Chapter 2219: Right and Left

In fact, the people of the four empires are very clear that they are just a plaything of the Cao's House of Commerce now. The people of the Cao's House of Commerce have already controlled them economically. Life is not so easy, but do they have other ways one by one? When they chose to borrow money from the people of Cao's Commercial Bank at the beginning, all avenues were blocked by the people of Cao's Commercial Bank. It was impossible for them to find other ways, so in the end they could only It is to accept this reality, as it is now, to continue to borrow from the people of Cao's Commercial Bank. They have no other way other than this. Such things make them feel uncomfortable, but there is no other way. The only way is that the people in the Western Empire are different from the Eastern Empire. They don’t need to consider the threat of the current war. In addition to obtaining loans, they must also get another thing, that is, the overseas distance of the Western Empire. There are more than 30 islands with an area of ​​more than 1,000 square kilometers within a thousand miles, the largest of which is nearly 200,000 square kilometers. This place has already been occupied by people from the Cao Family Firm. Although they have also begun to explore overseas Some places, but unfortunately they didn't have that luck. When their fleet went to sea, the people from Cao's House had already occupied it. If you want to use force to occupy it, it depends on whether you have the ability. If your own If the navy is very powerful, everything can be judged by your ability, but the navy is not very useful, so this matter can be fun. Just like now, how capable are you to do this? Facts have proved that you don't have much ability. If you really have that ability, you will definitely not come to negotiate with the people of Cao's House. People in the Western Empire have been very prosperous in the past few years. They tell others everywhere Why are they so powerful, how can they beat the people of Cao's House of Commerce so hard that they can't lift their heads. The people of Cao's House of Commerce have never said anything wrong about them, and even each of them is still the same. I very much agree with this statement, and some high-level executives of Cao's Commercial Bank will often stand up and say that their strength is indeed not very good. The people of the Western Empire are indeed much better than them. This kind of statement is rarely said, and no one will believe it, but if it is said a lot, there will be many people who believe it. Just like now. People in the Western Empire themselves feel that this matter is true.

This condition temporarily added by the Western Empire made Li Cong immediately angry. He really didn't want to say anything about this unreasonable request of the Western Empire, because if they agreed to this matter, Wu Liu's efforts in the past two years would be in vain. The blockade system that the people of Cao's Commercial Bank spent hundreds of billions of dollars to build is of little use. It was launched last time because the supplies could not keep up, so the talents of Cao's Commercial Bank will be in The outer seas of the Western Empire began to look for some places suitable for themselves as their supply bases. In the past few years, the construction has been very good. Although I dare not say how great it will be, Li Cong dared to say that if this If my luck is still that good this time, I can definitely get assistance from here, and the result of the last war will not appear. Of course, this matter is not absolute, and the people of the Western Empire also set up a There are quite a few defensive positions. They also absorbed the experience of the last time and began to build some giant crossbows in some key areas of the river. Such things are very expensive, but they are still acceptable to the people of the Western Empire. Yes, the people in the Cao's House of Commerce have also figured out where these giant crossbows are. It can be said that many people in the Western Empire are really good at doing things. The places these people choose are very threatening to the people in the Cao's House of Commerce big,

If Li Cong wants to continue to have a war with the people of the Western Empire, this must also take into account their actions. It is because of the establishment of these strongholds that the people of the Western Empire proposed themselves to the people of the Cao Family Firm. Of course, they didn’t bring nothing. The Cao’s firm proposed to station troops in the western region of the Western Empire very early on, but the imperial court of the Western Empire has always rejected this matter. The Cao’s The difference between the guard team of the commercial bank and the army is that the guard team can only appear at the regiment level, no matter how big it is, it is not allowed. If it is a garrison, it can exist as a whole division. There are fifty divisions stationed in the thirty-five provinces in the west. It seems that they have suffered a lot, but Li Cong felt that if he revoked all those defenses and gave them all those islands, he would be able to defend himself. I have suffered a lot, and I need to know that I also need those things, but if I really compare them, the islands are more important to me. If the Western Empire occupies those islands, I will not even have the opportunity to sneak attack them in the future. Li Cong is also very clear about the matter, this is not a small matter.

