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Chapter 710: Don't be afraid to keep it up

The conditions proposed by Lu Su almost made Zhao Xing drop his chin when he was drunk. He said: "Given that there are many barbarians in Baiyue, the saints have not arrived, and the people are ignorant and stubborn, and need to be educated and guided, so Jin State is asked to teach the art of papermaking, printing and publishing in the Eastern Wu and the art of preventing and treating epidemics and miasma."

Zhao Xing thought to himself that the reason why Jin State was able to gain the upper hand in public opinion was that it had achieved several exclusive newspapers. The reason why Jin State could print newspapers while other forces could only watch them was that Jin State always controlled the improved papermaking and steel letterpress printing techniques. This thing seemed to be highly lethal without gunpowder, but among the four major inventions in China, gunpowder only accounted for one, while papermaking and printing techniques were single-lined, each accounting for one.

Lu Su had just put forward two conditions and wanted to bring three of the four great inventions back to Dongwuqi. Isn’t this a bit too big? This has not included medical knowledge about epidemic prevention and control!

Zhao Xing's face had no smile at some point. He looked at Lu Su straight and said playfully, "I just realized that after Zi Jing had drunk, his eloquence was even better than when he had not drunk it! Since Zi Jing was so straightforward, we would not speak two families. I wonder what dowry Sun Wentai has prepared for his daughter?"

Lu Su seemed to have expected Zhao Xing to ask this question, and replied earnestly: "The land of Wu and Yue is narrow and narrow, and it is not as rich as Jin, and it is not as vast as that of the north. The Lord of Wu is as generous as King Pingxi, but he is not as strong as King Pingxi. Therefore, he has tried his best to prepare the following dowry, and I hope King Pingxi will not be surprised."

Zhao Xing became more and more interested and said, "But it's okay."

Lu Su replied calmly: "First, as long as the State of Jin is taken care of, the Eastern Wu will be in Jiangdong to protect himself in the future, and will not join forces with Cao Cao in Yanzhou, Yuan Shu in Yangzhou, Liu Bei in the imperial court, etc. to fight against Jin; second, the Eastern Wu is willing to send a 10,000 naval force to be dispatched by Taishi Ci to assist Jin in purge the three Hans! Third, the Eastern Wu is willing to open the mines of the Wuyue land to the merchants of Jin, and allow Jin to mine coal stone and copper and iron ore in Wuyue."

After hearing Lu Su's words, Zhao Xing almost burst out a sip of tea. He was so angry that he was given the conditions given by Lu Su.

In fact, the first benefit proposed by Lu Su is just a verbal non-aggression agreement. Once the situation changes, God knows what will happen. During the Three Kingdoms battle for hegemony in history, the Eastern Wu did a lot of stabbing the knife in the back.

The second benefit proposed by Lu Su was very sincere when watching Dongwu work hard to help Jin fight, but rather than saying that this is one of the so-called dowry, it is better to say that this is a disguised and added another condition.

I don’t know how the Eastern Wu realized the magic of the Jin Navy, and he actually wanted to send a force to join the Jin Navy in the name of helping the navy fight to learn skills. You should know that the Jin Navy has condensed the essence of various latest technologies of the Jin State. Any of them has inventions and creations that are ahead of this era, and are the highest core secrets that cannot be mastered by other forces.

The third benefit proposed by Lu Su seems to be harmless, and it also opens the mining gate to the merchants of Jin State. However, if you analyze it carefully, there is still a big trick inside. Dongwu is thousands of miles away from Jin State, and there are several forces in the middle. How can we transport coal mines and copper and iron ore back to Jin State? Even if we enter the sea from the Yangtze River, then go around from the East China Sea to the Yellow River, transport it back to Jizhou, and then transport it back to Shangdang by land from Jizhou, this is also an astonishing freight expense.

