Chapter 410: The Price
Standing on this newest military port, Fu Minghui looked at the warships and ships in front of him. Even though he was mentally prepared, he still couldn't hide the surprise in his heart after actually seeing these warships.
Fu Minghui's first reaction was: Li Xian is so generous!
The second reaction is: Anyang has a strong manufacturing capacity and industrial strength.
The third reaction is: a little silence.
Then, Fu Minghui took a deep breath, and said silently in his heart: Li Xian, you are so ambitious! Thank you for your trust too!
In front of Fu Minghui was a 10,000-ton warship, five newest 5,000-ton warships, and 25 bloated commercial iron-hulled ships.
The 31 ships are like 31 small hills, docking on the sea ahead. Traces of invisibility formations, phantom formations, etc. can still be seen around - this military port is hidden! This is also one of the reasons why Fu Minghui lamented Li Xian's ambition.
The only fly in the ointment may be that there is no soldier here!
Wang Cong waited for a while, "General Fu, are you satisfied?"
"Satisfied!" Fu Minghui was very excited, really excited and satisfied. Originally thought that there were at most three or five old-fashioned ironclad ships, but unexpectedly there were six newest warships.
After being excited for a while, Fu Minghui began to look at it. Gradually, Fu Minghui frowned: "This warship seems to be different? It seems that there are fewer barrels!"
Since it is a warship, Fu Minghui believes that there must be a reason for this design - it will not be specifically to limit his combat capabilities. In the past, Anyang's warships had a very good feature - getting bigger and bigger, with more and more barrels! But it seems to be a little different now, there are fewer barrels!
Maybe ordinary people would not pay attention to this problem, but Fu Minghui did.
A little pride appeared on Wang Cong's face: "This is a third-generation warship.
The first generation of warships is known as the Ironclad Ship.
The second generation of warships is the warships sailing on the ocean now.
The third-generation warships, the six warships at present, have adopted three unique technologies. These three technologies are: computer and control, missile, detection and communication. Among them, the detection and communication technology can be regarded as the solidified and simplified version of the new world audio-visual spell.
According to the classification of Anyang's Colorful technology, the current warship has reached the 'Yellow' level technology. "
"What's all this?" Fu Minghui frowned even deeper. What's all this? Why can't you understand? But one thing is for sure, these six warships sound very powerful right now!
Wang Cong explained seriously: "General Fu, when the formal training begins, people from the shipyard and related engineers will be in charge of guiding. Today, my responsibility is to lead the way and assist in various procedures."
Fu Minghui nodded, and asked again: "Then do I belong to the navy department?"
"No, you are the governor, and your status is equivalent to that of Anyang first-rank officials, the same status as Li Yuanming, Yan Ze'an and others.
Governor, directly obey the orders of King Xian.
Therefore, the ports of the Governor and the Navy are not the same port. "
"Understood."
After Wang Cong led the way and assisted in completing the formalities, he left; only Fu Minghui and Wen Jiang were left in this port that had not yet been officially opened.
The empty port, with 31 unmanned ships, makes it feel eerie, empty and lonely.
After a long while, Wen Jiang asked, "General...uh, governor, what kind of conditions did the virtuous king give you?"
Yes, Wen Jiang really wants to know, what kind of conditions can make Fu Minghui, who has always insisted not to join Li Xian, suddenly change his mind?
"Didn't you see it? Anyang's first public security governor is also Anyang's first colonial governor! To control a fleet, apart from being directly responsible to Li Xian, you don't need to obey anyone's orders, and you don't need to be dictated by others.
And once the governor is tens of thousands of miles away, he is basically the emperor far away from the sky. Apart from protecting the interests of Anyang and ensuring the basic bottom line, he is basically a local emperor.
You said, is such a condition exciting? "
"No!" Wen Jiang shook his head fiercely, "That's not all. If there are only these conditions, the general can continue to be a mercenary!"
Fu Minghui raised his head and looked at the slowly undulating sea in front of him, "I want to see this world! Not only the fairyland, but also the moon, the legendary fairyland, and more worlds that exist in legends.
A person's life is a life of grass and trees, muddled, and just living with it? Or vigorously, to pursue dreams? Even if it falls down in the end, will it become an eternal monument?
I am a general, if it is on the battlefield, I will choose the shroud of horse leather.
And now, I'm a dreamer. In the past, I have always guarded others and never pursued my own dreams. But now, I'm going to pursue my dream!
The condition Li Xian gave me was - a chance to let my dreams fly! "
Wen Jiang suddenly became excited, "General, I want to follow you and see the world together!"
"Then you have to be prepared to suffer."
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Liu Guo, Liu Guo, who has always been a little lifeless, is bustling this afternoon. To be precise, Jingzhou City, the imperial capital, is bustling here.
The red carpet stretched from the palace to the outside of Jingzhou City, and the two sides were full of spectators. On both sides of the red carpet, palace guards in bright armor and officials in brocade clothes and jade belts lined up.
