4363 years (AD 1666), September 13th.

The Qingguo Cabinet announced through the Qingguo Radio Station that the corn harvest in Beishan Prefecture of Qingguo has been completed.

Qingguo's autumn harvest has officially ended, and this year's food supply has experienced high growth for five consecutive years.

The grain harvest in Qingguo has been completed, but the number of busy cars on the road has not decreased.

A large amount of food and various materials were transported to the railway by car, and then transported from Qingguo to Guiguo via transnational railway.

At ten o'clock in the morning in the Qing Palace, King Qing Jiang Zhiyu held a state banquet in the palace to entertain King Qutian of Gui, King Zhang Wan of Fujian, and King Su Sheng of Tang.

The situation in Europe was so tense that the four monarchs did not discuss the issue through a telephone conference, but went to Qingguo, located behind the four countries, to discuss relevant issues in person.

The kings of Guangxi, Fujian and Tang Dynasty traveled in secret.

If their information is made public, it will inevitably cause shock to the outside world.

There are only a few matters left that the four monarchs can discuss in person, and each one will cause huge turmoil in the European situation.

The four kings sat down, with only a few people accompanying them at the table.

Qing Wang Jiang Zhiyu, as the host, raised his glass and said: "Celebrate the unity and cooperation of our four-nation alliance to jointly cope with the current crisis."

The other three monarchs raised their glasses and drank the wine.

While drinking, they talked about some of the things the four countries had experienced in overcoming difficulties together.

King Qing Jiang Zhiyu put down his wine glass because the atmosphere was already tense and asked: "Are you ready?

Once you start, you can't stop."

King Gui Qutian said with a bitter look on his face: "It is so easy to prepare well when you are well prepared.

Not to mention such a short period of time, even if we were given another ten years, we would not be able to say that we would be fully prepared.

Brother Jiang is living a good life, but he doesn't know that our life is very difficult now.

Qingguo's industries are mainly agriculture and petroleum processing.

There are also some primary industries.

There is no need to worry about the sales of food and oil now, and Qingguo also has enough money to mediate domestic economic problems.

Countries like ours do not have a steady stream of oil that can be exchanged for money, so they can only rely on selling industrial products to earn funds.

There was no way to export it, it couldn't steal the empire's goods, and it would encounter tariffs imposed by eager vassal states.

The scale of internal sales is too small, and it can barely support each company.

The economy in this situation is very fragile.

The situation in Europe was unstable, and a lot of money was spent to expand armaments.

The fragile economy is already on the verge of collapse.

There are only two ways to reverse this trend.

Give up armaments and go all out to develop the economy.

This is a dead end. There is no way to protect one's own country. That is a big fat pig full of meat. The final result is to be served on the dinner table.

The path we can choose is to build an army with all our strength.

Let the army win and the benefits gained from the war feed back into the domestic economy."

When Gui Wang Qutian mentioned this situation, he picked up a glass of wine and drank it in one gulp.

"Our country of Gui is at the forefront of the war, and the situation is the most tense.

Two months ago, Gui was already unable to withstand the situation. Food prices were skyrocketing and the economy was showing signs of collapse.

This king directly killed a large number of businessmen to reverse the situation, but this was only a temporary solution.

What makes this king make up his mind is to observe the conflict between Rui and Shu.

Shu State was originally at a disadvantage, but by hiring a group of veterans from the empire, Chu State's disadvantage was reversed.

Now Ruiguo still occupies Jishan Town, but it is already more defensive than aggressive.

Of course, I will not give up this method that can greatly strengthen the army.

We had a phone conference and discussed this issue.

The king directly used the 30 million taels of silver in his reserves to purchase technology, arms, and hire veterans from the empire.

Gui Gui is now ready for war.

If we wait any longer, the military will be better trained, but the domestic economy will no longer be able to sustain it."

King Qing Jiang Zhiyu only paid attention to the macro situation of various countries. He did not have that detailed understanding of the internal affairs of Guangxi and the situation of the Gui army.

He knew that the four countries had formed an alliance and needed to advance and retreat together, so he immediately expressed his attitude.

"Gui Guo has made up his mind, and Qing Guo, as an ally, will fully support Gui Guo.

Qing's soldiers were poorly trained, but I was reminded by Brother Qu and hired some officers from the empire.

As a guest army, the Qing army cannot serve as the main force, but as a partial army, it can still do the job."

King Qing Jiang Zhiyu's attitude made King Gui Qutian very happy.

Qingguo joined the alliance in order to prevent itself from being annexed and used its allies as a buffer zone.

As a result, the only three parties left in the countries surrounding Qing Kingdom were the allies, the Empire, and the Liang Kingdom.

Allies and empires will not threaten Qing's security.

The Liang Kingdom had huge problems of its own, as it was difficult for the domestic Han people to integrate with the local nomadic indigenous people.

King Su Meng of Liang was also not good at governing the country, which resulted in Liang having no strength to expand outward.

Qingguo's own security is guaranteed and they have the opportunity to develop safely. They also know that the current good geopolitical environment can only be achieved by relying on their teammates.

Qing State obtained a safe development environment and chose to devote resources and troops to support its allies in their operations.

Only when this attitude is shown will the four-nation alliance become more stable.

The remaining three countries of the Four Kingdoms Alliance all have territorial borders with the alliance formed by the State of Wu.

Only the Qing Kingdom can stay out of the matter. If it doesn't pay more, the other three countries will definitely feel unbalanced.

The King of Fujian Zhang Wan said simply: "Our four countries are weak in national power, so we can unite to keep warm.

A powerful country like Chu could last long enough due to their domestic situation.

We really can’t hold on, even if we are pioneering for the king, it is better than the collapse of the country now.”

The King of Fujian Zhang Wan is still confident, even if the Four Kingdoms Alliance is really defeated.

The country of Fujian ceded territory and paid indemnities to survive, and retreated to the banks of the Nile to play in the sand.

The empire can allow a certain country to become a regional hegemon, but it will never allow this hegemon to annex surrounding vassal states.

It is in the interests of the empire that there are many small countries in areas that the empire does not directly control.

The mistakes made in America will never be repeated by the Empire.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! King Zhang Wan of Fujian had the courage to risk everything, and his words naturally had special appeal.

Tang Wang Su Sheng said excitedly: "It's done.

The war between Shu and Rui has given us great inspiration.

As long as we can mobilize first, we have a high chance of defeating powerful opponents.

What's more, Wu State doesn't look that powerful."

The four monarchs decided on the general policy of launching a war.

They began to discuss the issue of Wu and its allies.

There are also countries such as Shu and Song who are currently staying out of the matter.

The choices they might make after the war breaks out.

The specific war preparations of the four countries were left to the ministers for discussion.

After discussion among the four monarchs, they agreed.

It is easier to guess the behavior of Chu State and which force is weaker in their alliance with Wu State.

The Chu State will definitely support the party that is about to collapse, and it will never sit back and watch a powerful alliance appear in Central and Eastern Europe.

The result of the war was a balance of power, and the Chu State stood still.

As an island country, what kind of strategic choices did the Song Dynasty make?

The four monarchs were unable to make a clear judgment.

After their discussion, the ministers also discussed the specific direction of the war based on the current situation.

As a representative, Bayi, the Grand Governor of Gui State, reported: "Wu State is the core of the alliance, and it is also the country that poses the greatest threat to the alliance.

The alliance must contain Wu's military strength as soon as possible.
To be continued...