The bamboo forest is quiet and the breeze is rustling. The mottled sunlight shines through the dense bamboo leaves on the winding paths paved with pebbles. The winding paths are secluded, and a small building at the end is looming.

This is Shuzhou, southwest of the empire.

Small buildings like this are now everywhere in the fifteenth year of the Chinese century, which is not unusual. The expansion of territory and population migration have never stopped, which has caused the per capita land area of ​​the empire to increase year by year. Even if they spare no effort to encourage childbirth, they cannot keep up with this rhythm.

Even around a southwest heavy city like Jinguan City, the per capita land area has exceeded 100 acres. Many people use their own construction like landscape gardens, and they enjoy themselves, and a small number of them use it for commercial purposes, tours or food.

This garden is a teahouse opened by the people.

The summers emphasize the unity of man and nature, and even heavyweight cities rarely have high-rise buildings. It is not that they cannot be built, but that they do not need it. People prefer the combination of landscape and artistic conception.

Deep in the bamboo forest is a garden with an area of ​​more than ten acres. This is just a teahouse opened by ordinary people. There are not many customers, but it sets off the quietness and is meaningful.

In the garden, pavilions and towers are lined up, flowers and trees are surrounded by corridors, and the water is transferred, making it a leisurely and elegant style.

In a bamboo pavilion, two people with high noses and deep eyes, tall crowns and wide belts are sitting opposite each other. Grape vines are hanging from the four eaves of the bamboo pavilion, with a gentle breeze and wide open on all sides, which is pleasant.

The blonde maid cooked tea for the two of them elegantly and soothingly, folded her hands on her waist and bowed slightly.

One of them whispered his sleeves and said with a smile: "Brother Li, drink tea."

Brother Li laughed: "Don't worry, eat some pastries first. I haven't used breakfast today, so I'm so hungry."

The two of them started chatting casually while eating pastries or drinking a sip of tea.

"I have been rushing to the sea these years and I can't see you all year round." The middle-aged man with brown hair and gray eyes and bronze crown and black robe said: "I was really happy to receive news from Brother Li yesterday. But now the season is the time of busy shipping, so why did Brother Li return to Shuzhou?"

Brother Li sighed slightly when he heard this: "Brother Wang has been inland and does not know much about shipping. The current season is indeed a busy time for shipping, but that is the past. Since the beginning of the year, large-scale airships are open to the public, the decline of shipping is inevitable."

Brother Wang suddenly realized: "Yes, air freight is much more convenient and fast than sea freight. I heard that the cargo capacity of civil-grade large airships is not worse than that of the largest sea freight components. It is fast, fresh, and the cost is not high."

"Yes." Brother Li said: "I finally saved money to buy a medium-sized element transport ship, but I didn't expect to face elimination in less than five years."

The depression in words is beyond words.

Brother Wang smiled and said, "Brother Li has made a lot in the past five years."

Brother Li smiled slightly: "No loss."

Brother Wang laughed: "You think I don't know? According to the latest statistics, the hottest years of sea transportation, that is, Brother Li bought a boat and walked on the sea, can earn all his capital back in just one year. Brother Li has been shipping for nearly five years, and he has made pure profits for four years, and isn't he satisfied?"

Brother Li said: "I'm not satisfied. I originally planned to buy two more ships at the beginning of this year and form a fleet, but now it's gone. How can you not be depressed?"

Brother Wang smiled and said, "Brother Li must have already made up his mind when he returned to Shuzhou."

Brother Li said: "It's some ideas. The decline of sea transportation and the rise of air transportation, I want to see if there is any chance."

Brother Wang said: "There are definitely opportunities, but most of them are not now. The corpus ships were gradually opened to private individuals a year after the establishment of the Municipal Po Company. I think air transport corpus is probably not out of this old example."

Brother Li smiled and said, "Brother Wang cannot look at new things with an old eye. At that time, the shipping corpses could not be popularized immediately, which was closely related to the production capacity of the corpses industrial zone. To this day, the corpses industrial zones of the empire are everywhere, and the corps factories opened by individuals are springing up like bamboo shoots after a rain, and the production capacity is worry-free. In the past few days I have returned, I have traveled back and forth between the commercial and transportation corpses, and I have already understood the situation."

"Oh?" Brother Wang was stunned and said, "So the popularity of air transport components has been recently?"

Brother Li nodded: "I have booked a medium-sized air transport ingot, and my old foundation has been completely exhausted."

Then he said, "The world is changing too fast now. Brother Wang isn't going to do something?"

Brother Wang smiled bitterly and said, "I am not as motivated as you. When you came here, you couldn't sit still and tried every means to do something to do. But I am content with the status quo. You have earned enough money to buy an air-carrying ingredient, and I can only say that you can get through it."

He sighed, "But that's right, I'm going to move, too."

"What are Brother Wang going to do?" said Brother Li.

Brother Wang said: "Old job."

"Growth? Planting or breeding? Crops or cash crops? Livestock or medicinal materials?" Brother Li asked several questions in succession.

In the ninth year of the Chinese New Year, the Great Xia Empire and the Europa countries broke up, and the war was about to break out. This caused panic among the Europa countries. The Europa people tried every means to escape from Europa, and many people came to Daxia, hoping to become naturalized and become a member of this extremely powerful country.

The two people in front of us were the Europa who came to Daxia at that time.

One of them was Charlie and the other was William. They were both from small nobles of Europa, and they were related to relatives and had certain knowledge. After a period of investigation, they were allowed to become naturalized and became citizens of the Great Xia.

So he changed his name, Charlie changed his name to Richard, and William changed his name to Wang Lian.

After naturalization, both of them and their families allocated the corresponding land. However, Richard gave up the stability of digging food in the field, sold part of his land, and then devoted himself to the maritime trade. Wang Lian focused on the land.

Now, a few years later, Richard has become a rich man. Wang Lian is far from keeping up.

"I have a friend in the agricultural office. Where did he get some news? I heard that the empire will carry out large-scale development of the Eastern Region Continent. I plan to move my family to the Eastern Region and develop there."

Wang Lian said so.

Richard heard this and said, "I have also heard of this. Since the empire and Europa, the eastern region, the southeast region, the southern region and the wasteland have all been seized by the empire. In recent years, it has been clearing out and pacifying the local indigenous people. It seems that the clearing out and pacifying the eastern region has been successfully completed."

The Great Xia and the Europa countries have established diplomatic relations for more than ten years. With the expansion of the Great Xia Empire, especially after tearing apart, the Great Xia showed its strength. In just a few years, it almost captured the colonies of the Europa countries.
Chapter completed!