This is a grand etiquette that Liu Guo has never had before, and all civil and military officials lined up to welcome him.
The people are full of hope, expectation and excitement, but many officials are embarrassed.
The person to be greeted today is Gongsun Wushang who was driven away four years ago!
He was driven away back then, but today he wants to welcome Gongsun Wushang to visit with grand etiquette never before seen in Liu Guo.
At the end of the red carpet, at the gate of the palace, Emperor Liu Guo waited in person.
"Gongsun Wushang is back, what a sight!"
"Yes, it's really beautiful!"...
The surrounding people talked excitedly. At noon today, Liu Guo's palace ordered that the common people can communicate and speak freely. This seemingly simple order is tantamount to a festival in Liu Guo, an empire with strict laws and regulations.
In fact, as early as a few days ago, a businessman who returned from the north brought news that Gongsun Wushang was coming back to represent Anyang as an envoy to Liu Guo. And the virtuous king of Anyang sent five warships to escort Gongsun Wushang back!
Some people speculate that the return of Gongsun Wushang may bring about changes to the harsh laws of the Liu country. Even if they cannot match Anyang, at least it will start to melt the ice of the harsh laws of the Liu country.
Amid the excitement and anticipation of the people, a luxurious carriage slowly stopped in the distance, and Han Yuanchang, Prime Minister of the Liu Kingdom, opened the door for Gongsun Wushang himself.
Gongsun Wushang in simple clothes walked down slowly, looked at the grand welcome ceremony in front of him, hesitated for a moment, then turned to look at Han Yuanchang.
Han Yuanchang is the prime minister, the thick-skinned one is only calm, seeing Gongsun Wushang looking over, he still smiled calmly: "Please."
Gongsun Wushang finally walked forward; but deep down, Gongsun Wushang had mixed feelings and didn't know how to express his emotions!
But one thing is certain, the higher the treatment in Liu Guo, the more Gongsun Wushang would be grateful to Li Xian and Anyang.
Suddenly a commoner shouted: "Gongsun Wushang, welcome home..."
A stone stirred up thousands of waves, and the shouts of the people swept away like the wind, and the mighty voice even drowned the entire Jingzhou City.
And the Emperor Liu who was waiting at the gate of the palace sighed suddenly after hearing the cheers all over the sky, looked at the Taishi Li Youwen and Taiwei Liu Yuntao on the left and right, and said slowly: "It must be changed. Jin in the north The country is a little bit ready to move again."
Li Youwen and Liu Yuntao were silent for a while, and looked at each other, Taiwei Liu Yuntao spoke first: "Your Majesty, maybe we can obtain a large amount of arms from Anyang through Gongsun Wushang.
The arms sold by Anyang to the outside world are all shrunk, and Anyang himself admits this fact. Moreover, the number of arms sold by Anyang to the outside world is limited.
However, Anyang produces and stores a lot of munitions, and they themselves are constantly eliminating them.
Perhaps, through Gongsun Wushang, we can buy a lot of armaments and ammunition eliminated by Anyang. "
Grand Master Li Youwen also spoke up: "Although Gongsun Wushang has left, Gongsun Wushang still has many relatives beyond the third generation, and many friends who have known him, etc., all staying in our country. We can properly promote these people. These people went to Anyang to do business.
But don't act too hastily, you have to take care of Gongsun Wushang's face and Anyang's laws, you have to do it tepidly, without any trace, but you have to let Gongsun Wushang know. "
"Yes!" Emperor Liu nodded in agreement.
The three monarchs and ministers whispered and waited at the gate of the palace. After a while, I finally saw Gongsun Wushang stepping on the red carpet, coming with his head held high.
Gongsun Wushang walked in front of Emperor Cai very calmly, meeting only in accordance with normal diplomatic etiquette. Such a peaceful meeting contained an indescribable strangeness.
Emperor Liu Guo was also a character, he didn't care about it at all, and held Gongsun Wushang's hand very kindly, "Welcome home. It was my fault back then."
The emperor no longer called "Zhen" but "I".
The emperor was so humbled, Gongsun Wushang was a little embarrassed. Although he suffered a lot of grievances back then, Liu Guo is his hometown after all, and the emperor was so low profile and admitted his mistakes in person, Gongsun Wushang finally sighed, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty is serious, it is also because I was a little young and ignorant. high."
"Just come back, just come back, if possible, stay for a few more days. Wait until tomorrow, and I will let the royal guards protect you to go home and have a look."
The two walked towards the palace hand in hand.
Taishi Li Youwen and Taiwei Liu Yuntao looked at each other again, sighed helplessly, and followed. This sigh contained a connotation that only the two of them knew - the sky is about to change! Once the laws of the Liu country change, the interest groups behind Li Youwen and Liu Yuntao will also be implicated, and we don't know what will happen.
Law is the foundation of Liu State, and it has served Liu State for more than three thousand years; once the law is changed, Liu State will undergo unimaginable changes and shocks.