After talking to Su Che and others, Ouyang Bian basically ignored the rest of the matter and even ignored the besieging Dading Prefecture, just occasionally listening to the military newspaper.

Ouyang Bian set up a piece of land outside the palace city, built a factory that was not very exquisite and even ugly, and then recruited some people to tinker with something inside.

At first, Su Che and others didn't care much. After all, people always had to have some hobbies, but things seemed to have changed a little later.

During the negotiations of the Song Dynasty, Daxia obtained much more things on the negotiation table than expected. For example, Ouyang Bian proposed the title of Daxia Emperor. Strangely, the Song Dynasty only had a symbolic struggle and compromised.

Regarding the issue of land, the Song Dynasty envoy did not even say it. When Su Che mentioned it, he did not protest much. He just carefully drew the boundary so as not to misunderstand in the future.

As for the issue of prisoners, the Song Dynasty did not propose to release the Xia Dynasty, such as Fan Chunren and Sima Guang, who forgot these two people. The Song Dynasty agreed quickly about the Xia Dynasty's proposal to release the prisoners.

In fact, not many people were captured, that is, the army was captured when it was alone.

Ouyang Bian was not very concerned or expected in the annual monies. Su Che proposed to pay 2 million monies of compensation in the Song Dynasty, and would need 500,000 monies as annual monies every year in the future.

The envoys of the Song Dynasty were quite hesitant about Su Che's request. It was nothing to have 500,000 yuan a year. In the past, the Song Dynasty gave Xixia silver, 130,000 pieces of silk, and 20,000 kilograms of tea every year. In addition, Xixia silver, 22,000 taels of silk, 23,000 pieces of silk, and 10,000 kilograms of tea every year. After all, it was a bit difficult to calculate it.

However, after discussing for a while, they still gritted their teeth and agreed. After seeing that Su Che had no other request, they quickly urged Su Che to sign the peace agreement, for fear that Xia Chao would repent.

In other words, according to Ouyang Bian, it took Daxia five to ten years to carry out domestic construction. According to the minimum five years, according to this agreement, Daxia could obtain a total of 4.5 million yuan in compensation from the Song Dynasty, which was quite a lot of money.

The improvement of national status is the key to revitalizing the overall confidence of the people. The occupied territory was established in the form of peace agreement. In other words, unless the Song Dynasty launched a war, it would invade in the future, which would have many benefits for the stability of the occupied land and construction.

Overall, this negotiation not only consolidated the achievements of this war, but even obtained things that were not available on the battlefield. This was a great benefit, but Ouyang Bian seemed not very concerned.

This is nothing, after all, it is considered a matter of settled. However, the war with the Liao Kingdom is still in progress, and Ouyang Bian seemed to be in a lack of interest. He just asked Su Che and others to discuss it. He turned around and got into the simple factory.

This made Su Che and his friends think a lot. What is Ouyang Bian doing?

Is it that you are refining alchemy for immortality?

This is not impossible. There have been many emperors in all dynasties who practice Taoism and seek immortality. Although Ouyang Bian is a very talented person, the emperors who pursue immortality also have great talents and strategies, such as Qin Shihuang, Emperor Wu of Han, etc. It can be said that the more powerful and strategic he is, the more he has this idea.

Thinking of this, Su Che and others became a little anxious.

The Great Xia has not yet reached the time to settle the world. If this matter is really done, it will be a kingdom.

However, Su Che and others did not go to Ouyang Bian immediately because they were afraid that Ouyang Bian would be angry, so they investigated privately and found that the people in the factory were not the Taoist monks or other imagined. Instead, they were all craftsmen, including oil refiners, rubber-burning, carpenters, blacksmiths, steel mill engineers, and engineers. It seemed that Ouyang Bian was asked to do what he was going to do?

Su Che and others wanted to continue the investigation, but found that Ouyang Bian was still quite mysterious. The person sent to investigate was discovered and warned.

Su Che and others had no choice but to come to Ouyang Bian.

Ouyang Bian was in the factory and saw Su Che, Zhang Dun, Lu Huiqing and others coming together. He looked like he was trying to get involved in the crime and laughed helplessly.

"Oh, what are you doing!"

Ouyang Bian said helplessly.

Su Che stared at Ouyang Bian and said, "We just want to see how much a person who does nothing can do his job without doing his job."

The craftsmen who were hiding far away all showed uneasy expressions on their faces.

Ouyang Bian smiled and said, "Okay, it seems that if I don't introduce it carefully to you today, I'm afraid you will burn this place tomorrow."

Su Che snorted and said, "I want to see what you have made of."

Ouyang Bian made a call, and several people followed behind.

Ouyang Bian walked and introduced: "The whole purpose of this factory is to invent something called a steam engine. Our industry and commerce in Daxia are now developing in full swing, but it lacks a big heart of industry, which is the driving force.

All our industries now use human and animal power. The most amazing thing is hydraulic power. Hydraulic power is desirable, but its limitations are too great. Although human power and animal power are easy to obtain, human power is sometimes poor, and there are many things that humans cannot do.

So, I decided to invent the steam engine. With the steam engine, vehicles do not need to be pulled by horses, and ships do not need wind to drive. Nowadays, most mines use manpower to drain water. At that time, steam engines can be used to drive, smelting, and textile industries such as these can use steam engines as power.

At that time, the entire production model will undergo earth-shaking changes. Driven by the steam engine, the vehicle will load 10,000 kilograms and you don’t need to rest a day. Under the trend of the steam engine, the ship can get rid of the wind's limits and make the ship bigger and bigger, especially the ships at sea, which can get rid of the monsoon limits and then enter a deeper blue place!”

Su Che and his friends were still dissatisfied at first, but as they listened, they became longing. They were all elites of this era, so they naturally knew what changes such things would bring to this country.

Su Che said concernedly: "There are results now?"

Ouyang Bian smiled and nodded: "It's a little bit, but it's still a little far from practicality. Let's go and I'll take you to see it."
Chapter completed!