Chapter 177 The Imperial Conquest?

The atmosphere in Qixia Kingdom's imperial capital and the palace hall is very strange.

The heads of several big business firms from the Land of Canglan and the Land of Taihua were invited here. Among them was Wang Ruiyang, the representative of Lingwei Commercial Bank.

The great emperor of the Qixia Kingdom wants to send envoys to the Canglan Kingdom and the Taihua Kingdom, and wants to unite with the two countries!

Yes, once upon a time, the Qixia Country and other six western countries fought together to the east, fighting to the death with the Canglan Country and the Taihua Country. But at this time, Qixia Country wants to unite with the two countries.

In politics, there have never been any eternal friends, only eternal interests; and for the Great Emperor of the Qixia Kingdom, the interests of the country are above all else.

But the problem now is: if you want to go to the country of Canglan and the country of Taihua to negotiate, you need heavyweights.

So, who is more suitable?

In fact, everyone knew in their hearts that the so-called heavyweight, the first choice was the crown prince. But now that the situation is so chaotic, if you want to go to the east, you need to pass through the country of Danyang or the country of Jinyang.

At this time, the situation in several surrounding countries gradually spread.

First of all, the country of Zhoushan, the country of Zhongshan, and the country of Danyang. The reinforcements that supported the country of Jinyang were all detained in the territory of Jinyang. After the fierce battle, the three kingdoms were exhausted and their supplies were cut off. All weapons, weapons, etc. are exhausted, and self-protection is difficult.

Only the great emperor of the Qixia Kingdom acted decisively, withdrew the legion, and retained the vitality—in other words, the military power of the Qixia Kingdom now exceeds that of the Zhoushan Kingdom, the Zhongshan Kingdom, and the Danyang Kingdom. In the past, Qixia Country was the bottom of the six western countries.

The urgency of the situation is evident.

Secondly, the country of Jinyang really has an ally, and that is the country of Yanyun in the north. Both of these countries are the two most powerful of the Western Six.

However, the kingdom of Danyang in the south of the kingdom of Jinyang and the southeast of the kingdom of Qixia is in civil strife—the country has been infiltrated by the kingdom of Jinyang; while the internal turmoil in the kingdom of Danyang is internal strife, and the defense in the east is impeccable— —Completely closed the country. In other words, the road to the Danyang Kingdom is no longer feasible.

Therefore, if the missions from the Qixia Kingdom and the commercial firms from the east want to return to the Canglan Kingdom or the Taihua Kingdom, they can only go to the Jinyang Kingdom. And this road... is not safe!

Therefore, the prince cannot take risks. The crown prince is an important foundation of a country, if something happens to the crown prince, Qixia's parliament will be very passive.

After discussing for a long time, the emperor finally made a decision: to send the second prince Liu Hong to the east. The entourage is Zhongshuling Guan Zhengqing. The second prince added a Zhongshu order, which was slightly more important than the prince.

It was finally confirmed, and several large commercial banks in the East also took on the heavy responsibility of the country at this critical juncture.

Wang Ruiyang even stated in person: "The country is prosperous, and we are duty-bound. Even if it is for my country, we will definitely bring His Royal Highness to the East!"

The emperor shouted loudly: "Okay! Everyone, just replace the goods in the caravan with resources that are easy to carry, and you can start. Three days later, the Qixia Kingdom will once again organize its army to march eastward. The goals of this expedition are:

The Kingdom of Jinyang! "

The words 'Jinyang Kingdom' were almost squeezed out from between the emperor's teeth, as gloomy as ice.

Then, a venomous look flashed in the emperor's eyes, "I, I will conquer the imperial court personally! In the face of the national crisis, I will personally guard the gate of the country!"

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The decision at the court did not affect Ninghe County for the time being, and of course it did not affect the Zhang family either. Zhang Hao was about to introduce his family to Cheng Tao, but was interrupted by Zhang Han's words.

"Dragon Blood Stone? What is it?" Cheng Tao was a little dazed after hearing this.

As a master of refining weapons and formations, Cheng Tao may not have heard of all the ores, but those that can form 'mine veins' are certainly not 'rare'. Why have he never heard of them?

Zhang Hao smiled: "Master, this is just an ordinary ore, but it was recently discovered that this ore has some other uses, and because of its red color and crystal clearness, it was named Dragon Blood Stone."

Cheng Tao snorted. He could see that Zhang Hao had something to say, but he didn't ask.

Zhang Hao first arranged for Cheng Tao to live in a very good location, right next to Zhang Shengde, and then asked Huang Mingshan to come over and discuss with Cheng Tao about 'adding arrays' to Iron and Steel.

When Cheng Tao saw that Zhang Hao had asked himself to discuss with a 'servant' who was not good at refining Qi, his face immediately became angry.

But Huang Mingshan was neither humble nor overbearing: "Senior, I personally participated in the command during the iron and steel research process! In fact, I am now in charge of the Zhang family's steel, black iron, and even naphtha production technology guidance."

"Ah..." Cheng Tao was in a daze for a moment. Turning his head to look at Zhang Hao, he saw Zhang Hao nodded slowly, and said: "Senior, Huang Mingshan is now one of the chief technical directors of the Zhang family. Please help me a lot, master.

Huang Mingshan, hurry up and thank Master. "

Huang Mingshan immediately bowed to greet him with a very sincere attitude.

Zhang Hao didn't give Cheng Tao time to react, "Master Cheng, I'll leave Huang Mingshan to you. I'll go and see the dragon blood stone vein first."

After all, Zhang Hao quickly exited the room and went away with Zhang Han.

Cheng Tao was still in a daze, and Zhang Shengde next to him continued to visit and said a lot of thanks.

In fact, Zhang Hao and Zhang Shengde are protecting Huang Mingshan——Huang Mingshan has not reached the foundation building stage, but he has mastered a lot of Zhang family's secrets, so he has to be careful; by the way, he also supports Huang Mingshan so that Huang Mingshan can learn from Cheng Tao. something.

Cheng Tao also gradually realized: this pair of big and small foxes!

But Zhang Hao and Zhang Han ran wildly... Well, with the help of magic, they ran towards Dakuang Town.

Dakuang Town is located in the east of Changshan Town. On the way, Zhang Han told Zhang Hao about the situation.

It's a coincidence: Zhang's family built a road from Zhang's family to Luanci Mountain, and a red stone was accidentally discovered during quarrying in one of the places.

At that time, everyone didn't care about it. Until today, when Zhang Han was looking for the dragon blood stone and asked for information from craftsmen and migrant workers, only the craftsman informed him. Zhang Han immediately rushed to investigate. After inspection, Zhang Han was shocked to find that there was a whole vein of ore here!

At about 16:00 in the afternoon, Zhang Hao finally arrived and saw this ore vein. At this time, the migrant workers were peeling off the surface rocks to reveal the fiery red rocks below. These fiery red rocks had a faint crystal luster.

At this time, the migrant workers have already removed almost 100 meters of rock formations, and the dragon blood stones exposed below are spectacular.

Zhang Hao stepped forward a little excitedly. According to what Zhou Xueyao said, the previous explosion was entirely caused when the dragon blood stone was refined. That is to say, just one kind of dragon blood stone can produce high explosives—although Zhou Xueyao's specific refining process is not yet known.

A khaki rock mixed with white and broken crystals rolled down to Zhang Hao's feet. Zhang Hao picked it up curiously to watch, his eyes froze for a moment, and he asked the migrant worker next to him: "Who has water on them?"

(Tell you softly: there is another update at night. The time is uncertain.)