On the northern continent, wars continued.

Countless people die here every day, falling victim to war.

Of course, the nobles are still doing well, even if the country is invaded, as long as they surrender to the enemy country and hand in the gold coins, they can continue to live in style.

The Omar Empire, with its many nobles, was one of the most powerful empires in the north, second only to the Diman Empire.

The eastern coast of the Omar Empire was bustling with nearly ten ports, the most famous of which was the port of Moses, which was also the destination of the Aiman fleet heading north.

The Eyman fleet had been to the port of Moses two months earlier, and they had snuck a few barrels of wine into the harbor and had left a few days later with large bags of gold coins.

All this is unaware.

But the few barrels they left behind caused an uproar.

Louis, the great wine merchant in the city of Moses, got the wine and displayed it at a grand dinner party of the nobles.

"It's called rum, and it's made by my Louis family, so you can taste it to your heart's content."

That's what the pot-bellied Louis said, confident and expectant.

The aristocrats had already tasted many fine wines and were unheard of by the name of rum. However, when the rum was aromatic, everyone couldn't help but take a drink.

However, one day, the reputation of rum spread, which caused the shock of all the nobles of Moses, and for a time, Louis's Distillery was full of people.

Two days later, the five princes of the Omar Empire visited the house, tasted the rum, and wanted to know the recipe for the rum.

However, he was rejected by Louis, one of the largest wine merchants in the north, and he refused, and the fifth prince could not force it.

By the time the Eyman fleet arrived at Bishui Bay, the rum had already been snapped up, and Louis looked south with a blank eye, hoping that his partner would soon go north.

His Royal Highness the Prince of Phuket is also looking forward to his partner returning south as soon as possible.

He was short of money.

In fact, the root of all problems in Phuket Island is poverty, and now it is also poor, and Luo Lan wants gold coins.

He stayed in the harbor and did not return to the city, firstly waiting for Aiman, and secondly waiting for the cartridge transmitter.

All the carpenters and blacksmiths in the Special Industrial Zone were sent to Daisy by Luo Lan to help her build the cartridge transmitter, which had to be made.

As for the Minister of Agriculture, Rick, he called on his men to run and dig up the silver mines, eager to dig out all the silver mines with a shovel.

And Luo Lan, he was thinking about trade.

Phuket is now alive and well, with both the Special Industrial Zone and the Agricultural Market proceeding steadily. But there is a problem, and that is the currency problem.

Due to the poverty of Phuket, the currency is pitifully scarce, and many places are bartered. For example, if a hundred people only have a total of ten gold coins in their hands, and the currency in circulation in the market is only these ten gold coins, wealth is constant, and in order to develop, wealth needs to grow.

Therefore, Luo Lan needs the injection of foreign currency, turning ten gold coins into one hundred gold coins, ten thousand gold coins, and one hundred thousand gold coins, so that the wealth of the market will increase.

Aiyman is the engine of wealth.

Finally, after five days of sea breeze, Luo Lan waited for the Aiyiman fleet.

The four weak ships sailed from the clear waters into the west coast of Phuket.

The workers cheered, and the guests returned!

In a warm atmosphere, the sailors excitedly jumped off the ship and went on vacation on the West Coast.

And Ai Yiman stood at the bow of the boat, smiling gracefully and proudly at Luo Lan on the wooden bridge.

Seeing her smile, Luo Lan knew that the rum had been sold, and the pyrite had gone south.

"Miss Iman, you smile beautifully."

Luo Lan ran to the deck and praised Ai Yiman. Aiman cut off and led her into the cabin.

The soldiers and sailors disembarked, and there were only Aiman and Mead on board.

Mead was excited, and spoke vigorously: "Your Royal Highness, we sold rum to Louis, the great wine merchant of the Omar Empire, and after he took a sip, he promised to cooperate with us forever, and keep it a secret forever. ”

"Not long ago in the East China Sea, we were intercepted by Will again, but he ignored us after looking at the pyrite, and we went well."

"This time we went south, we brought 5,000 kilograms of pyrite, and we can bring more when we buy a big ship in the future."

