The weapon tycoon who traveled to Daqin

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"Well. It's the Gold Coast." Said the South Korean captain.The captain is an armed boat vessel.Such ships simply have more weapons than merchant ships.But the total number and quality of weapons are far lower than those of regular warships.

"The Chu people are expanding very quickly. I heard that they have already expanded to the South China Sea." Zhang Er said at this time.

"They have established various strongholds on the Gold Coast along the coastline. These strongholds are connected by merchant ships. They have formed a complete commercial line. Look at us in South Korea. At present, there are only islands, There are no lines. Moreover, there are fewer indigenous people on these islands, and most of them are wood, which can only be used to make boats. Paper can’t be used for anything else. Without economic benefits, those businessmen are not willing to come.” Zhang Two said.

"We also want to develop towards the South China Sea," said a merchant captain among those negotiating.

"En. Develop towards the South China Sea." Zhang Er said.

The Chu people developed along the coast. They headed south all the way. As long as there was a coastline, they would go all the way. Along the way, they continued to develop their own colonies. Most of these colonies occupied the coastal areas.And these coastal areas, in the process of continuous expansion, rely on merchant ships for trade. They captured the local aborigines and sold them to the Qin State as slaves. They transported various living commodities from the Qin State and sold them to the local aborigines. The war was carried out while the trade was carried out, and most of the transactions used gold for on-site transactions. The trade volume was unprecedentedly huge, so this coastline was called the Gold Coast.

But the Gold Coast is just a coastline, and only a very small number of strongholds are less than forty miles deep inland, and most of the strongholds are built along the coast.In other words, the colony at this time only relied on the coastline and did not go further inland.Because going deep inland requires a lot of military force, but the colony lacks a lot of armed force to support it.

There are many reasons.The colonies on the Golden Coast of Chu State were mainly formed by immigrants from Chu State.And these are not state behaviors, but South Korea is a state behavior, and the state supports the expansion of foreign colonies.Chu State is completely independent.

In terms of financial support, the state of Chu completely relied on a class.This class is the merchant class of Chu State, and merchants are the main force in such activities.From financial support to material support, the role of businessmen is very important.

But the financial resources of businessmen are very limited. They cannot compare with the power of a country in terms of financial and human resources.As a result, Chu's colonies lacked armed forces.Or it is a powerful armed force carrying out a deep expansion of the inland.

At this time, the national armed forces of Chu State are undergoing internal consumption.They continued to carry out destructive tax collection within the country, and such collection blows further plunged Chu into disaster.

In order to avoid such disasters, more and more Chu people chose to go out and enter the colonies, where they hoped to find their own world. The issue of taxation has become an issue of survival for the people of all countries.

"But if we enter the South China Sea, we need more support. At present, we only have this big island as support, and we still lack further expansion power." A young chief officer said.

"At this time, I rashly marched into the South China Sea. I think it's a bit inappropriate." The first officer said.

"En." Zhang Er nodded.

"The South China Sea is dangerous. However, this is something that we must go through when we expand our overseas business in Korea. Everything in the world has its dangerous side. If we give up just because of the danger, we will be too sorry for the king." Zhang Er Said.

"Even if it is a dangerous thing, we have to try it." Zhang Er decided.

"En." The others nodded.

"How to implement it specifically?" the first officer continued to ask.

"We are still looking for nearby islands as support." Zhang Er said, looking at the other people.

"The colonies of the Chu people came along the coastline. Our colonies rely on islands. As long as they are overseas islands, we occupy these islands and establish our own colonies. The most reliable thing is that our colonies are far away from the coastline. , can avoid the invasion of those pirates. Ordinary pirates do not have precise navigational instruments. These are our advantages. With these instruments, we can accurately identify the direction. Those nautical islands are a very big advantage for us, and these are pirates, things that Chu people do not have." Zhang Er continued to analyze.

"We just want to rely on our advantages to expand, and then let our colony be established on the island." Zhang Er said.

"I think the crux of the problem is not these." At this time, a businessman stood up and said.

"The establishment of a colony is not only a place for survival, but also trade. Only trade can bring taxation. With taxation, we can further build prosperity. Only when our colony can further expand can everyone have Make more money," said the businessman.

"Well, go ahead." Zhang Er nodded, thinking that what the other party said was very reasonable.

"Our colony must have its own place to make money. Only profitable transactions can further expand our colony." The businessman said.

"Currently the most profitable business, in addition to various trades, is the slave business, and the tea business. Tea, silk and other things. The Chu people have a monopoly. It is difficult for us to enter." The businessman said.

