In the Kingdom of Danyang, Wu Fanghai, as the commander-in-chief of the five-nation coalition, was invited by the Great Emperor of the Kingdom of Danyang to formally visit the Emperor.
We met, and the Emperor of Danyang Country thanked one and expressed gratitude to the other. In short, he was very grateful for the help from the five countries. Now that the help is over, shouldn’t it be... time to get out?
Wu Fanghai said seriously: "Your Majesty, the foreign minister is just about to say goodbye to Your Majesty. But Your Majesty still has one thing left to do."
"What's going on?" The Emperor of Danyang Kingdom frowned.
"Your Majesty, please issue an edict to separate from the Kingdom of Canglan and rejoin the West!"
The emperor's nervous eyes suddenly relaxed a lot. He thought it was something. This matter is simple, but it is also really important. In name, it is an invisible and intangible thing, but sometimes it is really critical.
In the afternoon of the same day, the Emperor of Danyang Kingdom officially announced the abolition of the unequal treaty with Canglan Kingdom, and placed the relevant responsibilities entirely on Prime Minister Wang Fei, accusing Wang Fei and related interest groups of having decided this. Then, Wang Fei
Otherwise he becomes a scapegoat.
He didn't kill him, which was too chilling. But he dismissed Wang Fei's prime minister. Interestingly, the new prime minister appointed was Chao Yue, the former royal trading house boss of Danyang Kingdom.
This meaning is very obvious. We must also follow the example of Qixia Kingdom in developing industry and commerce. Not only that, the emperor of Danyang Kingdom also lowered his status and asked Wu Fanghai to take Chao Yue to Qixia Kingdom to study.
Wu Fanghai did not refuse. This was also a good opportunity to bring the two countries closer. After the Emperor of Danyang Kingdom issued an announcement, the coalition forces began to retreat.
However, with the exception of the Qixia Kingdom, which had no offense in Qiu, the legions of the other four countries all returned with a full load. As for the land dispute between the Jinyang Kingdom and the Danyang Kingdom, the Qixia Kingdom did not say anything. You two countries should just let it go. I'll just watch the fun.
good.
For the country of Qixia, it is not a good thing that the other countries are harmonious.
No, there is something going on between the Kingdom of Zhoushan and the Kingdom of Zhongshan. The caravan from the Kingdom of Yanyun that wants to buy elixirs must pay taxes if it wants to pass through the two countries!
From the Kingdom of Yanyun to the Kingdom of Qixia, there is the Kingdom of Zhoushan in between. Some time ago, the Kingdom of Yanyun invaded the Kingdom of Zhoushan, causing great harm to the Kingdom of Zhoushan. Naturally, the Kingdom of Zhoushan could not give up and had a very tough attitude.
No way, the country of Yanyun can only take a curve, preparing to cross the country of Jinyang and detour to the country of Zhongshan. But the country of Zhongshan also collects taxes; the tax is lower than that of Zhoushan, but it is also very painful.
Just as Zhang Hao, Liu Xinyu and the think tanks of Qixia Kingdom analyzed, as long as Qixia Kingdom sells elixirs at a fair price and does not become the target of public criticism, other countries will naturally get into trouble because of conflicts.
In this way, the Kingdom of Qixia can mediate and act as the captain.
In this international atmosphere, Liu Xinyu once again informed all countries: Qixia Kingdom will hold an industrial and commercial expo at the end of the year. At that time, Qixia Kingdom will build an expo venue at the site of the Guangling City Palace, and sincerely invites all countries to participate. He also released detailed information
planning.
The news spread and caused quite a stir. The development model of Qixia Country became increasingly unfamiliar; but it seemed... it was very effective, because the industrial and commercial classes in various countries became active.
It was only a month before the end of the year. After receiving the news, some trading firms from the Kingdom of Zhongshan began to set out, bringing various spiritual materials from the Kingdom of Zhongshan.
For a time, the entire Western countries in the Fertile Continent began to be influenced by the Kingdom of Qixia. This scope of influence not only included the former Six Kingdoms, but also the Kingdom of Qingyun further north, and even the once hostile Canglan Kingdom.
country and so on.
