The carriage traveled on the straight road that crossed the United States of America, and just by looking out the window at the endless plains, you could already feel the unlimited potential of the country. Wu Yuankai, who was born and raised in the Great Zhou Dynasty, could not imagine that there was such a flat land in the world before he arrived in North America, let alone that there would be a straight road of 4,000 miles long, laid straight on the boundless plain.

The straights, known as straights, are actually part of a road transportation system that crosses the North American continent. In this system, in addition to this straight, well-paved, and very wide arterial road, there are many feeder roads to the North American states and counties through which the straights pass. The two ends of the straight are also connected to the road system known as the "West Bank Avenue" and the "East Coast Avenue".

The West Bank Drive, East Coast Drive, and Straight Road were all part of the United States of America's Great Transportation Plan, which was a product of the development of the East Coast of North America, which was built using the abundant revenues of the United States government and the cheap labor of white slave labor.

The entire project lasted decades, with countless bridges built, tens of thousands of hard roads paved, and hundreds of miles of canals dug to connect several important water systems.

After the completion of the "Great Transportation Plan", the various parts of the United States of America, which is much larger than the mainland of Dazhou, can finally be connected by convenient transportation.

However, what really amazed Wu Yuankai was not this huge transportation plan - I don't know how many similar big works have been carried out in the Great Zhou Republic! The Yellow River, Huai River, and canal control projects, which have lasted for decades, alone require enough manpower and material resources to rival the large-scale transportation plan.

What really surprised Wu Yuankai was the unique natural conditions and topography of the United States of America.

Vast plains, rushing rivers, enviably long coastlines, and resources such as iron ore, coal, gold, silver, brass, timber, etc., are combined in the most economical and convenient way of distribution. It allows people to develop and utilize them with the lowest transportation costs and the least investment.

The only inconvenience is that there is no canal connecting the Yin Shang Sea with the Eastern Ocean in the narrow land of eight countries south of the United States of America...... Otherwise, the speed of the country's growth will be even more amazing!

Accompanying Wu Yuankai, in addition to a team of United States cavalry of the United States of America as an escort, it was Song Yuanshan and Song Qingfeng, father and son, and a white woman with snow-white skin, picturesque facial features, and golden hair.

In the large carriage, there were four people. Among them, Song Yuanshan went to Xinhua Mansion on the west coast as an envoy to return to China and resume his life. And Song Qingshan, as the deputy secretary of state, accompanied Wu Yuankai to the West Coast to attend a meeting.

And the white slave girl is named Natalia, a slave girl from the Golden Horde. It is said that he came from a family of messengers of the Cult of Light, and his father was implicated in a conspiracy against the Holy Maiden of Light, Kubald Lun Chahan. was punished as an official slave and maidservant, and later was jealous because of his beauty, so he was sold to the United States of America - of course, this poignant and touching story, Song Yuanshan, who had been in Europe for many years, did not believe half a word.

This woman is most likely trained by Egyptian traffickers from a young age to sell for a lot of money, and she made up a story just to fool a big man in the New World like Wu Yuankai...... Wu Yuankai probably spent a lot of money for this woman, I don't know if there are a thousand silver coins?

However, money is just a number for him, a descendant of Wu Haogu. The real headache is probably the marriage in the future.

Although the deputy secretary of state is twenty-seven or eighteen years old this year, he has not officially married a wife, so it must be that the family has arranged some kind of marriage for him, and the person of the marriage is too young to get married, right?

Seeing that this kid is young, he became the deputy secretary of state as soon as he arrived in North America, and his background must not be simple, and his fiancée must also be a big man.

If he is really fascinated by this Natalia, the house will be lively in the future......

"Deputy Envoy Song," Wu Yuankai's voice interrupted the "gossip" in Song Yuanshan's mind, "You have been in the West for many years, you should have been to many countries, right?" ”

"It's not a lot," Song Yuanshan said with a smile, "Except for the Golden Horde, I've only been to the Great Mongolian-Persian Empire and the Egyptian Empire." ”

Wu Yuankai nodded, "Then have you seen the eldest princess of Egypt?" ”

"Anna Princess?" Song Yuanshan was stunned for a moment, "She is the prince of the Egyptian Empire!" ”

The Egyptian Empire was founded by an empress, so its inheritance rules were different from those of all monarchies in the world. The system of primogeniture or primogeniture was practiced - the first child of the king, both male and female, was the first choice for the prince.

