"Boom. Rumble. "The artillery of the Sabbatarians continued to wield power, and about two miles away was a city in the country of Seth, which Zhang Bi did not know its name, but he thought that the city would definitely be defeated.

They had been gathered around the city, and the women had been taken away by the Sabbatarians. The rest of the people became slaves, they died every day, he didn't know what he was here for, but he saw it with his own eyes. These Sabbaths were well armed. They had a decent amount of artillery. These cannons are from the Qin State, and there are inscription numbers of the Qin State on them, and those are the production serial numbers.

The Sabbatarians had a large cavalry force, and they were armed with a considerable number of muskets. Not only cavalry units, but also infantry, which were also armed with a considerable number of muskets. In addition to these, they are also armed with scimitars, and it seems that their equipment is somewhat nondescript, but these firearms have formed an absolute advantage.

"Poof. Burst. "Not far away, the Sabbatarians cut off the heads of several dying Sethians, something like this happens every day, and they are used to it. It's just that he doesn't know what they're going to do next. Do you really want to explain your identity? Zhang Bi is not clear.

"The Sabbatarians are attacking the cities of the Seth Country, and it seems that their purpose this time is very crazy." The fifth came over and whispered.

"The number of muskets they are equipped with seems to be a lot, I have seen more than 10,000, the number of cavalry equipment is very large, and a large number of cavalry detour to the back of the city, it seems that the invasion of the Seth country this time must not be small." Lao Wu said.

"Shall we go back and report the news to the above, Lao Wu asked.

"Yes, we have to tell the above news that we are helping the weak Seth nation, or are we befriending the Sabbatarians, a powerful enemy, not what we want to see." Zhang Bi said.

"So, we have to go back and get out of here, on the one hand we need to rest the situation of the people. On the other hand, we need to get in touch with the Sethians. Lao Wu said.

"I see, then, you and I, go separately, and I'll go looking for the resters, and they won't do anything to me. On the other hand, when you get out of here, you have muskets, and you should be faster. Get out of here. "Zhang Bi arranged.

"Good. I'm going to contact the Seth Country. The fifth nodded and said. South Korea's diplomatic strategy is more flexible, and if they contact the Sabbatarians, they may not be able to make friends, and the Sabbatarians will send them back to the Central Plains at most. Because they have the Qin people behind them, their strength is big enough. They can easily attack the Seth Country.

Through the observation of Zhang Bi and others, he believes that the country of Seth is very weak. Their weapons are still elite in the eyes of cold weapons, they have a certain amount of armor, and their weapons are mostly spears, bows and arrows, but these weapons are nothing in front of firearms. Their offense will be easily dismantled. In terms of defense, it would be more advantageous to have a sabbath with artillery. Although they were cavalry troops, their offensive power was greatly strengthened, and if the Koreans wanted to control such a place, then the first thing that Korea had to know was the attack of the Ansabbatians. Diplomatically, the Koreans can only be friendly with the Sethians, because they need Korean goods more. And the Sabbaths don't need to.

Soon, Zhang Bi stood up and used his special costume and special etiquette to show that he was from the Central Plains country, not other countries.

The sentinels were surprised, they looked at Zhang Bi a little strangely, and they tried to calm Zhang Bi down at first. Scare and scare each other, but soon they feel that something is not right, and they call their own commander, and then a higher commander arrives. Taking advantage of the confusion of the Sabbatarians, because they had never seen the Seth and such a person, after a series of judgments, they decided to put this person in custody and send him to a higher commander, and the fifth quietly left here with the rest of the people, they had pistols on them, and the Sabbatarians would not bother to search one by one, they were just people who gathered together in a large area.

Qin State, Xianyang.

"How much does it cost to build a railroad like that?" A manager at an investment bank asked. The problem they are concerned about now is the news that Yan State established Liaonan Prefecture, and at the same time, there is another news that the Qin Navy plans to build a naval base there, so that the railway will become an important channel for naval construction, and the amount of materials required to transport materials from land to the naval base is very large.

"This. I am afraid that if I don't have ten million and a half taels, I can't get down. A supervisor assessed.

"Does the Yan government have any money?" The manager then asked. They think that the investment significance of investing in this railway is relatively large, in contrast, the Wenyang Bank of Qin focuses on the development of Chu and the Western Regions, two places, and they invest a lot of money in these two regions, while Yan State, because the geographical location of this country is too remote, so there are only some medium-sized investment banks, and the company is concerned. However, they believe that this section of the railway is of great significance.

