With this investigation, Zeng Rong immediately became clear about the economic situation of Shan State.

Shan State, in the Khun Sa era, mainly relied on the export of drugs as the main income, when Khun Sa was said to be in the sky, 70 percent of the world's drugs came from Shan State.

In addition to exporting drugs, Shan also produced sapphires, rubies, and some jadeite. Overall, however, the Shan State still relies on drugs to support the entire Shan economy.

Since Khun Sha surrendered, the drug business has declined a lot, but there are still many people here who make a living from drugs. After the drugs are made, they first circulate to Southeast Asia and then to the whole world.

The world-famous Golden Triangle refers to Shan State and parts of Thailand, Laos and Kachin State. Since the surrender of Khun Sha, drug production has been significantly reduced and opium poppy cultivation has fallen to an all-time low. The corresponding situation is that although it is maintained by funds allocated by some international anti-drug organizations, the economy of Shan State is still not as good as that of the Khun Sa era, after all, the profits of drugs are greater!

Although it is ostensibly prohibited, the entire drug trafficking network is still very sound, and in addition, some local separatist forces are still controlling the drug business in order to maintain expenditures, resulting in the emergence of local separatist forces in Shan State, and basically there is also the identity of a big drug lord. They rely on the high profits of drugs to maintain their military force system!

To put it simply, the local armed model here is the one of warlords and drug lords. Because the warlords of Shan State have a different identity, the army here is more effective than the rest of the Burmese army, for the simple reason that the large amount of money from drug trafficking can buy better weapons. In order to maintain their high profits, the soldiers of Shan State were also very fierce when fighting!

Because the combat effectiveness of the opposing army is good, this is also the reason why Zeng Rong stopped the military operation after occupying only one county in order to avoid excessive losses.

According to the report of the economic investigation team, in addition to the economic backwardness of this Shan State, there is also a very big disadvantage that the transportation is very inconvenient!

The turbulence between the mountains and the mountain peaks, the unnavigable rivers caused by many reefs, and the reading power areas in Shan State are divided, which makes most of the Shan State very inconvenient, and it is very troublesome to enter these places, and it is difficult for goods to enter and products to come out. If the transportation is not convenient, there will be no way for commerce and industry to develop.

However, Shan State is not without its strengths, it is located in the tropics, the terrain is high, and the water resources are abundant, which is very suitable for plant growth. During the colonial period of the British Empire, it was precisely these conditions that vigorously developed opium poppy cultivation. The Golden Triangle refines drugs, and drug trafficking began during this period.

Cropping is agriculture. Developing agriculture? Zeng Rong knew that if he wanted to rely on agriculture to enrich the country and strengthen the army, it was simply a joke. Taking advantage of the suitable climate to vigorously develop agriculture was immediately vetoed by Zeng Rong.

The next report made Zeng Rong very happy, Shan State is very rich in minerals. More than 60,000 square kilometers, densely distributed silver ore, iron ore, lead ore, copper ore, zinc ore, nickel ore and so on. According to the data, Myanmar's iron ore, copper ore, silver ore and lead ore are basically supplied by Shan State.

Moreover, the largest silver mine in Burma, the Baldwin Silver Mine, is within the current occupation zone of Zeng Rong. This silver mine was mined hundreds of years ago, and it still produces 10 tons of silver ingots every year, which shows the abundance of this silver mine.

Ten tons of silver ingots, according to the market price, is also a wealth of more than 600 million Chinese dollars, in addition to various expenses, according to the high profits of minerals, at least more than 300 million income.

No wonder the attack was met with strong fire! It turns out that there is a golden nest here! Zeng Rong thought. Moreover, Zeng Rong was still thinking in his heart that if the Shan State was laid, for a long time, there would be no need to buy metal everywhere to make Heibao grow. According to relevant information, there are more than a dozen abundant metal mines in this Shan State.

This Shan State is already going to take it by itself! From the abundance of metal deposits alone, Zeng Rong made this decision. Who made the relationship between Black Treasure and metal so close?

"Let them find out what metal deposits are in our current occupation area, and where exactly there are mines, and where they may contain metal mines." After Zeng Rong read the relevant documents and reports, he immediately gave instructions to the staff.

After finishing this matter, Zeng Rongcai took the mercury particles to the factory's research institute.

The institute is inside the factory, and the factory is northeast of Myitkyina. Most of the weather here blows to the northeast, where the steel mills are arranged, and the soot pollutes the city much less.

When Zeng Rong entered the courtyard of the research institute, a strange thing happened.

At the gate of the courtyard of the institute, there is a Kunming dog guarding it all year round. Generally called wolf dog, it is the offspring of large Caucasian dogs and local dogs in Kunming, the overall quality of this dog is good, and it is suitable for training as a police dog.

