Chapter 720: Trading and Motorcycles

"Haha, you Ross are really smart. It's my king who fights against the Eastland Alliance, and I'm afraid I'll have to help you to force Beidi. But you got two benefits. You hit the British, and you made Beidi obey your Ross because of fear, right?" Zhao Xu guessed Ivan's thoughts instantly.

"Your Highness is a smart man. This is how the world is, isn't it? Cooperation for common interests, fighting to the death for conflicting interests. If our Ross was in Dasong's position, Your Highness would do the same." Ivan said slowly, "Besides, we are not without any losses. In forcing Beidi, we will not sell the latest firearms to Beidi for the time being, and we will also control the quantity."

Zhao Xu took a deep look at Ivan and nodded slowly.

What he said was very straightforward, that is, there are only interests between countries.

In the face of interests, the identities of enemies and allies can be switched at any time.

So, there is no need to worry about the relationship between Ross and Beidi.

They are supporting Beidi in the affairs of the East, but they also need Dasong to crack down on Beidi.

In places with different interests, they are enemies, and in places with common interests, they can cooperate.

As for whether to cooperate, it depends on his own choice.

In the future, if he can handle the East Alliance.

Maybe containing him will become the common interest of Ross and the British.

In his opinion, Ross still misjudged him, and may think that he could not surpass the West countries and was just an alien in the East.

So, for now they just want to use him to deal with the British, but they don't realize that he will be the enemy of the entire West in the future.

Otherwise, they will definitely join this East Alliance.

Of course, there is another point. Ross is not like Britain, and has maritime interests and colonies in the East like Sam.

"This king promises you." Zhao Xu said after a moment of hesitation.

If he cooperates with Ross, he can prevent Beidi from joining the East Alliance, at least the north will be temporarily peaceful.

He doesn't want to fight with Beidi armed by Ross now.

After cutting off the evil hand of the East Earth Alliance reaching out to Dasong and solving the problem of Jiangnan, it won't be too late for him to go north.

Of course, he will not hold back because of today's cooperation with the Russian Kingdom.

After all, now they are just exchanging interests, and there is no friendship at all.

After all, if he loses miserably in the war against the East Earth Alliance.

He believes that the Russian Kingdom will not hesitate to divide Dasong with the Northern Di.

"Thank you, Your Highness, the King of Yan." Ivan was overjoyed. "Your Highness only needs to send more troops to the north, and the rest can be left to our Russian Kingdom."

Zhao Xu nodded, "Okay, but this needs to wait, and the king still needs to solve some wars in Jiangbei."

"No hurry, our Russian Kingdom and the Northern Di also need time to hand over the Far North." Ivan said.

"Really?" Zhao Xu's pupils shrank slightly.

The Far North mentioned by the Northern Di is the area to the north of the line from the contemporary Heilongjiang River to Lake Baikal.

Ivan said this, obviously the exchange of interests between the Northern Di and the Russian Kingdom is to cede some of the territory that the Northern Di thinks is not important.

"Damn it." Zhao Xu was furious.

These idiots who were still in the feudal era did not understand the importance of those so-called desolate places.

There were rich minerals and oil and gas resources there.

Fortunately, we are still in the Age of Discovery. As long as we have the strength, we can expand our territory at will.

Zhao Xu suppressed his anger and did not show it.

He was thinking from the perspective of contemporary people.

But in the eyes of Beidi and Ross, this had nothing to do with Dasong.

Because the Far North has never been the territory of the Central Plains Dynasty.

However, it won't be long before he will let Beidi and Ross know who the Far North belongs to.

After discussing this matter, Zhao Xu called an official from the Honglu Temple to entertain Ivan.

At the same time, he ordered the official from the Honglu Temple to send Ivan away immediately if he wanted to leave.

If he didn't leave and wanted to wander around Yancheng, he had to keep an eye on him and not let him see anything sensitive.

After the official from the Honglu Temple led Ivan away, Zhao Xu went to the steam engine workshop.

Today is the day for the steam locomotive test run, and he was delayed because of this matter.

Just like during the Opium War, when rare earths extended their tentacles into the East, the situation in this area would inevitably become extremely complicated.

This is the situation that Dasong is facing now.

If Dasong is like the Qing Dynasty, it will face the erosion of the Western countries.

And because of his existence, it has become a struggle between various forces.

If he wins, he can drive the Western forces out of the East.

If he loses, he will also become the next Qing Dynasty.

Faced with this situation, Zhao Xu never messed up the main line.

During this period, he was either promoting various reforms or urging the development of industry and the advancement of technology.

Because only by crushing the Western countries in technology can he reshape the world map at the end of the great voyage.

Give Dasong a bright future.

Before reaching the steam engine workshop, Zhao Xu heard a "woohoo" whistle and a "hum, hum" sound.

Entering the steam engine workshop, Zhao Xu found that all the craftsmen in the workshop had disappeared.

He continued to walk forward and arrived at the steam engine workshop courtyard, and then passed through the courtyard gate to enter the recently built test site.

This test site is very large and is surrounded by a wall.

At this time, the craftsmen were seen standing in a circle, the people behind were tiptoeing to look forward, and the people in front were talking.

Until someone noticed his arrival, they exclaimed "Ah" and made way for him.

At this time, Zhao Xu saw the front of a steam locomotive moving slowly on the laid rails, and the speed was getting faster and faster.

Wang Chong was standing in the front of the locomotive with a locomotive driver, his face full of excitement.

Seeing Zhao Xu, he asked the locomotive driver to slow down and prepare to stop.

Zhao Xu waved his hand, and when the locomotive came in front of him, he grabbed the handle on the door and climbed onto the locomotive.

Then, he stood in the front of the locomotive and moved on the rails with a circumference of six miles.

"Your Highness, I just tried it. This locomotive can run 60 kilometers in half an hour at the fastest." Wang Chong held a pocket watch in his hand, obviously recording the time.

The King of Yan told him that if he came late, he could test the car first.

Zhao Xu stuck his head out of the car and let the wind blow on his face, as if he was back to the time when he was driving a car at 60 kilometers per hour.

Hearing this, he smiled and said, "This speed is quite good. Next, we can lay rails in Yanzhou."

In the early days of the birth of steam engines, the speed was only 20 to 30 kilometers.

Until 1829, the speed of the Rocket locomotive in Britain was only 57 kilometers per hour.

The first locomotive produced in Yanzhou was obviously better than the Rocket.

However, if the speed of the locomotive is to be increased in the future, it is necessary to improve the steam engine and build a special locomotive steam engine, such as a bloating steam engine.

In fact, it is a reduced version of the three-expansion steam engine that he asked Wang Chong to develop.

This is all under the efforts of the students, and they will be interviewed soon.

By then, he believes that the steam locomotive in Yanzhou will be able to increase the speed to about 120 kilometers per hour.