The thirty-five provinces in the west of the Western Empire are also very important places, but if Li Cong is to give up the outer islands, this bargaining chip is not enough. Besides, these thirty-five provinces are now basically Half of them are under the control of Cao's House, and you have already stipulated the number of troops to be stationed. Even if I have any other ideas, I have to think about it. Li Cong and Wu Zuoxi also discussed this issue. After a while, Wu Zuoxi thought that the people of the Western Empire should be very tough, and they would not give in on this issue, but Li Cong believed that the people of the Western Empire were strong outsiders, and they still had a fresh memory of the last war. It is impossible to do other things. The last war was indeed the failure of the people of the Cao Family Firm, but the people of the Western Empire should also remember very clearly what a heavy price they paid. Although the official people of the Western Empire It is said that those people are willing to give their precious lives to the empire, but Li Cong himself knows that the Western Empire has been tormented for those blood gold, and in the end the royal family took out part of themselves It is a good thing to do if the gold is replaced by silver. In the past, such a thing would have been impossible. When will the royal family take money out of their own coffers? It can be said that each of the royal families of the four great empires has a lot of gold and silver treasures, but they don’t take them out. Li Cong is also clear about such things. From this aspect, it can be seen that In fact, the government of the Western Empire has also fallen into a financial crisis. It’s just that they don’t say anything, but we will investigate. In the end, Wu Zuoxi also felt that what Li Cong said should be reasonable, but after all, this guy has been a Western Empire to the prime minister. So his opinion should also be considered. In the end, Li Cong chose a compromise option, allowing the people of the Western Empire to occupy half of the island, and all other requests were rejected, and the loan was also cut in half. The interest rate has risen from ten percent to twelve percent a year. People in the Western Empire would naturally not agree to such a thing. All of them regarded the people of Cao's House as their enemies, and they quarreled with Li Cong at the negotiating table, but what Li Cong was least afraid of was the threat of these people. Now you can't do anything to me, unless you think your government has no credibility, just like the Southern Empire government, ban everything in Cao's business, then your credibility will come to an end in the future, and no one will follow You messed up.

The stalemate between the two sides started like this. The people of Cao's House of Commerce naturally don't have so much time to talk nonsense with the people of the Western Empire here, because they still have a lot of things to do. First of all, they want to receive people who come here. Many masters, and the negotiations on the Eastern Empire will continue, and the Eastern Empire finally agreed, but the people of the Eastern Empire proposed to buy the warships of the Cao Family Firm. In the past, the Eastern Empire always insisted on their own For those who build their own warships, although the people from Cao’s House recommended their own warships several times, they are not very interested. This kind of thing makes the people from Cao’s House less interested, who knows They came here by themselves this time. These things are all built on the earth and rty planet. It can be said that the cost is really pitiful. If they are sold, they will definitely make hundreds of times the profit. The Western Empire proposed to Buy large warships of 750 tons and 1500 tons. Of course, what they sell to them does not have any artillery or anything, only some empty installation points. This allows the people of the Eastern Empire to install their war crossbows or small Catapults, the main force of naval warfare in this era is still such a thing, and they all know that the artillery of Cao's House is a good thing, but the people of Cao's House will not sell such things at all, and they are defeated. They were all destroyed at the time, which made them feel very helpless, but if they don't develop such warships, they will have nothing in the future. Rather than having nothing, they should develop such old-fashioned warships It's better, at least for now, they all have some defensive capabilities of their own, which is much better than nothing. The selling price of these two warships is 300,000 taels for the 750-ton one, and 300,000 taels for the 1,500-ton one. 700,000 taels of silver, and 200 ships are sold at a time. If there is less, they will not be sold. The speed is 20km per hour. Of course, this is the fastest speed when the wind is favorable. Many people say that this speed is really It’s too slow, but there’s no other way. This speed is already much faster than theirs. Of course they want to buy it. People from the Eastern Empire want to buy some imitations. For the people from Cao’s House I understand, but it depends on whether you have the ability. Many places are equipped with some things on the earth. These things are not available on this planet. Besides, the things we give you can be used immediately You can use it, but if you build it yourself, the cost will be high, and it will take precious time, which you don’t have.

