In fact, the Republic of Genoa has several good trading cities on the mountainous coast of southern Crimea, and Kaffa and Sudak are among the representatives. And the southwesternmost region was not yet the territory of the Genoese, but a group of Greek feudal lords who lived in the gap between the Crimean Khanate and Genoa.

In general, the southern mountains, which occupy only a quarter of the Crimean peninsula, are the most chaotic.

"If the trade of Genoa is annexed, prosperity can be expected." Qin Chang'an, who is in charge of finance, has insight into the key. What did the Genoese people do by crossing the Aegean Sea and running across the Bosphorus for thousands of miles? Not a slave trade for this blood diamond?

"No!" Meng Zhuoyan immediately stopped Qin Changan's delusion of making money.

"500,000 Tatars live on this, if we block the way of life of those tribes, I can only destroy Chizhou." Meng Zhuoyan's words made Qin Cang wake up for a while! He also thought of a plan to replace Genoa. But Meng Zhuoyan woke up the dreamer with a word!

The Genoese relied on a hundred years of planning to open up the trade in the Black Sea, and there was a good way to go up on their own? Enemies of the Katulu tribes? Haji Gelehan of Bakhchisaray? I don't have any "Spanish relatives" in Ottoman Turkey!

After settling his mind, Qin Cang said, "What about the Crimean Khanate? ”

With half a million Tatars, many other tribes to be counted, and a significant number of feudal cities in the south, the Crimean Khanate was indeed in the limelight in this century. If it weren't for Russia's rise in the footsteps of history, perhaps the hegemon of Eastern Europe would have been the Crimean Khanate.

Meng Zhuoyan coughed a few times and said, "I heard that the king has ...... Ahem, marry a Tatar noblewoman as queen. ”

Meng Zhuoyan said, giving the two of them a look. The two of them immediately understood that Qin Cang and the Tatars had a lot to do with each other.

"That's right. Baoyin ...... I stole it from the tribe of Katulu....... She was the princess of the Katu Catalogue. There is a conflict between the two of us. Qin Cang was also a little embarrassed, but he still explained, slightly vaguely.

"Yes, that's right! How about I, like the Genoese, who trade with salt and iron? If you have weapons, you can provoke their tribes; If you have money, you can bribe its nobles; And you can recruit others to enter our China, and you can slowly seize its country with multiple efforts. ”

Qin Cang nodded approvingly. He also agrees with such a plan. It's just that Meng Zhuoyan said it more clearly.

It seems that it is time to use the skin of Baoyin to reach out to the Tatars in the northwest.

Of course, all this depends on whether the salt can be boiled, and whether the four colonies that have been separated can grow healthily in the next two months.

"Mr. Meng is really talented. Next, please work hard, then it is not a lie that Huaxia is rebuilt in a foreign land! ”

......

Qin Changan and Wang Rongfang appeared together with the homeless people. The number of people they brought with them was exactly 1,200 men, which corresponds to the number of victorious guards and salt lake guards.

Wang Rongfang, as a former waiter in the Ministry of Works, still has a lot to say about boiling salt. So in the face of the most urgent things at present, Wang Rongfang took these 1,200 people all the way west.

They were to be divided into two groups, one with oxen and horses, ploughs, hoes, shovels, and seeds, etc., to cultivate outside the village of Victory; A batch of specially made pots, wood, and a batch of bricks from the kiln were prepared to start boiling salt in Salt Lake. Wang Rongfang may not be able to return to Chizhou City until March and April, when it will be time to open a trade route and sell the salt.

Then there was Qin Chang'an. Before going back, the old iron rooster said that he would definitely make a tax system that was not so harsh, but covered everyone. And this product seems to be eyeing the grocery stores of Qin Cang's family. These stores are the most profitable things they sell.

As for Meng Zhuoyan?

He now crossed the sea to Taman's side to direct the establishment of the Coastal Guard.

Now the big iron prison, Qiao Bao's power is gradually losing ground. Not only because of Qin Cang's revelations, but also because of the upcoming large number of blacksmiths and hydraulic forging hammers, Qiao Bao's personal stubbornness also made him in a dilemma in the big iron prison.

Thinking about Qiao Antai, who ran back and didn't listen to anything outside the window, and only taught the sages and sages, Qiao Bao felt a little unwilling.

And Qiao Su has always refused to meet him, which makes Qiao Bao even more uneasy.

On this day, Qiao Bao arrived at the big iron prison on time.

However, the movement of the big iron supervisor startled Qiao Bao.

Dig a pit.

The river, which the Chizhou people call the Qianmen River, used to pass by the Great Iron Prison, but now a larger pit has been dug next to it. The embankment that had been laid out was also removed. Huge pieces of iron were pulled in, and long poles were laid out on top of the house. Several houses have even had their roofs torn down.

Qiao Bao sighed in his heart, this is ...... What is called a hydraulic forging hammer?

Immediately afterward, a group of people who looked like they were striking iron all year round came in. Then Qiao Bao saw Qin Cang, as well as Baoyin and Qiao Su who were following behind.

"It's all here, aren't you? It just so happens that Qiao Bao is also there, and we are announcing a rule today. We have added ten new hydraulic forging hammers, and now we have appointed Chu Jing as the deputy head of the Great Iron Supervisor! Dedicated management of hydraulic hammers! And re-plan the production line, and strive to make the territory's iron production to a higher level! ”

Now there is blast furnace ironmaking, although there are no graphite crucibles, but graphite is not far away, there are rich graphite mines on the banks of the Dnieper, and there are hydraulic forging hammers, and the forging stage has begun to go further and further away from the blacksmith.

Qiao Bao found out that he might just wait for the iron to come out by the blast furnace in the future, and then move to the hydraulic forging hammer, let the hammer smash it, and repair it himself to be completed.

Qiao Bao felt hopeless.

Chu Jing, that was a young man who looked less than thirty. Qiao Bao looked at his sturdy body and bulging muscles, and couldn't help but feel a little cold. Young people, after all, are going to be in power.

Out of the big iron prison, Qiao Bao found that several streets around him were actually under construction!

A big sign was hung on the door - Jinjian.

A man in his forties walked around and heard passers-by shouting, his name was Yang Hongda, and he seemed to be the director of the new Jinjian.

Then the ground was broken on the street farther away. A Taoist temple is about to rise from the ground.

A Taoist priest named Liu Yujing was walking around over there. Out of fear of God, Qiao Bao also bowed twice.

Out of the northwest area, to the east of the avenue, a square next to the pier has also begun to be transformed. A group of people who look like fish are fluttering and repairing the house.

Chen Jia?

Someone unknown became the director of the shipyard.

Qiao Bao turned around, and on the far west mountain, a large flock of sheep passed by. It seems that someone is shouting, "That person's name is Wang Chun, and he is a new ....... in charge of the ranch."