Time flies, and the autumn and winter of this year have passed.

Due to the distance, the caravans heading to the Seleucid direction basically did not return at this moment, but some news was also passed back to the Han Kingdom one after another.

In general, just like the first successful marketing before, the caravans of the Great Han Kingdom brought more goods this time and sold them in more places in the Seleucid territory, which naturally opened up a larger market.

In this case, more products become demand.

So these caravans sent people back to the Great Han Kingdom early to report to the real boss behind them, hoping to reserve more goods in the Great Han Kingdom in advance, so that they could sell more things the next time the caravan set off.

So even though those caravans have not returned yet, the commodity market in the Han Dynasty has begun to change because of these caravans.

More orders naturally mean more demand for productivity, so with the help of this east wind, the steam engine began to be promoted.

The promotion of steam engines is a matter of course in Zhao Kuo's opinion. After all, the most important part of the transaction between China and Seleucau is the textile industry. Although the Seleucau Empire now needs high-end products such as silk, as long as the steam engine is used on a large scale, the cost of low-end textile products in the Han Dynasty will be unparalleled, and at that time, it can directly open up the entire Seleucau market with low prices.

This scene is the historical dumping of goods carried out by industrial countries on backward agricultural countries. In fact, until the modern period of the 21st century, most backward agricultural countries in the world were still forced to bear this dumping.

Only after modern China has worked hard to establish a complete industrialization system, which not only resisted dumping, but also in turn dumped developed countries. It can be said to be a miracle in the history of modern development.

It is precisely because of this large-scale procurement that the discussions on making money in the Han Dynasty became active again.

Although the common people cannot detect the information seen by the bosses behind the caravan, nor can they know the decisions of these bosses, the problem is that the procurement needs cannot be hidden from everyone.

After all, everyone can feel from some clues that the market in Seleucau is indeed promising, especially in places like Imperial Capital, which are close to the emperor and are already very sensitive to the movements, many people have been thinking about it.

It was precisely because of this that a new movement was launched in the territory of the Han Dynasty, which was to go to the west to do business and make a fortune.

Since there is a Xiaoguan at the junction of Guanzhong and Longxi County, the Han Dynasty, this movement was vividly described as a "transcending to Guanxi".

Just as the Kansai movement was already brewing, another war quietly began.

This war was just planned by Zhao Kuo to conquer the Korean Peninsula and use the Korean Peninsula as a springboard to further advance eastward to conquer the four islands of Fusang.

As the prince of the Han Dynasty and the army supervisor of this war, Zhao Qian and Zhao Zheng left the imperial capital in the early spring and came to Jiaodong County.

The Han Dynasty now has two naval fleet shipbuilding factories, one located in Kuaiji County in the south, and the other located in Jiaodong County where Zhao Qian belongs now.

Since Zhao Kuo had allocated a large amount of funds and paid great attention to the human resources of shipbuilders, the number of naval ships in the Han Dynasty today was quite unexpected to Zhao Qian.

The most magnificent Yuhuang warship in China today is as many as 20 in the Han Kingdom, and as for other large and large warships, there are more than 200.

Together, these warships can accommodate more than 20,000 officers and soldiers to live on the ship, which is definitely an absolute super-large fleet.

The Yuhuang warship has another alias, which is "street ship". The height of this kind of warship is equivalent to 3 floors. It looks like it covers the sky and has a very visual impact.

Even as a person like Zhao Qian, a prince of the Han Dynasty, who thought he had seen many worlds, when he saw the boat, he couldn't help but take a breath and muttered: "Now I understand why the father said that if he could not participate in this war with his own eyes, he would not be able to understand how important the navy is."

Although the fleet has not even left the port, Zhao Qian felt that he had already known Zhao Kuo’s intention just by looking at the flagship like Lou Ship.

All the officers and soldiers in the fleet were actually ready for a long time. They quickly set off after waiting for Zhao Qian to board the ship.

If we count from the nearest distance, then you can directly cross the Yellow Sea from Jiaodong County to reach the Incheon area in the central part of the Korean Peninsula. However, such distance is actually very risky in this era.

Moreover, Zhao Kuo actually considered that Zhao Qian was a child of the Han Dynasty after all, and that was a real treasure and could not be used to participate in the first adventure of the voyage.

So Zhao Kuo ordered the fleet to go north along the coastline. In other words, it was to circle the inside of the Bohai Sea and then follow the Liaodong Peninsula to the western coast of the Korean Peninsula.

In this case, since the fleet itself is very close to the coast, if something happens, the chance of safe survival is also very high.

Zhao Qian himself knew Zhao Kuo’s idea very well, so Zhao Qian was actually a little moved. On the other hand, he felt a little unconvinced because he felt that Zhao Kuo treated him too much as a child.

But in fact, Zhao Qian is actually just a teenager who is not yet an adult.

In this way, the fleet of the Han Kingdom left Jiaodong County in a mighty manner and began to circle a large circle along the coastline.

Xiang Yan and Wang Jian, who had arrived in Liaodong in advance, also led the army to set off.

This time, Xiang Yan is still the main general, Wang Jian is still the deputy general. After all, the two sides have had experience in cooperating, so they have a good impression of each other, and they can be considered a tacit understanding when they cooperate.

Xiang Yan smiled and said to Wang Jian: "That's right, I'm lucky this time. Prime Minister Li Mu doesn't like a small country like North Korea, but Minister Sima Shang is still in the south and can't get there, so it's our turn to make the credit."

After all, this is not the first time we have cooperated, so Xiang Yan is also quite casual when speaking.

