Born short-lived

The war in northern Xinjiang continued to be tense, and the imperial court allocated funds to transport them to the north in batches, but the end of the East China Sea coastal defense project was helplessly stranded due to insufficient funds.

The construction aid in southern Xinjiang, the war in northern Xinjiang, the profits from Western Ocean have not yet been recovered, and the East China Sea has just completed the reconstruction of a whole underwater Great Wall-there is no place in the four regions of the country that is not burning money.

This year, the treasury has been unable to make ends meet, and the old foundation cannot be moved at all, and the northern border cannot be delayed, so it can only temporarily wrong the East China Sea.

As the majestic coach of Yijiang, Zhou Zirong also began to worry about money for the first time.

Although King Beizhao has a lot of private property in the East China Sea, if he wants to support such a large army and support the construction of the Great Wall, I am afraid it is just a drop in the bucket.

Until he received the news from Southern Xinjiang.

Before he wrote to ask Queen Donghai how to raise funds, and the reply from the Queen at that time was to let him do things cheaply.However, it is said that someone will come to pass the pillow when you fall asleep. When Donghai is in a state of desperation, a letter from Nanjiang is like sending charcoal in a timely manner.

Aldan knew that he was in trouble, so he probably repaid his favor. He told him that a gold mine was excavated from the west of the city when Lanhe City in Southern Xinjiang was rebuilt. That manpower and material resources come, so if Donghai is willing to help open this mine, the gold in it will be [-]%.

When the city of Nanjiang was broken, Dongsheng desperately saved the last capital city for him, so that Slan had room to mediate, and then he added reinforcements.Although it was a friendship between nations, Aldan couldn't just regard it as an "alliance" and insisted on repaying the favor.

Regarding this matter, the queen turned a blind eye to it, and Zhou Zirong was also willing to do it.

And for this reason, he also planned to go to southern Xinjiang himself.

Although Silan has not fully recovered from the war, at least he has cleaned up the mess. Most of the people who were scattered in the past have covered their heads with a tile, and most of the mines and factories have resumed operation.

Moreover, the buildings along the commercial road and some urban reconstructions have not yet been fully completed. It is the time when a lot of manpower is needed, and the wages of the laborers in Slan itself are not high, so no matter whether it is the local businessmen from the state capital of Slan or Hua Xu who came to help build Yes, they are more willing to hire Muslim labor.

——Thus, the number of vagrants in Islam has never been so small as it is now.

Aldan deliberately went from the capital to Slandonghai to pick up Zhou Zirong. It has been half a year since we parted ways after the last war. not bad.

When Zhou Zirong got off the boat and saw him, he was sitting in a small teahouse by the pier waiting for him.Of course, this small teahouse was booked by him, so there was no one else in the whole teahouse.

It was already very hot in Sri Lanka this season. The noon sun was so scorching that the ground was a little hot. Zhou Zirong was sweating all over his forehead after standing on the pier at the bow of the ship for a while.Aldan set up a small wooden table under the awning at the entrance of the tea stall, and a few waiters beside him helped shake the fans.

He doesn't seem to be too hot. He wears a brocade hat inlaid with pearls on his head, a huge sapphire on his forehead, a silver ring inlaid with aquamarine on his neck, and a pair of embroidered clothes around his body. A long cage skirt of silver thread—oh yes, this is considered a tour in micro clothing.

"General Zhou." Aldan stood up and greeted him, and hugged him politely. The gem embedded in his chest happened to be on Zhou Zirong's breastplate. After he parted, Zhou Zirong looked down. The breastplate A few small strips were actually scratched.

Zhou Zirong smiled, nodded and said, "Your Majesty."

Aldan and Zhou Zirong are not very familiar, so there is nothing to say. After a few polite words, Aldan went straight to the topic and said: "I have heard about the East China Sea in your country."

Zhou Zirong smiled lightly, but he didn't expect Aldan to speak so directly, so he said, "Thanks to your majesty's concern."

Aldan waved his hand and asked the servant boy to pour a bowl of scented tea for Zhou Zirong: "General Zhou is a visionary. It is really a great fortune for Hua Xu to have such a talent as General Zhou."

Zhou Zirong thanked the cup of tea, took a sip of it to be polite, and smiled modestly: "Your Majesty's reputation is too high, and it's a blessing for Hua Xu to be able to win such a bloody alliance as His Majesty."

