Chapter 1236 New Plan

"I see!"

"I didn't expect that steam engines have already started production, and steam trains are also ready to start manufacturing!"

Li Cunxiao said happily to Bai Feng.

"Congratulations sir!"

“I can’t wait to ride the steam train!”

Himihu and Mengjie also said to Bai Feng one after another.

The three of them naturally knew what the steam engine and steam train Bai Feng was talking about.

So after Bai Feng finished talking about the situation of Hanzhong R&D Center, the three of them were extremely surprised.

"Haha, it is precisely because of this that the steel in Hanzhong is now used to make steam engines and steam trains."

"And next I will start building a railway between Hanzhong and Yizhou."

"At that time, these craftsmen who built the railway here will be able to continue building the railway in Hanzhong."

After Bai Feng explained the reason to the three people, he said to Li Cunxiao again.

"Please rest assured, sir, this group of craftsmen will have absolutely no problem building the railway!"

Li Cunxiao heard this and immediately promised Bai Feng, patting his chest.

Meng Jie then began to report on the results of training the army during this period.

"Sir, there are currently 6,000 soldiers being trained in the entire Yamatai."

"There are 2,000 indigenous people and 4,000 Ugo people."

"And every three days we gather for one day of training."

After Meng Jie reported to Bai Feng, Bai Feng learned about the current combat effectiveness of Yamatai's army and heard Meng Jie talk about the shortcomings of this army.

The natives of Yamatai are relatively short due to food problems, and their combat effectiveness is naturally 30% less than that of the soldiers of the Wei Dynasty.

Although the people of the Ugo Kingdom in Nanzhong are not weak in fighting ability, they have not received systematic battle formation training.

After all, they used to live in deep mountains and old forests, and their fighting methods were similar to collective hunting.

Moreover, Yamatai lacked steel, so among the six thousand people, no more than five hundred had armor.

Weapons were of all kinds before this.

It wasn't until Meng Jie started training that they were replaced by bamboo guns.

Bai Feng is not very worried about the current lack of weapons and armor in Yamatai's army.

Because the people on the two parts of the island have not yet fully integrated, and there are basically no outsiders in Yamatai now.

Thinking of this, Bai Feng said to Meng Jie:

"I will take care of the armor and weapons for this army, but not now."

"The size of the army of six thousand people is sufficient for now and there is no need to continue to expand it."

"Also, there are other ways to solve the mineral problem in Yamatai."

In the process of explaining to Meng Jie, a new idea suddenly appeared in Bai Feng's mind.

The reason why Bai Feng arranged for Meng Jie to continue training the army was to prevent the indigenous people and later the people of Ugo from continuing to have conflicts.

Their excess energy is consumed through training, and the weapons and armor almost don't matter. After all, this army does not need to fight now.

However, Bai Feng suddenly thought that it would not be impossible to start sailing from Yamatai.

Places like Indonesia and Australia can be explored by fleets.

In this way, the entire Yamatai can still continue to develop rapidly even if it does not rely on Dawei's resources.

"Sir, did you say there are other ways to find enough steel for Yamatai?"

Meng Jie couldn't help but ask Bai Feng after hearing this.

Bei Mihu and Li Cunxiao on the side were also looking forward to Bai Feng's answer.

If we can really allow Yamatai to have resource channels without going through Dawei, that would of course be the best.

After all, Bai Feng is not Cao Cao and cannot transport large amounts of resources to Yamatai at will.

"Yes, our next goal is at sea!"

Bai Feng said affirmatively to Meng Jie, Li Cunxiao and Bei Mihu.

"maritime?!"

The three of them were immediately confused after hearing Bai Feng's answer.

Because Yamatai is an island in the sea, it has a problem of insufficient resources.

But why does Bai Feng say that if Yamatai can obtain sufficient resources, the destination is still at sea?

Seeing that Meng Jie, Bei Mihu and Li Cunxiao had puzzled looks on their faces, Bai Feng began to explain his future development plan for Yamatai to the three of them.

It's a pity that Bai Feng doesn't have a world map in his hand now.

The only world map still hangs in Bai Feng's study room in the Hou Mansion.

In order to explain this matter clearly to Meng Jie, Li Cunxiao and Bei Mihu, Bai Feng used tea to draw a simple world map on the table.

"This location now is Yamatai, and this is Dawei. Here, here and here are the places where we can obtain various materials such as steel."

The places Bai Feng pointed out to the three people were the Malaysian Islands and Australia in later generations.

After Meng Jie, Li Cunxiao and Bei Mihu saw the simple world map Bai Feng drew on the table with some tea, they were all surprised that there were such large islands in the sea.

Bai Feng knew that all three of them were attracted to Australia.

It’s just that Australia is still much further away than the Indonesian archipelago.

Bai Feng believes that with Yamatai's current shipbuilding technology, it will be difficult to even go to the Indonesian archipelago, let alone Australia.

Even the shipbuilding technology of the Wei Dynasty is now unable to build large ships that can continuously sail on the ocean.

Just the supply of food and fresh water is a big problem.

If you sail along the coast, there will be no big problem.

But if you want to go from Yamatai to the Indonesian archipelago or Australia, you must go deep into the ocean.

For other people or countries, the most difficult problem is the problem of ships and food. For Bai Feng, who has the system lottery and redemption function, it is naturally much easier to solve.

"Now you have to prepare to gather all the people who can build ships from the people of Yamatai."

Then Bai Feng said to Himiko.

"After I solve the problem of steam locomotive manufacturing, I will solve the problem of steel and ships in Yamatai as soon as possible."

"In the near future, Yamatai will be able to obtain enough resources for development through uninterrupted maritime trade and exploration."

Although Bai Feng did not make any specific descriptions of the future of Yamatai.

But in the minds of Himiko, Li Cunxiao and Meng Jie, the scene of Yamatai being as prosperous as Hanzhong in the future has already emerged.

Himiko will naturally resolutely carry out Bai Feng's orders to the end.

This is not only for Bai Feng, but also for all the people of Yamatai to live a better life.

"Sir, I understand!"

Himiko then said to Bai Feng in a firm tone.