Emperor Su He received farewell memorials from princes and kings one after another.
He entertained the princes and kings in the palace.
Among the banquet were important officials of the imperial court and the family members of the princes and princes.
Emperor Su He and Prince Su Shu sat at the same table with the princes and kings.
He raised his glass and said: "You have old brothers who conquer the world with me, you have the invincible generals of the empire, and you have my son.
After drinking this glass of wine, the empire and other countries will form a suzerain alliance from now on."
When the princes and kings saw Emperor Su He toasting, they raised their glasses one after another and drank them all in one gulp.
The sound of singing and dancing at the banquet rang out.
Wu Wang Qi Gangyi and Shu Wang Qian Mingyi learned about the difficult years before with Emperor Su He.
The other princes and kings could occasionally add a few words.
Only the four princes could only listen silently and had no chance to interrupt.
They exchanged cups and drank the delicacies cooked in the imperial kitchen.
Emperor Su He and Prince Su Shu got up and left the table to get the gifts for the princes and kings.
Everyone at the banquet saw Emperor Su He leaving.
Then they came up with wine glasses in hand and said goodbye to the princes and kings.
You can hear the feeling of envy in their voices.
King Rui Sulei got up and went to where Concubine Li Huixin was.
He knelt down to his mother and kowtowed three times.
He knew that this was probably the last time he would see his mother.
After he left for Western Europe, he had no chance to return to the empire.
He later arranged to bear his own destiny, and also the destiny of a country.
Even if his father or mother dies, he cannot return to the empire.
After King Su Lei of Rui behaved like this, King Su Meng of Liang, King Su Ming of Qi, and King Su Sheng of Tang all stood up and kowtowed to their mothers.
Among them, King Su Meng of Liang cried the most bitterly, and Concubine Ren had only one son.
After he left the empire, only his two sisters were left to take care of their mother.
Mother and son were talking to each other before parting.
The people at the banquet also expected this situation.
The rest of the princes and kings took their families overseas to establish their kingdoms.
Only these princes can only take their concubines overseas and must be separated from their loved ones.
The four princes heard the footsteps of Emperor Su He returning, and then returned to their respective positions.
Everyone looked in the direction of Emperor Su He and Prince Su Shu.
Emperor Su He walked towards the banquet with his hands covered with mud.
Prince Su Shu personally pulled a cart containing twelve porcelain vases.
Emperor Su He walked to the table. He picked up a porcelain vase from the car and handed it to Wu Wang Qi Gangyi.
Everyone saw that this exquisite porcelain vase made by the official kiln in Jingdezhen was filled with fresh soil, including black soil, loess, and red soil.
When Emperor Su He saw King Wu Qi taking the porcelain vase resolutely, he introduced: "This is the soil I have asked people to collect from all over the empire.
I personally put them in porcelain vases and gave them to you as a national gift.
You are not short of gold and silver, and I will give you a bottle of soil from my hometown as a parting gift."
Wu Wangqi immediately bowed deeply and said with tears in his eyes: "I will never forget my homeland."
Emperor Su He gave each prince a porcelain bottle of soil.
With tears in their eyes, they all took the porcelain vase from Emperor Su He.
The banquet ended here, and all the princes and kings left the palace with their families holding porcelain bottles.
They all knew that after this farewell banquet, they must leave the empire as soon as possible.
Even if some princes and kings are not fully prepared, it can only be blamed on their slow movements.
Leave your confidants behind and deal with the rest of the matter slowly.
April 8th, after a day of preparation.
Twelve princes and kings successively traveled to the territories of the Middle East and Europe through various roads.
At Tongzhou Railway Station, King Wu Qi Gangyi, King Su Meng of Liang, and King Su Sheng of Tang led their families and confidants to choose the same train.
Tang Wang Su Sheng took the initiative to greet Wu Wang Qi Gangyi and said: "Uncle Shi is also on this train. We are really destined."
Wu Wangqi nodded resolutely and responded: "My good nephew will leave after being fully prepared. Unlike uncle Shi, who leaves in a hurry, he can only choose the nearest train."
Tang Wang Su Sheng saw that Wu Wang Qi Gangyi's attitude towards him was not good, so he said hello and went to the box where he was.
After their father's farewell banquet, no matter how they speculated on their father's thoughts, they would leave the empire as soon as possible.
These princes and kings did not dare to complain against their father, so some of them turned their grievances against themselves, who were the first to ask for leaving.
Tang Wang Su Sheng met Wu Wang Qi Gangyi here, and he was not surprised at all.
Their territories bordered each other, while Tang's territory bordered only three countries.
The Min Kingdom is in the southeast, the Wu Kingdom is in the northwest, and the Qing Kingdom is in the northeast.