Faced with such a huge freight cost, even the stupid merchants in Jin State would not be able to put the iron ore in Jizhou without using it. Bingzhou has enough coal mines that have been mined for hundreds of generations and seek far away. If you really want to go to Wuzhou to start a mining company, the most cost-effective and labor-saving method is naturally to mine on site and then smelting. Isn’t this equivalent to helping Wuzhou improve its steelmaking technology in disguise?

Zhao Xing was afraid that Lu Su would make a more bizarre and cunning proposal, so he directly stopped Lu Su's words and said word by word: "You can tell Sun Wentai that the betrothal gifts of Jin have been prepared, but they may not be all the ones that the Sun family likes. There is no way. Whoever makes my son and daughter have to consider it for the future, otherwise I will have to be poor."

Without waiting for Lu Su to speak, Zhao Xing continued: "Jin State can teach Wuzhou the formula of gunpowder, but Wuzhou must ensure that it cannot be used against Jin soldiers in the future. The same Jin State also guarantees the use of Wuzhou in the army! But in exchange, Eastern Wu needs to send several talents to Jin State."

Lu Su had no choice but to bite the bullet and ask, "I wonder which people Jin State needs?"

Zhao Xing replied, "We don't want much, just you and Zhou Gongjin, plus Gu Yuanshang."

Lu Su was dizzy and said with a wry smile: "The King of Pingxi is joking. Gu Yong is a capable official in the Eastern Wu, and Gongjin is now the best friend of the eldest son Bo Fu. Although he is mediocre and incompetent, he is also highly valued by Master Wu. I am afraid that these people will not succeed."

Zhao Xing looked like he knew you would refuse, and said with some displeasure: "Since the three of them failed just now, then Dong Wu will send Zhang Hong, Bu Zhi and Dong Xi here!"

When Lu Su heard Zhao Xing's words, his heart was thrust again. Among these people, Zhang Hong and Zhang Zhao were the famous "two Zhangs" in the Eastern Wu. Now it is time to use it. How could Sun Jian let go? Bu Zhi's talent is no less than Gu Yong, and Dong Xi is a rare general. So Lu Su shook his head firmly at Zhao Xing, and made it clear that these three people were not good either.

Zhao Xing became angry now and looked at Lu Su with some bad intentions and said, "Then tell me, who can Dongwu give me?"

Lu Su's scalp was numb, so he had to pick up the two people who were still unknown in Dongwu, and even said randomly: "Although Lu Ziming (Lu Meng) of Fupi and Lu Boyan (Lu Xun) of Wuxian were under twenty years old, they were outstanding in talent and would definitely become weapons in time."

When Zhao Xing heard Lu Su's words, his heart was beating wildly, but he looked fooled on his face and said angrily: "Zi Jing is so scheming, he actually used two unknown little babies to fool me!"

Lu Su looked ashamed and had to say voluntarily: "Pingxi King also understands Su's difficulties."

"Forget it, forgot! With these two people, it's better than nothing. This one is achieved!" Zhao Xing seemed helpless.

If Lu Su knew that Zhao Xing was already happy at this time, he would be so angry that he would hit the wall with his head. If he had two great men all at once, would Zhao Xing not be happy?

This time he fully learned from the lessons of seeking people in the past. He liked it. He probably was willing to let go. He didn't mention it, so as not to attract the other party's attention. Then he forced the other party to raise it himself in circles, so that Zhao Xing's true intention could be completely covered up. Anyway, no one knows that Lu Meng is the fierce man who killed Guan Yu indifferently, and Lu Xun is the fierce man who angered Liu Bei to death. Who made them 19 years old and 17 years old now!

After finalizing the gunpowder, Zhao Xing continued: "The techniques of papermaking printing and typesetting are not in the hands of my dead, but are secrets of the local wealthy families in Jin State, so I can't force others to contribute their ability to eat. However, in the future, Wuzhou needs to publish a large number of secretaries' texts. Even if I come to Jin State, I will ask these merchants to give the best price!"

When Lu Su heard this, Zhao Xing was obviously shirking his responsibilities, but he had no choice but to put his hope on the three dowries he proposed...
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