After Yang Song returned to Zhongjing from Linhai City, he summoned the other party first before Zhang Juzheng came to him.

Yang Song told Zhang Juzheng a rough idea of ​​the development of the navy. Anyway, no matter what, Yang Song meant that he was in and out of words was to ask Zhang Juzheng to give him money.

Zhang Juzheng was so angry, but he couldn't vent his anger. He could only argue according to reason, which showed that Xia State still had a lot of money.

"Uncle, I know all of what you said." Yang Song waved his hand to stop Zhang Juzheng, who was anxious and jumped, and explained: "I didn't ask the Cai Pavilion to spend so much money at once, I just need to allocate more to the Navy in the annual budget."

Zhang Juzheng took two deep breaths and calmed his heart. According to Yang Song, he thought for a while and replied: "Since His Majesty has said this, I will do whatever he wants."

"If there is something wrong in the future, I hope Your Majesty will inform you in advance, so I will be prepared." After reluctantly agreeing to Yang Song's request, Zhang Juzheng was afraid that Yang Song would suddenly get rid of some troubles in the future, so he had to say hello helplessly.

Zhang Juzheng had no choice. He was just a "subject" and Yang Song was the king. He could only follow the order, but if he really agreed to everything, he only had so much income a year, and the money did not fall from the sky.

So many times Zhang Juzheng would argue with Yang Song with his head. Fortunately, Yang Song is also a wise king and would not blame him for it, otherwise Zhang Juzheng would have moved with his head long ago.

This time, Zhang Juzheng also received some news from the navy, but was actually mentally prepared. The "attack" just now showed Yang Song more about the difficulties of his head of the wealth pavilion.

The construction of the domestic railway network in Xia and the railway connecting the northern ice and snow kingdoms requires a large amount of funds every year.

There is also the development of people's livelihood in Xia, education, water conservancy, transportation, science and technology, medical care, sports... Which of these places can be less money?

Not to mention the rigid expenditure of military expenditures, if the Xia Kingdom can grow step by step, there is no place that does not use money.

Now even a few years old children in Xia State know that the economic foundation determines superstructure, which shows that Xia State is most concerned about economic development.

In the past, before occupying the territory outside the pass, the main development direction of Xia State was to be military, but even so, other aspects were just different priorities? Not without development.

Otherwise, it would not have been a few decades before the Xia Kingdom developed from the cold weapons era to the current steam era. Of course? The information from the library rewarded by the system has helped a lot.

However, the information rewarded by the system is only basic, without further application technology and in-depth information? It is equivalent to the system just opening the door to Xia Guo.

The rest of the things that cross the gate or continue moving forward or wander outside the gate are all the choices of Xia Guo? Even if someone gives you a seed, you still need to work hard and water it, and finally grow into a towering tree.

Not to mention that Xia Guo has grown into a towering tree now, but at least it has been cultivated by Yang Song to a small tree that is not easily destroyed by wind and rain.

Yang Song’s next goal is to continue to cultivate the strong little tree in Xia Kingdom into a towering tree.

It’s not that he doesn’t have a bigger and farther goal? It’s not that Yang Song doesn’t want to use the wood of this towering tree to build a strong ship to ride the wind and waves? It’s that his lifespan as a human is limiting his pace!

This year (the eighth year of Qiyuan), Yang Song is already fifty years old and has long reached the age of knowing his destiny? Many times he feels that he is unable to do so. He only hopes that the successors of Xia Kingdom can continue to move forward with the ambitions of his ancestors!

"Oh~!" Yang Song sat alone in the study, looking at the pile of things he had just dealt with? He looked down at the dark spots on his hand, and sighed without realizing it.

Even if you have the passion of eternal times, you will never be able to compete with the vicissitudes of time!

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At the end of the 12th year of Qiyuan (the 41st year of the Apocalypse), the city of Zhongjing was particularly prosperous this year, and foreign officials would return to Beijing to report their duties? Not to mention that this was the last year before His Majesty Yang Song, the emperor, died.

According to news from the palace, it is said that the Crown Prince Yang Xian will hold a grand celebration for Yang Song’s 60th birthday next year, so the merchants who received the news early rushed to Beijing at this time to see if there is any profit.

Not only businessmen, but also students from other places, the people who came to join in the fun all rushed to Zhongjing City, bringing an unprecedented crowd to this already prosperous city.

To this end, officials inside and outside Zhongjing City urgently issued policies to restrict the flow of people, otherwise there would be no way to settle down in Zhongjing City.

The bustling and prosperity of Zhongjing City is also busy in the palace, not for anything else, but for the upcoming year-end dynasty meeting.

Over the years, especially in the past five years, the changes in Xia Kingdom have been changing day by day, and only makes people sigh that they cannot keep up with the pace of the times.

If the foreigners came to Xia Kingdom five years ago again, they would find that the changes in Xia Kingdom were far beyond their imagination.

Taller buildings stand layer by layer, and there are many things I have never seen before, and all kinds of steaming machines fill the streets and alleys...

The changes brought about by the continuous development over the past five years have been very great. Not to mention other things, the application and popularity of steam engines are completely different from before.

Five years ago, steam engines only existed in various factories, most of which were state-owned factories. However, now, steam engines have penetrated into the people.

The novel steam locomotives that appear on the street from time to time are emitting black smoke and pulling the cargo in a car and moving forward diligently; there are even escalators driven by steam engines in large shops...

If Yang Song hadn't known that this was a change brought about by Xia Guo's technicians in-depth research, he would have thought he had entered a steampunk world again.

The benefits brought by the popularization and application of steam engines are self-evident, but the disadvantages are not lacking, that is, the environmental pollution is particularly great.

In the city, the past blue sky and white clouds have been replaced by the gray sky at this time; the first thing the people who work for a day when they return home has become bathing and changing clothes, otherwise the dust on their bodies will be unbearable.

Fortunately, Yang Song knew that this was a disadvantage brought by technological progress and could not be changed by manpower. Unless he gave up the use of steam engines and the development of science and technology, this situation would continue until humans could use sufficient clean energy.

But is it possible to give up the development of technology and the use of steam engines? The answer is already well known!
Chapter completed!