Chapter 748
When it comes to timber, the four countries in Southeast Asia, Annan, Siam, Johor, and Java, are rich in timber. Among them, Siam, Johor, and Shanhai City have business ties.
Shanhai City even has a large shipyard in Lion City, which is conveniently located.
Yingyou mentioned in the memorial that the Department of Commerce has arranged a business negotiation team to go to the two countries to negotiate and try to negotiate the timber trade in the near future.
If it goes well, it should be able to solve the urgent needs of the shipbuilding industry.
Of course, this is not a long-term solution.
Not to mention the high cost of ocean transportation, neither the lords of Siam nor Johor could give Shanhai City too much preferential treatment in terms of timber trade, and the procurement cost is not low.
To put it bluntly, the two are just the simplest trading partners, not even friends, let alone allies.
If there is money to be made, the lords of the two countries will not be soft.
In history, Southeast Asian countries were once the colonies of Western powers and became the raw material bases of the powers. Western suzerains achieved the purpose of exploiting colonial labor and grabbing massive raw materials by widening the price difference between industrial products and raw materials.
The current Shanhai City is obviously unable to do this.
ASEAN in the game is like a powder keg that could explode at any moment. Once the war starts, the timber trade will be affected, which in turn will affect the shipbuilding industry of the territory.
Therefore, the safest way is to completely win one of the countries through the national war. The first choice of Shanhai City's target is naturally An Nanguo who has festivals.
Sooner or later, there will be a battle between the two.
It's just that before the end of the Yunnan war, Shanhai City didn't have the energy to start the national war. The ASEAN countries are connected with each other, and the whole body is affected by the influence, so we must consider it holistically.
Once a national war with Annan is provoked, Shanhai City must be prepared to face the entire ASEAN.
Attacking Annan will be a very difficult and systematic war mission, and there is no way to put it on the agenda in Gaia's three years, and it will not be possible until Gaia's four years at the earliest.
Not to mention, the current Yunnan war is not easy.
Whether it's [Yunnan City-state]'s affair with [Yanhuang League], or [Shunan City-state]'s recent military expansion, Ouyang Shuo is well aware of all of them through the internal lines planted in the city-state.
Ouyang Shuo was not surprised at all by the intervention of the Yanhuang League.
Ouyang Shuo also wanted to take this opportunity to have a good arm wrestling with [Yanhuang League], to let people like Dichen know what it means to steal chickens without losing money.
In any case, the battle in Yunnan will be more complicated than the battle in Lingnan.
…………
In the memorial, Yingyou also mentioned another pillar industry in the territory - the iron and steel industry.
Like shipbuilding, the steel industry is also limited by materials, specifically energy. The demand for coal in the iron and steel industry in the territory has not been a good solution so far.
Luofeng City is inland, and the transportation is weak.
Recently, Ouyang Shuo has shifted his focus from Taiyuan Province to the northern part of Kyoto and Shandong Province, the two second-tier coal-producing regions in the country.
Compared with Taiyuan Province where Luofeng City is located, although the coal output of the two places cannot be compared with it, they have a natural advantage, that is, they are both close to the sea and have natural ports in their territory.
The coastline of China is also long. From north to south, there are more than a dozen super-large natural ports, including Binhai Port in the north of Kyoto District, Haijin Port in the south, Jiaodong Port in East Shandong Province, Haizhou Port in East China Sea Province, Shencheng Port, Zhoushan Port in Jiangnan Province, Quanzhou Port in Southern Fujian Province and Jiaozhou Port in Lingnan Province.
In comparison, Beihai Port in Shanhai City is nothing.
The Binhai Port in the northern part of the Kyoto area is located in the territory of Wanshi Castle.
The Commercial Department of Shanhai City is already negotiating with Stone City to establish a stable coal trading channel by sea. The premise is that Stubborn Stone City will increase the mining of coal resources in the territory.
Mining coal not only requires a lot of manpower, but also equipment and capital investment.
The Four Seas Bank provided a special loan for this purpose, the amount reached 500,000 gold coins, which was used to expand the coal production capacity of the Stone City. The loan guarantor is Shanhai City General Administration of Finance.
Before receiving a shipment of coal, the General Administration of Finance paid an advance payment of 100,000 gold coins.
Cui Yingyou, who is in charge of the territory's industry, has even said that Shanhai City will buy as much coal as it mines in Stone City, absolutely unequivocal.
In this way, a win-win situation between the two territories has been successfully achieved. Shanhai City obtained much-needed coal, and Stone City obtained valuable development funds through the sale of coal.
As the saying goes: don't put all your eggs in one basket.
In addition to the stubborn stone city, Shanhai city also set its sights on the eastern Shandong province. Compared with Stubborn Stone City, Eastern Shandong Province not only has a wider area, but is also closer to Shanhai City.
Today, the entire territory of Eastern Shandong Province has been occupied by Western Chu.
Speaking of which, the relationship between Western Chu overlord Xiang Yu and Ouyang Shuo is really complicated. The Battle of Julu was the Shanhai City army that pushed Xiang Yu into the abyss, which can be described as bitter and deep hatred.
But the overlord is the overlord, and he has extraordinary knowledge.
Before Xiang Yu committed suicide, he had promised Ouyang Shuo that he owed him a favor.
