After a while, Duan Heyu smiled bitterly: "The ancestral inheritance, I can't bear to abandon it......"

"Yunnan is far away, and it is difficult for the court to appoint officials, if you donate the land, although it seems to return to the court, in fact, it is not you, the king of Dali, who has the final say? As long as it works properly, the court gets its name, you have to act, why not? When Zhou Quan said this, he was a little happy in his heart, and let your uncle play tricks on him whether he wanted to die or live: "Let's think about it, if the Gao family has such an opportunity, do you think they will agree?" ”

Needless to say, if the Gao family has the opportunity to become the real king of Yunnan, how can they disagree?

Duan Heyu felt cold and terrible in his heart, and when he looked at Zhou Quan again, this seemingly amiable young nobleman seemed to have become a beast that chose people to devour. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

At this moment, Duan Heyu realized that he was seeking skin with the tiger.

Zhou Quan was not so much offering him a plan as warning him.

If there is internal strife in Dali, then the two sides will inevitably seek foreign aid, and Da Song is their strongest foreign aid recently. Either side of the Duan clan and the Gao clan, as long as they have the support of the Great Song Dynasty, can completely suppress the other party.

But the result would be to lure the wolf into the house.

Duan Heyu was full of regret in his heart, wishing that he had never asked Zhou Quan a question.

Zhou Quan pouted and smiled, how could he not know about the other party's thoughts?

It's just that since he mentioned it, of course he has to show the other party a clear way.

It's the real clear road.

"When Emperor Taizu, the Southern Tang Dynasty sent an envoy to pay tribute, hoping that Taizu would stop the army. Dali, the side of the couch in the Central Plains, Duan Wangye, whether you come or not, the Great Song Dynasty is here, just to sweep the north, and will turn south. At this time, the prince sacrificed the land, but he was not rich, and at that time, the army was pressing, and he was afraid that he would not be able to be imprisoned under the steps. ”

Zhou Quan's threat of the red fruit made Miao Zhong next to him start sweating first.

Duan Heyu asked how to continue the national honor and consolidate the country, but when it came to Zhou Quan's mouth, it became like this.

Duan Heyu twitched his face and said with a wry smile: "I have a lot of time in Dali, and I have always been good friends with the Central Plains, so it shouldn't be like this." Moreover, the mountains are high and the waters are long, and there is no way for idle soldiers to enter Dali. ”

Zhou Quan laughed and said: "Lord, I have made friends before, that is because the Central Plains has not been unified, and there is a strong neighbor of Liaoxia on the side, now that the Xia Kingdom has been destroyed, the Liao State is half crippled, and Dali is not a rebellion with the ministers, I am afraid that without the Central Plains army entering, someone will open the door to welcome him!" Time has changed, Lord Duan, you don't look at the problem with old eyes. In my humble opinion, it's all Nagong anyway, and you're just one step closer, you can fight for better and more interests, but you can't stop it. ”

Duan Heyu seemed to be ten years old, he covered his forehead with his hand, and after a while, he bowed to Zhou Quan again: "Master Zhou, please have mercy on the millions of people in Dali......"

"I said, the best policy is to dedicate the land to attach, so the court does not hesitate to reward, don't say that the king of Dali, even the king of Yunnan may not know, and the people of Dali, since then they are also the people of the Great Song Dynasty, where the Song people have, the people of Dali have it! The middle policy is that Zen is located in Gao's, so Dali is indisputable, or can support more than ten years and eight years, but when the Great Song Dynasty has no trouble in the north, Dali will have the worry of destroying the country! As for the next policy, after Duan Wang Ye returns to China, he can abdicate and become a monk, and pass on to his children and nephews, so that the prince himself will no longer have a burden, as for what happens to his children and grandchildren, after you die, who cares about the flood! ”

Zhou Quan directly dispelled Duan Heyu's luck mentality, he let out a long sigh, arched his hand to Zhou Quan, and stopped asking.

Although he no longer asked, in his heart, he pondered Zhou Quan's words repeatedly.

If the Great Song Dynasty really defeated the Liao State, and the north was no longer in trouble, he would definitely order the Tibetan tribes to attack Dali from the northwest, and send his troops to Jiannan, or use troops from Guangxi, under the attack on three sides, Dali would face great pressure.

If the monarchs and ministers in the country have the same desires and are united, Duan Heyu still has the confidence to compete with the Song people who came from the mountains and rivers, but now, Duan and Gao's second surnames are in harmony with each other, and the thirty-seven rebellions are non-stop, what will he do to fight with the Great Song Dynasty?

Relying only on his Duan family, it would be great to be able to piece together 20,000 soldiers, and that would be without farming for the next year. But what about the Song people, just one way, they can make up 100,000 van troops, and they don't have to fight, and they will drag Dali to death.

Thinking about it this way, Duan Heyu had to admit that the best policy Zhou Quan said was really the best choice.

Anyway, now in Dali, it is not him, the king, who has the final say, to dedicate the household registration land and exchange it for better conditions and courtesies from the Great Song Dynasty, and he will only get more than now, not less.

This matter is related to the survival of a country, and naturally it will not be decided lightly. Duan Heyu only took Zhou Quan's words to heart, he was going to stay in Xuzhou for three or five days, and after a short rest, he set off for Haizhou again.

