Iron Dynasty

Rod, I didn't expect that we would meet again.

At the gate of Qingzhou City, officials from the Foreign Affairs Office led by Tang Wenjie were waiting for the embassy from Europe.

According to the telegram sent from Guangzhou, the scale of the embassies coming from Europe this time was unprecedented. The five countries of Britain, France, the Netherlands, Spain and Portugal sent envoys at the same time.

Although he has lived in Qingzhou for a long time, it is quite uncomfortable to come to Rhodes again.

Once their relationship with the eastern empire was as close as lovers, and the trade between the two countries was enough to allow the Dutch to live a prosperous life.

But now all the Dutch colonies in Asia fell into the hands of this eastern empire, the trade was completely interrupted, and the relationship also dropped to freezing point.

Don't make fun of me, Minister Tang. I hope our relationship can be restored to the past after this war. Rhode said bitterly.

After returning to the Netherlands, he received an unprecedented snub in the Netherlands, but he was reactivated after the defeat of the coalition forces. After all, he was very familiar with this eastern empire and was the most suitable candidate.

Standing beside Rhodes, Brook and Henry had complicated expressions. Recalling the unsuccessful return of their first visit, they are still a little bit brooding.

And thinking of the shrewd emperor of the Chinese Empire, the two added another layer of frustration.

In addition to three familiar faces, Tang Wenjie also greeted the envoys from Spain and Portugal. In this mission, Portugal and Spain obviously played supporting roles, and they had the fewest people.

Please! The emperor is already waiting for you in the Imperial Garden. Tang Wenjie said with a smile, with a proud smile on his face.

This is the confidence brought about by a strong country.

Rhode looked at Qingzhou City with a look of anticipation. When he lived in Qingzhou, the place changed almost every day. After such a long time, he felt a little itchy.

Leading the crowd into Qingzhou City, Rhode saw a surprise without surprise. At this time, the cement road in Qingzhou was being renovated. The former cement road was pried open, and the construction workers were laying a black material.

The material is like black rubber mixed with sand, and can feel the scorching heat and pungent smell even when standing far away.

Paving this kind of road is two huge machines, this kind of machine blows black smoke, in front, after a machine is paving the material, the following machine will crush the material firmly.

They could imagine the weight of this machine just by seeing the huge rollers cast in metal in front of the machine.

The mission of the mission stopped here, and everyone stared at the strange scene in front of them with wide eyes and mouths.

Especially the roaring huge machinery made them tremble with fear.

Minister Tang, what is this? Rhode swallowed.

Tang Wenjie said casually: This is an asphalt road being laid. The cement road is too ugly and it is easy to break, so the empire is going to replace the main road of the empire with asphalt roads.

Asphalt? What is this? the crowd murmured.

Tang Wenjie said bluntly, This asphalt is a chemical material extracted from petroleum.

Now that the scientific foundation of the empire has been laid, there is no need to hide and tuck some superficial things. Properly speaking, it can shock the enemy.

After all, even if all the technology is sent to Europe, it will take a lot of time for them to catch up with the current empire.

Rhode shook his head gently, If I don't come back from Qingzhou for one day, I will feel that I am out of date.

After being amazed for a while, everyone continued to walk inside, bypassing the road under construction in front of them, followed by the road that had been repaired a few days ago.

It was very shocking for everyone to walk on the flat asphalt road. Compared with the cement road, this asphalt road was very comfortable to walk.

Rod noticed the white and yellow straight lines on the road that cut the road in half, and he couldn't help asking, What is this?

Road guide. Tang Wenjie once again threw out the words that made Rhodes unfamiliar. In his explanation, everyone gradually understood the function of this thing.

It's amazing. Although they were from a hostile angle, Brook and Henry still praised them.

The two of them looked at the bicycles on the road and said: Last time we came to this place not many bicycles, I didn't expect that ordinary people in Qingzhou can afford bicycles now, this road is specially prepared for bicycles, just why How about they only ride outside the white lines on either side of the road?

Tang Wenjie laughed, and he said: You are wrong, this road is not built for bicycles, please see!

After all, he let the people of the embassy stand on both sides of the road, because at this moment a row of cars was coming towards them.

These cars are all black, with a small golden dragon flag hanging in front of the car, which is specially used to pick up and drop off the embassy.

The envoys could no longer describe their surprise as they watched the speeding cars as if they had seen gods.

The main means of transportation in Europe is still horse-drawn carriages, and it is conceivable how surprised they were when they saw this kind of car that did not require horses, but ran as fast as a steam locomotive.

The car quickly stopped in front of everyone, Tang Wenjie said: Everyone, there is still twenty miles to the palace, so take the car and go there.

Car! Rhode really didn't want to ask, because it would only show his ignorance.

Brooke and Henry had the same expressions, they used to think that the people of this Eastern Empire were bumpkins, but now they found out that they were bumpkins.

Tang Wenjie is very satisfied with the response of these envoys. It is necessary to destroy the opponent's psychological defense line before the negotiation, so that they can easily get the trump card after the negotiation.

In the same car with Rhodes, Brooke, and Henry, Tang Wenjie opened the conversation, Now Qingzhou City is developing too fast, and sometimes I can't keep up. The Qingzhou city wall you see now is the only city wall left in Qingzhou. Now, the other three city walls have been demolished, and now the population of Qingzhou exceeds three million, the urban area needs to be expanded.”

When Brooke and Henry heard this, they almost wanted to kill themselves. Just one Qingzhou has a population of more than three million, which is almost equal to the total population of the Netherlands.

And the cities they stopped on the way from Guangzhou to Dengzhou were all densely populated, just from this point it was enough to see the terrible strength of the Chinese Empire.

When Tang Wenjie was spitting, the car turned and headed towards the imperial city. With the speed of the car, the scenery of Qingzhou City flew by in front of everyone's eyes.

For them, the current Qingzhou has completely gotten rid of the old appearance of the former civilian square. The urbanization here has not only caught up with London, but also surpassed it. They only need to look at the neat residential areas on both sides and the bustling business in the center of the city. area is enough to understand.