Naturally, Wu Changsheng also knew about the rail transit matter, and also knew that Ye Zan wanted to gain merit through it. However, he doesn't have much understanding of the influence of rail transportation. He only thinks that it is a new mode of transportation. Therefore, several countries surrounding the Tang Dynasty actually sent envoys for this matter, which made him feel a little bit incomprehensible.
However, this is not to blame for Wu Changsheng's lack of knowledge.
After all, Wu Changsheng is a Taoist. Although he has been in charge of the Yuqing Sect for many years and his status is no less than that of the kings of various countries, he has always been particular about staying away from the worldly world. There are so-called specializations in the art industry, and they are as separated as mountains. Therefore, he naturally cannot have much knowledge about secular society, especially things that affect people's livelihood.
As for Ye Zan, his understanding of the influence of rail transit is far from comparable to that of Wu Changsheng. Not to mention that social adaptability experiments have been carried out in the small world, just by looking at the development history of the technological world, we can know how huge changes this rail transit will bring to human society. Therefore, it can be said that he had already expected that the surrounding countries would send envoys, and he was not surprised at all when he heard the news.
Today, although only a few main lines have been built for rail transit in the Tang Dynasty, the role of rail transit is already very obvious. Anyone who is not an idiot can see the impact of rail transit on a country from these main lines.
For rulers, perhaps the most concerning issue is how to make their rule more stable.
Originally, rulers of various countries had to face the problem of how to treat the generals guarding the borders. You must know that although the countries in the Shenhua Domain have not had large-scale wars for many years, they still have to station heavy troops at their borders. In other words, among all the generals in various countries, the generals who guard the borders are the generals with absolute real power and must have military power in their hands.
If this person has too much power in his hands, he will inevitably have other ideas. Even if he himself has no ideas, the people under him, or others, will use various methods to make him "have" ideas.
In the long history of the Shenhua Realm, it can be said that there have been endless incidents of border town generals revolting. The reasons for raising armies include the decay of the royal family, instigation by enemy countries, and the so-called "yellow robes" and so on. Regardless of whether the rebellion succeeds or fails in the end, it will be a huge loss to a country's national strength and a huge disaster to the people.
Therefore, the leaders of various countries will be very wary of those generals in border towns, no matter how loyal they are.
The emergence of Thousand Miles of Sound has solved the problem of timely transmission of messages for the rulers of various countries. Before there were news transmissions thousands of miles away, especially when they were far away from the capital, the generals of those border towns rebelled. When the leader of the country got the news of the rebellion, the opponent often already had a certain scale. Then, the king mobilized the army to prepare food and grass. No matter how fast it was, it would take a few days, which gave the rebels an opportunity to further expand their scale.
And with the sound transmission from thousands of miles away, if there is any rebellion, the leader of the country will get the news quickly and start preparations to counter the rebellion immediately. However, this only saves time in transmitting messages. It will still take a lot of time until everything is ready and the army goes to the front line to suppress the rebellion.
Now, the emergence of rail transit has undoubtedly filled the gap in this regard. The timely transmission of news, coupled with the significant improvement in transportation efficiency, is undoubtedly the perfect combination for rulers of various countries to stabilize their rule.
If there is rail transportation, if there is any rebellion in a border town, the country's leader will not only be able to get the news in time, but also can quickly send troops to the front line, so that the rebels will not have time to form a large scale and be suppressed.
This alone, this rail transit, is enough to have a huge appeal to the heads of countries in various countries. For those kings, I am afraid that nothing in the world is more important than letting them secure their positions.
What's more, the role of rail transportation is not limited to this. Not to mention extreme situations such as rebellions and disasters, just the daily transportation and circulation of goods can also play a huge role in the development of a country. Although the Tang Dynasty has only built a few main lines, anyone with a little foresight in various countries can see that the national power of the Tang Dynasty is gradually accelerating, just like riding on a rail train. Perhaps it won't be long before the Tang Dynasty's national power grows and it will leave the surrounding countries far behind.
