A long time ago, Ning Xiaolan heard from Zhang Quan and even Xiang Bowen that the Shang Kingdom was very powerful; but Ning Xiaolan had no idea to what extent.
Later, Prince Ningguo also went on a diplomatic mission to the Kingdom of Shang and brought back many pictures, etc. Unfortunately, Prince Ningguo's mission to the Kingdom of Shang was not particularly successful, as the Kingdom of Shang did not take good care of Prince Ningguo.
Just by looking at the pictures, Ning Xiaolan had no idea how powerful the Shang Kingdom was.
The first time Ning Xiaolan truly witnessed the power of the Shang Kingdom was when the Shang Kingdom sent an aerospace aircraft carrier over for the first time.
From then on, Ning Xiaolan had a certain idea of how powerful the Shang Kingdom was. Later, she collected information bit by bit and relied on limited information to conduct a difficult analysis of the Shang Kingdom.
But the fleet that suddenly appeared on the coast of Ningguo today made Ning Xiaolan dumbfounded. All the analysis made in the past seemed to be wrong!
If this fleet wants to reach Ningguo, it has to go around at least half of Yingzhou!
Going around half of Yingzhou would take at least 2.5 million miles. So, putting everything else aside, how would the warships get fuel
Ningguo has now also begun the process of industrialization. Ning Xiaolan roughly calculated that even if a Ningguo warship was fully loaded with fuel and all weapons and equipment were removed, the sailing distance would not exceed 100,000 miles!
While Ning Xiaolan was observing and thinking, Yuan Yong had already completed the initial handover with Ningguo's Minister of Revenue Chen Yisheng at the port; the two sides exchanged certificates and verified their identities. In the end, Chen Yisheng naturally asked what such a large fleet was doing here.
"Just passing by." Yuan Yong answered simply and straightforwardly.
Chen Yisheng was choked up. How could someone answer like that? What kind of answer was that? Such an answer was quite disrespectful. Also, if the other party was really just passing by, then what was their ultimate goal
However, Chen Yisheng still used some common sense and wanted to invite Yuan Yong and others to visit the Ningguo imperial capital.
But Yuan Yong refused, because this time he was just passing by. The only thing he had to do was to buy a sea chart. He came here to see how the industry was developing; and just now a plane had taken pictures from the sky.
Chen Yisheng was so anxious that he was running around. He didn't expect that the other party would come and show off his power and then run away without even waiting for the Emperor to come.
If His Majesty the Emperor came and the other party ran away, I don’t know how much blame I would receive.
In a hurry, Chen Yisheng was ready to push Zhang Quan out; but Zhang Quan was a little afraid to face Yuan Yong, and finally under Ning Xiaolan's "encouragement", he came out reluctantly to meet him.
When Yuan Yong saw Zhang Quan, he just smiled faintly, and was a little distant: "My dear nephew, although we are thousands of miles apart, I should bother you for a while; but we really have important tasks to do and cannot delay. We just want a sea chart now, and we will bother you again after we complete the mission and return."
Yuan Yong's attitude was rather tough and did not seem to be open to negotiation. After Zhang Quan said a few more words, he could only reluctantly ask the fleet to come over and rest next time they passed by.