Mead was so excited, Luo Lan laughed in his heart, it seems that this trip to the Aiyiman fleet has made a lot of money.

As Luo Lan expected, they did make a lot of money.

In the inner cabin, which was strictly forbidden for outsiders to enter, Luo Lan saw bags of gold coins.

These gold coins were packed in three large boxes, and the number was probably more than twenty thousand.

Luo Lan was a little surprised, the first batch of rum was only a few barrels, as for selling so many gold coins?

"Don't be surprised, the first batch of rum totaled six hundred kilograms, twenty gold coins per kilogram, and the price of spices was one price, and a total of twelve thousand gold coins were sold. There are a total of 20,000 gold coins here, and the extra 8,000 gold coins are the deposit given by Louis, and he will want more rum next time, as much as he wants. ”

Ai Yiman explained, the joy in his tone could not be concealed, "Fortunately, with wheat wine and pyrite as cover, Will would not have bothered to torture us, otherwise he might have searched for the money." ”

Good!

Luo Lan laughed, and then poked Ai Yiman: "Your Excellency is really good at doing business, it only costs ten gold coins to buy from me, and it will be doubled when you change hands in the north, which is too easy to make." ”

"Huh? Listen to you mean red-eyed? Are you going to double it too? Ai Yiman clasped his hands and squinted at Luo Lan.

Luo Lan coughed: "Of course not, I am a trustworthy businessman, and rum fermented for three months only costs ten gold coins per kilogram, and I will not increase the price easily." ”

Hearing this, both Aiman and Mead were stunned for a moment.

Midage said, "Your Royal Highness, what do you mean by this?" ”

"Rum also has a fermentation period, and the best one is fermented for more than three years, so it tastes good. And what you're buying now is just to prevent the Sea Devil's Fang, and it tastes pretty bad. ”

Luo Lan had a digging expression.

Ai Yiman snorted lightly: "I see, you are really a profiteer. Well, give me a variety of fermentation periods, and increase the price according to the quality. ”

"It's a pleasure to work with." Luo Lan shook hands with Ai Yiman with a smile, "By the way, I will send someone to take you to Phuket City later, this time you buy the rum bar from the workshop yourself, those shareholders are already anxious." Mr. Mead, I'll send someone to move the pyrite to the northern mines, and the money will be deducted from the rum money. ”

The boat was busy, the shore was busy, and the weather in early spring was extremely warm.

Three days later, Aiyman bought 2,000 kilograms of rum from the rum factory, spending all the 20,000 gold coins on her ship.

Half of the 20,000 gold coins were pocketed by the delightful wine merchants, and the other half was handed over to the prince.

In addition, hundreds of workers were paid for their work in the workshops, which had been in arrears for a long time.

The workers received their wages and ran excitedly to drink wine and eat meat, so that the gold coins in their hands were circulated.

Phuket received the first "injection" of foreign funds.

After Luo Lan rejoiced, she began to stir up another big thing.

That's sulphur refining.

With pyrite, you only need to refine the sulfur in it to make high-purity gunpowder.

The northern mining area is in full swing, and 5,000 kilograms of pyrite are thrown into the earthen kilns that have been built long ago, and are baked by bee coal.

As long as the temperature reaches a certain level, the sulfur will be turned into gas and rise to the top of the kiln, at the top, there is a vent similar to a ceramic tube, which will drain the gas, and finally collect the sulfur gas to cool down and let it condense into a sulfur solid.

This set of processes is quite complicated, and there is no iron high-temperature furnace, so the operation is very unreliable, but fortunately, Daisy's father is already a veteran, and Daisy has also learned this set.

However, the process is still difficult and slow, after all, it is necessary to collect gas, and the earthen kiln is so rudimentary that the collection rate does not even reach one-tenth.

This is what Daisy said about the difficulty of refining sulfur, so she wanted a volcano and used natural sulfur directly to save more trouble.

However, this also has the advantage, that is, iron can be obtained, and pyrite also has iron, but the amount is far less than that refined from iron ore.

"With the brimstone, in two months, it should be possible to equip a hundred-man army with rockets, let's make do with it first."

"I don't know what's going on in the southern state, I have to hurry up and develop the military."