Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 1042

[Chapter 1042 The shock of the kings]

sky is as blue as washing.

Yancheng in March has bid farewell to the cold winter and embraced the spring.

The sunlight shining into the study room is also warm.

After finalizing some details of the Zen throne hall with Zhu Tuo, Zhu Tuo left.

In the following month, Zhao Xu became even busier.

Not only to cooperate with the Ministry of Rites, but also to receive missions from various countries who came to congratulate and prepare to see the Zen ceremony.

Among them, the Goryeo mission led by King Goryeo arrived first, followed by the Ryukyu mission of Ryukyu King Shangbin.

The kings of the Four Kingdoms of Japan Hojo Chuankei, Ono Town, Oda Yamazawa, and Mori Yukatsu also led their missions.

The kings of the five southeastern countries and the king of Luzon arrived last.

The missions led by the kings of these countries brought important gifts and came from afar, so he naturally wanted to see them.

Otherwise, it would appear that he is too arrogant, even if they are vassal states, they should be treated with courtesy.

On this day, I received King Battelle of Luzon, who arrived at the latest, and Zhao Xu said: “All the missions from all countries have arrived. I will take advantage of these two days’ free time to accompany you for a walk around Yancheng, to fulfill the friendship of the landlord, and to let you You have no regrets for coming this time.”

“Thank you, Your Highness.” Barter was overjoyed when he heard this.

This time he took Dasong’s steam ship all the way north, landed in Jinghai, and arrived in Yancheng by steam locomotive.

Along the way, he saw too many incredible sights, which shocked him beyond words.

To him, Da Song is so mysterious.

If it is said that because he lived under the enslavement of the Westerners, he feared and worshiped the Westerners.

So now, Da Song has completely destroyed the old understanding in his heart and replaced the position of the Western Earth.

Zhao Xu nodded.

After he received the missions from various countries, he threw it to Dong An.

Even if they came early, these missions could only walk around Yancheng casually to see some superficial things.

He deliberately waited for all the countries to arrive before giving them a deeper shock.

Of course, he didn’t just want to show off in front of the kings of the countries.

The most direct reason is to eliminate the influence of the Western Turks on the Eastern Turks.

After all, in addition to Goryeo, Dongying, Luzon, and the five southeastern countries have been deeply influenced by Western culture for decades or hundreds of years.

Although they are kneeling to Da Song physically now, they may still be kneeling to Xitu in their hearts.

Therefore, it is necessary to let them see Dasong’s true strength.

Let Battelle go back, Zhao Xu called Dong An and ordered him to inform the missions of various countries.

The next day, the kings of all countries gathered in front of the palace.

After Zhao Xu had breakfast, he left the palace.

“See Your Highness.”

Outside the door, all the kings saluted Zhao Xu.

Zhao Xu signaled everyone to be polite, and said with a smile, “I’m afraid everyone is impatient, so stop gossiping and just follow me.”

Everyone laughed, and King Yan saw through their thoughts.

Now, they are too curious about Da Song.

Not to mention steam ships and steam locomotives.

When they went to Yancheng, they saw smoke from the steam locomotive, steam tractors plowing the fields, and steam forklifts digging ditches.

They want to know what these are and why they can move without human effort.

With strong curiosity, everyone followed closely behind Zhao Xu.

And behind them followed their trusted ministers.

“The steam locomotive you ride is produced here.”

Starting from the palace, Zhao Xu led the crowd to the steam engine workshop first.

At this moment, the machines in the steam engine workshop were roaring, and the workers were busy making steam locomotive heads.

With the continuous expansion of the mileage of railway laying and the problem of cargo transshipment brought about by the development of industry and commerce, the demand for steam locomotives in Dasong is getting stronger and stronger.

Even though steam engine workshops have been established in Qizhou and Ningzhou, each workshop has too many orders to fill.

“…” The kings didn’t respond to Zhao Xu’s words, because they were already stupid.

With their knowledge, they can’t understand the manufacturing process of steam locomotives. This is purely for laymen to watch.

But there is one thing they are certain of.

It is so difficult for them to make flintlock guns, and Da Song can make such complicated things, or mass-produced, it is simply terrible.

Seeing this, Zhao Xu didn’t despise them, but simply explained the reason to them.

Whether they can understand it is another matter.

All he wanted was to shock them.

Coming out of the steam locomotive workshop, Zhao Xu led everyone to the agricultural machinery workshop.

Here, kings met steam tractors and steam excavators.

In order to let them experience it, Zhao Xu even asked the kings to sit on it, and he drove it around himself.

“The plowing efficiency of this steam tractor is equivalent to 30 cows, and the efficiency of this steam excavator is equivalent to a hundred people.” Zhao Xu introduced to everyone.

“It’s too powerful.” Koryo King Park Jeong-suk murmured, his eyes still unable to move away from the two machines.

Hojo Chuankei and the others also nodded repeatedly, full of praise.

But what’s more, they can’t wait to take all these things back.

“Your Highness, what is this machine?” At this time, King Ruan Xiong of Cochin pointed to a machine in the middle of the workshop.

“This is a self-propelled steam harvester. It can harvest wheat or rice. It only takes two quarters of an hour. This harvester can harvest an acre of land.” Zhao Xu said lightly.

After the establishment of the internal research and development institutes of each workshop, the workshops did not wait for Wang Chong’s rice to cook, but started research on various machinery by themselves.

After the steam tractor and the steam excavator, the harvester was also born.

Although the steam industry is about to be phased out after the birth of the electric power industry.

But the workshop at least mastered the manufacturing principles of these machines in advance.

After the birth of the internal combustion engine, they only need to change the power design slightly to produce agricultural machinery driven by the internal combustion engine.

“Unbelievable, incredible.” The king sighed one after another.

They really couldn’t find words to describe the shock in their hearts.

Coming out of the agricultural machinery workshop, Zhao Xu led everyone to the glass workshop and soap workshop.

These goods are currently sold well in various countries in Eastern Turkey.

The kings have seen the real thing, but have not seen the production process, and it is a burst of embarrassment to witness them with their own eyes.

These expensive objects are produced like water in the workshop, and these are all money.

After that, the kings followed Zhao Xu to the chemical workshop area and saw the production of chemicals.

The day passed like this.

When they returned to their respective residences at night, the kings were silent when eating, and their minds were full of the scenes they saw during the day.

At this moment, the image of the Xitu people gradually disintegrated in their hearts, and the image of Dasong became stalwart, becoming the existence they could only look up to.

But that’s just the first day.

The next day, Zhao Xu took them to another place.

If it was yesterday, all they felt was shock and admiration.

So today, what they felt was fear, and even in the rest of their lives, as long as he recalled this day, he would not dare to feel arrogance.

(end of this chapter)