Chu State, near Wuyue Shipyard.

"How come the construction has started near this shipyard?" A Chu merchant asked the local guide curiously. He came from other places, had some capital, wanted to do some big business, he wanted to do trade, but at this time the biggest trade was maritime trade, especially the newspapers constantly reported how good the business of Bangladesh was. He was also moved. I want to do some maritime trade business, but the first business to do in maritime trade is to build ships, and without ships, there is no maritime business at all.

So the businessman decided to go to the vicinity of Wuyue to see if he could get a shipyard by himself, this shipyard needs technology, raw materials, and the capital demand is very intensive, but he feels that shipbuilding has broad prospects, which is not a big problem for them.

"Oh. This is a shipyard opened here by Qin merchants, they are next to the Wuyue shipyard, and I heard that they have recruited a lot of technicians. Recently, timber has also piled up, and Zhao Guo is also actively trying to find a way to transport iron beams from Jiaozhou, South Korea. The guide said. Actually, this is Lu Pheasant's Liu shipyard. Lu Pheasant concentrated some funds and invested them in the shipyard first, she thinks that the shipyard will get the funds faster, because the demand is very large now, and in terms of funds, her advantage is not obvious. She decided to invest in shipyards, because the demand is very large, and shipbuilding can make great profits, for which Lu Pheasant has actively hired talents from Qingcheng in South Korea, and if necessary, she can also cooperate. Wooden boats are the easiest ships to make.

"Qin people?" The people of Chu were a little surprised.

"Yes, I heard that I still came from Qin Guoguan, and I am very rich. Usually a woman is in charge, and his man has already ordered a ship from Korea. Maybe it's about to go to sea. Now it's still in the trading business, it's getting bigger and bigger, as long as you go a little bit to the sea, you can catch a little, anyway, there are a lot of people. The guide said.

"Hmm. That's right. This maritime trade business is so good. Many people go, but this sea is the first level. Recently, the Prime Minister's Office has agreed to allow us Korean businessmen to enter this industry, and they have given great support, especially in terms of taxation, which is only one percent, which is simply incomparable with the huge profits of shipbuilding. Therefore, shipbuilding is the most profitable industry. The merchant said excitedly.

"Sir, I've recently received people like you who have already bought some land. I heard that they have begun to hire manpower to build a dock like Wu Yue Shipyard, I'm afraid. The guide said worriedly.

"Oh. This is bad news. The merchant was a little surprised when he heard this, but he quickly calmed down.

"I don't know. Do you know how many people in the area can do this? And this land, I want to start construction as soon as possible. The merchant said.

"This. It's good to say, as long as the funds are in place, many things will naturally be in place. The guide said.

"That's fine, but it has to be fast. The sooner the better. The merchant said. The guide nodded, indicating that this was fine.

With the order of the Prime Minister's Office of Chu, more and more merchants of Chu State were divided, they were no longer wandering merchants, but began to become part of the factory owners, for example, shipbuilding, is a special kind of factory, they manufacture a large number of ships in batches, and see that these ships will inject a new impetus into Chu's maritime trade.

In the Wuyue area, there are several other industries that are also developing rapidly.

The plain area west of the Wuyue Shipyard. Rice should have been grown in large quantities, and the need for food has been the main demand here, but now the people here have given up on growing rice because the price of food is not valuable. The amount of rice from Viet Chau in the south is abundant and of high quality. The food needs of the Chu people could be greatly satisfied through maritime trade, and this need was not the most urgent, the farms controlled by the nobles were desperate to get more wealth, and wealth had overcome the need for food. So they began to plant a large number of mulberry trees to raise silkworms, and getting more silk would bring greater profits, and the demand for these things in Bangladesh would greatly expand.

"Don't plant these rice. It's not worth much, and in overseas land, there are things everywhere that can grow grain, and there are more than three crops a year, and this grain is not worth much. A nobleman said to his butler.

"Yes, yes, what the master said is that we have switched to planting mulberry trees, sugar cane, and rape, all of which can be exchanged for a lot of money. The demand in the north of the Qin State is also very large. This definitely meets our needs. The butler on the side said.

