The next morning, the newspapers of the Shang Dynasty and the national online publishing platform released brand new and shocking information: the 'Shang-Zhao artery' was about to be completed. Tomorrow at noon, the wise king would arrive in Jinming City to celebrate the completion of the artery and hold an opening ceremony!
When the news spread, the whole Shang Dynasty was excited. Ordinary people felt proud, while merchants saw huge business opportunities.
On that day, merchants were preparing to open up new markets while rushing to Jinming City to wait for tomorrow's ceremony.
At the same time, the "killers" from the countries in the middle of Yingzhou who were hiding in the Shang Dynasty also lit up. Then everyone began to contact Wang Yue, the Secretary of the State of Wei.
Wang Yue had come to the Shang Dynasty a few days ago with the purpose of negotiating Wei's major arteries, technical cooperation, and commercial cooperation.
At this time, Wang Yue received the news and immediately came to the City Lord's Mansion to visit Li Xian, saying that they would celebrate together the day after tomorrow.
Li Xian had no doubts. After all, it was normal to come to celebrate, and Wang Yue was not the only one who came to celebrate. Ambassadors from many countries came to congratulate and discuss cooperation with the Shang Dynasty:
Well, my wise king, you said earlier that you could not spare the effort to establish a major artery with the State of Zhao; what about now
Facing inquiries from various countries, Li Xian gave a clear answer this time: We will start bidding after the opening of the line. If the line is opened, it will take about a month to run from Shang Dynasty to Zhao State and back, according to the normal speed of the current train. Considering that the initial operation will be a bit slow and there will be many inspections, Li Xian gave a time of three months.
Three months is not a long time, just in time for this year's autumn harvest. Three months is also just enough time for each country to consider its own conditions and qualifications.
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At dusk, five turbaned "people" appeared at the border of the Shang Dynasty. These five people seemed a little different from ordinary people, so they were covered with turbans.
But for some reason, these five people did not use magic to cover it up. Or rather, using magic to cover it up would actually make it more obvious, a different kind of covering up makes it more obvious. And although there were not many people wearing headscarves, there were still some.
But even so, after the five people arrived at the border, they did not take the normal road, but turned into five colorful lights and flashed away. After a few breaths, they entered an ordinary town in the Shang Dynasty, a town that was not on the main traffic route.
Seeing the town in front of him, a man was quite surprised: "Huh? Is this the Shang Dynasty? Along the way, I heard that the Shang Dynasty was very prosperous and wealthy, and even in ordinary villages, no one starved to death. I thought it was an exaggeration!"
In fact, everyone has guessed that these five people are masters who came from the Five Elements Spirit World. They are at the Wuming Guizhen stage, but their cultivation may have reached the Mahayana stage:
Jian Wuyun of the Gold Spirit Clan, Ye Qinghong (female) of the Wood Spirit Clan, Han Yanxia (female) of the Water Spirit Clan, Yang Tiangui of the Fire Spirit Clan, and Shi Yuxing of the Earth Spirit Clan.
But at this time, the five people looked around and found that this small town far away from the main transportation routes was indeed full of people dressed decently and with healthy and rosy complexions. There were clean and bright brick houses and glass windows. There were even a few three-story buildings in the town, and a few relatively beautiful motorcycles coming in and out.