Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 703

[Chapter 703 Trading and Locomotives]

“Hehe, you country of Ross is really shrewd. You are the king who fights against the Eastern Land Alliance. I am afraid that you will need my efforts to force Beidi, but you have obtained two benefits. It hit the Britons and let you down.” Because Beidi is afraid, he obeys the language of Ross, right?” Zhao Xu guessed Iwan’s thoughts in an instant.

“Your Highness is a smart man. This is how the world is, isn’t it? Cooperate for common interests, and fight to the death when interests conflict. If our country of Ross is in the position of Da Song, His Highness is in the position of our country of Ross. I will do this.” Iwan said slowly, “Besides, we are not without any losses. In the matter of persecuting Beidi, we will not sell the latest firearms to Beidi for the time being, and will control the quantity.”

Zhao Xu deeply Glancing at Ivan, he nodded slowly.

What he said was very straightforward, that is, there are only interests between countries.

In the face of interests, the identities of enemies and allies can be switched at any time.

Therefore, there is no need to entangle the relationship between Ross State and Beidi.

They are supporting Beidi to intervene in Dongtu affairs, but at the moment they also need Da Song to beat Beidi.

Where they have different interests, they are enemies; where they have common interests, they can cooperate.

As for whether to cooperate, it is his own choice.

In the future, if he manages the East-Turk Alliance.

Maybe containing him would be in the common interest of Ross and the Britons.

In his opinion, the current state of Ross still has a misjudgment of him, and he may think that he cannot surpass the countries of the western lands, but is just an outlier in the eastern lands.

Therefore, right now they only want to use his hand to deal with the Britons, but they don’t realize that he will be the enemy of the entire western lands in the future.

Otherwise, they will definitely join the East-Turk Alliance.

Of course, there is one more point. Unlike Britain, the country of Ross has maritime interests and colonies in the east like the country of Sam.

“My king promises you.” Zhao Xu said after pondering for a while.

If he cooperates with the country of Ross to prevent Beidi from joining the East-Turk Alliance, at least the north will be temporarily peaceful.

He didn’t want to fight Beidi, who was armed by the state of Ross, right now.

After cutting off the black hand of the Eastern Land Alliance reaching out to Dasong, and solving Jiangnan, it will not be too late for him to go north.

Of course, when the time comes, he won’t hold back because of today’s cooperation with the country of Ross.

After all, now they are just exchanging benefits, without any friendship at all.

After all, if he suffered a disastrous defeat in the war against the Eastern Turk Alliance.

He believes that the country of Ross will not hesitate to carve up Dasong with Beidi.

“Thank you, Your Highness King Yan.” Ivan was overjoyed, “Your Highness only needs to increase troops to the north, and leave the rest to our country of Ross.”

Zhao Xu nodded, “Yes, but it will take a while. This king still needs to resolve some wars in Jiangbei.”

“There is no rush, we Ross Kingdom and Beidi also need time to hand over the extreme north.” Ivan said.

“Really?” Zhao Xu’s pupils shrank slightly.

The extreme north mentioned by Beidi is the area from the contemporary Heilongjiang to Lake Baikal, to the north.

When Iwan said this, it was obvious that the exchange of interests between Beidi and Ross State was to cede some territories that Beidi considered unimportant.

“It’s his uncle’s.” Zhao Xu was furious in his heart.

These idiots who were still in the feudal era didn’t understand the importance of those so-called desolate places.

It is rich in mineral and oil and gas resources.

However, fortunately, it is still in the age of great voyages. As long as you have the strength, you can expand your territory at will.

Suppressing the anger in his heart, Zhao Xu didn’t show it.

He considered it from the thinking of contemporary people.

But in the eyes of Beidi and Luo Guo, this has nothing to do with Da Song.

Because the land of the extreme north has never been the territory of the Central Plains Dynasty.

However, it won’t be long before he will let Beidi and Ross know who owns the land in the extreme north.

After discussing this matter, Zhao Xu called an official from Honglu Temple to entertain Iwan.

At the same time, he told the officials of Honglu Temple that if Ivan left, he would be sent away immediately.

If he doesn’t leave, he wants to wander around Yancheng, but keep an eye on him and prevent him from seeing sensitive things.

After the Honglu Temple officials led Iwan away, Zhao Xu went to the steam engine workshop.

Today is the day for the test run of the steam locomotive, and he was delayed because of this matter.

Just like during the Opium War, when rare earths extended their tentacles into the East, the situation in this region would inevitably become extremely complicated.

This is the situation that Da Song is currently facing.

If Dasong is like the Qing Dynasty, it will be encroached by Western countries.

And because of his existence, it has become a struggle between various forces.

If you win, you will be able to drive the forces of the West out of the East.

If you lose, you will also become the next Qing Dynasty.

Faced with this situation, Zhao Xu never messed up the main line.

During this period of time, he was either promoting various reforms, or urging the development of industry and the progress of craftsmanship.

Because only by crushing the Western countries in technology, can he reshape the world map at the end of the great voyage.

Give Dasong a bright future.

Before arriving at the steam engine workshop, Zhao Xu heard a whistle of “Woooooo” and a sound of “Hum Chi, Hum Chi”.

Entering the steam engine workshop, Zhao Xu found that all the craftsmen in the workshop had disappeared.

He continued to walk forward, arrived at the steam engine workshop compound, and entered the recently built test site through the courtyard gate.

This proving ground has a large area and is surrounded by walls.

At this time, I saw the craftsmen gathered in a circle, the people behind looked forward on tiptoes, and the people in front were talking about it.

It wasn’t until someone noticed his arrival that he exclaimed “Yeah” and gave him a way.

At this time, Zhao Xu saw the front of a steam locomotive moving slowly on the laid railroad tracks, and the speed was getting faster and faster.

Wang Chongzheng and a locomotive driver stood in the front of the car, their faces full of excitement.

Seeing Zhao Xu, he asked the locomotive driver to slow down and prepare to stop.

Zhao Xu waved his hand, and while the front of the locomotive was in front of him, he grabbed the handle on the door and boarded the front of the locomotive.

Immediately, he stood in the front of the car and moved on the rails with a circumference of six miles.

“Your Highness, I tried it just now. This locomotive can run 60 kilometers in half an hour at the fastest.” Wang Chong held a pocket watch in his hand, obviously recording the time.

King Yan told him that if he came late, he could test the car first.

Zhao Xu put his head out of the car and let the wind blow on his face, as if he was back when he was driving a car at 60 kilometers per hour.

Hearing this, he laughed and said, “This speed is pretty good. Next, we can lay railroad tracks in Yanzhou.” In the

early days of the steam engine car, it was only 20 to 30 kilometers.

Until 1829, the speed of the British Rocket locomotive was only 57 kilometers per hour.

The first locomotive produced in Yanzhou was obviously better than that of the Rocket.

However, if you want to increase the speed of the locomotive, you need to improve the steam engine and build a special locomotive steam engine, such as an abdominal inflation steam engine.

In fact, it was a reduced version of the triple-expansion steam engine he asked Wang Chong to develop.

This is all under the hard work of the students, and it won’t be long before they can be interviewed.

At that time, he believes that Yanzhou’s steam locomotive can increase the speed to about 120 kilometers per hour.

(end of this chapter)