Chapter 391

On the vast sea, three giant white steel ships were galloping with lightning speed, the towering flags were fluttering, and wave after wave was smashed into pieces, turning into powder and mist.

Prince Wu Zhixian of Wu State, Prime Minister Jiang Huang, Navy Commander Wu Daqian, Army Commander Cheng Guyan, and more than 30 entourage officials stood on the left side of the bow, looking out from the railing.

On the right side of the bow, Prince Yueming of the Yue Kingdom, Prime Minister Gou Yuanli, Navy Commander Yu Aixian, Army Commander Chai Daokui, and more than 30 elites leaned on the railing to look into the distance.

It has been more than ten days of sea voyage, and the loneliness and boredom have reached their peak. This has caused the high-level officials of the two feuding countries to start frequent contact. Of course, contact is not necessarily a good contact, and the smell of gunpowder between the two parties has never diminished!

The navy commanders on both sides are most familiar with each other. Yu Aixian and Wu Daqian stood side by side on the bow of the ship, looking at the endless and slowly undulating blue sea from a distance.

"Today is the twelfth day!" Yu Aixian said suddenly.

Wu Daqian knew what Yu Ai wanted to say first, and this was what Wu Daqian wanted to say; although the two were not friends, they knew each other very well.

Therefore, when Yu Ai spoke first, Wu Daqian also felt a little emotional, "Yes, it has been twelve days. I thought that Hao Youcai and others were exaggerating, but now it seems that what they said should not be exaggerating at all.

It is really 80,000 miles from Anyang to our country!

Eighty thousand miles, even a Nascent Soul master would not run so far for no reason. "

Yu Ai first looked at the waves in front of the bow, "Also, for twelve days, the speed of this ship has hardly changed. This alone is enough to change the entire traditional shipbuilding industry and surface navigation!"

Wu Daqian stopped for a while, and suddenly said something surprising: "Old Yugan, how about we make peace for the time being? If we can really get Anyang's technology, our two countries can temporarily truce and rely on technological advantages to expand abroad. The best way to grow for our two countries.

In the past few days, I have thought a lot, and I have also asked the merchants in Anyang, and even Hao Youcai, the commander-in-chief of Anyang. I can be sure that the value of the items we are bringing now is enough to buy a complete set of elementary and complete technologies in Anyang.

And as long as we can apply these technologies well, it will be enough to increase our national power, especially our war capabilities, several times. In this way, we can at least double the size of our country before the surrounding countries react! "

"This..." Yu Ai wanted to refuse, but what Wu Daqian said made sense; instead of the two countries' continuous consumption, it is better to use these consumptions for external expansion! But unfortunately, Yu Ai let out a breath first: "I can't make the decision, you can go talk to our prince."

"You can help pass a message first, let your prince make some preparations, and I will talk to you later."

"Alright." Yu Ai nodded first.

Not long after, the princes of Wu and Yue started negotiations on the bow of the warship, watching the rolling waves. Hatred can be put aside temporarily, as long as there are enough interests.

For politicians, in the face of sufficient interests, even the hatred of killing their father and seizing their wives can be put aside for the time being-after they are strong enough, turn around, and we will do the math and get back the money with interest!

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The waves on the sea were rolling, and Anyang was not at peace; after the Cultivation Conference was over, there was an auction, plus Anyang's super large arms auction, the waves caused were not ordinary turbulent.

There are also auctions of treasures from the Monster Race and the Sea Race, etc., pushing this auction to an unprecedented peak. Countless gold was shipped to Anyang.

In the past, in Wuyang City, the capital of the Great Xia Kingdom, if you had a few thousand taels of gold on your body, you could hold your head high; but now in Anyang, with a deposit certificate of 100,000 taels of gold on your body, you are too embarrassed to say hello to others—— It's like this all over the street, it's really not worth showing off.

In addition, in the vicinity of Beidou Mountain, Anyang will build a new city and invite businessmen to open tenders, which makes Anyang's businessmen dance with excitement.

But at this time, in Anyang City Lord's Mansion, Li Xian was meeting a young reporter, and this was Dong Guanwu!

The article on the front page of Anyang Daily's "Machine Age" shocked countless people, including Li Xian. This Dong Guanwu actually saw the power of changing times and also saw the coming of the machine age. Perhaps there are still many fallacies in the article, but the general direction is not wrong.

