The world enters the age of myth

These ministers have understood the value of coal and will organize manpower to mine coal whenever a new continent is discovered.

However, they did not have machines, the efficiency of manual coal mining was low, and the disasters in the New World were too dangerous, so they could not mine too much energy every time.

If charcoal were used to replace coal, the cost would be too high to be sustainable.

"Your Majesty, it would also be a good choice if we buy a large amount of coal from technological civilization."

"Their shelter is so big, there should be a lot of coal reserves..."

In their speculation, scientific and technological civilization should use steam engines to dig coal. The efficiency is naturally much higher than that of human power, and there should be large coal reserves.

Even, it is not impossible to buy a more advanced steam engine directly in the Sea of ​​Clouds! (Actually, the Unkai does not have a steam engine, only a steam engine wheel as the engine of the large ship.)

"Your Majesty, the development of the artillery is progressing smoothly, but the barrel needs better steel, otherwise there will be a risk of exploding the barrel... The amount of saltpeter is far from enough. Without saltpeter, it is impossible to make a large number of cannonballs."

What they desire most right now is to create high-range artillery. They believe that as long as they have artillery, they will have sufficient protection in large-scale wars.

"Can we buy some real artillery from technological civilization? If not, we can just buy more high-quality steel. They should have high-quality steel."

Another person said: "Your Majesty, we can also buy each other's medical treatment... Shenlong..."

After hesitating for a moment, he did not speak directly.

This is something that everyone is well aware of and is the one they are most concerned about.

Suddenly, General Zhao Yi, who was standing at the front, asked: "But what can we trade with the other party? Although the other party... although it seems friendly, it is impossible to give it in vain."

"They don't need our food either. They haven't even expressed any interest."

"With scientific and technological civilization, it is impossible to still lack food."

Faced with this question, the old emperor fell silent.

The Jin Empire was most famous for being good at growing food. As a result, Yunhaihao had more food than them, so it naturally lost a lot of leverage.

Of course, in addition to food, they naturally have good things, such as... the blood of the dragon, and some strange beasts!

It's just...a question of whether you are willing to exchange.

As a descendant of Shenlong, many people are not willing to accept selling their own kind.

"Your Majesty, Master Jiaolong has just reported some information." Just as everyone was discussing heatedly, a minister hurried over and bowed his hands to the emperor and others.

As a descendant of the divine dragon, Jiaolong also possesses simple wisdom and the ability to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages.

When Lu Yiming and others were negotiating with General Zhao, this dragon had quietly dived to the bottom of the sea and investigated the movements of the Yunhai, Kunlun Mountain and Hope.

Although it cannot speak human words, it can also express its meaning simply through actions.

"What should I say?" the old emperor asked quickly.

"Master Jiaolong felt several fatal crises when he was approaching the opponent's steel floating island! He even faintly felt the breath of the evil god! But these dangers were restrained very well, and there was no possibility of them breaking out. The people above, It doesn’t seem to be affected by evil spirits.”

"Evil God?!"

"They also have evil gods there."

The Jin civilization did not believe in gods. They only believed in their ancestors. However, there were too many civilizations on Yanghe who believed in offering sacrifices to evil gods.

This makes them careless.

Many civilizations are like lunatics. As long as they realize that you are weaker than them, they will directly go to war, plunder the population, and sacrifice to evil gods.

"Yes, but the aura of the evil god is very weak, and it is different from the normal one. Master Jiaolong guesses that... it may have been suppressed! Or it is in an unknown state."

"Lord Jiaolong thought that the other party was very powerful, so he didn't explore it in detail... he glanced at it from a distance and left."

The old emperor narrowed his eyes and suppressed the evil god. This information was really important!

Master Shenlong once suppressed the evil god and even killed the evil god, but that was the heyday of Shenlong.

Now Shenlong was seriously injured and only a few dragons were left.

Although Master Jiaolong is strong, he cannot compare with Shenlong.

Therefore, what this beast-taming minister means is to avoid conflicts as much as possible.

On the Sea of ​​Clouds, even the Evil God directly suppressed them. If they didn't use Shenlong, there wouldn't be enough to fight. In fact, even if the half-dead dragon is dispatched, it can't defeat the opponent...

"What's more, the opponent also has artillery...artillery that can be fired at a distance of tens of kilometers. Although we only saw a few dozen artillery pieces, as a technological civilization, we should have these things...hundreds and thousands of artillery pieces. It's possible. Hey!"

