Chapter 1058 The Kings' Shock

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The sky is as blue as a mirror.

Yancheng in March has bid farewell to the cold winter and embraced the spring.

The sunlight shining into the study is also warm.

After finalizing some details of the abdication hall with Zhu Tuo, Zhu Tuo left.

In the following month, Zhao Xu was even busier.

Not only did he have to cooperate with the Ministry of Rites, but he also had to receive delegations from various countries who came to congratulate and prepare to attend the abdication ceremony.

Among them, the Goryeo delegation led by the King of Goryeo arrived first, followed by the Ryukyu delegation led by the King of Ryukyu Shangbin.

The kings of the four countries of Japan, Hojo Kawakawa Kei, Ono Town, Oda Yamazawa, and Mori Arikatsu, also led their own delegations.

The kings of the five southeastern countries and the King of Luzon arrived last.

These delegations led by the kings of various countries carried heavy gifts and came from afar, so he naturally wanted to meet them.

Otherwise, he would appear too arrogant. Even if they were vassal states, they should be treated with courtesy.

On this day, Zhao Xu received the last king of Luzon, Bartel, and said, "All the envoys from various countries have arrived. I will take advantage of these two days of free time to accompany you to Yancheng to show my hospitality and make sure you come without regrets."

"Thank you, Your Highness." Bartel was delighted when he heard this.

This time, he took the steamship of Dasong all the way north, landed on Jinghai, and took a steam locomotive to Yancheng.

Along the way, he saw too many incredible scenes, which shocked him beyond words.

For him, Dasong was so mysterious.

If he used to be afraid of and admired the Western world because he lived under the slavery of the Westerners.

Now, Dasong has completely destroyed his old understanding and replaced the Western world.

Zhao Xu nodded.

After he received the envoys from various countries, he left it to Dong An.

Even if they came early, these envoys could only wander around Yancheng and see some superficial things.

He deliberately waited for all the countries to arrive before giving them a deeper shock.

Of course, he didn't just want to show off in front of the kings of the countries.

The most direct reason was to eliminate the influence of the Westerners on the Eastern countries.

After all, in addition to Goryeo, Dongying, Luzon, and the five southeastern countries were deeply influenced by Western culture in decades and centuries.

Although they are kneeling to Dasong physically, they may still kneel to the West in their hearts.

Therefore, it is necessary to let them see the true strength of Dasong.

Let Bater go back, Zhao Xu called Dong An and ordered him to inform the envoys of various countries.

The next day, the kings of various countries gathered in front of the palace.

Zhao Xu had breakfast and left the palace.

"See your highness."

When they arrived outside the door, the kings saluted Zhao Xu together.

Zhao Xu motioned to everyone to excuse themselves and said with a smile, "I'm afraid you can't wait, so stop talking and just follow me."

Everyone laughed, and King Yan saw through their thoughts.

Now, they are too curious about Dasong.

Steamboats and steam locomotives are not mentioned.

When they went to Yancheng, they saw steam tractors plowing in the fields and steam shovels digging ditches from steam locomotives.

They wanted to know what these were and why they could move without human power.

With strong curiosity, everyone followed Zhao Xu closely.

And behind them followed their trusted ministers.

"The steam locomotive you are riding was produced here."

Starting from the palace, Zhao Xu led everyone to the steam engine workshop first.

At this moment, the machines in the steam engine workshop were roaring, and the workers were busy making the steam locomotive head.

With the continuous expansion of the mileage of railway laying and the problem of cargo transportation brought about by the development of industry and commerce, Dasong's current demand for steam locomotives is becoming more and more vigorous.

Even though steam engine workshops were established in Qizhou and Ningzhou, each workshop had too many orders to complete.

"..." The kings did not respond to Zhao Xu's words because they were already dumbfounded.

With their knowledge, they could not understand the manufacturing process of steam locomotives at all. This was purely a layman watching the fun.

But there was one thing they were sure of.

It was so difficult for them to make flintlocks, but Dasong could actually make such a complicated thing, and it was mass-produced, which was simply terrible.

Zhao Xu saw this and did not despise them, but simply explained the principle to them.

As for whether they could understand it or not, that was another matter.

He just wanted to shock them.

After coming out of the steam locomotive workshop, Zhao Xu led everyone to the agricultural machinery workshop.

Here, the kings saw steam tractors and steam excavators.

In order to let them experience it, Zhao Xu let the kings sit on it, and he personally drove it around.

"This steam tractor can till the land as efficiently as thirty cows, and this steam excavator can till the land as efficiently as a hundred people." Zhao Xu introduced to everyone.

"Too amazing." Goryeo King Park Jeong-seok murmured, unable to take his eyes off the two machines.

Hojo Kawakage and others also nodded and praised them.

But more importantly, they wanted to take all these things back.

"Your Highness, what is this?" At this time, Jiaozhi King Ruan Xiong pointed to a machine in the middle of the workshop.

"This is a self-propelled steam harvester that can harvest wheat and rice. It only takes two quarters of an hour for this harvester to harvest one acre of land." Zhao Xu said lightly.

After the establishment of the internal research institutes of each workshop, the workshop no longer waited for Wang Chong's rice to cook, but started to study various machines on its own.

After the steam tractor and steam excavator, the harvester was also born.

Although the steam industry will be gradually eliminated after the birth of the electric power industry.

But the workshop at least mastered the manufacturing principles of these machines in advance.

When the internal combustion engine is born, they only need to slightly change the power design to manufacture agricultural machinery driven by internal combustion engines.

"Incredible, incredible." The kings sighed.

They really couldn't find words to describe the shock in their hearts.

After leaving the agricultural machinery workshop, Zhao Xu led everyone to the glass workshop and soap workshop.

At present, these goods are sold well in various countries in the East.

The kings have seen the real objects, but have not seen the production process. Seeing it with their own eyes, they sighed again.

These expensive objects are produced in the workshop like water, and these are all money.

Afterwards, the kings followed Zhao Xu to the chemical workshop area and saw the production of chemicals.

A day passed like this.

When they returned to their respective residences at night, the kings were silent while eating, their minds were full of the scenes they saw during the day.

At this moment, the image of the Westerners gradually collapsed in their hearts, and the image of Dasong became majestic, becoming an existence that they could only look up to.

But this was only the first day.

On the second day, Zhao Xu took them to another place.

If they felt only shock and admiration yesterday.

Then today, they felt fear, and even in the rest of their lives, as long as they recalled this day, they would not dare to have a trace of usurpation.

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