Su Jinghong was shocked by the huge warship made of steel.
He couldn't believe it even more when he saw the people getting off the warship.
"First Prince Su Shu, how is this possible?
The ministers of the empire did not stop the eldest prince Su Shu from leaving.
The risks at sea are extremely high. Is it possible that the Great China Empire is not afraid of something happening to the eldest prince Su Shu? "
Su Jinghong was the eldest prince in the Zhao Kingdom and was not established as the heir, but his position was very stable before his younger brothers grew up.
People's health is very fragile nowadays, even those who hold powerful positions are no exception.
No one can predict when the accident will come?
Su Jinghong thought that he and Su Shu had similar thoughts, and they must not leave the capital.
Otherwise, something unspeakable happens and the best opportunity is lost.
Su Jinghong just turned his head and immediately put aside why Su Shu went to sea?
When the eldest prince of the empire, Su Shu, comes to Zhao, he must be given the most solemn treatment.
The eldest prince Su Shu himself performed well, and the power behind his mother's clan was also very strong.
The probability that he will become the crown prince of the Great China Empire is very high.
If Su Jinghong can have a closer relationship with the eldest prince Su Shu, it will be helpful for him to compete for the successor of Zhao Kingdom.
Su Shu, accompanied by Admiral Zhan Tie and Chief of Staff Cao Zhengyuan, stepped off the battleship Taishan.
He saw Su Jinghong, as a representative of Zhao State, coming to greet them.
Su Shu lived in Hanzhong when he was a child. The palace of the King of Han and the residences of other generals were not far away.
Su Jinghong is the oldest among the children and often takes them to play.
Even the children of Su Jinghong and other powerful people who later lived in the capital often came to the palace.
Su Shu is relatively familiar with these people.
Seeing Su Jinghong in a daze, he reminded him with a smile: "Brother Jinghong, don't you recognize me?"
Su Jinghong was woken up by the sound of "Brother Jinghong". He immediately invited with a smile on his face: "Brother, I didn't expect the eldest prince to come here, so I was shocked for a moment.
This is not a place to welcome guests, so we went to the palace for a small gathering.
The navy officers of the empire ordered their subordinates to entertain the brotherhood. "
Su Jinghong invited Su Shu to the palace and ordered his subordinate Zhu Leifeng to entertain the imperial navy officers.
Zhu Leifeng must try his best to meet the requirements of the Imperial Navy.
Su Shu took Chief of Staff Cao Zhengyuan and the guards into the car. The port was indeed not a good place to discuss matters.
Zhan Tiedi stayed at the port and took control of the naval officers and warships parked at the port. He was also responsible for contacting General Zhu Leifeng of Zhao.
Su Shu asked on the carriage: "Brother Jinghong, I haven't received Uncle Su Xiong for a long time. I should be able to see Uncle Su Xiong when I go to the palace this time."
When he asked, he had an expectant look on his face.
Su Shu had indeed not seen Su Xiong for a long time.
His father and Su Xiong had a real relationship, but his relationship with Uncle Su Xiong was very weak.
The reason why Su Shu asked this was to bring the relationship closer between the two.
Say something nice, you don't need to pay any benefits, but you can gain goodwill.
If he didn't even know this truth, Su Shu would definitely not become a qualified prince.
Su Jinghong replied helplessly: "What a coincidence, my father led most of Zhao's troops to expand the territory in the east.
The local indigenous people wanted to unite. They thought that with England on their back, they could stop Zhao's army.
This is completely wishful thinking. My father, leading the army, will completely crush the delusions of the natives.
Not only is the father absent here in Golden City, most of the people with status in the Zhao Kingdom are accompanying the father on the expedition.
They will build cities along the way and take complete control of these places. "
Su Shu said regretfully: "It's really unfortunate that when Uncle Su Xiong goes to war, I can't stay in Zhao country for too long and can't wait for Uncle Su Xiong to return victoriously."
From Su Jinghong's few words, he learned that Zhao State was making rapid progress in the American continent.
The powerful power of Zhao State has forced the local indigenous people to rely on European assistance in order to unite to resist Zhao State's attack.
Su Shu could also deduce that Zhao's rapid increase in strength in a short period of time must be related to their policy of assimilating local indigenous people. This policy greatly enhanced Zhao's national power.
The mainland of the Great China Empire is too far away from the Americas, even though immigration has continued to increase in recent years.
The core number of Han immigrants only reached about three million, and they were allocated to so many vassal states. The number of Han people allocated to each vassal state was extremely limited.
