"Oh, do you also have a strategy for governing the country?" Liu Xinyu became interested. She was really happy today because she felt that everything seemed to be going so smoothly since she became the regent.

Xingchang County has won successive victories, and today there are talents from the distant Kunlun Continent; now that Zhang Hao is about to recommend himself, Liu Xinyu suddenly changes his attitude.

She gently turned sideways and leaned on the back of the chair. She lost three parts of her strength, but gained an indescribable enchantment and laziness.

Then Liu Xinyu slowly, a little lazily, said softly: "Let's talk about it."

Zhang Hao was not polite: "The strategies for governing the country that I am going to propose may be completely different from the traditional understanding, but they have been practiced.

I call this strategy of governing the country: strengthening the country through industry and commerce.

Industry and commerce is the abbreviation of industry and commerce.

Your Highness has actually seen industry. What the Zhang family is developing now, as well as the Artifact Refining Guild and the Black Iron Guild are doing is industry. It is a brand new production method, and its production efficiency is more than ten times that of traditional handicraft industry.

Times, dozens of times. It can also produce some products that cannot be produced by the handicraft industry.

The representative product of pre-industrial industry is artillery.

There is also business. The business I am talking about is a completely different concept from the business of the past. In the past, business was about buying low, selling high, hoarding goods, and doing whatever it took to make profits, which seriously damaged national interests.

The business I propose is rooted in industry. It is an extension of industry and a brand-new business.

Taking artillery as an example, whether it is researching artillery or producing artillery, a large amount of money is consumed; and only by selling the artillery can the Zhang family get the funds back and continue to produce more artillery and research more powerful artillery.

In the process of Zhang family's artillery production, we need to purchase black iron from Dayang Group, and then sell the processed artillery to Dayang Group.

Dayang Group used artillery to achieve victory on the battlefield, and obtained its own benefits from the battlefield to supplement the losses in purchasing artillery.

In this way, a perfect cycle is completed. Industry and commerce are inseparable."

The idea of ​​​​industry and commerce is relatively new. Although Zhang Hao spoke very straightforwardly, Liu Xinyu and everyone still fell into deep thought.

After a while, Liu Xinyu nodded thoughtfully: "It sounds good, but what does this have to do with the country?"

"Your Highness, one Zhang family and one Dayang Group are already like this. What if there are ten Zhang families, one hundred Zhang families, and one hundred Dayang Group?

Even if each group can only produce one kind of weapon, that is still a hundred weapons that can change destiny!

And unlike the Jiuyang Sect, once each group is formed, it will form an intricate relationship with the local area. It is not easy to commit treason or the like. And the country can counter the group through business.

Commerce is the lifeblood of industry. As long as the state controls commerce, it can pinch the neck of industry.

Moreover, the country can also develop industry and even have more advantages."

Liu Xinyu was really moved this time. She narrowed her eyes slightly and seemed to be thinking about the future; but she was a little doubtful, was the Zhang family really willing to put a collar on herself?

After a while, Liu Xinyu suddenly laughed: "Today I heard four completely different ways of governing the country, but they all seemed to be good. Let me go back and think about it. If you come, please arrange it for Xu Jie, Yan Qing, and Zheng You first.

The place to stay is the upper house for the time being."

Xu Jie and the others thanked him, and then said goodbye to Zhang Hao before leaving.

After Xu Jie and the others left, Liu Xinyu looked at Zhang Hao with a half-smile but not a smile: "I am very curious as to why such three outstanding people came to the Zhang family?"

Zhang Hao sighed: "Your Highness, let me tell you a story."

The story is the most vivid. Compared with the boring narrative, the story is more touching. Liu Xinyu seems to have seen a brother and sister who were chased by countless brutal killers and fled to the country of Qixia in embarrassment. The brother suffered death in order to protect his sister.

of trauma.

Then the brother reluctantly left his sister, wanting to leave silently by himself and wait for death to come; but he did not give up on survival, and finally got an unknown adventure by chance, and fortunately broke through the Nascent Soul stage, extending his life span by eighteen years.

.But in the end, he still could not escape death.

But during these eighteen years, my brother did not forget his country. He accepted his disciples and asked them to return to the west of the Fertile Continent with their lives and bodies. And because the country of Shaoze was in chaos, he had to come to Qixia

country.

After listening to Zhang Hao's story, Liu Xinyu actually felt a little lucky: I am very lucky, I have met such talents. Is this the so-called "God helps me"?

Although she is not sure about the abilities of Xu Jie and the others, as long as they bring these ideas, Liu Xinyu is confident that she can take the strengths of other families and strengthen the country of Qixia.

The industrial and commercial ideas provided by Zhang Hao are also very novel; the current development of the Zhang family and the victory of Xingchang County have given Liu Xinyu a faint yearning for industry and commerce.

And what came to Liu Xinyu's mind at this time was the Zhang family's harbor, the small armored ship, and the large steel ship under construction.

After a while, Liu Xinyu nodded slowly: "Let's put these things aside for now. Let's talk about the prisoner exchange and peace talks now."

This discussion lasted half a day. After Zhang Hao returned to Zhang's house, he immediately ordered: go all out to produce shells, artillery, and a crude benzene bomb. The explosive used in the bomb does not need to be purified, the more the better.

…………

Ten days passed in a blink of an eye. Ten days later, an unprecedented negotiation was held between Guangling County and Jianwu County in the Kingdom of Qixia.

To be precise, the negotiations have been going on for ten days. The most important purpose today is to exchange prisoners. By the way, the two sides also need to finalize the 'truce agreement'.

Because the two sides wanted to exchange more than 200,000 prisoners and needed a vast venue, they chose a place called "Tangjia Town". This is an ordinary town - it will no longer be ordinary in the future.

