The atmosphere in the palace of Nanshan Kingdom was a little tense.

When it comes to food, it always tugs at the nerves of the king and his ministers.

The annoyed old king was silent, he looked at Luo Lan with an embarrassed face: "Prince Luo Lan, Buji Island is peaceful and rainy every year, and next year will definitely be a bumper harvest year, please do not reduce grain exports." ”

"Your Majesty doesn't know that once the inland river of my Phuket Island swells, thousands of acres of fertile land along the way will be submerged, and then we can only rely on the southern state, and we will no longer be able to sell grain." Luo Lan retorted, saying that he didn't give up.

In fact, the farmland that Phuket really relies on is Uttar Pradesh, and Uttar Pradesh is a flat river, and even if there is a big flood, it will be difficult to affect it.

But Luo Lan deliberately concealed the matter, and his tone was quite tough, which made the old king a little embarrassed.

Seeing this, Nixto said: "Since it's next year, don't be in a hurry to discuss, everything depends on the situation, I believe that Prince Luo Lan will not let us down." ”

Nicoto's words were also, but Luo Lan changed his tough attitude and nodded again and again: "The duke is right, this prince tries not to disappoint the duke." ”

Nikto laughed heartily and said to the king: "Your Majesty, the main reason why Prince Luo Lan came here this time is to see the customs of our country and have a good time. The minister will take him to play, and it will not be too late to talk about the food in the future. ”

"Hmm." The old king nodded and announced his retirement.

Nikto pulled Luo Lan away on the spot, followed by a large group of enthusiastic courtiers.

Soon, there were only five or six of the king's loyal servants left in the palace, all of whom were not very good-looking, and peeked at the old king.

The old king's face turned red and white for a while, and he couldn't help coughing, and then said angrily: "Is he Luo Lan despising this king?" Who is the king of Nanshan Kingdom? ”

When the loyal ministers heard this, they added fuel to the fire.

"Your Majesty, I told you a long time ago, Nicoto holds great power, half of the nobles in the country obey his orders, and the people admire him very much, and he is becoming more and more arrogant now!"

"Luo Lan is a treacherous villain, he knows that Nicoto is more valuable to him, so he directly scolds Nicoto, completely ignoring Your Majesty."

"Nikto is going to control the food lifeline of Nanshan Country, he is so close to Luo Lan, the food will come to him first in the future, and he is completely not afraid of Your Majesty."

It added fuel to the fire, but the old king was half angry, and he patted his chest and coughed, and his face turned red.

"You say, what should I do?" The coughing old king shouted violently, and all the ministers shut up, because they didn't know what to do.

Nikto's power is too great, and it is too important to the Nanshan Kingdom, and the king has no choice but to sulk at him.

"Get out of here!" Seeing that everyone was silent, the old king scolded angrily, and almost fainted.

On the other side, Luo Lan was surrounded by Nicoto and the nobles, and they drove west along the road of Nanshan Kingdom.

Of course, it's not to go to the Western Regions, it's too far.

Luo Lan proposed to see the arsenal of Nanshan Kingdom, which is the place where weapons are made.

At first, Nicoto was a little hesitant, but Luo Lan said: "I know that the duke is difficult to do, but I go alone, without anyone, I don't have the ability to learn and sell now, I just admire your country's manufacturing technology too much." ”

The nobles laughed and agreed.

I have to say that Nicoto's power is indeed huge, and even a confidential place like the arsenal can bring outsiders in at will.

In the canyon on the outskirts of a big city, Luo Lan saw an arsenal in Nanshan Country.

It is a canyon more than a kilometer long and wide, and in the canyon, a complete stone road has been built, crisscrossing the roads with stone houses and workshops.

Striking iron, burning clay, forging, grinding...... This is an extremely advanced arsenal, and truckloads of iron ore are brought in, but out they are armed with sharp handles.

Swords, spears, arrowheads, and even stone cones.

Luo Lan drooled when he saw it, he couldn't look down on these weapons, but this manufacturing process was too advanced, and he didn't know where it was higher than Buji Island.

Moreover, this arsenal did not carry out assembly line production, they still worked in one workshop at the same time, instead of some people refining ore and some people forging swords.

Of course, Luo Lan would not point out this problem, he was amazed throughout the whole process, and praised a few words from time to time, which caused the nobles to be proud and very proud.

Later, Luo Lan went to watch the trebuchet manufacturing workshop, and was also amazed, the craftsmanship of this Nanshan country is too advanced, no wonder it can survive in the barren mountains and develop a relatively civilized country.

For seven days, Luo Lan was inspecting the arsenal, and Nikto did not stop him, but also accompanied him personally, and the nobles from all over the country were also very enthusiastic, one after another to accompany Luo Lan.

Luo Lan has also thought about a lot of problems in these days, and what he thinks about the most is how to get the craftsmanship of Nanshan Country to Phuket Island.

It is definitely not possible to buy it with money, Nanshan is not a fool, and the king will not sell his hole cards.

Neither can it be exchanged for food, unless it is absolutely necessary.

This is a last resort that needs to be thought through, and if you think it right, maybe it will be done.

Half a month later, Luo Lan said goodbye.

The grain sales plan for Phuket and Nam Son will remain unchanged during the year, and next year's plan will be discussed next year.

After Luo Lan left, the old king convened a meeting of his ministers, and Nicoto was also present.

Nicoto is very laid-back, Luo Lan's style has made him comfortable for a long time, and he is still comfortable.

The old king looked at Nikto, squeezed out a smile and asked, "Nikto, I heard that you took Luo Lan to see our weapons workshop?" How did he react? ”

The old king was actually very angry, because Nito didn't ask him and took Luo Lan to inspect the arsenal.

Nico didn't care about this, he laughed and said, "Prince Luo Lan was very amazed, praised the craftsmanship of our Nanshan Kingdom, and said that he also wanted to have such a powerful craftsmanship. ”

All the ministers laughed proudly.

The old king felt a little relieved and said coldly: "He wants?" Dream. ”

Nicoto also nodded: "Yes, our craft can't be passed on." However, on the surface, we have to entertain Luo Lan well and let him provide us with food all the time. ”

Nikto's heart is still towards Nanshan Country.

The old king waved his hand: "Nicoto, you are so familiar with Luo Lan, find time to go to Phuket Island, and negotiate the sale of grain next year." ”

"Okay."

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In the southern state of Phuket, Rolan and Charles stand on the walls of Gargo, looking out to the sea to the east.

"Your Highness, how do you feel about this trip?" Charles asked.

Luo Lan didn't answer and asked: "You say, if we suddenly stop selling grain and force Nanshan Kingdom to exchange for craftsmanship, what will be the result?" ”

Charles frowned: "The Nanshan Congress compromised, but it is not good for us in the future, the Golden Triangle must be all friends, otherwise there will only be two corners, and the two corners will not be able to trap Barron." ”

"Then how do you think you can get the craftsmanship of Nanshan Kingdom?"

"Either technology for technology, or wait for the civil unrest in Nanshan, we will take advantage of the fire to rob." Charles said crisply.

Luo Lan hesitated.

It is unreliable to wait for the civil strife in Nanshan, and in a short period of time, the Nanshan country cannot be in civil strife, and it is not good for Phuket Island to be chaotic.

As for technology for technology......

"You say, shouldn't we promote bee coal?"

Luo Lan suddenly smiled, and Charles's eyes lit up: "Okay, Nanshan Country is remote, and you can also use black stone secretly, our nest bee coal has been overproduced and needs to be sold urgently." And in the future, Blackstone will be pushed to the forefront, and the Nanshan Congress will become a target, and no one will pay attention to our small island. ”