Ji Buxian began to negotiate with Xu Ren about the aorta. It must be said that after observing for so long in Anyang City of the Shang Kingdom, Ji Buxian's vision has been opened. Just now, Xu Ren mentioned the aorta plan, and he was also curious, but considering many issues, he had to ask a lot of detailed questions.
Now, after Xu Ren explained a lot of plans, Ji Buxian was finally moved!
If there really is such an artery, let alone other things, Zhao State can at least get out through this artery! This alone is invaluable!
Secondly, Ji Buxian saw an opportunity for Zhao to expand! Expand from within Yingzhou through railways!
Nowadays, the area of each country is limited. Even the State of Zhao is only about 10,000 miles in radius. One of the main reasons for this is the problem of transportation. Beyond 10,000 miles, control becomes difficult.
If railways were laid in the country, then... it would be easy for Zhao to expand tenfold!
But it was not easy to start negotiations on such a major artery! Because the Shang Kingdom was experienced, while the Zhao Kingdom was inexperienced; so Ji Buxian was very sensitive to suspend the negotiations on this matter and wait until he could investigate the specifics of the railway in the Shang Kingdom.
"You want to cheat me? No way!" Ji Buxian left the negotiation hall with a smug smile.
Xu Ren looked at Ji Buxian's back and shook his head helplessly - all the information you can find is made public by the Shang Kingdom. Since it is actively disclosed to the public, there is no need to say how many tricks there are.
Suddenly, as if he thought of something funny, Xu Ren showed his bright white teeth.
What did Xu Ren think of? He wanted to check the railway statistics of the Shang Kingdom last month - the Shang Kingdom Railway Operation Bureau. The statistics of last month turned out to be negative income!
Of course, this news was suppressed by Li Xian and not made public. But this so-called negative income is calculated based on market information. The actual situation is - everyone knows it!
"I wonder what Ji Buxian's expression will be like when he comes to the conclusion of negative income?" Even Xu Ren couldn't help but think divergently at this moment.
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While the negotiations were going on in the Shang Kingdom, in the northwest, Li Yulong also led the army in person!
After several years of accumulation, with the help of Li Xian, Li Yulong raised a total of one million soldiers this time, and pressed on Xiao and Cai. This million-strong army was all elite. As for the ordinary soldiers, they were mainly used to station soldiers in the occupied areas, and there were also a million of them.
In addition, large-scale wars inevitably require the removal of civilian laborers. However, influenced by Li Xian and suggested by him, Li Yulong did not recruit civilian laborers this time, but instead handed over the later support to merchants, including many merchants from the Shang Kingdom.
In addition, the air force supported by Li Xian joined the Tang Dynasty’s air force, and an air force team claiming to have 10,000 aircraft also set off!
Li Yulong, who had remained silent since the last attack on the State of Cai, made another move! His move was a big one!
Millions of elite soldiers, tens of thousands of cannons, and ten thousand aircraft rushed towards the Xiao and Cai states with overwhelming force; the Cai state was especially hard hit.
The Emperor of Cai State never expected this! Before this, the Emperor of Cai State had written a letter to Li Yulong for help, hoping to paralyze Li Yulong.