After hearing Xiang Yan's words, Wang Jian also smiled and said, "This is indeed the reason. We must take this opportunity to make some contributions, otherwise how can we continue to make progress in the court in the future?"

Both of them showed happy smiles on their faces at the same time.

After a while, Xiang Yan spoke, "I didn't expect that the heavy snow in Liaodong would melt so long before we could melt away before the Central Plains. The speed of our progress during this period will be somewhat affected."

Wang Jian nodded and said, "It's true. It seems that the north is suitable for our southern Central Plains. There are very different places.

But we don’t need to worry. After all, we now have a total of 20,000 musketeers and a sufficient amount of explosives. I think this force is enough to beat the Seleucid Empire."

As the chief of staff, Xiang Yan is also the actual manager of the General Staff of the Han Dynasty today. He is quite aware of some inside information about this.

After pondering for a while, Xiang Yan decided to reveal some news to Wang Jian, so he spoke, "Actually, Your Majesty's thoughts are not a secret. For opponents like Seleugu, it is better to do it slowly first.

Use those merchants to collect a batch of intelligence in their country and attract a group of traitors, so that the action to destroy the Seleucid Empire will be smoother in the future."

When Wang Jian nodded, he said in confusion: "Actually, with the current military strength of the Han Kingdom, we are completely sure to directly flatten the entire Seleucid Empire in a war. Why doesn't Your Majesty choose to do this?"

Xiang Yan smiled and said, "Actually, I have been confused about this issue like you before, but later His Majesty gave me an explanation. I think this is indeed the far-sightedness of His Majesty. Do you want to listen?"

How could Wang Jian suppress his curiosity when he heard this? He nodded immediately and said that he really wanted to listen.

So Xiang Yan said, "The answer to this question is simple, but it is actually very simple.

That was what His Majesty said at that time. He said that we could occupy Seleucid territory very easily through military means. However, if we want to occupy that land for a long time and truly integrate that land into our great Han Kingdom, we still have to make some necessary preparations in the early stage."

After hearing Xiang Yan's words, Wang Jian fell into deep thought.

On the surface, this sentence seems to have been said nothing, but in fact it is completely different.

As a very outstanding general, Wang Jian was able to understand Zhao Kuo's words, and his grasp and consideration of the entire Seleucid hearts behind them.

Wang Jian also knew that the nightingales in the intelligence department of the Han Kingdom must have been working tirelessly to ensure that the Han Kingdom can perish more smoothly in the future and rule the Seleucid Empire.

Thinking of this, Wang Jian also breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It seems that Your Majesty's realm is indeed incomparable to us generals who are fighting."

Just when Wang Jian was still having a dialogue with Xiang Yan, North Korea had actually noticed the mobilization of these troops in the Han Dynasty.

After all, looking at the entire East Asia now, except for the Han Kingdom, there is only one country like North Korea. As long as North Korea is not a fool, of course, he will put all his energy and spies in the Han Kingdom.

So when the spies from Liaodong returned to Pyongyang and said that they had an army of 50,000 people moving along Liaodong towards North Korea's territory, North Korea's King Jifei suddenly panicked.

The King of Korea summoned many ministers in the country and began to ask for opinions.

These ministers talked a lot. Some thought that envoys should be sent to seek peace from the Han Dynasty immediately, while others believed that all the Korean military and civilians should be launched to resist the invasion of the Han Dynasty. The two factions quarreled together and could not get a satisfactory answer for a while.

In the end, the King of Korea, who was very troubled, made a decision, which was to adopt a compromise plan. On the one hand, he sent envoys to the soldiers of the Han Kingdom to see what was going on with condolences. On the other hand, he launched all the war resources inside North Korea, solicited troops and prepared to fight.

When this envoy arrived at the military camp of the Han Kingdom, it happened to be the second day after the soldiers of the Han Kingdom entered the territory of North Korea.

Xiang Yan did not receive the envoy of the King of Joseon at all, but directly sent someone to take the envoy of the King of Joseon to the local area.

A few days later, the eager North Korean envoy finally waited for a vast fleet at sea, and Zhao Qian, the prince of the Han Dynasty, who was the military supervisor, received the envoy.

The messenger was actually a little surprised, because the prince of the Han Dynasty actually appeared here.

But no matter what, he gave the letter of the country to Zhao Qian as soon as possible, and carefully tested Zhao Qian indirectly.

After reading the letter of national letter full of diplomatic rhetoric, Zhao Qian himself immediately laughed.

As a young man who was just in the rebellious period, although Zhao Qian said he would not dare to disobey his father Zhao Kuo, he was quite disdainful of such "adult writings" in the national letter.

Zhao Qian threw the letter of the country back to the feet of the messenger and said lightly: "It has reached this point now, so I don't need to be polite to you."

Let me say that, your royal family in North Korea either surrenders to our great Han Kingdom or ushers in the demise of North Korea. There is nothing else except these two choices.

OK, just reply to your king like this.”

After saying this, Zhao Qian asked someone to sweep the envoy out.

The messenger was unattended and rushed back to Pyongyang City as fast as possible along the way, telling the King of Korea about this.

After hearing the whole story, the Super Immortal King was frightened on the one hand, and furious on the other hand.

"This damn prince, when the Emperor Zhou Emperor replaced our Great Shang Dynasty, he was still polite to our North Korean guests. He was just the princes of the Emperor Zhou Emperor back then. Now he is so lawless when he wins the world?"

But at this point, the King of Korea felt that there was no way out and it was impossible to surrender, so he could only use the troops he summoned to fight the Han Kingdom to fight to the death.
Chapter completed!