In the imperial capital of Qixia Kingdom, the atmosphere in the palace hall was very strange.
The heads of several large commercial banks from the Country of Canglan and the Country of Taihua were invited here. Among them was Wang Ruiyang, the representative of Lingwei Commercial Bank.
The emperor of the Qixia Kingdom wants to send envoys to the Canglan Kingdom and the Taihua Kingdom, and wants to unite with the two countries!
Yes, the Kingdom of Qixia and other six Western countries once jointly marched eastward and fought life and death battles with the Kingdom of Canglan and the Kingdom of Taihua. But at this time, the Kingdom of Qixia wanted to unite with the two countries.
In politics, there are never any eternal friends, only eternal interests; and for the Emperor of Qixia Country, the interests of the country are above all else.
But the problem now is: if you want to go to the Country of Canglan to negotiate with the Country of Taihua, you need a heavyweight.
So, who is more suitable?
In fact, everyone understands that the first choice for the so-called heavyweight is the prince. But the situation is so chaotic now. If you want to go to the East, you need to pass through the Kingdom of Danyang or the Kingdom of Jinyang.
At this time, the situation in several surrounding countries was gradually reported.
The first is the Kingdom of Zhoushan, the Kingdom of Zhongshan, and the Kingdom of Danyang. The reinforcements that originally supported the Kingdom of Jinyang were all detained in the Kingdom of Jinyang. After the fierce battle, the armies of the Three Kingdoms were exhausted, and their supplies were cut off, including pills and arrows.
, weapons, etc. are exhausted, and it is difficult to protect oneself.
Only the emperor of the Kingdom of Qixia made a decisive decision and withdrew his legion, retaining his effective strength. In other words, the military power of the Kingdom of Qixia is now greater than that of Zhoushan, Zhongshan, and Danyang. But once, the Kingdom of Qixia had
It is at the bottom among the six Western countries.
The critical nature of the situation is evident.
Secondly, the Kingdom of Jinyang does have an ally, and that is the Kingdom of Yanyun in the north. These two countries are the two most powerful among the six Western countries.
However, the Danyang Kingdom in the south of the Kingdom of Jinyang and the southeast of the Qixia Kingdom is in civil strife - its country has been infiltrated by the Kingdom of Jinyang; while the Danyang Kingdom is in civil strife, but its defense in the east is watertight -
-Complete isolation of the country. In other words, the road to Danyang Country is now deadlocked.
Therefore, if the envoys from the Kingdom of Qixia and the trading companies from the East want to return to the Kingdom of Canglan or the Kingdom of Taihua, they can only go to the Kingdom of Jinyang. And this road... is not safe!
Therefore, the prince cannot take risks. The prince is an important foundation of a country. If something happens to the prince, the country of Qixia will be very passive.
After a long discussion, the emperor finally made a decision: to send the second prince Liu Hong to the east. The accompanying personnel would be Zhongshu Ling Guan Zhengqing. The second prince plus a Zhongshu Ling were slightly more important than the prince.
It was finally decided, and several large commercial banks in the East also assumed the important responsibilities of the country at this critical juncture.
Wang Ruiyang even expressed his position personally: "We have a duty to prosper our country. Even if it is for my country, we will definitely bring His Royal Highness to the East!"
The emperor shouted: "Okay! Everyone, please exchange the goods of the caravan for easy-to-carry resources, and then set off. Three days later, the Kingdom of Qixia will once again organize its army for the Eastern Expedition. And the goal of this Eastern Expedition is:
The Kingdom of Jinyang!”
The four words "Land of Jinyang" were almost squeezed out from the gap between the emperor's teeth, as gloomy as ice.
Then, a fierce look flashed in the emperor's eyes, "I will personally lead the expedition! When the country is facing a crisis, I will personally guard the country's gates!"
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The decision made by the court did not affect Ninghe County for the time being, and certainly did not affect the Zhang family. Zhang Hao was about to introduce his family to Cheng Tao, but was interrupted by Zhang Han's words.
