Charles gave all the benefits, and promised to provide food for the Nanshan Kingdom in the future.

What Nanshan lacked most was food, and all the ministers were overjoyed.

The old king nodded again in agreement, but the respected old courtier motioned for everyone to be quiet, and then he said to Charles, "Charles, please go back to the inn and rest first, and let my king think about it." ”

The ministers were stunned, and they still didn't agree?

Charles raised his eyebrows slightly and left. Meade, who was silent, followed him out of the palace, and then said angrily, "These bastards are still not satisfied? It's too greedy. ”

"It's not that we're dissatisfied, it's that we doubt our ability to provide food." Charles shook his head and smiled, "The north of Phuket Island is poor, and people from the outside world don't know about the changes at all, so that old courtier will naturally be suspicious." ”

Charles said, looking back at the palace: "The Nanshan Kingdom is exhausted, and as soon as that old minister dies, the Nanshan Kingdom will be in the palm of my hand." ”

Meade was startled by these words, and he hurriedly sighed, "What did the gentleman say?" You and your prince are really immodest people. ”

Charles smiled and took Mead back to the hotel.

And in the palace of Nanshan Kingdom, the ministers are still discussing. The old courtier's name was Nicoto, the only duke of the Nanshan Kingdom, and his ancestors had followed the first king to conquer the Nanshan barbarians, and it took a lot of hard work to open up the territory and establish the country.

Nicoto was nearly sixty years old, older than the king, but he still had a clear mind, and a face like bark with a wise look.

Seeing the crowd arguing, Nikto raised his hand and said, "Have you ever wondered what that poor island has to provide us with?" There are more than 200,000 people on Phuket Island, and once Luo Lan conquers the southern state, the grain of the southern state will be provided to more than 200,000 people, and the hungry peasants in the north will instead snatch the grain that should have been sold to us. ”

As soon as these words came out, the ministers suddenly realized, yes, now the southern state is "independent" and only needs to feed 20,000 people, so the southern state has grain to sell to the southern mountain country, and once Phuket Island is "unified", there will be 200,000 more mouths.

"The eastern part of our country is more than 800 kilometers away from the Western Regions, and the population in the eastern part is as high as more than 500,000. At that time, Count Abbe of Utan Pradesh refused to sell us grain on the grounds that he had no royal power, and the population of our eastern part starved to death every year. Now that diplomatic relations have finally been established with the southern states, this relationship cannot be easily broken. ”

Nicoto said solemnly, and the old king sitting at the top broke out in a cold sweat, and he also realized the problem.

"It's enough to keep it as it is, Luo Lan can't defeat the Southern State, and the Southern State will sell us more grain in exchange for weapons because it is afraid of the North, which is beneficial to us."

Nicoto finally said, the old king and the others all nodded, unwilling to change the status quo, and the two ships of silver ore did not want to.

Soon, the officials of the royal palace went to the hotel where Charles was settled and spoke as gently as possible about the king's thoughts.

"I'm really sorry, my country attaches great importance to friendly countries, and I don't want to be sorry for the southern state, please ask Prince Luo Lan to find another place."

This is the final decision of Nanshan Country.

Mead was so angry that everyone ran away in vain, but they didn't catch anything, and a thousand kilograms of silver had to be pulled back again.

Charles smiled and took a sip of water, and replied without mind: "It's okay, it's okay, your country's noble character is really admirable, and you are not tempted by the silver mine. It seems that after the spring harvest, millions of kilograms of wheat on my island can only be transported to the East China Sea countries to sell. ”

"What! Millions of kilograms of wheat? ”

The official who was still smiling just now was stunned, thinking that he had misheard.

Charles deliberately put on a puzzled look: "What's the surprise? There are 200,000 people on my island, and each person produces 20 million kilograms for 100 kilograms. It is a pity that the winter winds are strong, and almost a third of them are lost, but millions of kilograms are still a breeze. ”

Charles's words are true, but both the official and Mead are confused, and it is too rebellious to produce a hundred kilograms per person, you must know that the per capita output of the most fertile land in the Southern Plains is less than 100 catties, and the poor Phuket Island has doubled, or in the case of a loss of one-third.

In fact, Charles is already underestimated.

According to Luo Lan's idea, due to the large-scale use of black technology wheat in Uttar Pradesh, the output has increased by more than 20 times, and the yield per mu is at least 400 catties, surpassing that of the Han Dynasty, and the per capita grain share is likely to be close to 800 catties.

This is also due to the fact that there is no large-scale use of wheat in the three states of Nakajima, Donggun, and Xigun, which has lowered the average yield.

