"You are back." Meng Yi said anxiously when he saw Shang Wen who had returned.

"En. What happened recently?" Shang Wen asked.

"There are many things." Meng Yi said to Shang Wen.

"It's like this, you look at this telegram first." Meng Yi handed Li Mu's telegram to Shangwen.

Shang Wen took the telegram to check it.

"Li Mu's request was a bit too fast." Shang Wen said.

"Yes, our bankers say the same, and they all oppose it." Meng Yi said to Shang Wen.

"Against?" Shang Wen asked Meng Yi.

"Yes." Meng Yi nodded.

"Yes. It should be opposed." Shang Wen thought for a while.

"The reason for their opposition is their opposition to the bill business." Shang Wen said.

"Yes. How do you know?" Meng Yi asked.

"How to know. If you analyze it from the perspective of a banker, you will understand." Shang Wen said.

“Qin’s bankers, especially those in Guanzhong, are doing everything they can to maintain their current dominant position. Qin’s city bank only has exchange services but cannot issue bills. That’s why, and Zhao Guoren I didn't understand this, so I came in at once." Shang Wen said.

"Oh." Meng Yi suddenly understood Shang Wen's meaning, and the banker of Qin State did so. From the interests of the bankers, everything is explained.

"Just, what should we do?" Meng Yi asked.

"What to do?" Shang Wen looked at Meng Yi.

"To be honest, from a long-term point of view, the liberalization of the bill business will be of great help to the development of our banking industry, because we can allow the other party to rely on us if we allow them to independently establish an additional system The existence of, in this case, time will take a long time, which is not a good thing for us." Shangwen said.

"En." Meng Yi nodded.

"However, it is not yet possible. This is a patent. In addition, there is technical support. Zhao Guo's bank has just been established. They have not yet contacted such operations and technical anti-counterfeiting. Shang Wen believes that the timing is not yet ripe. However, Shangwen did not expect Zhao Guoguo to be extremely short of funds.

"What else?" Shang Wen treated Li Mu's affairs as normal.

"There is also the safety of the flanks of the Hexi Corridor. According to the telegram report sent by General Wang Ben, the General Staff believes that the Qiang people in the mountains may launch an offensive against us this winter. But we cannot solve this problem. The Ministry of National Defense also has the same opinion. In their view, launching an offensive against the area south of the Qilian Mountains has completely resolved, and the cost of the war will be too great. The merchant team has no interest in driving them to launch an offensive." Meng Yi said.

"I think we should think of a way." Meng Yi said to Shang Wen.

"Yes. We should really think of ways to solve the flank safety problem of the Hexi Corridor. Wei Liao said that the Hexi Corridor is too important to us." Shang Wen said.

"Yes, if we can't solve the flank security of the Hexi Corridor, we will not be able to stabilize in the Western Regions. This is a threat to us." Meng Yi said to Shangwen. Shang Wen nodded.

Shangwen is very clear about the importance of the strategic location of the Hexi Corridor to the Qin State. The Tang Dynasty in history was like this, facing the attack of Tubo. The Tang Dynasty lost the strategic location of the Hexi Corridor, and as a result, the entire Western Regions became an enclave. It can be said that the Hexi Corridor is the throat of the entire Western Regions and a strategic point for the Qin State to connect with the Western Regions. The constant harassment can have a significant impact on the Qin State, because in this case, the Qin State must allocate a lot of power on the issue of the flanks of the Hexi Corridor. As a result, the Qin State's power in the Western Regions will be much reduced. This is a situation that Shang Wen does not want to see, and it is also a threat that has a major impact on Qin's strategy of the Western Regions.

"There is currently no good way to solve this problem." Shang Wen said helplessly to Meng Yi.

"Qin State currently does not have financial funds to support Zhejiang affairs. Moreover, we still have no good way to deal with those mountainous Qiang people. Use troops." Shang Wen looked at Meng Yi.

"I really can't think of any good way." Shang Wen said.

Just when Shangwen had no solution to the Hexi Corridor strategy. In a military base of the State of Qin in the northern borders of the Western Regions. Agronomists from Guanzhong of Qin State have made new breakthroughs.

"Master, look. This is cotton." A Qin State Agricultural University student excitedly held the blooming cotton.

"En." A bald Buddhist monk nodded.

"Here, cotton." The monk said in a rather blunt Chinese language.

