In history, there are still few heroes who are soft, the Tang Dynasty has been established for a few years, the Turkic soldiers are in Chang'an, and Emperor Li Er is so awesome and coaxing, but the result is not to pour out the treasury in exchange for the retreat of the Turks, although he later regained face, but in front of the powerful Turkic cavalry, he did give in, this is an indisputable fact. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

It's just that later he became stronger than the Turks, so he dared to take the initiative to get back the lost face, if the Turks had always maintained an absolute advantage, it would be impossible for Emperor Li Er to provoke the Turks in his life, thus leaving a completely different impression on future generations.

The same is true of Abbas, who is eager to achieve more, and when his strength is low, he can only choose to compromise, and a person's ambition is directly proportional to the strength he has, and this is true for anyone.

Apis chose to compromise in the case of poor strength, which is the most appropriate way to do it, and it is also a wise choice, but the Tang Empire will not give him a chance to surpass, so his ambition can only stay in the conception, at least, before his strength can defeat the Tang Army, he will not dare to make a mistake.

Li An picked up the cup of tea brewed on the table, gently opened a small amount of tea leaves on the water, and opened his mouth to take a few sips.

"Li Shilang, the time has come, and the envoys of the Great Food Country have not yet arrived."

"Don't worry, it's almost there."

Li An put down the teacup and waited for the arrival of the envoy of the Great Food Country.

"It's coming, it's really coming, it's still the ones we sent away."

"Great, please."

Li An was overjoyed, and got up to greet him in person a few steps to show his sincerity.

"Li Shilang, haha! We meet again. ”

"There were some hiccups in between, but the king has agreed to cooperate with the Tang Empire to lay a railway, and we have been sent to discuss."

Li An smiled and said, "It's okay, it's okay, it's just a little misunderstanding, my Tang army is not damaged in the slightest, and most of your country's soldiers and horses are also intact, just waiting for you to come and collect it?" ”

Several ministers of the Great Food Country were very happy to hear this, and before they could start to negotiate the conditions, Li An had already agreed to release the prisoners, which made them feel that the next negotiations would be very smooth, and most of their demands would be obtained.

"I know you're coming, the tables, chairs and food are ready, please take a seat! We ate and talked. ”

"Okay, good, it's better to be respectful than to obey your fate."

The banquet was full of delicious food, and everyone in Datang, Shiguo and Dashiguo ate very comfortably, and the negotiations were also carried out quietly in this relaxed and happy atmosphere.

Li An had already predicted several times the requirements that Abbis could mention, so when these envoys of the Great Food Country put forward various requests, Li An'an readily agreed to them, and said that Datang was willing to make friends with the Great Food Country for generations to benefit the people of the two countries.

The envoys of the Great Food Country got everything they wanted so smoothly, which made them very excited, and they did not listen to the statement, they wanted to promote the relationship with the Tang Empire, and even began to discuss with Li An about the route of laying the railroad tracks.

Li An had long been familiar with the territory of the Great Food Country, and asked his subordinates to draw a map so that he could plan the railway of the Great Food Country.

"This is the map of the Great Food Country Railway planned by this official, you can take a look."

Li An glanced at the soldiers beside him and asked him to hand the map to the envoy of the Great Food Country.

The envoys of the Great Food Kingdom immediately gathered together, carefully looked at the map, and gave a sigh of praise, not to the planned line of the railway, but to the map itself.

This map is extremely exquisitely drawn, the mountains and rivers are clear, even rookies who have not learned maps can easily understand the map, and there is a feeling of spring breeze.

After the quality of the amazed map was super good, they took a closer look at the line, and nodded with satisfaction on their faces, this railway planning line, passing through several important cities in the Great Food Country, can be regarded as stringing together the main territory of the Great Food Country, as long as the construction is completed, it will definitely greatly promote the economic development of the Great Food Country.

"Li Shilang, the railway plan of this map is not endless, and it is still extending to the west."

