"Our artillery is over. Who knows where those Qi people will come out." A Chu Army intermediate artillery officer said worriedly.

"What is your artillery? We infantry, infantry, and those Qi people are simply unkillable. Alas!" Said a Chu Army infantry officer shaking his head and walking away. Such an order made Chu Jun worry about it. However, the offensive layer of the Chu army was also under pressure, and the serious logistical supply situation could no longer allow the Chu army to continue to support it. If the war continues, then the nobles of Chu will stop the war. Those generals were under pressure and had to attack Linzi City at all costs. No matter how many casualties they cost, they wanted Linzi City.

"The queen knows the situation of Qi." Although Tian Heng sat on the soft sofa, he was very tortured. Such suffering made him feel extremely frightened.

"Well, we all understand the affairs of Qi and the generals. However, Qin has unilaterally withdrawn and ended the summit. The South Korean side is intentional and powerless." Zhang Liang believes that Qi’s problem is not South Korea. Can be resolved. This required Qin's support, but Qin suddenly unilaterally withdrew. This made it difficult for South Korea to support the situation. South Korea decided to put aside the Qi state issue.

"Qi State's situation." Tian Heng couldn't even describe himself.

"That's all we can do." Zhang Liang looked at Tian Heng helplessly and said.

"So, then Qi Guo." Tian Heng looked at Zhang Liang in pain.

Han Shu turned his face and looked at other places. He knew that Qi Guo needed South Korea's help in particular, but South Korea could do nothing. South Korea's actual benefits in Qi are too small. This is not enough for South Korea to intervene. In addition, South Korea itself is not very strong. This has greatly made South Korea decide to get rid of things like Qi. South Korea plans to stop and wait for changes in Qin.

Just when diplomacy was in a deadlock. South Korea’s maritime industry is also actively expanding.

"We have now established our own colony on this big island. I heard that the Chu people have established an entire colony along the coastline." A South Korean captain pointed to the map and said.

"You are talking about the Gold Coast." "Assault." The captain of the ship. Zhang Er said.

"En. It's the Gold Coast." The South Korean captain said. The captain is an armed vessel. Such ships simply have more weapons than merchant ships. But the total number of weapons and the quality are far lower than those of regular warships.

"The Chu people are expanding very quickly. I heard that they have expanded to the South China Sea." Zhang Er said at this time.

"They have established various strongholds, large and small, along the coastline on the Gold Coast. These strongholds are connected by merchant ships. They have tightly formed a complete commercial line. Let us look at Korea. At present, there are only islands. There are no lines. Moreover, there are few indigenous people on these islands, most of which are wood. These woods can only be used to build ships. Paper is really impossible to do other things. Without economic benefits, those merchants are unwilling to come.” Zhang The second said.

"We also want to develop into the South China Sea," said a merchant captain among the negotiators.

"En. To develop towards the South China Sea." Zhang Er said.

The Chu people developed along the coast. They went all the way to the south. As long as there was a coastline, they would go all the way. Along the way, they continued to open up their own colonies. Most of these colonies occupied the coastal areas. And these coastal areas, in the process of continuous expansion, rely on merchant ships for trade. They captured local indigenous people and sold them to Qin as slaves. They brought all kinds of daily commodities from Qin and sold them to the local indigenous people. During the war, trade was carried out, and most of the transactions used gold for on-the-spot transactions. The amount of trade was unprecedentedly huge. Therefore, this coastline is called the Gold Coast.

But the Gold Coast is just a coastline, with only a few strongholds deep inland less than forty miles deep, and most strongholds are built on the coast. In other words, the colony at this time only relied on the coastline and did not go further inland. Because going deep inland requires a lot of military force, but in terms of force, the colony lacks a large armed force to support it.

There are many reasons. The colonies on the Golden Coast of Chu State were mainly formed by immigrants spontaneously formed in Chu State. And these are not acts of the state, but South Korea is acts of the state, the state supports the expansion of foreign colonies. Chu State was completely forced.

In terms of financial support, the State of Chu completely relies on a class. This class is the Chu merchant class, and merchants are the main force in such activities. From financial support to material support, the role of the merchant is very important.

