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Chapter 599 Rising Dragon City

"The tide is flat and the banks are wide, the wind is blowing and the sails are hanging, what a scene of prosperity!" Zhang Yuan, dressed as a businessman and shopkeeper, stood at the bow of the boat, looking at the natural scenery on both sides of the Red River Delta, and was not worried about the mission he was carrying this time. , instead looked around curiously.

Wei Long, a senior member of the intelligence department, followed Zhang Yuan.He was arranged by Ella, the Chief of the Intelligence Department, to assist Zhang Yuan on his mission to the Zheng family in An Nanguo, but...

"Zhang Yuan, the scenery in your corner is nothing but mountains, and trees are trees. What's so surprising?" Wei Long didn't appreciate it, but felt that the scenery here was exactly the same in any inaccessible place.

"There are still many differences. You can see that the trees and flowers on both sides of the strait are very dense, and the water network is criss-crossed. It is a blessed land. In time, this may become an ideal prosperous place." Zhang Yuan said.

"The people of Annan Kingdom have long noticed that the water and soil here are very good, so the Zheng family's capital is here in Shenglong. We will arrive in Shenglong soon." Wei Long said.

"They built a city for us, but we lost a lot of effort." Zhang Yuan said with deep meaning.

Zhang Yuan and his merchant ships entered the Red River Delta along the north wind blowing from the South Seas, and then went upstream along the delta to reach Shenglong City, the capital of the Zheng family.Rising Dragon City is the most prosperous city in Annan Kingdom, but after Zhang Yuan, who had seen Jinzhou City, which started to industrialize and the most populous Forbidden City, entered the port of Rising Dragon City, he was not surprised. The southern country is indeed considered a big city.

More than a dozen Annan people dressed as civilians are waiting anxiously at the port of Thang Long City.When several merchant ships with Huaxia merchants sailed into the port, they finally breathed a sigh of relief and greeted them.

"Is the shopkeeper a big businessman from the Forbidden City?" asked one of the leading Annan people.

"Exactly, you are the general of the Zheng family, Zheng Ji, aren't you?" Zhang Yuan cupped his hands slightly.

"You are finally here, those goods..." Zheng Ji, who participated in the attack on the Ruan family last year, looked longingly at the merchant ship behind Zhang Yuan, as if longing for some treasure.

"Don't worry, we have brought the things here, and they are on the boat, but there are some things that need to be negotiated before I can hand them over to you." Zhang Yuan stood in front of Zheng Yu, which made Zheng Yu feel disappointed.

"...Our lord has been waiting for you for a long time, but he waited for half a year for the north wind to arrive." Zheng Yu said.

As Zheng Zhu said, Zheng Zhuo set up a banquet in the palace to receive Zhang Yuan and his party. However, for the purpose of confidentiality, Zheng Bin did not hold a grand banquet, but a private banquet.

In order to demonstrate the powerful influence of the Zheng family in An Nanguo, Zheng Bing wore yellow clothes that symbolized power and status, and brought more than a dozen confidants to come down to clean up Zhang Yuan in private, which was very pompous.

However, in Zhang Yuan's view, such ostentation is really a small matter, and it is better for everyone to wear ordinary clothes and have a drink, because in the capital, any one of the six departments alone is more than enough for the ostentation. .

"I've seen Lord Zheng, and I've been admiring him for a long time." Zhang Yuan still gave Zheng Bing enough face, and bowed his hands to Zheng Bing in a rather modest tone.

"After fighting for so many years, they still can't unify Annan Kingdom. I'm afraid it's notorious." Zheng Yan laughed at himself as if he was self-serving.

"Didn't Master Zheng destroy Gaoping's Mo family last year? Even the Ruan family in the south was almost wiped out. If we hadn't supported the Ruan family at that time, maybe you would have unified the Annan country." Zhang Yuan said.

"Heh, who would have thought that you would suddenly support the Ruan family. Before that, you clearly supported our Zheng family, but you suddenly changed your position to support the Ruan family, causing our Zheng family to lose tens of thousands of elite fighters." When Zheng Ting mentioned this incident, he couldn't help but feel depressed, "Now you suddenly support us to attack the Ruan family. Repeatedly, it's hard for us to believe that your Kyushu Army will be our friend."

Zheng Bing's questioning was not very serious, so that all the generals of the Zheng family fixed their eyes on Zhang Yuan.

Zhang Yuan did not immediately answer Zheng Bing's question, but responded to the generals of the Zheng family who were staring at him with sharper eyes.As professional soldiers, many of the generals of the Zheng family had experienced the baptism of battle, but they found that they dared not look at Zhang Yuan, and were terrified of being stared at by Zhang Yuan.

"Who is this guy, why does his eyes make people shudder?" A general asked his colleagues in a low voice.

"I don't know, it feels like this guy crawled out of a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood. It gave me goosebumps." The other general also had lingering fears.

"Ahem, Master Zheng, our Kyushu Army has our own interests, and of course we have to adjust our strategy according to our demands. When our Kyushu Army rose in southern Liaoning, we lacked silver, and you mainly came to us We hit it off immediately to buy artillery. But last year you went south to attack the Ruan family without even saying hello to us. You must know that many of our Huaxia merchants have industries and goods in Hoi An Port. What if they were destroyed during the war? Lord Ruan gave us some privileges in exchange for our protection, so we will support Lord Ruan." After Zhang Yuan stared at the generals of the Zheng family in fear, he explained to Zheng Bing.

"Since Lord Ruan has given you enough benefits, why did you betray Lord Ruan and support us to destroy the Ruan family?" Zheng Bing still questioned.

"Master Ruan is dead, how can there be any betrayal?" Zhang Yuan said, "The young master of the Ruan family is only ten years old, and Ruan Fuxi, the king of Yixing County, is regent. The younger faction Ruan Youyi and Ruan Youjin are in power. There are objections to privileges. Master Shaoguo suspects that our Kyushu Army still feels that we have given up on them after deliberation."

"Of course, our Kyushu Army still wants to have greater demands in Annan. According to the previous conditions, we will transport a batch of firearms from southern Liaoning to support you this time, and we will not promise to send reinforcements to support the Ruan family. Your Zheng family will need it in the future. Angang was ceded to our Kyushu Army, and our Kyushu Army was allowed to set up a chamber of commerce and an embassy in Shenglong City." Zhang Yuan continued.

"This condition is indeed what we negotiated at the beginning of the year." Zheng Yi sighed, "You Kyushu Army wantonly provoked wars on other people's territory, and you want us to cede Hoi An Port. It is really a big mouth."

"This is the real world. Without the intervention of external forces, you Zheng family and the Ruan family will have to fight for many years. Regardless of the fact that the Zheng family is very powerful, it is hard to say whether it will be overtaken by the Ruan family in the future." Zhang Yuan urged, "If you accept the goods I brought this time, then our treaty will be concluded, and Hoi An Port will be the port of our Kyushu Army."

After a while, everyone's eyes turned to Zheng Bing who made the decision.

Zheng Bing took a deep breath and made a heavy decision: "I promise you."

(End of this chapter)