Knowing that Gongliangxiu was coming, Bailiyan arranged a note for Gongliangxiu and his wife. Five pickup trucks were specially arranged at the border of Chunan County to send Gongliangxiu's family to Yongxing Station to transfer to the train to Chenling, which took nearly seventy percent less than the original plan, and the speed and efficiency were beyond Gongliangxiu's imagination.

"Hehaha, Brother Gongliang hasn't seen you for a long time, don't come unharmed."

Baili Yan greeted and saluted very enthusiastically, and Gongliang Xiu raised his hand and stepped forward to salute

"It's all thanks to your family friend, everything is fine. I haven't seen him for a year, and Xianguo has changed again, and he has become almost unrecognizable. ”

"Hehaha..."Baili Yanfu smiled, and said the next moment, "Please come in, let's go into the house and talk slowly." ”

"Well, in-laws, please."

Introducing Gongliangxiu and his wife into the inner house, they saw Jiang Rong, Thyme, Cai Lin'er, the women and their grandson Gongliangren, Bailiyan arranged for Gongliangxiu's side room lady Qian and the women to go to the teahouse to catch up, and introduced Gongliang's father and son into the study to talk.

"Brother Gongliang has seen it all the way here."

Baili Yan said something, Gongliang Xiu nodded and said frankly

"I have never seen it before, in just one year, you have built the railway to Chunan, I heard that Ganfu County is also building a railway, and you have seen many large iron cars along the way, which prince are you going to crusade again."

"I won't tell you, I didn't want to crusade anyone, now the situation in the Central Plains has reached a critical moment, as a confidant, you and I are our own masters, as in-laws, Xu'er I regard it as my own, so I have no intention of starting a war against Zhiguo.

But here I must give you a bottom, the Central Plains has reached the time of reunification, the tide of history is unstoppable, and those who go along with it prosper and those who go against it perish. When the voice fell, Bai Liyan picked up the black telephone at hand and continued, "Do you know what this is?" ”

Gongliangxiu glanced at it, but recognized that it was a phone, and he had seen the phone from the photo sent back by Gongliangxu before.

He thought for a moment and said

"This is a phone from Qianli Transson."

"Yes, the photo Xu Er gave you was instructed by me. This telephone is now connected all the way to the palace, and can also be connected to the Xuanting Luhou Prince's Mansion Sima Mansion Department Store, and even Yongxing Xuanyun Ruitian, as well as all the yamen with telephones in the eastern county of the capital county, and in the next two years, it will be connected to all counties and cities one after another, and within three years, it will be connected directly to your mansion without any problem. ”

As soon as these words came out, Gongliang Xiu rolled his eyes and said

"Your ambition is too great, Liang Guo is planning to get rid of you, so you are not afraid that all this will be made into a wedding dress for other countries today."

"Hehe......" Bai Liyan smiled indifferently, and then said, "The Son of Heaven overestimates himself too much, and I will ask him to spit it out sooner or later." Let's talk about you, King Zhi wants his brother to come, not just to satisfy his brother's thoughts. ”

Gongliangxiu sighed and waited for his mood to calm down before continuing

"I am here to buy arms from the Xianguo under the entrustment of the king, second, to find two merchant ships on behalf of the prime minister, and third, my king hopes to obtain advanced 100 craftsmen from the Xianguo."

"Then let's talk about the third thing first, Zhiguo does not have the necessary conditions at present, the land has not yet changed the law, half of the merchants are in the hands of the nobles, and the people are less than one in a hundred literate, and they do not have the foundation to obtain advanced craftsmen.

Even the craftsmanship obtained by your Zhiguo will soon be obtained by other countries, and then it will be passed on to ten or ten, and it will not take ten years for all the princes of the Central Plains to start from scratch, which will undoubtedly bring greater obstacles to the unification of the world, so the advanced hundred craftsmen will not sell it. ”

Bai Liyan categorically rejected King Zhi's unreasonable request, and Gongliangxiu couldn't help but be a little disappointed

"So, you're determined to dominate the world?"

Bai Liyan does not deny his position, he wants to force the Gongliang family team

"Yes, but as long as the princes of the Chan Kingdom can still retain the county where the capital is located as a fief, the prince can remain unchanged, and he is allowed to keep his own soldiers and horses as a forbidden army, and my country will not harm him. But all the kings of the Zen country can participate in the politics of the Central Plains, govern the world together, and open up a new situation together. ”

Considering the resistance and complicated situation in the process, in order to reduce the pain of reunification and the turmoil after reunification, Bailiyan considered striking down and eliminating some aristocratic forces, absorbing some elite forces, and allowing them to retain certain privileges, and establishing a government with King Xian as the main body of governance, and the joint government of the major civil factions, elite groups and ethnic representative groups.

Then, through economic means, over time, the military threat of the nobility was gradually weakened and eliminated, and it took fifty years to digest and integrate into a new political force.

The Gongliang clan is now a family power with monopoly on the power of Zhiguo, and it has all the conditions to open political reconciliation and achieve reunification, as long as King Zhi gives up power, Bailiyan does not mind sharing the rights of the future.

Gongliang Xiu originally came to seek benefits, and now Bai Liyan proposed that Zhiwang Changuo would inevitably make him embarrassed and annoyed

"There is no need to talk about this matter, I will never turn my back on Zhiguo in my brother's lifetime."

"In that case, let the younger generations decide the future fate for us. Now let's talk about arms, what arms does King Zhi plan to buy? ”

"What can you give?" Gongliangxiu asked rhetorically, Bailiyan took out a pack of cloud silk cigarettes from the desktop at hand, and took out one to signal Gongliangxiu

"Smoke?"