Regarding the purchase of warships, the Eastern Empire originally needed to carry out some cumbersome things. For example, the Ministry of War, the Military Department, and a series of departments within the empire had to hold meetings and study for a while, but there are not so many of them now. Let me tell you, because something happened on the front line, which was originally a trivial matter, but people from the Eastern Empire ordered 500 1,500-ton warships and 1,000 750-ton warships from Cao's House. This matter was also done by the people of Cao's House of Commerce. The people of Cao's House of Commerce announced to the public that people from the Northern Empire had done so much business with them, so as a gift, they gave the Northern Empire 10 ships worth 3 million Two silver warships. These are all ten ships of the 750-ton class. This kind of thing is also an unexpected harvest for the Northern Empire. The emperor of the Northern Empire feels that it is a bit impossible. Money, when can they give us something? Such a thing has never happened before, but they will not pursue such a thing, are you kidding, people give us something to give us face, if we don't know what is good or bad, Go talk to people about this. If there is something wrong with my own brain, what else can explain the problem? One by one, the ten ships were quickly driven back. The people from Cao's House also sold some weapons. Of course, what they sold were not the weapons used by the people from Cao's House, but the war crossbows they used. As for things like giant crossbows, the people of Cao's firm would not do it. It's really hard to make something like that. If we want to do that business, we might as well kill us directly, such things are too troublesome, and we don't have so much time to earn so little money. They also understand this kind of thing. When the ship goes back, it can't be so naked. The people from Cao's House of Commerce installed some ordinary war crossbows on them, but this thing can't be given to you. It is also for business, ten ships is not bad, and those people in the Northern Empire Navy are not greedy, they also know that they can't do things too much, so they paid about one million taels of silver for them. These ten ships were all armed, and they didn't ask how powerful the ships were. The main thing was that they were afraid that when they passed the Eastern Empire on the way back, the navy of the Eastern Empire would stop them directly. It must be prevented. They can do these things.

Originally, this was just a small matter, and the people of the Eastern Empire also got the news. After all, they are all in the headquarters of Cao's House of Commerce. Such news can still spread quickly. Of course, this is also from Cao's House of Commerce People's actions, they want to tell the people of the Eastern Empire that it is very easy. The whole thing is in charge of Wang Quantai. At the beginning, Li Wei lit the fire on the Northern Empire. Yes, but Wang Quantai will do all the things in the future. If he doesn't throw firewood into it slowly, it is estimated that people from the two empires will not fight, and they are not fools. Knowing that this matter is not that simple, but later, some armies under the two sides continued to attack each other, which also made them feel very angry. Over time, this matter could not be resolved. How to solve this problem when there are more and more? There will be no solution at all, and everyone is not a fool, but you can't suffer, right? The scale of this war has actually expanded to the road, and now it has reached a level of about one million. However, the scale of the war has always been at this level, and it is not so easy to continue to carry out some things. These people are not fools, and they all have their own ideas. I won’t talk about other things, but Wang Quantai seized this opportunity this time. Aren’t you being awkward? I will let the people of the Eastern Empire sneak attack on this fleet, and it will also cause some losses to the people of the Eastern Empire. , Let the people of the Northern Empire see the role of this warship. At that time, the garbage you made in your own country must be unreadable by no one. At that time, our orders will continue to flow. Li on the rty planet Yin has expanded a lot. Every day, 150 ships of this takeaway type can come out. The navy of Cao's firm will not continue to expand after a period of time, but the shipyards established at the beginning can't What is wasted must continue to be produced. Otherwise, would we be supporting so many workers? We will not do such a thing, so we have urged this side several times, let the people here find some way out quickly, and the other side of the earth will not use such backward things. They are all used to high-tech products.