Su Jinghong said with a smile on his face: "Your Highness, the eldest prince, please rest assured. Brother Wei is now in charge of the Golden City. If you have anything, you can talk to Brother Wei.
If His Highness wants to know something, my brother will personally introduce the situation to His Highness. "
Su Shu also felt Su Jinghong's enthusiasm, and he replied with a smile: "Then please ask Brother Jinghong.
This time, following my father's orders, I made my first visit to the major vassal states, and I also had a mission. "
He said this just to make Su Jinghong feel that he also wanted something from him.
The relationship between two people is more stable when there are back and forth.
When Su Jinghong heard what Su Shu said, a sincere smile immediately appeared on his face, and he quickly patted his chest and promised that all these things would be left to him.
A group of them took a carriage and soon arrived at the palace.
Su Jinghong used the etiquette of a state banquet to invite Su Shu and others to a feast.
After they finished eating, Su Shu did not go to rest, but chatted with Su Jinghong about the exchanges between the two countries.
If Su Shu talked about these things with Uncle Su Xiong, he would be a little nervous.
But this time I met Su Jinghong, who was older than him and far inferior to him.
Su Shu had a very lively chat, and they reached several important agreements.
The Great China Empire imported a large amount of coal and grain from Zhao.
The Dahua Empire allowed the export of more sophisticated steam machinery, such as steam train technology.
Export of large machine tools and iron-making equipment is allowed.
The most critical one was to allow Zhao to hire workers and engineers.
Relying only on the talents of Zhao State, even if a complete set of equipment is moved over, they will not be able to use it. These are just a pile of scrap metal.
These are technologies that have been released by the empire, but Su Shu can decide whether to export these technologies.
For example, if he has connections with the State of Zhao, he will be able to obtain these technologies a few years later, but it will affect the development of the State of Zhao.
The technologies unlocked by the Dahua Empire are all technologies that have been completely eliminated in the core industrial areas of the Dahua Empire.
These backward technologies are all advanced technologies in the North American continent.
Marquis Li Pinglang fought too hard in Europe. European countries have learned this lesson, and they will definitely want to work hard.
The foundations of European countries are not bad to begin with, but now they are being oppressed by external forces.
The power of the Great China Empire has set an example for all countries.
If European countries could not even catch up with the technology of the Great China Empire, it would have been impossible for them to have warships roaming around China more than a hundred years ago.
Su Shu knew that his father had been thinking about it for a long time before deciding to relax the suppression of the vassal states.
A sentence he heard occasionally shocked him deeply.
"Dahua can be destroyed, but the Han people cannot be destroyed."
Su Jinghong personally sent Su Shu to the palace to rest.
He looked at the conditions reached by the two of them. Su Jinghong clenched his fists and was very excited.
With this achievement, he will definitely be recognized by his father and the Zhao ministers.
It would be extremely difficult for his younger brothers to overthrow him and gain power.
Su Jinghong immediately wrote a complete report on today's events and put it in an envelope.
Let the confidants immediately deliver it to the father who is fighting on the front line.
He sends a letter every three days, and if there is a big event, he sends it on the same day.
Even if I have to make a decision, I have to write to my father again for advice.
Su Jinghong did this just to show that he had absolutely no disobedience.
There is no father-son relationship in the royal family, so he must show the abilities of an excellent king.
Only then could the father and the ministers rest assured that the Kingdom of Zhao would be handed over to him.
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Su Jinghong led Su Shu to have breakfast and then took him to visit the Golden City.
The intention of the matter was discussed yesterday, and the specific cooperation was left to my subordinates to discuss.
Su Jinghong was so enthusiastic because he saw the power that the eldest prince Su Shu had.
He just wanted to build a good relationship before and save it as a support in the future.
Now that he saw the power held by the eldest prince Su Shu, he immediately showed his courtesy.
Su Jinghong listened to the news from the merchants that the power technology of the Dahua Empire was developing rapidly.
If Zhao can obtain the most critical wired telegraph technology, it will be a great help to national governance and military command.
Su Shu took the guards and followed Su Jinghong to visit the Golden City.
Su Jinghong looked at the firearms worn by the Su Shu guards at their waists, and he was extremely envious.
This small firearm is the pinnacle of industry.
Zhao Guo's current firearms have only just solved the problem of rifling, and are still in the category of paper shell bullets. They have not even made a breakthrough in ignition technology.
The technicians trained by Zhao Guo have not yet broken through the activation rate of fire eruption technology.
Su Shu looked at the situation in Zhao Kingdom's Golden City, and there was indeed an exotic feel here.
The most prominent point is that people here dress more openly.
Su Shu understood the reason after just a brief thought.
