Chapter 81: The Harvest of the Merchant Group

After Mu En's detailed description, Yi Xingchen gradually had a general outline of the East Departure.

Dongli is the terrain of the basin, and the supreme ruler is the king of Dongli. There are about 3 million people in Dongli, but the population distribution is relatively concentrated, and there are four large population cities in the country, namely Wangdong City, Xilin City, Beisha City and Nantu City. Among them, Wangdong City is the capital of the East Departure Country, with the largest population, more than 500,000. The population of the remaining three cities is basically between 200,000 and 400,000.

The closest city to the Valley of Oblivion is Xilin City, and the city lord is Aotianxing. In the foreign trade of the Xinghua Merchant Group, the main area of activity is Xilin City. Therefore, Mu En and the others took advantage of the convenience and focused on the situation of Xilin City.

Xilin City is the city with the most land under the jurisdiction of the Eastern Departure Country, and compared with other cities, Xilin City is vast and sparsely populated. Because there have never been any foreign enemies, there are very few wars, so there are not many garrisons in Xilin City. According to the Xinghua merchant group, Xilin City has a city guard army of 3,000 people. But even so, the garrison was still far superior to Xinghua. Of course, Xinghua was insignificant compared to the national strength of the Eastern Departure Kingdom.

Mu En believes that under such a disparity in strength, it is quite easy for Xinghua to leave the country in the east and buy a piece of land, but if there is a plan, it may not be easy to turn it into a real exclusive territory.

As for the issue of population introduction, Mu En suggested that the Xinghua merchant group should buy slaves to cultivate farmland in the name of reclaiming wasteland in the slave market in the east, and then choose an opportunity to increase the army and gradually strengthen its own strength. Only by strengthening its own strength can Xinghua State plan its territory.

Sheen listened carefully on the side, and in the end, he also agreed with Muen's suggestion. Yi Xingchen is not without his own ideas, but he knows very little about this world and the country of Dongli, so Mu En's suggestion has great reference value for him. After pondering for a while, Yi Xingchen chose to be good.

In fact, Yi Xingchen is not a belligerent person. His request was very simple, as long as the citizens of Xinghua could have a land to build a country on, and they did not have to suffer from the harsh environment all day long, he was already satisfied. Although, Yi Xingchen also knows that Xinghua is very weak, even if it is established, it is not easy to be recognized by other countries, all of this requires strength to speak. With strength, you can get what you want.

"What did you bring back this time?" Yi Xingchen asked. He was a little curious about the items that Mu En had brought back from the east.

Hearing this, Mu En smiled and took out a list from his clothes, stood up, and respectfully presented it to Yi Xingchen, "The minister has included the items brought back by the merchant group this time in the list, please take a look at it." ”

Yi Xingchen took a look, and the names of more than fifty kinds of items were densely written on it, and after each product name, Mu En was also very thoughtful and attached a detailed description of the item. Yi Xingchen probably swept it and put the list aside, in fact, he was a little anxious, and he wanted to see the real thing, and asked, "Mu En, do you have any time?" I want to take a look at the items you brought back in person. ”

"The old minister is very honored. Mu En smiled. For him, there was nothing more rewarding than his Majesty's interest in the goods he had brought back from his trip.

Then, Mu En led the way on the side, and Yi Xingchen walked out of the palace and went to the storage place of the goods to check.

The items brought back by the Xinghua merchant group were kept in several houses at the gate of Xinghua City, and Sheen still needed to identify and classify them first, and obtain the king's permission before they were assigned to different places.

These items are mainly divided into six categories. One is seeds such as food crops, the second is poultry, the third is precious stones, the fourth is medicinal herbs, the fifth is mysterious alchemical items, and the sixth is books.

The first and second of these, food crops and poultry, can be distributed to the citizens of Xinghua to try to grow and breed to see if they can survive in the Valley of Oblivion.

The third item, precious stones, are mainly natural gemstones of various colors. Mu En specially recommended this item to Yi Xingchen, and suggested that Yi Xingchen take it to another world to see if it was of great value.

The fourth medicinal herb, although the number is not large, but there are many types, as many as more than fifty kinds, and they are basically common medicinal herbs, which can be used by the kingdom's physicians for research.

The fifth, the mysterious alchemy item, Yi Xingchen discovered, was the staff used by the priest.

As for the last item, books, which contain elementary learning books for various occupations, can be used by the people of Xinghua to study different occupations.

Of these six types of items, Yi Xingchen can actually get back Blue Mercury. But in fact, Yi Xingchen was most interested in only precious gemstones. Yi Xingchen is ready to bring all these precious gems back to Blue Mercury and hand them over to a specialized gem appraiser to evaluate the value. Of course, this does not mean that Yi Xingchen is not interested in the other five categories.

In fact, with these items brought back from Muen, Yi Xingchen had a clearer idea of the development of Xinghua Kingdom.

For example, grain seeds, Yi Xingchen can be handed over to the people to try planting. Although there is no greenhouse technology, Yi Xingchen can't expect them to have a bumper harvest after planting in the Valley of Oblivion, but at least they can have a chance to be self-sufficient. More importantly, it reminded Yi Xingchen that in the future, he could also consider bringing back some seeds from Blue Mercury that were suitable for planting in the Forgotten Valley.

In addition, the source of poultry, in fact, Xinghua Kingdom does not need to be imported from the East at all, Yi Xingchen can try to introduce animals for grazing from Blue Mercury. You know, Blue Mercury has hundreds of animals to graze, and there are always one or two that can be stocked in the Valley of Oblivion. In fact, when thinking of the meadows of the Forgotten Valley, Yi Xingchen felt that he should most introduce two animals from Blue Mercury - cattle and sheep, they are both herbivores that can be raised, and they are relatively adaptable.

Of course, Xinghua City can also build a special animal house, as well as some supporting breeding equipment, to help the animals withstand the changing climate.

Yi Xingchen carefully examined the precious gemstones selected by Mu En. Although there are not many of them, they are all natural gemstones and have a dazzling brilliance. Yi Xingchen roughly counted, a total of twenty-five red, yellow and blue, bird's egg-sized natural gemstones. Yi Xingchen asked the guards to put it in a pocket on the spot and let them send it to the palace warehouse for storage.

Yi Xingchen didn't have any concept of medicinal herbs, so he sent someone to find Lucas, Darla, and the apprentice physician Simba, and prepared to give these herbs to them, and the three of them distributed them by themselves, to see if they could be used to brew new wine, make new spices, or refine medicines, etc.

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