Gongliang Xiu shook his head and said

"Dwarf things, Yucheng also sells them, the eldest brother and the second uncle like them very much, but I'm not used to it."

Gongliangxiu rejected the cloud silk cigarette, and Bai Liyan casually put back the cigarette case and continued

"The arms can be sold to you, but Zhiguo must form an alliance with our Xianguo Weiguo for a period of twenty years, and after twenty years, it will be renewed as appropriate."

"Alliance, you want to form an alliance with my Zhiguo?" Gongliang Xiu asked in surprise.

"Why, I still want to attack my Xianguo."

After speaking, Bai Liyan opened the second drawer of the filing cabinet on the right-hand side, rummaged for a while, took out a sealed envelope, cut off the seal, took out a stack of photos, and handed it to Gongliang Xiu

"See for yourself, this is the improved artillery of my Xianguo Type 645 artillery, as well as the latest weapon of Xianguo. Depending on the size of the gun, the improved Type 645 gun fires three or fifteen shells in five minutes, all of which are reloaded, with the projectile and gunpowder in a copper case or a powder pack, with the same range, but with much more power than before the improvement.

These are the latest guns of the Xian army, firing 50 to 600 rounds of bullets a minute, if four years ago the Xian army of 50,000 people crossed the river against Du Ruixun's 200,000 people, now only 5,000 people are needed.

In addition, Xianguo now produces 40 million rounds of metal-shelled bullets a year, which can be tripled in wartime, and the latest new artillery is being designed, and samples will be produced in the first half of next year at the earliest. And some of the other princes were still using bronze weapons. Brother Gongliang thought that Zhiguo had a few chances of winning, and the princes had a few chances of winning. ”

Looking at the photo at hand, Gongliang Xiu was shocked into a cold sweat, and he asked

"Since the Xian country has such national strength, why should it form an alliance with our country."

"I need to unite all the resistance forces in the Central Plains to resist the southern invasion of the armpit people, so I need Zhiguo to become the rear of the Xianguo University. For a long time in the future, the Central Plains will face the threat of the north, and the coastal areas of Xianguo will not be able to stand alone, although they have national strength.

Zhiguo Weiguo is located inland, as long as the coast is not lost, all manpower and material resources can be continuously supplied, which is the reason why I chose to reconcile with Weiguo, and it is also the reason why I chose to ally with Zhiguo. As long as King Zhi agrees to form an alliance with our Xianguo Patriotic State, I can consider selling arms.

How, you might as well consider it. ”

Gongliangxiu didn't refuse, but he didn't agree either, he shirked and said

"I can't make decisions on this matter, I need to discuss it with my second uncle and brother."

"It's okay, I can wait. Brother Gongliang also said that Prime Minister Shangguan asked you to inquire about the news of the two merchant ships on your behalf, what is going on? ”

"That's right, six months ago, two large ships of 5,000 stone in our country went to sea through the Wangqin River through Dongyuan County of Xianguo, and went west along the coast to Changsun to trade, carrying soybean oil, coal, tin ingots, leather, brocade, amber rhino horn, but two months ago these two merchant ships docked at Meiyang County for the last time, they never appeared again, and our country's Changsun Trading Company delayed the news of the two merchant ships, so they hurriedly sent people back to China to inform Xiangguo.

Because these two ships are the private ships of the second son, the cargo loaded is priceless, and now there is no news, Xiangguo suspects that they were either looted by pirates, or sunk by wind and waves, and want to ask the Xianguo Navy to search and find it on their behalf. ”

"Shhh...... No, the pirates in the North Sea have long been wiped out by various countries, and the navy of the Xianguo country has been cruising in the West Sea since two years ago, and I have not heard of a large number of pirate activities, so you will not have only two ships. ”

"There are only two, because they are the second son's private ships, it is inconvenient to use the navy, but each ship is equipped with twelve bronze cannons and a number of firearms, and the ships are all the second son's cronies, who can fight well, and ordinary pirates are by no means their opponents."

"Do you suspect that the nations are plundering merchant ships?"

Bai Liyan guessed, Gongliang Xiu nodded and said

"Xiangguo is worried that some princes will get the news and rob the second son's cargo ship."

"If that's the case, it's not going to be easy. Meiyang County is on the west side of the Changsun Peninsula, which is the territory of the Changsun Liang State Naval Army, and it is not impossible for the princes to take risks when they see the wealth. But it's not easy to do so cleanly, have you ever sent someone to find out the news? ”

"I got the news two months ago, and I should still be investigating now, and I don't know the results yet."

After years of fighting and recruiting, the pirates in the North Sea have basically been wiped out, and even a few pirates can't form a climate.

Two merchant ships weighing 5,000 stones, or armed merchant ships equipped with artillery, were not at all targets that ordinary pirates could plunder, and Shangguan Taiyue Gongliangxiu suspected that it was not impossible for the princes to plunder merchant ships.

But if it is the princes' naval army that plunders merchant ships, it is impossible to do a drop of water, and there will always be a time when the stuffing will leak.

Gongliang Xiu talked about this matter secretly, most of the things on the two ships were unsightly, and it was not good to get the treasures obtained from the Dow Group after the coup d'état.

Thinking of this, Bai Liyan had to suspect that he had been cowering in Zhiguo, and it could not be ruled out that they had received the news and informed the Chengdao Sect.

However, this time Bailiyan was too worried, these two merchant ships accidentally bumped into the armpit fleet of the armpit man last year when they were swimming in the sea off the coast of Changsun, and they were sunk after sacking on the way, so no matter how much information is investigated, the truth will never be obtained.

That night, Bailiyan set up a banquet to entertain Gongliangxiu and his wife, and the next morning, Gongliangxiu brought the book of the kingdom of Zhi to meet King Xian.

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