"Is this true?" Tian Heng asked Jin Kai. He is the commander-in-chief of the border defense forces in the coastal area of ​​the Qi army.

"Yes. Sir. This matter came from a tribe who came from the southern part of North Korea. The Goguryeo people are constantly going south to ask for labor. They can no longer bear such a request. They hope that our Qi country can manage it. They can provide it. Give us more resources. For example, manpower, or something else." Jin Kai said.

"Their request is for us to give them some support. Does this support include arms support?" Tian Heng said while looking at the report in his hand.

"Yes, sir." Jinkai said.

"We don't know much about this area, and we don't know what kind of resources there are." Tian Heng said worriedly. The current situation of Qi State is very bad, they lack too many resources. Qi needs to develop, and it needs to concentrate a large amount of funds to develop Qi's infrastructure. It simply can't use the extra money to carry out military operations in southern North Korea, and the resources that the tribes in the south can provide are also very vague. This choice comes.

"Sir, do we provide them with assistance?" Jinkai asked.

"Let's think about it again. What they gave us is very vague, and our strength is still very weak. It is difficult to say whether we can further achieve the purpose we need." Tian Heng said. The current situation is indeed like this. Qi has not formally established a navy, nor can they send army troops to the southern part of North Korea to help those southern tribes, and Qi has no such obligation.

In other words, the southern part of North Korea has not yet attracted the attention of Qi. This makes Qi very embarrassed. They don't know how to choose. If they send troops, it will cost too much. If they don't send troops, they don't know whether they will lose a piece of land they need.

"That's right. We also have some rockets. Those weapons are cheap, and they can be exchanged for something. We can't do business at a loss. That's it." Tian Heng said.

"This. I understand the sir." Jin Kai said. Rockets are indeed very cheap, and it doesn’t cost much to transform them. At most, it is the gunpowder for two bullets. The formula of gunpowder is already known in various countries and can be manufactured on a large scale. Therefore, rockets are a cheap weapon.

Qin State Xianyang.

"The Prime Minister Meng is good." Lou Jing immediately greeted Meng Yi when he saw Meng Yi in the prime minister's mansion. He knew that what Meng Yi did was very close to the core situation.

"Haha, it's okay." Meng Yi said.

"I don't know what Mr. Lou is doing here?" Meng Yi asked curiously.

"Oh, I'm here to discuss some things with the prime minister. Regarding how Qi will develop, even though Qi got a certain bond ratio, Qi still doesn't know how to develop. Let me first ask about this." Lou Jing said.

"Well. I don't think you need to find the prime minister to solve this matter. You can go to Qin's universities and colleges by yourself. There are talents there, and Qin allows talents in this field to go to other countries. Moreover, they are very concerned about this. The research on the topic is very focused.” Meng Yi suggested to Lou Jing.

"I have tried this. However, the research programs given by the colleges and universities are not very good. Most of them need too much funds, and Qi Guo simply cannot come up with such a lot of funds, even though many programs mention investment. , But there is no investment attraction point, and the effect of attracting investment is not good. I have visited many banks and the attitude of the banks has explained this." Lou Jing said frankly. The representative of Qi State is Lou Jing. He has completed the task, but he has not solved the problem of how to develop Qi State. Qi State has solved part of the funding problem, but the fundamental problem still has no clue. How to develop this is the biggest one. Lou Jing thought of many ways to solve the problem, including the research of universities and colleges proposed by Meng Yi, but the research of universities and colleges is based on detailed information, and for Qi, their information is not yet available. Very detailed, many people have not inspected the situation on the spot, and most of the conclusions reached are unrealistic, so Lou Jing directly cancelled it. They did not accept their suggestions.

But the bank knows Qiguo very well, they know it too well. South Korea’s development projects are far more attractive than Qi. Therefore, a large amount of funds are prepared and intensively prepared in the direction of Jiaozhou. Most of them are not interested in Qi’s plan, or they can’t get enough energy. The reason is Because the fundamental problem of the other party has not changed, a project that attracts the attention of the bank, or can bring huge profits, and Lou Jing is also worried about this, because it is impossible to complete the development of maritime trade in Qi. On the one hand, Qi State needs to build a railway connecting Qin State and Xianyang, which is very costly. At the same time, it also needs funds to build a large number of ships for maritime trade. In this regard, the government does not have the money to do it. Doing maritime trade, it would still not work without railways. This makes the Qi government very embarrassed.

