Become a feudal king from today

"Haha, your country of Russia is really smart. You are the king who fights against the Eastern Alliance. I am afraid that you will need my help to force Beidi. However, you have gained two benefits. You have attacked the British people and made Beidi treat you even more out of fear. Ross Guoyan will follow his advice, right?" Zhao Xu instantly guessed Ivan's thoughts.

"Your Highness is a smart man. This is how the world is, isn't it? Cooperate for common interests, and fight to the death with conflicting interests. If our country of Russia is in the position of Dasong, and His Highness is in the position of our country of Russia, it will also I will do this." Ivan said slowly, "Besides, we have not suffered any losses. In terms of forcing Beidi, we will not sell the latest firearms to Beidi for the time being, and we will also control the quantity."

Zhao Xu took a deep look at Ivan and nodded slowly.

What he said was very straightforward, that is, there are only interests between countries.

In the face of interests, the identities of enemies and allies can be switched at any time.

Therefore, there is no need to worry about the relationship between Rus and Beidi.

They are supporting Beidi's affairs in the east, but now they also need to praise Beidi and attack Beidi.

Where they have different interests, they are enemies; where they have common interests, they can cooperate.

As for whether to cooperate or not, it is his own choice.

In the future, if he manages the Eastern-Turkish Alliance.

Maybe containing him will become the common interest of the Russian state and the British people.

In his opinion, the current Russian country still misjudges him, and may think that he cannot surpass the Western Kingdom and is just an anomaly in the Eastern Kingdom.

Therefore, at the moment they just want to use his hand to deal with the British, without realizing that he will be the enemy of the entire Western Territory in the future.

Otherwise, they will definitely join the Eastern-Turk Alliance.

Of course, there is another point. Unlike Britain, the Ross Kingdom has maritime interests and colonies in the Eastern Territory like the Sam Kingdom.

"I promise you." Zhao Xu pondered for a while and said.

If he cooperates with the Russian state and can prevent Beidi from joining the Eastern-Turkish Alliance, at least the north will be temporarily peaceful.

He didn't want to go to war with Beidi, who was armed by the Russian state.

After cutting off the black hand of the Eastern Tu Alliance towards Dasong and solving Jiangnan, it won't be too late for him to head north again.

Of course, when the time comes, he will not hold back because of today's cooperation with the Russian state.

After all, now they are just exchanging interests, without any friendship at all.

After all, if he suffered a disastrous defeat in the war against the Eastern Earth Alliance.

He believed that the Russian state would not hesitate to carve up Dasong with Beidi.

"Thank you, Your Highness, King Yan." Ivan was overjoyed, "Your Highness only needs to increase troops to the north, and the rest can be left to us in the Kingdom of Rus."

Zhao Xu nodded, "Yes, but this will have to wait. I still need to resolve some wars in Jiangbei."

"There's no rush. We in Russia and Beidi also need time to hand over the Far North." Ivan said.

"Really?" Zhao Xu's pupils shrank slightly.

The far north mentioned by Beidi is the area from contemporary Heilongjiang to Lake Baikal, to the north.

Ivan said this, and it was obvious that the exchange of interests between Beidi and the Russian state was to cede some territory that Beidi considered unimportant.

"His uncle's." Zhao Xu was extremely angry.

These idiots who were still in the feudal era didn't understand the importance of those so-called desolate places.

There are rich mineral and oil and gas resources there.

However, fortunately, we are still in the Age of Discovery, and as long as we have the strength, we can expand our territory at will.

Suppressing the anger in his heart, Zhao Xu did not show it.

He considered it from the perspective of contemporary people.

But in the eyes of Beidi and Rus, this has nothing to do with Dasong.

Because the Far North has never been the territory of the Central Plains Dynasty.

However, it won't be long before he makes it clear to Beidi and Rus Country who owns the Far North.

After discussing the matter, Zhao Xu called an official from Honglu Temple to entertain Ivan.

At the same time, he ordered the officials of Honglu Temple to send Ivan away immediately if he left.

If you don't want to leave, I want to wander around Yancheng, but keep an eye on him and don't let him see some sensitive things.

After the officials of Honglu Temple led Ivan away, Zhao Xu went to the steam engine workshop.

Today was the day for the steam engine locomotive to be tested, and he was delayed because of this matter.

Just like during the Opium War, when rare earths extend their tentacles into the East, the situation in this region will inevitably become extremely complicated.

This is the situation that Dasong is facing now.

If Dasong is like the Qing Dynasty, it will face the encroachment of the Western countries.

And because of his existence, it became a struggle between various forces.

If you win, you can drive the forces of the Western Territory out of the Eastern Territory.

If you lose, you will also become the next Qing Dynasty.

Faced with this situation, Zhao Xu never messed up the main line.

During this period, he was either promoting various reforms or supervising the development of industry and the advancement of technology.

Because only by crushing the Western countries in technology can he reshape the world map at the end of the great voyage.

Give Dasong a bright future.

Before arriving at the steam engine workshop, Zhao Xu heard a whistling sound and a "hum, hum" sound.

Entering the steam engine workshop, Zhao Xu found that all the craftsmen in the workshop had disappeared.

He continued walking forward and reached the steam engine workshop compound, then passed through the courtyard gate and entered the recently built test track.

The test track is large and surrounded by walls.

At this time, the craftsmen were gathered in a circle. The people behind stood on tiptoes and looked forward, while the people in front were talking among themselves.

It wasn't until someone noticed his arrival that they exclaimed "Yeah" and cleared a path for him.

At this time, Zhao Xu saw the front of a steam locomotive moving slowly on the laid rails, and the speed was getting faster and faster.

Wang Chongzheng and a locomotive driver stood in the front of the car, their faces full of excitement.

Seeing Zhao Xu, he asked the motorcycle driver to slow down and prepare to stop.

Zhao Xu waved his hand, and when the front of the motorcycle was in front of him, he grabbed the handle on the door and boarded the front of the motorcycle.

Immediately, he stood in the front of the car and moved on the six-mile-circuit track.

"Your Highness, I just tried it. This motorcycle can run 60 kilometers in half an hour at the fastest." Wang Chong held a pocket watch in his hand, obviously recording the time.

King Yan told him that if he came late, he could try the car first.

Zhao Xu stuck his head out of the car and let the wind blow on his face, as if he was back when he was driving a car at 60 kilometers per hour.

Hearing this, he smiled and said: "This speed is quite good. Next, we can lay railway tracks in Yanzhou."

In the early days of the steam engine automobile, it was only twenty or thirty kilometers long.

Until 1829, the British Rocket locomotive had a speed of only 57 kilometers per hour.

The first locomotive produced in Yanzhou is obviously better than the Rocket.

However, if you want to increase the speed of the locomotive, you need to improve the steam engine and build a special locomotive steam engine, such as a bloating steam engine.

In fact, it was a reduced version of the triple-expansion steam engine he asked Wang Chong to develop.

Thanks to the hard work of the students, interviews will be available soon.

By then, he believed that Yanzhou's steam locomotives could increase their speed to about 120 kilometers per hour.