Taoist Master Guanyun left, his figure was bleak, sad and heavy, and he was even more helpless and angry.
After his figure disappeared, Zhang Hao and Zhao Huaiyun, the prince of Jinyang Kingdom, looked at each other. Their eyes were flickering and sharp. There was vigilance and... admiration in their eyes! And "strong enemy" was engraved in their eyes.
This was the second meeting and the second confrontation between the two. The first time they met was when Zhang Hao went to the Kingdom of Jinyang.
After looking at each other for a while, Zhao Huaiyun sneered: "Minister Zhang, Master Zhang, I admire you. I made a mistake at that time. I didn't expect you to kill someone with just one word."
Zhang Hao smiled: "Your Highness is wrong, I didn't ask you to kill people, I just asked you to make some proofs. For example, you can capture the other party. But Your Highness... tsk tsk, the method is really ruthless, and he also borrowed
Kill people if I tell you.
That’s what I truly admire!”
The two looked at each other again, and Zhao Huaiyun smiled: "Maybe. Then, I'll say goodbye. Your country's friendship... is so precious!"
"Because you are noble, you are sincere. In this way, the friendship between our two countries will not be easily shaken. What do you think, Your Highness?"
The corner of Zhao Huaiyun's mouth twitched: "...it's really...it makes so much sense. But please, we have finished the negotiation now."
Zhang Hao nodded: "Yes, we have completed the negotiation. So Huaishan Pass already belongs to the territory of Qixia Kingdom. So, please invite me, Your Highness."
Zhao Huaiyun's expression quickly collapsed, and he finally snorted coldly and ordered the surrounding officials and generals to retreat. More than 300,000 troops were preparing to withdraw from the west.
But after leaving the general's mansion, Zhao Huaiyun's eyes suddenly flashed coldly: "General Zhou Chengde of Zhenxi, and Ma Kui, the guard of Huaishan Pass, order you to lead your army south immediately and attack the country of Danyang!"
"Ah..." Everyone was shocked. Prime Minister Pang Chong was a little surprised. Your Highness, are you confused?
"You are awake alone!" Zhao Huaiyun's face flashed with determination, "The country of Qixia has just signed a treaty and said that friendship between our two countries has been restored.
Of course I know this is nonsense, but one thing is certain, the Kingdom of Qixia will not attack casually anymore.
In fact, they don't have much power to attack. Recently, the Kingdom of Qixia is attacking to the north, supporting the Kingdom of Zhoushan, which is about to be destroyed, to resist the Kingdom of Yanyun. The Kingdom of Yanyun is somewhat unexpectedly powerful, which is enough for the Kingdom of Qixia.
It's been a while.
And I have studied the recent national policies of the Qixia Kingdom. They seem to be in the stage of accumulating credibility now. Even the Queen's imperial title is "Xinde", which sounds like a posthumous title.
Therefore, now is our best opportunity to attack the Kingdom of Danyang. As for the West, we will not need to defend!"
He Dongjiu, who was next to him, was also thoughtful: "I agree with His Highness's suggestion. While the Kingdom of Danyang still doesn't know the situation here, we will directly lead the army south. As long as we can capture a county, we will have an explanation for the country.
Okay. If we can capture two counties...then the Kingdom of Qixia will have nothing to say!
After all, Qixia Kingdom just said that its friendship with us is very firm!
It's time to test our friendship."
When everyone heard this, they nodded immediately. Yes, it is time to test the friendship between our two countries.
So the army did not return to the Kingdom of Jinyang at all, but went directly south to attack the Kingdom of Danyang.
This is the second attack by the Kingdom of Jinyang. Compared with the first attack, this attack is equally sudden, and even more sudden. No one would have thought that the Kingdom of Jinyang would be so crazy.
The country that had just been beaten by the Qixia Kingdom was shaking all over, and it immediately came to attack the Danyang Kingdom. But having said that, the Danyang Kingdom is now in chaos, and it is really no match for the Jinyang Kingdom.
So more than 300,000 troops marched south with anger. They were full of anger at being bullied by the Qixia Kingdom, and they did not dare to fight the Qixia Kingdom's army. But they did not hesitate to fight against the Danyang Kingdom in the south.
Hum, I can't defeat the Qixia Kingdom, and I can't defeat your chaotic Danyang Kingdom!
As a result, a strange situation occurred. These legions who had withdrawn from the Kingdom of Qixia (nothing wrong, this place is now the territory of the Kingdom of Qixia) invaded the northwest of the Kingdom of Danyang with lightning speed.
After a few days, the Kingdom of Danyang reacted, and when the Kingdom of Qixia received the information, the Kingdom of Jinyang had already conquered two counties! Then the Kingdom of Jinyang decisively curled up, stopped attacking, and began to consolidate its occupied areas.
