The Weapon Tycoon Who Traveled to Great Qin

Qin Guo, Li Wen's office. The assistant is giving a long report to Li Wen.

"Qin's wheat production has increased substantially for three consecutive years, but the wheat planting area of ​​various countries has been rapidly reduced, and the country's grain has been heavily dependent on Qin's imports. Another important point is that." The assistant said on another page.

"Recently, the Chu colony didn’t know why. It might be because cash crops can bring more profits. The area of ​​grain planted has been drastically reduced. Many farmers are unwilling to grow grain because of grain. The price of rice has fallen too sharply. The price of rice has always been below the cost price, and the result has been. The rise of rice in the south, and the continuous increase in output of Qin’s wheat, the inventory is difficult to digest in an instant." The assistant said.

"Yeah. I see. I have read these reports. The analysis is good, but the price of rice has risen. Why hasn't the wheat risen? Is it because the plates on the market are too big." Li Wen said to himself Speaking of. Having said this, stand up and shook his head. In his opinion, the reason may not be this, but it may be because of a market demand. Or Qin's output is too large, resulting in sluggish demand. Li Wen is currently not aware of any factors that have not been analyzed.

Prime Minister's Mansion, Shangwen's cabinet meeting room.

"At present, our agricultural production inventory is very large. We must solve this problem. Recently, we noticed that the food demand in Dawan, Tochar and Yuezhi is very large. Therefore, I suggest that we raise the other party’s Price, sell a large amount of grain there." The Minister of Agriculture said embarrassingly.

This position was very important in the former state of Qin, but now, many people don’t like this department because the work is complicated and the pressure is great. The most important thing is that the final result of being busy is that the government loses money every year. It has to spend more than half a couple of millions of dollars to subsidize agriculture, plus some interest-free loans, tax exemption and a series of policies. In the end, the amount of losses is getting larger and larger. If there is a bumper year, the situation It will be very crazy. The government's subsidies on this are more than military expenditures.

However, agriculture is a basic industry and cannot be given up. Once given up, it will affect the stability of the Qin State. Therefore, this work requires extremely meticulous and strong coordination capabilities to achieve this.

"If we sell food to those countries at a price above the cost price, I think this will greatly solve our difficulties in this regard. This is extremely good news for our agriculture." The Minister of Agriculture said to Shang Wen.

"Yeah. I heard that the rice price in Chu country has gone up?" Shang Wen asked.

"Yes, the Chu government does not have any subsidies for their agriculture. Especially the rice planting industry, the losses are very large. The rice that farmers spend a lot of money to grow will eventually become a pile of waste and pile up in the warehouse, and the wine cannot be digested. Because of the loss of such a large amount of grain, in the end, a large amount of grain could only be piled up in the warehouse. In addition to the high freight, the grain was still unable to rise. This time it was only a part of the increase, mainly due to the large-scale reduction in production by farmers in Chu. In that case, a lot of grain will hit the market, in that case." The Minister of Agriculture shook his head. The Minister of Agriculture is also very dissatisfied with the long-term low grain prices, because low grain prices hurt farmers. The loss of farmers is very large. Therefore, the Minister of Agriculture resolutely opposes the excessive reduction of food prices.

"Well, in order not to harm our farmers, it seems that we have to do this. Well, I will sign orders and send diplomats to negotiate with countries. Maybe they need our food even more." Shang Wen Nodded and agreed to the request of the Minister of Agriculture.

Qin cannot watch that his grain prices remain below the cost price for a long time. Although the Qin government can provide a large amount of subsidies and provide various interest-free loans, in that case, the financial funds spent by Qin will become very large. This is a huge burden for Qin. When agriculture becomes a huge burden, Qin’s finances will be completely overwhelmed. Shangwen needs to get rid of such a situation, because this situation is very unfavorable to Qin. , Qin needs to change such a situation. Completely reverse this situation.

Nanyang. The South Korean Nanyang Fleet’s patrol ship, the Qantas, is inspecting several islands for which they are responsible.

"Damn, I saw Zhao Guoren's boundary monument again. His mother, it was carved so big. I saw it in the telescope." The first officer cursed in an angry voice, and then he kept the telescope and looked around. The situation on the island.

