"Now the medicinal materials and timber in the northwest county are now selling crazy in the south of the Yangtze River, but those things that Gao Yue barbarians get out of the deep mountains are really worthwhile, some time ago my mother was not in good health, I got an authentic Hengduan Mountain top snow ginseng in the pharmacy, although the price is expensive, but the effect is really good, the boss in the pharmacy said that this kind of snow ginseng is seriously ill and hangs the best effect, no wonder people say that this year's festival does not receive gifts, and the gifts should be received from Gao Yue ginseng." A pot-bellied merchant who was sipping tea replied half-show-off, half-explaining.

"The furniture made of mahogany, rosewood, and sandalwood produced there is an authentic and beautiful goods, if it can be transported to Jiangnan, the price will be several times higher, and even the coffin shop is now playing this idea, I heard that many wealthy families in Jiangnan named and named their surnames to use the mahogany coffins in the northwest county to send them to the end, which has become a means for those local buns in Jiangnan to show off their money." The tone of the businessman who said this was full of contempt for the Jiangnan businessman.

"There is also Nameishan County, where I heard that the production and quality of wine have recovered to its heyday, and the northern trade routes are now unimpeded, and are sold in large quantities to the Indean Kingdom and the Hansen League countries of the Western Continent, and are extremely profitable; The production and scale of well salt have even exceeded the peak of the past, and now 50% of the salt in the Kansai region comes from Meishan County, and it seems that sooner or later it will enter the market of the imperial capital. Another businessman chimed in.

"Yes, the situation in the northwest has been stable in recent years, and the bandits that I often heard about in previous years can't be heard at all now, and the tax policy is quite favorable, it is a good place to invest, except for the infrastructure and transportation conditions are slightly worse, the others are not weaker than those places on the main list, if there is a chance, I will also take a good look to see if there is a suitable way to make a fortune." The horse-faced fat man known as Brother Huang nodded repeatedly.

"The most profitable place now is Beiloulan, but it's really too far away. The mountain is high and the emperor is far away, in case there is a disturbance, I am afraid that it will be difficult to come back. "The short merchant was a little moved, but he was worried that the risk would be too great.

"Lao Wu, just like you, look ahead and look backwards. Half-hearted, then you still want to make a lot of money? The horse-faced fat man smiled, "Then it's better to do your little business honestly, don't make much money, your wife and children are hot on the kang, it's enough, don't take unnecessary risks." ”

The short merchant tried to retort, but in the end he only muttered a few words and said no more, and the other merchants laughed. probably knew that the short and thin businessman was very timid, and even Qin Duan, who was sitting on the side and eavesdropping, couldn't help laughing.

The rest of the time passed slowly in Qin Dui's ears pricked up and eavesdropped on the conversations of the merchants, until it was almost noon at three o'clock in the morning, and Qin Dui reluctantly left with the second daughter who had been restless there, although it was only a short morning, but it left a deep imprint on Qin Dui's heart.

Maybe even Qin Duan himself didn't notice that this seemingly inconspicuous private visit to Weifu was this time. The impression obtained has always influenced Qin Du's life, and also indirectly influenced the development history of the glorious empire in the future.

The merchants' keen sense of smell opened Qin Duan's eyes. Where the policies are favorable, where the law and order are good, where the officials are honest, and where there are business opportunities, this qiē can't hide from these businessmen who chase profit all day long, and it also provides Qin Duan with a clearer concept. That is, if the weak foundation wants to rapidly increase its strength, in addition to supplementing it with the necessary means of military expansion, it is more important to firmly grasp the interests of the huge group of merchants.

In order to capture the hearts of businessmen, it is necessary to create a good environment suitable for the development and operation of businessmen, and firmly tie their interests with their own interests. If there is an effect of both prosperity and humiliation, then this powerful social force will feel at ease to use itself. This is a huge system project involving all aspects, and perhaps we must follow this principle in our future development.

While the entire Great Qin Empire was immersed in the joyful and peaceful atmosphere of the festival, the war on the southern battlefield thousands of miles away was in full swing, and it was not affected by this traditional festival of the Great Qin people in the slightest. And to the east and south of the battlefield, a diplomatic battle without the smoke of gunpowder was also going on with great difficulty.

On January 11, the eighteenth year of the Apocalypse, while the two divisions of the Sanjiang Second Army Corps led by Jin Shaobin on the Western Front conquered Peacock City, the other two divisions of the Sanjiang Second Army Corps led by Lin Yunfei on the Eastern Front also occupied Nier City, the capital of the Nier Kingdom, and the king of the Nier Kingdom, Gadlin V, led his ministers to surrender.

On 13 January, after the follow-up local auxiliaries took over the occupied Kingdom of Kaki and Peacock Villas, the Western Front army struck again and captured Polo City in one fell swoop, and the Polo City lord fled to the Nanyang Alliance.

In the early morning of January 12, the eighteenth year of the Apocalypse, Lin Yunfei led the reinforcements to attack Xilin City, the defenders of Xilin City were outnumbered, bravely resisted, on the night of January 12, Xilin City fell, and the Sanjiang army suffered heavy losses carried out a brutal suppression of the resistance activities in Xilin City, according to later statistics, in addition to the number of soldiers killed in the battle was as high as about 20,000 people, in the suppression activities for several days, the number of civilians slaughtered even exceeded the number of soldiers killed in battle.

In this way, the eastern and western armies of Sanjiang County completed the established strategy, and also completed the occupation of the five small countries and city-states in the northern half of the Ronesian Alliance, forming a flanking situation against the Naples Kingdom in the center, while at this time, the entire Nanyang Alliance Council was still arguing over whether to send troops to aid the Ronesian Alliance.

On the other front, the army of Tiannan County was even more overwhelming, and the attack seemed to be more like an exercise. On January 14 of the mainland calendar, when the two armies of the Second Army of the South of the Japanese invaded the neighboring country of Burma in the south, the loose Burmese border guards did not even know what was going on, and it was not until the neat army drove in front of them that these lazy border guards did not know that their country had been invaded.

On 17 January, Yin Jun, the deputy commander of the 2nd Tiannan Army, who had barely encountered any decent resistance, led three divisions and regiments to occupy the most important pass in eastern Burma, the Zheyin Pass, from which he could overlook the southern city-states of the Union of Romanesia to the east.

On January 18, the 18th year of the Apocalypse, Xie Changyang, the commander of the Tiannan Second Army Corps, who had entered Burma from Guining Province, led two divisions and regiments to the south along the edge of the Hengduan Foothills, and without encountering any resistance, they were stationed until they were camped less than 50 kilometers away from Perth City, the capital of Burma.

When the Burmese Grand Duke Miller, who learned that the Tiannan army had fully invaded the south, convened the ministers to discuss and discuss countermeasures, he found that several cronies and ministers who usually talked about everything in the sea and the sky had fled outside the city at this time, and the desperate Grand Duke Miller had no choice but to send someone to ask Xie Changyang's army stationed outside the city to surrender, Xie Changyang simply accepted the surrender and vowed to ensure the safety of the life and property of the Grand Duke's family. On January 25, the state of Myanmar formally surrendered.

…… (To be continued......)