Chapter 656: The secret contact between Qin and Chu
In fact, the rapid development of agricultural production in Qin is not the only one. In the six countries, land mergers are becoming more and more popular. A large amount of land has been concentrated in the hands of a few nobles. They rely on a large amount of land for intensive planting. Especially wheat. As mills, especially electric mills driven by electricity, appeared in Qinguo Food Factory. Let wheat gradually become one of the main foods of the six countries.
The harvest of wheat in the six countries cannot be compared with the preliminary mechanization of Qin. In particular, their management, technology, and capital are far from reaching Qin's requirements for being close to modern agriculture.
Most of their fields are composed of family serfs, and these farmers who rely on contractual relationships to achieve life tenure cannot be permanently separated from the land. They will have to cultivate the land for a long time. But on the other hand, the land annexation of the six countries brought about the widespread implementation of slavery.
People from the Western Regions who came from the victory of the war began to become a new source of labor in Zhao. They found that it is better to use these by-products from the war, prisoners, instead of using strong locals. Factory owners, farmers, and mine owners can use these two-legged animals regardless of life and death. In addition, Zhao's intensified strikes have severely disrupted Zhao's economic development. In particular, taxation. During the two taxation months in June and July, Zhao's taxation fell sharply.
However, the agricultural production of the six countries is gradually disintegrating from the original mixed small-scale peasant economic model to the development of a large-scale commercial grain model. In this regard, South Korea is very close to Qin. South Korea relies on convenient transportation. They can fully rely on the chemical fertilizers and various machinery shipped from the Guanzhong area of Qin State to develop this modern agricultural model on a large scale.
There have been hundreds of farmers with thousands of mu of land near Xinzheng. These farmers grow wheat uniformly. The establishment of the Xinzheng branch of the Qin State Xianyang Commodity Futures Exchange greatly stimulated the enthusiasm for investment in agricultural futures planting. Under such stimulus, the growth rate of wheat planting in Xinzheng was much higher than that of the other six countries.
In short, the large-scale popularization of wheat has solved one of the most basic problems. That is, Qin, South Korea, Zhao, and solved the long-term problems that have plagued them. lack of food. With these grains, they can freely develop factory production, which is very conducive to the further development of capitalism.
"I must have seen this film for an adult, right?" A man in Chu costumes said to a group of upper-class people in Chu in a restaurant with more Qin style decoration.
"I don't know what Qin State's intention is?" one of them said directly.
"Hehehe. It seems that this adult is still very straightforward. Well, I'll just say it." This man in Chu costume is actually a work of Qin Guo's installation in Chu State. During the Warring States Period , Has formed a preliminary espionage warfare system. All countries have detailed this early spy arrangement. This arrangement is convenient for countries to inquire about the latest situation with each other. However, the spread of spy information in the Six Nations is far from as developed as Qin State. Relying on telegraph technology, Qin State always prioritizes knowing every move of his opponent in terms of news dissemination. In this regard, Qin Guo has absolute self-confidence.
"Qin State, which is what I mean by Prime Minister Qin, is to reach a peace agreement. The war between the two countries in the waters of the Yangtze River is over." Qin State said confidently. Long before Qin's naval aviation attacked, Qin's intelligence system began to try to get in touch with the upper echelons of Chu. But the intelligence system was in a state of chaos, so it was delayed.
But after the successful sneak attack by the Qin State's naval aviation. Qin Guobian grasped part of the initiative on the battlefield. At the very least, there was a deadlock between the two countries. This stalemate is caused by the reciprocity of the military forces of the two sides. Although Qin State had various advanced weapons, surface warfare still relied on surface ships to win the final victory, rather than shore-based aviation. The shipbuilding industry of Qin State has just emerged, and even shipyards are under construction. So forget about surface ships.
After Shangwen's synthesis of various situations. It is time to end the war appropriately. Qin's plan to go to sea can only be done step by step, and the navy cannot achieve its final goal in one day. It takes time. Especially shipbuilding time. The basic bottom line of Qin State is to maintain the Yangtze River waters in the area currently controlled by Qin State. If possible, it is best to make full use of the superior transportation facilities of the Yangtze River to complete the import of non-ferrous metals, especially tungsten ore and manganese ore.
"My lord's meaning is very clear. Everyone here is in control of the silk, tea, rape, copper, tungsten ore and other resources of Jiujiang and Wuyue. But these things have not been shipped to Qin for three months."
"Qin's futures prices are already extremely high. But these things in your hands are terribly low. Almost money-losing goods."
"My lord is willing to make concessions when Qin's interests are damaged. Qin is willing to buy these things in your hands."
"You know, these things can only be turned into gold in Qin State, half and half. But in your hands, that is a bunch of useless things." Xi Zuo first adopted the method of threats and inducements.
"Hmph. I have a lot of things in Chu country, don't it have to be your Qin family?" one person said dissatisfied.
"Hahaha, that's natural, but don't you make a fortune if you give a place here?"
"Look at Zhao Guo, the two Koreans, follow me Daqin. How much Zhao's tax has increased. In South Korea, how many rich people are there. These two countries have recently gained a lot of good things in the Western Regions. Do you adults just watch it like this Will these two make a fortune?"
"My lord naturally knows what I am worried about. That is the navy of my Qin State. Don’t worry. My Daqin’s navy is longing for the ocean. I just use your Yangtze River waterways. Moreover, my Daqin is rented and paid for. . Don’t worry. Moreover, Da Qin needs Da Chu’s mineral resources. Chu also needs all kinds of fresh things from Da Qin. Are the two interdependent and interdependent relationships?"
"Furthermore. Aren't we both for a word of money?" asked carefully.
In fact, it is true. The upper echelons of the Chu state could no longer stand the opportunity of such a traffic obstruction. They annexed, and what was the purpose of annexing those minerals. Just to get more money. Now these goods can only be obtained by selling them. There is only Qin Guo's family of such buyers. These nobles knew this very well. They can't wait any longer. Problems will arise when you wait.