In Li Xian's view, Anyang has only been developing for more than four years now; to be precise, it has been more than three years since it really started to develop by leaps and bounds and show its mechanical strength. This time is too short, and many people are still in shock and do not know how to face this unprecedented change.

In Li Xian's view, it is difficult for people to accept this kind of change without a period of seven or eight years, or even more than ten years. Once millions of years of living habits change, ideas and concepts are completely subverted, and people want to adapt to it. Very hard.

But at this time, Dong Guanwu wrote an article "The Age of Machines" to give a guide to all the confused people. Even this article made Li Xian's eyes light up. Someone actually wrote such an article, which can be called the "enlightenment" work of this era.

Dong Guanwu felt a little uneasy when Li Xian looked at him. It is said that after more than a year of deliberation, after finally finishing the draft, I submitted it to my boss with a feeling of apprehension. On the first day, there was no news, and on the second day, there was no news. When Dong Guanwu was anxious, his immediate boss came to inform him yesterday:

‘Your article, Xian Wang has already read it, and it will be published on the front page of the newspaper tomorrow!

Also, don't go out for interviews tomorrow, just wait in the office, waiting for the Xian Wang to summon! '

At that time, Dong Guanwu was stunned, the surprise was too great! It was just an article, but it turned out to alarm the Xian Wang? Want to publish the front page of Anyang Daily?

Anyang Daily, which is the first newspaper in Anyang, is also the official newspaper of Anyang, and it is a must-read newspaper for everyone in a radius of thousands of miles! In such a newspaper, it is published on the front page, and the entire article is published, occupying three pages: the front page, the second page, and the third page. It is too...unbelievable.

Tossed and turned all night, in the morning, Yuan Yun, one of the captains of the Xian King's personal army, came to the office in person. Under the envious eyes of countless colleagues, he sat on the simple, elegant, noble and elegant chair with the word "Anyang" sprayed on it. The locomotive came to Anyang City Lord's Mansion and met Li Xian.

When Dong Guanwu came to Li Xian, he found that the great Xian Wang was reading his manuscript, which seemed to be still being corrected.

Therefore, Dong Guanwu waited quietly. After a long time, Li Xian seemed to have completed his corrections before raising his head, "Did you write this article on the age of machines independently?"

"Yes!" Dong Guanwu was apprehensive, but still answered in the affirmative.

"Very good!" Li Xian first gave the young man a reassurance—it was said that Li Xian's age was about the same as Dong Guanwu's.

But the word "very good" made Dong Guanwu no longer uneasy.

After a short pause, Li Xiancai continued: "This article is very good, it can be said that it just fills in the vital theoretical guidance in Anyang's current development process.

When did you start to have this idea? Such an article cannot be completed in a day or two. "

"Last year, last year, almost this time last year. At that time, I was sitting under the bridge of the viaduct, and suddenly I had this idea." Dong Guanwu was very excited. When he spoke, he held his head high and chest out, as if he wanted to squeeze out all the strength in his body.

"During this period, was it all your idea, or was someone else involved?"

"It's all my own thoughts. However, I have read a lot of newspapers and seen a lot of facts; in interviews, I have also asked many interviewees about their feelings. After more than a year of accumulation, It took repeated revisions of the manuscript to come up with the current idea.”

"Good!" Li Xian praised, "Dong Guanwu obeys the order."

"Yes!" Dong Guanwu's heart was pounding.

"Starting tomorrow, come to my side and take care of paperwork and the like. Be good."

"Ah... yes... ah... thank you..." Dong Guanwu spoke incoherently and his eyes were a little straight. A small reporter was suddenly favored by the virtuous king and wanted to be transferred to be in charge of the clerical work.

What is a document? This is where you get in touch with the innermost secrets! As a reporter, Dong Guanwu is well-informed, so he doesn't know how important the position of "clerk" is.

In the imperial palaces of general empires, there are people who are responsible for drafting imperial edicts, affixing seals, and reviewing memorials for His Majesty the emperor. Such people have great power. In Anyang, although there is no such official position now, there are "clerk" positions.

The clerk is responsible for sorting out all the information and documents within the scope of authority. The authority may not be great, but it is absolutely... extremely important, and it has access to too many secrets!

Until Yuan Yun sent Dong Guanwu out of the City Lord's Mansion, Dong Guanwu was a little dizzy.

But before leaving, Yuan Yun sent a document to Dong Guanwu, "This is the "Machine Age" instructed by King Xian, you can read it yourself."

