"For the sake of our empire's industry, now we have a kind of machinery that needs to run with this black oil."

Tang Wenjie did not hide it.

When he was in Qingzhou, the emperor told him that buying oil in Persia and Ottoman was the most suitable choice, but it was not the only choice.

If diplomacy fails, they will spend more effort to mine oil in Nanyang, so this time he comes, he has a lot of bargaining chips in his hand.

After a brief contact, he found that Gambis was still a very smart person, and it was unnecessary to deliberately conceal it. One day Gambis would know that the lies being exposed at that time would break the relationship between the two sides.

"So that's it. I didn't expect black oil to play such an important role."

Gambis was delighted. Now he had at least one thing that could take the initiative to trade with the Eastern Empire, otherwise he would have no bargaining chips in this negotiation.

"That's true, then what does His Majesty the King mean?" Tang Wenjie asked again.

Gambis did not answer. He looked at Alsashi and pondered for a moment, and said, "I want to see your steel warship? Is it OK?"

"Of course." Tang Wenjie raised his eyebrows. He finally knew why Gambis wanted. This was such a cunning guy.

The negotiations were temporarily stopped, and Tang Wenjie led a group of Persian nobles such as Gambis to board the steel warship parked in the port.

The moment he saw the steel warship, Gambis's eyes never left these six extremely powerful giant beasts in the sea.

After seeing the firepower of these warships, Gambis fell into a sinking place. Looking at the sea for a long time, he said, "We, Persia, can supply you oil, you can have as much as you want, but there is a prerequisite that you can no longer cooperate with the Ottomans and only buy our black oil."

Tang Wenjie shook his head with a wry smile, and said, "Even merchants are shopping around. If we only buy your black oil, how should we price it?"

This problem immediately stumped Gambis. In Persian black oil cannot be regarded as a cargo at all and is very cheap. If the lion spoke at this time, the Eastern Empire would definitely not accept it.

After thinking for a while, he said, "These black oils are not expensive, just help us build a production line of muskets and cannons."

Tang Wenjie was very surprised. This matter was extraordinary. He dared not agree easily, but he could talk about this condition to the minimum in advance.

So he said: "Even if our emperor will agree, you will not get the weapons production line you see now. At most, you will get the same production line as the current level in Europe. Moreover, the empire will not leak technology, but will only sell production machinery to you."

"Even so, we will be very satisfied." Gambis said, his heart shiny. No matter how much black oil is, it is just someone else's wealth.

With the capabilities of the Eastern Empire, they were definitely able to launch a war against Persia to grab black oil, but they obviously didn't want to do this now.

Tang Wenjie nodded, "In addition, we also want to buy Abbas Port as our trade port. How about Your Majesty?"

"No king will sell his land, but I can rent it to you." Abbas was a little embarrassed. The issue of land and seriousness, selling land will undoubtedly affect his authority.

Tang Wenjie was a little disappointed, but now he obviously had to settle for the second best, "Okay, I will convey His Majesty the King's request to our emperor." Tang Wenjie bowed to Gambis.

Gambis was also a little nervous, wondering if the emperor of the Eastern Empire would accept his conditions.

In his opinion, this was an opportunity for whether the Persian Empire could become stronger again. The world has changed and Persia can no longer stagnate.

Otherwise, the battle between the forces of the East and the West will sooner or later they will be crushed.

After agreeing on their respective conditions, Tang Wenjie had no reason to stay. After resigning from Gambis, he ordered the warship to return.

“Woo woo…”

Accompanied by the loud whistle, the six warships slowly sailed to the east.

Gambis and Persian nobles stood in front of the port and did not leave, but kept watching the six warships that did not require wind completely disappear from their sight.

"What a terrible country. I hope we can have good luck instead of war this time." Gambis was expecting and worried.

Alsasi said: "It is obvious that the Eastern Empire does not want to have another enemy when confronting European powers. They are coming with kindness this time."

Gambis's eyes were dazed and he sighed and turned around and left.

...

Qingzhou.

After a month of voyage, Tang Wenjie got ashore in Dengzhou and returned here on a steam locomotive.

Before there was time to rest, Tang Wenjie immediately reported this trip to Persia to Xiao Ming.

"Build a production line for muskets and artillery?"

After listening to Tang Wenjie's report, Xiao Ming frowned. It took Tang Wenjie three months to go back and forth.

In the past three months, the Imperial Domestic Gas Engine Manufacturing Plant, Imperial Automobile Manufacturing Plant, Imperial Industrial Machinery Manufacturing Plant, and Imperial Heavy Industry approved by him have been established.

Next, the empire will expand the production and manufacturing of internal combustion engines and internal combustion engine machinery. At this critical moment, the problem of oil is becoming increasingly difficult.

"Xiaguan and Persian King Gambis said it very clearly. Even if the emperor agrees, he will only establish a production line of muskets and artillery similar to that in the West." Tang Wenjie said carefully.

After pondering for a while, Xiao Ming said: "The oil and weapons production line is really a smart person. With the weapon production line, he can compete for the overlord position of Central Asia and get more oil fields. This is really not a loss once."

"This Gambis is indeed a smart person." Tang Wenjie agreed.

After thinking about it, Xiao Ming said: "Since that's the case, we promise him. We will help them establish a production line for the Zhenglu rifle and a production line for the smoothbore gun. These two production lines only require a steam engine and the technical content is not high."

"Really promised them?" Tang Wenjie was still a little uncertain.

"The production lines eliminated by the Empire are now piled up in warehouses. It is better to give them rust. It is better to give them to Persia. The news of our purchase of oil in Persia will soon reach Europe. At that time, Europe will inevitably make bad things. At that time, we need Persia to resist external threats to create a stable environment. At the same time, this Gambis thought the production line too simple. Once a production line is established for them, they will buy our steel to build weapons and also buy ammunition. This means that we have an arms dumping place. Why not do it?"

When Tang Wenjie thought about it, he suddenly patted his head, "Yes, Persia will be tied to our chariot, and the emperor is wise."
Chapter completed!