The policy of transporting coal from the north to the south was officially implemented.

In this cold winter, Prince Luo Lan ambitiously extended the big hand of "planned economy" into the national economy.

Under the impetus of the planned economy, the market economy, which nourishes 200,000 peasants, will also be enlivened, and it will not be long before Phuket Island will take on a new look.

More than a dozen charcoal merchants left the SEZ with their trusted workers and returned to Phuket City. There, they will be arranged by Gandalf to set up a swarm coal transfer station that will be transported south from the east coast.

In the inland, Luo Lan specially sent Minister of Transportation Boer to the upper reaches of the Buji River to survey the water situation and river channel, and then establish a starting point for the southward transportation of coal in the inland river.

At the same time, Luo Lan sent the Barrett Guards to the south, got in touch with Charles, and told Charles that the dual channel was about to open, and asked the local government to prepare for the work of receiving the bee coal.

Of course, these are just big decisions, things will not be so simple, which involves interests and the market, and cannot be achieved overnight.

Luo Lan has only one request, that is, to transport the bee coal south as soon as possible, so as not to let the farmers freeze to death.

He deliberately gathered many fishermen and requisitioned fishing boats and even wooden rafts on the east coast and the Phuket River, with one purpose, to let the farmers use bee coal when it snowed.

In the Special Industrial Zone, Luo Lan also tossed smokeless bee coal with Rick and Gulmis.

This is very simple, it is just to replace the raw material of bee coal with anthracite.

When Luo Lan told everyone that smokeless bee coal could make a lot of money, the workers immediately became active.

Within five days, three open-air bee coal workshops were built. They are built on top of a hill to take advantage of the sunlight and high winds to dry the bee coal.

The workers who had been idle also had work to do, and everyone made a nest of bee coal.

Phuket Island is in full swing, while the wind is howling outside the island and the sea is raging.

In winter, few ships go to sea, and even when they do, they only go close to the sea, and winter is the rest season.

In the vast East China Sea, only a small fleet of ships could be seen, staggering towards the port of the East China Sea of the Sea Spirit Country.

Three merchant ships, one warship, more than a hundred soldiers and sailors, worn-out trebuchets and longswords of poor quality.

This fleet is none other than the Aiman fleet.

"It's time to get to the East Seaport, everyone is doing according to plan, remember, we are the down-and-out Aiyman fleet!"

Mead roared with a large trumpet, and when it was finished, he blew the horn for everyone on the four ships to hear.

The waves crashed against the hull, the cold air made people shiver, and all the crew members sat with their heads hunched as if they were going to be funeral.

Half an hour later, the boat sailed into the East Bay.

As soon as we entered the East Bay, there were more ships, and there were merchant ships and warships near and far.

At the same time, many people on deck shouted: "It's Ai Iman!" ”

The cold sea suddenly became lively.

People look at Ai Iman, not just because of her beauty, but also because of what happened the other day.

"Aiyman was kicked out of Bishui Bay by Yadri, and every time he went south and north, he had to be checked, and he could only be free if he cut off a leg and give it to Yadri."

The news had already spread throughout the East Bay, where hundreds of caravans spent the winter discussed it daily.

There are sympathizers, there are grievances, and there are schadenfreude, but there is absolutely no justice.

At this time, the arrival of the Aiyman fleet made the atmosphere in the East Bay strange.

The big ships got out of the way and watched the Iman fleet from afar.

Soon, a huge warship was deployed in the inner bay of the East China Sea.

This warship is more than twice as large as any ship in the seas, and it is a veritable monarch ship of the sea.

The crew was silent.

The Eyman fleet stopped and faced the Monarch ship of the sea.

Ai Yiman, who wore two braids and an old woolen sweater, stepped out of the cabin.

The hair on her forehead fluttered in the sea breeze, the expression on her face was cold and helpless, and there was a smear of dead ash in her eyes.

"Haha, it's better than a slave, love Queen Iman, meet again."

It was Will of the Sea Monarch ship who spoke.

The scarred captain stood on the deck looking down on Aiman, and the wind could not hide his voice.

Ai Yiman didn't say a word, silently looking into the distance.

Surrounded by a large number of ships, Will's soldiers stepped onto the Aiman fleet.

As last time, they carried out a rough inspection, piercing the barrels of the cabin with their long swords.

The unpleasant smell of wine wafted out, and this smell of wine was the same as that of an overnight meal, and there was not a trace of the smell of wine.

"It's disgusting, Ai Yiman, what are you doing with all this wheat wine?"

