Although it took time to eliminate the robbers and bandits, the weapons transport team that set off first still arrived in Sanglai City nearly an hour ahead of schedule.

After passing through a dense forest of nanmu, a large city appeared in front of the road, and the walls of the town were no longer made of rubble, but made of huge pieces of processed masonry, and the height of more than 10 meters made people feel a sense of majesty and inviolability.

Sanglai City is a level 1 town with a population of 20,000 people, but the scale of the city is smaller than Lu Cheng's sword wielding village, this is because many players put farmland in the city, and NPCs don't do this, I saw that there are patches of farmland outside Sanglai City, and thousands of citizens are busy in the farmland.

As the main economic pillar of Sanglai City, the timber harvesting and processing industry is distributed next to the Nanmu Forest, more than half of the population of Sanglai City is engaged in forestry-related work, Lu Cheng arrived in Sanglai City when it was the busiest time of the day, thousands of citizens or in the Nanmu Forest or in the logging yard for rough processing of logs, and there are busy transport teams coming and going on the road.

Outside the city of Sanglai is a scene of prosperity.

And if you look closely, you can still find traces left after the war.

For example, the mottled and blackened blood stains on the city walls, the peeling and denting of the walls in some places, the traces of burning in several places in the farmland, and the collapse of several lumberyards, all indicate that the war has befallen this land and is still not gone.

"Mr. Arbiter, ahead is Sanglai City." Cody, who was traveling with him, said.

Lu Cheng nodded, this was his first time in contact with a town-level territory, and he was still very curious: "Mr. Cody, the timber industry in Sanglai City is very developed, why don't you consider making your own ships?" I see that no new ships are being produced in your shipyard. ”

"Don't you know, it's not that we don't want to build ships, but the technology of shipbuilding is not as strong as that of neighboring countries, and the civilian ship manufacturing technology of our enemy Kandi is much stronger than ours, so our transport ships are all purchased from Kandi, and for military ships, Sanglai can only produce the most basic warships, and some of the better warships have to be purchased from other countries, and the most basic warships are not the opponents of Kandi at all." Cody explained.

"Why not invest in your own research on shipbuilding technology? As far as I know, Sang Lai Guo is not short of funds, and he makes a lot of money by selling nanmu. Lu Cheng asked.

Cody shook his head and sighed: "Because the profit was not big when everyone's shipbuilding level was not much, and we sold nanmu to make money quickly and worry-free, the price of nanmu at that time was higher and the market was wider, the former governor was gradually unwilling to invest more money in shipbuilding, and a large amount of money was used in commerce, timber and transportation, and the shipbuilding industry was gradually abandoned." Later, as the shipbuilding technology of other countries became higher and higher, we could not catch up if we wanted to, so we could only buy ships from them at a high price, and the price of nanmu gradually decreased because of the discovery of more high-quality wood. ”

"I see." Lu Cheng understood the reason, and the reason for such consequences was that the leader did not have strategic vision.

Just like China at the end of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century, it is better to make less money and not make money, or even lose money, but also to build the foundation of industrial production, because only in this way can we be in a favorable position in the future competition and win in the international competition.

After arriving in Sanglai City, because each had his own things to do, Lu Cheng said goodbye to Cody and the others and then came to the Governor's Mansion in the center of the city under the guidance of the personnel sent by the Governor's Mansion to pick him up.

"You are the arbiter lord that Minglian said?"

In the office of the Governor's Palace, an old man in his sixties with gray hair asked, his appearance was vaguely similar to Ming Lian, it was Ming Xiu, the interim governor of the Principality of Sanglai.

"Yes, I have long admired the name of the Governor, and it is a great honor to meet you."

"You may be seated." Ming Xiu pointed to the chair across the table and said.

After taking a seat, Lu Cheng glanced at Ming Xiu's office, there were a lot of books, and there were many books scattered on the desktop, obviously Ming Xiu was a very studious person.

"You must already know about the war between our country and Condi, I wonder why you are willing to help our country in a weak situation?"

Ming Xiu asked after pushing away the document in his hand.

That's because the system dug a hole for me, otherwise I just want to earn money and increase experience, who cares about the life and death between you NPCs.

"Sanglai and my territory are on the same island, and they are hanging on you with cold lips and teeth. And today's non-faithful Kandi invaded Sanglai, if I don't help, then tomorrow it is likely that they will deal with my territory, and neither of us is Kandi's opponent, so we cooperate to help each other against strong enemies. ”

Lu Cheng still wanted to get some good things from Sanglai, and he was not willing to become a unilateral exporter of resources, and also hoped to introduce some important materials, such as the carriage he fancied.

"The old man admires the lord's foresight, if our former governor of Sanglai had your foresight, he would not have fallen to the point where he is today." Ming Xiu sighed.