Ouyang Shuo suddenly realized that it was time to use this favor.
Thinking of this, Ouyang Shuo immediately wrote a letter to Zhang Yi, Minister of Honglu Temple, asking Zhang Yi to arrange an envoy to secretly go to Western Chu. It is not only to connect emotions, but also to start coal trade negotiations.
Ouyang Shuo is so serious, the purpose is not limited to coal. He also hopes to use this as an opportunity to resolve the gap between the two forces, and it is best to establish a closer relationship.
For example, make an alliance.
【Yanhuangmeng】Ouyang Shuo is also annoyed by doing some small actions all day long, it's time to find some "fun" for them, so that they don't have to take part in the southern border war when they have nothing to do.
Ouyang Shuo had heard that the Western Chu regime had a strong military force, swept across the eastern Shandong province, and annexed the Zhang Chu regime, becoming the dominant power in the Central Plains.
However, Xichu is not without weaknesses.
The biggest weakness of the Western Chu regime is that the people's livelihood in the country is withered and the economy is weak. Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, intended to expand abroad again, but was limited by financial resources and had to give up halfway.
In this way, Ouyang Shuo naturally didn't mind giving a boost.
Ouyang Shuo believed that Xiang Yu would be very interested in Shanhai City's kindness.
Western Chu maintains a strong presence in the Central Plains region. It is really an important presence in the capital area that can threaten Dichen in the north and the East China Sea province in the south that can check and balance the wolf warriors.
With such a regime, let's see how Di Chen and Zhan Lang are still running around.
In addition to the Western Chu regime, Ouyang Shuo also instructed Honglu Temple, with the cooperation of Shanhaiwei, to have more contact with the territories of the aristocratic families in Southern Anhui Province.
Maintaining a chaotic southern Anhui province is most in line with the interests of Shanhai City. The same principle applies to the intricate Central Plains provinces.
Undoubtedly, with the rise of Honglu Temple, Shanhai City will use more diplomatic means to realize its interests, achieve the goal of balancing enemies and making allies.
Sun Tzu said: The first is to attack the enemy, the second is to attack the enemy, the last is to attack the army, and the last is to attack the city.
It is foreseeable that Shanhai City's road to "cutting diplomatic relations" will surely play an increasingly important role in the future.
…………
After Ouyang Shuo finished writing the secret letter to Zhang Yi, the night was already deep and everything was still.
The exhausted memorials on the case table have all been reviewed, and each memorial has Ouyang Shuo's own handwriting at the end. Early the next morning, these memorials will be sent back to the Southern Border Protectorate through the post station.
Ouyang Shuo put down his pen, leaned his hands back, twisted his neck, and stretched beautifully. Suddenly, there was a crackling sound from his body, which showed that he had been sitting for too long.
Although it was hard work, Ouyang Shuo felt very fulfilled. Seeing the territory grow stronger step by step under his leadership, this sense of accomplishment is incomparable to anything else.
After leaving the study and returning to the bedroom, Ouyang Shuo started his unshakable practice as usual.
As the "Huang Di Nei Jing" broke through to the eleventh floor, the golden true essence in Ouyang Shuo's body was like a rushing river, surging and rushing, showing the magnificence of the true essence.
The location of the abdominal dantian has expanded into a golden spring, and the golden true essence is like spring water, churning up and down at the location of the spring, and the golden transpiration is truly spectacular.
The meridians in the body have become incomparably tough after the last adventure on Long Island, and even faintly tinged with golden luster under the constant washing of the golden essence.
Even the bones in the body began to be stained with gold.
According to the "Huangdi Neijing", once the meridians of the whole body turn golden, it is the symbol of the completion of the eleventh level of cultivation. After cultivating to the twelfth level of Dzogchen, the bones of the whole body will become golden.
Helpless, it has been more than five months since the "Huangdi Neijing" broke through to the eleventh floor. Ouyang Shuo practiced continuously day and night, but his progress was still slow.
According to the current progress, I don't know when I want to break through to the eleventh floor.
Even so, Ouyang Shuo didn't feel impatient, and practiced step by step every day. He believes that the usual bit by bit of accumulation will eventually come to fruition.
Cultivation is to cultivate the mind.
It is necessary to be able to endure loneliness, but also to be calm and to endure suffering.
Since practicing the "Huang Di Nei Jing", the first ten floors have been smooth sailing, either with the help of geniuses and treasures, or with adventures, and easy breakthroughs again and again.
At this point, it's time to sharpen it.
Therefore, Ouyang Shuo was not in a hurry.
For Ouyang Shuo, daily practice is a kind of enjoyment in itself.
*************
Early the next morning, Ouyang Shuo started to pack his bags and prepare to rush to the next county.
At this moment, the guard came to report.
"Your Majesty, there is a strange woman outside the courtyard asking to see, saying that she has something to report."
"A foreign woman?" Ouyang Shuo frowned.
According to the rules of the wilderness, after the territory falls, the players living in the territory will be teleported to the royal city. Therefore, Ouyang Shuo rarely saw players along the way.
Not to mention that there will be players who will take the initiative to find him.
At Ouyang Shuo's position, there are not many players who can talk to him directly.
Ouyang Shuo asked, "What's the girl's name?"