"Well, master, I know. This is cotton. We finally planted cotton. It seems that it is still possible to grow cotton here in northern Xinjiang, especially large-scale cotton planting." The agricultural college student said excitedly To.

"I, where we are, all use this, this." The master then said to the college student of agriculture.

"En. I know that we have linen here, and silk, and things like silk are too expensive. They are all linen, but this cotton is a bit too luxurious to make cloth. This thing is mainly used to make gunpowder." The student said.

"At present, our country in Qin is making smokeless gunpowder from catkins. It's good now. With cotton, we can use it on a large scale." said the agricultural college student.

"Oh." The Buddhist master nodded. This master of Buddhism was bought by the college student from a slave trader for a gold, because the philosophical college student thinks such a slave is very strange, because the other slaves are trying to survive, but nothing seems to happen to the other slave. Again, this is a unique concentration, and under such circumstances, he decides to buy it. After the purchase, the two parties went through a period of study and discussion. Gradually, the master learned the Huaxia dialect of the Qin State, and gained some preliminary understanding of the Qin State. Agronomy got some special seeds from the master, and these seeds include cotton seeds.

But it was already late at that time. In order to grow cotton early. College students came up with a way to use the greenhouse.

In fact, after the large-scale appearance of glass, especially after the emergence of an important building decoration material. Agronomy has already begun to use greenhouses for some research. In addition to research, in Qin Guoguan, some farmers use greenhouses to grow some off-season vegetables and fruits for sale. And there has never been before.

"It's great to have cotton. This kind of thing should be grown on a large scale." The agricultural college student said excitedly. Talking. College students began to continue their research.

However, the first thing college students think of is to use it in the military field. With the large-scale use of smokeless gunpowder, Qin's demand for catkins is increasing. But the time for catkins to emerge is very short. Moreover, planting willows is very troublesome, and the cycle is particularly long, which makes Qin's smokeless gunpowder production not too high. However, Qin's consumption of smokeless gunpowder is particularly large. The machine gun ammunition consumption of a machine gun often consumes a large amount of smokeless powder. On the one hand, Qin's huge demand for smokeless gunpowder, and on the other hand, the reality that Qin's production of smokeless gunpowder cannot be increased. Faced with such demand, the military gave huge bonuses to develop the production of smokeless gunpowder. Because the military has seen the prospect of the use of smokeless gunpowder. Therefore, the development of cotton by agricultural college students firstly met the military's demand for smokeless gunpowder, but turned a blind eye to the huge role of cotton. The demand for cotton can be seen as an unlimited demand, because people have a great demand for clothes. The demand for cotton is here.

"We should expand cotton cultivation. I really don't know how much cotton you have?" the agricultural college student said excitedly.

"This, a lot. A lot." said the Buddhist master imitation, waving his arms.

The Buddhist master came from India. He set out from today's Pakistan through the mountains of Afghanistan, and then entered southern Xinjiang. Unfortunately, when he entered southern Xinjiang, he was captured by slave traders in Qin. The Buddhist master who originally came to preach has become a slave of Qin for no reason. Fortunately, Qin's agricultural college student rescued him. In order to thank the college students, he gave the other party seeds such as cotton, which are very common in India. He did not expect that the other party would be so useful.

No matter what happened in the middle, this was a legendary exchange for Qin, because Qin got cotton from India. With cotton, Qin can overcome some difficulties.

Cotton is a kind of platinum. The Qin State has mastered platinum, which means it has mastered an important resource.

For the Qin State, there is a situation where he has mastered platinum. Shangwen didn't know at all, and he didn't know about some scientific research projects, but he knew that in the future, Qin Guoguo would combine these things that he needed and needed.

Daliang City of Wei State.

"Have you heard of it?" said a Wei countryman, looking at the surroundings.

"What?" Wei people surrounded by some good deeds.

"I heard that Qin State wants Wei State to establish some parliaments. These parliaments are good for us, but Wei Wang doesn't support it." The Wei stateman whispered the news out.

"What's the matter?" said a middle-aged Wei countryman who didn't feel strange at all.

"It's okay. Who is the king? He can think of us. Impossible. Impossible." The middle-aged Wei Guoren said with disdain.

"No matter what the Qin people, we people, it's impossible," said the middle-aged Wei countryman.

When other Wei states heard such a news, they all expressed their incomprehension and disdain. They didn't care about these things at all. They were concerned about their current situation. For these, they are not interested.