Chapter 339 This Is Called the Gap

Facing Kong Donglai's exasperated and not very polite inquiries, Guo Hongyan sighed in the depths of his eyes, but on the surface he still said his suggestion calmly. "I think we have three options now.

First, completely surrender to the Jin State; my lord will give up everything now..."

"No! Next one!" Kong Donglai interrupted Guo Hongyan's first suggestion with a stern tone and angrily.

Guo Hongyan paused for a moment, and reorganized the language, "Second, unite with the Yuan family in Dongyuan County to face the threat of Anyang together. But...but this can only temporarily block the threat of Anyang."

"How to completely block Anyang's threat and counterattack Anyang? I want such a strategy! Without such a strategy, what's the use of it!"

Kong Donglai became more and more anxious and out of breath. Seeing Anyang grow stronger day by day, seeing his trump cards disappear little by little, and seeing the Kong family's decades-long plan come to an end, it is impossible not to be annoyed. Facing this desperate situation, Kong Donglai tried his best, but he was still powerless, and despair began to grow.

Even Kong Donglai didn't know where he went wrong.

Compared to Kong Donglai's exasperation, Guo Hongyan was much calmer, and slowly said the third suggestion, "Third, unite with the Tang Dynasty and form an alliance with Li Yulong. If this is the case, Li Xian will definitely stop.

After uniting with the Tang Dynasty, we can also work with Li Yulong to destroy Songzhou County and expand our influence.

Only in this way can we win the opportunity of development, which can win us at least one year of development opportunity; after one year, we should have developed the basic industry and commerce, and then we will be able to regain strength. Moreover, within the scope of our Nanyang County, there is also an underground stale gas place, maybe we can try to separate fuel oil from it. "

After hearing this suggestion, Kong Donglai was overjoyed at first, but frowned at the next moment: "Can Li Yulong agree to our alliance?"

"So we have to pay a big price. But no matter how much it costs, as long as you can get a respite, that's enough."

"The price?" Kong Donglai sneered, "Then Li Yulong is not a fuel-efficient lamp. I am afraid that after joining forces with Li Yulong, we will have no hope!"

Guo Hongyan lowered his eyes and sighed inwardly—in fact, the current Nanyang County has fallen into a quagmire because of several consecutive wrong moves. Completely falling to the state of Jin is the only way out for Nanyang County now.

Cooperating with Dongyuan County is nothing but turning "judgment" into "death reprieve", and in the end they still can't escape the fate of extinction. Sandwiched between Anyang and Jin, Dongyuan County and Nanyang County are like beans in a mill, sooner or later they will turn into tofu brains.

And cooperating with Li Yulong is a typical drinking poison to quench thirst.

As for cooperating with Songzhou County or Guangling County, it is simply a sheep entering the tiger's mouth. After continuous battles, consecutive failures, plus the compensation to Anyang, etc., today's Nanyang County is actually in a state where people have left the city. Don't talk about fighting for hegemony, self-protection is a problem.

In secret, the outflow of wealth caused by the trade with Anyang has gradually drained the blood of Nanyang County.

After a short pause, Kong Donglai suddenly yelled angrily: "Is there no way for us to survive except to cooperate with others? I have decided, in the name of invaders, to kill all the mercenary groups; In the name of all the city officials and generals who surrendered!

In my Nanyang County, there are still 40,000 Shenlong troops and 200,000 elite soldiers, which are enough to wipe out all the soldiers! "

"No!" Guo Hongyan and Nangong Zhi said in unison.

Kong Donglai was furious, pointed at Nangong Zhi, his eyes were spitting fire: "Why! Nangong Zhi, tell me!"

Nangong Zhi looked at Kong Donglai's outstretched fingers, his eyes narrowed slightly, "My lord, the war has just ended, and the rewards and compensation for the soldiers have not yet been in place; besides, the previous continuous battles have already made the soldiers very tired.

Also, the mercenary regiments from Anyang are all equipped with machine guns and artillery, and all of them are armed to the teeth. These mercenary regiments are supported by commercial firms in Anyang. How rich are the commercial firms in Anyang, my lord... don't you know? "

How rich are the commercial firms in Anyang? You may not have a specific estimate; but before Anyang auctioned iron-hulled ships, the average transaction price was as high as 380,000 to 390,000 taels of gold, and almost all businesses were cash delivery! 380,000 taels of gold, even Nanyang County can't take it out in one go; however, there are 10 commercial houses in Anyang, and they took it out without blinking an eye.

Then one can imagine what kind of equipment those mercenary regiments in Anyang are equipped with. These are all private forces of the commercial firm, so they are not desperately armed. Besides, there are many Nascent Soul Stages in the mercenary regiment! To fight with these people, the exhausted soldiers in Nanyang County have no other choice but to die.

After analyzing these things, Kong Donglai calmed down. "Can we just watch Anyang encroach on us?"

Guo Hongyan reminded again: "The best thing is to completely rely on Jin. In the future, there will definitely be wars in Daxia, and we still have a chance."

Kong Donglai's complexion changed several times, and he finally made up his mind. "Guo Hongyan, you go to the state of Jin. Probably the situation is like this..."

After Kong Dong finished speaking, Guo Hongyan took Kong Donglai's personal letter and set off once; the difference was that he went to the north last time, and this time he went to the south.

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Early in the morning, Anyang, by the sea, with only a few entourages by his side, Yuan Zhao quietly looked at the distant port, which is the civilian port of Anyang.

The day before yesterday, Anyang wiped out Cai Guo's 500,000 troops; yesterday, the Mo Feitian Mercenary Group, the Withered Bones Mercenary Group, and some traveling adventurers, etc., cleaned up the grievances and evil spirits on the battlefield. Then, Anyang resumed its bustling business that night.

That night, in order to celebrate, Anyang arranged another auction, and another 10 iron-hulled ships were auctioned. The 80-meter iron-hulled ship moved Yuan Zhao's heart; Anyang has just started its ocean transportation business, and has won the attention of countless businessmen with its unprecedented profit speed and profitability.

However, after truly understanding the ocean transportation industry, Yuan Zhao suddenly discovered that the million taels of gold he had just obtained from Li Xian was really not enough!

In the past, Yuan Zhao thought that 10,000 taels of gold was a huge amount of wealth; now, holding a million taels of gold, Yuan Zhao could only smile wryly—too poor!

In the auction last night, the average transaction price of the ten new iron-hulled ships was around 450,000 taels of gold. Compared with the last iron-hulled ship, the new iron-hulled ship is 'a bit' faster, has a heavier load, and is 'somewhat' more expensive.

But this is not the main reason why Yuan Zhao is emotional; what really makes Yuan Zhao emotional is that an iron-hulled ship has a net load of 1,800 tons, and one ship can transport more than 500,000 pieces of cloth. The value of the cargo on board is around 200,000 taels of gold; one trip can make a profit of more than 50%.

This is just cloth. If some bearings, wires, machines, etc. are transported, a shipment of goods is worth more than one million taels of gold! Some trade profits are even as high as 200%!

"I didn't know how poor I was until I arrived in Anyang! A million taels of gold is not enough to fit a boat!" Yuan Zhao looked at the iron-hulled boat slowly leaving the port in the distance, feeling bitter. "The gap between myself and my virtuous brother is getting bigger and bigger!"

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