"All countries are currently actively developing their navies, and it is said that the Yan people saw the Qi people building a navy, and they also hoped to build a navy there, the construction of the navy, and the construction of a large number of merchant ships, so that the amount of wood and various materials they needed would be very amazing, and the significance of this railway would exist." The supervisor on the side analyzed that they were doing this business, and they naturally knew what the meaning of doing this business was. For example, this railway is only built when the demand is particularly high, or no one wants to spend so much money on it.

"Hmm. You can give it a try. But. There's one more thing. Since the Yan Kingdom wants to see your own navy, they need a railway, you ask, why don't the Qi people build their own railway, is it because they don't have money? The manager asked.

"This. It doesn't seem that complicated. The Director nodded, but he immediately inquired about it.

Qi State, General's Mansion. Lou Jing and Tian Heng were discussing this matter.

"We need a railway, and it doesn't seem realistic to rely on those wagons alone." Tian Heng said worriedly.

"The amount of load-bearing required for the iron beams is very large, and the Koreans are actively building a railway in Jiaoju. If that's the case, their shipbuilding capacity will increase a lot. In contrast, we are in a much worse position. Tian Heng said.

"The most important thing is that the amount of supplies that our navy needs is very large, which requires active contact with the interior, and without such contact, we simply cannot do such a thing." Tian Heng told Lou Jing about the plight of Qi building a railway, and he hoped that Lou Jing could understand how important a railway was to the development of Qi State.

"Yes, but we don't have so much money, even if we attract investment, I'm afraid we won't be able to attract much money." Lou Jing looked at the map and said embarrassedly. He also knew that the construction of railways was very difficult, especially in terms of capital needs, which accounted for almost a large part of the fiscal revenue.

"Think of a way, think of a way as soon as possible, as long as we have a railway, we can get a lot of money, that is, to sell this railway, we have to build it." Tian Heng said anxiously. Tian Heng's temper was a little irritable. Lou Jing is very clear about this.

"Sell it." Lou Jing pondered. He felt that the idea of selling the railway, which Tian Heng had inadvertently said, was still better. Like, sell. Although the investment in the railway is very large, his income is also very large. A large amount of logistics circulation can bring great income. Maybe that's a good idea. Lou Jing thought. But just when Lou Jing thought about this. Pengcheng of Chu State. Chen Ping has already put forward a specific plan.

"Prime Minister, at present, we need a railway in Chu State. Going straight south from the north, this railway will bring us great benefits, which is far better than building a canal or something. Chen Ping said.

"I know that, but you can see our finances. It took me a long time and a lot of energy to solve one of the three major naval fleets of the Chu State. Fan Zeng shook his head and said helplessly. He's thinking about it. Whether to use this fund centrally or separately, if it is used separately, I am afraid that the development of the Chu Navy is very unsatisfactory.

"We don't have enough money to build the railway. You know that the railroad cost enough for the development of a naval fleet. But at the moment we don't have that much money to develop. Fan Zeng told Chen Ping with regret.

"Nope. No, no, no. The Prime Minister misunderstood. I'm here because I think we have a good way to build a railroad without spending too much money. Chen Ping said.

"It doesn't cost anything. Can you build a railway? Fan Zeng's head couldn't turn around.

"This. It's unlikely. Fan Zeng said.

"Originally, I thought that the shares of the railway companies would solve some problems, but those railway companies were prepared to make money for themselves, and they had no intention of building the railway, they just kept selling the shares. They might still have done it if it weren't for the stock falling. Fan Zeng said distressedly. There are many companies listed in Chu, except for trade and shipbuilding, most of them are tools to collect money, but unfortunately, not long after the stock market of Chu was listed, after only a wave of rise, it encountered the decline of the South Korean stock market, and then drove the decline of the stock market of Zhao State, followed by the decline of the stock market of Chu State. In fact, many aristocrats still did not sell many shares, because fewer people bought. Investment enthusiasm is mainly focused on shipbuilding and trade.

"I have a way, this way is that we can take the income of the railway, the future railway income as the main financing object, can be mortgaged to the bank to get funds, and the future income is mainly due to the income of railway transportation, or the dividend income of holding stocks, we sell the shares of these railway companies in the name of the government, or mortgage to the bank, we can get the investment in the construction of the railway. At present, Qinguo Bank has a large amount of capital gathered here, we can do this, and the most important thing is that the trade from Bangladesh and La is increasing rapidly, but these goods can only stay at sea, but do not reach the inland by rail transportation, and the value of transportation is naturally understood. Chen Ping said with a smile.

