Since the defense of Nanchang, the Western powers did not dare to provoke a war with China again. The Mizi Kingdom and the Gallic Kingdom had less than 10,000 troops left in Tianjin.
The number of the Qing Army was only a few hundred thousand, and they did not dare to take the initiative to attack.
At the same time, the Taiping Army also needs a certain amount of time to rest and replenish.
As a result, China began to enter a brief period of peace.
The Qing government no longer poses a threat. Now Shi Dakai's biggest enemy is the Western powers. The most important thing in fighting is supplies. To break this situation, the construction of the northwest granary cannot be delayed.
Grain production is increased mainly through breeding, chemical fertilizers, mechanization and other means. According to the current productivity, Shi Dakai focuses on chemical fertilizers.
Because, at this time, nitrogen fertilizer had been born in the world.
At this time, the technology of nitrogen fertilizer was mainly in the hands of the Germanic and American countries, but they had only just entered the door of chemical fertilizers.
However, Shi Da held this meeting to pick up the leaks.
Urea was successfully synthesized by Blue Star in 1828. Decades have passed, and now no one knows which application of this product is most reliable.
Although the current production technology of urea is limited, Blue Star 1859 is also the most cost-effective, and it is definitely a dark horse in the chemical fertilizer industry.
Xizhou is currently too far apart. As long as they don't invade, they will naturally not quarrel with them, and they must try their best to improve the relationship. The strategy of distant friendship and close attack is not only applicable to Qin 2000 years ago, but also to the present.
At this time, the Germanic Kingdom is still engaged in a war of unification. Now by cooperating with them, the Germanic Kingdom can be used to contain the Gallic Kingdom and the Woolly Bear Kingdom.
Blue Star In March 1859, the door to trade in the Jiangnan region of China gradually opened. However, in order to protect the local economy and adopt a model of charging high tariffs for weak industries, merchants from various countries began to increase trade with China.
Blue Star In June 1859, taking advantage of trade cooperation relations, Shi Dakai invited the Prussian minister to Nanjing for negotiations.
"Dear Commander Shi, may I ask what important matters you have in inviting me to Nanjing?"
Claire looked confused. After all, Prussia was not very powerful at this time.
"Ambassador Claire, I have always been optimistic about Prussia, intend to support Prussia, and believe that Prussia can unify the Germanic countries again."
Shi Da got straight to the point.
Next, Prussia will unify the Germanic countries, so we must cooperate with them.
Claire looked surprised when she saw Shi Dakai's determined eyes.
"I won't mince words. I want to invest in Prussia. I have advanced weapons here that I can provide to you at low prices. At the same time, I hope your scientists can come to communicate with us as a testimony of friendship."
Shi Dakai sold all the unused old mines to Prussia at a low price of 5 million taels of silver.
"Dear Commander Shi, thank you for your support. You will always be Prussia's noble guest."
Claire couldn't believe her ears and thought, there must be some conditions involved.
"I've recently become interested in chemistry. Can you give me all the results of your research on urea?"
After hearing this, Claire just looked confused. She was embarrassed to refuse even though it was said to be so. Originally, this was a dispensable research, so she happily agreed.
"Since Commander-in-Chief Shi likes the research results on urea, we are naturally willing to give it to him with both hands."
After all, weapons are the most important to them.
Blue Star In July 1859, Shi Dakai obtained the research results of urea. Urea factories sprung up all over China, and urea also began to be used as fertilizer in China, nearly 50 years earlier than in the West.
The soil in Qinghai, Gansu, and Shaanxi provinces has begun to gradually improve, and grain production capacity has gradually increased.
After solving the big problem of grain production capacity, it is time to start the war of unification.