When he went north, he came from Hunan, but when he went south, he changed his route, preparing to go to sea from Haizhou, through Hangzhou, Ming, Quan, Guangzhou and other prefectures, to Qinzhou, and then change to a land route and enter Dali. Even now, the Great Song Dynasty shipping is unprecedentedly developed, and it will take him nearly half a year to return to his hometown.

But the day after he visited the Yellow Building, when he looked for Zhou Quan again, he couldn't find anyone.

Zhou Quan rushed to Diqiu overnight, not only to check the situation of the railway, but more importantly, to check the progress of several studies.

"Where is Yu Gong?" In the Longchuan Courtyard, Zhou Quan asked his father.

At this time, Zhou Fu is no longer a small official in the Beijing Division, and there is not much atmosphere of the rivers and lakes on his face, but instead he is majestic and steady after staying in the top position for a long time. However, in front of his son, there is not much left of his majesty and stability, as soon as he heard that his son was not greeting himself, but first asked the old man of Tomson, he glared at the moment and said: "You don't know sex, filial piety is the first, don't greet Lao Tzu and me first, but ask others?" ”

"Okay, it's my son, I'm wrong, are you okay, Dad?" Zhou Quan knew that he was at a loss, and said with a smile.

"What's so good, when Lao Tzu is turned around by you, who is a son, there is no way to return home, and you can't be reunited with your mother, what do you say!" Zhou Fu said angrily.

This is a thing that their father and son have always been dissatisfied with, at the beginning they went out of Beijing and did not have their own inheritance, so they never took Zhou's mother and teacher over. Later, when their foundation was completed, they wanted to take Zhou's mother and teacher out, but the court always obstructed it in every way, and there was a faint intention to leave Zhou's mother and teacher in Beijing as a hostage.

"Soon, fast for a year, slow for two years, our family can be reunited, and then we can really do it, and act without looking at anyone's face." Zhou Quan hesitated for a moment and said in a low voice.

"Really?" Zhou Fu's expression froze.

Zhou Quan nodded, the father and son glanced at each other, Zhou Fu thought of his brother Zhou Tong's warning, and felt a little dazed in his heart.

Is it right or wrong to help my son like this?

"It's the key to the old man's side, if what the old man is doing is successful, he will leave the court, and we are not afraid, so I will ask him as soon as I come." Zhou Quan said in a low voice.

"Steam engine?"

This matter was hidden from others, but it could not be hidden from Zhou Fu, a large amount of steel, and many craftsmen who could have been used elsewhere, were sent to this project.

"Exactly ......"

"I don't know why you attach so much importance to that pumping thing!" Zhou Fu muttered.

Four years ago, Zhou Quan told Yu Tomson about the steam engine, and Yu Tomson was very interested in it, because Zhou Quan said that it was an important invention that would change the world. If someone else said this, Yu Tomson would take it as a big talk, but when Zhou Quan said this, he didn't dare to take it lightly.

What's more, in the past few years, Zhou Quan has invested in the research of steam engines, almost regardless of the cost.

Yu Tomson once participated in the project of water transport instrument to Taiwan under Su Song, and learned some management skills of project coordination and co-ordination, plus Zhou Quan asked from time to time, even so, the research of steam engine is also full of twists and turns. There were four explosions alone, the first of which caused two deaths and four injuries because the craftsmen failed to strictly implement the safety measures proposed by Zhou Quan.

But now, it has finally come to fruition.

It's just that the steam engine was originally used in the mines. With the expansion of the scale of production in Liguojian, the demand for ore has also increased rapidly, and the original shallow ore veins are no longer enough to supply the production needs of Liguojian, whether it is coal or iron ore, so it has become the only choice to dig deeper underground with gunpowder, and the water in the underground and how to lift the ore out of the depths has become a problem. The first application of the steam engine was used here.

Zhou Fu said that the steam engine was just a thing for pumping water, but seeing that Zhou Quan attached so much importance to it, he still came to Yu Tomson with him.

This old man is nearly sixty years old, has been a small official in the Taishi Bureau, has been unambitious for a long time, and now he has arrived in Xuzhou, named in the Li Guojian, the official has been promoted to the sixth grade, and he takes a salary from the imperial court, and also gets a salary five times that of the imperial court from Zhou Quan, plus a huge amount of research funds. Therefore, he had long felt that he was happy here, and threw Jingshi to Java.

Even when Zhou Quan came to visit, he was a little unhappy, and looked at the table clock from time to time: "If there is nothing else, I will go to the mine to see the steam engine!" ”

"I'll go with you to see it." Zhou Quan said with a smile.

It's just that he has not walked far away, and a messenger hurried over: "Preparation, a letter from Jeju, saying that the Kingdom of Jin, Goryeo and Liao Kingdom have suddenly landed in Japan!" ”

Zhou Quan was stunned for a moment.

The current situation of Liao and Goryeo is not very good, and they are facing great pressure from Jin together, so although Zhou Quan has already gotten the news that Liao and Goryeo seem to be interested in Japan's Jinshan, they don't think so, and always feel that this matter is unreliable.

And he also has his own eyeliner in Liao, but there is no news.

As for the ambition of the Jurchen vultures, Zhou Quan sneered at it and felt that it was impossible to achieve.

"The Liao Kingdom may have made a secret pact with Jin, and possibly even Goryeo, and the three kingdoms joined forces to conspire with Japan...... Damn, they're trying to grab food in my bowl! ”

With a flash of thought, Zhou Quan had a kind of anger that the fruits of his labor were taken away! (To be continued.) )