Qingcheng, Jiaozhou, South Korea. Shipyard area.

"Oh, this is not Boss Zhang, why are you here?" a middle-aged businessman greeted him with his hands.

"Oh, didn't I come here to book a ship? Now the ship has become a new ship. All of my ships are retired." Boss Zhang said.

"Perhaps, some of them can be modified and tried. In this way, it can also reduce operating costs. I don't know what the man is here for? Is it also the order for this ship?" The other party asked at this time.

"This, too, too. The same." The middle-aged businessman said.

"This ship is fast, and it can get rid of the restriction of wind direction. In this case, I think, buy more ships, in this case, all the price can be saved." The middle-aged businessman said.

"What I said is that I think so too. It is not easy for us to do business. After all, the money is not blown from the sea breeze." Boss Zhang said.

"What I said is, what I said is that our money is not available from other places all at once." The other party said.

"However, you have to hurry up. Or you hurry up to find some boiler manufacturers. What I know is that there are a lot of refitting merchants now, and they are all full of the refitting docks of the shipyards. There are also some ships that can be used. Refit, but I can't find a suitable boiler, there is no way, who makes the ships so in demand now." Boss Zhang continued.

"Really. In this case, I can't go to this pier. I have to find the boiler as soon as possible. Otherwise, we won't be able to produce." The middle-aged businessman said goodbye and hurriedly left.

With the end of the Queen Strait naval battle. The ship suddenly entered everyone's eyes, and people found out at this time. Ships are much easier to use than wooden sailboats. However, it didn’t take long for some wooden sailboats to be launched. It would be a pity to stop using them all at once. Therefore, they thought of refitting, that is to say, using a large number of old ships to convert into new ships. In this way, they can continue to use them, and then Solve cost issues.

But in this way, a new problem emerged. That is, a large number of modifications have led to insufficient use of boilers. Generally speaking, boiler equipment is only used on steam engines, and steam engines only provide some power, such as textile mills, spinning mills, and some simple machine tools. These are all provided. Power place, but now, the boiler is used in shipbuilding all at once, the boiler is not enough. Moreover, some boiler equipment still needs special installation, which has brought the refitting work of steam ships into a delayed stage. Many ships are worried because they cannot find a suitable boiler.

State of Zhao, Handan.

"Prime Minister, this matter is very simple. We Zhao Guo can produce related machine tools. This boiler is now selling. We have never had such a thing before. But we can also use some new technologies, such as welding, this iron armor You can also give it a try. This is the technology. It needs encouragement and tax exemption.” The Minister of Economy said to Guo Kai.

"This machine tool, boiler. Welding, I don't understand these things, but what I know is that if these technologies are tax cuts, tax exemptions. Finances will decline. Who can I ask for money for such things." Guo Kai said with some dissatisfaction. The Minister of Economy suggested that Guo Kai reduce or exempt taxes on boilers, machine tool manufacturing, and welding technology. This can stimulate the large-scale use of new technologies in economic production. This is to create a new technological growth point for Zhao Guo in the future. . However, what Guo Kai considers is the financial funds, because Zhao Guo's fiscal deficit is still very large.

"The Prime Minister, we should pay attention to the long-term development. In the future development, we still need to do such things. For example, the people of Qin will do such things well in advance, and we also need such long-term planning in the State of Zhao." The Minister of Economy said so.

"Long-term economic planning, isn't my vision not long-term enough?" Guo Kai asked back.

"No, no, no, Prime Minister, is it like this? My thoughts are like this. At present, we still need some economic growth as a training, that is, to become a new economic growth point in the future. In this way, our finances, taxes, We can continue to earn income. Now, we can levy taxes on many factories, such as cement factories. Zhao Guo produces a lot of cement, but now the cement can’t be sold and they can’t consume them, we have to urge them Consumption, they can use the cement to make cement pipes, so that the sewer can be built. This is the best thing. In this way, we can urge taxation and increase finances. For example, steel, countries are greatly increasing By expanding the restrictions, we can raise some taxes, let them produce more, and let them know that we are distressed by our coal production. After all, it is not when we have not dug out the coal in Zhao State. We have to solve this problem from a long-term perspective. "The Minister of Economy said.