The indigenous civilizations here on the American continent have no sense of existence.
Chinese culture and Western culture meet here.
Chinese culture is also good at absorbing foreign culture, and has actively or passively absorbed a lot of Western culture.
The common people wore these clothes with very little fabric.
If he appeared in the Great China Empire, he would definitely be scolded by those old scholars for being immoral.
Su Shu saw not only the changes in people's clothing, but also the style of houses on both sides of the street, which showed signs of combining Chinese and Western styles.
He saw a store being opened, and the store manager invited a troupe to celebrate.
These people sang songs outside the store and played traditional instruments such as erhu and guqin, as well as Western instruments such as cello and trumpet.
He was very curious about the exotic customs he had seen in Golden City.
The commerce here in Golden City is also very developed. Su Shu listened to Chinese with a strong dialect flavor and was haggling over the prices of goods.
There is no paper money here in Zhao State, and people use gold or silver coins for all transactions.
He saw a strange phenomenon. In addition to the copper coins used by the people at the bottom, the metal currencies here in the Golden City were mainly gold coins.
Su Shu asked curiously: "Brother Jinghong, I saw merchants trading with each other, and the currency they used was mainly gold coins. Zhao State is so rich."
Su Jinghong said proudly: "The Golden City of Zhao Kingdom is just as the name suggests.
This city is built on an abandoned gold mine.
At that time, Golden City was just a small town serving gold miners.
There are large and small gold mines around Golden City. With the rapid development of the mining industry, Golden City has also evolved into a large city.
The rapid expansion of Zhao's strength was inseparable from the help of a large amount of gold.
My father used a large amount of gold to exchange for extremely precious materials from the empire, allowing Zhao to survive difficult times.
His Highness Su Shu, I will take you to the Golden City Treasury to see the big scene. "
Su Shu nodded in agreement. He had long known that Zhao was extremely wealthy and its most famous specialty was gold.
The imperial royal family still holds a large share of the large gold mines around the Golden City.
My father has been extravagant in recent years, constantly using royal assets to subsidize the national treasury.
The internal funds have not been exhausted yet, and the gold transported by Zhao Guo has played a great role.
Su Shu was also very curious, how rich could Zhao be?
They soon arrived at the vault in the center of Golden City.
Su Shu looked outside and saw that the vault was very strictly guarded.
The firearms used by the guards were standard firearms of the urban empire military, which were extremely rare in the Zhao Kingdom.
Su Jinghong stepped forward to say hello, and he walked into the vault with Su Shu.
“The treasury is managed by my father’s confidants, and I cannot interfere with the situation of the treasury.
This time I can only take His Highness Su Shu to visit the treasury. "
The vault is brightly lit and the guards are very strict, with one post every five steps and one sentry every ten steps.
They soon arrived at the center of the vault, with a huge steel door in front of them.
There are three complicated locks on it to lock the door tightly.
There is a small window on the door, and you can see the scene inside the vault.
Su Shu looked inside the vault and saw that there were no ordinary small gold bars in the vault.
It is a huge gold bar about one meter wide and five or six meters long.
Gold bars of this size are neatly stacked in the vault.
When Su Shu saw this scene, he was simply shocked. With his status, he had never seen so much gold.
No wonder there is a small window left on the steel door, which makes everyone feel relieved.
As long as the door is not opened, no one can take out this huge gold bar from the vault.
A large gold bar weighing several tons cannot be moved by one or two people with a simple machine.
Such a large gold bar also prevents theft by people who stick to the warehouse. It is difficult to take the large gold bar out.
Su Shu had only one thought in his mind: Zhao State was too wealthy.
If all these vassal states were as wealthy as Zhao, and the people of the empire would flock to them to change their destiny, he would understand.
When Su Shu saw the wealthy vassal states, his heart ached. The empire's sickle still did not swing too fast, leaving too much property for these vassal states.
When Su Jinghong saw Su Shu's performance, he felt a sense of pride in his heart.
Zhao State's wealth is beyond everyone's imagination.
Even the eldest prince of the empire has never seen a warehouse full of gold.
Su Shu quickly adjusted his mood and asked: "Brother Jinghong, your Zhao country is too rich.
This gold should not be stored in the treasury, but should be converted into Zhao's national power.
As long as Zhao's national strength is strong, it will gain more wealth in the future.
You are like the landowners of old, who buried their silver in the ground and you who hid your gold in your vaults.
This is all a huge waste. Money can only be considered wealth if it flows. "
When Su Jinghong heard Su Shu's words, his proud face immediately fell.
It’s so painful to have money that you can’t spend. (End of chapter)