Zeng Rong often goes in and out of the research institute, so this Kunming dog knows Zeng Rong and will not bark when he sees Zeng Rong, but today when Zeng Rong walked into the research institute, this Kunming dog barked wildly!

Zeng Rong soon discovered that the Kunming dog barked at him, but it didn't mean to bite him. The Kunming dog barked wildly while circling around Zeng Rong, its tail swinging eagerly behind him.

Looking at the eyes of this Kunming dog again, staring at the mercury particles in Zeng Rong's hand, there was a lustful brilliance in his eyes, yes, it was a hungry light rub!

"This thing can be eaten?" Zeng Rong thought in his heart, and with a wave of his hand, a mercury particle was accurately thrown into the mouth of the Kunming dog.

The Kunming dog immediately swallowed the mercury particles that Zeng Rong threw at him, and after swallowing it, he immediately came over and wiped his head on Zeng Rong's pants.

With a smile in his heart, Zeng Rong walked away and entered the research room directly.

"Boss, here, by the way, the surnames of those special lithium elements, we can basically confirm it." Seeing Zeng Rong's arrival, the expert who presided over the laboratory immediately greeted him and said. Before Heibao left, he had already begun to swallow metal lithium, so before Heibao went to the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, Zeng Rong collected a batch of special lithium for experts to study.

"Well, just tell me about it." Zeng Rong didn't want to read those long, more than a dozen pages of research reports, not to mention, there were many things that Zeng Rong couldn't understand on those professional reports.

"Okay, basically, the density of lithium is not very different from ordinary lithium, because lithium itself is already very light, and the density is smaller than water. Therefore, no matter how small the density of this special lithium is, it will not be as small as that. The expert explained.

"But when we use this lithium and other metals for alloy testing, strange things happen, for example, when we put together a cubic of special lithium and a cubic of ferroalloy, it becomes two cubic meters of iron-lithium alloy, and the weight is only the weight of the two combined, but the surname energy after synthesis is exactly the same as iron." The expert said excitedly. "To put it simply, the biggest feature of these special lithium is that when they are combined with other metal alloys, the density of the main metal can be greatly reduced, while completely retaining the surname of the main metal!"

"That is to say, with these special lithium, the density of our special aluminum alloys can be reduced again?" Zeng Rong asked.

"That's right! That's it! In this way, the addition of lithium to our special aluminum alloy can definitely create the world's best metal material for aerospace use. The expert said proudly. Although the maximum ratio of this lithium and other metals should not exceed one to one, it is completely enough for our aluminum alloy material to maintain the original surname energy, and the density is reduced to only one-third of the original! ”

"You don't need to be so advanced, you just need to be able to guarantee absolute superiority." Hearing the expert's words, Zeng Rong was happy. "To maximize the iron content in it, our specialty aluminum and specialty lithium are now produced too little."

"Okay, boss. We're going to start working on this topic right away. The expert said immediately.

"By the way, this is a special mercury element, you can study it and see if there is any special surname for this special mercury." After the expert finished speaking, Zeng Rong took out the special mercury particles.

"Mercury, mercury is supposed to be in a liquid state, how did this special mercury become solid?" The expert took the special mercury and also pinched it a few times.

The special mercury particles were constantly changing shape in the hands of the experts, and the faces of the experts showed a look of shock. "I'm sure that when the surname of this special mercury is known, it will be another important discovery in the history of science! This form of metal is simply unheard of! ”

"Okay, you can study it well!" Zeng Rong said with a smile.

"Boss, how did you produce these special metals?" Special iron, special aluminum, special lithium, and now this special mercury has been made, so this expert can't help but ask this question that has puzzled him for a long time.

"This is a secret, of course." Zeng Rong said seriously: "I definitely won't leak it." ”

"Oh." Hearing that Zeng Rong was reluctant to leak, the expert pushed the eyes on the bridge of his nose and said, "Could there be other special metals?" ”

"Don't worry, as many metal elements as there are on the earth, I can make as many special metals as I can." Zeng Rong said.

"Okay," hearing Zeng Rong's words, an extremely fascinated expression appeared on the expert's face, "It seems that I will have to pounce on this field for the rest of my life." ”

"Just rest assured to study these things, leave the rest to us, and you will devote yourself to research." Zeng Rong said with a smile, "By the way, pay attention to the wolf dog at the door, just ate a mercury particle, pay attention to its various changes." ”

"What!" The expert was taken aback, "Mercury is highly toxic!" will poison it. "For this Kunming dog that has been kept in the yard, the expert still has a lot of feelings.

(To be continued)