"Fengshan? Why do we need to Fengshan Mountain?"

"If you don't have Fengshan, what will Erlang do to Qingqi?"

"Isn't it okay to eat seafood? There are so many seafood on the coast of the East China Sea..."

In the evening, in the bedroom, Yuwen Wen sat cross-legged on the couch and looked at the railway planning map. Yuchi Mingyue, whose abdomen was slightly raised, sat on the chair beside the couch reading newspapers. The two of them were watching and chatting, talking about the Xulai Railway.

In two months, the Xulai Railway will be officially opened. Yuwen Wen and Yuchi Mingyue mentioned that in a few years, the whole family will go to Qingqi to take a walk. Yuchi Mingyue’s first reaction is that his husband is going to Fengshan Mountain.

Fengshan Mountain Tai is a major event for the king. Since Qin Shihuang, the promising kings of the Han Dynasty, such as Emperor Wu of Han and Emperor Guangwu of Han, all climbed Mount Tai and held the Fengshan Ceremony.

Yuchi Mingyue felt that Fengshan Mountain was the greatest ceremony to prove the emperor's majesty. As an emperor with great achievements, my husband should have gone to Fengshan Mountain Mountain, but Yuwen Wen felt inexplicably:

What should I do for the Fengshan Mountains for no reason?

Do I need to prove my political achievements by doing such a big scene?

Shandong is not the only attraction of Mount Tai. I go to Jiaozhou Bay to eat seafood. Can’t surf?

In Yuwen Wen's subconscious, Mount Tai is just a tourist attraction. Of course, he also knows that Fengshan Mount Tai is of great significance, but he always feels that there is no need to do it.

"Of course it's necessary. Erlang's achievements are so great..." Yuchi Mingyue was a little excited as she said. Yuwen Wen quickly advised: "Okay, okay, you're pregnant, don't be so excited."

Yuchi Mingyue still asked: "Why don't Erlang want to Fengshan?"

Yuwen Wen felt that explaining the situation to a woman is a waste of time, so he directly threw out two words: "Save money."

These two words directly blocked what Yuchi Mingyue wanted to say next. She really couldn't figure out why her husband was so rich, so sometimes he was as stingy as a miser.

After thinking about it, she retorted: "Save money, why do you still eat fresh sea fish in the palace? It's not cheap to ship it from the East China Sea."

The rebuttal was angry, Yuwen Wen glanced at Yuchi Mingyue, looked at the slightly raised belly, and withdrew his gaze.

It is normal for pregnant women to have a more irritable temper and their emotions are prone to fluctuations. Not only Yuchi Mingyue, Chen Hua, who was pregnant last fall, and Chen Hua, who was pregnant at the end of the year, all became "irritable" to varying degrees, so he did not care about pregnant women.

"Hey, think about it..." Yuwen Wen stood up, sat next to Yuchi Mingyue, gently stroked his beloved concubine's bulging belly with one hand, and said slowly: "In the inland, fresh sea fish are luxury goods, and ordinary people can't afford it."

"But wealthy businessmen can afford to consume, and wealthy people can afford to consume. The problem is that the royal family does not take the lead in spending, so who dares to eat openly?"

"Think about it, think about it, your sister chatted with the foreigners and sighed... 'Oh, everything is good in Chang'an, but I can't eat fresh sea fish'. Do you think that after the foreigner returns, he will throw away the fresh sea fish he bought at home and never buy it again?"

Yuchi Mingyue thought about it and nodded.

There are too many things that the royal family has to eat. If this kind of thing is spread, when encountering a petty emperor and queen, I am afraid it is not going to cause trouble.

Of course, she knew that her brother-in-law and sister were not that kind of people, but this is the reason:

Yuwen Wen found out that he made sense and continued to analyze: "The sales of fresh sea fish have dropped sharply. Who still uses steamships to carry seawater to Chang'an and transported them to Chang'an? Our family wants to lead the new trend of life and food and promote high-end consumption, so the money that should be spent has to be spent."

"Aren't the heating in winter and the air conditioning in summer all driven by our family? This has driven an industry!"