The people of the Eastern Empire will naturally not be idle after knowing this matter. One of their eighth-level fighters hurried back in the airship of Cao's House, so that they can arrange some things to contain on the road. The people of the Northern Empire drove these ships back, and they had another idea. That is to see how the warships of Cao's House are. If they are good, they will naturally order them in large quantities, but if they are not of much use, they don't need to waste their money. This is the way of thinking. I really don’t know what is going on in their minds. These people are also very fast when they do things. When the ten ships from the Northern Empire first entered the territory of the Eastern Empire, they encountered about Those people in the Northern Empire were dumbfounded by the siege of 30 East Emperor warships. They definitely have no chance of winning with a ship three times their own. Immediately began to advance at full speed, and those who wanted to go around and escape, except for this road, would be captured, and they would never think of being captured until the end. These people didn't think that they could escape at the beginning. It was all said by a sailor on the ship. This is the warship of Cao's House, and their speed is very fast. This statement immediately made the fleet commander think of something. Immediately ordered to throw out all the useless things, and then opened the full sail and must run out quickly. A miracle happened at this time. Originally, the war crossbows of the Eastern Empire were already able to attack They killed them, but soon they found that the crossbow could not reach this place at all. These people were cheering happily. They suddenly thought that they could counterattack with this speed, so they used their speed to start searching The weakness of the Eastern Empire Fleet, in fact, if they continue to escape at this time, they will all go back, but these people want to try the ability of this thing, that is, these curiosity killed them all, None of them knew how heavy they were, or what their abilities were, but at the beginning, they also took the seven warships of the Eastern Empire into the sea, and they themselves did not suffer any casualties, because the warships of the Eastern Empire They can't catch up with them at all, and it only takes a moment to attack. People in the Northern Empire know where the attack point is, but people in the Eastern Empire don't know, so they suffer a lot. In the end, the Eastern Empire had no choice but to ask for help, or it would lose.

If the thirty warships of the Eastern Empire were to fight against the ten warships of Cao's House, no one would say anything even if the entire army was wiped out, because this is an objective existence, but if they were to fight against the ships of the Northern Empire, would they lose? Where is this face left, so they can only call reinforcements. In fact, the matter of asking for help is already very shameless, and everyone is depressed, but their speed can't keep up with others , those people came over to beat them after a while, and when they reacted, those damn Northern Empire people ran away again. They felt helpless about such things. Although there was a lot of anger in their hearts, there was no place for They vented it out, but the warships of the Northern Empire have paid what they should pay. At this time, they should get out quickly, instead of waiting here for the army of the Eastern Empire to come. Now everyone understands that they are with The gap between the Navy of the Eastern Empire was widened. The reinforcements of the Navy of the Eastern Empire came. Fifty warships were at their exit. Some of the warships of the Northern Empire offered to surrender, but such people were immediately thrown into the sea. , They have heard of it before, the navy of the Eastern Empire is full of murderers, if you don't kill their people, it's not bad, but if someone of them dies in your hands, this Things are not so easy. Look at the place where the battle was fought just now. Several warships of the Eastern Empire are still slowly sinking there. They killed thousands of people. This kind of hatred is not small, really If they surrender, they might as well go down and feed the fish by themselves. If they fall into the hands of those people, they don’t know what will happen. These people are not good people. It is very radical. Since this is the case, if anyone wants to surrender, we will just throw you into the sea first. The rest of the people also understand that they must resist to the end. They have no way out now. Just opened the ram angle of the bow, and then moved forward at full speed, rushing towards the boat in front, maybe you can kill those guys, the ship with the ram angle is definitely very powerful, especially It was absolutely impossible for those guys to pass by in such a telling time, and the people in the Eastern Empire were also scared. They wanted to escape, but their speed was too slow. Besides, just now Each of them is walking in a dense formation. It's not that easy to get out.

