Chapter 174
Fortunately, Charlie and the others moved quickly, obviously the initial arrangement was very thorough, and in less than ten minutes, Charlie and the others moved thousands of bags of materials in the warehouse into the space. Seeing this, Yi Xingchen closed the purple light door, then opened the blue light door and walked out of the space, but he did not close the blue light door, which was left to the emir so that they could continue to carry the items and transfer the materials that had just been placed in the space passage to Xinghua Kingdom. As for himself, he came to the council hall and summoned Sheen and the others to listen to their reports.
But unexpectedly, Yi Xingchen had just sat on the throne, and Sheen, Alan and others hurried to the conference hall. Seeing that they all had anxious looks on their faces, Yi Xingchen suddenly felt very strange, and secretly felt that something had happened, so he hurriedly asked, "Why are you in such a hurry? What happened?"
"I would like to inform Your Majesty, Mu En just sent back two pieces of news. The first news is that Xilin City wants to collect heavy taxes on merchants, and our Xinghua Chamber of Commerce, which is in Xilin City at this time, will definitely be implicated in this. The second news is that the survivors and thieves slaughtered by the Xilin City Guards in the western part of the country, in order to survive, have united to form a rebel army, which is constantly harassing the western part of the country. In response to these two pieces of news, Mu En suggested that we first arm these rebels, support them, and let them disrupt the ruling order of the Dongli King, and then find a way to receive these rebels......"
When Sheen reported the first news, he was indeed very anxious, making Yi Xingchen think that Xinghua Kingdom had encountered some great disaster, but he didn't think that when the topic turned to the second news, Sheen seemed a little excited. Apparently, Sheehan was once again in the midst of the turmoil of the war. I saw an opportunity that was beneficial to Xinghua country. When reporting the situation to Yi Xingchen. Naturally, I can't suppress the excitement in my heart.
"Your Majesty, this is our chance to rise!" Alan said unwillingly. Muen's news and suggestions seem to have reached a consensus after preliminary discussions between Sheen and Allen, and they are just waiting for Yi Xingchen to make a final decision. Judging from the equally impatient looks of the two, they seemed to be very sure that Yi Xingchen would definitely agree after hearing these two news.
But to the surprise of both of them. Yi Xingchen didn't agree immediately, but fell into a deep thought. It wasn't until Sheen and Alan looked at each other, not knowing what Yi Xingchen was thinking, that Yi Xingchen finally looked at them again and said as if locked: "The news sent back by Mu En is indeed very important! Ordered Mu En, first let him leave the country in the east with gold coins, and find a way to get in touch with the rebels. In addition, if it is not a situation of life and death. Otherwise, try not to stimulate the guards of Xilin City. Our Xinghua country is not ready for war at present, and it is not suitable for war. Launching a large-scale military operation...... By the way, Alan, how many troops does our army have at the moment?"
Speaking of going to war, Yi Xingchen naturally thought about the strength of the army, so he immediately turned to Allen to get an accurate military information.
Allen's eyes were slightly gloomy, and he said, "Including the slave soldiers, the army of Xinghua Kingdom has a total of eight hundred soldiers who are good at fighting. However, they can go out at any time!"
Yi Xingchen shook his head and said, "It's not enough! You should know that every one of our soldiers, once they lose one, it will be difficult to replenish them. Therefore, we must be sure of victory in order to attack! Moreover, we must ensure that we can make a profit! In short, we cannot afford to lose!"
When Xian heard Yi Xingchen's words, he immediately nodded and said, "Your Majesty is right!"
"I agree with Muen's proposal to support the rebels! However, for a short time, the other world will not be able to provide weapons. Sheehan, I need you to send someone to survey the area around the Forgotten Valley to see if there is any iron mine, I want to build a blast furnace here to make iron!" Yi Xingchen said.
Sheehan's eyes lit up and he said, "I'll arrange for people to find iron ore as soon as possible!"
"Xinghua cannot rely on me to bring weapons from another world for everything, and must have its own manufacturing industry. Therefore, I wanted to build an industrial zone in Xinghua City. Sheehan, this matter needs you to follow up and choose a suitable place to build a factory. When the time comes, I will ask the emir to assist you. ”
Building a primary industrial zone in Xinghua Kingdom, even if it is an iron-making plant, is not something that Yi Xingchen can do alone, he needs help. Yi Xingchen determined that the first factory he wanted to build was an ironworks. Because to build a factory in Xinghua City, Yi Xingchen needs trustworthy professionals to be responsible for a modern factory. Blue Mercury does not have anyone to trust, so it can only find talents from Xinghua to learn new knowledge. The Emir, who is fluent in Chinese and English, is the candidate, and currently the only candidate.
Therefore, Yi Xingchen asked the emir to observe the production operation of the distillery in addition to supervising the working hours of the distillery, familiarize himself with the model of the modern factory of Blue Mercury, and read some books on the ironworks written by Professor Hua Guo.
The emir also competed and studied diligently, using all the free time available to him to grasp the knowledge as soon as possible. Yi Xingchen asked Emir to learn to drive, but it didn't make him turn his brain.
I don't know what's going on, Yi Xingchen also found that the people of Xinghua have an unusual dedication to learning knowledge, and their memory is very good.
In just half a month, the emir had already read the knowledge of the ironworks and was continuing to learn about steelmaking.
However, Lin Wei, a Xinghua trading company in Huaguo, is in contact with Huaguo to purchase various production equipment, and it is impossible to ship the equipment to Rénia in a short period of time. Therefore, the idea of making its own weapons cannot be realized on the part of Xinghuaguo.
Fortunately, the industries of the Blue Mercury countries are quite developed, and even in Africa, there are many small factories. Buying firearms may be difficult, but buying cold weapons is not difficult at all. The industrial base of eastern African countries, especially South Africa, is still relatively strong, and even Madagascar, which is the closest to Rénia, has many agricultural tool factories. Yi Xingchen can order the cold weapons he wants in these farm tool factories.
As the discussion in the council hall continued, Sheehan made a suggestion, and Yi Xingchen agreed to one after consideration. At this time, any suggestion that can develop Xinghua can be implemented.
Yi Xingchen and the others passed a resolution, that is, Xinghua Kingdom supported the rebel army of the Eastern Departure Country and helped them grow. Mu En wants to try his best to win over the rebels who have left the country, and even gather these rebels. In addition, Xinghua needs to strengthen preparations for war, and Allen needs to train slave soldiers and run in the army as soon as possible.
Then, Yi Xingchen finally learned about the situation of the slaves in Xinghua Kingdom.
The good news is that the vast majority of slaves have a positive attitude towards the points system, and they are eager to get rid of the status of slaves, and they work hard in the army and various industries.
After Yi Xingchen and Sheen finished their discussions, he left the palace and made rounds in Xinghua City. (To be continued......)