Digest the fruits of victory.
The Kingdom of Danyang has no way to attack, because the Kingdom of Danyang itself has already been busy with itself, and the two captured counties are still in serious chaos.
There is no way, the country of Danyang can only ask for help from the country of Qixia.
But the Kingdom of Qixia is now, as the prince of the Kingdom of Jinyang expected, its domestic strength is somewhat stretched.
This shortage is not only due to the lack of military strength of the Qixia Kingdom, but also the fact that the Qixia Kingdom is resuming domestic production, which requires a large amount of manpower, material and financial resources, etc.
The compensation and other things negotiated from the Kingdom of Jinyang have not yet arrived, and they have to go north to support the Kingdom of Zhoushan, which has increased the burden on the Kingdom of Qixia.
Therefore, the Kingdom of Qixia rejected the request of the Kingdom of Danyang with the newly signed "Treaty of Huaishan Pass".
However, the country of Danyang is not waiting for death. Since the west is not bright, we will go to the east. This is something that neither the country of Qixia nor the country of Jinyang expected.
Although we were all the six Western countries in the past, since you are going to destroy the country, I'm sorry...bye everyone!
On the day when the Kingdom of Jinyang captured two counties of the Kingdom of Danyang, Song Shang, the Taizu of the Kingdom of Danyang, stopped Fu Yun in front of the checkpoint as he was about to pass through it.
"Is the Kingdom of Danyang going to become a vassal state of the Kingdom of Canglan?" Fu Yun looked at Song Shang in front of him in surprise, and was a little dazed for a moment.
Subsidiary country, what a great determination! Fu Yun was shocked by Song Shang's decision.
Generally speaking, as one of the Six Western Countries, the Country of Danyang will completely accept it as long as it is willing to form an alliance with the Country of Canglan. Now you actually want to become a vassal state? Why? Do you know what it means to be a vassal state?
?
Facing Fu Yun's series of questions, Song Shang smiled helplessly: "Do you, fellow Taoist, still not know the current situation in Danyang Country? With our current situation, even if we can save the country in the future, we will not have the strength to develop.
Taoist friends have seen the changes in the Western country of Qixia. It established a constitutional monarchy, the king is under the law, and industry and commerce revitalized the country, replacing traditional classes.
Fellow Taoist may have never been a monarch, so he is not too sensitive to these news. I want to tell fellow Taoist that a new era has emerged. The country of Qixia... will definitely become the overlord of the Western world.
But we, sandwiched between the Kingdom of Qixia and the Kingdom of Canglan, don’t have many choices.”
Fu Yun leaned on the carriage, thoughtfully, "That's not right. You are also a Western country. Why don't you join the Qixia Country? Why don't you learn the Qixia Country's strategy?"
"It can't be that simple!" Song Shang smiled bitterly, "In our country of Danyang, the traditional aristocrats and families are still the pillars and foundation of the country. But in the country of Qixia, the country's essence has been changed through a war.
They have been planning for a long time; when we wanted to do this, it was too late. The nobles, families, etc. in the country were already on guard. The massacre in Qixia Kingdom... scared them!"
Fu Yun suddenly frowned: "Are you saying that the massacre in Qixia Country was actually a deep conspiracy?"
"That's right! The crazy killings in Qixia Kingdom appear to be to clean up domestic nobles, families, etc. But in fact, the contradiction between the traditional aristocratic families and the new industrial and commercial class has completely intensified, become open, and bloody.
Both parties lost the possibility of final reconciliation!
This is a conspiracy.
Because of the crazy massacre in the Qixia Kingdom, we are now unable to change at all. Moreover, all the aristocratic families are also strangulating the industrial and commercial class either overtly or covertly.
And the royal family...at least the current royal family of Danyang Kingdom, is the representative of aristocratic families. It is impossible for us to change ourselves!
So we have no choice but to choose the country of Canglan.
In addition, the country of Danyang is now empty, and it is difficult for us to recover independently. We can only ask for help from the country of Canglan."
Having said that, Song Shang looked at the convoy behind Fu Yun... a total of four thousand carriages!
At the beginning, sixteen days ago to be exact, Fu Yun took his team from the Kingdom of Qixia; but ended up wandering on the ground of the Kingdom of Danyang for so many days. In half a month, Fu Yun's team
, increased from two thousand to four thousand!
Fu Yun looked at Song Shang and felt a little embarrassed. But he still said bravely: "I didn't take the initiative to rob, but they took the initiative."
"I know..." Song Shang asked the sky speechlessly. You are a master in the God Transformation stage, but you hide your cultivation and run around, and you have the nerve to say it. You have lost all face in the God Transformation stage!
