Luo Lan's letter was handed over to Ai Yiman.

Aiyman packed up his belongings and headed north with two merchant ships, while Mead stayed in the southern state with a merchant ship and a warship, the only navy on the island of Phuket.

The summer became hotter and hotter, and Luo Lan, who was rarely idle, simply went to "walk the streets and alleys", he ran to the west coast, then to Nakajima Bang, and finally to the Buji River.

The Phuket River is an inland river that runs through Uttar Pradesh and the Middle Island State, and it flows down the high mountains of Uttar Pradesh and finally enters the sea on the west side of the Central Island State.

There are more than 100,000 farmers living along the Phuket River.

"The river is not wide, and there are too many reefs in many places that are not conducive to navigation and cannot accommodate large ships." Sitting on the fishing boat, Luo Lan observed very carefully.

He is an ambitious man, and the Phuket River channel is too small, although it can already satisfy the farmers of Phuket, but it cannot develop higher.

And the Phuket River is not a docile river, it has the potential to become ferocious, flooding villages along the way, causing huge losses to farmers.

"The river still has to be dug upstream, and the upstream has to build dams to completely control the Phuket River."

This is a big project, which is difficult for the current Phuket island to digest, and the local governments can cooperate, but it will make them poor again.

"We have to wait, we are just getting rich now, and we are mainly making a fortune by selling grain, which is unstable." Luo Lan shook his head and suppressed the idea of transforming the Phuket River.

After that, Luo Lan went to Utan Pradesh.

The southern state itself has a good foundation, and after two months of cultivation, it is alive again.

The most important thing is that Luo Lan continued to buy sulfonite, although the amount was much smaller, and Charles also strictly controlled the population of sulfonite digging.

But people in the southern state can still make a lot of money.

Of course, this cannot be regarded as the main business, and the main business of the people is still farming and grazing.

When Luo Lan arrived in Ciudad Gargo, he was warmly welcomed, thanks to the policy of dividing the land into households.

Like the North, the Southern Pradesh also implemented a policy of dividing the land into households, and there were no more lords here.

After receiving the cheers of the people, Luo Lan went to the "textile factory".

It is said to be a factory, but it is actually a palace in Gargo, where Mandi and Bina start from scratch, tinkering with fabrics with the few looms they have.

Half of the dozens of female workers had nothing to do, so they had to go sheep shearing.

Luo Lan smiled bitterly, it was so miserable.

But Mang Di didn't feel miserable, this kind old woman was very happy, she was born tied to textiles.

Later in the evening, Charles returned.

He went to Nanshan Country and personally purchased fifty textile machines, but Mangdi and Bi Nale were broken.

This is the advantage of having money, if you don't have the technology, you can buy it first, buy it and then study it, and if you study it thoroughly, it will be your own technology.

Charles specially arranged for craftsmen to study the looms of Nanshan Kingdom, and he also took Luo Lan to the grassland for a walk and whispered.

"Your Highness, there is no unity within the Nanshan Kingdom, the old king has a faction, and Nico has a faction, as long as they are used a little, there will definitely be civil strife." Charles was treacherous.

Luo Lan smiled sheepishly and gave a thumbs up.

"It's just that I'm afraid that we will be too hasty, and our current trade with Nanshan has just begun, and we urgently need their funds, and it may not be good for us if they mess up." Charles pondered and asked Luo Lan's opinion.

Luo Lan looked up at the evening sun: "This Nanshan country is like the sunset, it is going to die or not live, but the energy contained in it is very large, and it is really not good to poke it now, it has to digest our food." ”

"What does Your Highness mean?"

"Make good relations with Tonik and slowly isolate the old king. You do more bad things, bribe their nobles, win over their craftsmen, and get all the useful things. ”

What Luo Lan did can be described as lacking in virtue, but in this world, either you pit me or I scare you, and if you don't lack virtue, you are destined to be eliminated.

When Phuket eliminates the country of Nanshan, the energy of the setting sun will be transferred to Phuket and burst into a new light.

The two looked at each other and smiled.

Walking on the grassland, Luo Lan also told Charles about asking for help from Sophia.

Charles pulled weeds on the grass and pulled out a map of the area of Clear Water Bay with his hand.

"If we can reach trade cooperation with the Northern Plains, then Phuket Island can be connected to the East Bay in the north and Nanshan Country in the south, which is a golden triangle, and this triangle surrounds the Southern Plains."

Charles laughed, "Your Highness, do you want to develop the navy?" ”

"Do you think it's possible? The power of the sea destroys the power of the land, and I want Barron's 100,000 elite soldiers to be useless. Luo Lan squatted beside him and pointed at Nan Yuan Ling.

Charles touched his chin and punched Nanyuan collar: "It's feasible!" ”

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The weather in the northern territory is very hot, and the ports are so foul that you can only smell the fresh air from a place far from the harbor.