If the construction of this rail transit was simply led by the Tang Dynasty, then by this time all countries would have tried their best to destroy it. After all, a powerful neighboring country, and a neighboring country that is becoming increasingly powerful, is absolutely not what the countries surrounding Datang want to see.
However, what makes all countries helpless is that the leader of this rail transit construction is not the Tang Dynasty, which is in the same position as them, but the Yuqing Sect, which is gaining momentum in the monastic world. You know, in the construction of rail transit, the Yuqing Sect sent ten Yuanying ancestors, which is enough to show how seriously the Yuqing Sect attaches to this matter. Although they couldn't understand why Yu Qingzong suddenly intervened in worldly affairs and was so costly, they also knew that as long as they dared to touch the rail transit, they were tantamount to going against Yu Qingzong.
Although the royal families of various countries are protected by dragon energy, it does not mean that if they really break up, the Yuqing Sect will have nothing to do with them.
Originally, various countries also placed their hopes on other sects, hoping that other sects could restrain the Yuqing Sect on this matter. But the last time, people from the five sects headed by True Lord Ziyang came to Yuqing Sect, but they did not make Yuqing Sect make any changes. Although the various countries did not know what the talks between the Yuqing Sect and the Five Sects were, they could guess with their toes that the Five Sects failed to influence the Yuqing Sect.
Therefore, out of fear of the Yuqing Sect, all countries unanimously changed their minds. Since they could not prevent the Tang Dynasty from building rail transit, they might as well participate themselves. You have rail transit, and I also have rail transit, so aren’t we all on the same starting line again? What's more, as mentioned before, although the investment in this rail transit is not small, it will be beneficial to the rule after completion, and its effect on improving national power has also been verified by the Tang Dynasty.
For Ye Zan, being able to expand rail transportation to a larger area means that he will gain more merit. Therefore, when Wu Changsheng said that the envoys from various countries had not left yet, he was too lazy to use the trick to attract people's attention, so he asked Wu Changsheng to send people to invite the envoys from various countries to the meeting hall at Yuquan Peak.
Regarding the construction of rail transit, it can be said that it is a mutual consent, so Ye Zan and the envoys from various countries did not have any tense negotiations. Moreover, the conditions proposed by Ye Zan are not as harsh as other countries think. For example, the ownership of the transportation sector is of greatest concern to the leaders of various countries. All countries believe that this issue will be a very difficult negotiation. But no one expected that Ye Zan had no intention of holding it in his hands at all. There was no need for them to pretend to be pitiful and talk about difficulties. He clearly left it to all countries from the beginning.
Ye Zan's only request is to resettle those who were originally engaged in the transportation industry, and this is actually beneficial to each country. In any era, unemployed people are an unstable factor in society. For example, a famous unemployed messenger overthrew a dynasty because of unemployment. Although not all unemployed people will become the famous unemployed messengers and do such earth-shattering things, the impact on social stability cannot be ignored.
In fact, people are easily satisfied. As long as they can fill their stomachs and have a way to survive, no one will risk beheading to rebel. Therefore, Ye Zan's request is not a request at all for various countries. This is what they should do.
Of course, Ye Zan doesn't really want to be selfless, and the accounts that should be settled still have to be settled with various countries. For example, in terms of construction materials, countries need to provide them. It is impossible for Ye Zan to dig up all the resources in the small world of Immortal Palace in order to build rail transit for them. The envoys from various countries did not have any objections to this. It was good enough that Yuqingzong did not accept their wages. We could not expect Yuqingzong to hand over construction materials.
The talks between the two parties did not take too much time to reach an agreement on the construction of rail transit.
After the talks, the envoys from various countries still felt as if they were in a dream until they left Yuqingzong. They came with preparations for cutting their flesh. They didn't expect that they would be treated the same as those in the Tang Dynasty, but they didn't expect that they wouldn't even need to bleed. This would be considered a success.
"It seems that we need to study some magical weapons used in engineering."
