Wei State, Great Liang. Today's large numbers are expanding southward at full speed, and the population is increasing, giving up their land in the countryside and rushing to the cities for development.

The price of grain is very low, and even if they grow it, they can't sell it for money to survive, and they have to collect taxes. Unless they can make money in a short period of time, then land is a burden for them, but fortunately, Daliang is expanding, and the city is estimated to have exceeded one million people. But there is no official announcement, but no one cares about that, they care about their livelihood.

Sell the land, go to the city, become a city population, and then they will look for work in front of the major factories. The storage area of the railway station requires a lot of labor, which is the first choice for people entering the city, of course. There are also young people, if they are smart, they will choose other places, high-end entertainment venues, where there is a need for a large number of young people. However, more people choose to go to the factory, because the pay there is much higher than farming, and they are willing to work there as long as they can survive.

With the accession of the southern Wei state, the aristocracy and merchants cooperated, factories were built, and a large amount of land was taken by the government and then re-sold, and they would build it into a prosperous commercial district.

"The news came from the Ministry of Defense in Sinzheng, South Korea, and very few people know about it at present." In a high-end restaurant, the decoration here is extremely luxurious, and the ceiling makes it look very warm, but here is full of rich people's taste, because only rich people can come. Silk has become a symbol of the wealthy here, and tens of thousands and a half taels of wine fill the fine glasses. Those with financial resources liked to use jade cups, and the nobles especially liked it here. In addition, there are many scantily clad women, which is their power. The parliamentarians of Wei were frequent visitors here, because there was often a lot of news of fortune here, and those merchants and nobles who were willing to spend a lot of money also came here, because news is wealth.

"Is it true?" A fat aristocrat moved his body, and the huge sofa might not be able to support his staggering weight.

"It's true, this is the news of the Ministry of Defense of Sinzheng, South Korea." Said the young man who delivered the message. Here, there is a price for every message.

"Hmm. How many people still know? The nobleman asked.

"Hmm. I think the military businessmen in Sinzheng, South Korea, have already taken action. The young man said.

"The military is very excited to get this news, but South Korea's military industrial complex needs to operate for several years to produce so many military weapons, and if we get a military order, the situation will be very favorable to us." The young man said.

"I think, Mr. should understand that this military production is the same as the products produced by other factories, if you want to get huge benefits, you must put it into production as soon as possible, only sufficient products, in order to quickly seize the market, if you can't get the first opportunity, the situation may be very bad." The young man continued.

"I see. Go to my butler and receive your reward. I'll decide when it comes to production. Do you understand? The noble councillor said with some dissatisfaction.

"Understood." The young man smiled and turned away. They're actually information mongers, but they can make money selling information, and a lot of them do that, because the merchants, the nobles, and the legislators need all kinds of information to do things. They are able to do such things.

Korea and Wei have close ties, if there is no South Korea, it is difficult for Wei to develop, and the two are relatively close, coupled with the close connection of the railway system, which makes their relationship closer, all along, Wei is seen as a continuation of Korean factories, and the implementation is indeed the case, there are a large number of Korean businessmen in Wei, they invest here, build factories, attract a large number of Wei labor in this factory, shoes and hats, blended, ready-to-wear, leather, canned meat, canned fruits and vegetables, There are also a large number of simple parts, among which the military industry is an important leading industry in the development of the Wei State, because there is a large number of intensive labor, they can produce a large number of bullets, assemble all kinds of muskets, because of the increase in the demand for maritime trade, it seems to be the largest concentration of factories. The starting point of the Jiaozhou Railway is here, and once the Jiaozhou Railway is completed, their factory will start more and more crazy.

The news from South Korea made the Korean merchants and Wei merchants here agitated, because this was a huge military order, and the military order provided by the Qin people was only less than a million rifles, which was still the effect of the Qin army's military suppression, but in fact, they had already produced a total of 1.5 million rifles, because they could not produce artillery, they did not have such technology, but the Zhao people did, but the profits of the muskets were enough for them to make a lot of money.

Hearing such a big demand, the arms dealers are preparing for it, and they have decided to expand their production again to make a lot of money, which is very important to them.

Zhao Guo, Handan.

"Is this news reliable?" Li Mu's first reaction when he heard such news from Li Zuo's car was suspicion.

"I got this from a Korean." Li Zuoche said.

"Don't be a rumor, telegraph technology is very mature now. There's a lot of confusing information going back and forth, which can cause a lot of disruption to our decisions, and you're not going to take that kind of information back and forth, right? Li Mu said to Li Zuoche.

