The soft south wind blows along the southeast direction with bursts of warmth, and the clothes are fluttering, making people feel the fullness of spring. Although the spring festival has just passed, the south has begun to enter the busy season of spring plowing. On both sides of the river, There is already a busy scene in the fertile fields.
"Juetian, have you noticed that their Vice Minister Su Qin from the Tang Dynasty led a large number of important cabinet ministers such as the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Commerce to visit Milan, and also visited Andako and Mahad. Hehe, they are doing Xiangzhuang's sword dance. , It’s meant for Pei Gong.” Bi Xili was quite proud of the perfect use of his last Tang idiom.
"Well, it seems that the Tang Dynasty is also very sensitive to the contact between us and the Milan people, otherwise they would not send such a high-profile delegation to visit the Kingdom of Milan. However, it is not easy for them to resolve the doubts of the Three Kingdoms. Milan People are already feeling the pressure, and Datang is sparing no effort to develop its navy. Datang's navy may not be as mature and sophisticated as Milan, but it is fully capable of surpassing the Milanese in terms of scale. Once the naval power surpasses the Three Kingdoms Alliance, The psychological advantage of the Milan people will be gone. Do you think Louis X and Bedric will have no ideas?" Lei Juetian stood on the river bank and looked into the distance. The canal project has been fully started. Due to the terrain, the progress of the cross-Beijing section has been very rapid. It went well. Although it has been slowed down due to the busy spring plowing, the progress is now quite satisfactory. He seems to have seen the bright future of connecting Yuejing and the hinterland of Machikhan.
"Juetian, we can't take it lightly, whether it's the Milanese or the Three Kingdoms Alliance. I'm afraid they won't and don't dare to break up with the Tang Dynasty easily, right? What's more, they already have common ground with the Tang Dynasty on the issue of dealing with the Japanese. Interests, doesn't Datang just want to repair the shadow that has been cast on their relationship due to its aggressive military expansion?" Bi Xili was not as optimistic as Lei Juetian.
"Huh, Your Majesty, the attitudes of both sides on the issue of dealing with the Japanese have long been incompatible with each other. The Japanese are very smart. They have changed their strategies after discovering that the Japanese bandits attacked the coastal areas of the Atlantic Ocean and the Tang Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms Alliance formed a united front. Those who The pirates now only attack the coastal areas of Datang, and have completely stopped attacks on Milan, Andako and Mahad territories. They have switched to official and private trade to break their relationship with the Three Kingdoms Alliance. It is said that the Japanese are still willing to give the original Negotiations on the losses caused by the Three Kingdoms Alliance. Although the Three Kingdoms Alliance is still afraid to openly support official trade due to pressure from the Tang Dynasty. However, private trade has not been much restricted. Milan is still making some fuss and covering up on the surface, but Andoko With Mahad, there was not much influence at all. It was extremely prosperous. The Tang Dynasty imposed a trade embargo on the Japanese, which benefited the Three Kingdoms Alliance. The merchants of the Three Kingdoms Alliance even wanted to take advantage of the current favorable opportunity to monopolize trade with the Japanese. .Now the Japanese only control the Japanese land. They also control Baodao, Kamchatka and Shuqiu, plus the Crescent Peninsula of the original Dodon people. Production and trade are very active, and the merchants of the Three Kingdoms Alliance want to get a piece of it. So, driven by interests, it is not easy for the Tang Dynasty to pressure the Three Kingdoms Alliance to take action, which will only arouse the Three Kingdoms Alliance's resentment." Lei Juetian said calmly.
"Well. I think this time Su Qin led the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Commerce to probably solve this problem. I heard that Datang is also frantically expanding its naval power on Ludao. It is probably to prevent the Three Kingdoms Alliance from abiding by their original agreement. We resorted to force during the agreement." Bixili said thoughtfully as he strolled, "I just don't know what Su Qin's results will be this time."
"Your Majesty may have guessed wrong this time. Datang will not break up with the Three Kingdoms Alliance at this time. Their main purpose is to deal with us. Now they need to repair the increasingly estranged and cold relationship with the Three Kingdoms Alliance to prevent the Three Kingdoms Alliance. Turning back to us, the reason why we have formed such a large delegation to visit now is that on the one hand, it wants to show the importance it attaches to the Three Kingdoms Alliance, and on the other hand, it also wants to negotiate on economic and trade relations, but it will definitely not be because of the trade exchanges between the Three Kingdoms Alliance and the Japanese. If we collude with each other and start a war, doesn't that push the Three Kingdoms Alliance towards us? The politicians of the Tang Dynasty are very clear on this point and will not make such a move." Lei Juetian shook his head and agreed with himself. Khan's view.
"Well, then we have to be more cautious and continue to pay attention to their performance in the Three Kingdoms Alliance. Don't let the Milan people pull them over to the Tang Dynasty." Bixili was a little worried.