Tangjia Town is a very interesting place. It is located in a relatively broad flat land, but there are exactly two small hills on the flat land. The hills are not high, about twenty or thirty meters, but they are about one kilometer apart.

The ability of a cultivator is to stand on the top of a mountain and be able to talk easily through the air.

Liu Xinyu appeared in person, standing on a hilltop in the west; beside Liu Xinyu, there were Zhang Hao, Guan Zhengqing, Ouyang Si, Wu Fanghai, Zhao Donghe from the Kingdom of Canglan, etc.

On the hilltop opposite, stood Zhao Huaiyun, the Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Jinyang, and beside him were the Crown Prince's Young Master Wei Zirong, Prime Minister Pang Chong, General Sima Zhen and others.

At the foot of the mountain, the two sides each dispatched a hundred thousand legions, all of which were elites armed to the teeth; the Qixia Kingdom even had a total of 25 cannons openly displayed, while the Jinyang Kingdom also displayed hundreds of them.

War Artifact - a flying platform floating in mid-air, with a ferocious giant crossbow above it.

Under the suppression of the armies of both sides, each held hundreds of thousands of prisoners.

Sima Zhen immediately focused his attention on the artillery. For a Yuan Ying stage master, a lot of detailed information can be seen at such a close distance. The Kingdom of Jinyang is trying to build artillery. Seeing the Zhang family's

Artillery is crucial to Sima Zhen.

Moreover, Sima Zhen keenly discovered that several of the artillery pieces seemed to be 'very fat'!

But soon, Sima Zhen's gaze shifted. He glanced around for a long time and finally focused on Zhang Hao.

Zhang Hao smiled and waved to Sima Zhen, very familiar with him. As a manufacturer of artillery and as the president of Dayang Group, Zhang Hao is qualified to attend this 'meeting'.

Seeing Zhang Hao waving, Sima Zhen was a little dazed - I was glaring at you just now, what do you mean by waving?

Liu Xinyu looked at the prince of the Kingdom of Jinyang, with a hint of ridicule and a sneer on his lips. "Now that everyone is here, let's start exchanging prisoners."

Zhao Huaiyun, the prince of the Kingdom of Jinyang, was very calm and even graceful. He bowed from a distance: "I see your highness the princess again. You are still so beautiful and fascinating."

"Humph!" Liu Xinyu snorted coldly.

But the next moment, Zhao Huaiyun sighed: "No matter what, such a peerless beauty can actually kill her brother with her own hands! It is really the most tragic thing in the world! Princess, princess, you... could you really do it at that time?"

Liu Xinyu's expression suddenly turned cold, and she had countless guesses in her mind: Did Zhao Huaiyun get the information? Or was it just speculation?

If it's a guess, it makes sense. Because even smart people don't believe the idea of ​​"being obsessed with something crazy." Anyone who plays politics can probably guess it.

But what if the secret is leaked? The consequences will be serious - there are not many people at the scene, and in theory they can be completely trusted!

Liu Xinyu gritted her teeth and decided to test it: "His Royal Highness, you are joking."

"Everyone knows whether it's a joke or not!" Zhao Huaiyun smiled and continued, "But we are not here to quarrel today, we are here..."

"Ah..." Suddenly there was a scream nearby, and a master next to Zhao Huaiyun covered his heart and rolled on the ground.

Zhao Huaiyun's complexion turned dark instantly.

On the opposite side, Zhang Hao was holding a Shen Yinmu puppet and playing with it!

It is said that after the last test, Zhang Hao threw this person into the corner of the storage ring. Obviously, during the period of time when Zhang Hao did not use it, a certain master's luck broke out. But today,

Zhang Hao suddenly had a sudden impulse and took out the doll again.

As a result, the effect is remarkable.

Zhang Hao also didn't expect that a certain unlucky master would be at the scene.

In this serious scene where the two sides began to negotiate and confront each other, a master next to the prince of Jinyang Kingdom suddenly fell down with his chest covered, screaming and rolling around.

The scene should not be too exciting.

The initiative held by the prince of Jinyang Kingdom collapsed in an instant.

Liu Xinyu's spiritual consciousness saw Zhang Hao's actions, and a smile appeared on his gloomy face: "Your Highness, your people seem to be obsessed!"

Zhang Hao put the puppet away after pricking it for a few times, and waved to Sima Zhen again with a friendly smile on his face.

Sima Zhen, Zhao Huaiyun and others looked livid.

Liu Xinyu regained control of the initiative and opened her red lips: "Okay, we are not here to quarrel today, but to negotiate and exchange prisoners. So, let's exchange prisoners first."

Zhao Huaiyun looked livid: "Your Highness, Princess, must have made a mistake. How can we exchange prisoners without signing an armistice agreement first?"

"How petty." Liu Xinyu took advantage of the woman's advantage and muttered a little impatiently before saying: "Okay, okay, let's sign the peace agreement first."

With that said, Liu Xinyu signed the agreement, stamped it and asked Prime Minister Ouyang Si to send it to the other side.

After the prince of Jinyang Kingdom read the agreement, he asked Sima Zhen to read it again. After confirming that there were no problems, he signed and sealed the agreement. The agreement was then made in two copies, with Jinyang Kingdom keeping one copy and Ouyang Si taking back one.

After Liu Xinyu confirmed the agreement, she waved her hand gently: "Let's start the prisoner exchange."

Yu Tieqian, the Minister of War, and Guan Zhengqing, the Secretary of the Central Committee, who had been preparing for a long time, shouted at the same time: "Start exchanging prisoners. One hundred people in each wave."

A total of more than fifty 'handover points' were set up between the armies of the two countries. At each handover point, both sides handed over a hundred prisoners at a time.
To be continued...