"They only need a little bit of obsidian?" margus put it on the table after reading the trade list in his hand. He took off his eyes and rubbed his eyes.


    These easterners are really troublesome. Under the banner of promoting exchanges, they don''t come up with much dry goods. The only thing that can be called useful may be the books they bring.


    However, no one has seen the words in these books, and they do not understand what is recorded. After preliminary analysis, the Imperial Academy of Sciences and the Institute of history believe that it is a kind of rune, or the simplified text of totem.


    In short, it''s very complex. There is no law. Except that a few are a little similar to hieroglyphics and can guess the general meaning, the other words can''t be understood at all.


    However, they made a list and wanted to buy some things from the Empire, including Yaojing.


    According to the quantity and specifications on this list, Yaojing is not very impressive.


    Compared with other things, Yaojing is more like a small thing to buy at hand. It is not large in quantity. It is written only to include more varieties.


    But margus has a feeling that what these easterners really want is a humble obsidian.


    Obsidian Crystal is not a limited non renewable resource. As long as the core of the ore vein is not mined, new Obsidian crystals will be born around the main vein of the ore vein with the passage of time.


    Imperial scientists have studied this thing for many years. The only conclusion is that Obsidian has the possibility of self replication and self reproduction in a way that has not been found.


    The seven Yaojing mining areas in the Empire have been exploited for hundreds of years, and the changes in reserves are not great. In addition, with the technical development of electric power and new energy oil in recent years, the demand for Yaojing by some equipment has been greatly reduced, and the mining intensity is not as strong as before.


    In fact, it doesn''t matter if you really want to sell it to Oriental people. Anyway, there are a lot of these things in the western world.


    However, margus always felt that the research process of the Empire and even the whole western world was not as good as that of the East.


    He pinched the bridge of his nose, closed his eyes and said, "tell Zhang Mu that Yaojing is an imperial strategic resource with low reserves and limited exploitation. The annual output is only enough for internal consumption, and there is no plan for foreign trade..." he brewed a language for a while. When he opened his eyes, a ray of different color flashed in his slightly turbid eyes, "Of course, if they are willing to come up with advanced technology for developing obsidian, we may not be able to squeeze out some."


    "I see.", the foreign minister continued to report on the next matter. "The easterners made a request. They hope to leave some representatives to learn our culture and live in the Empire for a long time. Should we agree to them?"


    "Each of their demands has a very clear purpose...", margus put on his eyes again, picked up the list he had seen, looked at it again, and said as he looked at it, "They want to have a more thorough understanding of our society. Yes, but we must also understand their society. If they are willing to accept our request to exchange study and life, let them stay."


    "Also, it''s very important to find out the safe channel they master. Even if they make appropriate concessions on other issues, but this must be implemented!"


    The visit of the Oriental mission did not make margus happy, but felt that it was a threat.


    Oriental science may not be very developed, but they have taken another road and strengthened the role of individuals.


    That day, the swordsman faced the Empire''s most advanced automatic rifle and was able to do it unharmed, which has brought a great shock to Maggs. In fact, there are some people in the Empire who can do it, but their identity is very special. Their existence is the last barrier of the Empire - symbolic.


    Now the West knows almost nothing about the East. It is a mystery how many such people there are, how many years they need to be trained, whether they can be achieved as long as training, and the war expression of the eastern forces.


    Margus is also more worried. This time, the Oriental people performed a little better than the records, and put forward the requirement to stay and study. It sounds like a normal requirement, and even some people who over interpret it can think that this is the manifestation of the underdevelopment of Oriental Science.


    But for Maggs, maybe this is to deepen their understanding of Western society. If one person wants to know another person better, it is largely to ensure his own interests, in other words, to improve his competitiveness.


    How can countries reflect who is strong and who is weak?


    We''ll know in a war.


    "In a word, you must do two things. Find out whether the Oriental people have more advanced development technology in obsidian, and their real purpose of wanting these obsidian. Secondly, find a way to let them share the channel, and then send someone back with them."


    At the same time, in the temporary residence of the Oriental mission, Zhang Mu looked at an Obsidian Crystal the size of his thumb, and his expression was a little complicated.


    Originally, the emperor of heaven sent him to the West. In addition to promoting the prestige of the Heavenly Kingdom, he had no other requirements to take a look at the development of the outside world. He just wanted to show off after extreme expansion. Of course, this is a private statement.


    But when he got the musket that day, he knew that the harvest would never be too simple. He felt the surging aura and the power of heaven and earth in the rotating thing!


    These stupid Westerners like monkeys actually regard such precious things as things to provide power. They don''t know the real value of these spirit stones!


    Coupled with the powerful war weapons possessed by the Yaoxing Empire, Zhang Mu believes that it is necessary to have a more thorough understanding of the western world, understand the science and technology in their mouth, and the reserves of Lingshi in the West.


    He believed that after these messages were sent back to Dijing, there are likely to be some changes.


    The over exploitation of Lingshi in the three islands has been nearly exhausted, and now they have been protected, but the demand for Lingshi in the society is rising.


    If we hadn''t found new ore veins in the sea area near the three islands, those sects would have rioted long ago.


    Perhaps, this is also an opportunity!


    His eyes soon returned to the spirit stone the size of his thumb, and some confusion arose at the same time.


    Why can''t this thing be absorbed directly like those spirit stones in the east?


    Why didn''t you react at all? Obviously, you can feel the great power of heaven and earth in this spirit stone, but you just can''t suck it out!


    How strange!