"This. No. This is a message from their Ministry of Defense. The news has already been confirmed by some businessmen. The most important thing is that they don't have artillery production technology, Koreans, but their production capacity is very weak, and their artillery can meet the needs of their own army at most, and our Zhao country has such production technology, in such a situation, we can produce a large number of artillery to meet their needs. Li Zuoche said.

"I understand what you're thinking." Li Mu said.

"But the production thing is not something we can decide, you know, once the production is expanded, it will require a lot of money, but if the other party does not need it, we will not be able to sell the things we produce, the funds cannot be returned, and the enterprise will be completely trapped, I would rather let our factory produce rails than produce artillery too quickly, after all, we can't produce like this without such a big demand." Li Mu said worriedly.

"Hmm. I understand. Li Zuoche nodded to show that he was clear.

"It's very good that you know that. I think you should know. Production should be left to the business to decide, and we have no right to interfere with them, after all, it is they who bear a lot of business risks, not us. Li Mu decided that, in his opinion, he should be like the people of Qin, let go, give the decision to the enterprise, and let the enterprise decide whether to expand production.

Qin State, Xianyang.

"The Northern Alliance wants to expand mineral production, and it depends on industry, not how much money they have." Shang Wen said to Meng Yi. The Northern Alliance plans to develop the mineral resources in the north, but they lack funds, they want the East and West Mongolian Prefecture governments to solve the problem of funds, but the government has no money, and there is no one to invest, and the most important thing is that there must be an industrial demand to tap such a large number of resources, obviously the industrial demand of the Qin State is not that big.

"That's what I thought about. However, I think that we can stimulate such demand, and at present, I have found that South Korea and Zhao are producing all kinds of parts, although most of the parts are made of iron, of course, there are also steel, but their demand is not very large, and there are quite a lot of parts that cannot use iron, for example, copper, and in the north there is such a large copper mine production, our bullets also need a lot of copper ore, if we can excavate a large amount of copper ore, I think, the stimulation for them is not small. Meng Yi said to Shang Wen.

"But it requires demand, and it's not something we can say." Shang Wen said to Meng Yi.

"But we should refocus on our industrial system, after all, only our demand has increased. in order to have a greater demand. Shang Wen said to Meng Yi. Meng Yi just nodded in agreement.

The power factory area southeast of Xianyang, where a large number of generators and electric motors are produced, but they are worried about the shutdown.

"Why is it stopping again?" A new employee said with annoyance.

"Lack of raw materials." An old employee put a white glove in his pocket and reluctantly told the other party such news.

"There is a lack of raw materials, and I think a lot of copper was shipped the day before yesterday. We can produce for a long time. The new employee said excitedly.

"Ran out. There is also a part of the raw materials sold directly to the arsenal. The veteran employee said.

"Ahh The new employees clearly could not understand.

"Generators, electric motors are not needed in every factory, they are very efficient, but the price is also very good. Now the demand for copper is very large, but there is not much copper, and most of the copper from the north is used to produce bullets. The copper in Dawan can't come through, and the copper mines in the south don't know what's going on, and the supply is less. The price of copper has risen a lot. Power companies can no longer support such high prices. Because what is sold, it is not profitable at all. The veteran employee explained.

"You know, it's not just that we need copper, it's a lot of places where we need it. Cables, telephone lines are required. That's it, we can't be satisfied at all, damn it, there are also military-industrial complexes, they make bullets made of copper, I really don't know how much these bullets can be sold for. "Veteran employees complain that their wages have a lot to do with the start of work, and if they don't work enough, they don't get enough pay. This has caused many employees to complain again and again, but the supply demand is not very large. Copper is a very important metal element, and the military demand is relatively large, because the current relatively mature cannon technology is made of bronze, which is powerful and can be very malleable, and the power of the artillery is also very large, but some copper is needed. Even though Zhao's artillery technology was relatively mature, some conservative people were still willing to use bronze artillery because it was relatively safe. Coupled with the maturity of cable technology, South Korea needs to lay a large number of submarine cables. Some key components on the carriage still use copper, such as bearings, copper bearing technology is more stable, and power companies need to develop a large amount of copper. But copper mining could not meet Qin's demand, which caused Qin's futures prices to climb again and again, and no one knows how long such a rise would last. The high price of copper has limited the development of some industries, but there is nothing they can do about it.

