The method of bidding theoretically provides a more fair competition platform, but the competitive environment is very unfavorable to small countries with few people, low productivity and low efficiency.

And now Ji Feng tied up the Jin and Xian countries to bid together, and finally it became that the Jin and Xian countries monopolized the pricing power of medium and high-grade silk with output, obviously no one dared to complain to the Son of Heaven, but it was a different matter for Xianguo.

So from the very beginning, Ji Feng did not consider the whole situation from an economic point of view, but in order to toss Xianguo, how to make you uncomfortable, how he tossed you, and at the same time to maximize interests.

"Nephew, it's not that my uncle spends the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, and the countries compete for profit, and the Son of Heaven is jealous of the Xianguo and wants to be strong, and he doesn't want to continue to sit and watch the Xianguo become stronger and stronger and threaten the status of the Liang State, so he has been plotting against the Xianguo since more than ten years ago.

If Ji Feng was sincere, how could he avoid me twice, he knew that I would not agree to his conditions, so he asked you to perfunctory me. You go back today and tell Ji Feng that if he continues to force me to be too much, no one will want to do this business. ”

"This ...... Uncle, this is not good. hurt the harmony, how will you communicate in the future? ”

"I didn't invite him to come, if he hardened, he wouldn't come, why tear his face with Xianguo for a few gold."

"Yes...... Alas...... I don't care about that. The nephew said goodbye today, and went to visit his uncle's house another day. ”

"Well, be sure to bring your uncle's words, don't forget."

"Got it, uncle."

Li Yi got up and left, and the next moment Wei Qi stepped forward and said:

"Master Hou, Young Master Li is a person from Liang Kingdom, and he said it so clearly, so he doesn't worry about Bo Yuanjun holding a grudge."

"That's the best, I'm afraid he won't hold a grudge against Ben Hou. I really think Liang is a good thing, a small country is playing right and wrong between big countries, do you know what this is called? ”

"What's it called?"

"Look for death!"

"Uh... This...... But after all, the Liang State is the country of the suzerain, and no princes have dared to touch the suzerain's country since ancient times. ”

"Not at all. In the face of the rise of the princes, the general trend is irreversible, Liang is unwilling to become a puppet of the princes, and now it is a dying struggle, unscrupulous means to achieve the goal, it has no bottom line and shame, once the evil thing is exposed in the future, its many injustices will suffer the consequences. Let's go, come with me to my house. ”

"No!"

Over the years, Baili Yan has thought about it and gradually seen through a question, the battle of Luye where the Avant-garde swept the West Sea thirty-six years ago, or the Jin State attacked the Xian State and cut off the Jiangdong, and then pulled away some Zhiguo to defeat the overlord Sun State, behind it was the Liang State who threaded the needle and led the way to add fuel to the fire.

Constrained by the vast territory and lagging communication technology, low productivity and economic circle, it was not easy for the princes of various countries to form a situation of dominance and unification, especially the Liang State controlled the land, sea and inland trade routes connecting the North Sea and the West Sea.

Because Liang is located in the center of the east and west sections of the Central Plains, taking the shortcut to the east and west, regardless of land transportation, water transportation, and sea transportation, the comprehensive cost of goods and transshipment through Liang is the lowest.

For the Central Plains, which spans 20,000 miles from east to west, transportation costs determine the competitiveness of prices. Relying on the convenient geographical location, it gathers the basic raw materials of various countries here, and the name of the suzerainty gathers the world's capable people to manufacture advanced equipment for it to improve productivity.

Higher productivity leads to more product manufacturing and a stable supply of raw materials. Providing the impetus for capacity expansion and exporting products, coupled with the geographical location, Liang Guo became a net exporter of mid-to-high-end products, and quickly became the trading center of the Central Plains.

When all trade points are controlled by the trade rules of the Liang State, and any of the princes becomes bigger, the Liang State will raise the specified output price through trade activities, and at the worst promise the benefits of other countries and join forces to attack.

Although it would not be an openly dirty transaction, the adjustment of the price and total volume of traded goods was undoubtedly a hint that the other vassal states cooperated with the Son of Heaven's intentions.

Due to the absolute superiority of productivity and cost of the Liang State before, the countries have only been hegemonic for a long time, and it is often the situation that the king of the mountain takes turns to do it, and the emperor of the soil has a lot of them. The fundamental obstacle to left-right reunification is still the economic productive forces, not military means.

The territory of the Central Plains is vast, with more than 40 million square kilometers of manned territory, and the traditional cold-weapon warfare and communication technology is seriously lagging behind the jurisdiction and governance of the land, and it is not realistic to unify the territory through purely military means.

Trade nodes are not only natural economic circles formed by natural factors, but also economic belts developed artificially after tomorrow.

With Liang as the center, more than half of the core trade points in the Central Plains have a large population and high-quality basic raw materials, which continuously deliver materials to Liang Guo, and Liang Guo exports lower cost and higher quality finished products through its more advanced and intensive production capacity.

When the economic dependence of various countries on them reaches a critical level, naturally no vassal state will dare to move a finger of the Liang country.

