Chapter 380: Trade Fair and Research Progress

"Understood, I will report to you in a timely manner as soon as there is progress." Buluokesen understood his mission; the foundation of his kin, the long-cherished wish of his family, his personal honor, and more all rested upon the research that was to follow.

Leaving Tongtianlou, Sinuoli began his sightseeing tour. From the Yumajiu and Longmachang outside the city to the Yachahui and Baoyuguan in the center; then from the Chongyangguan and Shenyangdian in the east of the city to the Shangyinci and Shengyinlu in the west.

Spending two days, the Dwarf gained a new understanding of everything in Zhendan. He knew that if he wanted to successfully achieve the multiple goals of this trip, he could not immerse himself in searching for those phantoms of his past life's antiquity.

Shenzhu was about to leave. Although she did not govern a region, as a True Dragon, she was naturally not a commoner. Serving as the Princess of Xingpo and concurrently as a Du Yushi, there were many official duties waiting for her to handle, and it was impossible for her to be away from her post indefinitely.

"I hope Your Highness can grant me a plot of land to hold, um, to hold a trade fair."

After the farewell banquet ended, Sinuoli suggested this to Yin Yin. Previously, because the trade route had only just opened and the risks had not been completely eliminated, the scale of trade had not been very large. It was basically two or three ships, one trip every few months, and the trade categories were similar to the Changya Zhilu; the potential of sea transport had not been fully developed.

With Yin Yin leading the main force of the Dragon fleet to clear out pirates along the route, the Jade River fleet basically annihilating the largest Dark Elf pirate group, the Tower of Blessed Dread, and the Southlands side forming a navy, these three prerequisites prompted Sinuoli to decide to expand the scale of trade.

Soon, the Western visitors were granted a piece of land at the merchant gathering place in the port area in the east of the city. Sinuoli arranged and decorated the venue while promoting it through the Zhendan Empire's own news channels.

Shiny gold is a hard currency everywhere, and Sinuoli was not only not short of it but happened to be very generous. The last time Baixiaolou had such a large order had to be traced back to when the Monkey King caused chaos, so they naturally provided the gold master with top-tier service.

"Hehehe! This owner of Huanzhulou really knows what is in my heart!"

Five days later, the Dwarf King sat at the rosewood desk in the guest room, stroking his beard and laughing. After the owner of Baixiaolou accepted the order, he sent a message saying there was an extra surprise for him; he did not expect it to be this early release of the Earth Ranking.

The thing Sinuoli held in his hand was not a piece of paper with only names and serial numbers, but a book. Each person on the list occupied a page, accompanied by a portrait and a brief introduction. By convention, it should be updated once at the beginning of each year, but Baixiaolou had brought it forward on the grounds of changes in the Heaven Ranking.

A sentence, "Seven spears to challenge the strange serpent," was added to Yang Yanzhang's introduction, and he was moved up two places. Zhendan had been generally stable internally and externally in recent years, so there were no changes to the Heaven Ranking, and the rises and falls were concentrated on the minor skirmishes of the Earth Ranking.

"Heroic and spirited, generous and righteous. Not bad, not bad."

After flipping through it, Sinuoli found that the introductions of most of the powerhouses who were wild-card contestants like him were biased toward the negative, and only his own was full of praise. The prosperity of Zhendan made the forces around it covetous, and it was considered a good relationship if the neighbors could maintain "peace" on the surface.

"Ho, there is even a line of praise here. Slaying gods, demons, and monsters, the thieves of all directions tremble in fear; attacking alliances, strategies, and armies, the three Elven clans all bow their heads! This literary talent, I must pay extra!"

The Dwarf King patted the table in praise, and his guards, half-understanding, cheered along. Seeing this, Sinuoli could not help but shake his head and sigh again; the conservatism and stubbornness of the Dwarf race were even more obvious in a foreign land.

He had hundreds of subordinates, but less than one-tenth could communicate simply in the Zhendan language, and this was even the result of him spending heavily to encourage them to learn foreign languages. Those who could achieve normal communication could be counted on one hand, and many times there would be a situation where no one was available to use. In contrast, the Human side had already cultivated quite a few professional translation talents.

"The venue is almost set up, and the interested merchants have basically all arrived. Fuzhou City has the help of waterways, so transportation is very convenient."

Ailike was the only diplomatic talent, and he took on most of the tasks of connecting with Zhendan so that Sinuoli could free himself up to inspect the local conditions.

"Fine, then proceed according to the established plan."

Sinuoli nodded. Expanding cooperation was the least important of the three goals of his trip, but it was also the easiest to achieve. As long as the promotion was in place and transport costs were kept down, it would not be difficult to realize.

"I express my deep gratitude to all the shopkeepers for taking time out of your busy schedules to grace us with your presence.

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At the opening ceremony, Sinuoli's speech in fluent Zhendan won him praise from the entire audience. Relying on the Changya Zhilu, the people of Zhendan had also had a vague understanding of the Western Lands over the long years of the past, and the more biased stereotypes among them had been the most widely spread.

When a powerhouse of a completely different race showed such sincerity, the pride of the Zhendan merchants was greatly satisfied. After the meeting, various merchant houses signed a large number of contracts with the Western merchants who had come with the fleet.

"Your Majesty, our research has made great progress, and we have overcome three major technical difficulties, which are.

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Ten days after the trade fair ended, Sinuoli had toured Fuzhou City and its surroundings thoroughly. This morning, just as he was preparing to go to the painted boat on Jingbo Lake to listen to music, Buluokesen hurried over and stopped him.

"Is there a 'but'?"

The Dwarf King interrupted the Engineer's long-winded speech. He drank the tea on the table in one gulp, realizing that his leisure days had come to an end again.

"But? No, uh, I am sorry, yes." Buluokesen was stunned for a moment before he understood what Sinuoli meant.

"Sigh, I knew it wouldn't be that smooth. Tell me, what is the problem? Do you have a solution? And what do you need me to do?" Sinuoli signaled the guard to bring a chair for the Engineer and refill the tea.

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"It's like this, we are just a little bit away, regarding the core power system. But the Zhendan people won't allow us to dismantle the core to study it carefully; they are worried that it cannot be restored. This is an insult to the wisdom of our guild.

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"This is indeed a bit troublesome. Even if I go to find the Ming Dragon, she might not agree."

Sinuoli listened to the complaints and thought to himself that Weidong Province only had four Terracotta Sentinel guards on the surface; perhaps Yin Yin had hidden some trump cards in certain places, but there would definitely not be too many.

"But we found a place called the Bingmayong Muyuan."

"You're calling it 'Terracotta Warriors' directly now? Not pretending anymore?" Sinuoli could not help but interrupt with a sarcastic remark.

"Yeah, where would this thing get horses to ride? That place is where the permanently destroyed Terracotta Sentinel guards are buried. Although their cores are all destroyed and cannot be repaired, there are enough of them that we might be able to piece together a complete one."

Buluokesen stated his plan, and Sinuoli nodded secretly after hearing it.

"Don't spread the word yet, I will go and collect intelligence on the Bingmayong Muyuan." The Dwarf frowned; he suspected that the remains of those Terracotta Warriors might not be something they could just rummage through, and running over there directly might cause problems.