The place that had just become the territory of the Tang Empire was still full of joyous scenes. The civil affairs officials who came all the way from the Tang Empire had been tortured crazy by the busy government affairs in the past few days.
If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, they wouldn't have believed that there was such a stupid city in the world.
Compared with the port area and the connected train station and airport that the Tang Empire helped build, the level of construction in the entire city is almost the same as it was twenty years ago.
There are no connected sewers here, and the entire city relies on sewage pickers and a small number of sewage trucks.
All the prosperity and splendor are built on the surface. Not far from the decent-looking building is a septic tank that needs to be transported and cleaned regularly.
Urban villages are even more common. They are full of poor residents and low-rise houses. Most urban areas, especially those that have been expanded in recent years, are made of wooden houses, which are not modern at all.
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There seems to be no problem in the aristocratic residential area, but their existence makes the urban area of Nanfeng Port extremely inefficient, so it must be dealt with as soon as possible.
This is just a problem of urban construction. If you include the local people's education problems, health problems, and even work problems, they need to be solved urgently.
The local civilian health situation is really worrying. They do not have a mature water supply system, and most of the urban population needs to rely on well water.
The officials who were mobilized from the Tang Empire to provide support were almost intimidated by the difficulties before them. Because there were so many problems, they didn't even know where to start.
The Chu State wanted to dig a hole at that time and took some information away or even destroyed it, so the handover did not go smoothly.
The other party did not intend to cooperate at all, or could not cooperate even if they wanted to. Because there was a clear gap in the governance level of the officials from the two sides. Therefore, the officials of the Chu State were not interested in what the officials of the Tang Empire knew at all; the data that the officials of the Tang Empire wanted to know
, the Chu officials didn’t know anything about it.
For example, when officials from the Tang Empire asked about the actual number of residents in Nanfeng Port, the local officials only gave a vague number of more than 450,000.
As for how many migrants there are and how many foreign businessmen there are, local officials simply don't know what to ask and can't answer anything.
For another example, if officials from the Tang Empire wanted to know how long the water supply and drainage pipelines in Nanfeng Port were and where they were located, the local officials could not answer them at all.
They didn't even have a complete record of the total length of the laid pipelines. They also calculated the cumulative length of the laid pipelines and the length of pipelines consumed for repairing the pipelines, making subsequent calculations almost impossible.
At the end of the incident, there were many bizarre conversations that became classics for ridicule in the future: A frustrated official from the Education Department of the Tang Empire banged the table and directly questioned the Chu officials: How much have you been greedy for, and how much have you left behind?
Just tell me directly, I won't check you for corruption, I just want to know how much the remaining expenses are!
There are many similar weird things, so much so that after more than two months of busy work, the government management of Nanshan Port in the Tang Empire is still in chaos.
The harvest was not without success, that is, almost all the worms and mediocre officials left behind by the Chu State were driven home by the officials parachuted in from the Tang Empire.
What makes people laugh or cry is that without these Chu officials, the entire Nanshan Port is still operating well, which really swollen the faces of many people.
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In the Wenhua Hall of the Tang Empire, the elf envoy from the Yangmu Empire met with Nangong Hong, who was in charge of diplomacy. His purpose of coming here was very interesting. He actually came to discuss with the Tang Empire and condemn the Tang Empire.
"In view of the aggressiveness and arrogance shown by the Tang Empire in carving up Shu, it is necessary for our country to express its inner uneasiness and worry." The elf envoy who came from afar first expressed his intention to come.
Then he talked about the concerns of the Yangmu Empire: "This does not mean that there is turmoil in the relationship between the Yangmu Empire and the Tang Empire. I must explain to you here, Minister Nangong, the relationship between the Yangmu Empire and the Tang Empire
The friendship between the Tang Empire is immutable, and we do not intend to cause any form of tension in the relationship."
"...Mr. Special Envoy, I don't understand what you mean." Nangong Hong sneered and reminded the other party directly.
After giving a reminder, he continued: "You want to say that the Yangmu Empire wants to condemn the Tang Empire, but does not want to cause misunderstandings from the Tang Empire and affect the relationship between the two countries?"
"That's right, we plan to issue a diplomatic statement to support the Shu Kingdom in its fight against Qin's aggression, and condemn the bad behavior of the Chu Kingdom in occupying the territory of the Shu Kingdom... In addition, our country will also condemn the Tang Empire's actions during the Qin-Shu War.
Regarding our position..." the Yangmu Empire's special envoy said cautiously.
After finishing speaking, he glanced at Nangong Hong and quickly added: "It's just a statement of condemnation. Our country will not change its stance on cooperation with the Tang Empire, nor will it take any actual action on this matter itself.