However, the appearance of Yongxing City undoubtedly completely broke the semi-monopoly position of the Liang State, and all the trade nodes east of the Central Plains were cut off by the Xian State, and at the same time, animal husbandry and horse breeding in the south were becoming a new trade market, but it was still not enough to shake the trade status of the Liang State.

What really shook Liang's trade hegemony was the emergence of four-wheeled transport vehicles and Wanshi merchant ships, as well as the appearance of steam engines, which improved production and transportation efficiency and technically broke Liang's unique geographical conditions.

When the trade market is no longer monopolized, and the princes have a choice, the unshakable golden bell amulet of the Liang State is naturally self-defeating, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is even precarious.

Ji Feng's eagerness to force the Xian State to submit to the law was not only a fear of the economic strength of the Xian State, but also a dissatisfaction with the princes of various countries for many years, which was increasingly shaking the political foundation and dominance of the Liang State. Once the transfer of the trade center is completed, the small Liang State will not end up better than the Sun State.

When he returned to the house, several Jin Xuedi guards led the horses and stood outside the Hou Mansion looking around idlely, which was very attention-grabbing, and Bai Liyan recognized it as the guards on the Gudappa Mansion at a glance.

After Mooney entered the city, Gudappa and Figos were busy collecting price news and rarely showed up.

Coming to the front hall, Figos and his entourage sat cross-legged on the seat floor, eating snacks by themselves, and there was no one else in the hall except for a few people accompanying him.

"Why do you have time to come to my house today, your father-in-law?"

"Yo, Yongxing Hou is here." Figos put down the refreshments and stepped forward: "I've been waiting for you for a long time, and I've finally looked forward to you." ”

"What does Pan Benhou do?"

"Of course, it's to bring benefits to Master Hou."

"The benefits? In addition to selling frozen milk, what other benefits can you bring to Benhou. Say, what does Mooney want you to bring to Benhou. ”

"Mooney wants silk woven from golden silk, and he wants as much as he wants."

"There is a lot of high-grade silk, what does he want the golden silk!"

"Of course it's good things, he wants it."

"Then you can tell him that the golden silkworm is very expensive."

"I said it, but he has a crush on the golden silkworm in the department store, as long as you have him."

"That's it?"

"He doesn't mind if grenades, cannons, and gunpowder are all sold." Figos said without scruples, with a look of indifference.

"If you really dare to speak, you are not afraid that Benhou will twist your neck off."

"Hey, just kidding. Mooney said that he wanted the silk of the golden silkworm. ”

"Is the silk of this golden silkworm particularly good than other fine silks, and you have to spend money to buy more expensive things, do you have other special uses?"

"I don't know, but Mooney said he wanted this kind of silk."

"Okay then, Rong Benhou thinks about it."

The golden silkworm is a new species of silkworm discovered in the outer islands of the Beihai Ocean three years ago, and it is only found in seven isolated islands with an area of less than 45 square kilometers, feeding on the leaves of the Pana tree. Ma Nan tree is a tropical evergreen tree, belonging to the same family of mulberry trees, with wide leaves and sufficient water, with the necessary conditions for the survival of insects.

The golden silkworm is larger than the traditional mulberry silkworm and has more cocoons, because the cocoon is similar to the silkworm cocoon, it was mistaken for a larger silkworm, and was later brought back to Xianguo by the fleet for economic value.

The silk of the golden silkworm is particularly strange, the traditional silk texture is soft and silky, and the elasticity is soft. Although the texture of the silk thread of the golden silkworm is also silky, it is as elastic as a cowhide band, and the ductility is slightly poor, and if it is stretched too long, it will retract most of it like a spring.

The texture of the fabric woven from golden wool silkworm cocoon silk is similar to that of silk, but it is tougher, more wear-resistant, not easy to fluff, and can withstand ironing. After ironing, the fabric is straight and has the ability to retain shape. The part that is not ironed has the softness and elasticity of silk and the feeling of draping.

In addition, the largest harvest comes from the habitat of the golden silkworm, which is usually composed of more than a dozen amino acid proteins, so the acid and alkali salts are harmful to it.

The golden silkworm grows in the island environment, and the salt spray is very large all year round, and its silk has a strong ability to resist salt spray, which means that the amino acid protein of silk has undergone some unknown changes.

Aware of this, Bailiyan tried to use acid and alkali to carry out many comparative tests on silk, in the medium and low concentration of acid and alkali liquid, ordinary silk dissolves almost every minute, only the silk fabric of the golden silkworm is still strong and slow to dissolve, which means that the silk of the golden silkworm is a special amino acid protein that is resistant to corrosion, and it is strong.

In view of the advent of firearms, how to protect against bullets became the primary issue, and silk was undoubtedly bulletproof.

Whether it is a bow or a crossbow, silk piercing silk will not penetrate the fabric in most cases, but will be pierced into the body, so silk can effectively help pull the arrow out of the body.

At the same time, the smoothness of the silk envelops the arrows, giving them a greater chance of sliding through vital organs and arteries. Therefore, in order to reduce their own casualties, Genghis Khan's Mongol cavalry plundered silk everywhere they went, in order to prevent bullets.

Of course, if it is directly pierced in the head, it is a different matter.