Alia City is a city independent of Shangluo Kingdom, Shufeng Kingdom and Tianyao Kingdom.
It was built under the personal planning of Fu Xiaoguan, the former emperor of Daxia, by people sent by the Ministry of Works and with money provided by the Ministry of Revenue.
It was named after Alia. After the construction of this magnificent city, Alia moved into the city defense office and became the first lord of the city.
But this time, Fu Xiaoguan came to take Alia and his son Fu Yao away.
The city of Alia not only serves as a cargo distribution center, it also requires a garrison. One reason is to guard this beautiful city, and the other is that it is very close to the military port and dock, and there is also a shipyard of Daxia here.
Therefore, this army also needs to take on the responsibility of defending the military port.
When they left here, they left behind 10,000 Marines, who were rotated every year. As this place became more and more prosperous and important, once the European routes were fully connected and trade agreements were fully reached, this Maritime Silk Road would be considered a complete success.
Alia City is one of the important nodes on this route, so the defense here must be strengthened.
When Fu Xiaoguan and the others talked about the future of this city, he thought a lot. He turned around and asked Bai Yulian:
"Who is the division commander of the Marine Corps in charge here now?"
"Wang Dingchun, formerly the head of the Marine Corps, was promoted three years ago."
"Oh… We took 20,000 Marines with us on this trip. He can't be replaced for the time being. I'll see him another day."
"good."
"Also, the naval port here has also built five warships. Remind me tomorrow. I need to write a letter back to Tianci and ask him to ask the Ministry of War to transfer some naval forces here."
"All the warships here will remain here as a force for daily combat readiness."
"good!"
Fu Xiaoguan poured a cup of tea for everyone and thought for a moment, "Besides, this city cannot be without a city guard... I'll have Tianci transfer Zhang Mengze here. This guy was once the second place in the Spring Examination during the Wu Dynasty. I remember he is now the prefect of Beixiao Road."
"Don't worry, all the policies of Alia City were formulated by the Ministry of Revenue based on my wishes. They won't change, at least not within the next fifty years."
"This place was originally an experiment I envisioned, and it seems to be working well. It's an important free port for Daxia's external relations. All merchants here enjoy the lowest tariffs, allowing you to maximize your profits."
"So this place will only get better and better, especially after it opens up to shipping to mainland Europe!"
"You haven't seen it clearly yet, so I'll explain it to you in private today."
"Alia City will definitely become the economic center of the Leah Continent! It is backed by the Shangluo, Shufeng, and Tianyao countries. These three countries are still relatively poor, but since they are vassal states of Daxia, as long as they follow Daxia's pace, they will eventually get better and better."
"As they develop, they will release enormous economic energy. Their currency has been completely replaced by Daxia's. All goods produced on this continent must be exported through Alia City!"
"This region is vast and rich in resources, and the labor force is extremely cheap. So you can be bolder and, like the Sima family, establish a presence in these three countries early on, producing more valuable goods at the lowest cost."
"Because once the Eurasian route is connected, the goods produced here will be able to reach the European continent faster. That piece of cake is huge, and it all depends on who has the ability to grab the biggest piece!"
Wang Chaofeng and others suddenly realized the importance of this place at this moment - he had made good arrangements in Daxia. He was the first group of people to go from Wofeng Road to Wu Dynasty and opened a textile workshop in Wu Dynasty.
Therefore, Jinxiufang has now become the third largest textile enterprise in Daxia.
He thought that he had seized the initiative by arriving in Alia City early this time, but he didn't expect that he almost lost this opportunity.
He opened a shop in Alia City, intending to ship the silk fabrics produced at home from Daxia and sell them here to seize the local market. Only now did he realize how short-sighted he was.
The Sima family has already taken the initiative and wants to turn the Leah continent into the Sima family's second production base, but their target is the European continent, whose location is still unknown.
"Let me tell you, the European continent not only has a huge demand for silk, but they also like many other things. For example, tea, ceramics, and handicrafts... just like Uncle He's Shu embroidery, and so on."
"Also, I asked Shangluo to grow a large amount of tobacco leaves... Let's put this matter aside for now and talk about it after I come back."
Fu Xiaoguan originally wanted to hand over the tobacco industry to Chen Qingyi, but it was not appropriate to say it at this moment. He had to find a time to talk to Chen Qingyi alone.
"The three countries on the Leah Continent have abundant resources. It all depends on how we utilize them. Of course, we can't resort to plundering to obtain those resources. After all, they are also very important to Daxia."
"When doing business, especially foreign trade, you need to be open-minded and break away from your traditional business methods. You need to be more flexible, but you must not violate the prohibitions of Daxia's trade laws."
Fu Xiaoguan really wanted to say that the most primitive model of selling goods was too low-end, and that capital operations would be the most profitable after global trade opened up. However, this matter was very complicated, much more complicated than what he wrote in his book "Das Kapital".
In addition, the current world situation is not easy to operate. For example, the stocks I invested in before failed. I will tinker with this matter when Yun Xiyan comes to my side in the future.
As Fu Xiaoguan said these words, everyone pricked up their ears and listened carefully. His words pointed them in another direction, making them the first group of people to profit from the future Age of Exploration.
Wang Chaofeng thought about shipping. He had always been limited to the textile industry. Should he entrust the Liya Shipyard to start building giant ships suitable for ocean voyages?
Qiao Chushi was thinking that his family was in the jewelry business, and the competition in this business was extremely fierce in Daxia. If he could be the first to open up the European market and make the name of Liufuji famous on that continent, would he be able to reverse the current business difficulties?
What Chen Qingyi was thinking was that if he could use the huge amount of gold and silver in the Sitong Bank, and use this large amount of money to buy and sell some scarce commodities between Daxia, the Leah continent and Europe, would the gold and silver grow rapidly like a snowball?
These are all correct.
Of course, Fu Xiaoguan did not give instructions one by one.
This is an opportunity. To open this opportunity, it depends on your own expedition.
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