"Zhao Guoren said that we have iron ore in Liaodong? Are you saying it's true? Prince Dan asked the Minister of Defense uncertainly. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"I don't know much about this, but I don't think Zhao will give us assistance for no reason, and it seems that Zhao Guo is also interested in the development of Liaodong in China. If that's really the case. What should we do in Yanguo? Said the Minister of Defense. Although he was not sure whether Zhao Guoren had actually discovered iron ore in Liaodong, the value of iron had far exceeded the news itself. If there is really iron ore, then how much benefit will it bring. Many people should be aware of this.

"It's just that in the current situation in Liaodong, the Goguryeo people pose a great threat to Liaodong, and if the Goguryeo people can't be effectively prevented, I think that such a situation will not allow more people to participate in it." The Minister of Defense continued.

"Hmm". Prince Dan nodded.

"But I think it's the opposite, if we can resist these Goguryeos, or rather, for the sake of iron ore, we use this as a condition to get the maximum benefit of the Yan Kingdom. Yes, too. "Prince Dan is very persistent with the Goguryeo people, because this has not happened in other countries. At this time, iron ore appeared in Liaodong, but Prince Dan knew that according to the strength of the Yan people themselves, they could not meet such a requirement, and he needed to meet two conditions at the same time.

"Hmm." The Minister of Defense didn't know what Prince Dan thought, so he could only agree with a hum, or say that he thought it was okay. He didn't know exactly what he wanted.

Zhao Guo Handan, House of Commons.

"There is an iron mine in Liaodong, which has been confirmed by the prime minister, and if you think about it, there must be one." A merchant stood up and waved his arm.

"But trade with Yan can be expanded and more widely profitable." The merchant continued. He was supportive in this matter. After all, this is of great benefit to trade, Zhao has no advantageous products, the only advantage is only coal resources, but that is in the hands of the nobles, that is, the reprocessing of iron, they do not have such ability. They urgently need a trade to expand their capital power.

"The establishment of a colony by the Zhao State on the plateau of the mountainous Qiang people did not bring great profits to the Zhao State. On the contrary, it consumed more finance and taxes, which was extremely unfavorable to Zhao State. Moreover, it did not bring us the merchants a lot of profit. On the contrary, it was the people of Qin, Korea, and Wei who made enough money. These people were fed by massive arms purchases. However, our Zhao State has to constantly export cheap coal, import a large amount of wheat, and various daily necessities. Our Zhao State cannot sustain itself for a long time, and our Zhao State also needs a piece of its own market, or in other words, our Zhao State needs a piece of its own colony or a huge market to maintain the advantage of our Zhao State. The merchant said.

"Yes. That's how it should be. Other businessmen stood up and raised their arms in support of the businessmen. Zhao was in an extremely unfavorable situation in its trade with various countries, and the nobles could rely on their own aristocratic advantages to make up for such a huge shortcoming. But these ordinary businessmen have to take care of such an unfavorable situation.

Zhao Guo needs to import everything. The profit margins of a limited number of factories are also very insufficient. Because they can only produce the initial raw materials. For example, glass, they can only produce a few kinds of glass for different purposes, but these glasses are further processed into lenses, and the artwork is in Korea, and the Koreans have such an advantage, but Zhao Guo does not. In the same way, in terms of light industrial goods, Zhao could not produce them by himself, because the Zhao nobles had a large population advantage in their hands, and they had slaves, and these slaves were attached to the factories and coal mines of the nobles. So. There is no profit for businessmen to process. The profit margins are extremely thin. This is not good for the merchant class. Businessmen want to break out of this situation.

"The question is, what are we going to Liaodong for? Chop wood to make a fire? A middle-aged businessman calmly poured cold water on him.

"Nope. We went to Liaodong, established a colony, captured the Goguryeo people, and did the slave trade, and the only thing that could expand the trade at the moment was this slave. According to my analysis, if Liaodong is developed, my Zhao State will inevitably join forces with Qin State and Yan State to build the Liaodong Railway, and the scale of the Liaodong Railway will definitely expand a lot, and the Liaodong Railway will be completed. There were also the major railways in the north of Qin, where the population was sparse and more slaves were needed to build them. What we have in our hands are slaves. Mining aspect. More slaves are needed to open the mines. Can such a trade not be profitable? The Zhao merchant raised his arms and shouted.

Hearing this, the merchants of Zhao State on the field were enthusiastic. They finally found a good way to gather capital quickly. It is also the main reason for the long-term sluggish development of Zhao State.

The merchants of Zhao lacked sufficient accumulation of primordial capital, as they were directly involved in trade and railroad construction without such a process. In this way, they themselves lack enough money to do it, and in the absence of the primitive accumulation of capital, they simply cannot carry out larger projects. Li Mu's idea just opened up this piece, the primitive accumulation of capital. What the merchants of Zhao needed was such a process. How much damage is caused to this process. How much bloodshed was caused. They won't bother at all. All they need to do is accumulate their own capital.

"Yes, that's what it is. Fuck it. Other businessmen supported it. In this way, the House of Commons strongly approved the plan. As for the cost of arming, how to gather manpower, this is no longer something they think about now. What they are thinking about now is, how to quickly capitalize. Their blood is already boiling.

Inside the House of Lords.

"You know what? Some coal mines have begun to use slaves. Using slaves to open mines is much faster than using those lowly people, and you don't have to think about their life and death at all, the people are too fierce, as soon as there is oppression, they will resist, you have to have someone to watch, and give them food, treatment, and the government has to investigate, annoying, annoying. A middle-aged nobleman shook his head while drinking the tea in his hand.

"Oh. If slaves were used, would there be less trouble? Another middle-aged nobleman asked in a whisper.

"That's right. This is a lot less troublesome. A lot of people know. The middle-aged nobleman who drank tea put down the teacup in his hand and said.

"Slaves are bought with money, and this is life and death that are bought." The middle-aged aristocrat said coldly.