But the financial resources of businessmen are very limited. They cannot compare with the power of a country in terms of financial and human resources. As a result, the Chu colony lacked armed forces. Or it is a powerful armed force expanding inland in depth.

At this time, the Chu State's armed forces were being consumed internally. They continued to carry out devastating tax collections within the country, and such levying blows further plunged Chu State into disaster.

In order to avoid such disasters, more Chu people chose to go out and enter the colony. Where do they hope to find their own space? The issue of taxation has become a question of the survival of the people of various countries.

"But if we enter the South China Sea. We need more support. At present, we only have this big island for support, and we still lack the strength to expand further." said a young chief mate.

"At this time, I rushed into the South China Sea. I think something is wrong." The chief officer said.

"En." Zhang Er nodded.

"The South China Sea is dangerous. However, this is something I must go through for South Korea to expand overseas business. Everything in the world has its dangerous side. If we give up just because of the danger, we will be too sorry for the king." Zhang Er Said.

"Even the most dangerous thing, we have to try it." Zhang Er decided.

"En." The others nodded.

"How will it be implemented?" the chief officer then asked.

"We are still looking for nearby islands as support." Zhang Er looked at the others and said.

"The Chu people’s colonies came along the coastline. Our colonies depend on islands. As long as they are overseas islands, we occupy these islands and establish our own colonies. The most reliable is our colonies because they are far away from the coastline. , Can avoid the invasion of those pirates, ordinary pirates do not have accurate navigational instruments, these are our advantages, we have these instruments, we can accurately identify the direction, plus our navigational map, we can accurately find Those seafaring islands are a very big advantage for us, and these are pirates, things that Chu people don't have." Zhang Er continued to analyze.

"We just have to rely on our advantages and expand, so that our colony can be established on the island." Zhang Er said.

"I think that the crux of the problem is not these." At this time, a businessman stood up and said.

"The establishment of a colony is not only a place to live, but also trade. Only trade can bring taxes and taxes. We can further build prosperity. Our colony can expand further, and everyone has it. More money to make." The businessman said.

"En, let's go on." Zhang Er nodded, thinking that what the other party said was quite reasonable.

"Our colony must have a place to make money. Only profitable business can allow our colony to expand further." The businessman said.

"At present, the most profitable business, in addition to various trades, is the slave business, and there is also the tea business. Tea, silk, etc. The people of Chu are monopolized. It is difficult for us to enter." The merchant said.

"Now the people of Qin people have a great demand for tea. In terms of tea consumption, they don't cherish money. Moreover, tea is a necessity. People of Qin people can eat less a day, but they won't not drink tea." The merchant said.

"Are we on the tea? Think of something," the merchant said.

"That's right. The tea business is indeed very good." Zhang Er nodded and said.

"But, the technology of tea." Zhang Er said hesitantly.

"Don't we have agricultural college students from the Qin country?" the businessman said.

"There are everywhere here. I don't believe it, there is no place where you can grow tea," said the merchant. As Qin people's lives became more and more prosperous, tea, a drink that was originally an upper class, quickly became popular in Qin. Coupled with the increase in meat consumption of Qin people, people urgently need a healthy drink that can digest these cholesterol to replace it. At this time, the demand for tea rose rapidly. However, there is only one country that produces tea, and that is the State of Chu. The State of Chu completely monopolized the production and sales of tea. It is such a monopoly. Let the tea business flourish.

The people of Qin people not only enjoy tea themselves, they also expand their tea. All kinds of tea drinks are flooding the market of Qin country. Through a walk in the market, tea is entering the expansion area of ​​Qin country, the Western Regions, Qilian Mountains. area. The northern grassland, and the northeastern region. The price of tea is more expensive than gold. Tea drinking is not only a characteristic of Qin people, but a status symbol. This is a symbol of civilization. If you are a civilized person, you must drink tea. This is an important reason for the rapid increase in tea sales. Tea has become an important strategic resource. This resource is a natural agricultural product. The State of Chu is taking advantage of this agricultural product in exchange for a favorable position in trade.