Zhangxiong Island. Yu Ziheng's chief of staff hurriedly handed over a telegram to Yu Ziheng, who was admiring an ivory work. There are a lot of elephants in the local area, and in order to obtain greater value, whether it is a merchant ship of Chu or a merchant ship of South Korea, the local people are willing to load more ivory back to China, because this kind of thing is in great demand. Yu Ziheng got a lot of gifts here. Most of them are ivory products, and he himself likes such things, chopsticks made of ivory, cutlery, cups, and all kinds of small artworks, and he has a set of ivory soldiers, which are very well made. It looks very beautiful and is worth a lot of money.

"Sir. This is the latest piece of news. News from one of our latest telegram stations, the telegram station gave us a very shocking message. The chief of staff handed Yu Ziheng the telegram and said.

"Karachi?" Yu Ziheng asked after looking at it.

"Yes, this is a northern city-state, a port city, they are very interested in our artillery, musket technology, and they are willing to establish diplomatic relations with us. They are willing to spend a lot of money to introduce artillery, musket technology on a large scale, and if they can, they want us to send an officer corps there to help them. The chief of staff said.

"I've never heard of this place?" Yu Zi looked at the telegram and said. In fact, there were many places that he had not heard of, and every day a large number of telegrams were gathered here, and many telegrams told him that many new places were occupied. Then the name of the place was changed to a Korean name, but he didn't know where at all, all he knew was latitude and longitude. No one has made accurate maps now, especially on the Western continent.

"They're on the West Coast, not on the East Coast, it's far away from us. Our ship sailed, it took two months, and it was the fastest speed we could sail to get there. The chief of staff said.

"Far away." Yu Ziheng said.

"Yes, sir, but the value of this news proves once again that somewhere on the west coast, it is indeed possible to connect with the Western Regions of the Qin State and the Yueshi people, that is, from the sea, it is indeed possible to reach the southern position of the Yueshi people, which also shows that. The need for muskets is real, and. The Chief of Staff paused and looked at his commander.

"Say." Yu Ziheng said.

"Moreover, this situation does exist, that is, in front of us, there is a great opportunity to make a fortune." The chief of staff said.

"Boom." The chief of staff swallowed.

"But he's a long way away from us." Yu Ziheng said.

"But we can deliver muskets and artillery to them." The chief of staff said.

"At the same time, we will face the people of the Qin State. Is this going to trigger greater diplomatic relations? Yu Ziheng said hesitantly.

"But sir, this one does help us solve a big problem." The chief of staff said.

"Hmm. You're right. We need to do a lot. Yu Ziheng nodded.

"Forwarding this telegram to the South Korean government, we need to make a decision at home, and most importantly, we can't provide so much arms support, it's a huge number, and we're just a small island, and the industrial system on it simply can't support it." Yu Ziheng said.

Qingcheng Government.

"Adults, sir, help us, we can't go home." Some workers excitedly held banners and shouted loudly. The soldiers at the gate of the Qingcheng government were extremely nervous, they knew that these people were all from the southern region of the Qi country, and when they heard that the Qi government blocked the southern passage, everyone in the Qi country was big. A lot of people were blindfolded on the spot. Because they didn't expect the Qi government to do this. Normally, they can go home through that kind of blockade, and they will bring a lot of things to Jiaozhou. It's what they show off, but now they can't go back. Their home is still there, although they have made their home here as well. But their roots are still in the Qi country, so they have no choice but to go to the gate of the Qingcheng government. Ask the Qingcheng government to solve such a problem, after all, they still want to go home and see. The southern part of Qi is their home. But the Qingcheng government was unable to solve such a problem at all, and could only report it to the Sinzheng government in South Korea. I can only hope that Xinzheng can properly solve such a problem.

Sinjeong, South Korea.

"What? The Qi people actually built a blockade line on the border, and strictly controlled the Qi people to come to our Jiaozhou. "Hear such a news. Han Shu was very annoyed, the Qi people ordered to block the passage of the Qi people to Jiaozhou south, this order has made many Qi people panic, because there are a large number of Qi people in Jiaozhou, Qingcheng, some Qi people have been very worried, they spontaneously went to the Qingcheng government to ask the government to solve such a problem. Zhang Liang said.

"All we can do at the moment is to appease them as soon as possible, and then send an envoy to the Qi country." Zhang Liang said.

"Qi people are of great significance to the development of our Jiaozhou and Qingcheng, more than 90% of our railway workers are from Qi people, without them our highways would not be able to work. In the long run, railway construction is bound to be seriously affected. Zhang Liang said.

"Hmm." Han Shu nodded. I think Zhang Liang said. But how to solve the contradictions in Qi State, Han Shu does not have a good solution.