Chapter 716: Delaying Tactics

"Yes, Your Highness. Reading" Wang Ying stroked the howitzer.

After staying in the Armory for a while, Zhao Xu returned to the palace.

Then, he called Sun Zheng, the deputy director of the Honglu Temple.

This Sun Zheng was a student of the Political Affairs School. He won the first place in the examination for selecting officials in the Honglu Temple and was selected as the deputy director of the Honglu Temple to assist Dong An.

After Dong An went south, he has been in charge of the affairs of the Honglu Temple.

Thinking of Dong An, Zhao Xu's brows twisted.

It has been a long time since Dong An left, and there is no news of whether he is dead or alive.

His father Dong Yuan was so worried about this that he lost his appetite and came to see him several times.

In the end, both of them sighed, and Dong Yuan wiped his tears and left, feeling depressed.

But there was nothing that could be done about it. Dasong started exploring overseas too late.

So that the warships and privateers from the West were rampant on the oceans of the East.

Even Japan used to have a wider control over the ocean than Dasong.

This situation did not change until he established the Yanzhou Navy.

However, the southern waters of Dongtu are still a paradise for colonists.

He temporarily suppressed this matter in his heart and said to Sun Zheng: "This king needs you to go to Wu and say that this king does not want to see Wu fall into the trap of Japan and Westerners and become enemies. He is willing to turn hostility into friendship."

"As long as Wu is willing to pay tribute to the court, it will no longer continue to go south. To show my sincerity, I am willing to give the blueprints of the sailing warship to Wu."

Sun Zheng was very surprised when he heard this. He said: "Your Highness, don't you want to unify the world?"

Although he was only an official of the Honglu Temple, every student in the Political Affairs School knew that the King of Yan's wish was to clear the world's powerful families and let the people live and work in peace.

Now, the King of Yan suddenly wanted to compromise with the powerful families, which shocked his beliefs and made him tremble.

Zhao Xu shook his head and said, "You've thought too much. It's just that some problems have occurred. We must be tolerant for the time being and adopt some strategies to prevent some foreign countries from intervening in the civil strife in Dasong."

After that, he told Sun Zheng about the East Land Alliance and other things. After all, if he was sent to Wu as an envoy, he must know these things.

"I see." Sun Zheng breathed a sigh of relief. "So, Your Highness wants to win over Wu to prevent it from completely turning to Dongying and Xitu, so that it can think that it can benefit from both sides and remain neutral. In this way, it can concentrate on dealing with Dongying, Beidi and Xitu forces."

"That's right." Zhao Xu looked to the south.

He was waiting for a node, and this node was the launch of the steamship of the Ship Department.

As long as he had a steamship, he could cut off the exchanges between Dongying, Xitu and Dasong.

At that time, he could turn around and concentrate on dealing with Wu.

But before that, he had to paralyze Wu to prevent it from ordering the navy and the warships of the Westerners to encircle and suppress the Yanzhou Navy after joining the East Land Alliance.

After all, it is very likely that Britain will send sailing warships towed by steamships to join the battle.

If several forces join together, it will be a big trouble.

"I understand. This time I go to Wu, I will not disappoint your highness." Sun Zheng said.

Zhao Xu gave Sun Zheng some bottom lines, and then asked him to go to Leting and take the navy's warship to Wu.

This is for convenience, and also to show the strength of the Yanzhou Navy and intimidate Wu.

In this way, Wu will be more cautious when cooperating with Sam and the British.

After agreeing on this matter, Sun Zheng bowed and left.

Zhao Xu went to the steam engine workshop.

During this period, he and Wang Chong have been promoting the construction of steam locomotives.

Now it's just a matter of finishing touches, and Yanzhou's steam locomotive will be born.

At that time, railways will be laid to connect important cities in Dasong, allowing various mineral resources to be imported into Yanzhou, and Yanzhou's industry will take off further.

Of course, the most important thing is that he can expand the sphere of influence of Dasong through the extension of the railway.

After all, he just got the information that Ulanba returned from Ross.

He was asking Xu Ke to test the information to find out what agreement Ulanba had reached with Ross.

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Lincheng.

While Zhao Xu gave Sun Zheng the task, Liang Kai was feasting with the ministers of Wu.

But in addition to the ministers of Wu, there was also a Sam countryman at the banquet.

Liang Kai toasted him from time to time, his face full of pride.

When Jiangbei was fighting in full swing, the Sam countryman arrived in Lincheng, bringing news that excited the entire Wu.

They were willing to mediate the conflict between Wu and Britain.

Although Wu had been preparing to resist the British during this period.

However, that was the precaution they had to take after they learned that Britain was going to attack Wu.

In their hearts, they didn't want to conflict with Britain at all.

After all, the Wu court knew how powerful Britain was.

If they fight with Britain, they will not win, and they will lose the sea trade route and suffer a blow in trade.

So, they are naturally happy with the mediation of Sam.

After that, Sam proposed the East Earth Alliance and asked Wu to join and fight against King Yan.

At present, in Jiangbei, the three powerful families were retreating step by step, and he naturally felt threatened.

He was also tempted by this matter.

However, he realized that Japan, Sam and Britain seemed to be asking for Wu and trying to win him over.

He took the opportunity to ask for the northern part of Yizhou, so that Wu could get the greatest benefit.

So, he was in a particularly good mood these days.

The crisis dissipated, and his Wu suddenly gained a lot of benefits.