"It's over, presumably Kangdi has coveted Sanglai's nanmu resources for a long time, so the other party has been planning for a long time in this war, and Sanglai's hasty response will cause the current situation." Lu Cheng said.

Ming Xiu shook his head slightly: "Maybe the lord still doesn't know that Kandi didn't invade our country for Nanmu. ”

What kind of routine is this?

"We are already in a cooperative relationship, and we have promised that if the Lord can help us defeat Kandi, Sanlai will become your subordinate domain. Otherwise, I won't tell you about this matter, and only a few high-level officials in my country and Kandi know about it. Ming Xiu said slowly after seeing Lu Cheng looking at him inexplicably.

"I want to hear about it." Lu Cheng pricked up his ears and didn't want to miss a word.

"Here's the thing, more than 8 months ago, a team in charge of forestry resources was lost in the forest, the expedition team mistakenly went deep into the dense primeval jungle, and they found wood grain iron ore at the foot of a mountain, wood grain iron is a kind of property that is almost the same as ordinary iron, but the same size and weight is only more than one-third of ordinary iron, very suitable for making armor or making ships, very versatile and extremely expensive. The expedition team lacked professional tools, and after leaving marks along the way, they informed the high-level of our country of the message, and also brought back several sets of sample proofs. ”

"The senior management of the original Sanglai country attaches great importance to this matter, thinking that this may be an important economic pillar of the Sanglai country in the future, and then sent a larger expedition team to find the wood grain iron ore here, and found that the estimated reserves of wood grain iron ore here have reached nearly 100,000 groups, and according to the current market price of a group of wood grain iron 25-40 gold, this wood grain iron ore can bring 2.5 million to 4 million gold coins to the Sang Lai country in the future."

Lu Cheng couldn't help but open his mouth wide after hearing this astonishing number.

"After confirming the value of this wood grain iron mine, Sang Laiguo blocked the news, and all the expedition teams and the top executives who knew about it were required to keep it a secret, but for some reason Kangdi Guo also knew about it, and secretly found the original government's high-level officials to share the benefits of the wood grain iron mine, but their appetite was too great, and they wanted to directly obtain half of the profits, and they also hoped to give priority to the purchase of the other half of our minerals at a preferential price, so it was not surprising that the two sides collapsed. We've also raised our alert levels, but as the months passed, Condi didn't make any further moves, and the fake pirates that appeared after that diverted our attention and gradually let our guard down, and you know what happened after that. ”

"I see, what do you think about the leak?" Lu Cheng asked.

Ming Xiu's fingers tapped lightly on the table a few times and then said slowly: "There are spies in Sanglai, and their status is not low. ”

"Are there any doubters?" Lu Cheng tentatively asked.

"There are a few, but it's all speculation at the moment." Ming Xiu looked at Lu Cheng intently, "If Lord Lord knows something, please tell me." ”

"Please pay attention to your assistant Bogner." Lu Cheng didn't elaborate, and the point was there.

Ming Xiu's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said with some dejection: "The old man will pay attention to him, thank you Lord for reminding me." ”

"What is the current state of the war between the two sides?" Lu Cheng asked.

"First of all, thanks to the lord for this batch of weapons and equipment, the current situation is not optimistic, the Kandi army occupied Yichang, the largest level 4 village in our north after landing, and several small villages around it were also occupied by the other side, our country has 3,000 army and more than 2,000 militia stationed in Lorraine Village in the north, and can still resist Kandi's attack, but because of the shortage of weapons and equipment and materials, it is impossible to counterattack and recover the lost territory, because the navy has suffered heavy losses, and the sea control has been completely lost, The remaining ships are not even guaranteed repairs. Financially, it is better, although it has been plundered by Condi, the treasury still has more than 100,000 gold coins, and it is no problem to support it for a few months. ”

, more than 100,000 gold coins, Sang Lai is so rich!

"That's really not optimistic, especially after losing the right to control the sea, Sanglai's trade has been controlled to the death."

"You're right, except for Longwan Village, where you landed, the rest of the ports are no longer able to go to sea, and Sanglai's timber exports and material imports all rely on the port of Longwan Village, and the land transportation between Sanglai City and Longwan Village was only strengthened after the start of the war, and the transportation capacity is far from enough, unless the port of Sanglai City is reopened, it will not be able to last too long."

"Why can't the 5 ships of your fleet be repaired? Is there no shipyard? Lu Cheng asked.

Ming Xiu smiled bitterly and shook his head: "I'm not afraid of your joke when I say it, the chief shipbuilder of Sang Lai Country has just reached the intermediate level, if it is an ordinary junior warship, it is fine, but what we have survived is a high-quality junior warship, and he has not been able to repair it yet." ”

Snort~ You tease me, the national chief shipbuilder of 100,000 people is only intermediate? Our family is high-level, not to mention the expert Alice!