Chapter 202: Passage

Compared with the impressive grand scene of the demonstration, the dinner snacks prepared for everyone in the workshop can be said to be very shabby, and the officers close to Ye Tao and the officials in Yunzhou began to ask when the Mars Bomb II and the Fierce Fire Oil II could start to be equipped with troops, and began to ask how everyone needed to cooperate in order to speed up the process, and began to ask about the cost of these powerful things, and even the "Vulcan Cannon" that was obviously made up on a whim by the saboteurs of the workshop. It has also become a topic of conversation for everyone. Compared to the previous small ballista with a three-man crew, the mobility of this thing can be said to be one heaven and one underground, but the weight and range of the projectiles that can be projectile are really attractive to everyone. This may not be the key to the decisive victory of the two armies, but it seems that it should be very suitable for siege and defense operations. Speaking of defending the city, maybe those infantry officers and longbow officers who originally came from the Blood Qi Army still have some experience, but when it comes to siege the city, everyone's eyes are black. We have indeed carried out relevant training, but who doesn't know that really fighting a war and those training subjects are completely different things.

And the representatives of the Samir family were particularly touched. They were very grateful to Ye Tao for handing over the formula of the fierce fire oil to them, and they were even more interested in the Huya ship and the small ballista of the three-person artillery group that Old Man Qi had shown them, and the first-class Ye Clan's workshop reduced the price of that artillery group to a reasonable range, as a force that had no conflict of interest with Dongping, they would definitely be able to quickly purchase a batch of artillery groups to supplement the combat power of the family fleet. But this did not detract from their shock at Ye Taoxin's Fierce Fire Oil Type 2, they were almost certain that it was basically "Greek Fire", even if it was not exactly the same formula, but it was not much different in power. Combined with the continuous improvement of the jet equipment in Yip's workshop, in fact, the power that can be exerted by the fierce fire oil is even more amazing than the legendary Greek fire.

After the presentation. The representatives of the Samir family didn't have time to care about the simplicity of the beef fried buns prepared for them in the workshop, so they couldn't wait to find Ye Tao. And it was only at this time that Ye Tao realized that this time it was not Assad, who had been cooperating with Seven Seas Trading Company for many years, who had come to discuss something with him, but a young man who showed a noble temperament everywhere. He is a core member of the Samir family, a direct descendant of the Samir family, who occupies a prominent position in the entire family tree. It was only his presence that allowed a high-ranking deacon like Assad to act as an interpreter.

"First of all, allow me to congratulate you on your ascension to the rank of governor of the vast and great grassland province of Yunzhou." Said was extremely humble.

"Thank you." Ye Tao would not feel fluttering because of anyone's humility, not to mention that he could realize that a core member of the Samir family, a prime minister and minister whose status in the Middle East may be higher than that of some countries, and in some smaller countries, even higher than the chief or king, the young man who can bear the surname Samir, I am afraid that most of the humility he shows at this moment is pretended. "Over the past few years. Mr. Assad has already made us aware of the strong wealth of the Samir family, and now I am glad that Mr. Samir has brought us another friend. ”

Ye Tao's calm performance made Said's understanding of this provincial governor who is said to be from a civilian background in the sources even more increased.

After some pleasantries, Said asked cautiously, "Lord Ye, as a long-term friend who has passed the test of time. I would like to make you a request that may be somewhat abrupt. On behalf of the Samir family, I sincerely ask you to be able to use the Fierce Fire Oil Type 2 ...... Perhaps it was the recipe of Greek fire that was passed on to us. …… And that's probably one of the less abrupt things I've come to see you this time around. ”

