Chapter 495 Strategic Discussion

The butter torch was flickering, illuminating Huang Fu's complexion in a somewhat eerie way. In fact, Huang Fu's complexion at this time was indeed somewhat ferocious.

Things changed too fast, completely exceeding Huang Fu's expectations!

Just after Ye Weirong was killed, and before he had time to take charge of the military, Xiao Guo suddenly declared war. The declaration of war was so sudden. This time, all Huang Fu's plans were completely disrupted!

Even if you wait another ten days!

What surprised Huang Fu even more was the emperor of Cai; the emperor of Cai, who had been acting stupid recently, even expressed his intention to fight to the death!

This is really a strange thing!

It's just His Majesty the Emperor, you just woke up now, isn't it a bit late? Is this also the so-called failure to return to the light?

But Huang Fu would never do such a deadly battle. ‘Ben Zhenren’s purpose is to use Cai Guo’s last bit of national fortune to become a master in the transformation stage! '

"Huang Fu!" Emperor Cai's tone was stern and full of air. This loud roar actually scared Huang Fu into a shiver.

Huang Fu hurried forward: "Your Majesty."

Emperor Cai's face was very serious, and his eyes sparkled: "I order you to organize all the troops in the country immediately, and put on a posture of fighting to the death with Xiao Guo, to delay Xiao Guo's attack. Do it immediately!"

Huang Fu hesitated for a moment, and finally decided to do it. No matter what, at this time, let's follow the emperor's will; and get the order of His Majesty to rectify the army, which is what Huang Fu needs most!

After Huang Fu left, Emperor Cai suddenly called out a captain of the guards beside him, "Wang Zongbao, take my personal letter and go to Tang to ask for soldiers!"

What? Everyone was stunned for a moment, and went to the Tang country to ask for help? Your Majesty, you don't have a high fever. Leaving aside the relationship between us and the Tang State, let’s talk about the excuse of this incident, the scapegoat of ‘kidnapping Sun Ming’, then it is impossible for the Emperor Li Yulong of the Tang State to send troops!

"Go and come back!" His Majesty Cai Guo urged.

Wang Zongbao had no choice but to leave the hall immediately, and then directly sacrificed the flying sword and flew away.

…………

In Fude Mountain Resort, Prince Zhao Ming of Zhao Kingdom is discussing what he saw and thought of during the day with Zhong Shuling Ji Buxian.

After Ji Buxian heard Zhao Ming's description of the shipyard, he looked at the special steel sample in Zhao Ming's hand, and when he heard that Zhao Ming wanted to learn from Shang Kingdom in an all-round way, Ji Buxian frowned!

"What's wrong?" Zhao Ming was puzzled.

"Two points!" Ji Buxian stretched out his finger, "First point, even if Shang Kingdom agrees, based on my current understanding of Shang Kingdom, Shang Kingdom will inevitably put forward many harsh conditions.

Second, Your Highness, have you ever thought about what the people of my country of Zhao would think? "

Zhao Ming also frowned, "I can think of the first point. But you said what the people of Zhao State think, what's the point?"

Ji Buxian sighed, "We have learned from the Kingdom of Shang in an all-round way, and this matter cannot be hidden. In this way, it is tantamount to admitting that the Kingdom of Zhao is not as good as the Kingdom of Shang!

His Highness may not have thought of it. In the east of Yingzhou, the influence of the Shang Kingdom is still good. In addition to the defeat of the Jin Kingdom, the surrounding countries are relatively strong in accepting it.

But Zhao Guo is different. Zhao Guo is a big country! Since our founding, for nearly ten thousand years, we have been a big country! It is a strong country! Only others learn from us, not us from others.

Learning from others means that we are inferior to others. Your Highness can imagine how much impact this will have on the people of Zhao who claim to be a big country!

Admitting that you are inferior to others is an extremely difficult and difficult thing to accept!

maybe……"

Ji Buxian stopped suddenly.

"Maybe what?"

"This..." Ji Buxian hesitated, and finally said, "Maybe someone will take advantage of the dissatisfaction of the people to instigate rebellion!"

Zhao Ming suddenly fell silent, yes, this is indeed the case. Zhao Ming is not very old, and he has personally seen all kinds of miracles of Shang Kingdom, or in other words, all kinds of industry and commerce, so he decided to learn from Shang Kingdom in an all-round way.

But the majority of people in Zhao State didn't realize it, and even the people of Zhao State have always been immersed in the thought of "the most powerful country in Yingzhou", and they are still complacent.

Under such circumstances, if it is suddenly reported that the State of Zhao wants to learn from the Kingdom of Shang, and it is a comprehensive study, and that an empire learns from a kingdom, and a large empire in the center of Yingzhou learns from a small country on the remote seaside of Yingzhou, This... will make the proud Zhao people unacceptable!

It is by no means an easy task to lower your proud head that has been held high for thousands of years and admit that you are inferior to others! Not to mention, the Kingdom of Shang will inevitably put forward many harsh conditions, which will further stimulate the emotions of the people of Zhao State!

It should be said that Zhao Guo has been established for nearly 10,000 years, and Zhao Guo has always been strong and prosperous, so that the cohesion of Zhao Guo is beyond imagination, and the people have a sense of honor; There is almost a disconnect between countries. In the State of Zhao, the common people are very closely connected with the country, it can be said that we share weal and woe!