"Your Majesty, if the Three Kingdoms Alliance is determined to form an alliance with the Tang Dynasty, we cannot change their position by doing some work. It is precisely because the Tang Dynasty's aggressive expansion in several directions has made all the surrounding neighbors fearful. It turns out that people in Milan always think that we are engaged in expansion? Anjie, Yuejing and Ronisia, but compared with Li Wufeng's performance in the peninsula, the southwest region, and the central continent, what does our behavior mean? Even a fraction. None of them can compare. What's more, the people of Milan also know that we Machihan people do not actually pose an existential threat to them. At most, it is just a dispute of temper.
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"And what about Datang? Hehe, to put it bluntly, with the little strength of the Three Kingdoms Alliance, if Datang really makes up its mind to win, it will only take three to five months. They are very happy to ask this. The stakes are high. Because of this, as soon as our olive branch was raised, their hand was stretched out. Your Majesty wouldn’t think that the Milan people had always had a bad relationship with the Tang Dynasty, right? When the Tang River Empire was in the Tang River Empire, the Milan people felt that they had a counterattack With their strength, they can maintain a harmonious and friendly relationship. Now, the situation has changed, and they have to consider other countermeasures. Of course, they will not break up with Datang. After all, they can avoid direct confrontation with Datang head-on. Conflict is the best, but I reminded them that no matter where the Tang Dynasty raises its butcher knife against any of us in the south, it will actually declare war on our entire south. How can we allow others to sleep soundly on the side of the collapse? , how can the egg be finished? The Tang Dynasty today is not the Tang He of the past, and they can still live in harmony. Li Wufeng has the entire continent in his heart, which is not comparable to that mediocre Situ Mingyue, and now he has such a powerful power in his hands. Armed forces, if we want to survive, we have to unite." Lei Juetian explained patiently.
"Oh, it's just those idiots in Palmylan who don't understand this." Bi Xili showed a worried look for the first time. This was Lei Juetian's face that he had never seen in so many years. He always looked so angry. He looked confident, but this time Bixili looked a little solemn.
"Your Majesty seems a little worried that the people of Milan will reconcile with the Tang Dynasty?" Lei Juetian knew what his Khan was thinking.
"Well, with both thinking and thinking, I'm worried that the people of Milan may not be able to resist. And Mahad and Andako are only following Milan's lead. If they really get involved with Datang, we will be in a situation where The situation is a bit bad." Bixili did not hide his worries, but he would also have to think twice before acting in this situation.
"Your Majesty, don't underestimate Louis X and Bedric. Milanese people will not be so short-sighted. Maybe they will maintain harmony with the Tang Dynasty on the surface, but deep down the seeds of worry and fear of being annexed will be sown. Fa Ya, Milan is not unprepared for the powerful Tang Dynasty. For more than a year, the Milan people have been expanding their army strength to guard against our threats. Now they have formed a fourth army corps. The army strength has increased from ten to ten. The number of 200,000 years ago has increased to more than 400,000 now. Is it really to prevent us? Humph, that's not just using us as a shield. The real target is probably still the Tang Dynasty. This is the same as the Tang Dynasty. He knows it well, so he tries to appease him in every possible way, but is this useful? It is a country's internal affairs to increase its military strength. The Tang Dynasty's military strength has reached 17.8 million. Isn't it true that other countries are not allowed to increase their military strength? When there is an extreme asymmetry between strength and weakness, no one will believe those empty promises." Lei Juetian comforted Bi Xili and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, under the current situation, Datang will never be able to win the friendship and trust of the Milan people, especially It is the Tang Dynasty that is constantly stirring up wars on all sides, which has made the Three Kingdoms Alliance on pins and needles. They are deeply afraid that the Tang Dynasty will point its sword at them one day, and in order to protect themselves, they have to join us on the same road. "
Bi Xili didn't say anything for a long time. He seemed to have aged a lot in the past year. Perhaps it was the crazy expansion of the Tang Dynasty that made him feel great pressure. After a long time, he said: "Juetian, what do you think we can do now to make us undefeated?" Land? To be honest, the Tang Dynasty is so powerful now. Although I am a character who is unwilling to accept defeat, I still have to admit that it is impossible for us, Machi Khan, to compete with the Tang Dynasty. But looking around, Thinking hard at night, I always feel that I can't find a better way to deal with the increasingly critical situation. Although our active retreat on Sanjiang last time avoided a war, Datang recovered Sanjiang, and now it is in the southwest region. Having won the victory, we are now firmly locked in this cage by the Tang Dynasty. Watching the power of the Tang Dynasty grow stronger, I can't sleep at night."
Sighing softly, Lei Juetian was like this. The Tang Dynasty was so powerful that even a part of its power would be enough to overwhelm any neighboring country. Although Ma Qihan had some foundation after so many years of development, There was no chance of winning in a head-on confrontation with Datang, so it was no wonder that the Great Khan was anxious.