Ye Tao smiled. said: "Whether it is the temperature or the power of ablation, it is true that the second type of fierce fire oil has been greatly improved compared with the original formula. I can understand your preference for this weapon. I remember when I gave you the recipe for the Fierce Fire Oil Type 1, there was a clause in our local agreement that we should inform you of the results after continuing to improve the Fierce Fire Oil. It must be said that Mr. Assad signed a good agreement for the Samir family, according to which the type of fierce fire oil was formulated. It's perfectly fine to leave it to you. And it doesn't cost you anything extra. If you can, please help Old Man Qi and Nanhai Trading Company in the development of Nanyang. …… Naturally, this is not entirely generous. I have to admit frankly that I would love to sell you the finished product of the Fierce Fire Oil Type 2, but I am afraid that I will not be able to extract that part from the limited raw material production for several years. And you, in terms of production conditions, are actually more adequate than I have here. I believe you are reliable collaborators and close friends. I believe in handing over such weapons to you. It will not fall into the hands of my enemies. ”

Said bowed deeply and said, "I am touched by your generosity. ”

Ye Tao smiled and said, "You're welcome. What else could you ask for? We might as well really discuss and discuss openly and honestly like friends. ”

Listened a little to the thoughts of the Samir family. Ye Tao began to feel a little uncomfortable. The Samir family really wants to build a country, and their idea is not just to build a country, but to create a great power that has never been seen before in the Middle East. They expected that in the event of a war with the countries and governors they had assisted or financed, their fleets in the Red Sea and the Mediterranean would involve a great deal of power, and they were afraid that they would not be able to afford to care about the established strongholds in the South Seas, so they very wisely began to take over these strongholds with the close collaborators of the Nanami Trading Company, who had shown great ambition and steady pace in the expansion of the seas, and the conditions they asked of the Nanami Trading Company sounded reasonable: manpower, weapons, technology...... There are no excessive conditions.

But in terms of the army, they do lack strong forces, and they lack generals with strong command ability. The problem of generals is better to say, whether it is excavated and cultivated from within, poached and bribed, or even bought senior officers who were captured in the war and sold as slaves, they can always find a way to solve it. However, they did lack a large number of soldiers who were organized, disciplined, and capable of fighting. In the Middle East, where the population is not very dense, and most of the operations are predictable in size and location because of the distribution of rivers and oases, a few thousand elite sergeants strong enough to turn the tide of war and a large army of servants may be sufficient. But how to train such a sergeant? Assad recounted at the Council of Elders, what he had learned about Ye Tao's experience of building a powerful army that could deter the entire continent in just a few years, which made many people in the Samir family very moved. And when they learned that there were actually a large number of veteran sergeants and middle- and low-level officers in the Blood Qi Army, or working in the Blood Qi Army's local auxiliary army, they couldn't help but have the idea of hiring a group of people to train the army.

But this idea, on this continent, sounds a little absurd. Those retired sergeants and officers in the Blood Qi Army were dumbfounded by the representatives or agents of the Samir family who came to the door, and did not dare to agree; And the Blood Qi Army, the Ministry of War, and so on all thought that this idea was too crazy, and it was unheard of to hire officers from other countries to command the battle. The sergeants of the Blood Qiqi Army believe in their sense of military honor, but they are very skeptical of the loyalty of the army...... Said also raised this matter when he met with Tan Xiaopei, compared to the military department that followed the rules in everything and the blood qi army that didn't think much about money, Tan Xiaopei's vision was much broader, and the concept of mercenaries was not uncommon for people who had been bandits and warlords. And Tan Xiaopei is considering two questions: whether these people sent out can help the Samir family achieve their goals within ten years; After completing the founding goal of the Samir family, let these people lead the army to land directly from the South Seas, what is the probability of flanking Chunnan on both wings...... Beyond that, there is little point in talking about that. Because veterans will not die, but they will gradually wither, and Tan Xiaopei will never send a steady stream of excellent officers who can be used for the construction of the army on his side at any time to such a distant place. And this time limit also means that either he needs to quickly wipe out the Three Kingdoms with military force and huge casualties, or he has to modify the Northern Liao and then the Western Ling. This was followed by the steps of Chunnandi to unify the continent. Tan Xiaopei hadn't thought about this problem yet, so he sent Said to Yunzhou to find Ye Tao to solve other problems, so that he had time to figure out this problem.