This has made Zhao Guo stronger and more united; but at the moment, it has also become an obstacle for Zhao Guo to "comprehensively" learn from the Shang Kingdom.

This matter needs an "introduction"!

…………

At the same night, the Shang Kingdom and the Anyang City Lord's Mansion were also brightly lit.

Li Xian sat in the center, surrounded by hundreds of officials, all with serious expressions.

But the one with the ugliest face was 'Wu Peng', the head of the Security Bureau. This time, it was like slapping Mr. Wu Peng on the mouth and stepping on it a few times after the beating.

Under the attention of everyone, Wu Peng stood "timidly" in front of Li Xian like a primary school student who made a mistake. "Your Majesty, no trace has been found so far. Probably...should have left the border."

Li Xian's face was not good-looking; although Li Xian knew that Wu Pengfei had tried his best, and Li Xian had been restricting the excessive expansion of the security bureau before, which also caused a serious shortage of manpower.

But to understand is to understand, reality is reality. The reality is——Sun Ming was kidnapped, and the four Jindan stage masters who guarded Sun Ming were all killed, and all the treasures on their bodies disappeared.

It has been a full 15 hours since the incident happened, but Shang Kingdom has not made any progress.

And this incident also reflected another flaw of the Shang Kingdom from the side—internal monitoring was seriously insufficient!

However, Wu Peng cannot be completely blamed for this matter. Li Xian tried his best to suppress the anger in his heart, and tapped his fingers on the table. With Li Xian's beating, sweat was already streaming down Wu Peng's face.

Finally, Xu Ren knew Li Xian better, knowing that Li Xian was not trying to anger Wu Peng, but worried about Sun Ming. Immediately said: "Young Master, don't worry about Elder Sun's safety for the time being. The other party kidnapped Elder Sun, they must want to use this as a threat to extort benefits from the Shang Kingdom.

Therefore, there is absolutely no problem with Elder Sun's life safety. Regarding the safety of Sun Lao, the other party is probably more nervous than us. "

After Xu Ren said this, Li Xian gradually let go of his worries.

Later, Li Xian made arrangements. "In view of the problems exposed in this incident, I make the following arrangements.

Wu Peng, you have done a good job in external security work during this period of time. The security department you are in charge of now, officially named the 'International Security Bureau', is in charge of foreign affairs.

In addition, the "National Security Bureau" was established to be responsible for domestic affairs. This matter...Let Wang Shen be responsible. Wang Shen has been outstanding in this regard recently.

The positions of Wu Peng and Wang Shen are equivalent to the second rank. "

Wu Peng breathed a sigh of relief, "Xie Xianwang."

"This matter, you and Wang Shen will investigate together, it needs to be sorted out both at home and abroad. You should step down first."

It was only after Wu Peng returned to his seat that he had a chance to wipe off his cold sweat, and his whole body was drenched.

Li Xian looked around and said again: "Next, let's discuss the second issue, which is the matter of Cai Guo. From my point of view, this matter should not be done by Cai Guo, because Cai Guo does not have the courage now! "

These words are domineering, but the officials of the Shang Kingdom present collectively agree. In fact, Cai Guo didn't say whether he had the guts, or at least he didn't need it. As far as arms technology is concerned, Cai Guo has Xiang Bowen. In terms of arms technology, it actually surpasses the surrounding countries. It is just that Cai Guo also has Huang Fu, which leads to Cai Guo's present.

Li Xian paused for a while, "Since it is impossible for Cai Guo to kidnap, then we must come out and say something 'fair'.

First of all, we must keep Cai, and not allow Xiao to annex Cai, otherwise the Xiao will hinder our and Tang's development to the northwest, which is not allowed. This alone is enough for us to help Cai Guo.

Secondly, help Cai Guo and let Cai Guo become our buffer zone. When necessary, we can also place the battlefield in Cai Guo and use Cai Guo to attract or even eliminate the military forces of the northwest countries.

Therefore, even if there is a possibility, we must keep Cai Guo. "

Xu Ren added slightly: "You can contact His Majesty (Li Yulong) immediately and ask His Majesty to take care of Cai Guo's situation."

"That's it." Li Xian made a decision, and then opened the third topic, "What needs to be discussed next is the cooperation with Zhao Guo.

If we fully cooperate with Zhao Guo, I am worried that Zhao Guo's latecomers will prevail.

It seems feasible to only partially cooperate with Zhao Guo, or not to cooperate at all, but this will make us lose an opportunity. I think that if we can establish diplomatic relations with Zhao, we can complete the Yingzhou part of our plan to trade in the world in an instant.

Zhao State is located in the middle of Yingzhou, and it is one of the most powerful countries in Yingzhou. If we pass through Zhao Guo and intervene in the middle of Yingzhou, it will bring us unimaginable benefits.

I have a plan, which is to build a railway, starting from Anyang City and extending to the imperial capital of Zhao Kingdom. The straight-line distance along the route is more than 150,000 kilometers. It is estimated that the total length of the railway construction may reach 180,000 kilometers.

If the construction of this main artery is completed, the luck of our Shang Kingdom will increase by more than three times in an instant; the speed of increase in luck may also increase by three to five times.

And with such a main artery, we can trade with countries along the way, and the influence, etc., will increase dozens of times.

Today, I would like to let everyone go down the potter's wheel to see if there is a way to get the best of both worlds. "

Afterwards, Li Xian explained what happened during the day in detail.