So there are often empresses in this country...... However, the reputation of the Egyptian empress was not very good, except for the first generation of Anna the Great (Anna I), the rest of the empresses were merry queens.

Could it be that the eldest princess of Egypt is Wu Yuankai's fiancée? Song Yuanshan couldn't help but glance at the top of Wu Yuankai's head...... Now I still have a black black veil, I'm afraid I'm going to change to a green hat in the future, right?

"Ah," Song Yuanshan said, "Eldest Princess Anna is a rare beauty...... Her father was Emperor Antony I of Egypt, and her mother was from the Rurik family of the Golden Horde. The Rurik family was the original royal family of Kievan Rus', and now they are the descendants of intermarriage with the Golden Horde, and their blood is very noble. ”

Egyptian emperors and empresses generally married foreign royalty or nobles, not necessarily from Christian countries. The royal nobility of the Golden Horde, the Mongol-Persian Empire, the Holy Roman Empire, and the Kingdom of France all married into the Komnenians of Egypt.

However, the two Song and Northern Zhou dynasties in the East did not join the marriage game of the Western world.

These three countries have never used marriage and kinship as a means of international diplomacy, is it possible that there is a breakthrough now?

But why did the Great Zhou warrior break the routine and let his "prince" enter Egypt to marry a romantic empress?

And it happened at the end of the Great Mongol War and the Black Death...... It's unusual!

Wu Yuankai seemed to see Song Yuanshan's thoughts, and smiled bitterly: "This is what my father meant...... He felt that the Great Zhou Republic and the samurai family needed to seize the good opportunity of the armistice in the Western world. ”

What are the chances?

Wu Yuankai's words were vague, and Song Yuanshan didn't ask much, but just smiled as if he was in response to the situation: "The lower official has to congratulate Shaoqing (Deputy Secretary of State, also known as Shaoqing)." ”

Wu Yuankai nodded lightly and didn't say anything more.

His mind had already flown to Alexander, thousands of miles away...... That's where he will be home.

The marriage with the eldest princess of Egypt began to be planned ten years ago, that is, when the Holy Maiden of Light began to negotiate an armistice and peace.

At that time, Princess Anna was only six years old and was still a lovely Lori. Of course, it is impossible for Wu Yuankai to marry a six-year-old girl, so he can only wait for his fiancée, who he has never seen, to grow up.

In the process of waiting, the two generations of heads of the martial arts "Yijiu" faction and the Great Zhou Republic have been sparing no effort to cultivate him.

Not only did he train in the army and at sea, but he also made him the secretary of state of the United States of America.

It can be said that Wu Yuankai's current resume is impeccable...... I just wonder if the future little empress of Egypt will be satisfied with this husband who is twelve years older than herself?

In the process of growing up, Wu Yuankai gradually became aware of a huge conspiracy - his marriage must have nothing to do with love, and he knew about it for a long time. But he had no idea that his marriage would become part of preparations for war!

That's right, war preparations!

Since more than ten years ago, the Great Zhou Republic began to secretly prepare to launch the Fourth Central Plains War.

By the way, more than 60 years ago, there was the Third Central Plains War, which was provoked by the Western Song Dynasty with the aim of seizing the two Guangxi provinces of the Eastern Song Dynasty and gaining access to the sea. As a result, the Great Zhou was also involved in the war, which once again failed the attempt of the Western Song Dynasty.

And now, the peace that has lasted for decades in the Central Plains is about to be broken. Unlike the previous Second and Third Great Wars, this Central Plains War will be initiated by the Great Zhou Republic.

The purpose of the war is to unify China!

Because of the stimulus effect brought about by the rapid growth of the American colonies and the inflow of huge amounts of gold and silver into the Great Zhou Dynasty, the balance of power between the three Chinese heroes has now been broken.

The population of the Great Zhou Republic (including all the colonies) has exceeded 180 million. It's a full 50 percent more than the 120 million in the Eastern Song Dynasty!

At this time, the population of the Western Song Dynasty was still hovering around 60 million.

In other words, the population of the Great Zhou is already equivalent to the sum of the two Song Dynasty!