A carriage set off from a small port and traveled all the way inland for three hours, and finally entered the capital of the Northern Plains, the Northern Plains Castle.

Afterwards, the carriage went straight to the palace and was stopped at the gate of the palace.

"Please inform Her Highness Sophia, I have something important to ask to see." The carriage curtain was lifted, revealing a beautiful face, which made the soldier stand for a moment.

This person was none other than Ai Iman, and she looked like a lady like a very elegant aristocratic lady. In fact, she was already scolding her mother in her heart, because her butt hurt.

"The road in the North Plains is so bad that even Phuket Island can't compare." Ai Yiman, who complained in his heart, maintained an elegant posture.

A few soldiers were originally very cold, but it was really hard to resist seeing Ai Yiman's face like this.

"Who is Miss? Your Highness is not something you can see if you want to. ”

"I'm Luo Lan's maid." Ai Yiman responded gently, and the soldiers were stunned again, Luo Lan? The big prince of scrapwood?

"Wait a minute."

The soldier went to report, and Aiman retracted into the carriage and secretly rubbed his ass.

After a while, the soldier ran back and invited Ai Yiman into the palace.

In the luxurious palace study, Aiyiman meets the legendary Three Princesses Sophia.

The icy queen of the Northern Plains, the nemesis of all criminals, sat in silence, her unwavering gaze scanning Ai Yiman.

Next to her, there was also a tall female knight, who wore a long sword at her waist and armor, and protected Sophia closely.

Ai Yiman bent down and saluted, she was still graceful.

Sophia didn't speak, and the female knight next to her said, "You are Luo Lan's maid?" Is there such a beautiful woman in Phuket? ”

"You're laughing, I'm not pretty." Ai Yiman humbly said and took out Luo Lan's letter.

Sophia's eyes flashed, then she looked down at the papers. The female knight stepped forward to take the envelope and was about to open it, but was stopped by Sophia.

"Is there anything else?" Sophia finally spoke, her voice cold, like the moonlight on the sea.

Ai Yiman saluted and said, "Your Royal Highness Sophia, Prince Luo Lan has asked you to sell him iron ore, and he is working with a fleet, and I ask you to give that fleet a trading charter." ”

"What? Who does he think he is? Still want a concession? The knight was furious at once, and her temper was very hot.

Ai Yiman remained silent and continued to play the role of a well-behaved maid.

Sophia looked at her again and sneered, "Love Iman, if you want a charter, you should ask for it openly. What are you doing in front of me? Or do you think your fleet is too bad to get a concession, so you simply hide your identity? Get out! ”

Sophia said coldly, and the female knight directly blasted Ai Yiman out, and Ai Yiman was suddenly angry, scolded Luo Lan a few times, and then left helplessly.

After another few hours of smacking, Ai Yiman was back on his boat. As soon as she returned to the ship, the new co-captain came to ask her how she was doing.

"Sophia actually recognized me, and it seems that she is very concerned about the situation of the caravan. Since she knew me, she knew that our fleet was very poor, and she would definitely not give a concession. Let's go, let's go to the north first and sell the rum, Luo Lan can't be hated by his sister. ”

The fleet went north and disappeared into the harbor.

By this time it was already dark, and the lights were lit in Sophia's palace, and Sophia had finally finished reading the final book.

The female knight poured her a glass of warm water: "Rest." ”

Sophia exhaled lightly and picked up the envelope next to her. She didn't mind the presence of the female knight and looked at it directly.

From beginning to end, she watched it three times and it took twenty minutes.

Finally she walked to the window and looked out at the dark night sky, her hair fluttering in the evening breeze.

"Last winter, the snow was so beautiful." Sophia read the last sentence of Luo Lan's letter.

The female knight came over and asked what it meant.

"Wolf Queen, how many of us froze to death last winter?" Sophia turned her head and said, and the female knight who called Wolf Ji sighed: "There are 10,000 people, and many places have not yet been counted. By the way, 60,000 people froze to death in the southern plains, and hundreds of thousands of people were displaced. ”

At the mention of Nanyuan Ling, Wolf Ji had some self-comfort.

Sophia looked out the window again, her eyes deep, as if she remembered something far away.

"When I was a child, I said that the snow is so beautiful, and he said that it is not beautiful, and many people will freeze to death when it snows. Snow is beautiful only when it freezes and doesn't die. Sophia muttered to herself.

Wolf Ji didn't understand at all: "Your Highness? ”

"Give Eyman a charter warning Yadri not to obstruct the trade of the Northern Plains."

"Huh? Your Highness? This...... This ......" Wolf Queen stammered in shock, but seeing Sophia's cold face, she had to say, "Okay, I'll go find Ai Yiman." ”

"No need, she went north, wait for her to return south in the fall."