Chen Xi never considered how expensive this thing is from the beginning.

Just like Chen Xi was in the Eastern Tour, he cut all major industries. Those rich merchants spent a lot of money when purchasing, but when Zhou Yu bought it, or directly clicked it, when Zhou Yu needed it, it would either buy it, and directly not enter the market or collude privately.

Similarly, the things produced in this kind of land, from Chen Xi's level, are of no significance to talk about how expensive it is, and they are more expensive than gold.

Because for Chen Xi, this thing is pure cost. For Chen Xi, it does not exist as long as he does not enter the market but is controlled by the state. Therefore, the price comparable to the price of gold is actually more of labor costs and transportation management costs.

The Han Dynasty was not the small country that was about to fall apart. It did not have the origin under the name of the seven nobles, so it could not be like a commander. For the Han Dynasty, if the imperial edict was issued, as long as it was not a fight against the Huns, everything else would have to be implemented for me!

Even directly, if it weren't for the limited human resources of the Han Dynasty, just with this secret medicine prescription, Chen Xi could have built a huge industrial chain involving cash crop plantations, security protection transportation and warehousing enterprises, and high-end pharmaceutical research enterprises.

Not only does this industry have an amazing output, the jobs that can be provided by this set of jobs is enough to solve a lot of problems.

Loss? Invest money?

What are you thinking? Chen Xi turned around in his head and knew that not only would he not lose money, but would also bring significant growth from the national military strength and domestic economic operation.

Therefore, from the beginning, Chen Xi never thought about the market price of this thing - anyway, it is basically a monopoly industry and is not shipped to the market for sale. It produces and sells itself, and has a lot of cost. If there are not enough people at present and the layout of the industrial park needs to be considered, Chen Xi does not need to think about the next steps at all, and can do it naturally.

"Full set?" Zhuge Liang could understand Chen Xi's ideas, so he asked tentatively.

"Let the Medical Academy verify it." Chen Xi nodded and said, "This thing is likely to be true, but it still needs to be done to make Hua Tuo and others palm. Even if they cannot innovate, they can still optimize these prescriptions to a certain extent.

"Galen is still at the Medical Academy. If you send it there, it will be difficult to avoid Garen." Li You frowned and said. After Garen was sent by the Romans with Hua Tuo, he has not returned so far, saying that he is treating Cao Cao.

"As long as this kind of thing is used, it is impossible to hide it." Fazheng said calmly, "And Rome and us are open and honest. The two sides are so far away, and the possibility of a real life-and-death war is very small. Just look at this thing."

"You have all neglected something." Li You threw the official documents in his hand aside, and his originally gentle face quickly became cold.

"What's wrong?" Fa Zheng looked at Li You in confusion and asked.

"Rome is very good with them, and the upper class looks very similar to us, so you forget something?" Li You said with a cold expression, "That is an empire with its own interests."

"The vast majority of the main medicine of saffron should even be said to be 90% produced in the land of Anxi," Guo Jia sighed and said, "The interests are so great that it is meaningless to talk about friendship between empires. Rome probably needs this thing too."

"Yes, the core problem is here. If Rome spends money to buy it, the cost will be too high." Zhuge Liang also sighed a little, "Even at the market price, Rome needs dozens of tons a year, it means the outflow of dozens of tons of gold, which is an unbearable loss for Rome."

Upon hearing this, Chen Xi knocked his forehead slightly, and he also understood what Li You meant. It has to be said that Li You can indeed see something that ordinary people cannot see from the perspective of the evil nature of human nature. More importantly, this is very likely.

"There is another point that I have never told you, but Hanoi Zhang, Gaoyang Wang and Wenxi Pei all know it." Chen Xi thought about it. Since he has come to this point, there is no need to hide it. Some things still need to be said.

"What's the matter?" Liu Bei, who came in from outside, asked on behalf of others.

"The Persian Gulf can actually grow sugarcane." Chen Xi said slowly.

Li You and others did not react at the first time when they heard this, and then suddenly shuddered. They had already realized some possibility.

"Rome needs sugar very much, of course we also need it." Chen Xi said helplessly, "But most places in Rome cannot grow sugarcane. Wherever sugarcane can be grown is their most important grain production land. Even if Rome is crazy, it will not move its most important grain production land. Therefore, the Atlantic Development Plan that you all think is crazy is carried out."

To be honest, in the current situation of Rome, there is actually nothing good to develop to the north. The north has reached Great Britain, and the Zagros Mountains are reaching east, and they have jointly managed Midiya with the Han Dynasty. Eastern Europe in the northeast direction is occupied, along the Don River, and to the south, North Africa has basically occupied it. It is really impossible to explore the Sahara Desert.

Originally, there was room for a hand in the direction of the Aksum Dynasty and the Kushi Dynasty, but in the face of the crazy beast tide in Africa, Rome decisively gave up the idea of ​​capturing these two places.

After all, if these two places are defeated, Rome will have to pay for the garrison themselves. If they are destroyed, they will have to pay for the rebuilding of the house. Now these two kingdoms are not big or small, and they will still pay for the elite Romans to garrison.

During this period, the Roman legion did not need to be responsible for all the food, clothing and expenses of the Roman Empire, and the local area was destroyed, so the Romans did not need to be responsible for it.

Coupled with the current world melee, Rome was able to break the nomads of the half-desert and desert on the Arabian Peninsula into pieces when he was resting.

In fact, as early as the time of Tulazhen, Rome came to destroy the local Kingdom of Nabati and established the Petra Arabian Province. Of course, at that time, Petra Arabian Province did not penetrate deep into the Arabian Peninsula.