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"You just scold me, and then you want me to think you're farting?" Nangong Hong roughly translated the Yangmu Empire's special envoy's request.
"Probably...probably...that's pretty much what it means." The special envoy of the Yangmu Empire was a very handsome elf. Hearing Nangong Hong's vulgarity, he stuttered in embarrassment for a while before admitting.
"Do you think there is such a good thing in the world? If you scold someone, they will scold you for nothing, so let's forget about it?" Nangong Hong sneered and asked the other party.
"This..." The special envoy of the Yangmu Empire didn't know how to continue talking for a while.
"It's your country's business to issue a statement! What kind of countermeasures we take is our business!" Nangong Hong directly threatened the other party.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Master Nangong, please understand our situation! This time I come with the will of His Majesty the Emperor of our country, and I am sincere. I hope that your country
We can start negotiations on this matter..." The special envoy of the Yangmu Empire deliberately emphasized the word sincerity.
Nangong Hong glanced at the other party and calmed down his tone: The other party knew to communicate first before swearing, and even sent a special envoy to negotiate on the matter. It was indeed a low enough position.
So he didn't mind giving the other party face: Since you are so sensible, let's discuss how much compensation you should pay for scolding me.
As expected, the Yangmu Empire was willing to bid: for this sentence, they were willing to pay 1 million gold coins as a reward! The Yangmu Empire issued a statement first, and then the Tang Empire would add the price back to a batch of export materials.
It is tantamount to saying that there is a diplomatic interaction within the scope that both sides think is reasonable. The Yangmu Empire appeared to be "hard-headed" on the surface, and the Datang Empire later regained its position in trade.
Then the Yangmu Empire died down, and the matter was dealt with coldly. The Yangmu Empire earned a fair and just reputation in the world, and the Datang Empire... well, it's an old gangster, and it's good to play itself.
After discussing this matter, the special envoys from the Yangmu Empire had just sent away, and the special envoys from the Binghan Empire also arrived. They were not here to condemn the Tang Empire.
They came to discuss business with the Tang Empire: they were going to purchase a large number of arms, and they would pay directly in cash!
The purpose of sending a special envoy to the Tang Empire this time was to keep the matter secret and not let any third party know about it. For this reason, the Bingbing Empire was willing to pay an additional 1.5 million for confidentiality.
After receiving the special envoy of the Binghan Empire, even a fool Nangong Hong guessed that the Binghan Empire was preparing to go to war with the Yangmu Empire.
Frankly speaking, this is almost a good opportunity: although the Tang Empire did not participate in the war on the surface, it was indeed distracted by the war between Qin and Shu and the civil war in the Great China Empire.
If we don't take the opportunity to expand at this time, then when the dust of the Western Continent settles, no matter what tricks we try here in the Eastern Continent, we will not be able to get rid of the influence of the Tang Empire.
Taking advantage of the fact that the Tang Empire has no time to look eastward, it may be the best choice for all countries in the world to expand quickly and then be prepared to unite to resist the Tang Empire's entry into the Eastern Continent.
Therefore, Nangong Hong immediately started thinking in his mind: should the Tang Empire sell arms to the Binghan Empire so that the Binghan Empire could launch an invasion of the Yangmu Empire?
From the perspective of the Tang Empire, keeping the Eastern Continent in a divided state should be a more advantageous choice for itself.
Combined with the request from the Bingbing Empire's special envoy, Nangong Hong finally figured out why the Yangmu Empire would rather spend 1 million to curse the Tang Empire: they wanted to be a banner against the Tang Dynasty and unite those behind them.
Sussus Lanes and other empires.
To put it bluntly, the Yangmu Empire has had a premonition that the Ice Empire is about to start a war with it, and they are trying to think of ways to build momentum and win allies!
Nangong Hong, who found it very interesting, did not immediately reply to the special envoy of the Ice and Cold Empire. He claimed that he would report the matter to His Majesty the Emperor and asked the special envoy of the Ice and Cold Empire to wait for another two days.
As a result, the next day, when Nangong Hong reported the matter to Tang Mo, another interesting thing happened: the Lane Empire test-fired a Scud ballistic missile with a range of 300 kilometers.
This incident suddenly made the whole situation more delicate: the Eastern Continent was not monolithic. They seemed to have secretly formed an alliance with each other and were preparing to fight a war on a larger scale.
Nangong Hong immediately judged that simply preventing the Ice Empire from attacking the Yangmu Empire seemed to be unable to stop the war.
Then Tang Mo was ready to add fuel to the flames to these countries: sell arms! Since you are ready to fight, then I will let you fight happily!
