Just five days later, the flying boat landed in Xingchang County again. Zhang Hao stepped off the flying boat and looked at the already precarious but still strong battle line with a relaxed smile on his face.
Fu Yun stood on the flying boat, looking down quietly, with a look of relaxation on his face.
If you want to fly over the dangerous zone of the Danyang Kingdom, someone must "hold the line". This transaction is related to the common interests of the Qixia Kingdom and the Canglan Kingdom. The Canglan Kingdom is a rare act of generosity and sends Fu Yun as the envoy of both parties.
Responsible for transactions.
However, the master's fees are not cheap. For every transportation, Qixia Kingdom needs to pay Fu Yun 500 kilograms of 99.6% black iron.
Gu Xingdong, the governor of Xingchang County, Zhao Donghe, the Western General of Canglan Kingdom, and Zhou Shuhai of Xinglin Hall, warmly received Zhang Hao. Of course, there were also representatives of Dayang Group.
After a brief exchange, Zhang Hao purchased a war bond worth 200,000 high-grade spiritual stones in Xingchang County on behalf of Dayang Group, which was paid in the form of elixirs. The bonds covered one, three and five-year terms.
, there are very few one-year ones, mainly three-year and five-year ones.
There are 200,000 high-grade spiritual stone elixirs, and there are hundreds of millions of Peiyuandan pills purely calculated. Of course, it is impossible to just use Peiyuan pills on the battlefield, there are many expensive elixirs. For example, those used in the Golden elixir stage and the Nascent Soul stage.
of elixirs.
The total number of various elixirs is about five million. These elixirs are enough to meet the war needs of Xingchang County for half a year.
The Kingdom of Canglan is indeed a big country, and it can bring the Kingdom of Qixia back to life with just one finger.
In the past thousands of years, the Kingdom of Qixia has been at the "lowest level of exploitation". Items coming from the east passed through the Kingdom of Canglan and the Kingdom of Jinyang before arriving in the Kingdom of Qixia. After thousands of years of exploitation,
The country of Qixia has run out of oil and lamps.
But the country of Canglan is extremely rich.
Zhang Hao stopped here for a while and then set off again. This time Zhang Hao flew directly to the imperial capital of Qixia Kingdom. Once there, Fu Yun went to play chess with Liu Dingshan. Zhang Hao and Feng Zhiling went to the palace.
Seeing Liu Xinyu again, the 'Queen' seemed a little tired. Zhang Hao was straightforward and bought millions of high-grade spiritual stone war bonds, all with three-year and five-year terms.
Faced with this "pie" falling from the sky, even Liu Xinyu was so surprised that she was speechless.
It is said that since the issuance of war bonds, the war bonds of five million high-grade spiritual stones prepared by Qixia Kingdom have been exhausted after selling more than three million.
A large number of families only made a token purchase and never made any further purchases.
These families are cheating - we bought it, and we support the national war. However, we are also in difficulty.
Liu Xinyu was so angry that she could do nothing. But a more important problem faced Liu Xinyu: the inability to sell war bonds actually affected the government's credibility and the country's war confidence!
And just in the past few days, another annoying thing happened - the Kingdom of Jinyang actually pushed out the second prince of the Kingdom of Qixia, whom they had captured, and named him 'King Guangling' in the occupied area.
Guangling is the name of the imperial capital of the Kingdom of Qixia. It is self-evident that the two princes were granted the title of 'King of Guangling'. Not only that, there are also a lot of rumors spread. It is difficult to tell whether these rumors are true or false, but one thing has been emphasized.
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Liu Xinyu killed his brother and seized power, which was a treasonous act.
In addition, there are more rumors. For example, Liu Xinyu took off her clothes in order to secure her position; in short, it was too dirty and unbearable to hear!
For a woman, the above two rumors are extremely vicious.
Well, we know that the brother-killing is true, but the news has been blocked from the outside world; however, this does not prevent the Kingdom of Jinyang from spreading rumors. Liu Xinyu has found out the previous things. It was not the people around him who leaked the secret, but the story of the brother-killing.
Not worthy of scrutiny.
As for taking off clothes and so on, it's just pure slander. But for a woman, this rumor is too vicious.
