Looking back at the villa, the quiet Yuan Fang did not come back, Guan Xiaoyun reached out and touched the heads of the two ewes who had been mixed with him, threw a large handful of feed into it, and looked up in the direction of the palace: "If only they could bring something delicious back." After speaking, he took a bite of the cold steamed bun, turned around and went to the chicken coop, taking care of these chickens, ducks and two goats is already Guan Xiaoyun's daily work.

In the palace, Yang Xing withdrew from others and chatted with Yuan Fang about the hot air balloon, and when Yuan Fang finished talking about what happened before, Yang Xing was still a little confused, and flew into the sky, which is indeed a happy thing, but why Yuan Fang values Yang Xing so much is very curious.

When Yuan Fang clarified the long-conceived concept of the air force, Yang Xing suddenly realized that he was amazed by Yuan Fang's idea, especially the role of large-scale air-to-ground bombing and precision decapitation that Yuan Fang talked about, Yang Xing was even more excited.

According to what Yuan Fang said, if this kind of hot air balloon can be equipped with troops on a large scale and fly into the sky with a large number of cans of fire oil, at that time, there is no longer a city wall that can resist the edge of the Eastern Sage Empire, not to mention the expansion of the territory, invincible, at least at this stage in the face of the siege of Yuanhe, Ningyuan and Liusang, there should be no big problem in self-preservation.

Imagination is not good, but the reality is cruel, when Xiaomei asked about the cost of a hot air balloon, Yuan Fang quoted a staggering price of semi-finished products, Yang Xing's face became ugly, and the illusion of having an invincible army was shattered. Yuan Fang returned to reality from his infinite imagination, thinking of the current empire's finances and the extremely empty treasury, and then looking at the lunch with only a dozen dishes, Yuan Fang put down his wine glass and was silent.

Yang Xing grabbed Yuan Fang's sign and pleaded, "Boss, you have to help me." ”

During this time, Yang Xing almost lost his gray hair for money, Xiaomei was distressed, but she didn't have any good way, now that Yuan Fang's backbone is back, Xiaomei looked at Yuan Fang with expectation: "Brother, help us." Yuan Fang's heart ached, this was the first time Xiaomei took the initiative to ask for herself, and it was also the first time she saw Yang Xing so helpless, Yuan Fang wanted to help, but he didn't have any good way.

Expanding trade with neighboring countries, selling some new products and specialties to other countries, and vigorously developing aquaculture and out-of-season agriculture, although these are profitable, they need a long period of development to be effective, and cannot solve the urgent needs of the moment, the foundation of the empire has been hollowed out, and it is too difficult to make up for it.

Yuan Fang's head kept thinking about how to make money quickly, and the answers he got were rejected one by one, those quick money-making deals are nothing more than arms and flour, but Yuan Fang didn't plan to touch these two things, 'flour' is harmful to others and himself, and it must not be touched, otherwise after many years, mankind may perish because of this, and Yuan Fang does not want to become a sinner who leads to genocide.

As for arms, Yuan Fang wants to sell this kind of thing, but there is nothing that can be obtained from the armaments and weapons of the Eastern Saint Empire, or that others have what they have, so why should they pay a high price for your things? This is unrealistic, the only selling point now is the hot air balloon, but is Yuan Fang willing to sell it to other countries? Of course not, who knows that after other countries have mastered this technology, they will find fog stones or substitutes, or develop other new technologies to make the balloon fly into the sky, it is difficult to say whether they will turn against the crumbling Eastern Sage Empire with rich financial resources, so Yuan Fang can't take risks, at least before there is no effective weapon to deal with the hot air balloon, Yuan Fang will not do that, it is to seek a dead end with the tiger.

If these two deals can't be done, then what's left? Yuan Fang thought of robbery, and he could shoot the bandits in the dark night disguised themselves as Jiangyang thieves and robbed those local tyrants and wealthy businessmen who were not benevolent to the rich, but in this way, the security of the empire would definitely fall into chaos, and everyone with money would be in danger, and the people would be afraid, and the order that had finally stabilized was likely to collapse.

Suddenly, Yuan Fang's eyes lit up, he couldn't be powerful in his own empire, but he could go to other countries to rob and plunder, such as the Ningyuan Empire in chaos, such as the Yuanhe Empire with evil intentions.

Yuan Fang told Yang Xing his thoughts, Yang Xing was still a little embarrassed at first, after all, as the emperor of a country, sending people to other countries to loot, if the matter is revealed, not only will it lose face, but it will even be suppressed by the joint efforts of all countries, but thinking about the current form, it seems that there is no other way to alleviate the current financial pressure, but it can only be so.

After Yuan Fang learned of Yang Xing's difficulties, he patted his chest and said: "This matter will be handed over to me, I will send the members of the dark night to the Ningyuan Empire and the Yuanhe Empire to rob and kidnap in my personal name, even if the matter is revealed, it is my business alone, and if you don't admit it when the time comes, others will not be able to do anything about you." ”

Yang Xing said gratefully: "Boss, it's really difficult for you, don't worry, this matter is over, I promise to surprise you." ”

Yuan Fang rolled his eyes and said, "Don't tell me about those useless things, let's give me my military salary first, I'm borrowing money to live now." ”

Yang Xing waved his hand and said: "Boss, don't worry, in this way, from now on, all the expenses on your side will be counted as the empire's, anyway, the military hospital is also subordinate to the empire, and the expenses will naturally be borne by the empire." ”

Yuan Fang frowned and said: "There are so many people, food, clothing, housing and transportation also cost a lot of money, are you sure to do this?" ”

Yang Xing smiled: "Although the empire is short of money, it is not so bad, boss, you can rest assured, I know this matter in my heart." "Yuan Fang didn't be polite to Yang Xing, indeed, the cost of the military hospital is nothing to an empire, it's just a drop in the bucket.

After dinner, Yang Xing and Yuan Fangyou discussed the matter of the scientific examination, determined the topic, arranged the examination room, Yuan Fang said goodbye and left, first went to the dark night headquarters, wrote a letter, and sent someone to secretly send Ren Fei and Luo Siping, who were lurking in the Rather Empire and the Yuanhe Empire, and asked them to try to find a way to get more silver back, as for stealing or robbing Yuan Fang, it doesn't matter, but Yuan Fang repeatedly emphasized that the participants must ensure loyalty, otherwise if someone escapes with money, it will be a lot of fun, this kind of thing is Luo Siping's old business, Yuan Fang believed that Luo Siping should be able to handle it well.

After all, looting property by surprise is not a long-term solution, and developing the economy is the right way, Yuan Fang hid in the study for a long time after returning home, and wrote a lot of things, such as encouraging the people to develop the breeding industry, such as encouraging farmers to open up wasteland to grow food and medicinal materials, such as developing industry, establishing state-owned specialized factories, and mass-producing civilian and military materials.