"Good way. Can you get a railroad in this way? Fan Zeng asked. Fan Zeng doesn't have a very good way at present, the only way is to follow Chen Ping's ideas, maybe this can bring some new opportunities to the Chu State.

"Yes. Absolutely. This is how the Qin people built this railway. Chen Ping said.

"Hmm. Then do this, we have to start work as soon as possible, and it will be difficult to say when the weather is cold. Fan Zeng said. The only thing the government can give is fixed assets, such as land, minerals, etc., and the future income is the enthusiasm for investment. This is the inevitable law of development. Chen Ping took advantage of this.

Northern part of the Qin State. The junction of the Qin and Xiongnu settlements in Mobei. A trading area between the Qin and Xiongnu was formed here.

The Huns exchanged leather, horses, cattle and sheep, or themselves as slaves to become the labor needed by the Qin people, but most of them were prepared by thugs, because they were very warlike and loyal, so they were good warriors. The Qin people exchanged all kinds of daily necessities, mainly food, salt, tea, sugar, furniture, etc., of course, there were also Qin merchants involved in the economic activities in the north, mainly to collect some fur medicinal materials or something, there was originally wood, but the timber transportation is inconvenient, which requires railway transportation, in the Mobei grassland, there are some Qin expeditions, prospecting teams, they are the tentacles of Qin. Here, the Qin people and the Xiongnu lived in peace. They did not have the possibility of breaking out into war, because the huge gap in weapons made the Huns give up resistance. There is no point in resisting, and coupled with the economic blockade, this is the desperate situation of the Huns.

"Tell me, what do you want to do?" A Qin businessman said while drinking milk tea with white sugar. This was invented by the Huns themselves, and they realized the importance of tea very early, but the Qin people didn't like the smell, so they added white sugar to cover it, but it was delicious.

"We want to join the Qin State, but we must first get your help, I know that you need a lot of forest resources." A Hun said.

"We can probe there, we can go deep there, lay down boundary pillars." The Huns said.

"Oh. This, it's a bit of a surprise. The merchant of the Qin State said.

"Actually, I know that if you want to make a contribution, you can only join the Qin State if you get more territory." The merchant put down his teacup and said.

"Yes, now summer is coming. We can get north very quickly, and if it's cold, we won't be able to do that. The Huns said.

"I still understand that." The merchant of Qin said.

"But we don't want those forests to be of any use, and you know, there's no railroad here, only a military railway. The carrying capacity is very limited, and most of it still needs to be completed by horse-drawn carriages. Unless there is a railway, such a demand can be met. The merchant of Qin said in embarrassment. The merchants of the Qin State knew very well what these Huns were doing. They need funds, buy some weapons and equipment, they have to find new places for the Qin people, but, those places, who knows what they will do, although they have tribes, but if they can't look down on their tribes, they will go to new places to pioneer, and the investment of merchants will be all in vain. This is where businessmen worry the most. After all, his money is not easy to come by.

"I understand that we need a lot of money to buy things, and only with those things can we go on adventures, we can get land, and we only need 30 percent of those land. That's all we need for this benefit. The Huns said.

Land is a kind of income, with land, in order to have greater income, Qin law law, the land income, half of the state, half of the individual, minerals, forest resources, and a variety of animal resources are considerable benefits, this is a great encouragement to develop. They just have to occupy the place. This is the only kind of project that the Xiongnu tribe can enter on a large scale except for joining the army, but they lack funds and must have Qin merchants to participate in it. However, this was very risky, and many Hun expeditions entered it and never returned. All at once, the investment was gone.

"It's very risky, 30 percent, it's still a lot." The merchant of Qin said in embarrassment.

"You also know, there is no railway in Qin at present, if there is railway transportation, the problem may be solved very well, after all, we need more goods, and it is very simple to develop, but." The merchant said in embarrassment.

"Ten percent." The Huns looked at the merchants of the Qin State and said.

"This. This one. "What else does the merchant of the Qin State want to say.

"Our tribe will leave it to you. They are hostages, we will definitely come back, we can't discard the people of these tribes, I am the leader of the tribe, I will do what I want to do. The Huns said.

"Okay." The merchant nodded helplessly, and then the merchants of the Qin State contributed money, and the Huns sent out, they wanted to explore the place west of the Beihai, and the land and resources obtained there would become a great asset for the merchants. The Huns could only get ten percent of the benefits, and their status would be Qin. That's the only thing they can do. It is also the only resource they currently have at their disposal. The merchants of the Qin State were very satisfied with this income ratio. Because the land they obtained through their exploration could be sold to the Qin government, which needed to expand its territory too much. But their military power was not enough to expand, and they had to rely on these Huns.