The attitude of the Tang Empire was understood by the envoys of various countries, but these envoys were very eager to build their own domestic bridges, so they proposed to send their own craftsmen to the Tang Dynasty to learn bridge-building techniques. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Li Longji did not refuse the envoys of various countries, after all, the Tang Empire is now very short of all kinds of bridge-building talents, if the craftsmen of these small countries come to study, they must participate in the construction of the Tang Bridge, first use them as coolies, speed up the pace of the Tang Empire's bridge-building, and then, let them return to China to build bridges, meet the needs of the Tang Empire to train to their countries, further accelerate the pace of expansion of the Tang Empire, and let all surrounding countries become the sphere of influence of the Tang Empire.

Standing at the top of the Ezhou Yangtze River Bridge, the top leaders of the Tang Empire, with the envoys of the surrounding countries, talked about the future development direction of the economies of various countries, and reached various cooperation agreements on the spot, and even signed notes as evidence.

The grandeur of the Ezhou Yangtze River Bridge made the envoys of various countries very admired, and at the same time, the emperors and ministers of the Tang Dynasty were proud.

The completion and opening of the bridge not only facilitated the economic ties between the two sides of the Yangtze River, but also greatly enhanced the international influence of the Tang Empire, allowing the envoys of various countries to see that the Tang Dynasty not only has a strong military and can quickly destroy Tibet, but also can build a super-large bridge to promote people's livelihood.

That is to say, if you offend the Tang Empire, it will incur the blow of the advanced military strength of the Tang Dynasty, and at the same time, if you are friendly with the Tang Empire, you will get a lot of things that are beneficial to the people's livelihood of the Tang Dynasty, such as these super-large bridges, at present, only the Tang Empire has this technology, and only by being friendly with the Tang Dynasty can the small countries finally obtain the technology to build these large bridges, and build their own super-large bridges to promote the development of their own economies.

Looking at the agreements signed on the spot, Li Longji showed a very happy smile on the corner of his mouth, the signing of these agreements by the envoys of various countries is equivalent to tying their countries to the Tang Empire, and officially becoming a vassal of the Tang Empire.

This is like the later Braided Dynasty signed a series of unequal treaties with Western countries, thus being forced to open all the markets to Western countries, and the treaties signed by the envoys of these small countries are similar to the treaties signed by the Braided Dynasty and Western powers in later generations.

It's just that these small countries are all people who understand and understand that they will get a lot of benefits by succumbing to the Tang Empire, and the Tubo Empire is a good example of the fate of opposing the Tang Empire.

Because the Ezhou Yangtze River Bridge is too magnificent, Li Longji decided to stay here for a few days to enjoy this magnificent bridge, and the ministers and princes, as well as the envoys of various countries, will naturally stay here to accompany them, and take a look to appreciate the crystallization of Datang's science and technology and industry.

Because the Ezhou Yangtze River Bridge is the first cross-river bridge in the Tang Dynasty, the imperial court has attached great importance to it, and even the lighting standards have been given.

The so-called lighting is the same as the city lights of later generations, after all, Ang Lee has now invented the light bulb and generator set, which can fully realize the power supply to the Yangtze River Bridge.

Because the bridge is too long and requires a lot of light bulbs, a total of four generator sets are prepared, which are located on the north and south sides of the bridge, to supply power to the entire bridge and the ancillary facilities on both sides of the bridge, so as to ensure that the bridge is brightly lit at night.

Ezhou Railway Station has a special generator set, and it is two sets of staggered configurations, even if one of them is broken, the other can be made up to ensure the operation of the railway station at night.

After dinner, everyone stood in the courtyard of the railway station, and could clearly see the brightly lit Ezhou Yangtze River Bridge in the distance, and issued various emotions.

The Emperor got into a carriage again and went to inspect the bridge, and the ministers accompanied him in the chariot, and ran back and forth on the bridge twice, stopping at the highest point many times.

At night, when the lights are brilliant, admiring the Ezhou Yangtze River Bridge can make people feel more pleasant than during the day, because under the illumination of the lights, the bridge will become more beautiful and majestic, and people can see the length and shape of the entire bridge more easily.

"Li Shilang, aren't you going back?"