"Ah? Ah...Ah!" Dong Guanwu exclaimed a series of times, not knowing how to express his feelings, so he stood at the gate of the City Lord's Mansion and looked around. The manuscript is the manuscript that I handed in at the beginning, but the manuscript at this moment has already been annotated a lot, and even added a lot.

The handwriting is not very beautiful, and Xian Wang's handwriting is not good-looking, it is almost a small "joy point" in Anyang.

There is a saying in Anyang that if you get a document written by the so-called virtuous king himself, if you want to distinguish the authenticity, you must first look at the handwriting; if the handwriting is beautiful and regular, it must not be written by the virtuous king; if the handwriting looks like... Cough cough...the dog crawls, then what you get may be the real one.

But Dong Guanwu doesn't have this thought at all now, but carefully read Li Xian's annotations; After reading it, Dong Guanwu suddenly felt ashamed. This was not a commentary at all, it was almost a new copy of "The Age of Machines".

"It turns out that this is the vision of the virtuous king. No wonder the virtuous king can bring about such a change." After Dong Guanwu read it, he suddenly realized that he was still standing at the gate of the city lord's mansion. Turning his head, he found that the guards around him just smiled at him and didn't say anything else; perhaps for the guards here, they have seen such things a lot.

Dong Guanwu smiled embarrassedly, carefully put away the manuscript, and walked back to the office quickly.

To say that the location of the newspaper office of Anyang Daily is not far from the location of the city lord's mansion, that is, it looks like two miles away; the reason why we used a car to pick it up before was a kind of etiquette-not to Dong Guanwu, but as a ruler must have a gesture of.

When he returned to the office, Dong Guanwu was startled. He saw that there were already countless people watching, and his eyes could release lightning from heaven.

Seeing this, Dong Guanwu couldn't help taking a step back: "Hey, what are you doing..."

The small squad leader of the interview class smiled very kindly: "Xiao Dong, this is about to fly to the branches and become a phoenix, don't forget our friends who work together."

Dong Guanwu looked at the pairs of longing eyes around him, and finally... smiled wryly, and said honestly: "Hello, Squad Leader Zheng, I am just doing a small document now, and I have to go through the inspection of the virtuous king. But don't worry, everyone, As long as I can help, I have nothing to say. But don't come to me for illegal things!"

"Haha, Xiao Dong's words are enough. Let's go and celebrate." Squad leader Zheng pulled Dong Guanwu, and a group of people celebrated happily.

In Anyang, Li Xian did not forbid various officials to use their power to do things-this kind of thing is simply impossible to avoid. To put it bluntly, rights are also one of the benefits of officials; since it was unavoidable, Li Xian simply made it public.

As early as when Li Xian founded the Brilliant Star Group, that is, when he first came to Anyang, Li Xian said that he could use his power to do things; If there is a problem, we must also check the joint and several liability. Therefore, in Anyang, officials are very direct in their actions. As long as they are within their rights, are legal, and comply with relevant regulations, officials can "raise talents without avoiding relatives."

In fact, the laws in Anyang are very strict, especially for officials. Most of the rights in the hands of officials are small and insignificant rights, and they must be cautious-the law does not recognize people!

Although the overall environment in Anyang is very relaxed and free, it does not show mercy to those who break the law. The officials who were killed were no longer one or two.

It can be said that if you don’t challenge the bottom line of Anyang’s laws, everything is good in the world; and Anyang’s laws are also very fair, almost completely in line with people’s moral standards and daily behaviors. Even if you don't read the laws of Anyang, as long as you abide by the normal order of life, you will never break the law.

But if you dare to challenge the bottom line of the law, everyone will see a bloody blade! Anyone who dares to break the law has no room for negotiation.

Especially Gongsun Wushang, the Minister of Justice of Anyang, who came from Liu Guo. Liu Guo's laws have seriously affected Gongsun Wushang's law enforcement methods.

In the end, this is the world of practice, the realm of immortality, and an environment where the weak can prey on the strong; if Anyang relaxes a little bit, all kinds of bastards will jump up and eat Anyang to nothing. A lot of criminal acts may even be attempts by hidden hands, so Anyang can't be soft-hearted.

Especially right now, an unprecedented large-scale auction is about to start, which is related to many, many future plans of Anyang, and it is absolutely not allowed to be disrupted.