Liu Xinyu's current pressure is truly overwhelming. She has to withstand rumors, forcefully integrate a turbulent country, organize an Eastern Expedition, and deal with the sudden appearance of the 'King of Guangling'.
Even though the second prince is just a puppet, there are quite a lot of people who have taken refuge in him. Especially some families, who were worried about the demise of the Qixia Kingdom, took refuge in the 'Guangling King' in advance - they knew very well that this Guangling King was the Jinyang Kingdom.
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In addition, there are some people who have water in their heads and want to welcome the second prince back to the throne.
In short, the current Qixia Kingdom is in a mess, and the entire country is on the verge of collapse. At this time, Zhang Hao appears again, offering a war bond worth 1 million high-grade spiritual stones.
At that moment, Liu Xinyu breathed a long sigh of relief. The first batch of five million war bonds was finally almost sold out.
Even Liu Xinyu couldn't help but say thank you to Zhang Hao at this time.
Including these elixirs, plus the bonds of black iron, artillery, etc. purchased by the Zhang family and the Dayang Group, the Zhang family and the Dayang Group purchased a total of more than 2 million, supporting almost half of the country of Qixia.
Millions of high-grade spiritual stone elixirs were piled up like a mountain, and the guards were busy without touching the ground. Zhang Hao came to the side of Liu Xinyu, who was still a little excited, and smiled softly: "Your Highness, hold on. The Zhang family's first real ship
The ironclad ship is expected to be completed within three months.
When I go back this time, I will do my best to supervise the production of the ironclad ship.
As long as the ironclads are completed, we can build our own trade routes from the sea."
Liu Xinyu stood up excitedly, but soon she had a new question: "Even if the ship can be built within three months, the time for opening up the trade route is still uncertain!"
"Time for the trade route..." Zhang Hao's face became firm, "We plan to sail for the first time along the coastline to the country of Canglan. The estimated voyage is 8,000 kilometers, with a round trip of 16,000 kilometers. The estimated time is one month.
We plan to intercept the caravan coming from the east directly on the sea and complete the transaction at sea.
After repeated derivation, one month is expected to be sufficient for the first transaction.”
Liu Xinyu shook his head: "You are too optimistic. Even if everything goes well in the navigation, the final transaction may not go smoothly. The ships coming from the east have established long-term cooperative relationships with the Canglan Kingdom, Langya Kingdom, etc., and among them
The time should be as agreed. We may not necessarily trade with you."
Zhang Hao's expression suddenly became solemn. Yes, he actually forgot to consider this. After thinking for a while, Zhang Hao said slowly: "I will discuss this with everyone when I go back."
After hastily bidding farewell to Liu Xinyu, Zhang Hao landed at Dayang Group with the last elixir worth about 800,000 high-grade spiritual stones. Zhang Hao did not go home directly with these elixirs.
As the president and largest shareholder of Dayang Group, Zhang Hao must show a sufficient sense of responsibility. Otherwise, the new Dayang Group will face the danger of disintegration. Before the first voyage and before making full profits, Zhang Hao needs to be careful
To maintain the stability of Dayang Group.
The "affordable elixir" worth 800,000 high-grade spiritual stones was launched, and the entire Dayang Group was instantly excited.
At this time, Zhang Hao was leaning against a hill - 800,000 high-grade spiritual stone elixirs, plus simple packaging boxes, it was a real mountain.
And now, Zhang Hao is standing at the foot of this mountain, pointing out the country.
"Everyone, there are a total of 800,000 high-grade spiritual stone elixirs here, but these elixirs did not fall out of thin air. Dayang Group needs to provide the country of Canglan with 20 artillery barrels and eight tons of black iron with a purity of 99.6%.
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Everyone's expressions instantly brightened. These things...only the Zhang family can provide!
Zhang Hao continued: "Dayang Group is a whole, and it is also a large group that is higher than families and commercial banks. Dayang Group has the style of doing things of Dayang Group.
Later, Dayang Group will purchase cannon barrels and black iron from the Zhang family at an agreed price, and each shareholder needs to allocate the elixirs according to their respective number of shares.
The remainder of the final distribution, or some elixirs that are not sufficient for distribution, will be auctioned at the shareholders' meeting.
