Crown Prince of the Empire, I quit!

The King of Loulan rubbed his hands, thought about his words, and praised Qin Ming first:

"I've long heard that His Highness is handsome and suave. Seeing him today, I'm truly in awe of him."

"King Loulan, you are too kind. I see that you also have the appearance of an emperor. Your heroic demeanor makes me bow down to you."

The two of them exchanged some business exchanging words and then went up to the best room on the third floor.

The King of Loulan sat down next to Qin Ming.

The Shu Emperor and Lu Lianda looked at each other and understood each other.

Lu Lianda cleared the way and pushed the Tubo King aside. The Shu Emperor did not care about losing his composure and forcefully pushed the King of Dayuan away.

In the end, the Emperor of Shu and the King of Loulan sat on the left and right sides of Qin Ming respectively.

"We were indeed irrational a few days ago. I want to apologize to the King of Qin."

As soon as he sat down, the Shu Emperor heard the King of Loulan speak.

He even stood up with his glass in hand.

This made the Shu Emperor's sense of crisis increase a bit.

"And we in Xishu!"

The two of them picked up their glasses and drank the wine in front of them. Qin Ming comforted them:

"You two don't have to be so reserved. Now that you're here, let's have a good talk."

"Yes, I am also planning to restart trade with Lingnan. I will reduce your tax by 20% from the original amount. What do you think, King Qin?"

Originally they wanted to tax Qin Ming more heavily so that each country could make money.

But it turns out that they don't have this ability.

So everyone gave in quickly.

He directly united all the kings and prepared to reduce Qin Ming's business taxes in the Western Regions to the lowest level.

"Okay, then I'll start supplying you in the next few days."

Qin Ming laughed and nodded immediately. This 20% tax reduction was already amazing.

But the King of Loulan's real intention was not to drink.

He rubbed his hands and continued:

"I heard that the King of Qin recently developed something called a train, which can travel a thousand miles a day and is extremely powerful."

"Actually, there's no need to rush to supply us. If your train can't deliver the goods and you feel pressured, you can just supply us in a steady stream."

His words were a retreat in order to advance.

Qin Ming frowned slightly, having already guessed what he meant.

"No, the train is still very fast and can take you there at any time. But you will need to go through the customs on your own."

The King of Loulan felt something in his heart and said tentatively:

"Ah, it's us in the Western Regions who are lagging behind. If only we had a train..."

But before he could finish his words, Qin Ming waved his hand.

"It's impossible to share the train technology in the near future. However, if you don't mind, I can arrange a few routes for you. However, you will need to build the railway tracks in between."

Qin Ming's technology is still relatively advanced at this stage.

In the short term, he will definitely not work and selflessly give it away.

Things like locomotives must be in your own hands no matter what.

"King Qin, what you mean is... you will still be in charge of the trains, but we can build the tracks for your trains to pass through?"

The King of Loulan's face froze.

The idea of ​​plagiarizing Qin Ming's technology was immediately dismissed.

Just as he was thinking about how to solve the problem.

The Tubo King asked tentatively:

"Your Excellency, Prince Qin, our countries have different sizes and are extremely scattered... We may need many train lines."

"This is not a problem."

Qin Ming shrugged.

Although it is difficult to make locomotives in the workshop, the output is still good.

As long as those lines can be built.

Qin Ming will be able to fill these lines with trains sooner or later.

"Um!?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone realized the key point.

The people from the Western Regions came here hoping to take advantage of Qin Ming's train route.

Now it suddenly dawned on them that the train line wasn't the most important thing.

The important thing is the locomotive!

Qin Ming's locomotive seems to be able to be mass-produced.

In this case... if they go back and build a few more lines, the benefits they can get will be enormous!

As for whether or not this locomotive can be controlled, that is not the main issue!

"I totally agree with your idea."

The King of Loulan made the decision immediately.

The Shu Emperor also jumped out and said:

"Your Excellency, Prince Qin, Western Shu is also a good place. We can build many lines there. If you don't mind, we can..."

"Let's go together."

Before they finished speaking.

Qin Ming just waved his hand and agreed to everything.

"Thank you so much!"

Everyone was extremely excited.

Unimpeded traffic will bring them endless benefits.

The reason why Qin Ming agreed to them was simply because the construction of the train tracks would cost a lot of money.

If he continues to trade with these two countries in the future.

The railway tracks must be built step by step.

But it would be a huge expense for Qin Ming to bear the cost himself.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, putting the matter on themselves can save a lot of money.

"Okay, I've almost finished discussing everything you need to do. Now, I hope you can listen to my request."

Qin Ming's expression turned serious, and the people who were discussing privately quickly quieted down.

"I need Weishui and some minerals. If you are willing to pay, Lingnan can buy them."

Qin Ming described what he needed.

Minerals are what they need most at the moment, and besides that, there is oil, which they call Wei water.

"We have this!"

At this time, the King of Dayuan suddenly stood up.

Everyone around him stared at him enviously.

No one expected that what Qin Ming wanted was so strange.

Even the King of Dayuan did not expect that the Wei River, which no one wanted on his side, could be exchanged for something with Qin Ming.

"How much silver do you want?"

Qin Ming looked at the other party curiously, but the King of Dayuan shook his head.

"I don't need silver."

"Can you build a factory in our Dayuan?"

"Build a factory?"

Qin Ming's mouth twitched. This guy is really greedy.

Almost everyone in the surrounding countries knows how powerful Qin Ming's factory is.

Now he wants him to build a factory in Dayuan.

"Let me confirm first, this factory is under the control of my people, right?"

Qin Ming calculated the distance. If the train started running, it would take at most three or four days to reach Dayuan from east to west.

Actually, this distance is not too far.

If he really wanted to build a factory himself, with the help of the oil there, Qin Ming could actually build a most basic chemical plant.

Then they will be able to produce more things.

The technology of this era makes it possible to distill petroleum.

There aren't many chemical changes involved, just physical changes.

By means of fractional distillation, various things such as gasoline, kerosene, asphalt, paraffin, etc. can be obtained from it.

"Yes, it is definitely controlled by your people."

The King of Dayuan patted his chest and assured Qin Ming.

Hearing this, Qin Ming was delighted, because what he lacked most now was manpower.

Turning around, he said something that shocked everyone present.

"Everyone, is there any other place that needs to build a factory?"