Since Liu Xinyu has publicly stated that she will open the door for business, the industrial and commercial classes in various places naturally have no reason to refuse. The industrial and commercial classes will not struggle with wealth.
And in this atmosphere, a more fiery atmosphere exploded. The second steel battleship of the Ocean Group will undergo its first sea trial in three days! And this time the displacement of the steel battleship has reached an astonishing...
12,800 tons, almost three times the size of the Zhiyuan battleship!
When the news spread, there was an uproar! Is the shipbuilding speed of Dayang Group... too outrageous? Although according to the news of Dayang Group, it will take about a month to outfit after the sea trial, but it is still shocking.
Especially the displacement of 12,800 tons made countless well-informed people open their mouths. The battleship Zhiyuan, with a displacement of only 4,100 tons, bombarded the Langya Kingdom twice, but the Langya Kingdom did not show any sign.
Nowadays, coastal countries including Langya Country and Canglan Country are all thinking hard about the construction of steel battleships. As a result, before everyone has a chance to start, Dayang Group has already started sea trials of the second battleship.
Suddenly, more people went to the Kingdom of Qixia.
In this atmosphere, Ma Jianliang, an amateur intelligence officer from the Langya Kingdom and the commander of the First Navy, also rushed from the Danyang Kingdom, which had just ended the war, to the Qixia Kingdom.
Ma Jianliang traveled all day and missed his residence, so he had to temporarily find a good place in the mountains to set up a formation to rest. Or maybe he deliberately avoided the residence because it was close to Ninghe County.
He will try to reduce his sense of existence as much as possible, and will try to experience it as an ordinary person by boarding the second giant steel ship.
But the formation base that Ma Jianliang took out was not a formation base in the conventional sense, but... more than five hundred 'hundred dollar bills'.
After these banknotes were injected with true essence, they began to fly and combine according to Ma Jianliang's will, eventually forming a defensive barrier with an invisibility effect!
The most important feature of the Vientiane Infinite Formation is that it has no limits. As long as there are enough formation bases and sufficient formation knowledge, endless variations of formations can be arranged.
One of the most important reasons why the banknotes issued by Luzhou Bank achieved rapid success is that these banknotes can be used to set up formations!
Banknotes of different denominations can cooperate with each other to form countless perfect formations.
As long as you have money, that’s fine!
Rather, as long as there are banknotes.
The banknotes made by Zhang Hao using the Vientiane Infinite Formation and Hunyuan Fine Gold were welcomed in the spiritual world even beyond Zhang Hao's expectations.
At this time, Ma Jianliang not only used banknotes to set up defensive barriers, but also set up spirit-gathering formations and so on. With the banknotes, the formation flags and other things could be thrown away. The efficiency of the Vientiane Infinite Formation was very good, and anyone could use it
Once you pass it, you can feel it.
In the past, the reason why everyone did not use the Vientiane Infinite Formation was that not many people knew about it, and the Hunyuan Fine Gold consumed a large amount of spiritual materials and could not be recycled. But here, it is not a problem for Zhang Hao.
Before I knew it, it was just one night. The next day, Ma Jianliang began to hide his cultivation, changed into ordinary clothes, dressed up as a Western native, mingled with the people of Ninghe County, and slowly rushed to the oasis port.
Along the way, Ma Jianliang saw many scenes that surprised him.
A wide 'highway', reasonably priced toll booths, and laughing people. There are no domineering nobles here. When people meet businessmen, they don't feel awe, fear, or alienation like they did when they met nobles in the past, but they take the initiative.
There were even people buying things from passing merchants.
The expressway is also very interesting. The middle part is for horse-drawn carriages, and the two parts are for pedestrians. The toll station is mainly for horse-drawn carriages.
Walking along the road, I found that the highway passes through a densely populated area with villages. There must be culverts dug under the road. The culverts are generally 2.5 to 2.7 meters high, which is enough to pass most vehicles. If this is not possible, you can only use the highway.
Cross over.
Ma Jianliang was just in a hurry before and did not observe the changes in Qixia Kingdom. But now he saw it and was shocked.