Seeing that Li An was standing on the bridge and didn't leave, Guo Yan walked over and asked with concern.

"Such a beautiful bridge, of course you have to admire it for a while, are you sleepy?"

Ang Lee personally designed this magnificent bridge, has feelings for this bridge, and now comes to the bridge in person, of course, to appreciate it for a while, the design of the bridge, as well as the lighting effects deployed on it, are Ang Lee's masterpieces, looking at the products he designed to be affirmed by everyone, this feeling is very wonderful, very comfortable.

"Well, what Li Shilang said is that the bridge is quite magnificent, but just take a look, there's no need to look at it for so long!"

Guo Yang is a rough man, and he is not idle and elegant, and carefully appreciates the beautiful scenery in front of him.

"Naturally, you should enjoy the beautiful scenery for a while, if you are sleepy, go back and rest first! Your Majesty will stay here for many days, and your troops will be responsible for security, and the burden will be heavy. ”

"It's okay, there are so many ironclad artillery trucks guarding here, which thief dares to be presumptuous, I'm not tired, just accompany Li Shilang to watch for a while!"

Guo Yang said proudly.

"Li Shilang, below is the envoy of the Shi Kingdom."

An envoy suddenly came over, he did not leave with the other envoys, and stayed to continue to enjoy the scenery, anyway, both sides of this bridge are full of Tang soldiers, and there will be no danger.

"Envoy of the Stone Kingdom? Oh, are you looking for something from me? ”

Because the number of small countries attached to the Tang Dynasty is too much, and there are too many foreign envoys in Chang'an City, Li An can't remember who and who at all, and because Li An is too famous in the Tang Dynasty, all the envoys of these countries remember Li An.

"Actually, there's nothing to do, just see that Li Shilang is quite leisurely, so I'll come over and talk."

The envoys of Shiguo are very sincere, and they will say whatever they want.

"Talk? Well, let's talk! The official also likes to chat. ”

Li An smiled kindly.

"Li Shilang, please let me express my inner admiration first, in my opinion, Li Shilang is the greatest person in the entire Tang Dynasty, many great things in Datang are from the hands of Li Shilang, if there is no Li Shilang, Datang will not become so influential."

The envoy of the Shi Kingdom patted the horses in a tone, but it seemed quite sincere.

"Just say these things in front of this official, but you can't talk nonsense everywhere! The reason why this official is so capable is completely because His Majesty gave this opportunity to this official, everything in Datang is under His Majesty's control, without His Majesty's full support, this official can't do anything big, you should know that this bridge alone requires tens of thousands of labor, these are His Majesty's people, His Majesty mobilized them to build, without the Tang Emperor, there would be nothing in Datang. ”

Li An opened his mouth to brainwash the envoys of Shiguo, so that he understood that the emperor of the Tang Dynasty was the master of the Tang Dynasty, which was also for self-preservation, if the envoys of various countries thought that they were the greatest people in the Tang Dynasty, it would be troublesome, the emperor would be jealous, and the jealousy would become very sour, and the sadness would become angry, and it would not be good for the emperor to be angry, at least, Li An should control this point of view and not let these envoys of small countries talk nonsense.

"But many things in the Tang Dynasty were invented by Li Shilang, Li Shilang is as great as the Tang Emperor, at least, in my heart, Li Shilang is extremely respectful, the people of my Shiguo, I heard that those strange things were invented by Li Shilang, and they all have great admiration for Li Shilang, and many of the people of my Tang Dynasty only know Li Shilang, but do not know the Tang Emperor."

The envoy of the Shi Kingdom said sincerely.

"Just as great? If you let Your Majesty know, this is a capital crime, and you don't have enough to cut off ten heads, so you must not say this nonsense. ”

Ang Lee opened his mouth to warn.

In the Tang Empire, no one can be on an equal footing with the emperor, and the words of the envoys of the Shi Kingdom are disrespectful and unforgivable, but this envoy of the Shi Kingdom should have stayed in the capital of the Tang Dynasty for a while, how could he not understand the national conditions of the Tang Empire? How dare you come up with such a rebellious statement?