None of these three countries is easy to deal with.
But the Tang State where he was located was located in the Balkan Peninsula. Its geographical location was not very good and it did not have very important resources.
This kind of useless place, coupled with his status as a prince.
As long as he does not take the initiative to attack other vassal states, the probability of other vassal states taking the initiative to attack him is low.
On the way to his box, Su Sheng, the king of Tang, met Su Meng, the king of Liang.
He immediately stepped forward to say hello: "Brother Sanhuang, you are also traveling on the same special train as me."
King Su Meng of Liang said with a smile: "The railway has been built to the Kingdom of Liang. If I take this train, it is the fastest way to the Kingdom of Liang."
Tang Wang Su Sheng invited Liang Wang Su Meng to his box.
The two brothers can be so harmonious mainly because there is no conflict of interest between the two countries.
The two countries are separated by imperial territory.
The sea and land are relatively close, but they are not bordering each other.
Liang Kingdom and Min Kingdom directly bordered each other by sea.
The territory of Fujian in the Aegean Sea almost reaches the shore of Liang.
Today, when maritime trade is extremely important, there will inevitably be conflicts between Min and Liang.
If Liang State wants to reduce the pressure, it needs Tang State's support.
King Su Meng of Liang was sipping tea and chatting happily with King Su Sheng of Tang Dynasty.
In this carriage, they have reached a basic framework for mutual assistance between the two countries.
After reaching an agreement, Tang Wang Su Sheng said happily: "Brother Three Emperors, looking at it this way, there are so many complementary places between our two countries.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The Liang Kingdom is a nomadic country, and the Three Emperors even immigrated Han people and some Mongolian tribes.
The nomadic living habits of the Liang Kingdom will not change for a while.
Nomadic tribes can produce a large amount of beef and mutton. My Tang Dynasty is a farming civilization, and its food is mainly corn, sweet potatoes, and wheat.
Our two countries are so close and transportation is very convenient. As long as tariffs are low, there will definitely be a large number of merchants transporting goods from both countries.
Before the Tang State, it was a territory ruled by Ottoman Turkey, and the Liang State was the core territory of the Ottoman Turkey.
Both of our countries have a legacy of Ottoman Türkiye.
Some forces have relatively high prestige in the local area, and it is difficult to deal with them directly.
If you force them to immigrate, it will be very easy to deal with it if they move to another place."
King Su Meng of Liang nodded and said: "Our two countries have many areas where we can complement each other, and since we are so close, we should help each other."
The two of them looked at each other and smiled, forming a tacit understanding with each other.
Tang Wang Su Sheng drank a cup of tea, and while they were chatting, the train had already started.
Now that the train has left Shuntianfu, looking out the window, the scenery on both sides of the Taiwan Strait is receding rapidly.
Su Sheng, the king of Tang Dynasty, put down his tea cup and said with emotion: "The train is so fast. I envy Brother Three Emperors that they can arrive directly.
My younger brother also needs to change trains in Anxi, go south to the Persian Gulf, and take a boat from the Suez Canal to the Tang Kingdom in southern Europe.
This is already the fastest way for the empire to travel to Tang Dynasty.
Fortunately, I had been prepared beforehand, and a large amount of supplies had been shipped to Tang State by sea.
I have done all the things I need to do in the empire, and I can easily take the train."
After Tang Wang Su Sheng explained his situation, he said with some surprise: "Why did Wu Wang Qi Gangyi rush to Wu in a hurry?
Judging from his sour tone just now, it means that he is not fully prepared yet. Could it be that something happened to Wu State and he summoned him to go to Wu State."
When Liang Wang Su Meng got on the carriage, he also saw Wu Wang Qi's resolute attitude.
He nodded and said: "Wu Wang Qi has been the Grand Governor of the Grand Governor's Mansion for so many years.
He must be an extremely stable person.
Even if he is bored with someone in his heart, he will not show it directly on his face.
When Wu Wangqi Gangyi was at the train station, his behavior was very problematic.
He must have been stimulated by something."
In the box next to them, Wu Wang Qi Gangyi was furious and incompetent.
"King Gui Qutian has worked with me for many years, but I never expected that he would be so ungrateful to martial ethics.
I have taken the Austrian region, and King Qutian of Gui is determined to get the Hungarian region, so he is determined to oppose me."
When King Wu Qi Gangyi saw his close men, he said angrily: "You are also a bunch of trash, why didn't you think of taking over the Kingdom of Wu in advance?
That old guy, your king, actually sent people to rob the property belonging to our Kingdom of Wu in the name of accepting spoils of war."
The first batch of items that King Qi of Wu resolutely transported to the State of Wu has arrived at the State of Wu by sea.
