However, when the surrounding countries discussed the matters between Cai and Xiao, the Shang Kingdom no longer discussed this matter.

Cheng Jiming has led 70% of the air force of the Shang Kingdom, including more than 300 supersonic aircraft, more than 5,000 general propeller aircraft, and even hundreds of large flight platforms, which have already set off in the early morning.

Since he has sent troops, Li Xian will no longer pay attention to these matters. I believe Li Yulong will definitely handle it completely.

As for the so-called offensive and defense mutual assistance agreement signed by multiple parties, it was written very clearly at the time, and it was "outside" and "outside"? Of course, it was so that he could not recognize himself.

These "small issues" were noticed as early as the negotiations.

When the surrounding countries were discussing the war here, Li Xian was chatting with Zhao Ming, the Crown Prince of Zhao; and beside him, Ji Buxian, the Secretary of Zhao, was negotiating with Xu Ren and others.

Negotiations include many projects, and more details.

Ji Buxian, Xu Ren and others negotiated major projects and main directions; the remaining assistants negotiated small details separately. The more than 200 elites from Zhao State were busy, and they could be said to have no time to drink water. Every project negotiated here often costs millions of taels of gold, or even hundreds of millions of taels of gold.

Of course, the State of Zhao cannot give out so much gold, and the Kingdom of Shang will not be really stupid enough to be gold. There are still many conditions, privileges, etc. that need to be negotiated.

For example, if the people of the Shang Kingdom are bullied in the central part of Yingzhou and their legitimate interests are damaged, they will be too far away to find the Shang Kingdom; at this time, Zhao Kingdom will come forward. This is also within the negotiations.

In exchange, people from Zhao State were bullied in the East or had difficulties, and they could also seek help from the Shang Kingdom.

There are countless conditions like this. Agreements have been signed one after another.

While chatting with Zhao Ming, the two of them kept signing and stamping these negotiated documents. But occasionally some documents were beaten back by Li Xian or Zhao Ming.

In fact, such negotiations have been going on for many days; today is the final conclusion.

This will last until the evening before everything will be decided.

And at this moment, Xu Ren stood up and said formally: "Mr. Ji, our Shang Kingdom has a big plan and wants to cooperate with your country.

This is another cooperation project and another negotiation project.”

"Oh?" Ji Buxian looked at Xu Ren. Ji Buxian was also very curious when he could make the think tank of the Shang Kingdom in front of him pay so much attention.

Xu Ren said: "We are preparing to build a major artery, a railway, connecting the Kingdom of Commerce and Zhao. The straight-line distance between our two countries is about 150,000 kilometers; if the railway is built, the length may reach 180,000 kilometers.

During this period, at least 40 countries will be passed.”

Ji Buxian was not shocked, but was puzzled, "For such a major artery, investment may cost hundreds of millions of gold, right? I calculated that if you use a two-lane and use the current standards of Shang Kingdom to calculate, the average railway cost per kilometer is as high as 1,500 taels of gold.

180,000 kilometers will require 270 million taels of gold. This is still a visible hard cost.

In fact, if you want to build such a railway, all kinds of investments must be calculated at ten times.

Moreover, such a large artery is very fragile and can easily be destroyed. If there is a problem with a village along the way, the entire large artery will not be able to operate.

War is inevitable now, and the 180,000-kilometer artery will be difficult to maintain intact. It will even be impossible to complete the construction!"

Xu Ren smiled this time, "No, I think it's easy to build. Moreover, countries along the way will do their best to protect this artery!

The Shang Kingdom has a fundamental rule for business communication, which is - win-win.

If we build a railway that can bring wealth and industrial products to the countries along the way and promote the prosperity of this country, they will definitely not refuse."

"This is too presumptuous! What if countries along the way are fighting each other?"

Xu Ren smiled, "What if there is a Nascent Soul master guarding every ten kilometers on our railway? We use luck as currency to pay the salary of Nascent Soul masters. I think it is OK.

In addition, gold, spirit stones, elixirs, magic weapons, etc. can all be used as currency to pay for experts in the Nascent Soul stage.

