The Liao Kingdom is isolated in southern Africa, surrounded by deserts and rainforests.

They have no borders with any country except the indigenous tribes in the rainforest.

The Liao Kingdom's navy was relatively powerful, and the Liao Kingdom was not afraid of threats from the sea.

This unique geographical environment gave Liao people a sense of security.

Liao people had more experience investing in artistic creation.

The songs and unique story-telling novels that appeared in the Liao Kingdom are best-selling all over the world.

Li Qingmu, the king of Liao, was walking on the bustling streets of Daliao City. He looked at the fishing boats that frequently went out to sea in the port.

On both sides of the street, there are shops selling goods along the street.

At the newly opened cinema, people are queuing up in long lines, ready to experience a new thing like movies.

Li Qingmu, King of the Liao Dynasty, praised: "Every time I see this scene of peace and prosperity for the country and the people, I feel very happy.

Back when the princes were choosing overseas territories to establish their kingdoms, I immediately chose the southernmost corner of Africa.

Here in South Africa, there are no national powers around, they are all scattered indigenous tribes.

Development here will be very smooth.”

After King Li Qingmu of the Liao Dynasty talked about this situation, he sighed and said: "Two things that I could not predict are what caused the slow development of the Liao Kingdom.

Our Liao Kingdom is now, not to mention compared with Zhao and Wei.

Even the Chu State, which lagged behind the Liao State in its founding, has now caught up with the Liao State's strength.

The first thing was the establishment of the Suez Canal.

The southernmost point of the Liao Kingdom was called the Cape of Good Hope, which was formerly the busiest waterway in the world.

The Empire goes to Europe, and Europe goes to the Empire, both need to pass through the Cape of Good Hope.

The Liao Kingdom is located on this busy golden waterway and will definitely usher in great development.

But no one could have predicted the opening of the Suez Canal.

With the Suez Canal connecting the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, the routes between Europe and the Empire can be sailed directly through the canal, and there is no need to detour around the African continent.

Without the steady flow of merchant ships, the port's business plummeted.

Now we can only accommodate some heavy-loaded merchant ships. These are merchant ships with very thin profits. We cannot make much money from these merchant ships.

The second thing is that I underestimated how lazy black people are.

There is a reason why the African continent has not been able to develop strong countries.

I have never thought that there is a group of people, most of whom just want to make a living.

Once they earn enough money to buy tomorrow's pie, they will stop doing what they are doing.

This trend is no longer limited to the black community, other people are also imitating it.

As a result, the number of highly qualified workers and engineers in our country is extremely scarce.

With these two situations occurring in the Liao Kingdom, there is no solution to the problem of slow development."

Li Qingmu, the king of Liao, then mocked himself and said: "King Su Xiong of Zhao is very ambitious and wants to take advantage of this economic crisis to leave other countries far behind so that Zhao can dominate one side.

But our Liao country cannot even take advantage of the economic crisis.

The domestic economy is a stagnant water. Except for the government-run companies controlled by the royal family and the court, there are few large companies.

They are all these small shops on both sides of the street.

These small shops can survive as long as the government does not squeeze them too much."

The new Prime Minister of the Liao Kingdom, Yao Qiwen, had served as the Minister of Household Affairs, and he could feel the anxiety of the Liao King Li Qingmu even more.

The King of Liao looked at the vassal states established later in Europe, which were developing at a rapid pace, with the same pattern every half a year.

The development of the Liao Kingdom seems to have been put on pause. Several years have passed, and there has not been much change in the country.

This stark contrast made not only the King of Liao, but also the ministers of the Liao Kingdom extremely anxious.

The predecessor, Prime Minister Shen, was still a relative, so he felt that he could not bear such great pressure and chose to resign.

Yao Qiwen has been thinking about what the Liao Kingdom should do to achieve great development during this period.

He repeatedly read various policies issued by the empire and studied them for a long time, especially the backward provinces of the empire. Only then did he discover what are the most critical factors for backward areas to develop industry?

Yao Qiwen prepared for a long time. After listening to the words of Liao Wang Li Qingmu, he immediately said from the side: "Your Majesty, Zhao Wang Su Xiong's ideal minister also agrees that everything has a good side and a bad side.

As long as we change our thinking, it is not a good thing, but it will be more conducive to the development of our country.

This situation may not occur.

Our country has not been affected by the economic crisis, while the other major vassal states have been affected by the economic crisis and their development has stagnated.

The normal thinking is that our country's industrial strength is indeed inferior to that of others, and its economic size is very small.

Especially far away from the center of the world, our external trade volume is extremely low.

This has resulted in our country being basically unaffected by the economic crisis.

Minister's change of thinking also shows that our country's economy is flexible and easier to adjust.

Other vassal states were affected by the world situation. They could not even adjust their economic structure and could only watch the economic crisis break out."

Yao Qiwen was not just a man of empty words, he also made some arrangements in response to the situation in the Liao Kingdom.

When an ordinary official takes office, he has to do several major things to show his abilities.

He, the prime minister, is no exception and needs to use tangible results to scare others.

When Yao Qiwen was stunned by Liao King Li Qingmu, he said slowly: "Your Majesty, for an industrially backward country like ours, if we want to develop industry, the most critical issue is to have a large enough market.

Funds and technology for industrial development are easy to solve.

Only the market is difficult to solve, but the problem of the market must be solved.

Even if it means building a good factory and training good workers.

Without enough market, these factories that were built would eventually close down.

Our domestic market is not big enough, but I judge that there is a very large market around our country."

Li Qingmu, the king of Liao, looked a little depressed. When he heard what Yao Qiwen said, he immediately became energetic.

Li Qingmu, the king of Liao, asked excitedly: "Yao Aiqing, what method are you talking about?

I have thought about it for a long time, but I haven’t found any large-scale markets around our country.”

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Prime Minister Yao Qiwen said confidently: "Of course it is a colony built by European countries in Africa.

These colonies were built in extremely scattered areas and their populations were not large.

But they have a huge demand for industrial products.

As long as things from our country are cheap, the price is cheaper than shipping them from their homeland.

There will be businessmen who cannot bear the motivation of profit and choose to buy products from our country.

This is our country's only chance to catch up with them by taking advantage of the economic crisis in other countries."

When King Li Qingmu of Liao heard this method, he looked at the joyful smiles on the faces of the people on the bustling streets.

He made up his mind and said: "This method is very good. This is the only feasible method that I have heard during this period.

I never lack the courage to fight. No matter how slim the opportunity is, I will try my best to avoid regrets."

Li Qingmu, the king of Liao, was a naval general.

The navy is on the sea, and accidents happen very frequently.

Naval generals must have the courage to make decisions when the opportunity arises.

Li Qingmu, the king of Liao, was not someone who would give up easily. The situation in Liao was already like this. Even if he lost, it would not have much impact.

When Prime Minister Yao Qiwen heard the determination of Liao King Li Qingmu, he was also confident.

As long as everyone in the Liao Kingdom works together, they will definitely be able to do this well.

As for the problem of laziness among black people in the country, he has no good solution.

The living conditions of black people have lasted for thousands of years and will never be corrected in a short time.

Prime Minister Yao Qiwen has nothing to do about this situation.

The only choice the Liao Kingdom could make was to let these black people engage in heavy manual labor for which they had no skills anyway.

Black people with better physiques can handle these simple tasks without messing up the work.

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Prince Zheng and Wang Zhongce were drinking ale in the study.

The little eunuch stared closely at his watch, observing the time on it.

He saw that the time had come to the appointed time.
To be continued...