"Okay. Don't say it. I saw it when I saw it. I couldn't do anything when I saw us." Li Bo Li said. He was in charge of this patrol ship. He was very annoyed by this patrol ship, because it was a sailing ship and equipped with not many artillery. The main purpose was to speed up the patrol. The original 45 artillery pieces were dismantled. There are only fifteen guns left. Most of the artillery is sold to the Seth, the Rest, and the Persians. Their ships will eventually be dismantled, or sold to the Yueshi, Karachi, they all need this. Battleship. It can be said that these sailing boats have been eliminated.

"Sir, are we just watching them occupy our island?" the chief officer asked.

"Of course. We can only watch, should we let them leave here? Zhao and Qi navies are all ships, using steam engines, but look at us. We use sails. As long as God is unfair to us, What else can we do?" Li Bo said helplessly.

"The most terrible thing is, 15 artillery, what can they do? Pirates are equipped with more artillery than us. They are all rapid-fire artillery, our artillery. Damn it. Old antique." Li Bo said angrily. With his rank, he can also lead a ship to fight. Unfortunately, he can only use such large-caliber old artillery in the Nanyang Fleet. This type of artillery has a longer range than a rapid-fire gun and is a bit more powerful, but that's it, the launch speed is very slow, and once the opponent approaches, it will be a violent beating. Their ships simply can't bear it.

"Sir. There is thick smoke in the direction of twelve o'clock, like a ship." At this moment, a sailor reported loudly.

"His mother, 80% of the ships came. Quickly, retreat, retreat. Retreat towards the rear." Captain Li Bo quickly issued an order. For him, this is simply a huge loss. This loss is still difficult for him to accept, after all, this is a huge disaster. They are sailboats, equipped with old artillery. This is simply the dish on other people's dishes.

"Sir, shall we fire? Our artillery has a farther range than them?" the chief officer said from the side.

"Damn, follow the plan, don't fire the gun, let's use this artillery. It's not enough for others to play." Li Bo cursed. In fact, the patrol boats sent by the South Korean Nanyang Fleet are not just patrol boats. They are well aware of their situation. They do not have advantages in all aspects and cannot surpass steamships in terms of maneuverability. However, they have one advantage. They are patrol boats. Enough. And the tactical literacy is relatively high.

Under normal circumstances, South Korea will send two or more warships out to patrol, because in this case, they can cover each other and send out messages in time, but this time, there is only one ship, and once they encounter In special circumstances, they immediately retreat. It seems that it is not a Korean tactic, but it is a Korean tactic. Because in their rear, the Koreans ambush more patrol boats. They just want to lure the other party to the bait and give The other side learned a lesson. Although they are not as good as the other in terms of mobility and artillery rate of fire, they have an advantage, an advantage in numbers. This is the Korean tactics.

"Hahaha. Damn. I finally met a little shrimp." Captain Pikeman Zhao Yu shouted excitedly. This is their first naval battle, and they have an advantage. They also have another steamship, the Pike, which is also around them, and now they are going to unite together to deal with this small wooden sailboat.

"Really, the above actually allowed us to perform such a task. What can we do with such a small sailboat." On the Pike, the captain Cheng Tong said angrily. He feels that such a task is purely overkill.

"Sir, the other party tried to escape," a sailor reported.

"Run, can he run? The wind is not in the right direction, are they going back?" Cheng Tong said.

"Order, step up, hit me fiercely, just like hitting a target, hit me down to the opponent." Cheng Tong issued an order.

"Sir, I think something is wrong. Is there an ambush by the Koreans?" the chief officer on the side reminded. He felt that the situation of the Koreans was very wrong, because the Koreans usually patrol two ships one by one and rarely come out alone.

"What are we afraid of? We are steamships. Speed ​​is our advantage. They have ambushes. We are not afraid. We can run quickly. Can their shells hit us? Just kidding." Cheng Tong said disapprovingly.

"Well, sir. It makes sense." The first officer nodded and said. He felt that his officer was right. After all, their advantage lies in maneuverability, not in their artillery range. Despite the danger of ambushing, they run fast and the opponent cannot chase it, so they cannot do a good job in ambushing. Is ready. In this way, they began to lean on frantically, they were ready to eat this piece of meat to their lips. This is here.

"Fucking, run quickly. Shoot and frighten them." Li Bo shouted loudly.