The current speed of Wei's catch-up can be described as faltering, and it has not developed as fast as Chu, but it is worth noting that Wei does have the meaning of development.

The same is in the power of the Han Dynasty...... Liu Bei and Zhang Yan, in particular, also have a tendency in this regard. It's just that compared with the Wei State, which dominated the north, the composition of the auxiliary Han forces was complex, and the internal friction was much more serious than that of Chu and Wei.

And only Liu Bei and Zhang Yan are sensitive to this aspect......

In contrast, Ma Teng, Han Sui, and Yang Feng, although they coveted the ordnance of the Chu State, they only knew how to buy, buy, buy, buy.

Although Liu Bei sits on most of Qingzhou, the coastline of important areas is under the control of Chu State, and Zhang Yan is even more inland, and the two attach importance to technology, but only pay attention to ordnance and some basic civilian production technology.

Gongsun Du's body is declining, and the Gongsun clan has gradually been mastered by Gongsun Kang, and the Gongsun clan has also been interested in Hainan Airlines because he saw the warships of the Chu State before, but ...... And it's just "interest".

Gongsun Kang has already made a decision, and mortgaged a large number of ore veins in western and eastern Liaodong in exchange for 2,000 sets of Chu plate armor.

While rapidly improving its combat effectiveness, it also means that it is impossible for the Gongsun clan to be distracted by any "technology".

In contrast, although the Wei State was seriously "lame", it was already the force that was most concerned about technological development except for the Chu State.

Liu Ye proposed to buy a warship, but Bai Tu did not directly refuse, but talked about the hard work from the Ministry of Industry to the shipyard, and then asked him to talk to the Ministry of Rites......

As Pang Tong said, the encryption of wooden sail warships is poor, and as long as they are bought, they will soon be disassembled and deciphered.

However, both the encryption and performance are far beyond the wooden sail warship, and the "steel real gas battleship" with higher requirements for industrial level has been successfully developed.

To be precise, the "mechanics" part, from the shape of the ship to the size of a screw, has been designed, and the power part has also set aside an interface, lacking only a true gas engine that can meet the standards of power output efficiency and energy storage......

When the True Air Ship is launched, the Wooden Sail Battleship will be rested!

Of course, if Wei wants it, it's not impossible, but ...... Not only does the price have to be said, but Bai Tu will sell him all the ships that are about to be eliminated at one time.

This is also one of the reasons why Bai Tu emphasized the "Turtle" before, hinting at Liu Ye - I know you have to decipher the technology, but don't think about spending only one ship......

First go to the Ministry of Rites to discuss whether you can trade, and then go to the Ministry of Rites to discuss how to trade?

In the face of this familiar routine, Liu Ye's heart also suddenly burst out - the previous "Chu Jia" was very painful to slaughter Wei Guo!

"King, there is one more thing in Ye, I don't know whether to ask or not." Liu Ye groaned.

"Ziyang is too worried, you are a wise person, how can you not know?" Bai Tu "complimented".

Liu Ye: ......

Liu Ye had already found that it was difficult to be polite to Bai Tu, so he asked directly: "The king agreed to open up the foreign trade of grain and grass for the sake of the people of the world, and I, the Wei State, have always hoped that we can transport grain from the Chu State at sea." ”

"Yes, I don't have any restrictions, but this is a matter for you to do...... Do you think the two-for-five transaction tax is too high? Bai Tu frowned deliberately.

"No, the transaction tax in Chu is not high, but the price of grain is ...... It's a lot higher than last year! Liu Ye said resentfully.

"In fact, it's not too high, it's only one-third of the grain price in Wei, and it's caused by the increase in domestic demand of the people of Dachu." The white picture presents facts and reason.

Last year, even if the state of Chu used official salt and other means to indirectly purchase grain, it only stabilized the price of grain at the level before the Yellow Turban Rebellion.

As for the Central Plains, even if it is Xuzhou that has been peaceful for several years, the price of grain is seven or eight times that of Chu, and this is only the price of the people, if you buy it in large quantities, there is no supply at all!

Every now and then, the people of Chu can remember that it is still a turbulent world.

This also made the smuggling of grain and grass a hot business in the Chu State......

This year, the state of Chu began to officially open the trade of grain and grass to the outside world, but to collect taxes - not to collect other money and goods, but to deduct two stones directly for every five stones of grain out of the border, or to pay taxes to the county government at the place of origin, and then bring the certificate to Shouchun, Wancheng, or trade in the seaport.

Although the tax is not light, but considering that this is a serious transaction channel, in fact, for both parties, the advantages still outweigh the disadvantages.

However, this year has begun to advocate the practice of the whole people, and the first set of national promotion version of the five-bird opera, also known as "the youth is strong, the country is strong", has been fully laid and promoted, and the promotion degree has even been regarded as one of the key assessment items of local officials.

Once you start practicing, the amount of food you eat will increase by two or three times, especially for school-age teenagers.

As for the enthusiasm for practicing, Chu Guo finally chose to start from three aspects......

The first is to take the basic true qi as the soft standard for the source of students in the county - without true qi, the admission requirements and the requirements for applying for scholarships will be higher.

Second, after cultivating the true qi, each person will enjoy the quota of 20 mu of grain tax exemption......

Third, the Ministry of Industry has set up a number of new research laboratories this year to concentrate on the development of "civil real qi machines", which are used for harvesting, sowing, and weaving......

It is not a large seeding vehicle or harvester, but an automated, individualized handheld device, which is mainly based on the direct supply of true qi by the user!

Now there are a lot of achievements, and they are being issued for trial, trying to convince the people that the true qi they have cultivated can not only be "taxed", but also that their true qi can also improve their quality of life after five or five points with the imperial court every year.

In addition, for the common people, the grain in Chu is indeed cheap enough, so there are already many families, especially farmers, and there are already young men in the family who have begun to "practice".

According to Lu Bu, when the "half-sized child" eats the most, it is also the most suitable time to practice, and when he is old and the amount of food decreases, it is the time when the efficiency of practice decreases.

The several stages of shrinking the amount of food are basically the points where the efficiency of martial arts training is most affected by age.

And the more profound the kung fu, the later this day will come - for example, Lu Bu, now that he is open to eat, he can also eat a cow every day!

At the same time, because the demand for meat, eggs, milk, and vegetables is also higher, there is naturally a need for more poultry and livestock, which increases the consumption of grain, and the price of vegetables increases, which also makes more fields used to grow vegetables.

This year, there is no need for Chu State to specifically raise grain prices, and it can be completely stabilized.

At the same time, the price of grain seems to have increased several times, but the actual impact is not great, because it is not a famine year, every household has surplus grain, and the grain that was originally "traded" is also a surplus part of each family - the vast majority of families in Chu State are still peasant households.

Even if some people go to the city all the year round to work in the workshop, it does not affect each of them, they all have land in the countryside, and either their family members are planting, or they will also entrust farming - the fine for arable land is higher than the grain tax for a normal year!

It's just that it has little impact on the Chu State, but for the Central Plains and the North that are waiting for "low-cost Chu grain", it is more uncomfortable......