In just a few years, the situation on the Tianzhu Continent has undergone a very interesting reversal. When the King of the Ring of the Sun was still there, under his rule, Bei Tianzhu formed a nominal unified dynasty, and the dynasty was relatively peaceful, even if there were contradictions between the various kingdoms, they would try their best to avoid the outbreak of war under the mobilization of the King of the Ring of the Sun. This also made the internal rule of the Jieri Dynasty relatively stable, the economic development was very rapid, and the people's lives were stronger than in other places.

However, since the death of the king of the ring sun, the prime minister Alona Shun usurped the throne, which caused the entire Northern Tianzhu to be in chaos, and the wars between the various kingdoms continued, and many people were displaced, and life was even more difficult.

It was at this time that the two brothers, Li Zhen and Li Yun, who had already landed on the Tianzhu Continent and had been preparing for this for several years, actually began to exert their strength, sweeping away the Southern Tianzhu and the Middle Tianzhu in one fell swoop, and holding the central and southern parts of the entire Tianzhu Continent in their hands.

And with the efforts of Li Yun and a group of courtiers, their rule in Zhongtianzhu and Nantianzhu has stabilized, and the original riots in various places have also been extinguished by Li Zhen with the army, coupled with the spread of Neo-Brahmanism, which has caused a serious loss of followers of Buddhism and Old Brahmanism in this region, although Li Zhen and Li Yun said that they respected other religions, and also promised that each religion had the right to proselytize under their own rule, but they imposed heavy taxes on non-Neo-Brahmanical believers, in this case, Many less committed believers have to convert.

After stabilizing the area under their rule, Li Yun and Li Zhen began to learn from Li Su and began to vigorously develop the economy of their own area, and they formulated many preferential policies. In addition, the Tianzhu area is rich in coal and iron, especially a considerable amount of chromite in it. It can produce natural chrome steel, which is not only hard and wear-resistant. And it doesn't rust, and the weapons made are simply the favorite of military generals. However, the biggest use of chrome steel is to make various industrial tools, such as the drill bit on the lathe used to make the barrel.

In addition to coal and iron deposits, Tianzhu's agriculture is also very developed, you must know that in later generations, India's cultivated area accounted for one-tenth of the world's total, is one of the world's largest grain exporters, although the current Tianzhu can not reach the level of later generations, but the development of agriculture. However, it can already be compared with the Central Plains, so grain exports have also become one of the important financial resources for Li Zhen and Li Yun.

In addition, Tianzhu is also the birthplace of cotton, the local cotton planting has a long history, and the climate and terrain here are also very suitable for the cultivation of tea, so Li Zhen and Li Yun vigorously develop cotton planting at the same time, but also began to promote the planting of tea, plus the tea plantation on Ceylon Island has also formed a scale, which also indirectly promotes the tea planting of Tianzhu, and many Han merchants have established their own tea gardens in the coastal areas.

It is also relying on Tianzhu's rich mineral deposits and developed agriculture. Li Zhen and Li Yun's tax revenue is growing in a straight line every year, although it is still far from Li Su's Qi Wangfu and the Tang Dynasty, but it is enough for them to use it for their own development, especially under Li Zhen's strong request. Some time ago, they purchased a batch of artillery pieces and muskets from Li Su, and entrusted the Taiwan Military Academy to begin training a firearms unit that truly belonged to them.

East side of Zhongtianzhu. A large river meanders across the land and eventually flows into the sea from the east coast of the mainland. The name of this river is Krishna, and it is one of the famous big rivers in Tianzhu. The land on both sides of the river is fertile. The climate is also relatively moderate, and the estuary delta is famous for its abundant rice, that is, at the northern end of the delta, a city called Zhongjing is under construction.

Under the command of Han craftsmen, they poured the mud that had been shaken by rice juice into the partition, and then tamped it with heavy objects, and the periphery was built with solid green bricks, which were more than one zhang wide and so strong that even if they were bombarded with artillery, it would take a long time to blast them open.

After Li Zhen and Li Yun occupied Zhongtianzhu, the original capital of Chora City seemed a little remote, and Chora City was a coastal city, and Li Zhen and Li Yun did not have a strong navy in their hands, so in case of war, they did not have enough strength to protect Chora City, so after stabilizing the rule of Zhongtianzhu, they decided to choose another city as the capital.

Zhongjing in front of him was originally the royal capital of a small country in Zhongtianzhu, and the name was very awkward, Li Zhen and Li Yun took a fancy to the location here, so they ordered the city to be transformed as their temporary capital. The reason why it is said to be temporary is because Li Zhen and Li Yun both firmly believe that Tianzhu will soon be unified by them, and then the Qunu City in Northern Tianzhu, or several other big cities in the Ganges River Valley, will be qualified to become their real capital.