His confidants could also send information about Wu back through telegrams.
The first time Wu Wangqi Gangyi saw this information, he discovered that something was wrong.
The core territories of the Holy Roman Empire were Austria and Hungary.
Some gold and silver treasures, the empire has taken them away as spoils of war.
But the Holy Roman Empire left many properties in Vienna that were difficult to remove.
Vienna is the core city of Austria, and the property here certainly belongs to the Wu Kingdom that bought Austria.
King Gui Qutian did not care about martial ethics. He demanded an equal share of the inheritance of the Holy Roman Empire.
After Wu Wangqi resolutely refused this unreasonable request.
King Gui Qutian actually sent people directly to Vienna to rob the nobles of the Holy Roman Empire and some real estate of the Holy Roman Empire.
Wu Wang Qi Gangyi understood this situation. He was very angry and immediately asked his confidants to stop it.
But the general in charge of military control in Austria had some friendship with King Qutian of Gui.
They can't touch Wu's property openly, but they have too many tricks secretly.
For example, the value of these captives, which have been passed down for many years to local nobles, is very high.
After they surrender, they can assist the royal family to quickly stabilize the local situation.
These are aristocratic children who are literate and receive general education.
They learn new things very quickly, and a number of scholars and officials can emerge from them.
These people are the foundation of the new country.
King Qutian of Gui exchanged a foolish descendant of the family for a legitimate son of a noble noble who was very knowledgeable.
Wu Wang Qi Gangyi did not know the nobles of the Holy Roman Empire at all. They operated like this without anyone noticing.
Thinking of this, he felt that many intangible assets of the Wu Kingdom were quickly plundered by Gui King Qutian.
Whenever Wu Wang Qi Gangyi thought of this incident, he would get very angry.
He wanted to rush to Wu State as soon as possible to solve this difficult problem.
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Giant ships gather in Tianjin Port.
King Lu Chenyang of Chu looked at a mighty armored ship.
This is the Taishan-class battleship that has been eliminated by the Navy.
The King-class battleship's outstanding performance in naval battles, whether in terms of firepower or speed, far surpasses the Tarzan-class battleship using steam engines.
Its manufacturing price is almost the same as that of a Taishan-class battleship.
Even the Taishan-class battleships are now more expensive to maintain due to insufficient manufacturing technology at the time.
The Metropolitan Government has decided that all Taishan-class battleships, which use traditional reciprocating steam engines, will be withdrawn from active service.
The empire's large warships have adopted steam turbines from the Sovereign class battleships, or diesel engines from cruisers and frigates.
Steam engines, which are expensive, troublesome to maintain, and complex in structure, have been eliminated by the Imperial Royal Navy.
A total of eight Tarzan-class battleships were built by the Empire.
The empire decided to auction these decommissioned warships.
Song Wang Zhantie had to have a strong navy because his core territory was the British Isles.
He directly purchased four of the eight Tarzan-class battleships.
Of the remaining four ships, one was bought by King Lu Chenyang of Chu.
The remaining three ships were bought by Su Lei, King of Rui, Bai Yuangui, King of Yue, and Liang Feng, King of Hunan.
The territory of Xiang Wang Liangfeng has a huge amount of oil, and he is not short of money at all.
Even in a small place like the Persian Gulf, he didn't feel much pressure to buy a steam battleship and show off his civil and military skills.
King Bai Yuangui of Yue and King Sule of Rui both had large coastlines in their territories, and the purpose of purchasing steam battleships should be to protect the sea frontiers.
The navies of these new countries are too weak, but they must make up for it with equipment, and at the very least, they should not let their country become a country robbed by pirates.
Piracy is now rampant on both sides of the Atlantic.
Europe was the first to explore the world through sailing, and they had a large number of sailors.
After the demise of European countries, some people took ships to the sea. They used small islands on the sea as their nests and transformed into pirates.
Countries with long coastlines are likely to be attacked by active pirates in the Atlantic Ocean without a responsive navy.
King Lu Chenyang of Chu saw thick black smoke rising from the battleship's thick chimney as the boiler heated up.
Another important reason why the Tarzan-class battleship is disliked by the Imperial Royal Navy is that its startup speed is too slow.
Starting from the first shovel of coal in the world, it will take several hours for the battleship to emit smoke from the chimney until it can sail out normally.
Once an emergency occurs, the Taishan-class battleship has no ability to support the battlefield.
King Lu Chenyang of Chu heard the battleship's whistle sounding, and he knew that this was a sign that the battleship had finished warming up.
This huge warship left the port, followed by a large number of cargo ships.
The heart of Chu King Lu Chenyang, he also left the empire with the battleship, and the empire was only his hometown from now on.