But Fu Yun also has his own considerations - the country of Canglan is also in short supply now. After the country of Langya took away the sea port, the country of Canglan has gone from bad to worse.
What Huang Shaoxian, the left prime minister of the Canglan Kingdom, said to Zhang Hao before, is very watery. First of all, the Canglan Kingdom has no "resilience".
Western countries have been in a state of shortage of elixirs and other spiritual materials all year round. Everyone is used to it. We are used to being poor!
But the country of Canglan is different. Everyone has always lived a luxurious life. If you suddenly ask them to live frugally, they can't do it! Coupled with the consumption of war and so on, the country of Canglan is under great pressure and may collapse at any time.
possible.
It can be said that the country of Canglan does not have much resilience at all when it comes to the ability to withstand pressure due to scarcity of resources.
In the past, the country of Canglan could not only obtain cheap elixirs, but also exploit a large amount of resources from Western countries. However, after their ports were captured, they lost this source of luxurious life.
Therefore, Fu Yun is very aware of the situation in the Country of Canglan, and he also wants to take the opportunity to get back some resources this time.
But he didn't expect that Song Shang would actually propose to 'be a vassal state of the Canglan Kingdom' at this time, which made Fu Yun a little embarrassed.
After thinking about it, Fu Yun was not a shameless person after all. In addition to his self-esteem in the transformation stage, he still left the two thousand carts of supplies to Song Shang. However, there were some precious spiritual materials, medicinal materials, etc., so naturally
Will not spit it out.
Then Song Shang led people to move all the supplies back to the imperial capital; and sent envoys to follow Fu Yun to the country of Canglan to prepare for negotiations.
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When the Kingdom of Danyang was preparing to surrender to the east, the Kingdom of Qixia was thriving. Wu Fanghai, who led the Northern Expedition, led an army of 100,000 to assist the Kingdom of Zhoushan in stabilizing its defense line and advancing step by step. At the same time, it began to unite with the Kingdom of Zhongshan to jointly check and balance Yanyun.
country.
The dream of Yanyun Kingdom to dominate was finally shattered.
But when the north was turbulent, a new change began in Qixia.
The contracting system allowed the national level and the industrial and commercial level of Qixia Country to begin to be closely integrated. The abolition of the aristocratic system and the emergence of a society ruled by law provided the industrial and commercial class with an opportunity for explosive development.
The emergence and enforcement of patent laws have allowed technology to gradually dominate the development of the Kingdom of Breath.
In just three days after Zhang Hao returned from negotiations, Dayang Group authorized technology and sold hundreds of complete sets of industrial equipment, involving more than 20 commercial banks, and assisted more than 20 new business groups to complete industrial transformation.
Among them, the main industries are mining, smelting, magic weapon forging and other industries. The Zhang family mainly provides industrial machinery. The power of machinery begins to roar on the land of Qixia Country.
Today, the court of Qixia Kingdom is very lively. In this period of time, everyone has been planning the development of the country with unprecedented enthusiasm. Nowadays, many people have entered the court. Even Zhou Shuhai entered the court and hung up a "Deliberation and Walking"
"The name means that you can come and go freely in the court and have the right to make suggestions.
There are many people with such names. For example, several representatives of the Ocean Group, as well as some new representatives of the industrial and commercial class who already have a certain degree of influence, have also come to the court to discuss issues.
Although there are not many officials, everyone's enthusiasm has not diminished.
This is a new country, a country that can take charge of its own affairs. What a constitution brings is an unprecedentedly active country.
Of course, under Zhang Hao's suggestion, Liu Xinyu focused on increasing the punishment for breaking the law. Zhang Hao knew very well that although the industrial and commercial class had many advantages, the inherent greed of intelligent life would also be amplified in the process.
A few days later, two pieces of good news came in succession.
The messenger who went to the East returned, bringing news from the East.
The first wave of envoys went to the east, mainly to the Langya Kingdom, to explore maritime trade information. What they brought back was the vast maritime trade system of the Far East.
The merchant ships coming from the east include ships from the Fertile Continent of the East, the Kunlun Continent, the northeast of the Southern Continent of Great Earth, and even a very small number of ships from the Far Eastern Continent of Morning Earth. They sailed more than 100,000 miles and lasted a year.
It takes several years to reach the Emerald Sea.
For many caravans coming from across the ocean, they don't care who they trade with. They only select the most "valuable" commodities. Most of these commodities are precious medicinal materials, scarce spiritual materials, etc.
The envoy brought back a box of transaction lists, which included thousands of medicinal materials, hundreds of spiritual materials, and a large amount of information about the Eastern world.
After purchasing this information, an oriental, civilized world emerged in front of everyone.
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