A sharp-eyed minister of the Great Food Country, the railway planning line did not stop on the western border of the Great Food Country, but continued to draw a line to the west.

Li An smiled and said, "That's right, my Datang railway not only leads to the Great Food Country, but also continues to expand westward until there is no way out." ”

The corners of the envoy of the Great Food Country twitched, and he said: "Li Shilang, there are all wild places below, there are many poisonous snakes and beasts, and there are vast deserts, it is meaningless to lay a railway, as for the small countries above, there are many small countries, but it will not be far to encounter a strait, although the strait is not wide, but the railway is impassable." ”

Of course, Li An understood what he meant, the territory of the Great Food Country includes the northern part of Africa, and the southern part of Africa is a desert and a wild land, and there is no decent country at all, and if you continue to go west, you will soon reach the Strait of Hormuz, so this moat will inevitably block the continued extension of the Datang Railway.

After passing through the Strait of Hormuz, the west is the land of Europe, which is also the area where the industrial revolution occurred in later generations, with a splendid civilization, although it is still relatively backward, but it can also be developed, if not to develop the West, Datang will lose a large market, and it will also have a great impact on domestic industrialization.

The market is urgently needed by industrialized countries, after the industrialization of Europe in later generations, the output of various products increased significantly, and the Europeans did not have enough market for consumption, so it was necessary to open up the colonies, force the people of the colonies to buy their industrial products, now the industrialization of the Tang Dynasty has begun, as more and more products are manufactured, the European and Western markets are particularly important.

Of course, as a populous country, Datang also needs to carry out a certain degree of domestic sales, so as to improve the daily life of the domestic people, and domestic sales and external market development should be carried out at the same time.

Domestic sales are to let the people of Datang buy all kinds of products, and the export market is mainly the western countries, while the European countries in the western part of the Strait of Hormuz are relatively large markets, so naturally they cannot be given up at will.

As for the strait blocking the railway, Li An is not thinking about building a bridge, which is too difficult, but as long as two wharves are built, the materials transported by the railway can be unloaded at the wharf, transported to the other half of the strait by ship, and then continue westward by rail, so as to transport the goods to the western countries.

Although this will also delay a lot of time and seriously affect the circulation of materials, it is also the best and most suitable method, after all, it is too difficult to build a bridge in the strait, the loss of materials is huge, and it is difficult to recover the cost in the short term.

Li An said his thoughts, and the ministers of Shi Guo and Da Shiguo who were sitting here also agreed, once the railway leads to the farther west, in addition to the Tang Dynasty will benefit, all countries will benefit, and they can get more benefits.

"Li Shilang's plan is very good, but it is necessary to persuade the western countries to agree to build the railway, because there are many western countries and there are many contradictions, and it is not easy to coordinate that they all agree to build the railway."

That's what everybody says.

Li An looked unimpressed, and said: "Of course, it is not an easy thing to coordinate the construction of railways in the western countries, but this official believes that the Great Food Country will definitely help us, isn't it." ”

"Yes, yes, of course, our Great Food Country will help Datang, but the western countries may not listen to us, and the western countries are very barbaric."

An envoy of the Great Food Country said.

"This official knows that the western countries are all barbarians, but as long as the Great Food Nation is willing to help, it won't be difficult to convince them, isn't it?"

Of course, the persuasion that Ang Lee said is more about the deterrence of force, and the inducement of interests, thus forcing European countries to choose to cooperate with Datang to promote common interests.

"Li Shilang is right, we in the Great Food Country have fully understood the benefits of building a railway, but there is no shortage of strong people in the western countries, in case it doesn't make sense, with our strength, we may not be able to force them to agree."

"This doesn't matter, it's really not good, my Datang can help, your country has already learned the power of artillery, our Datang has more powerful weapons, if any small country dares to disobey, my Datang will definitely teach them a good lesson."

Li An said lightly.

In order to open up the European market, Ang Lee did not hesitate to use force, with the assistance of the Great Food Country, coupled with the elite soldiers and horses of the Tang Dynasty, it was still very easy to open the door to European countries.

