"I understand. I guess a lot of our naval personnel were captured by the Dragon Scale Tribe. We didn't capture many Dragon Scale Tribe prisoners of war. If they feel they are at a disadvantage, we can use other goods to make up the difference." Shang Yin said.
"Yes, that's what I mean. It's not easy for us to train some navy personnel, especially helmsmen and sailors. It would be best if we could exchange them back." Ma Yue said.
"Spirit, do you have any intention to further develop maritime trade with Xishui Bay?" Shang Yin asked.
"You need to conduct an on-site investigation to determine if further trade is necessary and to see if there are any benefits to be gained from trading with Xishui Bay," Ma Yue said. "Xishui Bay doesn't interact much with Oak Bay and Dongshui Bay. Perhaps they simply dislike trade and prefer to remain isolated."
This is not impossible. How many people understand the significance of commerce? Moreover, this is still a primitive world, and people's minds are very closed.
"Well, I'll bring some onions, garlic, salted radish, and the like and try it over there."
"Well, that's up to you. Just send two or three ships. If you send too many, it might cause misunderstandings or something."
"I understand!" Shang Yin went out to prepare. As for the language barrier, Ma Yue didn't worry about it. That was the business of your Minister of Commerce.
Shang Yin was no fool, and he found a few people among the captives from Xishui Bay. These captives, who had good language adaptability, had been in Haifan City for some time and understood some of the language of the Sea Tribe. This way, they had a translator.
There are many commercial areas in the east of Haifan City today. Many of the wooden houses in the original "shantytowns" of Haifan City have not been demolished yet, which is just right for use as a trading area.
As for the salt boiling area, it is roughly shielded as much as possible by a tall wooden wall, and the planning is quite good.
The salt-boiling area and the natural feces fermentation area are both far away from Haifan City. With less natural pollution, it would be more comfortable for people to live here, right?
Capable of accommodating over 30,000 people, Haifan City was enormous, a shock to any tribe that came to trade, and a testament to the strength and wealth of the Hai Tribe. "You want to attack such a massive stone city? It's simply impossible."
Qiu Haicheng's catapult was finally imitated, and the range was not bad. Because the main components were made of copper, its durability was also much better.
However, given the preciousness of fish oil, Ma Yue had a big question mark about how much practical value the catapult would have.
The main components are made of copper, and with molds, mass production is not impossible, but is it worth it?
"We'll just produce a hundred of these trebuchets first and send them to Poseidon City and Qiuhai City," Ma Yue finally decided. As for Haifan City, that wasn't necessary. With this long-range firepower, defending Poseidon City and Qiuhai City, which were already undermanned, would be much more effective.
"What about the navy?" asked Mizumyoshi.
"Let's wait until the accuracy of such catapults is further improved before equipping them." Ma Yue really has no interest in using such crude catapults in naval battles.
With such a simple catapult, a large can of fish oil was thrown out, and most of it fell into the sea. The Sea Tribe was not as rich in fish oil as the Dragon Scale Tribe.
In several naval battles with the Dragon Scale Tribe of Xishui Bay, although both sides were evenly matched, the consumption of fish oil by the Dragon Scale Tribe's catapults was almost ten times that of the Sea Tribe's naval rockets.
"That's right!" Shuichong was concerned about the overall situation. He couldn't ignore the overall interests of the Sea Tribe just because he was in the navy. "Besides, these catapults are a bit too big. They take up a lot of space on the sailing ship. It's not cost-effective."
Shuichong was right. Today's sailing ships are not that big. If they need to carry people and cargo, they need space.
"God damn it, this thing will be a good weapon if we use it to attack a city in the future," said Wolf.
"Well, so the Stone City is not omnipotent. It still needs people to defend it." Ma Yue nodded.
"What if the enemy also uses this kind of catapult to attack our city, what should we do?" said Wolf, smacking his lips.
"Then it depends on whose trebuchet can hit the target farther and more accurately," Ma Yue said. "Lu, Ban, so your tool-making team needs to continue their research and hard work."
"Yeah!" Lu and Ban nodded together. In the Hai tribe, Ma Yue attached great importance to the research of new tools and weapons, and the treatment given to researchers was also quite good.
The range of a bow and arrow is similar to that of a catapult, but the use of a bow and arrow requires much more flexibility and maneuverability, so Ma Yue is still more inclined towards the bow and arrow for the time being.
"Is the flax planting going well?"
"Fortunately, some people from the Sun Tribe are quite familiar with flax cultivation. Bird personally leads people to cooperate with flax cultivation. Whether it is Poseidon City or our Haifan City, there is always a climate suitable for flax cultivation." Minister of Agriculture Cai Ji said.
"Well, in the future, agriculture will definitely still be the foundation. As the Minister of Agriculture, you must rationally develop and cultivate various crops. Our farming is still too rough, and we need to study more details..." Although the agricultural yield per mu is greatly limited due to low productivity, we still have to work hard on research and experiments subjectively.
It takes so many large livestock to develop such a small amount of arable land and such a small yield per mu...
"Lu and Ban, you two are not only R&D personnel, but also the director and deputy director of the tool manufacturing detachment. You must pay attention to the overall planning of tool R&D and production..." Ma Yue meant that you are not only scientific and technological personnel, but also management personnel.
"I understand. From now on, Ban will mainly lead the R&D team, and I will be responsible for the overall production planning." Lu understood what Ma Yue meant.
Don't worry about it. The more you talk, the more problems there are. Finally, Ma Yue gave a rough summary and handed it over to the second priest, Shuichong and Gray Wolf.
I am the boss. I take care of everything, so what else do I need my subordinates to do?
Chun Wu was also called back from the core area by Ma Yue. Only the Qingfeng tribe and the Leishen tribe were left in the core area. Let them do whatever they wanted. The cavalry could just scout around and there was no need to leave Chun Wu there specifically to collect intelligence.
Since the Dragon Scale Tribe wasn't as formidable as he'd imagined, the White Mist branch still needed to be restored and rebuilt. After all, the salt-boiling areas along the coast had limited capacity, and without the White Mist branch, salt production would suffer.
The Hai Tribe traded a lot of salt, and they also needed a lot of it for their own domestic needs. They cooked as much salt as possible. Salt, this thing, is always in short supply. Even the people of the Hai Tribe didn't have salt to eat every day.
The chair had already gone to Qiuhai City, so the reconstruction of the White Mist branch should be handed over to Chunwu. The original White Mist branch members were all in Poseidon City, so they could just cross the sea and move back to Wudao.
Kirishima is so big, it was a pity to give up. Ma Yue always felt that it was a pity. No one knew where the table that went out to sea to search had gone. It hadn't come back for so long.
In this world, the distances between different regions are too far, the means of transportation are too backward, and there are no communication tools, so there is no need to establish an intelligence department.
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