Each time the caravan returned, it would bring back a large number of books from overseas.
Li Xingran discovered another function of the brocade pouch: it could directly translate books.
Therefore, the books brought back by the caravan were quickly translated by Li Xingran into the language commonly used in Nanchen Kingdom.
These books, which introduced overseas natural sciences, economics, politics, and philosophy, were printed by the imperial court and distributed to libraries in various prefectures and counties.
All citizens of Nanchen Kingdom can borrow books from the library.
However, in order to ensure the books remain intact and are not stolen, a deposit is required.
The deposit will be fully refunded when the books are returned.
This initiative led to a surge of students in Nanchen Kingdom who sought truth and explored nature in a short period of time.
Once people's thirst for knowledge is aroused, and once their potential is unleashed, it's hard for a country not to prosper.
Seeing this, the Great Yue Kingdom and the Great Liang Kingdom also established their own national caravans.
Unfortunately, their ships were not sturdy enough and they lacked experience at sea, resulting in the loss of several ships in the caravan.
Only then did the Great Liang Kingdom realize what a disastrous decision it had made to attack the Southern Chen Kingdom back then.
They had no choice but to humble themselves and learn from the Southern Chen Kingdom, and even proposed to purchase ships from the Southern Chen Kingdom.
Xiao Sheng sent people to lead the envoys of the Great Liang Kingdom to visit and learn from his caravan for a month.
The Ministry of Works happened to be building two more advanced ocean-going cargo ships, modeled after the large ships with gantry gates.
He sold one ship to the Liang Kingdom for one million taels of gold.
Thus, the Great Liang Kingdom and the Southern Chen Kingdom shook hands and made peace.
The Great Yue Kingdom was still plotting against the Southern Chen Kingdom, but the Southern Chen Kingdom was currently economically prosperous and had ample military supplies.
The Great Yue Kingdom doesn't focus on developing itself, but instead lives in constant scheming.
This country is about to be eliminated.
Xiao Sheng planned to take over the Great Yue Kingdom after the national mourning period.
During these three years, because the Kingdom of Nanchen was in mourning, the people were focused on production and worked hard to make their lives more and more prosperous.
Every household had surplus grain, and the problem of food and clothing in Nanchen Kingdom was completely solved.
Several large ranches were built in the northwest of Betori Town.
Overseas caravans brought back dairy cows with high milk production and overseas dairy product technology.
In three years, the children of Nanchen Kingdom went from never having seen milk to being able to receive various dairy products distributed by the imperial court for free.
Li Xingran was impressed by Xiao Sheng's execution ability.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