"Huh! That's what I really think in my heart, and I naturally don't dare to talk nonsense, but after seeing Li Shilang, I unconsciously said it, and I hope Li Shilang won't blame him. ”

The envoy of the Shi Kingdom said with a smile, his expression was quite respectful.

'Nothing to do, either a traitor or a thief. This is an ancient saying, but also a famous quote of later generations, after all, the so-called pure worship, Li An does not believe it, as for the star chasers of later generations, they are all people with brain problems, and they cannot be classified as normal people, and as an envoy of a country, they will never have problems with their brains, and naturally there will be no pure worship, so the envoy of Shiguo said that he admires Li An very much, and Li An still won't believe it, this is just the polite language of the envoy, and it can't be true.

"Okay, don't say anything more about worship, do you have something that you need the help of this official?"

Ang Lee asked tentatively.

"Huh! Li Shilang is just easy to talk, and there is actually no big deal in the next place, just about light bulbs and power generation devices. ”

The envoy of the Shi Kingdom spoke.

"Light bulbs and power generators can make the night brightly lit, why, your king of the stone country also wants to have such light bulbs to decorate his palace?"

Li An seemed to have guessed something and spoke.

"Li Shilang is really smart, it is indeed the case, the king of our Shiguo, very fond of the lights of the Tang Dynasty, last time, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty rewarded us with a set of generator sets and a hundred light bulbs in the Shiguo, the king put these in the largest palace of the palace, at night, the hall is very bright, the king is also very happy, however, the king hopes that the entire palace, as well as the royal city can be equipped with electric lights, so that more generator sets and more light bulbs are needed."

The envoy of Shiguo said, a little embarrassed.

"What, your king of Shiguo has a big appetite, and you want to build a small Chang'an City in Shiguo?"

Li Anton's touching greed, the king of Shiguo is just the lord of a small country, and he actually wants to build a city that never sleeps in the administrative center of his rule, which is a good idea, but they Shiguo has no high-tech, and they can't build generator sets and light bulbs by themselves, all of which can only rely on imports from Datang, and the Datang Empire has strict restrictions on the export of these high-tech products, and no one can sell them to anyone who wants to buy them.

For example, the ironclad artillery car, it is impossible for anyone to sell it to them if they want to buy it, after all, this is the guarantee for the Tang army to defeat other forces, and it must not be sold to others.

As for light bulbs and generator sets, although they can be sold to small neighboring countries, due to the current limited production, many cities in Datang have not been fully satisfied, so naturally they cannot meet the surrounding small countries first, otherwise, the night of the cities in the surrounding small countries will become brightly lit, and the night of the Tang Empire is dark, how can this work.

In addition, the Tang Emperor has given the light bulb and generator set as a diplomatic gift to the Tang Empire, and will reward a set of equipment for the small countries that belong to it, so that the kings of these small countries can also use electric lights.

At least, in a short period of time, Datang will not have enough generator sets to supply the surrounding small countries, after all, the generator sets developed by Li An are relatively small, if you want to make a small city brightly lit, you need at least ten generator sets, and a metropolis like Chang'an City needs one or two hundred generator sets to meet the most basic needs.

At present, the main scientific research forces of the Tang Empire are inclined to railways, bridges and large ocean ships, and there are not too many resources to expand the production capacity of generator sets, so it is naturally impossible to meet the strong demand of the surrounding small countries, which is also the reason why the envoys of the Shi Kingdom came to find Li An, this guy must have inquired about the relevant departments of Datang a long time ago, and only when he did not get a satisfactory answer, he licked his face and came to Li An, and the purpose was very obvious, that is, he wanted to ask for generator sets and light bulbs.

This is enough to show that the king of Shiguo had a great thirst for generator sets and light bulbs, and put a lot of pressure on his envoys.

"Your purpose, the official is already very clear, however, the output of the generator set is very limited, and it is not enough to meet the needs of Datang, so naturally there is no surplus to sell to you Shiguo, maybe, the situation will be better in a few years."

Li An opened his mouth and said truthfully.

"Don't hide it from Li Shilang, the king has put a lot of pressure on Zaixia, if you can't bring back a light bulb, you really can't explain it."

Almost all of the envoys of the Shi Kingdom pleaded, looking quite pitiful.