"At present, everyone knows that the demand for this slave is increasing." Song Ming said worriedly at his banquet. He was a nobleman of the Chu state, but he occupied mainly the land around present-day Burma and Thailand, but most of it was along the coast. However, the land had brought him a lot of benefits, but he was still not satisfied, thinking that he should have more land, and he set his sights on the inland. Because the land there may be a little more fertile.

"Indeed, what Mr. Song said is yes, we have cultivated a lot of land, even if we grow it ourselves, it is not enough, the most terrible thing is that there are no slaves. It's always a hassle to grow. It's really annoying that we have to deal with the local natives. Huang Xiu shook his head below and said. He was also a nobleman, but he was a minor nobleman, and his whole family moved here, and with the land here, he made a fortune. However, his farm is his foundation, his most important wealth at present comes from the farm, unlike others who grow rice, the things he wants to grow are special, some sugar cane, because this thing is very needed by the Qin State, the price of white sugar is very expensive, and white sugar can also be used to make wine, this is something he discovered, although grain can also make wine, but it is not as fast as sugar cane. Alcohol is a very big thing to sail. It was also the product of their main exchange of slaves, and although he had a large amount of sugar cane, the demand for slaves was very great.

The land of the nobles is increasing at a rapid rate, because this is a terra nullius, and many places can be cultivated by anyone. But now, what the aristocracy lacked was slaves, a lot of cheap labor.

"We don't have any of these, but at the moment we can only buy them from Bangladesh, and we can buy those Mengla slaves, and everyone knows that." Song Ming said.

"At present, Mengla is at war, and Mengla slaves have indeed given us a great need, but in the long run, our slave needs are still very large, and if we can't meet us properly, it will still be difficult for our farm to complete the expansion." Song Ming said worriedly.

The state of Chu had a large population, but after rapid expansion, the advantage of population was quickly offset by the advantage of a vast territory. Now the nobles of the Chu State have to solve the problem of how to make up for their demographic advantage, and the only way is to import a large number of slaves in exchange. All they need to do is exchange the goods they get from their farm. For example, wine, grain, sugar cane, and in some places some tea. Or some local specialties, ivory, spices and so on.

"I've heard that quite a few pirates have turned slave traders. They began to gather in large numbers, and then they went to the Western Ocean, and there was not only one Bangladesh on the Western Ocean, but many other countries, hundreds of thousands or millions, and only a few thousand, and we people could do the same, and the problem of ships was very good, and I think we could buy or rent some ships, and with such ships, we would buy some weapons, and the wealth we captured would be the spoils of everyone's war, and I think it was very good. Huang Xiu's younger brother, Huang Guang stood up and said.

"Easy to say, how much does it cost? Do you know? Huang Xiu shouted loudly to his younger brother in displeasure. He felt that his younger brother's idea was too simple. Moreover, it is easy to lose when speaking very straightforwardly.

"Hmm. I think Brother Huang Guang is right, and we should do the same. Those slaves were not worth much money in the first place, and those pirates and slave traders also made a lot of money by transporting them, and most importantly, they also sold some goods to the Chu State, so they made a lot of money. Since those pirates and slave traders can make money, so can we. We are here today to solve the problem of our slaves. Song Ming said at this time.

"I think that everyone needs slaves, so it is better for all of us to contribute together to set up a trading company, and then everyone has the money to contribute, and some people to contribute, we buy ships, organize armed teams, and drive to the Western continent to rob them, and do this business, which is also very good." Song Ming put forward his own opinion at this time, this is the purpose of his gathering here today, he wants to set up a trading society, ostensibly a trading society, in fact, they are slave traders, in order to meet their needs for farms and land reclamation, they need to gather a large number of armed forces for expansion, this expansion is obviously colonial. But they don't care about that, they need a lot of slaves, so naturally they need so much.

"It's just that, I think, even if everyone pays for it, it's not enough." Huang Xiu said worriedly.

"Huh. I said that my brother was so stupid at this time, we have a farm in our hands, and with the farm we can mortgage it to the bank, and if we have money, we can buy guns and guns, and it can be very profitable to do business without capital. Song Ming said with a smile.

The farm has become the largest asset in the hands of these nobles, but these assets have not yet been transformed into effective capital power, which requires capital to complete, but fortunately, there are a large number of banks in the Chu State, and such banks can meet their needs.

The business carried out by the banks in Chu was very insufficient, and they at most lent some funds to let the nobles reclaim more farm land, and the business that really met the colonial needs of Chu was not carried out much, such as the purchase of more merchant ships, weapons, and the organization of a large number of armed forces, etc., which were not done, and the business of Chu Bank was stagnant, which directly led to the delay in the promotion of Chu's colonial policy.

However, the action of the nobles of the Chu State was not too late. At the same time, the merchants of Chu were also actively acting, and their keen sense of smell was much more sensitive than that of the nobles.

Chu. Pengcheng.

"Hey, Brother Li, what are you doing in such a hurry?" A middle-aged man stopped a young businessman, who was dressed in an extremely ordinary way but could not look down on him.

"Oh. It turned out to be Brother Chen, I went to Qinguo Bank, got a mortgage, and then did a big business. Brother Li waved his hand and said.

"Big business? What's the matter? Brother Chen asked with great curiosity.

"This. Come this way. Brother Li looked around, and then whispered to Brother Chen.

"This is not the place to talk, go to the bank over there to talk, do business while talking, the business over there is still very good." Brother Li said.