And Said's requirements are indeed more complicated than the other. Whether he hired the retired officers and auxiliary officers of the Blood Qi Army was not something that Ye Tao could master. But Said asked Ye Tao to mediate once Tan Xiaopei agreed to the matter. The other requests were even more troublesome, the Samir family, after learning that the northern tribe had suffered a heavy setback, was trying to reopen the land passage from the Middle East to the Middle Earth mainland that had been blocked for a long time, and Ye Taodi's Yunzhou envoy status made them see the possibility of advancing from both sides and allowing the land passage to take shape quickly. This was not only a trade route that took a little shorter than the sea route, but also a lifeline for the Samir family, who were entangled in the war, to ensure that the Samir family could receive a steady stream of war funds from trade after a long war of war with their maritime power.

Is it the Silk Road? Ye Tao frowned and was noncommittal. He really didn't really have a serious understanding of how much trade this road passage had carried when Middle-earth was unified. In this time and space, due to the terrain and landform, there is a big difference between the world that Ye Tao came from. The sea journey from Dongping to Persia was not unacceptably long, and the volume of trade seemed to be so large that there did not seem to be a major obstacle to navigational power. The only trouble is during typhoon season, or when there are some sudden weather events, which can bring the trade routes to a halt from time to time, after all, anything can happen in the vast seas.

"Map!" Ye Tao commanded. Bi Xiaoqing and Wu Ping'an immediately found a large-scale map from Ye Tao's seemingly all-encompassing bag. Spread out on the table. The map includes a detailed map of the land of the Eastern Plains. It includes the more detailed place names and landforms of Chunnan, Beiliao and Xiling, including the entire coastline of Chunnan, which has been well understood by Nanami Trading Company. The islands and archipelagos along the sea route from the South Seas to Dubai Harbour, the home of the Samir family of Persia, are scarce, but only in the northwest of Yunzhou, the map is extremely poor. Only lakes, deserts, and oases are marked, as well as cities and fortresses controlled by different forces. This part of the content was finally accumulated by the Dai family after going deep into the grassland many times.

Said beckoned, and one of the guards behind him pulled out rolls of parchment from his leather bag and unfolded them on the table. These maps, drawn on parchment, were put together with Ye Tao's maps to form a map that covered a much wider area. The material of the map is not a problem, different drawing methods are not a problem, and even a completely different pictorial system is not an obstacle to everyone's understanding of the map. Saeed's finger moved over the map and explained: "In the past, the northern trade route followed here, and because of the need to avoid the power of the Kani Khanate, it was a little farther to detour from the northern foot of the White Horse Mountain. And when the Chani Khanate rose to prominence in the north, it was suppressed on both sides by two nomadic peoples, who pursued plundering states, and this trade route was completely cut off. Then, although the Kani Khanate was finally destroyed by Xiling due to constant friction with Xiling, Xiling itself was rich in products and almost did not need to pretend to be outside, and Xiling had always suppressed merchants, and the northern passage did not recover in their hands. It was impossible for the Northern Liao to bypass Yunzhou to open up this route, while Chunnan and your country reaped the great benefits of trade by sea. Geographically speaking, the most suitable place to do this is Yunzhou. However, Yunzhou has been attacked by enemies on several sides, and has been trapped in military struggles, and there are no products that can be marketed all over the world, so naturally there will be no interest in the construction of this channel. But...... Adult ............"

Said's subtext, Ye Tao naturally understood. He may be the one who can revive this channel. And Ye Tao, who has always been known for his whimsical ideas and exquisite technology, can naturally let Yunzhou come up with a sufficient variety and quantity of fist products.

Ye Tao's brows furrowed, and he said, "There is a little bit of interest, but this matter has to be considered in the long run." ”