The Path of Survival.

Summary

Xiao Fan trades with a tribe, offering wine as a specialty. The tribe agrees to future trade but can't acquire weapons. Xiao Fan plans to expand influence in Gao Yuan through city walls and trade. He focuses on developing industries, including an iron factory producing bearings, steel knives, and preparing for horseshoe and rail production. Xiao Fan then shifts to researching steam engines for ships. He encounters sealing issues with the boiler and realizes the need for rubber. He collects rubber from trees in southern Da Yue Gong Guo, establishes a rubber factory, and experiments to improve rubber's heat resistance. The rubber shows potential for various applications like shoes and tires, but still has temperature-related defects Xiao Fan aims to solve.

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