"Throw the rope over here!" A Marine soldier of the Qin army stood on the dock with a gun with a bayonet on it. And gradually approaching turned out to be a Chu merchant ship.

The boatman struggled to paddle the boat over. The staff on the dock had already begun to prepare to receive the merchant ship from the Chu State. Qin's wharves were somewhat modernized, and their wharves had large lifting equipment, which was originally used to build ship superstructures. But I didn't expect it to be used on the dock now.

This is the Jiangbei Wharf of the Qin State. Outside this wharf is a naval port, while inside is a large number of shipyards and commercial docks. The main consideration of this dual-use dock was to protect the interests of merchants, and only in this way could the navy continue to exist. The upper echelons of the Navy also understood this. So, when they were rebuilding the military port. Commercial terminals are deliberately included in this category. This also indicates that the value of the navy will only exist if the maritime trade is commercially developed.

After the large wooden merchant ship of the Chu State docked. The Qin side immediately began to unload the ship, they put the large weaving net on the ship, and then manually put the sacks containing mineral sand into the weaving net, and finally lifted away by large lifting equipment. This way of loading and unloading is very troublesome, because the Qin State can completely use the conveyor belt to transport these ores.

But that's how the state of Chu was loaded. Their vessels have very limited carrying capacity. In addition, they did not have large lifting equipment, let alone conveyors, and some had a large number of cheap laborers. A laborer can easily resist such a heavy sack. In comparison, the state of Qin was much simpler. Moreover, it can greatly improve labor efficiency.

With the rapid unloading of this Chu merchant ship, other Chu merchant ships also began to dock for unloading. This is a huge number of Chu merchant fleets. They ship a lot of goods. There are tung oil, tungsten ore, manganese ore, copper ore, silk, rice, and brown sugar blocks for preliminary processing. Rape oil, as well as some finished products, silks, works of art, in addition to some daily necessities that the Qin State needs. For example, soy sauce, rice wine, etc. These are the goods transported by the merchant ships of the Chu State, and after these merchant ships are loaded, they will go to the berthing area to rest. The Qin side will provide the services they need. The merchants of the Chu State who arrived with the ship had to make preliminary purchases here in the Qin State. Or wait for their order to arrive. A highway will keep carrying these things away. And to transport the things that the merchants of Chu State need. This was the beginning of the trade in the golden waterway of the Yangtze River between Qin and Chu.

The two countries were at war before, but now they are engaged in commercial trade activities. Such changes were so fast that even the newspapers and media did not react, and no reporter reported on this matter. This is really a great miracle in the history of the Qin State.

Behind these miracles is part of the private activities of the Qin State and the Chu State. The interests of the nobles of the state of Chu thought it was time to sell the goods in their hands. So they took the initiative to talk to higher-level figures in the Qin State. Such talks went on many times. After bargaining, the two sides finally came up with today's situation.

First of all, the state of Qin took a step back. Qin did not yet have the time to develop naval strength to maintain the waterways of the Yangtze River. Therefore, Qin Guo accepted it when he saw it, and did not put forward some excessive requirements. It was only to maintain control of the Yangtze River waterways in the Qin-controlled area. The Chu side also privately promised not to allow the ships of the Chu navy to enter and leave the area at will.

Secondly, Qin needs a large number of cheap raw materials for the rapid development of its own industry, the arrival of minerals and raw materials in Chu can greatly improve the situation, Qin's copper reserves have been less than three months, if it is not replenished, Qin's military industry, automobile industry, telecommunications industry, and power generation industry will suffer huge losses. Similarly, the state of Chu also got what they wanted most, gold, and the state of Qin agreed to pay for this raw material in the form of gold. But soon the Qin State earned it back, and only a few of this gold reached the Chu State, where the Chu State bought the finished industrial products they wanted to buy.

Cars, gasoline, steel, cement, and even power generation equipment were bought by Qin Guo with special care. Light bulbs, wires. Even the phone they started buying. In addition to these finished industrial products, there are also large quantities of munitions. This is also the special treatment given by the Qin State to the Chu State, and this batch of munitions will complete the large-scale military armament of the Chu State. At the same time, there are rare artillery pieces in this batch of munitions.

These were all agreements reached privately between the states of Qin and Chu. This batch of munitions was used to gag the mouths of the generals of the Chu State. It is necessary for them to sign the ceasefire agreement between Qin and Chu.

The private every move between the upper echelons of the Qin State and the upper echelons of the Chu State, these generals were very clear, but the generals did not say a word. Even used code words to satirize these Chu nobles, after the Qin State learned of these circumstances. Specifically in the protocol. In particular, provisions permitting the trade in arms have been included in the terms of commercial trade. Such a clause made the generals of the state of Chu finally stop talking. Just when the country of Qi and the country of Yan were fighting. The State of Chu also secretly sent a military observation group to the State of Qi to observe.

Qi used smuggling and imitation to replace trap rifles, and rifle cartridges were made using reused or hand-processed models. Compare it to the Chu army. The Chu army was armed with trap rifles only those wealthy aristocratic private soldiers. The regular army still uses old-fashioned flintlock pistols. The only thing that made Chu State come up with it was that the gunpowder was supplied by itself.

In fact, the military also believed that there was only a large-scale introduction of advanced technology from the Qin state. Especially advanced weapons. in order to effectively contain the monster of the Qin State. But they still don't understand that the Qin State is too utilitarian, and even exports arms. As everyone knows, the Qin State has a more long-term plan.

No matter what. The arrival of Chu merchant ships meant that the war between Qin and Chu would stop, and with it, a boom in commercial activity. It's just that the Qin State and the Chu State still have to take a formal step. That is to complete a formal ceasefire agreement, and a statement.

At this step, the high-level leaders of the two countries have begun preparations for this bill, and the maturity clauses are placed there, and they have been implemented. The two countries will inevitably sign a document to explain the end of the war.

And for the Qin State, this matter is not ranked in a very important place. Important to Qin was the strategic plan for the coming year. That's the most important thing.