"Hmm. These things have to be expanded, there is only one season a year, and the harvest is too little. The demand for this Mengla is very large, if you rush together, what money do you still make, and there is tea, in the things should also be fast, go to Huangzhou, get more land, deal with those Yue people, don't be polite, kill when you should kill, if not, you can mobilize the army. The nobleman said as he looked at the enlarged mulberry orchard.

"Yes. It was the owner who said yes. The butler nodded frequently. Tea, silk, and jaggery have become the three most important trade commodities of the Chu people. These trades can bring great trade gains. The aristocracy, who had a large amount of land resources, was frantically expanding, and in their opinion, this demand could never be satisfied.

The merchants of Chu are entering industry and commerce, and the aristocracy is changing from traditional agriculture to commodity agriculture, and they are more engaged in production to meet the needs of industry and trade, and in their opinion, this money-making model is very cost-effective. Of course. There were also some nobles involved in the industry and mining, but this required a lot of intensive funds to complete, and it was difficult to do this without sufficient funds.

Chu. Pengcheng. Pengcheng Naval Officer School of Chu State.

"Navy, Navy, this Naval Academy should be relocated to another location. Instead of staying here. There is no water here, so it can only be left to the army to build. Xiang Yan inspected the Naval Academy and said.

"We've already reported that. However, the problem of funding is very insufficient, and the Prime Minister's Office said that the navy needs to be financed from maritime taxes. Xiang Liang said helplessly.

"Well, let's not talk about that. That's not something we really can handle. Xiang Yan said. Fan Zeng is planning to persuade the parliament to impose a commercial tax on maritime commercial trade vessels, which is mainly used to maintain and expand the naval power of the Chu state, and further protect the fruits of the maritime trade of the Chu state, but the parliament is worried that the commercial tax will affect their maritime profits, in fact, the maritime commercial tax is not much, only three percent. Such taxes are already very low. But the parliamentarians just disagreed, because they thought that the sea was very risky, and the profits were naturally high, and the levy was three percent, which was a large base, because they were not willing to tax it in this way. Taxes are too high. They prefer to make the commercial tax the same as the shipyard's tax, one percent, but in doing so, it will be impossible for the Chu state to support a large navy, and the two sides will enter a stalemate. Fan Zeng could not convince the lawmakers of the benefits of expanding taxes and building a huge navy, and the lawmakers thought that Fan Zeng was crazy about money. Fan Zeng lost his heart and went crazy for money. As long as Chu can make money on the project, he has to tax it, in this regard, the parliamentarians gritted their teeth against Fan Zeng, but Fan Zeng still tried to persuade the parliamentarians to expand the tax source, only in this way can the state finance have more funds to do more. He is working with the railway company to build a railway from Daliang to Pengcheng in Chu State, and in the future, a railway network will be connected to the Wuyue area.

"How many of our naval officers have graduated this time?" Xiang Yan asked.

Those naval officers are being trained in musket shooting, and many of them are trained according to the standards of the Korean Navy, and they have not yet practiced a course in the ocean, but they have learned how to record the navigation route, and how to use the sextant and the navigation clock more accurately, and the role of the sea map, and the sea navigation attempt, and naval warfare requires them to learn to use artillery, and many of them can accurately aim at fixed targets and shoot.

"Four hundred." Xiang Liang replied.

"Too little. We're going to scale, and the people the Navy needs are not a small number. We only have more people to solve more nautical problems, understand? Xiang Yan said.

"This understands, but we still lack ships." Xiang Liang said.

"This, we need the Prime Minister's Office to solve this problem, however, there are many shipyards being built in Chu now, and I believe that this will not be a problem in the future. In the war of the future. Xiang Yan said.

"The army relies on the navy first, the navy can be equipped with more artillery, and in the future, more battlefields will be overseas, not at home, so in this regard, you can expand the army as much as possible, I think, the king will support this." Xiang Yan said.

"It's just that, at present, except for the First Fleet, the other two fleets do not obey the orders of the Admiralty at all, they always act on their own, and they have more ships than us, which makes the development prospects of the Navy very bad. They can get more resources than we do. Xiang Liang said. The First Fleet is composed of the Xiang Army, while the Second Fleet and the Third Fleet are the noble fleet and the pirate fleet respectively, they rely on sea trade and sea robbery to expand their power, in contrast, the First Fleet, which relies on government financial funds, is much weaker, and if they can't further expand their strength, they will soon fall. For this beam wants to change that.