shrink the border, so that Silla finally succeeded in his treacherous plan and took all the Goguryeo and Baekje old places south of Yalu River.

The Tang Dynasty worked hard to kill Goguryeo and Baekje, but in the end all the benefits were taken to Silla.

Yuwen Wen didn't want to repeat such a mistake. He felt that since he wanted to do things, he had to do things well without leaving any future troubles.

He put down the information in his hand and asked his son: "Dalang, according to your opinion, is the time coming?"

Yuwen Weihan replied: "Father, the time has not come, so it is better to wait for a few more years."

"Oh? Why?"

"Father, it took nearly eight years of development in Liaodong. After finally opening up the situation, more and more people in the Central Plains began to enter Liaodong. If the war in the Eastern Expedition began, the people would probably have doubts. They were worried that they would be recruited by the government to go to the army after they arrived in Liaodong, so they gave up their thoughts. If this was the case, that would be bad."

"After the destruction of Goguryeo, Baekje will inevitably have a great increase in hostility, so the dynasty will sooner or later destroy Baekje. In this way, it will inevitably use troops for years. If the telegram line in the Central Plains is laid and directly to the Yalu River, then the government and the army will advance together and fight together, which will be like a tiger with wings."

"Secondly, Beishi is now organizing a business of "Donghai Maid", and is also trying to encourage Baekje, Silla and even Goguryeo to smuggle through poor and young people. This matter has begun to show results, but it will take time to achieve the expected results."

"As long as the dynasty wins over, cultivates and uses the poor young people of the Three Kingdoms who smuggle through the Danluo and even the Central Plains, they will be the best communication, guides and joining the army."

"In the future, the imperial court will set up prefectures and counties in the former places of the four Han counties and appoint these people to take charge of the place. They will inevitably be afraid of the old nobles and nobles in the Three Kingdoms to counterattack, so they will be relatively loyal to the court."

"But it takes time to train the military to join the army, and the time is on the dynasty, so the child thinks that the time to destroy Goguryeo is not ripe in general, so the court does not need to hurry."

As his son said, he knew that the Zhou State's national strength was changing with each passing day, so there was no need to hurry to completely recover the four counties of Han.

The former places of the four counties in the Han Dynasty must not only be recovered, but also be able to be completely "digested". Otherwise, once indigestion is inseparable, they will be forced to "spit out" sooner or later.

After the Li Tang Dynasty destroyed Goguryeo and Baekje, it was the Bohai Kingdom that appeared. The Silla fisherman gained profits. Why did he get it?
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