Chu State, Pengcheng.

"Qi people and Koreans can't fight at all. There is no need to think about things like this at all," Fan Zeng said.

"The Koreans are not willing to fight, and the Qi people are not willing to fight. The Koreans scare the Qi people. If the Qi people can get some benefits, I think they will not be able to fight." Fan Zeng told Chen Ping about the recent situation.

"The Prime Minister really guessed that it was very accurate. I heard that the Koreans and Qi people have begun to come into contact in private. It seems that this war can no longer be fought." Chen Ping said.

"This matter is not of much interest to us, or in other words, there is not much that can attract our attention. What we have to do now is to make our country of Chu rich as soon as possible." Fan Zeng said.

"Yeah." Chen Ping nodded.

"How is our shipyard recently?" Fan Zeng asked. The number of ships launched by the shipyard is directly related to the increase in Chu's trade. Only when the trade increases can we further solve the financial problem.

"About two hundred ships were launched." Chen Ping looked at the report in his hand and said.

"No, it's still too small. If the quantity is too small, it will not be able to meet our needs. Can you think of a good way to increase the number of ships built by our shipyard, for example, and the South Korean Jiaozhou Green The city is the same. What kind of method do they adopt?" Fan Zeng asked Chen Ping. He personally didn't know the specific operation. After all, he was not a businessman, he was just a politician.

"Well, the Korean approach is to expand the number of shipyards, which requires private individuals, that is, merchants, to participate. If they can participate in the establishment, the number of shipyards will be very large. In addition, it is mergers to make the shipyards change. To become bigger and more efficient, this requires the shipyard to become a large enterprise. This requires going public." Chen Ping suggested.

"Well. It doesn't matter, it can be done completely, then let the private participation, large shipyards, we also need to further expand their scale, so that they become more powerful." Fan Zeng said.

"That's right. Shipyards need a lot of iron, especially iron beams. Our iron beams are shipped from the north. This is very troublesome. Zhao people are also actively manufacturing. If we do this, we may have to be restricted. Regarding the production capacity of the Zhaoguo factory, in order to avoid such things, I personally think that we should build our own iron plants. I think, in Danyang County, or other places to establish related iron plants. In this case, there are a large number of iron plants. We can make iron beams if necessary, and we can make weapons if necessary. We must get rid of the control of the people of Qin." Fan Zeng said.

"This, I understand, I will do it now." Chen Ping nodded. The Chu State needs independence, and it needs economic independence. The advantage of this independence is that they can solve their own problems well.

Yan State, Liaobei.

A considerable part of Yan people entered the Liaobei Plain. However, the plains here are mostly swamps, but they are working **** farming.

"Old man, you have worked hard." A businessman who looked like a businessman came over.

"Oh. Hard work." An old man said while drinking water.

"We are passing merchants. We are here to collect some ginseng fur. We are thirsty as we pass by and need to beg for a bowl of water." The merchant said with a smile.

"It's okay, it's okay. The water is here, but there is no tea, no sugar, I'm afraid I'm not used to it." The old man said with a smile.

"It's okay, we'll get used to it by ourselves." The businessman greeted his fellow to rest.

"Old man, have you cultivated so much land?" the businessman asked.

"Yes. Yes, our family has twelve people, plus five hired people. We have cultivated nearly two hundred acres of land. These land needs to be raised and it takes some time." The old man said.

"Oh. What do you plan to grow this year?" the businessman asked curiously.

"Well, beans, you can only grow some beans, that's the kind of oily beans. The fertility here is not enough, you still need to raise them, and wait until you have enough. You can grow wheat, and then you can make some money." The old man said.

"Oh. Youdou?" the merchant asked curiously.

"Yeah. Now cooking, we rarely use steaming or cooking. We use more stir-frying. We use more oil. We used more fat in the past. Now we use more soybean oil. This is still from the people of Qin. Many people in the country of Yan. All of this is done. After the soybeans are planted, they can be used for oil extraction. This oil is much more expensive than the beans. This year, we have been cultivating the land. A lot of time was wasted, and The season has passed a lot. The north is much colder than the south. It is estimated that only one season can be planted. I think that only after planting the oil beans, squeezing the oil, selling some oil, changing some grains, the life of this family is It is useful. The children are still young, a few adults, and they can still go out to work. In this case, they can subsidize some households, and after one year, they can barely live a better life." The old man said with a smile.

"Oh. So that's it." The businessman said with a smile.

"There is not only my family here, but there are also several nearby. They all do this. They came early, and they can harvest the last season's wheat. They have the bottom at home. We are still too late to come here. The government has less control and does not need to pay taxes. In this way, we can more easily store more, and this winter will pass." The old man said.

"But, I heard that the winter here is very cold. It's terribly cold. Even in Yandu, many people have frozen to death." The businessman asked worriedly.

"This, it doesn't matter. We are all from the Yan country. We also have some furs. This thing is traded with the mountain people over there. They also have this kind of mountain ginseng. But we don't need something like that. We can use a gun. , Bullets, and some food, you can get these things by exchanging with them. Basically, you don't have to worry about life. If it doesn't work, you can get some down jackets, stoves, and some coal from there. When playing in the woods to the east, there are lumber yards, where wood is cheaper than coal, so you don’t have to worry about it in winter, as long as you have enough food, you can live.” The old man said with a smile.

"In that case, it's much better than the South," said the businessman.

"Yeah. Indeed, there is no tax. If you go to the South, the tax will be enough to prevent many people from living. This is still much better than the South. We came a little later." The old man said.