"This is a Persian we found." In the southern part of the New World, which is today's Tanzania, the South Korean armed merchant ship "Pioneer" arrived here. The captain took a merchant guide they found from Sori to inquire about the situation here.

They mistakenly believe that Persian is a person's name. In fact, they are a class of people, but they don't know who the Persian is.

"This is a savage area, and there are savage tribes everywhere, and some savage tribes are still here. Especially in the south, and some savage tribes in the interior, they can really eat people." The first officer said worriedly.

"That Persian, do you know this?" the captain Zhang Zheng asked. What he cares about is interests. He may be the first Korean merchant ship to arrive here. Therefore, he needs to open up a situation, a new situation.

"He said that he would be a little bit, but he may not say much, but he can still cope with it." The other party said.

"Okay. In this way, our people only need to get in touch with the local tribe. Then the slaves will come by themselves, don't worry about that much." Zhang Zheng said.

"Yes. Sir," the chief mate said. They came here for slaves. As long as they have a good relationship with the local tribes, slaves will naturally be there. This is the best result they know so far. Karachi needs a large number of slaves. This is the good news they heard when they went south. When they returned with a full load, they would make a fortune. In order to make a fortune like this, they took great risks to come here.

The port of Myanmar controlled by the State of Chu. A wind of jade stone is hanging here.

"This stone, one thousand, one thousand silver coins, I bought it." A middle-aged man shouted with a bag of silver coins. A thousand silver coins are very heavy, but the other person's eyes are looking at a stone on the ground.

"Really?" a businessman who specializes in stone business looked at each other and asked. This stone was two hundred from the beginning, and suddenly shouted a thousand. I don't know when, the Chu people in Burma began to discover jadeite stones there. These emerald stones were sold to merchant ships, and after the merchant ships returned to China, it caused a huge stone rush. Many people came here to find a stone. They came here with saws and chisels to find the stone constantly opening. Look for the emerald stone. Chu's domestic jewelry industry developed suddenly.

"Really, one thousand, the deal." As the middle-aged man said, he waved his arm and asked the people behind to open the stone, and he kept talking about some things, he was really worried now. Worried to death, he was afraid that there was nothing in the stone. But the businessman just watched this scene playfully. For him, these stones are not a novel thing, because the industry is just new, and some experienced people always take the stones to do things like the gambling industry. That's how it happened and how it developed. No one is accurate, but people think that this idea is better. It's fairer.

"It's on. It's on." The stone driver shouted loudly at this time.

"Oh, the white one is a white stone." The one who opened the stone shouted loudly.

"Oh. This. Damn it, my thousand silver coins. Blind. Blind." The middle-aged man shouted loudly.

For a while, the middle-aged man cried and cried for his 1,000 silver coins, and there were many such things. After the emerald stone was discovered in Burma. The jewelry industry in Chu Kingdom developed rapidly. These jewels can be sold to people from Qin, South Korea, Qi, and Zhao. People have become wealthy and their lives are not very difficult. Every household has some savings to buy some wealth. Therefore, the jewelry industry has developed.

Not only emerald, but also Haizhu in southern Yuezhou. There are also some corals. These are the things that the people of Chu bring a large part of the tax. Without these, the Chu economy would be missing a large part of the source of taxation.

Zhao Guo, Ministry of the Navy, Ship Design Department.

"How was the result of the experiment?" the engineer asked. Their ship welding technology is no problem, but they have not conducted any experiments. The Navy Department dare not build such a ship all at once. After all, once there is a major technical problem, they will lose the biggest customer of Qi. The Qi State Admiralty has issued relevant tender documents. Once the experiment is successful, they will build iron-clad warships on a large scale, in the true sense of the word.

"The results of the experiment are pretty good, but I don't know what it's like to go to sea, but we still need some things at the moment." said the apprentice.

"What's the matter?" the engineer asked.