When Severus destroyed the rest, although the orders he had been giving were to resolutely destroy the rest empire, if he really wanted to say, Severus was actually very cautious in holding the main force on the other side of the river and not being able to win quickly, he used the Arabian Peninsula as a springboard, took a step back to the Persian Gulf, and took a big bite to return to the local area to rest.

But this plan was useless. After Rome won, it stationed an army in the oasis of the Arabian Peninsula in later generations, and then the place was returned to Rome.

Doesn’t it sound very outrageous, but in ancient times, as long as the empire’s flag was not falling, a garrison was enough to suppress a very large area.

It can be said that after Rome made such a plan, there was no reliable room for development. If we go west, we will have no choice.

After all, relying on the internal energy to leave the body and the exploration of the powerful people who broke the boundaries, there was still a continent along the Atlantic Ocean. And this continent could grow sugarcane, and Rome really went to plant sugarcane.

Although it sounds a bit outrageous, in fact, before the 18th century, growing sugar cane in the Americas was really profitable for large farmers.

However, this is based on the current conclusion of Rome, that is, the area they occupy cannot be grown. Where they can be planted, they either planted it into thatched poles, or they are very important grain-producing land and cannot be fooled. Therefore, going to South America to grow sugarcane is the only choice at present.

Of course, Rome is not without sugar. For example, dates have extremely outrageous sugar content. The problem is that the yield of dates is not enough, so it is still reliable to grow sugar cane.

But in fact, sugarcane can be grown in the Persian Gulf. At least the places occupied by the Zhang family of Hanoi, the Wang family of Gaoyang, and the Pei family of Wenxi are really able to grow sugarcane.

In other words, if Rome knew about it, would it be far away? No, Rest was finally won by Rome, and it was divided with the Han Dynasty, but Rome had an absolute psychological advantage. After knowing that there was a place that was really useful to them, asking for it was not a big problem in Rome. The question was that will the Han Dynasty give it?

Of course not, it’s mine when it comes to my hands. What a nonsense!

In order to avoid such a thing, Chen Xi told the three companies that the real situation after choosing the three companies was told that they did not find any trouble to plant sugarcane there, build sugar factories, and develop their forces well. Maybe one day when Rome discovered it, you three brothers will be the first to be affected.

This is why these three families have been developing in a row since the end of the alliance. Even the Gaoyang Wang family, who suffered a great loss, didn’t have time to find trouble with the Wei family. They are really under great pressure, but no matter how stressed they are, they can’t change the place. Let’s take it.

"In other words, if this thing falls into our hands, will it fight with Rome sooner or later?" Liu Bei pondered for a moment and said, Liu Bei still understood this simple logic.

"That's about it. The secret medicine of rest can break the limits of the body and further increase the strength of the army." Li You said calmly, "Rome must also want it, and now the origin is in our hands. What will Rome do?"

"Grab or trade." Li You gave the answer directly without waiting for the others to answer.

"Actually, there is no choice." Chen Xi shook his head and said, "At that point, there is nothing to say. If we want to become stronger and the other party wants to become stronger, we can only rely on our ability, and both parties have declared it."

"The sugarcane plantation is just a reason." Fa Zheng said with a sneer, "It really reaches that level. Even if there is no straw, you have to do it. In fact, if we solve the problem of Kushan, we will inevitably fight Rome. Now it is just that we can understand the reason in advance and see the results earlier."

"It's a pity that the honeymoon period ends like this." Chen Xi sighed and said.

The economic exchanges and cooperation with Rome have been doing well. As a result, Chen Xi raised his hand and looked at the prescription of this secret medicine and couldn't help but sigh. After all, their Han Dynasty was not enough.

"Try talking to Rome." Liu Bei suddenly spoke. He had already read this set of secret techniques and secret medicines, and had already understood the meaning of this thing.

"It's very difficult. The biggest problem now is that no matter how you do this thing, the output cannot be used by us." Chen Xi said helplessly, "and based on this, it is even more impossible for us to use with Rome."

"From my standpoint, I have reason to suspect that this thing is the ultimate revenge that the Rest Empire did after knowing that nothing can be saved." Guo Jiadanmo replied.

"There are many possibilities. The so-called weaving of fate cannot see the result after failure. It is just that you can't change it even if you see it." Fa Zheng said freely and freely, "It is also a typical example of losing and not having a good time for the enemy."

"I tend to be the proposal of the Taiwei." Zhuge Liang suddenly spoke.

It is obvious that Zhuge Liang had disagreements with Li You this time, but Li You was not moved at all when he heard this. What he wanted was not a tool person who had no thoughts and could only follow the crowd. Zhuge Liang had disagreements with him, but also a lot of them. However, this did not hinder Li You's appreciation of Zhuge Liang.

"There is no need to establish the contradiction now. It is true that we are very strong, but facing Kushan and Rome at the same time..." Liu Bei breathed out. Even Liu Bei lacked confidence. Rome's military strength was really scary.

Of course, Liu Bei lacks confidence a little, not because he is worried that he will not win, but because he feels it is not worth it.

"Then we can only have a rationing system. For every two we get, Rome needs to get one?" Chen Xi suggested, "The problem is that the premise of this condition is that Rome has to take out something."

"This ratio is quite appropriate." Although Li You was dissatisfied, Rome's fist was there. You can't really refuse to give it to him. Rome really has the strength of being arrogant, and that's going to be deadly.

"Let's start the highest-level talks with Rome." Liu Bei said slowly, "It can not only deepen the understanding between us, but also eliminate some hidden dangers, and make things clear."

"You didn't expect this talk to end, so let's end this matter." Chen Xi asked back.

"I thought that even if the talks are over, we should fight or fight. At most, we should maintain the current situation within a certain period of time. When Kushan falls, all friendship agreements on paper will be paper." Liu Bei replied calmly.
Chapter completed!