"Dragon blood stone? What is it?" Cheng Tao was a little dazed after hearing this.
As a master of weapon refining and formations, although it is impossible for Cheng Tao to have heard of all the ores, those that can form 'ore veins' must not be 'rare'. Why has he never heard of them?
Zhang Hao smiled: "Master, this is just an ordinary ore. However, it was recently discovered that this ore has other uses. Because of its red color and crystal clear color, it was named Dragon Blood Stone."
Cheng Tao snorted. He could tell that Zhang Hao had something he didn't say, but he didn't ask any further questions.
Zhang Hao first arranged for Cheng Tao to live in a very good location, right next to Zhang Shengde, and then asked Huang Mingshan to come over and discuss with Cheng Tao the issue of "adding formations" to Steel.
When Cheng Tao saw that Zhang Hao actually asked him to discuss with a 'servant' who was not as good as Qi refining, his face immediately became angry.
But Huang Mingshan is neither humble nor arrogant: "Senior, I personally participated in the command during the steel research process! In fact, I am now responsible for the technical guidance of the Zhang family's steel, black iron, and even naphtha production."
"Ah..." Cheng Tao was a little dazed for a moment. He turned to look at Zhang Hao, and saw Zhang Hao slowly nodded and said: "Senior, Huang Mingshan is now one of the technical chiefs of the Zhang family. Master, please
Lots of support.
Huang Mingshan, please quickly thank Master."
Huang Mingshan immediately bowed and greeted him with a very sincere attitude.
Zhang Hao didn't give Cheng Tao time to react, "Master Cheng, I'll leave Huang Mingshan to you. I'll go check out the dragon's blood stone veins first."
After that, Zhang Hao quickly exited the room and left with Zhang Han.
Cheng Tao was still in a daze, and Zhang Shengde next to him came to visit and said a lot of thanks.
In fact, Zhang Hao and Zhang Shengde are protecting Huang Mingshan - Huang Mingshan has not reached the foundation stage, but he has mastered a lot of secrets of the Zhang family, so he has to be careful; at the same time, they also support Huang Mingshan so that Huang Mingshan can learn from Cheng Tao.
Order something.
Cheng Tao also gradually realized: This pair of big and small foxes!
But Zhang Hao and Zhang Han ran away... well, with the help of magic, they ran towards Da Kuang Town.
Dakuang Town is located to the east of Changshan Town. Along the way, Zhang Han told Zhang Hao the situation.
It's a coincidence: the Zhang family had previously built a road from the Zhang family to Luanci Mountain, and when they were quarrying in one of the places, they accidentally discovered a red stone.
At that time, no one paid attention to it. It was not until today when Zhang Han was looking for the dragon blood stone and asking for information from craftsmen, migrant workers, etc. that the craftsman informed him. Zhang Han immediately rushed to investigate. After inspection, Zhang Han was shocked to find that there was actually a whole
A vein of minerals!
At about 16:00 in the afternoon, Zhang Hao finally arrived and saw this mineral vein. At this time, migrant workers were peeling off the surface rocks, revealing the fiery red rocks below. These fiery red rocks had a faint luster of crystal.
At this time, the migrant workers had removed almost 100 meters of rock formations, and the dragon's blood stone exposed underneath was spectacular.
Zhang Hao stepped forward a little excited. According to Zhou Xueyao, the previous explosion occurred when refining the dragon blood stone. In other words, just one type of dragon blood stone can produce high explosives - although it is still
I don’t know the specific process of Zhou Xueyao’s refining.
A piece of earthy-yellow rock mixed with white and broken crystals rolled down to Zhang Hao's feet. Zhang Hao picked it up and looked at it curiously. His eyes suddenly froze and he asked the migrant workers next to him: "Who has water on them?"
(Let me tell you gently: There will be another update in the evening. The time is uncertain.)