Such a society allows him, as a bystander, to see "hope".
Following the people along the way, Ma Jianliang saw the railway being built when he entered the Zhang family fiefdom. It was a three-meter-wide road paved with I-beams and sleepers. It looked like a ladder placed on the ground.
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The soil was tamped in the front, thick stones were laid in the back, and then the sleepers and rails were placed. The sleepers seemed to have been soaked with some simple medicine, giving them a faint blue-black color.
"Is this a railway?" Ma Jianliang shook his head slightly. He couldn't see the use of this thing except for waste. Black iron is also iron, and such a waste would be struck by lightning.
Continuing forward, we saw the lighthouse at the port in the distance. The colorful lights shot straight into the sky like sharp swords. We followed the railway to Changshan Town, where it suddenly became lively.
Today's Changshan Town can already be called 'Changshan City'. The urban area has expanded to ten kilometers. There are crowds of people everywhere. Carriages have been blocked here. However, more people are crowding towards the seaside.
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The audition is tomorrow, but people have already gone ahead and lined up.
Over the Zhang family, the aura of the Divine Transformation Stage faintly reverberated, making no one dare to make any mistakes, including Ma Jianliang, who was only here to spy on information, not to cause trouble.
After finally squeezing to the beach and finding a hill, Ma Jianliang waited quietly. Time is sometimes the most valuable thing for practitioners. If you close your eyes and meditate for a while, it will be the dawn of the next day when you open your eyes again.
The guards of the Zhang family have begun to maintain order at the port and have people draw lots to board the ship. Although it is a sea trial, the Zhang family also took the opportunity to show their power. This sea trial has announced in advance that the sea trial will
By drawing lots, ordinary spectators are invited to board the ship and experience it.
There have been more than a dozen lotteries placed on the beach. The boxes are made of black iron and have seals. Everyone can only reach out and fumble around and take out paper balls one by one.
There is writing printed on the ball of paper.
The sun was rising in the east, and suddenly the Zhang family guards shouted from the port. Everyone started to draw lots. The second steel warship was about to begin sea trials.
Ma Jianliang immediately stood up and started lining up to draw lots. He was very nervous, wondering if he could catch it?
Suddenly there was a melodious, long and thick sound from the sea. Later Ma Jianliang found out that this was called a steam whistle. This is a device that uses high-pressure steam to make sound.
This time, the second steel battleship used oil-fired steam boilers and steam turbines in its power system, instead of turbines driven by spiritual stones.
For the time being, which turbine is better is still under debate. However, the currently developed steam turbines have shown very excellent performance.
The sound of the whistle gradually approached, and behind a cliff, a huge steel ship that shocked Ma Jianliang slowly appeared.
The giant ship has not yet completed outfitting, it is only undergoing sea trials. The deck is empty, with steel beams even exposed in many places, and there are still huge holes where the artillery is placed.
However, the most obvious thing on the giant ship is undoubtedly a flat "chimney" more than ten meters high. This chimney is about three meters thick, five or six meters wide, and has a flat oval shape. At this time, the chimney is facing forward.
There was light black smoke outside.
Dugu Junjie, who had just completed his fifth voyage, stood at the bow of the ship in high spirits. He put his hands behind his back and held his head high.
The giant ship slowly approached and gradually entered everyone's sight. Countless people opened their mouths in surprise.
The huge steel monster, which is more than 160 meters long and 27 meters wide, gradually reveals its majestic body. There are actually two holes in the middle and rear of the giant ship that are draining water outwards. The water is steaming and the temperature seems to be very high.
But there are four big characters on the side of the giant ship: Iron Duke!
The name of the first battleship was the ‘Zhiyuan’. Obviously the name of the second battleship was the ‘Iron Duke’.
"Why is it such a strange name?" Ma Jianliang was a little confused.
The huge battleship gradually sailed out of the cliff, gradually revealing everything. An unspeakable shock came to my face.
Suddenly there was a commotion in the distance, and Ma Jianliang faintly heard a voice saying that the Queen was coming.
(Second update, I am so tired that I want to take oxygen...my brain is numb.)