"In addition to these military orders, there is a bigger thing, that is, a large number of commercial orders, commercial ships do not need iron armor for the time being. They only need a larger load capacity, we can pay attention to this aspect, in addition, we must Cooperate with Qin people to solve the problem of advancing propeller technology. This technology is a very critical technology. At present, Koreans have mastered the technology in this area. I heard that Chu people are also actively engaged in it. We must master such technology." The apprentice said so.

"Well. This is a big problem. Ships. I heard that the Koreans no longer make such ships. Instead, they use propellers. This shows that ships have a big problem. The only way to solve the qualification problem is to use propellers. .Well, we will use this kind of technology, even if we overcome it ourselves, we must get it down.” The engineer said.

In fact, some metallurgical metal companies have already studied this technology. They have already made some substantial breakthroughs.

Yan country. Prince's House.

"The price of coal will increase if the price increases. What about our iron smelter?" Prince Dan said unconvincedly. Prince Dan was very angry about Zhao Guo's coal price increase. Because of this, the ironware produced by Yan State has no price advantage at all. Their costs have become very high, but their profits are only small. If they are not technically harder, they are likely to be at a loss. Faced with such a situation, Prince Dan has nothing to do.

"This." The Minister of Finance was also helpless. If the raw materials rose, they would rise, especially the price of coal. This was a major blow to them, and it might be no less than economic crises.

"Prince, Prince, good news." The Minister of Resources rushed in excitedly with a telegram.

"What good news?" Prince Dan asked, the irritation in his heart still not venting.

"Haha, good news, good news, Liaobei, in Liaobei, we have found coal resources." The Minister of Resources said with a smile.

"Liaobei." For Liaobei, Prince Dan felt that there was nothing there, and all was barren. To him, the coal resources found there seemed to be a gift from heaven.

"This is indeed the case, Prince. It is coal and coal resources. And it is found in many places. This shows that there are a lot of coal resources there, not a small area." The Minister of Resources said.

"This. Great. God really lives up to my country of Yan." Prince Dan thanked him.

South Korea, Xinzheng.

"Lou Jing's response is to test our attitude. As long as the Qi people open their market, we can help them build their navy, but I heard that they seem to have also found Zhao people." Han Shu said to Zhang Liang To.

"Yes, King, but we should grab these orders. This will not only enable the development of our shipbuilding industry, but also the development of our steel industry." Zhang Liang said.

"But we do not yet have a good steel industry. Haizhou in the south lacks a lot of things. For example, we need to import this coal from Zhao. As soon as this coal rises, our cost advantage is not very big, Yan There are people from the Chinese people, but they have a lot of costs. We need to invest in technology. There is also capital. In the end, the people from Yan Guo get the benefits." Han Shu said.

"My lord, we can get some of the things we want from there, such as iron raw materials. Generally speaking, coal and iron resources are put together. Maybe Yan Guo will also find coal, but we don’t have it. We can also import coal from Zhao country. As long as we have the convenience of a ship, many things can be solved.” Zhang Liang said.

"Well, you are right, as long as we have these, we can solve it." Han Shu nodded.

"Talk to the people of Yan Guo to see if we can exchange something with technology. If the technology is not good, we can still use capital. But we must build our own steel base and help them, which may mean helping ourselves." Han Shu Speaking of.

Qingcheng. harbor. Some wooden sailboats are converted into ships, which can only sail in coastal areas, which is a bit tasteless for them. Some businessmen regretted it a little. They feel that such a ship is not very useful, but they heard that propellers can be used for propulsion, but it costs more money. They feel distressed about the money, and they think such a ship should do something.

"This ship is really fucking," a businessman scolded.

"Don’t scold, tell you, this ship is good, it can transport iron ore south. Qingcheng may need to build an iron factory. This iron ore is definitely needed. If you can’t go further south, you can buy it in Chu and ship it back here. After processing, all ships in the future will be armored battleships. The demand for iron will only increase." A businessman suggested with a smile.

"Yeah. Why didn't I think of this." The businessman smiled happily again, and he suddenly felt that he had found a good way to make money.