After hearing this, Aldan paused for a moment, of course he knew that Zhou Zirong meant something, and thinking that this person was probably a little impatient, he smiled knowingly, looked into Zhou Zirong's eyes and said in a deep voice: " So if there is any difficulty in your country, I, Slan, will definitely help you."

Afterwards, Zhou Zirong's appetite was no longer stimulated, and someone brought a roll of maps, spread them out on the table, pressed the teacup into a corner of the paper, and then calmly picked up a small piece of brown sugar from the plate and placed it on the table. A small circle was drawn on the map, and he clicked: "I think General Zhou is interested, right?"

Zhou Zirong smiled and said: "All ears."

"You lend me 2000 people and ten digging machines, and the things that come out after that will be [-]% as I told you before." Aldan said, "What does General Zhou think?"

In fact, this sentence is actually asking knowingly. Since Zhou Zirong is willing to come to Sri Lanka, of course he is eager to do so.

Zhou Zirong knew what he wanted to hear, and thought that he was begging for someone now anyway, and no matter what, Hua Xu couldn't lose, so he did what he liked and said: "It's too far-fetched to say something, 2000 people have families. There is no way, but if the king likes the ten mining machines, it will be our thank you."

Ten mining machines are really nothing to Donghai.

But Aldan looked at him silently for a while, then smiled slightly, and said: "Ten sets are unnecessary, General Zhou will give me one set is enough."

As long as there is one, it is enough for them to prevent countless ones. Although it will consume more energy than taking it directly, Aldan also has his own persistence.

Zhou Zirong was still a little surprised, but the smile on his face remained unchanged. He took a sip from his teacup calmly, and didn't say much.

Aldan chuckled, shook his head and said, "If your prince is here, I don't know if I, Slan, are loyal enough."

Zhou Zirong knew that he was still thinking about the war, and he always felt that he owed Dong Sheng. Now that Silan is in such a difficult situation, he still has to share oil and water with Huaxu Donghai. Is it really impossible to open a gold mine?I'm afraid not.

And no matter how tight he was, Aldan couldn't hold back his face to take advantage of the fire.What was dug out this time was a rare large gold mine, and only [-]% of it could be produced in a whole year, which was equivalent to their previous two years of treasury income on average. A mining machine is indeed not too much.

And this mining machine, in fact, means nothing, and it is no different from giving them [-]% of the gold for nothing.

Zhou Zirong couldn't tell what it was like for a while, but he couldn't help thinking that Dong Sheng really knew people at that time.It is said that when dealing with affairs and making friends, one depends on one's brains, and the other depends on one's luck. It is really not easy for nations to break down such friendships.

Zhou Zirong was silent for a long time, but suddenly stood up slowly without saying a word, bowed deeply, cupped his hands and said: "Hua Xu Donghai thanked the king."

Aldan didn't expect him to give such a grand salute suddenly, so he hurriedly stood up, supported his elbow, smiled dryly at the corner of his mouth a few times, and urged with some discomfort: "General Zhou, don't You're welcome, sit down."

Only then did Zhou Zirong take his seat again, only to hear Aldan ask again: "I don't know if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of your country is okay recently."

"Your Highness, Fuze, everything is fine." Zhou Zirong didn't mention anything about northern Xinjiang, but Aldan must have known about it, otherwise he wouldn't have asked.

Aldan laughed, and sighed half bitterly and half teasingly: "He said before that he wanted to come to ask for a drink, and he didn't know how long he wanted me to wait."

The two chatted for a while, and the next day Aldan took him to Lanhe City to see the gold mines. Silan had no straight roads or spirit horses. This trip took more than ten days. But at any rate, the gold mine lived up to expectations. Even a layman like Zhou Zirong went in and took a look, and knew that it was a rare good mine.

Zhou Zirong stayed in Silan for more than a month. When he returned, even Hua Xu had already entered the summer. The flames of war ignited the entire northern border, and even the soldiers and horses in the central region obeyed and rushed to the northern border to support without delay. .

Yuan Li was originally arranged by Zhou Zirong to be by Dong Sheng's side to help take care of him, but as soon as he lay down, he saw that Yuan Li had been waiting for him in the palace for several days, and his heart skipped a beat, an ominous premonition arose spontaneously.

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