Will pinched his nose, he usually only drank wine, and he would not even look at the most expensive wheat wine, let alone this inferior wheat wine that only the untouchables would buy.

Will's soldiers withdrew from the cabin in disgust, not wanting to break the barrels one by one, lest they get their feet dirty.

The crew of Aiman did not react, just sat or stood in a wooden manner, as if the wheat wine had nothing to do with them.

Anyone would think they were like dead people.

The only person alive was Meade, who nodded to Will with a sneer: "Captain Will, I'm sorry, these wheat wines were asked by Luo Lan, the great prince of the Sea Spirit Kingdom, to be transported to the north to sell. ”

"Huh?"

Mo said Will, even the most uninformed soldier thought he had heard it wrong.

"Luo Lan wants you to transport wheat wine to the north to sell? Is he crazy or did I hear it wrong? Will plucked out his ears, so surprised that he didn't taunt anymore.

Mead's eyes turned red, and he sighed, "Captain Will, we can't help it. You also know that Luo Lan is a madman, he not only saved the witch, but also used pyrite to build the palace, saying that it looks golden and beautiful. ”

"Hahaha!"

After a burst of laughter, Will finally mocked, "Didn't you go to do business with him?" Why are you crazy? ”

He looked at Aiyiman, but Aiyiman was silent, and he had long since lost the wildness of the sea elves.

"Luo Lan said that he is still the eldest prince, and he will have the opportunity to become a king in the future, and we can rely on him in the future, so ......"

"So you're fools? Haha, can he be king? Queen Iman, is there something wrong with your brain? ”

Will almost burst into tears, he could already understand why Aiman was shipping disgusting wheat wine.

Ai Yiman had no way out, she had to pin her last hope on the waste material Luo Lan.

Even a fool wouldn't do that, but Lovely Iman did.

"Captain Will, please don't make fun of it, Luo Lan is the eldest prince after all, and the tradition of the Sea Spirit Kingdom is that the eldest prince succeeds to the throne, and we love Captain Iman to be far-sighted......" Mead couldn't say any more, because everyone laughed.

Will sighed and shook his head, barely stopping his laughter.

"It seems that the pirate queen is really exhausted, and she actually pinned her hopes on Luo Lan. Why are you suffering? Serve us, Captain Adri, you have long been a veritable pirate queen, where is the need to suffer like this? ”

Will persuaded him, and Aiman walked straight into the cabin.

"Hmph, look how you die in the future!"

Will's face turned cold, and he led his troops away, allowing Ai Yiman to carry wheat wine north.

The four old ships swayed to the north again, and when they were far away from the East Bay, the originally lifeless crew cheered at the same time, as if they had made a lot of money.

The corners of Ai Yiman's mouth, who was sitting by the window, curled slightly, and the dead silence in his eyes had turned into disdain.

And the East Bay was also in an uproar, and Prince Luo Lan's absurd behavior refreshed the lower limit of everyone, which made people have to laugh.

Later in the evening, the news had already reached the palace of the Northern Plains.

In Leng Sensen's palace, a tall female knight reported the incident to Sophia, the third princess.

"Your Royal Highness, Luo Lan is probably exhausted, and he actually wants to sell the most inferior wheat wine to the Northern Continent, hey, the dignified prince has fallen to this."

Sophia, who was silently listening to the report, closed the book and said softly, "Go out." ”

A few days later, the merchants of Bishui Bay also began to discuss the matter, and Raj, the lord of Bishui Harbor, immediately ran to find the second prince Baron.

When Barron listened to the report, he directly squirted out a mouthful of hot soup, and the laughter did not stop for a long time.

His wise man, Max, stood behind the curtain and walked out after a long hesitation.

Barron stopped smiling at the sight of him, his whole face cold as ice.

"What do you want to say? If you hadn't helped me a lot before, I would have kicked you out of the palace!" ”

Barron scolded, and Raj, who was kneeling on the ground, laughed secretly.

Max bent down and saluted, and then said solemnly: "Your Highness, I don't want to tell you about Luo Lan, but about the nobles. The nobility's enclosure movement became more and more excessive, and it was almost impossible to find a complete piece of farmland outside the southern city. The aristocracy of the rest of the region followed suit, and the peasants were reduced to beggars......"

"You know what? No matter how much the nobles occupy land, they are also the people of His Royal Highness, and the lords pay taxes in excess of the amount every year and support His Highness, and now the prosperity of the Southern Plains is brought by the nobles! ”

Raj scrambled and scolded angrily.

Barron waved his hand: "Max, you go and raise horses, the way to govern the country is not empty talk, I overestimated you before." ”