Therefore, when the ridge tillage method and wheat feed are truly and thoroughly promoted, the annual output of Phuket Island will easily exceed 50 million kilograms, compared to the annual output of 1 million kilograms in the southern state of Utah Pradesh, which is still two harvest seasons.

"Hey, since your country is so noble, I can't be embarrassed, take my leave."

Charles smiled in the face of the official's shock.

The official came back to his senses and laughed dryly: "This ...... Charles, diplomacy is no joke, don't talk nonsense. ”

"Is it nonsense, you will know in a month, and in the spring harvest a month later, I, Prince Luo Lan, will send someone to give your country 100,000 kilograms of wheat as a sign of friendship."

Charles said that he was going to the port with Mead and his party to return home.

The official hurriedly shouted: "Wait, Messenger Charles, please wait for two more days, how can you let you leave just now that our country has not yet entertained you properly?" Please be sure to wait another two days. ”

"Okay, it's rare to have free time, so I'll play for two more days."

The palace of Nanshan Kingdom is extremely deserted, and the courtiers who have finished discussing have left.

But within an hour, the king sent a decree that all the ministers should go to the palace again for a meeting.

The ministers were puzzled and did not understand what the king was going to do.

Especially Nikto, who frowned, realized something.

The old king sat down on it, and let the official who had just negotiated with Charles tell him what Charles had said in its entirety.

After saying that, everyone was shocked, and the palace immediately became chaotic.

"Millions of kilograms? Just a spring harvest? If there are 100 kilograms per capita, even if it is devastated by the cold wind, the output is probably six or seven million kilograms. ”

"Is it true? Phuket is really that powerful? Charles is lying, right? ”

"It may be true, they actually excavated a thousand kilograms of silver ore, which is a very difficult thing, if Phuket is really so poor, where will they have the heart to mine? Hungry to death. ”

There was a lot of talking, and everyone was expecting and skeptical.

Finally, Nicoto said: "King, we can send someone to Phuket Island to check it out, it won't take much time, if it is true, we will establish diplomatic relations with Luo Lan immediately." ”

"Okay, please come over Charles!"

Soon, Charles came alone, and he seemed to have anticipated Nicoto's thoughts for a long time, and knew that Nanshan Country was going to send someone to investigate.

Charles directly refused: "Your Majesty, I have made concessions several times, and this time I came to Nanshan Country just to give a warning to the Southern State, not to appease your country." Now your country wants to send someone to check whether my Phuket Island is really capable of selling grain, and I do not agree. If you want to check, please keep an eye out for the East China Sea in a month's time, and our ships will be carrying grain to the countries of the East China Sea. ”

Charles left after saying that, no longer giving a trace of affection, he did not allow outsiders to set foot on the island of Phuket, which has many secrets.

The ministers looked at each other, this Charles is too tough.

The old king looked left and right, and for a while he didn't know whether to keep it or not.

Nicoto looked at Charles's back, and finally spoke: "Sir, don't worry, let's do it, my country believes in you once, please leave half of the silver mine, and my country will give you the corresponding weapons and equipment." After the spring harvest, please ask Prince Luo Lan to sell one million kilograms of wheat from our country, and immediately, the two sides will form a friendly country, and our country will give you the other half of the weapons and equipment for free, what do you think? ”

Good Nito, this delay played well, which not only eased the relationship, but also limited Luo Lan's military level, so that he could not successfully conquer the southern state.

Charles laughed in his heart, Nicoto was very smart, but he thought of Luo Lan's purpose wrong.

Luo Lan didn't want to defeat the Southern Pradesh, but to scare the Southern Pradesh to death, half of the armament was enough.

"Okay, Duke Nixto is the descendant of the founding hero of Nanshan Country, and he is the pillar of Nanshan Kingdom, I am also willing to believe you, and ask Duke Nixto to sign a contract with me."

Charles walked back and spoke directly to Nicoto, without looking at the old king.

When the old king, who was sitting on it, heard him say this, the corners of his eyes twitched, and his face was not very good-looking.

Nikto smiled modestly and motioned for the old king to sign the contract.

Soon after, the first trade between the two sides was reached, and Charles left half of the silver mine and took with him a large number of weapons and equipment.

More than ten days later, some of the weapons were loaded onto the ship, and Mead set sail north.

The old king and his ministers came to see him off in person, and he was very enthusiastic.

And in the remote corner of the harbor, a group of spies from the southern state scattered everywhere, watching the big ship go away with a disturbed expression.

"Quickly report to the new king of Gargo, Luo Lan has purchased thirty trebuchets, six hundred bows and arrows, one hundred thousand arrows, and the long sword is long and the cards are innumerable. At present, some of them are being shipped away, and it is expected that all of them will be shipped back to the north within a month. ”