The top leaders of Jin civilization, no matter how high their IQs are, do not have enough knowledge to truly understand the power of modern weapons. Their understanding of modern weapons is at best at the level of artillery fire from the Qing Dynasty. The artillery of the 10,000-ton destroyer is actually only worth visiting. In a real fight, the rocket launchers and missiles hidden in the cabin are much stronger than the artillery.

But even with insufficient knowledge, Jin Wenming still felt that he was being crushed.

Under the overwhelming power, the top leaders of Jin Civilization fell silent.

"Zhao Yi, do you think they are good or evil?" The old emperor took another deep breath and asked.

"It should be...mostly people with good intentions." Zhao Yi thought for a while and said cautiously.

"Why do you say that?"

"Because..." Zhao Yi gave a bitter smile, because the parrot responsible for translating had given up in the process, so that the communication between the two parties was very unsatisfactory.

The accident happened on the side of the Jin Empire, which was actually a very impolite behavior.

If we switch to some civilizations that are not very friendly to begin with, we might get into trouble because of this.

But there was no sign of impatience on the Yunhai side. The two parties talked stumblingly for more than an hour before completing the first transaction.

And judging from the other party's expression, they seemed quite satisfied, and they didn't deliberately make things difficult for them.

"Although this reason is not sufficient, it does mean something to a certain extent... They are a very patient and very cautious civilization."

General Zhao added: "Moreover, the other party is obviously interested in our exotic beasts, so they proposed to buy the parrot. We can still provide some trading chips..."

“Only if we’re willing to do it.”

Another minister also followed up and said: "Your Majesty, this involves a bigger issue. Is the status of the alien beasts higher, or the status of the people of Jin State is higher?"

"We should be able to gain something by trading with the other party."

The old emperor was in a bit of trouble. A few decades ago, the exotic beasts would have been higher than the common people. The common people catch a lot of them, but there are not many exotic beasts.

But now... the population is only more than 10,000, and people will turn into ghosts after death. When a man is angry, blood will be splashed five steps away. This sentence is not a joke! Some people committed suicide when they could no longer survive, and more people were implicated. Therefore, the status of civilians had been greatly improved, and the Jin Empire really could not withstand a civil strife.

Therefore, only development is the last word!

The minister added: "According to the results of the divination, there is not much conflict between the two of us, and the possibility of war is indeed low. In addition, the other party does not sacrifice to the evil god and suppresses the evil god, so further exchanges are possible Of…so, we shouldn’t miss this opportunity, even if we sell some…exotic beasts.”

Other conservatives immediately objected, "But the alien beast has the blood of a dragon in its body!"

"Your Majesty, think twice, selling exotic beasts, Shenlong will be disappointed with us!!"

Someone else shouted with a red face: "It's better to seize the opportunity than to die in the future! Some pedantic traditions should have been changed long ago!"

"A strange beast is a strange beast, what does it have to do with the dragon!"

People argued fiercely.

Along the way, the pedantry and arrogance of the Jin Empire have long since disappeared.

In the earliest times, they thought that they were the center of the universe, the Jin Empire, with abundant products and everything, and that everyone outside the Jin Dynasty was barbarian. But after a catastrophic disaster, they were hit by the reality that the dragon was in danger, and they no longer had such thoughts.

In order to survive, the humans here had to change many of their past traditions and their thoughts became more enlightened.

A civilization that did not know how to change was immediately swept into the dustbin of history under a cruel environment...

After hearing everyone's argument, the old emperor coughed and did not speak immediately.

He didn't know if Lord Shenlong would be angry if he sold the exotic beasts.

"But with Lord Shenlong's compassion, there must be no problem..."

After so many years of contact, the old emperor vaguely felt that Shenlong was inseparable from their entire civilization. As a spiritual totem, the dragon exists because of the existence of Jin civilization. Once the Jin civilization dies, the dragon will also die with it.

Otherwise, with Shenlong's ability, he could have abandoned all of them and left and just found a place to hide. There was no need to help them all the time and not leave even though he was seriously injured.

Of course, this was just the real thought in the old emperor's mind. Even with his status, he would not dare to slander Lord Shenlong behind his back.

That's disrespectful.

The wound on Shenlong's abdomen was affected by some mysterious force and did not heal for a long time, and blood continued to flow out. The blood flowing on the alien beasts is actually obtained in this way.

This wound, with the medical level of Jin civilization, was completely impossible to treat, so Shenlong was still lingering.

"If we trade from technological civilization to better medical facilities...maybe, there is really a possibility of treatment?"

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but tap his fingers gently on the table, feeling a sense of longing in his heart.