Of course, the future development of industrialization is inseparable from oil resources, and there are huge oil treasures in the desert in the west of the Great Food Country, and this wealth is very huge.

However, at present, the Tang Dynasty does not have a garrison in the Great Food Country, if it is rash to exploit these resources, it will inevitably make a wedding dress for the Great Food Country, only when the western countries are not satisfied in the future, the Tang Dynasty soldiers and horses take the opportunity to enter the territory of the Great Food, and then these important resources can be exploited, and they must be mined one by one, not all of them can be detected at once, otherwise, the Great Food Country will soon become richer than the Tang Empire.

After discussing the railroad with the ministers of the Great Food Country, Ang Lee personally sent them away, and sent several officials and railway talents to the Great Food Country to prepare a map, find the best construction route, and calculate the cost and labor needs for the next construction of the railway.

In order to stabilize the situation, Li An lived in Shiguo for more than a month, and personally knew about the construction of the railway, and often sent people to understand the situation in the territory of Da Shiguo.

At this time, the Tang Dynasty also began to increase soldiers and horses in Anxi, using railway transportation to transport tens of thousands of troops to Anxi, and some of them continued to march westward and entered Shiguo to garrison.

In this way, the Tang Dynasty soldiers and horses in Shiguo have approached the scale of 10,000 people, and the equipment is more advanced, and an artillery brigade is deployed in Shiguo, which can defy all enemies.

Of course, in the event of a war, the chariot brigade of Chang'an City can also be reinforced at any time, in short, Datang has now completely controlled the land in the river.

In order to control Tochar in the south, a few days later, a 3,000-strong Tang army army went to the Tocharian region, and they were to be stationed in the core area of Tocharo, the Yueshi Protectorate, so as to control the entire Tocharian with the advantage of equipment.

This army was followed by the Tang Army's railway bureau talents, who wanted to enter the Tocharian map for surveying and mapping, so that the railway in the river could lead to Tocharian and the Tang Dynasty could have a larger market.

In the process of fighting for the Tang Railway, the Tocharian countries lost, but they have a great demand for the railway, so even if they retreat to the second, it is acceptable, the Tang Railway first leads to the land in the river, and then to their Tocharian is OK, it is better to have a railway than not, they all understand this truth, so they are very happy about the arrival of the Tang Army, and made it clear that they will help the Tang Empire to build the Tocharian Railway as soon as possible.

There are many small countries in the river and Tocharo, and all countries want to pass the railway, so the demand for rails and manpower is huge, and the manpower can be levied by themselves, and Datang can add a little technical talent, but the demand for this rail is too big, and the demand for iron is great.

And to solve this problem, the best way is to look for iron ore in these countries, as for the problem of rail technology leakage, there is no need to worry about it, first of all, Datang will keep secrets, in addition, even if it is really a leak, it is not a big deal, the railroad is not a high-tech, it doesn't matter much if it is stolen by the countries, as long as the core mechanical technology and gunpowder are not leaked, there is no big problem.

In addition, Li An's consideration is also to save iron ore resources in the Tang Dynasty, you must know that resources are related to the interests of future generations, if you mine too much, future generations will have no resources available, so, of course, you have to use local materials, in the western countries to look for iron ore resources.

And the concrete sleepers under the railroad tracks, not to mention, Datang has unreservedly told these small countries about the technology of concrete, and let these small countries increase the scale of production, so as to provide a steady stream of demand for Datang to build railways.

Finding iron ore and smelting iron casting rails is naturally responsible, and there are also people responsible for the construction of railways and the control of western countries.

Along the way, I first took a car, and after arriving at the Diaocheng Railway Station, I took my own special train and went to the capital comfortably.

This time, Li An gained a lot, in addition to knowing more about the situation of the western countries, he also received wealth and beauties from the kings of the countries.

Those rare treasures can't fit ten train wagons, and as for the young beauties as many as 100 people, it is enough for two carriages.