Chapter 314 The First Snow

[About everyone's question: If the plot wants to develop, it is inevitable that there must be some 'reasons'. I can't fight right away, and then I keep fighting, and finally I beat the whole chapter for no reason.

If you just want to read a random book without any reason, then Tianya can only say: this book may disappoint you. 】

Finally, Zhang Hao and Hu Yinglan followed the guards to the scene. There was also a palace guard from Qixia Kingdom who was trapped in the center by several princes. On the ground, the prince of Zhongshan Kingdom fell in a pool of blood, his head separated.

The long sword used as the murder weapon is a standard long sword in the palace of Qixia Kingdom - but the weapons on the guards are all there.

Seeing Zhang Hao and Hu Yinglan coming, Yan Xiao, the crown prince of Yanyun Kingdom, sneered suddenly: "Hey, why didn't the queen come? Could it be that she didn't dare to come?"

Zhang Hao stopped Hu Yinglan's anger, looked around, and saw the gloating expressions of several princes - but on the surface, each of them seemed to express a bit of plausible anger, and the wise men around the princes also kept mysterious smiles.

Only Qin Shaoxuan, the young master of the prince of Danyang Kingdom, squatted next to the prince's corpse, not speaking.

Zhang Hao came to Qin Shaoxuan, "Qin Shaoxuan, can you see who killed His Highness the Crown Prince?"

Qin Shaoxuan's tone was hoarse: "I don't know. I only know that His Highness asked me to go out to arrange the itinerary. When I came back, I saw the princes surrounded here, blocking your two guards here. they killed.

Finally we let the guard go back to report. "

Zhang Hao asked the guard again. The guard said that when he came here, the crown prince of the Zhongshan Kingdom had already been decapitated, and beside him was the standard long sword of the Qixia Kingdom Palace.

The guard thought, this must be planting, so he wanted to hide the long sword. But at this moment, the princes of the surrounding countries "suddenly and neatly appeared"! Then everyone accused the guard of killing the prince, and they all had murder weapons in their hands!

Afterwards, it was Qin Shaoxuan who released a guard and went back to report the letter.

Zhang Hao took a deep breath, but he understood the outline of the matter in his heart. I'm afraid that the moment Qin Shaoxuan left, the rest of the princes would attack together; it just so happened that Liu Xinyu arranged for guards to come over to protect the prince of the Zhongshan Kingdom, but they were framed.

Mainly because of this timing... too coincidental. Of course, neither Liu Xinyu nor Zhang Hao expected these princes to be so ruthless. Such a vicious plan was completed in a blink of an eye.

And at this moment, Zhang Hao suddenly understood why everyone was not optimistic about the Queen - because women always have a soft heart. All of Liu Xinyu's actions, including killing her own brother, were driven to a dead end. But these princes are not.

Just because the prince of the Zhongshan country made an inappropriate decision, they wanted to kill people and frame them up!

Perhaps anyone with a discerning eye understands that this is framing. But the most important thing is - the prince of Danyang Kingdom was invited by the Qixia Kingdom to be a guest, but he died here! This is the biggest problem.

The crown prince of a country died here, and he couldn't tell clearly with his mouth all over his body. Not to mention that there are other princes from various countries contributing to the flames.

It is conceivable that after these princes return to the country, the rest of the countries will definitely "accuse the country of Qixia for its inhumanity and injustice", and use this to isolate the country of Qixia, and even... send troops!

Zhang Hao really wants to say, before the matter is investigated clearly, please stay with us for the time being. But after thinking about it, he still didn't speak. If this is done, the Qixia Kingdom will be under tremendous pressure, and perhaps some prince will die unexpectedly. That's when things really got out of hand.

At this time, Zhang Hao even blamed the guard a little bit: why are you so enthusiastic! If in another world, everyone encountered such a situation, they would definitely stand far away to avoid being caught in the scene of the crime, and then fight.

This is really... It's all caused by enthusiasm!

But forget it, the enthusiasm is right, and Zhang Hao has no right to blame the guard for anything—it is not directly under Zhang Hao. Now Zhang Hao also understands the situation, don't even think about reasoning or anything - there is only victory and defeat in politics, there is no reason.

All means are only for victory; and as long as you win, no one cares about the means—as long as it is controlled within a reasonable range.

Moreover, the rise of any country cannot avoid this kind of political confrontation. You can be disgusted, but the enemy will not stop because of it. Conspiracy is wrong, but it cannot be stopped!

So Zhang Hao thought for a long time, and finally said nothing. In the end, I had to say to the princes of various countries: "We will investigate this matter clearly. If you want to leave, you can leave now. But pay attention to safety. Especially those who are not strong enough to protect themselves, be careful of the knife coming from behind.

Goodbye. "

After all, Zhang Hao left with two guards and Hu Yinglan. As for the corpse... Zhang Hao is not going to deal with it. What does it mean to intervene in disposing of the corpse now? Therefore, Zhang Hao didn't dispose of the corpse directly, and didn't say anything sympathetic—if he said anything sympathetic at this time, he would only be asking for trouble.

