Siheyuan: Happy life of the son-in-law of a founding general

Afterwards, Daxia and Xiongxiong held peace talks again the next day, but the talks ended in a bad mood.

Faced with this situation, Wang Zhian didn't seem to be in a hurry, and even didn't take it seriously.

Then, Wang Zhian's previous suggestion became a specific order, and soon the construction of the plateau highway began in Duoyang area.

With the previous successful experience of building a plateau highway on the border between Daxia and Mosa Kingdom, the speed of building the highway in the plateau area bordering Daxia and Xiongxiong was much faster.

Three kilometers were built in one day.

Now, the sentinels on the Xiongxiong side, observing from afar, felt that Daxia was making more and more big moves, so they quickly reported it to their superiors.

When Xiongxiong's superiors learned about it, they hurried over to check the situation and were also stunned. Daxia was actually going to build a plateau highway again.

Frontline commander Qiski stood on the border, staring at the construction machinery roaring at work not far away.

In the sunshine and amidst the flying dust, teams of workers were busy shuttling back and forth. At this time, even small excavators appeared in Daxia, waving their iron arms to dig the hard ground.

Following closely behind were some donkeys and horses, dragging rocks up the mountain. There were even engineers, several of them dragging rocks together.

This is to make the road surface stronger and smoother.

Then engineers came in trucks to level the road, testing whether the surface was passable.

Everything was in good order and efficient. Chivsky's eyes showed both surprise and deep worry.

"They do this to better improve the mobility of the troops, especially the mobility of mountain artillery." The staff officer next to Qiski asked in a low voice, with anger in his tone.

Qiski pursed his lips and did not answer immediately. He turned to look at his observation team, and his subordinates, who were also shocked, were whispering.

Qiski knew that he had obviously not expected Daxia to act so quickly and decisively. He cleared his throat and said in a low and powerful voice: "It seems that we must re-evaluate Daxia's attitude."

After returning to the temporary command post on the front line, Qiski continued to report to his superiors and urgently convened a high-level meeting.

The small space was packed with heads of various departments, each with a stern look on their faces, waiting for Chiski's instructions.

"Daxia is not just making verbal threats," Qiski tapped his fingers on the table, "they are also taking actual actions. And they have shown amazing determination and speed in their actions. If this road is built, it will greatly enhance their military mobility and material transportation capabilities in the border area, which will be a big threat to us."

"Everyone, how should we deal with this now?"

"Commander, I think we can build similar roads to increase the mobility of our troops. And it will not provoke conflict between the two sides," said an intelligence staff officer.

But other colleagues soon opposed this plan. Another staff officer said, "We should take the initiative to stop Daxia from building the road."

"How about we pretend that the exercise went wrong and fire a few artillery shells to stop them from building the road?" said the staff officer.

Naturally, more people opposed it. This guy is a fanatic who just wants to fight. Didn't you see that the superiors have taken the initiative to negotiate with Daxia? How could he go to war?

Fighting a war is a last resort.

However, everyone still came up with a basic solution, or bottom line principle.

That is, Xiong Xiong must stop Da Xia, or at least, Xiong Xiong needs a plan that will allow them not to suffer any loss in this game.

After receiving the report from the frontline commander, Defense Minister Oleg was in a big headache again. This Daxia is becoming more and more troublesome. It keeps making various small moves.

After convening a meeting of many people, a strategic advisor slowly spoke: "We can try to make a fuss in international opinion, emphasizing the instability that may be caused by Daxia's unilateral changes to border infrastructure. At the same time, we can secretly contact their allies in Mosa to see if we can start from there and slow down Daxia's construction progress."

Oleg nodded, this is a feasible strategy, and said he could contact the head of the diplomatic department.

"We have representatives negotiating with Daxia now. Explain the situation to them in detail."

"In addition, we also need to show our people and the international community our willingness for peace and propose that Daxia must seriously engage in negotiations."

In general, Oleg's action plan is mainly to adopt a strategy of both hard and soft tactics, to express his position through diplomatic channels, and to be prepared to deal with various consequences that may be brought about by the construction of the Daxia Highway. At the same time, he is prepared to deal with extreme situations in case of friction and fire.

On the following day, Xiongxiong immediately strengthened border patrols, protested to Daxia through international public opinion channels, and put forward a series of negotiation demands through diplomatic channels.

A three-pronged approach.

However, Daxia did not stop its construction. Dong Dagong, the person in charge of Duoyang Plateau Highway, emphasized in an interview that highway construction is to promote regional economic development and people's well-being. All of its construction activities are carried out within its own territory and are in full compliance with international law.

Building roads in park areas is to promote economic development. No one believes this. After all, there are not many plants in these plateau areas, so how can the economy be developed?

But Dong Da Gong said so, you can't say he is wrong. It is because the economy is underdeveloped that we have to work hard to build roads for development.

The game between the two countries is not only becoming more and more obvious, but is also escalating.

The gradually formed plateau road was like a knife stabbing Xiong Xiong's heart, making Xiong Xiong very uncomfortable.

Against this backdrop, as the sun first rose on this day, Daxia and Xiongxiong Country once again sat down at the negotiating table, trying to improve the quality and level of their dialogue.

After all, everyone had been showing off their toughness over the previous week and no one had really sat down to discuss the topic of negotiations.

Wang Zhian was still wearing summer clothes, with a calm face, as if the unpleasantness of last night had never happened. Dovsky, who was wearing traditional bear costumes, frowned slightly, with doubt and unwillingness in his eyes. He was obviously anxious.

"Mr. Wang, we have wasted so much time here. Everyone's time is precious and there is no need to waste it here. Otherwise, please tell us Daxia's bottom line and show your sincerity."

Dovsky spoke first, trying to break the silence.

Wang Zhian smiled calmly, "Sincerity? I think actions speak louder than words. We are willing to live in peace with Xiongxiong and develop together."

"Please explain more clearly, Mr. Wang. I don't understand." Dovsky said immediately.

"Some time ago, we started the construction of the plateau highway in Duoyang area. You may wish to regard this as our sincere attitude towards peace and cooperation."

“Why don’t we build the road together?”

"..."Dovsky.