By noon, Liu Xinyu finally regained her composure, and the flush of excitement on her face gradually faded away, changing back to the color of a proud queen.
Liu Xinyu and Zhang Hao stood next to the port together, watching boxes of goods being put on the port, and boxes of medicinal materials being piled up. There was still unconcealable excitement in their eyes.
How many medicinal materials are on board the two battleships? Total: 4,600 tons. If the boxes are removed, the net weight of the medicinal materials is also 3,800 tons. If all these medicinal materials are refined into Peiyuan Dan, how much will it cost?
Zhou Xueyao stood next to Zhang Hao and calculated with some excitement: "Based on 5 kilograms of medicinal materials and 100 Peiyuan Pills, and based on the pill success rate of 90%, this is about... um... 68 million pills!"
Liu Xinyu listened and smiled, "We just re-counted the population a few days ago. The current total domestic population is about 55.6 million, of which those with cultivation levels above the third level of the Qi Refining Stage account for about half, about 21 million;
For those above the sixth level of the Qi refining stage, the number is about half of the above, which is about 11 million.
Those at the ninth or tenth level of the Qi refining stage, those with potential in the foundation building stage, will account for about one-fifth, or about 2.1 million.
This transaction will meet the needs of the whole country!
Sure enough, new routes are the hope!”
After a pause, Liu Xinyu suddenly turned to look at Zhang Hao: "Zhang Hao, thank you, thank you! Especially thank you for persisting in the big navigation strategy even when others were opposed to it!
This country... owes you."
Zhang Hao is polite on the surface, but he is wary in his heart. Can he say "this country owes you" casually?
Sure enough, the next moment, Liu Xinyu said in a decisive tone: "Zhang Hao, I have decided to reward the entire Ninghe County to the Zhang family as a fiefdom of the Zhang family!"
"Ah..." Zhang Hao was shocked.
There was an exclamation of surprise from all around, and everyone turned to look at Liu Xinyu, wondering why Liu Xinyu suddenly went crazy!
There are hundreds of towns in Ninghe County, and almost every five to seven towns are divided into a ‘county office’. In fact, there are a total of 22 counties in Ninghe County.
Zhang Hao looked at Liu Xinyu with shocked eyes:
The entire Ninghe County is six hundred miles wide, which is a radius of 300 kilometers. Although the boundaries are irregular, the overall area is still about 75,000 square kilometers, which is almost twice the size of the world's treasure island! Once the world started the great voyage.
Portugal only has 92,000 square kilometers!
With an area of 75,000 square kilometers, there is already some potential for nation-building.
Zhang Hao thought about demarcating the entire Ninghe County as his own territory, but Zhang Hao planned to spend three to five years to do it. Unexpectedly, Liu Xinyu suddenly cramped...
Zhang Hao reacted and refused.
Liu Xinyu shook her head, "Let's go and talk."
The guards isolated the crowd and set up soundproof barriers around them. Liu Xinyu looked at Zhang Hao with a faint smile: "Are you surprised?"
Zhang Hao didn't speak and responded with his eyes. When he exchanged the crown jewel for half a year, Liu Xinyu promised that when Zhang Hao found another orb, he would reward Zhang Hao with the title of Ninghe County. But now...
Liu Xinyu seemed to understand Zhang Hao's eyes, and she smiled: "I saw that precious pearl. That is the ocean! It is hope! This pearl is invisible, but it is more precious than the tangible pearl."
But then the smile on Liu Xinyu's face gradually disappeared: "But today, I still have something to say. I have been thinking about it for a long time and want to have an open talk with you."
Zhang Hao nodded.
"Zhang Hao, what will the Zhang family and Dayang Group develop into in the future?"
Zhang Hao understood in his heart that Liu Xinyu was obviously afraid of his own expansion and development. I am afraid that this time Liu Xinyu rewarded Ninghe County, not because he was crazy, but because he had considered it carefully. I am afraid that when the warship went to sea, Liu Xinyu would have been ready.
Also, during this period of time, the performance of the Zhang family and Dayang Group has been really eye-catching. Especially for the rise of the industrial and commercial class, Zhang Hao takes the lead!
And now the capital of Dayang Group even exceeds the cost of one ship in the entire Qixia Kingdom, and the amount of one ship of medicinal materials is almost as much as the entire national treasury.
However, Zhang Hao did not have any national ambitions. Founding the country was too tiring and involved all kinds of intrigues.
Zhang Hao turned his head and looked at the vast sea, "Your Majesty, I once told Master Mingxu that I want to go to the place where the sun rises to see what is there and whether there is the legendary Yang Valley. I
I want to see if there is the legendary Yu Yuan where the moon sets!
The world is so big and I want to see it."
Liu Xinyu's eyes flashed with trembling: "That requires a strong foundation and strength, right?"
"So, I established Dayang Group! As for power... I opened the power and door of industry! And I am also a disciple of Xuanzhen Sect.
In the future I envision, Dayang Group will extend to every corner of the world, uniting with people with ambitions from all over the world to explore the world together.
Of course, the roots of Dayang Group are still in the country of Qixia."
Liu Xinyu looked at Zhang Hao for a long time, and finally nodded slowly. She said softly to Zhang Hao: "Assigning Ninghe County to the Zhang family is a reward for you, and I will fully support the development of the Zhang family and Dayang Group in the future."
