Chapter 526
Zhang Quan thought of many meeting scenes, but he never imagined that the emperor of the Zhu Kingdom was so straight-forward. Fortunately, he didn't intend to seek any utilitarianism at first, but just wanted to reshape the reputation of his family, so Zhang Quan said directly:
"Your Majesty, we walked along the way and found that your country's terrain is high in the northwest and low in the southeast. Therefore, the rivers in Zhu's territory are almost all in the direction from west to east.
However, in the territory of Zhu State, there are several mountains and rivers running from north to south, which created favorable conditions for Zhu State.
Such terrain can completely block mountains and rivers, intercept rivers, and build large, ribbon-shaped reservoirs one after another.
Especially Hongshiling, which is located 800 miles to the southeast, as long as the Red River Valley on Hongshiling is blocked, Taoshui, the largest river in Zhu State, can be blocked. It only takes one year to form a large reservoir with a radius of three hundred miles and a depth of more than one hundred feet. Its water source is enough for Zhu Guo to use for ten years. "
"This method..." Emperor Zhu frowned, looking at Zhang Quan with contempt, "This method is simply not feasible.
First of all, the Red River Valley is more than 300 feet deep. Not to mention the walls on both sides are all very hard blue iron stone.
Secondly, the Red River Valley is very wide, filling the entire palace is just a drop in the ocean.
Third, even if it succeeds, it will flood most of the land and even cause us to compete with downstream countries. "
"Your Majesty, this matter is very simple. Just a simple formula is enough. This formula is called gunpowder. It..."
Zhang Quan had already made preparations, starting with gunpowder, and comprehensively introduced the general situation of the Xiashang Kingdom; especially described the related technologies of the original model engine in detail. The engine is the core strength of the industry. Because this is the power "created" by human beings.
Gunpowder and engines jointly built the underlying foundation of an industrial age.
But among them, Zhang Quan did not introduce the application of gunpowder in war, but introduced the application of Shang Kingdom in infrastructure construction.
This introduction took only half a day, and the more Emperor Zhu listened, the brighter his eyes became. After Zhang Quan finished speaking, the Emperor Zhu Guo suddenly clapped his hands, "Zhang Quan, are you willing to serve as Sikong in my Zhu Kingdom?"
Sikong is the second-rank official of Zhu State, responsible for national infrastructure, including national defense, water conservancy, transportation, etc. directly responsible to the emperor.
Zhang Quan sighed slightly: "I'm afraid we will fail His Majesty's love. To be honest, we are tired of officialdom and want to travel all over the world. These years..."
Zhang Quan roughly introduced the Zhang family and Xiang Bowen's situation without covering up; of course, proper beautification is inevitable. After the introduction, Zhang Quancai said: "So, we are tired of the officialdom, and now we just want to travel around the world and enjoy the scenery of the world. Now we just can't bear the suffering of the people in the drought, so we take the liberty to offer advice.
Now that the strategy has been presented, please allow me to resign. "
Zhang Quan was so frank that Emperor Zhu had a good impression of Zhang Quan, Zhang Yuan, and Xiang Bowen. Moreover, although Zhang Yuan's family wandered around constantly in the past, they never rebelled after all, so it can still be tolerated. Therefore, Emperor Zhu sent out an invitation again.
It's just that Zhang Quan had his own plan, so he declined the invitation again from Emperor Zhu. The group rested for a night, and took the wealth from Emperor Zhu and set off on the road.
However, Emperor Zhu Guo also gave the three of them the status of "honorary nobles". There is no practical significance, but this is what Zhang Quan wants most!
With this, the stains of the Zhang family's past can be washed away; with this, a glorious image can be reshaped. In a word, Zhang Quan is working hard to clear his name! Moreover, it has achieved a "good start" general
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Seeing Zhang Quan, Zhang Yuan, Xiang Bowen and his party walk away, Emperor Zhu Guo suddenly smiled, "This gunpowder can open mountains, there is no reason why it can't be used for war! Come, send someone to the east to have a look. The state of war in the East! Especially look at how gunpowder is used in the East!"
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A few days passed in a blink of an eye, and Zhang Yuan and his party were about to leave Zhu Country and enter the next country.
And Xu Ren and Ji Buxian have already entered the fourth country to negotiate. Along the way, some unexpectedly smooth. Especially when the inland area is already showing signs of drought, Xu Ren promised to transport grain, industrial products, machinery, etc. by rail, and these countries will gradually loosen their mouths.
Not to mention that the previous countries have all agreed, and Zhao Guo, a veteran country, has shown his own experience, and other countries should also consider it.
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At noon that day, three supersonic planes finally arrived at the border of Yang State after more than five days of flying, covering more than 300,000 miles.
The person in charge of this negotiation is... well, a small, small foreign ministry intern! In short, it is a character like a nobody.
Kingdom Shang had no intention of formally negotiating at all. On the one hand, this negotiation was just for show, and on the other hand, it just wanted to confirm the situation of Sun Ming.
It should be said that Li Xian believes that Sun Ming will definitely do what he says; but there is no guarantee that the enemy will give Sun Ming a chance to end himself. Cultivators really don't need too many methods.
Three supersonic planes came over, and only one intern came down; this kind of negotiation is unprecedented; it is estimated that it will be rare in the future.
But no matter what, this is also an official envoy sent by Shang Kingdom, and Yang Guo also sent someone to meet him. It was Wu Dawei, the prime minister of Yang Guo, who met him.
After the meeting, the envoy of the Kingdom of Shang went straight to the point: We must first ensure Sun Ming's safety, and at least meet once.
This request is very reasonable, who knows if Sun Ming is really in your hands; or if Sun Ming is still alive.
In the end, Wu Dawei agreed without hesitation and asked someone to bring Sun Ming out. By the way, Wu Dawei also said: Sun Ming went on a hunger strike and wanted to commit suicide. In order to prevent tragedy, we can only restrain Sun Ming temporarily. However, Sun Ming's body might not last half a year.
"Damn it, you're really still alive?" The envoy of the Kingdom of Shang was stunned when he saw Sun Ming, but he soon discovered the problem. This Sun Ming was already a walking dead. The "Sky Eye" magic weapon on the messenger's body was easily detected, and Sun Ming's body in front of him was lifeless, and it was completely supported by sorcery.
Wu Dawei is lying!
Knowing it well, the envoy was still qualified, and the angry roar continued. In the end, Wu Dawei couldn't bear it anymore, so he could only send someone to drive away the envoy of Shang Kingdom, and said a lot of threatening words.
When the envoy returned to the plane, Chi Qingfeng, who was piloting the plane, asked without looking back, "How is it?"