The people of the Eastern Empire are also depressed at this time. How could such a thing happen? The warships of the Northern Empire do not have much ammunition. If they are really blocked here, there will be a lot of ammunition. If they are slaves, they can make a fortune when they go back. I really didn’t expect that there is nothing left now. These guys would rather die than be slaves in their own hands. When they know that they have won It can be said that there is no joy at all, such a small encounter. The people of the Northern Empire can be said to be unprepared. They didn't even start to adapt to their weapons, and their ammunition was pitifully low, but even so, they still won. Just like now. Only one of their boats ran back. But at least 20 ships of the people of the Eastern Empire sank, and more than a dozen others were injured. Five ships have lost their combat effectiveness. Even if such ships can be driven back, there is no need for maintenance, because if this ship is to be repaired, it is probably better to remanufacture it. The little sweetness that the people of Cao's House gave to the Northern Empire ended like this. Yes, this news has not reached the Northern Empire yet, but the people of the Eastern Empire already know everything, and they immediately came to the news, asking the people of the Eastern Empire to buy a large number of warships from the Cao Family Firm, counting The purchase of weapons and ammunition with a total value of 1.2 billion has already been completed. The people at Cao’s House already have a lot of these things, but they still say that it will take half a month, because if you get them too quickly In the end, Wang Quantai went out and had a face-to-face conversation with his own subordinates of Cao's House in front of the purchase officials of the Eastern Empire. Of course, the people of the Eastern Empire paid an expedited fee of about 10,000,000 taels of silver, but the people of the Eastern Empire didn't feel that there was anything wrong with this matter. For your goods, this time has been shortened for a long time. It is understandable for people to ask for a little overtime pay. Besides, such things often happen in the Eastern Empire, and the court of the Eastern Empire directly approves it. That's right, the people from the Northern Empire will probably make some moves. After buying these, the warship will go back quickly. They are also staring at the Northern Empire. They have already made a decision. How many ships have to be purchased to more than double them, keeping the pressure on them.

Anyway, this matter has nothing to do with us. We are just a manufacturer at best. How you want to buy is your own business. Wang Quantai feels very comfortable for his good start. You must know that the East Empire The total number of ships in China's navy exceeds tens of millions. If such a scale is given to himself, what a large order it is, but Wang Quantai also knows that some big nobles in the Eastern Empire are also doing this kind of business. , it is impossible for them to put such a large order from the imperial court on the Cao's House of Commerce, because this can only make the people of the Cao's House of Trade more comfortable, and make them even more moneyless. Such things in the Eastern Empire People don’t want to, but sometimes these things are not what you want. Take this matter as an example. Since you all said how many people from the Northern Empire ordered, you will order one more Double, so there will be the share of those people in the country? It is simply impossible, and at this time, the people of Cao's House also launched a new weapon, that is, the single-shot crossbow. Although it is a civilian version, it is much better than bows and arrows. , the accuracy is much better. If it is used on a boat, the accuracy will be much higher. Sometimes, if the boat shakes badly, there is no way to use a bow and arrow, because that thing has to make the upper part of your body If you are pulling the bow with all your strength, even if it is like this, there is not much possibility of aiming, but the crossbow is different. Such things have already been done, but you only need professional aiming. This can save a lot of money. It’s a thing with less energy. They are very clear about such things. The range can reach 800 meters, which can be said to be much stronger than their bows and arrows. Of course, this silver is definitely not Cheap ones, the bows and arrows in the East Emperor Army cost more than ten taels of silver, ours is three times as much as yours, thirty taels of silver, of course. You can choose not to buy it, but if your enemy buys it, you may suffer a lot. There must be at least 60 people in the war department on a ship. It is impossible for each person to have one. You must be rich. Yes, if it breaks, you have to have a spare, right? The people of the Eastern Empire bought millions of units at once, and the total price was only tens of millions of silver. The cost of such a thing on earth is less than 20 yuan, and the profit is hundreds of times. well. I really have nothing to say.