But after this incident, Zhang Hao's thoughts have completely changed. In the past, Zhang Hao wanted to at least lead the western countries to develop together, and try to complete the reunification in a peaceful environment and in a relatively gentle way.

But now Zhang Hao has changed his mind. There is nothing we can do to break this weird political environment, diplomacy or something. Only... war!

I wanted to avoid war as much as possible, but it seems that change still needs war to promote it.

Zhang Hao didn't say anything, because he had nothing to say. No wonder Liu Xinyu didn't come over, because Liu Xinyu knew this result better.

…………

The exhibition ended quietly and the new year came. But this New Year, Qixia Country is not happy.

On the first day of the new year, Zhang Hao stood by the sea, watching the first snow that came to this world. There was heavy snow, but it was melted by the rough green sea of ​​death.

In the port, more than 2,000 sailors on two steel warships are training in the cold sea wind and sea water. The battleship Zhiyuan has replaced its armor, artillery, and repaired its array.

It would be an arduous journey across the Green Sea of ​​Death to find the western shores of the Talllands. According to the calculation of the proportion of the included terrain, the shortest voyage is tens of thousands of kilometers-but according to the experience of several previous voyages, the included terrain is not accurate.

Also, at sea, it is impossible for the ship to go straight - and there is no satellite navigation. The ideal forward route should be a wavy route. Sail, err, proofread, sail again. Ships also need to fight against waves, strong winds, monsters...

In the snowy season, Dugu Junjie roared angrily, and took the lead to jump into the icy sea water. More than 2,000 people roared angrily, and jumped into the icy seawater without any real energy protection.

Then swim thousands of meters from the sea, climb on the shaky wooden boat, and sway in the wind and snow.

This kind of training has already started for five days. No one has complaints.

Taking advantage of the last incident, Zhang Hao took the opportunity to clean up the Dayang Group, and cleared out some of the small shareholders who were not steadfast and even sloppy. The stocks it has cleared are being counted and prepared for issuance to the market.

This part of the stock accounts for about 1% of Dayang Group's overall shares. According to Zhang Hao's plan, these stocks will be split into many small shares according to Dayang Group's influence, and the initial issue price is one yuan per share. However, it has not been implemented yet, and the current environment is not very good.

The most urgent need is a victory, and this victory needs to be obtained from the sea!

Zhang Hao stood in the heavy snow for half a day, until the snowflakes on his shoulders melted and then froze again.

Zhao Dahe came to Zhang Hao's side, this Nascent Soul peak expert, respectfully and excitedly handed in an answer sheet.

Zhang Hao took it over and looked at it. This is the data that Zhao Dahe re-checked the starry sky in the past few days. Among them, the mathematical knowledge inside the Zhang family was used. Including new concepts such as numbers, angles, and time.

For example, the relationship between the Polaris and the horizon, and the elevation angle change and time between the observer and the like are listed separately.

Through these data, anyone with a little astronomical knowledge can navigate according to the chart.

The most important thing is that on this answer sheet, the star map is 'curled' for the first time, and the star map wraps a circular earth in the form of a half encircling circle.

Through complex calculations that should be relatively accurate for the time being, Zhao Dahe actually calculated the approximate diameter of the earth for the first time——126,000 kilometers!

These are calculated by Zhao Dahe after sorting out all the information—mainly all the information observed by the sect in the past. Of course, this is also due to Zhang Hao's recent guidance from time to time.

The calculation process is very complicated. After all, Zhao Dahe is a professional astrologer, and some professional knowledge is unquestionable - the industry of astrologers relies heavily on mathematical arithmetic. But Zhang Hao directly looked at the calculation result, and it really was a planet.

Moreover, according to Zhao Dahe's calculations, the range shown by the earth phenomenon is only about one-tenth of the surface area of ​​this planet.

After returning the answer sheet to Zhao Dahe, Zhang Hao shook off the ice and snow on his body, "Don't spread the result. We should know it internally. Besides, if we tell it now, others won't believe it."

"Understood!" Zhao Dahe accepted the answer sheet, his expression still excited. He has reason to be excited. From this moment on, astrology is no longer about telling people's fortunes, but... mapping the earth and observing the stars!

Zhao Dahe looked up at the sky. Although he couldn't see the sun at this time, he muttered to himself: "The next step, I will try to calculate how far the sun and the moon are from us. In this way, we can roughly estimate The size of the sun and the moon. Then we will have a general understanding of the stars in the sky."

Looking at the sailors roaring in the distance for training, Zhang Hao nodded and said, "Work hard! Your name will be engraved in the future world!"

Zhao Dahe suddenly approached Zhang Hao: "Master, tell me quietly, why are we suspended in the void, and what kind of force binds us to the ground? I still can't believe it, our world is actually It's a star... well, it should be said to be a planet!"

Zhang Hao shook his head with a smile, "Sorry, I really don't know. I just had some wild guesses before."

Then Zhang Hao looked at the heavy snow all over the sky, getting bigger and bigger, just like the current situation in the Qixia Kingdom.

It's just that Zhao Dahe looked at Zhang Hao, full of... doubts.

(Third update, you can ask for a ticket. About 12,000 words today.)