After that, Liu Xinyu dispelled the barrier, and this conversation was over. This private conversation was simple but important.
Liu Xinyu could tell that Zhang Hao's words were not perfunctory. Liu Xinyu had been feeling a little sleepless for a while, and she gradually felt the power of the Zhang family and Dayang Group.
With the success of each voyage, the influence of the Ocean Group has even surpassed that of the royal family.
But on the other hand, the current Qixia Country cannot do without Dayang Group.
This made Liu Xinyu confused.
Liu Xinyu thought a lot and finally decided to talk to Zhang Hao. It couldn't be said to be frank, but at least it was an important exchange between the two.
Zhang Hao watched the barrier disappear and said softly: "Your Majesty, I promise you that you will see a powerful Qixia country, and you will also become a high-ranking queen that countless people look up to.
Your majesty will not only be in the country of Qixia, but also spread to... the entire known world!"
After Zhang Hao finished speaking, he slowly came to Zhou Xueyao, gave Zhou Xueyao a faint smile, and then looked side by side at the supplies that were being loaded down from the ship.
There are a large number of medicinal materials, some rare or precious spiritual materials that are not available in the Qixia Kingdom, as well as the demon snakes, snapping turtles, etc. that were hunted in the Skeleton River and lakes. There are also three large boxes of jade slips that all the shareholders have.
Eligible for reproduction.
All the materials, totaling about 5,700 tons, were piled up like mountains on the shore. The cold sea breeze blew, and the aroma of elixir floated on the shore.
However, medicinal materials are different from elixirs. Medicinal materials need to be refined. 3,800 tons of medicinal materials are terrifying. One cubic meter of medicinal materials is only about 0.4 tons; 3,800 tons is more than 9,000 cubic meters. The medicinal materials alone are piled up on ten small hills.
The royal family and the royal trading company dragged away a mountain of medicinal materials. The remaining domestic business houses, practitioners, etc., together consumed a small mountain. Finally, there were eight small mountains with about 3,000 tons of medicinal materials.
To refine so many medicinal materials using traditional alchemy methods would require thousands of alchemists and several months of work. If you add up the entire six Western countries, you would not be able to find so many alchemists.
In the Holy Land of Alchemy, there are only a few hundred people who can make alchemy.
Not to mention there are many monster snakes, snapping turtles, etc.
Zhang Hao looked at the medicinal materials in front of him and smiled lightly: "Fortunately, I had the foresight to arrange the alchemy production line in Xinglin Hall in advance.
How is Xinglintang’s elixir production line doing during this period?”
Zhou Xueyao tilted her head slightly and said nothing.
"What's wrong?"
Zhou Xueyao glared at Zhang Hao and turned to leave.
Zhang Hao groaned: "Xue Yao, I miss you so much..."
Zhou Xueyao's face turned red quickly, she pouted, stepped on Zhang Hao hard, turned around and sped away.
Zhang Hao blinked and looked at Zhou Xueyao's beautiful figure...
When Li Yunxiang saw it, she couldn't help but push Zhang Hao, "Stupid boy, hurry up and chase him. There are people on the shore making arrangements."
Zhang Hao reacted immediately, but Zhou Xueyao was in the golden elixir stage. After Zhang Hao chased her out of the crowd, only Fairy Zhou was left... Master Zhang couldn't catch up at all!
Zhang Hao opened his mouth: What an evil practice!
The shore was busy for two full days, and finally broke out after being stirred up by Feng Zhiling and cheering. Many sailors began to talk nonsense, and gradually it attracted the attention of many girls.
However, Qixia Country's domestic digestion capacity is limited after all, and because the other five countries have blocked their borders, Qixia Country's commercial channels have been blocked. The direct impact is: two days later, there are still 2,500 tons of medicinal materials that no one has purchased.
Finally, these medicinal materials were loaded on the train and sent to Xinglintang.
Due to the acceleration of military construction, the railway has now connected from Zhangjia to Guangling City, from Guangling City to the new imperial capital Jianwu City, and then from Jianwu City southward to Xingchang County where Xinglin Hall is located.
The railway took an arc, but it was finally connected.
Six trains carried 2,500 tons of medicinal materials, as well as about 800 tons of snapping turtles, demon snakes, etc., as well as some spiritual materials, and rushed to Xinglin Hall.
Oh, there are many passengers on the train, including Zhou Shuhai, Zhou Jue, Zhou Xueyao, Zhang Hao, etc.
This journey is about 1,900 kilometers, and the six trains travel at a speed of more than 100 kilometers per hour. They arrived at Xinglintang the next afternoon. Thanks to the wide rails and the good quality of the roads built with the help of spiritual practice, the train speed is relatively fast.
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After getting off the train, Zhou Shuhai looked back at the railway and the train slowly approaching from behind, and let out a long sigh.
In the past, if we wanted to transport a total of more than 3,300 tons of supplies from the Zhang family to Xinglintang, it would have taken thousands of carriages and more than two days. The number of people and horses chewed among them was a large number. But now, all the way
Arriving at a steady speed.
But after sighing with emotion, Zhou Shuhai asked Zhang Hao to visit the elixir production line while asking people to start moving the medicinal materials.
After the construction of the elixir production line was completed, fine-tuning has been ongoing. Now, it is finally time to put it into operation.