"Well. I don't have a very good solution for this." Meng Yi said embarrassingly.

"Oh, so, I come here to see if there is anything else I can do," Lou Jing said.

"This." Meng Yi smiled bitterly.

"I don't know if Prime Minister Meng is holding these reports?" Lou Jing asked curiously.

"This is inconvenient to say, but you can tell Qi Guo, maybe Qi Guo is really helpful." Meng Yi looked at the report in his hand and said that originally Meng Yi didn't want to say it because it involved some confidentiality, but thought A country like Qi does not have any economic propositions, which makes him feel a little uncomfortable. Qi is also a very good market, but such a market cannot be developed. This makes Meng Yi feel a little sorry.

"Mengxiang, please speak." Lou Jing asked politely.

"These are some information of the Goguryeo people. The Goguryeo people explored a lot of minerals in the north, but the development of these minerals requires a lot of manpower, and the Goguryeo people have gone to Zhao country. They dig coal mines. Goguryeo's mineral resources are not available. It was developed, so Goguryeo developed southward. These are all allowed by the Qin State. In other words, Goguryeo now needs a lot of labor resources." Meng Yi said.

"Resources?" Lou Jing suddenly realized something.

"Yes, resources. Minerals are a kind of resource, and manpower is also a kind of resource. If Qi is well developed and has great resources, I think Qi can also develop quickly." Meng Yi told Lou Jing Speaking of.

"Yeah. Thank you very much, Meng Xiang. I know how Qi can develop. Thank you, thank Meng Xiang." Lou Jing left excitedly. He left in a hurry. Meng Yi watched Lou Jing leave and shook his head. He didn't know what the other party thought of all of a sudden, or whether it was a major discovery. Meng Yi thought so.

Chu Kingdom's overseas colony, Huangzhou Port.

"This telegram is very expensive to send, and it is not stable. If it is re-sent, I will charge your telegram again." The telegraph operator said embarrassingly. The submarine cable was just laid here, and the telegraph station was not long established, but Chu people already knew the important role of telegraph. A large group of Chu businessmen gathered here today. They were aggressive and seemed to be very dissatisfied with the telegraph station. This made the transmitter feel very uneasy, but this kind of uneasiness quickly disappeared. Because the merchants threw a lot of money, which is a big number, the transmitter immediately felt very safe, because the aggressive and desperate people would not give money, and now they only need to give them services.

"Send it, send it. Send it to the Chu government. If it doesn't work, send it directly to the Qin prime minister's house. We ask for help from the Qin government." A chubby businessman said angrily.

"Oh. I understand." At this time, the sender received the long message. He took it and looked at it and was startled. The Chu countryman turned out to be a blood book. This caused the telegrapher to swallow a mouthful of water.

"Hurry up. Don't be so slow." Chu people urged. They looked very anxious and angry. The telegrapher knew that it was best not to provoke them at this time. He didn't know what was going on, so he could only send and watch the telegram. Civilian telegrams do not need to be translated into cipher telegrams. Moreover, the cable cannot withstand the long-term transmission. This was told to him above. He could only compress the sentences as much as possible. Through these sentences, he understood why these Chu businessmen were so angry. It turned out that they learned about the distant West. There is a Bangla country, and several Chu people have been killed by the other party. There are also many businessmen who have lost their property and losses are relatively large. But Bangla country doesn’t care about this at all, they just keep asking for their own things. But there are so many things in Chu country. The telegrapher knows that the tea in Huangzhou area is piled up like a mountain. Even if it is transported in one year, it may not be able to be transported. There is also a large amount of silk. He bought several pieces of clothes himself, and he can't take care of these anymore, and send the telegrams as soon as possible. He hopes that these telegrams can help these Chu people.

"These **** Mengla people, we have to give them some greatness, let them know that ours is great." Chu people said yellingly.

"If the Chu government does not care, we will become independent and become an overseas state of the Qin government. Don't think we can't do things like this. Huangzhou is our Huangzhou, not the Huangzhou of the Chu government." The businessmen shouted. Shouted. It seems that they are really willing to be independent. After all, it would be disrespectful to shout out such a thing, but the businessman said it unscrupulously. The telegrapher admired the businessmen very much. They are amazing.