After seeing off the envoys from various countries, Ye Zan was in a pretty good mood. After all, this meant that a lot of merit would be recorded. However, a problem arose, that is, the efficiency of construction could not keep up. Although Ziyang Sect and other five surrounding second-rate sects have previously promised that when the rail transit is expanded to their side, each of their sects will also send people to participate in the construction, after all, the ascetics are not professional, and the magical instruments used are not professional either. , so the improvement in construction efficiency is also limited.
For example, if you want to dig a tunnel, the usual method for ascetics is to use your flying sword to continuously cut and dig holes in the mountain. Even if the flying sword is a magical weapon, and even if the wielder of the sword has deep magical power, it is not easy to dig a tunnel. Moreover, such non-standard construction often results in a waste of labor. It is not uncommon for a tunnel to be opened crookedly.
Therefore, Ye Zan had to consider ways to transform the engineering machinery in the technological world into magic weapons and apply them to this world.
Fortunately, now Ye Zan has entered the realm of Nascent Soul, and coupled with the enlightenment under the giant tree, he has a deeper understanding of his own three avenues. Therefore, he no longer has too many difficulties in turning the construction machinery into a magical weapon.
After returning to his residence, Ye Zan saw a little Lolita riding on the back of a white bear in the open space outside his courtyard, her lower body sinking into the soft fur, and she burst out laughing happily. The two wolf monsters were following closely on both sides of the white bear, stretching their arms nervously, as if they were afraid that the little loli would fall off the bear's back. On the other side, Xiao Baxia lay there quietly, with the mandrill demon and the snow ape demon waiting on both sides, pinching Xiao Baxia's legs in a very dog-like manner. The octopus demon had six tentacles appearing on its back. It held a large fruit plate in its hand and kept feeding the fruits to Xiao Baxia.
It seems that these little demons have adapted to their identities! Ye Zan was amused for a while and walked over.
"Daddy!" When the little loli saw Ye Zan coming, she immediately shouted happily, jumped from the white bear's back, and rushed towards Ye Zan.
Ye Zan opened his arms, held the little Loli firmly in his arms, and said, "Linglong, are they okay with you?"
Hearing Ye Zan's words, the little Loli hadn't spoken yet, but the little demons couldn't help but stiffen and looked nervously.
"Aangang!" Xiaoba yelled twice, seemingly dissatisfied with them stopping.
"Young master, please forgive me. I will peel the fruit for you right now." The octopus demon came back to his senses and said quickly.
This octopus demon is really suitable for this job. He grabbed a spiritual fruit from the fruit plate, sucked it with the suction cups on his tentacles, and the peel of the spiritual fruit was immediately peeled off cleanly. Immediately afterwards, it dipped the peeled spiritual fruit in the honeydew in another fruit plate, and then carefully fed it to Xiao Baxia.
"Dad, Linglong is so happy to have them play with Linglong! Thank you, Daddy." Little Loli said with a smile, and pouted and gave Ye Zan a smack on his face.
"Okay, as long as Linglong is happy." Ye Zan kissed the little Loli on her forehead and said.
After letting the little Lolita play with a few monsters, Ye Zan stood aside and watched for a while, then turned back to his yard and began to study the transformation of engineering machinery into magic weapons. For the sake of little Loli, he also needs to accumulate more merits on the Merit Monument as soon as possible to prevent Jiao Sage from plotting against his daughter in the future.
For Ye Zan now, there are not many difficulties in converting construction machinery into magic weapons. Therefore, in just a few days, Yezan built the first machine for tunneling. This machine is driven purely by mana, which is no different from using a magic weapon. While digging the tunnel, it also sprays special paint to strengthen the tunnel.
A few days later, Ye Zan created a professional machine for tamping the foundation, which was more efficient than Cheng Liangqi and the others using the Panlong Golden Seal.
After experiments, Ye Zan built several units of each of the two machines and called Ye Xiao back through thousands of miles of sound transmission.