Moreover, the Great Zhou Republic not only has a large population, but also has an economy and taxes that far exceed the combined of the two Song Dynasty - after all, the Great Zhou Dynasty has the treasure land of America, and the land and resources occupied by it are several times that of the Eastern Song Dynasty, not to mention the bitter Western Song Dynasty.

In addition to population, economy, and taxes, the Great Zhou Republic also has a trump card, which is guano!

That's right, bird droppings!

Guano from the province of Nantian on the west coast of South America is now a strategically valuable international trade commodity.

The main reason for this is that the native populations of the Great Zhou, Eastern Song and Western Song dynasties have been growing over the past two hundred years. Now it has exceeded 300 million!

But at the same time, the Great Zhou Dynasty and the Eastern Song Dynasty did not grow high-yield crops in the Americas on a large scale - these two countries were "RMB players" with their own New World, and the real imperialism on which the sun never sets, how could it be possible for the people to live by eating sweet potatoes and corn on the cob?

Are sweet potatoes prosperous? That's not going to work.

The imperialist people want to eat meat in large chunks! Who has ever seen the imperialism that gnaws sweet potatoes every day?

That is to say, when the population of the Eastern Song Dynasty and the Great Zhou Dynasty "exploded", and the total number exceeded 240 million, the people not only had enough to eat, but also ate well. Sweet potatoes, corn, and potatoes are also planted a little, but they are not staple foods, but non-staple foods and snacks.

The staple food is rice and white flour, and various types of meat are consumed in large quantities. According to incomplete statistics, an adult in the Eastern Song Dynasty or Northern Zhou Dynasty can consume an average of about 40 catties of various meats a year (that is, more than one or two taels of meat a day) - these meats are all green foods!

Consuming so much "green meat" in a year, it is really extravagant, proper imperialism!

Supporting this imperialist diet is less than 1 billion mu of arable land, hundreds of millions of mu of pastures, and four grain-producing colonies of Cochin, Annam, Champong, and Java.

It should be noted that the approximately 1 billion mu of arable land located in the Eastern Song Dynasty and the Great Zhou Dynasty (including Japan and Goryeo) is not all used for grain production, but a considerable part of it is used to produce cash crops such as cotton and mulberry leaves, and a considerable part of the land is operated by crop rotation. The land that is actually used to sow grain every year is between 500 million and 600 million mu.

The grain grown on that little land, plus imports from Cochin, Annam, Champong, and Java, not only had to supply food rations for 200 million people, but also had to feed hundreds of millions of cattle, sheep, pigs, and horses. It would have been unthinkable two hundred years ago!

At that time, the Great Song Dynasty also had 600 million mu of cultivated land, but it allowed 100 million people to live a prosperous life without enough food and starvation.

And now the population of the Eastern Song Dynasty and the Great Zhou Dynasty can reach 240 million!

The biggest reason why so many people can live like the people of the imperialist countries, apart from the imports of Cochin, Annam, Champa and Java, is the guano produced on several small islands and a desert in the province of Nantian in South America, which is an extremely high-quality fertilizer, which has a great effect on increasing the yield of the land in the years when there is no chemical fertilizer.

Therefore, the Eastern Song Dynasty and the Great Zhou, which began to "explode in population" decades ago, began to suffer from guano dependence.

In particular, the Eastern Song Dynasty, where the land was narrow after all, relied on only the three territories of Jianghuai, Jiangnan and Jiaozhi to feed more than 110 million people, and also had to grow a large number of cash crops, relying on a large amount of guano imported from South America.

Once the import of guano is interrupted, the dining table of more than 110 million people in the Eastern Song Dynasty may have a big problem!

The people take food as the sky, and it is easy to go from thrift to luxury, and from luxury to thrift.

Once the working people of the Eastern Song Dynasty, who were accustomed to eating and drinking, faced a shortage of food supply, they would only have ghosts if they didn't make a mess!

Therefore, when the Great Mongolian War in the West finally came to an end because of the plague, the politicians of the Great Zhou Republic in the Eastern World began the war process that they had planned for a long time.

The first was to turn the little empress of the most powerful Egyptian empire in the West into the daughter-in-law of the warrior family through political marriage, so as to prevent the powerful Egyptian fleet from siding with the Eastern Song Empire.

Then there was the sudden implementation of the guano and food embargo on the Eastern Song Empire!