In the humble palace in Zhongjing City, Li Zhen and Li Yun were busy having lunch, and the two had discussed the issue of developing the economy under their rule before, but they couldn't finish the discussion by noon, so they simply chatted while eating.

"Seventh brother, the tea garden here in Tianzhu is being built very quickly, especially those tea plantation owners who have already eaten the sweetness in Ceylon, they have money and technology, plus our land price is so cheap, and there are so many discounts, so they are willing to pay the capital, but although the tea garden has been built, the corresponding roasted tea factory is still very scarce, so we have to send people to prepare in this regard!" Li Zhen said while eating curry mutton.

After hearing this, Li Yun nodded and said: "Yes, our current financial resources mainly rely on mining and planting, although Tianzhu originally had some industry and commerce, but they are all very primitive, so if we want to develop the economy, at least we must build up industry!" ”

"Well, this lamb is good today, it seems that the curry with chili is really much better!" Li Zhen agreed, and then said something brainless.

And Li Yun smiled helplessly after hearing this: "Although the pepper is good, but we can't introduce it now, and we need to wait until next year at the earliest, but the pepper is really a good thing, we can consider large-scale planting in the future, and then we will definitely have one more way to make money!" ”

Hearing Li Yun talk about the financial route, Li Zhen, who was eating mutton in a big gulp, suddenly had a meal, and then said very regretfully: "Speaking of the financial road, we think of the canal occupied by the Great Food, which can connect the Red Sea and the Mediterranean, which is a golden waterway, and all the ships that come and go need to pay taxes to the Great Food, and all our maritime communication with Eastern Rome needs to pass through there, so that canal is the real financial route!" ”

Seeing Li Zhen's jealous and hateful look, Li Yun smiled silently: "You're talking about the Suez Canal, that's not something we can touch now, unless we can drive the forces of the Great Food out of Egypt and bring down the Great Food Peninsula." ”

In fact, as early as the eighteenth century BC, the Egyptian pharaoh ordered people to dig this canal, and it was not abandoned until the thirteenth century AD, but in the second century BC, it was dredged by the Egyptian pharaohs and the ancient Roman Empire.

Later the canal was again undulated several times, until in 640, the second caliph of the Great Eclipse was Umar? Ibn? Khattab again ordered the Suez Canal to be cleared and opened to the outside world, a move that finally brought the East and West closer together, and a large number of ships passed through the canal every day, including Persians, Tianzhu, and Romans, but the largest number were Han Chinese merchant ships.

Before the opening of the canal, they could only sell their goods to the Tianzhu people or the Persians, and later there were big cannibals, but after the canal was opened, they could reach the Mediterranean Sea through the canal and directly drive the ship to the Eastern Roman trade, which not only allowed the Han merchants not to be subjected to the price reduction of the middlemen, but also directly transported the goods from the West to all parts of the Tang Dynasty, back and forth, so that they could earn several times more profits than before, Therefore, even if the taxes collected by the cannibals were very heavy, they still could not stop the enthusiasm of the Han merchants.

Li Zhen naturally understands that with his current strength, he has not even been able to get a Tianzhu, let alone Egypt, and now Egypt is occupied by the powerful Great Eclipse, and the birthplace of the Great Eclipse is still between Tianzhu and Egypt, if they want to occupy the Suez Canal, unless the Great Eclipse is completely destroyed, but with their current strength, it is simply impossible.

"Eighth brother, my father is now supporting Persia and signing a military alliance with Eastern Rome, which makes Da Shi dare not act rashly, some time ago I heard that Da Shi sent someone to negotiate with his father, what is the result now?" Li Yun suddenly asked at this time.

Li Zhen smiled contemptuously after hearing this: "Da Shi can play a good calculation, they secretly sent people to contact their father, and they actually hoped to join forces with Datang to destroy Rome, and then the two countries divided the land of Rome equally, it seems to be fair, but Datang is so far away from Rome, and Da Shi is next to Rome, so if they really take Rome, they are willing to divide half of the land?" ”

Li Yun also laughed when he heard it: "It seems that Da Shi is really whimsical, with the wisdom of our father, I must have seen through Da Shi's ghost tricks at a glance, but I don't know how my father dealt with this matter?" ”

"Father Emperor naturally saw through the plan of the Great Eclipse, and after the annexation of the Western Regions, the Father Emperor did not have the strength to march westward again, so whether it was the Great Food or the Eastern Rome, he didn't want to fight with it again, and it was precisely because of this that the Father Emperor gathered the envoys of the two countries together and planned to sign a three-country contract, but after the sixth brother heard about it, he actually forced it in, the reason is this Suez Canal!" Li Zhen said with a smile. (To be continued......)