There are many options in front of Wang Chong.

Expanding trade is nothing more than making money.

He now has a lot of resources and a large population, and the key is that the labor cost is not high, and he can develop many industries.

Take, for example, manufacturing

Of course, their social system is too primitive, not even as good as the Great Celestial Empire, so it is difficult to make a manufacturing industry.

What Wang Chong values now is eating this aspect.

A few days ago, he went to the Great Celestial Empire, and he had already discovered that the Great Celestial Empire was strong and the people were rich, the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and there were many rich people, so he was ready to plant grain on a large scale, all kinds of cattle, sheep and pigs, and send them to the Great Celestial Empire for trade when the time came.

Secondly, the people of the Great Celestial Empire liked to drink tea, and he was also ready to introduce tea.

The land on the Great Wilderness is fertile, which is very suitable for growing tea.

Finally, he also looked at the map, along the east of the cave city, there is a Tianji forest, this forest is at the very edge, so the forest is not very dense, after passing through, you can reach the United States of Armani in the west.

This country is a coalition of dozens of countries, directly led by a single large country.

In fact, it's a bit similar to the meaning that the Great Celestial Empire is the main country and the surrounding areas are affiliated tribes, anyway, it's about the same.

He can now arrange for his men and horses to travel through the forest to the distant and mysterious United States of Armani to trade.

As long as he opens up his advantageous industries, he will be able to make a lot of money sooner or later.

So, he set out to act.

First, he arranged a convoy with some gifts and goods, put on the paperwork of his Stone Dynasty, and went to the United States of Armani.

On the one hand, they were negotiating trade, and on the other hand, his country needed to be recognized by them.

In terms of territory, tea has long been introduced, and he has also hired tea masters to plant it with a lot of money, and the people of the desert are learning.

Cattle, sheep and pigs also began to look like a large scale, and he set up a total of 10 breeding farms and encouraged the people to breed.

The entire Stone Dynasty was producing in an orderly manner, which made Wang Chong very pleased.

A month later, he finally took a group of men and horses to Dongcheng.

When he went, he also thought about whether the other party would launch a surprise attack and attack him.

But it's unlikely.

After all, the two countries are not at war, the king of a country is invited over, if the Great Celestial Empire launches an attack, this news spreads, who will dare to deal with the Great Celestial Empire in the future?

So Wang Zhong is not worried.

After Wang Chong passed, he was invited to the meeting hall of the City Lord's Mansion, and when he passed, the Emperor of the Great Heavenly Dynasty, Li Qinglong, had already been waiting.

When the two met, they were both shocked by each other's young appearance.

Li Qinglong was already in charge of the Great Celestial Empire at a young age, and Wang Chong was even younger, developing from a tribe to the Stone Dynasty.

The two seemed to hit it off at first sight.

It's a pity that they are the kings of the two countries, and this trip is also to discuss major matters together.

Although the Great Heavenly Empire was powerful, Wang Chong did not fall behind, he and Li Qinglong's two sides sat at a long table, and the two sides sat facing each other.

"I have long heard that the Great Heavenly Dynasty is the dragon among the people of the Son of Heaven, and when I see it today, it is really majestic." Wang Chong arched his hand, and his attitude was neither humble nor arrogant.

Li Qinglong nodded slightly, sat opposite and said with a smile: "The wood leader is so young, which also surprises me very much, especially what surprises me is that you actually said that I will double the economy of the Great Heavenly Empire within five years."

"Haha, maybe it won't take five years."

"Can you let me hear it?"

"First of all, we must develop overseas trade and open up to the outside world"

Wang Zhong began to explain.

Actually, he has other options.

For example, the use of the basic science and technology of the Great Celestial Empire to develop manufacturing, science, and machinery

But then he thought that the stronger the Great Celestial Empire was, the more difficult it would be for him to develop, so he chose overseas trade.

Wang Chong said a lot at once, in addition to overseas trade, he also suggested that Li Qinglong abolish the silver standard and adopt paper money as legal tender.

The abolition of the silver standard has great financial significance and can be said to be an important symbol of national modernization.

Because the country on the silver standard is limited by the output of silver, that is, no matter how rich the country is, no matter how many goods it produces, but if there is no silver to pay, the country still has no money.

But it was different with paper money, and it was through this that European countries were able to make their economies no longer struggling.

Later, European countries discovered a large number of silver mines in the Americas, so they drove the silver to China and made a lot of money.

Li Qinglong is a smart person, not only proficient in poetry and songs, but also has an extreme understanding of mathematics.

So when he heard Wang Chong's suggestion, he was stunned.

Over the years, his Great Celestial Empire was indeed rich and strong, but due to the reduction of silver mines, he could only buy silver mines from overseas.

Sometimes he was depressed that the goods produced in his own country had to be handed over to other countries, and the silver from them was exchanged for the goods, as if the currency did not belong to them.

The key is that he also asked those countries to send silver, otherwise the imperial court would not be able to buy the goods of his own country without silver, let alone pay military salaries or something.

But after listening to Wang Chong's advice, he suddenly opened his mouth.

The silver standard was abolished, and the state only recognized the paper money they issued, so that he no longer had to worry about the lack of silver.

Of course, Wang Chong also reminded him that currency should not be issued indiscriminately, otherwise it would not be good to cause inflation.

This conversation was the most important conversation in Li Qinglong's life.

And now, Li Qinglong is also sure that the wood leader has no intention of being his enemy, otherwise he would not have made such an important suggestion.

"Wood Chief, from today onwards, I, the Qinglong Emperor, announce that I will officially recognize your Stone Dynasty." Li Qinglong shouted loudly.

In his heart, Li Qinglong actually didn't want to have a stone dynasty by his side, but the overall situation had been decided, since the stone dynasty had no intention of going against him, he would be a favor.

After Wang Chong returned, in the same year, Li Qinglong sent an envoy again, proposing to make peace, and he would send his sister, who is now the little princess, Princess Li Xian'er, to marry the head of the wood.

In order to take into account the overall situation, Wang Chong reluctantly agreed.

It was only later that Wang Chong learned that Li Xian'er was known as the first beauty of the Great Heavenly Empire.

The emperor of the Great Heavenly Dynasty didn't know how many young talents snatched their heads in order to pursue Li Xian'er, and after learning that Li Xian'er was going to marry a barbarian leader, these people all beat their chests and sighed at the injustice of the world.

Even, many infatuated people killed themselves on the spot after hearing about this.

Of course, Wang Zhong doesn't know these things, and even if he does, it's none of his business!

A month later, Li Xian'er, the little princess of the Great Heavenly Dynasty, took a carriage and finally came to the nearest city to Dongcheng, Trade City.

That's right, Wang Zhong named the city Trade City, which is a very meaningful name.

The city is the closest to the cave city, and the United States of Armani can be reached by walking up through the Tianyan Forest, so it is of great geographical significance.

When he saw Li Xian'er, Wang Chong was slightly stunned.

He is not a good woman, which can be seen from the fact that he has only one wife for a mute girl since the founding of the country.

However, after seeing Li Xian'er, I felt that there was such a beautiful woman in this world, and it was no wonder that she was known as the first strange woman in the Great Heavenly Empire.

"It's been a hard journey."

Wang Zhong picked up Li Xian'er and got out of the carriage and nodded slightly.

Li Xian'er owed her body slightly, which was considered a gift, but her face showed sadness and unhappiness.

She doesn't want to marry me. Wang Zhong saw it.