"Yeah. You are right, you are right, we must consider the problem in the long term." Guo Kai nodded, thinking that what the Minister of Economic Affairs said makes sense. The development is over today. So how will Zhao country develop tomorrow? The current economy of Zhao country mainly depends on coal, coke, ironware, and it can also produce higher parts. But these effects are not very big, and you can't make much money.

"And if we can produce machine tools, we can open more factories to manufacture. In this way, we can produce some high-level parts, such as bearings, such as some axles. There are also some gears, and then we can process some Boiler equipment, piping equipment, etc. These are the places where you will make big money in the future. If we continue to do this, Chu State is also developing, and Yan State also has iron plants. Recently I heard that Koreans and Yan State people are very close. Whether they are also taking action in this regard, we don't know if this is the case." The Minister of Economy said.

"Yeah. Go on." The Minister of Economy said something that aroused the other side's vigilance. After all, if Zhao Guo's economy hasn't improved for a long time, it will be difficult for him as the prime minister to continue to be present. In order to be re-elected, Guo Kai felt that he could find a way to solve this problem.

"Therefore, we need to treat tax revenues not equally and collect taxes differently. For example, projects that can make money in the future have less tax, but projects that can make money on a large scale now, projects that waste resources, such as coke, cement and other factories. , We tax more, after all, their profits are still very large. At the same time, for some more profitable projects in the future, we encourage them to develop. After they develop, we can adopt such a new set of tax policies to encourage . In this way, we can make money again. This is a great good thing for us.” The Minister of Economy said.

"Haha, a good way. In this case, fiscal revenue will always be reduced." Guo Kai said excitedly.

"That's the truth." The Minister of Economy said.

"Yeah. Go and draw up such a taxation plan, the reward for the reward, and the punishment for the punishment." Guo Kai said with a smile.

Inside the staff. Li Mu is studying nautical charts. He is an army general and is looking at sea areas for the first time.

"Guo Cheng will really find things for us. How do we find things for such a big place? We are not familiar with the situation on the sea, and we still need to occupy an island. The Koreans have just taught the Qi people, are we going to touch South Korea? Do you have this brow?" a colonel's staff said to another lieutenant colonel next to him.

"What are you whispering about?" Li Mu asked.

"Sir, we are discussing that the islands in the southern waters are not easy to occupy. Are we looking for a new place?" said the colonel.

"I already know this. Are you worried about negotiating with the Koreans, right?" Li Mu said.

"Yes. Sir, the Korean navy is still very strong, especially their ships. This is a long experience for us." said the colonel.

"Hehe, this thing scared you. I tell you that this steam engine can also be used on trains to make iron armored trains. In this case, we can still kill the iron armored trains along the railway to Xinzheng. Nothing. What can be threatened, we are only occupying a few unrelated islands, and not developing anywhere. Besides, there are many islands on the sea, and the Koreans did not occupy all the islands. Therefore, this matter is not very worrying. The matter, you just have to plan." Li Mu said.

"It's the sir," the staff officers said. With that said, they began to plan a specific battle plan. However, they must first have their own navy in the true sense, but for the newly established Zhao State Navy, this is still a small problem, after all, they are only occupying a small island. This island was used as a resort for King Zhao.

South Korea, Xinzheng.

"Let's take a look, Zhao Guoren's hand entered Nanyang all at once. We went to expand to the West, but our own backyard caught fire." Han Shu said in a bitter tone.

"This." Zhang Liang didn't understand what happened after reading the telegram.

"It's a pity that our South Korean navy is still too weak. Otherwise, this Nanyang will be our own back garden. But now, Zhao Guo has come to our back garden by himself. This is for us. It's not a good thing." Han Shu said helplessly. For the development of Nanyang, South Korea is deliberate and insufficient. Because their naval power cannot expand to that place, and Nanyang has no resources to stimulate their further development, this has led to South Korea's intentional and powerlessness.