"People in Qin State have a great demand for tea now. They don't cherish money when it comes to tea consumption. And tea is a necessity. People in Qin State can eat less for a day, but they will never stop drinking tea," said the businessman.

"Are we on the tea, think of a way." Said the businessman.

"That's right. The tea business is really good." Zhang Er nodded and said.

"However, the technology of tea." Zhang Er said hesitantly.

"Don't we have agricultural college students from Qin?" said the businessman.

"The place here is everywhere. I don't believe it, there is no place where you can grow tea." The businessman said.As the lives of the people of Qin State became more and more prosperous, tea, which was originally an upper-class drink, quickly became popular in Qin State.Coupled with the increase in the meat consumption of Qin people, people urgently need a healthy drink that can digest these cholesterol to replace it.At this time, the demand for tea rose rapidly.But there is only one country that produces tea, and that is Chu.Chu State completely monopolized the production and sales of tea.It is such a monopoly position.Let the tea business flourish.

The people of Qin State not only enjoy tea by themselves, but also expand tea. All kinds of tea drinks are flooding the market of Qin State. Through walking in the market, tea is entering the expansion area of ​​Qin State, the Western Regions, Qilian Mountains area.The northern grasslands, as well as the northeast region.The price of tea is more expensive than gold. Drinking tea is not only a characteristic of Qin people, but a status symbol.This is a symbol of civilization, and if you are a civilized person, drink tea.This is an important reason for the rapid rise in tea sales.Tea has become an important strategic resource.This resource is a natural agricultural product.Chu State is taking advantage of this agricultural product in exchange for a favorable position in trade.

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1541 The Death Squad of the Chu Army

It is also the monopoly of tea that makes Koreans think that they should do tea business.

"En. That's right. There are talents everywhere, as long as we are willing to spend money, we will be fine." Zhang Er said.

"We don't need to report this matter to our higher-ups. We must know that such a bold voyage, if not done well, will lose many ships." A merchant captain carefully expressed his opinion.

"No." Zhang Er shook his head.

"If we report to the higher-ups that we know, it will take a long time. We simply can't afford this kind of time. Moreover, we don't know what's going on. By the time we get the order to attack, it may have become another It's a situation." Zhang Er said.

"So, we still decide on our own. This trip to the sea is very risky, so everyone should be prepared." Zhang Er said seriously.

"Yes." The rest of the people nodded.As for the specific plan to go to sea, they don't know yet, but they all know that everyone will go to sea.Opportunities for adventure at sea are equal.

The night outside the city of Linzi in Qi State.

"Brothers, it's done." A bearded officer of the Chu Army stood on the chariot, raised a large rough bowl, and drank the wine in the bowl in one gulp.

"Let's do it." A Chu army veteran looked at the officer and said to a young Chu army recruit beside him.

"Pu Chi Pu Chi." Said the old soldier drank the wine in the bowl in one gulp.

"Bang." After drinking the wine in the bowl.The veteran threw the bowl to the ground at once.

"Gudongdong." Then the others drank up the wine in their bowls one after another.Then they also slammed the bowls in their hands to the ground.

"Tonight, you will fight me to the death against the people of Qi. Let the people of Qi see that I, a man from Chu, are by no means greedy for life and afraid of death." The bearded officer said, looking at the soldiers around him.The rest of the Chu soldiers looked at the officer without saying a word.

The generals of the Chu army were facing a group of desperate people. If this kind of battle continued, the casualties of the Chu army would be quite high.As a result, some middle-level military officers put forward a bold idea.The idea is to organize a group of courageous and capable death squads from the Chu army, boldly infiltrate the defense line of the Qi people, and use the night to carry out night raids. After daytime, the Chu army brigade will cooperate with them Next, quickly launched an attack to suppress the entire Qi people.Then complete the purpose of occupying Linzi in Qi State.

These soldiers of the Chu army are the death squads selected by the Chu army. However, considering that the death squads attacked the Qi people at night.The selection of the Chu army tends to use established troops to invest in it.

And this Chu army combat unit is one of them.

"Let's go." The bearded officer of the Chu army shouted loudly.

"Huh la la." The soldiers of the Chu army set off dully.

In Linzi City.

"My lord, what's the matter?" A Qi army officer who was covered in dust came over and asked.

The senior doctor from the Qi country looked at the Qi army officer with a face full of dust.The ranks of the officers of the Qi Army are no longer clearly visible.The war was fought extremely hard, and there was no such thing as tidy soldiers in this tough war.Even some ministers and nobles in high positions can't take care of these.

"Can you transfer some manpower. We need to make great use of it." Doctor Shang said.

"This." The officer of the Qi army looked at the doctor in embarrassment at this time.