What do you think?"
Someone immediately asked in a low voice: "Master Zhang...uh...President Zhang, can you increase investment and shares now?"
Zhang Hao smiled: "I don't care about this, I have to convene a shareholders' meeting."
In his heart, Zhang Hao was a little dissatisfied: he didn't invest in the first place, but now that he has seen the benefits, he invested again. It's too late. Even if this matter is put at the shareholders' meeting, it is 100% impossible to pass it.
Nowadays, one Peiyuan Pill in the outside world can be sold for hundreds of spirit stones, and the supply is still in short supply; but the Peiyuan Pill here still costs 20 spirit stones, which is enough to make them regret it.
Sure enough, as soon as Zhang Hao finished speaking, some people started mocking him: "If you want to increase your shares, I think it will be after the war. There are so many things going on at the moment, so don't worry about it."
Zhang Hao set up the charter and left the rest to the board of directors. Everything was executed smoothly. The Zhang family got 60% of the 800,000 high-grade spiritual stone elixirs - these elixirs were almost all divided according to shares.
In addition, these ammunition were all negotiated by Zhang Hao, so although everyone was jealous, they had no objections.
In the next two days, Zhang Hao held a shareholders' meeting to reorganize the Dayang Group. This included the auction of some remaining elixirs and scarce elixirs. There was also a public vote on the requirements of some families, firms, etc. for additional shares.
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The voting result was 96:4, resolutely canceling some people's requests for additional shares.
After the meeting, Zhang Hao held another board meeting. At the board meeting, Zhang Hao told Liu Xinyu's concerns. After everyone discussed it for a long time, Bai Ye decided to send intelligence personnel from Yeyue Tower to investigate.
The intelligence personnel will set out from the north, pass through the Kingdom of Zhoushan and Zhongshan, then go south through the Kingdom of Taihua, enter the Kingdom of Shaoze, and then arrive at the Kingdom of Canglan.
It was such a big circle, a round trip of nearly 30,000 kilometers. But for the sake of information, it had to be done. That afternoon, hundreds of elites from the Night Moon Tower set out.
After finishing all the matters, Zhang Hao finally stretched himself and returned home. From now on, Zhang Hao turned his back on everything and focused on building his own giant steel ship.
Occasionally, he would work with Huang Mingshan and others to improve scientific theories, and study chemical systems with Zhou Xueyao.
A month passed in the blink of an eye. Under Zhang Hao's guidance, Zhou Xueyao had already begun to create complex chemical reaction diagrams. For example, common carbon, oxygen, iron, copper, sulfur, salt, alkali, water, etc. already had relatively accurate diagrams.
Analyze and establish a chemical reaction diagram.
Especially after Zhang Hao only made the simplest battery, Zhou Xueyao began to electrolyze water and initially understood the chemical composition of water.
The battery is very simple, just use copper sheets and iron sheets, plus sulfuric acid. Sulfuric acid is obtained by heating malachite. At the same time, Zhou Xueyao named the new gas discovered 'hydrogen'. Because this gas is very light, it is coined from the word 'light'
Made a new word.
Unknowingly, Zhou Xueyao's place has become a huge chemical research base, and the number of assistants around him has increased to hundreds of people.
In addition, Zhou Xueyao also created a "chemical symbol" with the help of Zhang family's mathematical symbols, as well as traditional practice symbols, seal scripts, formation symbols, etc. After many repairs and Zhang Hao's guidance, today's chemical symbols are very mature.
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Time passed quietly, and it was another evening. Zhang Hao and Zhou Xueyao, who had been busy all day, were nestling on the beach, watching the magnificent sunset on the beach.
Zhou Xueyao leaned lightly on Zhang Hao's shoulder and murmured to herself, "I didn't expect that this world would be so mysterious. Water is actually composed of hydrogen and oxygen burning. The clear components in the air include oxygen, carbon dioxide; charcoal burning
Not completely, it can also produce carbon monoxide, which is still highly toxic.”
"But no matter how mysterious it is, it can't escape the grasp of Fairy Zhou."
"Really?" Zhou Xueyao suddenly sat up and looked directly at Zhang Hao: "Then tell me, who is better between me and Liu Xinyu?"