Countries along the way can gain benefits, and they are also protected by masters in the Nascent Soul stage. I believe that such a railway will be indestructible.

Even if countries along the way have a melee, they will compete for ownership of the railway. Because..."

Speaking of this, Xu Ren's face suddenly became a little ferocious, "Because they were close to the railway, they could obtain arms! Only by obtaining arms can they expand to the outside world!

As long as there is one interruption in the railway, the entire railway will stop operating. This is a last resort, but it is also a very effective method!

In this way, other countries will inevitably launch attacks on countries with problems with railways!"

Ji Buxian was told. "If you really do this, you may succeed!"

Xu Ren smiled brightly again, "In fact, Zhao State needs such a railway more than us. Because only with this railway can Zhao State get out!

In contrast, the Shang Kingdom is close to the seaside, and we actually don’t really need this railway.”

"Oh?" Ji Buxian pondered for a moment. What do you mean? You want to blackmail me, right?

Xu Ren seemed to have not followed Ji Buxian's doubts and continued: "The King of Wise once said that due to transportation volume, countries close to waters have more advantages in the era of industrial and commercial development.

For example, a ship can carry thousands of tons of cargo; if these cargoes are transported on the ground, if ordinary manpower is used, at least a few thousand people will be required and hundreds of cars will be required.

This is not only a matter of the number of personnel, but also a matter of efficiency, but also a matter of personnel utilization efficiency!

A boat, more than a dozen people, can complete the workload of thousands of people in the past."

Xu Ren paused again, gave Ji Buxian some time to react, and continued: "But on the ground, there is also a kind of transportation tool that is very powerful, and this is the train.

Trains may not be as efficient as ships, but trains are more reliable and relatively flexible than ships. Without a choice, trains are a good choice. And the trains are very fast!

In addition, if Zhao State really wants to take the industrialization route, everything depends on your own development and construction. Now it is probably too late. It is better to import materials from the Shang Kingdom.

how?"

Ji Buxian thought about it for a long time and had to admit that he was persuaded!

"But there is another problem here. It will take a long time to build a railway of 180,000 kilometers. Can it be completed within five years?

Also, countries along the way may have to negotiate one by one.

Moreover, there are more than a dozen tall mountains that cannot be bypassed along the way, as well as wide rivers, wide lakes, and bottomless abyss canyons. How do you deal with these?"

Xu Ren is very proud: "When you open a road and meet water to fill bridges. You should have contact with the tunnel technology and viaduct technology of the Shang Kingdom. At worst, you can make these bigger. I believe that there is no difficulty that the Shang Kingdom cannot solve.

If so, we will continue to study the science in depth!”

Zhao State has fully learned from the Shang Kingdom, and school education has been launched, and the word "science" no longer needs to be kept confidential.

"What about the negotiations between countries?" Ji Buxian was very dissatisfied with Xu Ren's scheming and did not answer half of the questions.

"This is too simple!" Xu Ren stretched out two fingers, "Two methods are enough.

First, if you, Zhao, express your opinion, especially the power of industry and commerce in person. With your identity as Zhao, you will be moved by all countries.

Second, we used the latest supersonic aircraft as the car of the negotiator, saving time and also demonstrated the miracle of industry and commerce. Of course, we also conveyed the idea of ​​"sending people to the fairy world with aircraft" to the past.

I believe that with these two points, no country will refuse!”

"What if?" Ji Buxian made progress step by step.

"There won't be any in case!" Xu Ren's eyes narrowed slightly, and a faint cold light flashed inside.

Everything is indifferent; if most countries agree and one or two countries want to play with nails, then they will be embarrassed and just incite the surrounding countries to attack.

The minority must obey the majority, because as far as the matter is concerned, if you don’t obey, you will be beaten and even destroy the country! Of course, the specific details are still uncertain, and now it is just a plan.

Ji Buxian thought about it for a while and finally nodded seriously, "I agree! Let's talk about the details below!"
Chapter completed!