Because the people in the Eastern Empire are relatively close to the headquarters of Cao’s House, each of them can know some news here as quickly as possible. Looking at the Northern Empire, they are relatively far away. . It is too slow to know about this matter. Li Cong also knew that such a matter was not easy to solve. But this guy thought of the kind of radio on the earth. If this thing can come over, it can let both of them know the news at the same time. It will also allow you to connect quickly and make money faster. Radio waves or radio frequency waves refer to electromagnetic waves that propagate in free space (including air and vacuum), and radio technology is the technology of transmitting signals through radio waves. In astronomy, radio waves are called radio waves, or radio for short. The principle of radio technology is that changes in the strength of current in a conductor generate radio waves. Taking advantage of this phenomenon, information can be loaded onto radio waves through modulation. When the radio wave propagates through space and reaches the receiving end, the change of the electromagnetic field caused by the radio wave will generate a current in the conductor. The purpose of information transmission is achieved by extracting information from current changes through demodulation. The history of radio development is, to a large extent, the history of people's research and use of various bands. The long-wave band was first used, because the long-wave induced current on the surface is small, the energy loss of the electric wave is small, and it can bypass obstacles. However, the long-wave antenna equipment is huge, expensive, and the communication capacity is small, which prompts people to seek new communication bands. In the 1920s, radio amateurs discovered that short waves could travel great distances. In 1931, the ionosphere theory appeared, and the ionosphere is just like a mirror. It is most suitable for reflecting short waves. Short-wave radios are economical and portable, and they are widely used in telecommunications and broadcasting. However, the ionosphere is affected by meteorology, solar activities and human activities, which reduces the communication quality and reliability. In addition, the capacity of the short-wave band cannot meet the growing needs. The short wave band is 3mhz ~ 30mhz, calculated according to the 4khz frequency band occupied by each short wave station, it can only accommodate a few thousand stations, and each country can only allocate a very limited number of stations, and the TV station (8mhz) is even more crowded. Since the 1940s, microwave technology has been developed in the world. The microwave is close to the optical frequency, it propagates in a straight line, and can pass through the ionosphere without being reflected, so the microwave needs to be reflected by a relay station or a communication satellite and then spread to a predetermined distance.

It is obviously inappropriate to use things like satellites on this planet, so Li Cong plans to build a large number of relay stations, but this matter is a matter of the future. Now let’s return to reality. It is impossible to succeed, so I can only do some other things honestly. The news from the Northern Empire has basically come back. The warship that the people from the Northern Empire fled back to has already told their boss this quickly. The thing is, the people from the Northern Empire cooperated very well with the people from Cao’s House from the very beginning. They are different from the people from the Eastern Empire. Many nobles in the Eastern Empire have their own interests in the sea. Now the Northern Empire directly An order of 100,000 ships was placed, which surprised the people of Cao's House. The reason was soon found out. The Northern Empire did not have its own shipyard. If their navy wants to develop, everything must be done. To start from scratch, such a thing makes them feel very troublesome. Besides, it is not an easy thing to start building such a thing now. Even if it is really necessary to build, it is impossible to do it during such a war. The warships of the Eastern Empire may come over at any time. They must have their own warships. There is no problem with 100,000 ships. The small ones with tens of thousands of ships, these guys may think that the large ones at sea are more powerful. Tens of billions of funds have quickly reached the hands of Cao's House of Merchant, and the loans just given to them have returned. This kind of circulation is really That's great. Of course, people in the Northern Empire also owe a lot of debts. This year, they will have a lot of minerals and land in the hands of Cao's House. We all have our own mortgages. If you If you still don't pay, then I'm sorry, we will use your land to do things, if you don't want to, just go and see the agreements we signed before, a dignified empire must not be able to because of this This is definitely not something that a great empire should do. They didn't understand this before, but now they are all very clear about it, and now their ending is like this Yes, if you mess around, there will be no good end. People in the Eastern Empire will not sit still after knowing the news. The order for 200,000 ships will come immediately, and Li Yin on the rty planet over there is very happy. Either one of these orders will not come, but if they come, all of them will come, will they let people live?

The fleets of the two sides almost started to clash in the military port of the Cao Family Firm before returning. For the safety of the warships of the two empires, the people of the Cao Family Firm talked with their representatives. The warships purchased here only need It is your own business to do what you want to do when you drive to the open sea, but on our territory, I hope you can restrain yourself, otherwise, if whoever fires first, our fleet of Cao's House will not let you feel at ease Yes, it is estimated that these warships will not be able to sail back until next year, because the people on the warships alone need millions of people, and it is absolutely impossible for them to come here to make airships, and the two empires are not so It’s a lot of money, so I can only come here by boat slowly. Even the boat of Cao’s House will take a few months. It’s time to go back at that time. Anyway, everyone has no advantage. . It's just that the people in the Northern Empire still suffer a bit. This is the problem with the long distance, but there is no way, can an empire move? (To be continued..)