The addition of the army greatly accelerated the construction of the railway, and in July of the 16th year of the Apocalypse, the railway was finally built to Omsk, and by this time the Ming army detachment had reached as far as the southern slope of the Urals.

There are already more Rakshasas here, and although there are no big castles, there are quite a few small towns. After a small detachment encountered the Cossack cavalry and lost more than twenty men, Cao Wenzhao ordered the army to concentrate in Omsk first, ready to move to a large force.

Zhu Youxiao named Omsk the city of Fumin, and divided the surrounding area into Fumin Prefecture. Because of the opening of the railway, the abundance of food in the country, so that the immigrants to plant the fields has become no longer the most urgent need, a large number of immigrants have become railway construction, mining workers, the military city of Fumin City has also been built as tall and strong as Hualong City, and the railway with Hualong City has also begun to be built.

When Cao Wenzhao gathered his forces in Fumin City and prepared for a large-scale war with the Rakshasas, the Ming delegation's European delegation finally arrived in Portugal.

Wang Zheng took up the post of chief officer of the Ming delegation as Zuo Shaoqing of Honglu Temple, and he was religious, proficient in Latin, fluent in Portuguese and German, and had a certain understanding of the situation in Europe, so he was naturally the most suitable candidate.

Prior to this, the Ming had already sent messengers to Europe to make some contact with the Holy See. Wang Zheng's visit is to further exchange with European countries and establish diplomatic relations with them.

When the emperor proposed to establish diplomatic relations with the European countries on an equal footing, he was opposed by almost all his ministers. In the eyes of the ministers of the Ming Dynasty, there is no country that can interact with the Ming Dynasty on an equal footing, and the concept of the whole world, the king of the land makes the Ming regard any country as a vassal state.

Why almost? Because there are still some ministers who realize that these barbarians are actually not weaker than the Ming Dynasty, such as Xu Guangqi, such as Yang Zhizao, they have recognized the advantages of the Europeans, and realized that many of the practices of the Europeans have very important reference significance for the Ming Dynasty.

However, most officials did not realize this, and still believed that the Ming Dynasty was the superior state of the Celestial Empire, and that other countries could only communicate with the Ming Dynasty as vassal states, and it was impossible to establish diplomatic relations on an equal footing.

Among them, Zhu Yanxi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, was the most opposed, and he said: "The tributary system is a system that has been implemented by the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years, and European barbarians, how can it be an exception?" I am a central country, and within the four seas, all are vassals, so there is no such thing as equality. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, many people immediately agreed, and they all felt that the Ming and the barbarians could only have a tributary relationship, and could not have an equal relationship.

And at this time, the emperor's number one horse boy Sun Chuanting appeared: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this tributary relationship is suitable for the land near the left of the Ming Dynasty." But this is a distant and foreign land, and I am afraid that it will not be of much use if it is used. ”

Zhu Yanxi finally found a person to scare him, and hurriedly said, "Why not?" Aren't they all the same country? What does it have to do with near and far? ”

Sun Chuanting said: "Take Myanmar as an example, it was originally my vassal country, but because our country couldn't take care of them for a while, they raised the courage to dare to occupy my Ming territory, fortunately, thanks to Your Majesty's heavenly might, we finally subdued Burma, and now they have become our vassals very obediently." And the countries of Europe, like Spain, didn't they say before that they would like to be our vassals? As a result, they wantonly slaughtered our Ming clan in Luzon and other places, and even fought against our Ming Dynasty, the only role of such a vassal is only to take advantage of us when trading with us, what is the practical point of anything else? Now that you want the countries of Europe to be our vassals, they can make false promises, pretend to agree, and take advantage of trade, and then ignore us at all, because they have lawlessness, and we are far away from the ocean, how can you force them to do anything? Such a vassal is better than nothing. ”

Sun Chengzong unexpectedly did not oppose Sun Chuanting this time, and he also said: "Only a vassal state that the Ming Dynasty can deter or admire my Confucian culture is a truly useful vassal state." European countries, we don't know them at all, and they don't know us, so it should be impossible to admire Confucian culture. And at such a distance, will we be able to deter them? Your Majesty wants to deal with them, the purpose is to find allies to deal with the Rakshasas, you first let others submit, how can others do it? ”

Zhu Yanxi said: "I will be powerful tomorrow, so why do I need to contact the European barbarians to deal with the Rakshasa people." Our guards are invincible in the world, and if they are dissatisfied, they can send a large army to destroy their country and tie their chieftain to comfort the ancestral temple. ”

Sun Chuanting said: "The saint has clouds, and he has a lot of help, I am a king of the Ming Dynasty, and I want to eradicate the shameless Rakshasa people, so I will pull a few partners and drive me to the Ming Dynasty, why not?" ”

Although these words are high-sounding, the meaning contained in them is not very bright, if it is allied with other countries, then of course the losses of the Ming Dynasty will be reduced, but this makes Zhu Yanxi unable to refute, it can't be said that he would rather die more Ming soldiers than let the barbarians be cannon fodder.

But Zhu Yanxi still had a way, he stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, how can Da Ming surrender his identity in front of the barbarians?" How can I form a brotherly alliance with these small barbarian states? ”

Zhu Youxiao has a lot of experience in dealing with this kind of rhetoric, but Zhu Yanxi, as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, needs to save him some face, so that he will not look good if he wants to tell the old man. But Sun Chuanting did not have this scruples, and said directly: "Since Shang Shu feels that he can't form a brotherly alliance with this barbarian, why don't you send someone to Europe from the Ministry of Rites to persuade them to come to the court?" ”

Zhu Yanxi hurriedly said: "How does this make the Ministry of Rites not care about foreign affairs, this is the duty of Honglu Temple." ”

Sun Chuanting said: "It turned out to be the position of Honglu Temple, so what role does the Ministry of Rites play in this matter?" Jumping out and saying they didn't do a good job when someone else was doing something? If others don't do well, just let the Ministry of Rites do it, and I believe that the Ministry of Rites can do better. Besides, the envoy to the foreign country was originally in charge of the Ministry of Rites, why is it that when he says it, he is invincible in the world, and when he does it, he is weak? ”

Zhu Yanxi trembled angrily and said, "Sun Gebu, isn't this what a cabinet minister should say?" How do you say that you are the same as people in the market? ”

Seeing Zhu Yanxi's appearance, Zhu Youxiao hurriedly came out and said to the mud: "Mr. Yanxi, don't be angry, Sun Gebu deals with soldiers every day, and it's normal to say some slang." ”