A letter flew into the hands of the emperors like snowflakes, and the emperors of Western Qi and Western Chu did not hesitate about it, but when Emperor Nanzhao saw the documents, he hesitated in his heart for a while, whether to participate in this coalition.

Now that he is good friends with Dongshui, and at the same time, he also has the financial support of Dongshui for this reset, if he wants to attack Dongshui, Emperor Nanzhao still can't do treachery.

But this time is also a good opportunity to participate in the distribution of wealth, if Dongshui loses, then the huge wealth will definitely be divided, and this temptation is also huge enough.

The emperor thought about it and still had no choice, and the next morning he brought the matter to the court, which was also arguing about the matter.

The ministers who took the advantage of Chen Chen naturally strongly opposed the dispatch of troops, believing that making friends with Dongshui could develop their own commerce and stabilize the people's hearts, and more importantly, His Majesty also ascended the throne with the help of Dongshui's financial resources this time, and he could not cross the river and tear down the bridge to be ridiculed.

The opponents also have their own opinions, believing that the entry of Dongshui merchants into Nanzhao did not bring substantial benefits to Nanzhao, and the profits were entirely Dongshui itself, and at the same time, the merchants entered Nanzhao in a big way, posing a threat to their own industries, and this time they must join the coalition army to increase their savings for the treasury.

In the end, the discussion came and discussed, and a compromise solution was discussed, that is, to participate in the coalition army, but it was not a good bird, if Dongshui could survive, then immediately withdraw the troops, if Dongshui could not hold on, he would not mind beating the water dogs.

For a time, Nanzhao Junchen quickly determined the policy and guidelines for this time.

When Chen Chen sat in Shengzhou City and listened to this information, he couldn't help but sneer: "The Four-Nation Alliance? It seems that Shikoku is going to strangle Dongshui in the cradle! ”

"Lord Wang, many merchants outside the door have asked to see the prince." An entourage ran in quickly, looking at Chen Chen with a panicked expression.

"Huh? What are they here for? Let them wait in the hall. His brows furrowed, and he couldn't help but wonder what these merchants were doing at this time.

Rubbing his eyes, he came to the hall, and at this moment all the merchants gathered in the hall and waited eagerly for Chen Chen.

Stepping into the hall, many impatient people obediently calmed down and saluted Chen Chen one after another.

"Is there anything you have to do with this king today?" Looking at everyone's blue faces, Chen Chen understood something a little, it seems that these people have all received the news of the war.

"Lord Wang, I heard that the Four-Power Alliance is coming, I don't know how the Lord will deal with it!"

"Yes, we are just businessmen, just doing business with peace of mind."

"Lord Wang, will we be affected, will our funds and industries be wasted?"

As soon as everyone heard Chen Chen's questioning, they all chattered and pointed fingers, and the atmosphere in the hall became extremely lively.

As he spoke, everyone looked at Chen Chen's face, and suddenly stopped talking, and some of them were still talking loudly, and they were slapped and pointed at the prince, and they immediately stopped their voices, and everyone stared at Chen Chen in fear.

Chen Chen's reputation in Dongshui is capable and steady, but at the same time ruthless and resolute, although there is no brutal rule, but the people of Dongshui are particularly in awe of Chen Chen, and no one dares to point a finger at him.

"Finished? After saying that, everyone can go back, this king still has to prepare to meet the enemy, if anyone wants to leave Dongshui to go to another country, this king will not stop it, so let the king return the funds to you. I don't know why, Chen Chen's heart calmed down for a while, and he saw that these people had no temper at all.

When he first came here, the people were ignorant and the official style was weak, he was furious, and even killed several people, but today someone dares to come here to point fingers at him, and even has the heart of defection, in the past, he must have been held accountable for a felony, but today he does not have any temper.

"Well, no, no, no, the grass people are willing to stay in Dongshui to accompany Dongshui to go to the disaster, and they will never be deserters."

"Yes, we are not deserters, we are just worried that the prince is too tired."

"With the prince here, we will definitely be able to get through the crisis."

Everyone hurriedly expressed their determination to stay in Dongshui, and supported Dongshui's operation at any cost.

Chen Chen welcomed this, and highly praised everyone's determination, so as to appease them, and let everyone leave, at this time, these people always want to find an opportunity to brush up their sense of existence.

"Brother Huang, are the merchants here to make trouble? Don't be angry with them! When Chen Cheng came to the capital, he couldn't help but be stunned when he saw the departing businessman, and hurriedly asked Chen Chen.

Chen Chen sneered: "Where does this king dare to be angry, the time is so tight that I don't have time to play with them at all, they are also clear in their hearts, but they just want to ask this king to buy a peace of mind." ”

"So, Brother Huang, do you have a way to defeat the enemy?" Chen Cheng couldn't help but be happy when he looked at the confident prince.

Chen Chen smiled: "This king is kind-hearted and doesn't want to hurt people with large-scale weapons, but since the four-nation alliance army that doesn't know whether it's alive or dead is going to attack, then let them go and have no return today." ”

As he spoke, he took out a design drawing from his arms and handed it to Chen Cheng.

"What is this? A barrel with round wheels? Looking at this strange thing, Chen Cheng couldn't help but be stunned.

"This is a cannon, which can bombard the enemy's army, this king has something to do now, you immediately go to the major fireworks shops to buy the purest nitrate and sulfur back, remember, buy all of them, this king has an urgent need." Chen Chen smiled slightly and did not explain.

"You're going to make fireworks?" Chen Cheng was stunned for a moment, and he didn't understand what the prince wanted to do.

"You'll find out later." Chen Chen didn't want to explain anything, but just ordered him to do it.

Although Chen Cheng was puzzled, he quickly brought someone to do it.

Once the gunpowder is successfully made, the cannon naturally cannot be made of ordinary iron, but must be made of steel, and only steel can withstand high temperatures without breaking.

Looking at the method of making steel in the high priest's notebook is a typical modern production technology, no wonder there is only iron here and no steel, it turns out that the steel technology on it cannot work.

Reluctantly put down the notebook, Chen Chen began to think about the way to make steel, and suddenly remembered a few words in the history book, and he still has an impression:

Steel filling technology was founded in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties periods, and is an original invention in the history of Chinese metallurgy. The process of steel filling is roughly as follows: the molten pig iron and wrought iron are combined, and the carbon in the pig iron will diffuse to the wrought iron and tend to be evenly distributed, and some impurities can be removed to become high-quality steel. Prior to the invention of the crucible steelmaking method, the steel-filling method was a state-of-the-art steelmaking technology.

Chen Chen summed up in his heart: "I don't know this crucible steelmaking method, but the steel filling technology is still very clear, and the steel filling technology can only be used." ”

After eating a few bites of food, he rushed to the ironworks with a few attendants, and when he stepped into the factory, he was immediately greeted by someone.

"Find out the best workers here, this king has something to say." Chen Chen smiled at the foreman and clarified his intentions.

"Yes, Lord Wang, the next official will go find someone." The foreman hurriedly agreed to greet the prince and went to the factory himself.

It didn't take much effort, and more than a dozen middle-aged people were brought to Chen Chen's side: "Lord Wang, these are the most skilled masters in our factory, I brought them to you." ”

"Well, you go down, this king will talk to a few masters." waved his hand and let the foreman go down, leaving only a few cramped and restless ironsmiths, all staring at each other with big eyes.