"Besides, merchants make a lot of money by selling fresh sea fish, so they can make small profits and sell more barreled fish at low prices. Look, from last fall to now, are there more barreled barreled fish sold on the market in Chang'an? Is the price always falling?"

Yuchi Mingyue nodded because the newspaper reported it, and she remembered an advertisement slogan that merchants were talking about:

I won’t accept gifts during the Chinese New Year this year, so I will receive pickled fish if I receive gifts!

She wanted to laugh at this vulgar advertising slogan once she heard it, but it is undeniable that at the end of last year, buying abalone (salted fish, that is, pickled fish) as New Year's goods became a fashion for the people of Chang'an.

In order to promote the development of the marine fishing industry, the imperial court implemented policies of reducing freight and taxes, so a large number of barreled pickled fish were sold in the inland areas, becoming an ordinary food in the inland areas such as Guanzhong.

"Now, the money should be spent. We eat fresh sea fish, but we pay at the price. There is no forced buying and selling, which sets an example, which has led to the development of the entire industry."

Yuwen Wen explained patiently.

"Where to go to Mount Tai? Apart from gaining a false reputation and spending money, what profit can it generate? It's better to build a few more miles of railways, right?"

Yuwen Wen said, pointing to the news in the newspaper in Yuchi Mingyue’s hand: “Look, the Lanqin Railway has just been opened for trial and is about to be officially launched, and the number of passenger and trucks will be filled immediately.”

Yuchi Mingyue nodded: "Yes, I heard from the outsiders that the Lanqin Railway was completed and the Longyou area was full of joy. At that time, cotton and animal husbandry products from the Longyou area could be transported to Guanzhong at a lower cost."

Yuwen Wen got up and brought the railway route map he looked at and spread it to Yuchi Mingyue: "So, money cannot be spent randomly. Good steel should be used on the blade. The court built railways, and priority should be given to areas where waterways cannot be connected."

"This is true for Longyou, and the same is true for the eastern and western Taihang Mountains. Look, the railway from Shuozhou to Bingzhou is opened to traffic, and the Jingxing railway from Jinyang to the eastern Taihang Mountains will be almost opened to traffic by the end of the month."

"The Jingxing Line is more than 400 miles long. After almost three years of construction, it has finally been completed. The western end is Jinyang and the eastern end is Zhending. Zhending is located on the Hebei Plain. More than 400 miles south is Yecheng. And these more than 400 miles will be connected to the railway at the end of the year."

"At that time, Jinyang and Yecheng can be connected by railways in the whole length, and the land transportation between the east and west sides of Taihang Mountain will finally undergo a qualitative change."

Yuchi Mingyue looked at the road map and couldn't help but be amazed at the Jingxing Line, the railway project that spans the Taihang Mountains. Yuwen Wen stood up and walked back and forth, expressing his joy: "It's only worth spending money here, right?"

"In the past few years, the court will have to build railways in the next few years, but the finance cannot support it, so it has to rely on private fundraising and railway companies supervised by officials and commercial offices to build railways."

"To this end, the court formulated a package of railway construction plans, implemented in installments, and also issued treasury bonds to raise funds in installments. This plan is like a roadmap, and everyone must follow the roadmap."

"Think about it, what would I think if I had the Fengshan Ceremony of Mount Tai at this time, and it would cost a lot of money and food in the national treasury, what would the people in the world think?"

"People will definitely say 'Oh, the emperor has no money to build railways and has money to organize the Fengshan Ceremony of Mount Tai. Isn't this a great joy to achieve?'"

Yuwen Wen's careful explanation made Yuchi Mingyue realize it suddenly, but she still spoke for her husband: "Erlang has made so many achievements. If he did not sacrifice Mount Tai, wouldn't it be... Isn't it... a night in brocade clothes?"

Yuwen Wen smiled and shook his head: "My credit does not need to be demonstrated by Fengshan Mountain."

"They will integrate into the memories of the people of the world with official roads and railways that cross mountains and ridges, newly developed land, emerging cities, ports, and trade routes..."
Chapter completed!