Bangladesh.

"Tell the Zhanpu people that it is impossible for us to provide them with more weapons. Our merchant ship encountered a storm, and it is impossible to give them more weapons. That's how it is said." Zhang Li said.

"But if we do this, Zhanpu people will doubt us." Zhang Dahui said.

"No, this is our very reasonable request. The above do not want to see a strong Occupy Prussian country, nor do we want to see the rise of a powerful Occupy Prussian country. This will not be of any benefit to our future development. "Zhang Li said.

"You know, if we launch an offensive against the north and the other side has considerable military resources, the situation will pose a great threat to us, so the only way is to weaken them. This is the above consideration." Li said.

Inside a farm in Menggla.

"It's really weird. Now I want hemp and cotton. This thing was worthless before, and I don't feel distressed when I burn it. Now I want cotton." The farmer said to his housekeeper.

"Especially the people of Qi, who gave a lot of money, and many businessmen are bullish, indicating that the domestic demand is very large, should we plant more cotton?" the steward suggested.

"But we don't have so much land." The farmer said annoyedly. Although they occupy a large area of ​​the farm, for these farmers, they will never feel satisfied.

"The land here is suitable for planting a large amount of sugarcane. If you want to grow cotton, the only way is to go to the south. There is more land in the south to grow this kind of cotton, and you can go west or west. Things can't wait like this any longer. It must be implemented immediately." said the farmer.

"But, what should we do? You know, there are tribes in the west, and some small countries. We haven't been to these places." The butler said embarrassingly.

"Yeah. I see. We still need something to do with this matter. For example, we can let those religious people do it. They have a lot of land. They can develop such people to do such things. We The warranty finds a way to solve such a problem. Go ahead, I will contact those religious people, they will have a way to solve this problem." The farmer said.

With the rise in cotton prices, many of them have found new economic growth points. For example, large-scale cotton cultivation can bring great profits to these cash crops, and these profits will make them excited. However, the demand for land began to grow, because the Bangla area is not suitable for large-scale cotton cultivation. Only some flax and sugar cane can be produced there. As a result, the demand for land has become extremely sharp.

Near Zhangyi Island. Yubiao quietly followed Qi's cable boat to reach here.

"This is Zhang Yidao, our place, how can there be people from Qi country, and the people from Qi country occupy this place, this is, they." The first officer said anxiously.

"Those Qi people seem to be many, they are no longer the strength of the two ships. They seem. What are they doing here?" The captain put down his telescope and said.

"Sir, what should I do?" the chief officer asked.

"Go back to report this incident immediately, and look for opportunities to go ashore to scout some. Anyway, this incident cannot be small. It's a big trouble. Hurry back. Hurry up." The captain ordered. Immediately Yubiao left here quickly, and they wanted to send the news back quickly.

Jiaozhou, Qingcheng.

"This matter is very troublesome. I heard that a large amount of oil is needed in the country, and such a thing is happening now. I am worried." Zhang Qing said to his assistant.

"You know, the current situation is still very unfavorable for us. Recently, Qi merchants dumped a large amount of goods in the Korean colony to drive up the purchase price. This has made our situation very chaotic, and we have levied them. Taxation, if the situation develops again, for example, because of the oil dispute on the border between Jiaozhou and Qi, what will happen?" Zhang Qing said worriedly.

"The sir meant that there will be war?" the assistant asked worriedly.

"Yes, I'm worried about this kind of thing. Even though I don't want to, this is the truth." Zhang Qing said.

"The prime minister also knew about this matter, but he still ordered us to suppress it in order to avoid such a situation. Jiaozhou's development situation has just started, that is to say, everything is developing with the best results, but if If such a big event happened rashly, the war would come in all at once, Jiaozhou, Qingcheng, and the things that developed with great difficulty, would suddenly enter a disaster. This is very unworthy." Zhang Qing said embarrassedly. To.

"However, we can't tolerate it this way, otherwise, the people of Qi will become more difficult to control. We can't suffer such a loss." The assistant said. He just felt a little angry.

"This kind of thing has happened. But we can pass it on to other places and suppress each other through this pass. This may lead to a better way." Zhang Qing said.

"But, what else can we do?" the assistant said.

"Yeah. Fishing, I know that Qi has a large number of fishing boats, and we can also participate in it. Not only that, we can prioritize the development of our industrial system to suppress each other and impose taxes on their goods, but we can Dump a lot of cheap goods to hit their products." Zhang Qing said.

"Doing so, I am worried that it will cause a lot of confusion, sir, should we let Xinzheng solve this matter? After all, they have more resource advantages. In contrast, our situation is not very good." Said the assistant.

"Well, speaking of this matter, I also think it should be done. After all, we still lack a considerable amount of military equipment. Anyway, we only need one result, no war, and try to resolve it through diplomatic means as much as possible. This is the most It’s a good idea. This is my opinion. Write it in the report and let it handle it.” Zhang Qing said.

"Okay." The assistant said helplessly.

In Laizhou Port, a large number of merchant ships are still shipping. It's just that many people don't understand why these merchant ships don't carry a lot of cargo to the south, but instead carry some iron barrels, and they go very anxiously, as if there is something nervous. Many people don't understand, but they feel that things will be explained.