Alien Arms Empire.

Datang Empire, Nanshan Port.

The place that had just become the territory of the Tang Empire was full of jubilant scenes.The civil affairs officials who came all the way from the Tang Empire have been tormented mad by the busy government affairs these days.

If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, they really couldn't believe that there is such a foolish city in this world.

Compared with the port area built with the help of the Tang Empire and the connected railway station and airport, the overall urban construction level is almost the same as it was 20 years ago.

There is no connected sewer here, and the sewage of the entire city even relies on excrement pickers and a small number of sewage trucks.

All the prosperity and glamor are built on the surface. Not far from the decent-looking building is a septic tank that needs to be transported and cleaned regularly.

Villages in cities are even more common, with impoverished residents everywhere and low-rise houses everywhere.Most of the urban areas, especially the urban areas that have been expanded in recent years, are all wooden houses, without any sense of modernity.

The aristocratic residential area seems to be no problem, but their existence makes the land use efficiency of the inner city of Nanfeng Harbor extremely inefficient, so it must be dealt with as soon as possible.

This is only a problem of urban construction. If you count the education problems of local people, health problems, and even work problems, they all need to be solved urgently.

The sanitation situation of the local civilians is really worrying. They do not have a mature water supply system, and most of the urban population needs to rely on well water to live.

The officials transferred from the territory of the Tang Empire to support them were almost intimidated by the difficulties in front of them, because there were so many problems that they didn't even know where they should start.

At that time, Chu State wanted to dig a hole, and took away or even destroyed some materials, so the handover work did not go smoothly.

The other party doesn't intend to cooperate at all, or they can't cooperate if they want to.Because there is a clear gap in the level of governance of the officials of the two sides.Therefore, the officials of the Tang Empire are not interested in what the officials of the Chu State know; the data that the officials of the Tang Empire want to know are not known to the officials of the Chu State.

For example, when the officials of the Tang Empire asked about the actual number of residents in Nanfeng Port, the local officials only gave a vague figure of more than 45.

As for how many migrants and foreign businessmen there are, the local officials simply don't know what to ask, and they can't answer anything.

Another example is that the officials of the Tang Empire wanted to know how long the water supply and drainage pipes in Nanfeng Port were and where they were located, but the local officials could not answer at all.

They didn't even have a complete record of the total length of the pipelines laid, and they also calculated the length of the pipelines laid and the length of the pipelines consumed by the maintenance of the pipelines, making subsequent calculations almost impossible.

In the end, there were many strange dialogues that became classics for ridicule in the future: a frustrated official from the education department of the Tang Empire slapped the table and directly questioned the officials of the Chu State: How much are you greedy and how much are you left? You tell me directly, I will not investigate your corruption, I just want to know how much the remaining expenses are!
There are many similar strange things, so that after more than two full months of busy work, the government affairs management of Nanshan Port in the Datang Empire is still in chaos.

The harvest is not without it, that is, the moths and mediocre officials left by Chu State before were almost all driven home by the officials parachuted from the Datang Empire.

What makes people dumbfounded is that without these officials from Chu State, the entire Nanshan Port is still operating well, which really swollen the faces of many people.

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In the Wenhua Palace of the Tang Empire, the elf envoy from the Yangmu Empire met with Nan Gonghong, who was in charge of diplomacy.The purpose of his coming here is very interesting. It turned out to be to discuss with the Great Tang Empire and condemn the matter of the Great Tang Empire.

"In view of the aggression and arrogance shown by the Tang Empire on the issue of partitioning the Shu Kingdom, it is necessary for our country to express our inner unease and worries." The elf envoy who came from afar first expressed his intention.

Immediately afterwards, he talked about the concerns of the Yangmu Empire: "This does not mean that the relationship between the Yangmu Empire and the Datang Empire has been in turmoil. I must explain to you here, Minister Nangong, the Yangmu Empire and the Great Tang Empire The Tang Empire's friendship is immutable, and we do not intend to cause any form of tension."

"...Mr. Special Envoy, I don't understand what you mean." Nangong Hong sneered and reminded the other party directly.

After reminding him, he continued: "You mean to say that the Yangmu Empire wants to condemn the Great Tang Empire, but they don't want to cause the Great Tang Empire to misunderstand and affect the relationship between the two countries?"

"That's right, we plan to issue a diplomatic statement to support the Kingdom of Shu in resisting Qin's aggression and condemn Chu's bad behavior of occupying the territory of the Kingdom of Shu... In addition, our country will also condemn the Great Tang Empire for its role in the Battle of Qin and Shu." The position of the Yangmu Empire..." the special envoy of the Yangmu Empire said cautiously.

After finishing speaking, he glanced at Nangong Hong, and hurriedly added: "It's just a statement of condemnation, our country will not change its position of cooperation with the Tang Empire, nor will it take any actual action against this matter itself .”

"It's just that you scolded me and hoped that I would treat you as farting?" Nangong Hong roughly translated the request of the special envoy of the Yangmu Empire.

"Probably...probably...about this, this meaning." The special envoy of the Yangmu Empire was a very handsome elf. Hearing Nangong Hong's vulgarity, he stuttered awkwardly for a while before admitting.

"Do you think there is such a good thing in the world? If you scold someone, they will let you scold for nothing, so let's forget about this matter?" Nangong Hong sneered and asked the other party.

"This..." The special envoy of the Yangmu Empire didn't know how to continue the conversation for a while.

"It's your country's business to issue a statement! What kind of countermeasures we take here is our business!" Nan Gonghong directly threatened the other party.

"Master Nangong, you must understand our situation! I am here with the will of His Majesty the Emperor, and I am sincere. I hope that your country can start negotiations on this matter..." The special envoy of the Yangmu Empire intentionally expressed his sincerity. There is an accent on the word.

Nangong Hong glanced at the other party, and calmed down his tone: The other party knew to communicate first before scolding the street, and even sent a special envoy to negotiate on this matter, which is indeed a low enough position.

So he didn't mind giving the other party a face: Since you are so sensible, let's discuss it carefully, how much should you pay for the one sentence you scolded me.

As expected, the Yangmu Empire was willing to bid: for this sentence, they are willing to pay 100 million gold coins as a reward!Yangmu Empire issued a statement first, and then Datang Empire will add back the price to a batch of export materials.

It is tantamount to saying that there is a diplomatic interaction within the scope that both parties think is reasonable.The Yangmu Empire appeared to be "hard-hearted" for a while, and the Datang Empire subsequently regained its position in trade.

Then the Yangmu Empire died down. Let’s deal with this matter coldly. The Yangmu Empire earned a fair and just reputation in the world.

After discussing this matter, the special envoy of the Yangmu Empire and the Ice Cold Empire arrived just as they were sending away. They did not come here to condemn the Tang Empire.

They came to the Tang Empire to discuss business: they were going to purchase a large amount of arms, and pay cash directly!
The purpose of sending a special envoy to the Tang Empire this time is to hope that the Tang Empire will keep this matter a secret and not let any third party know.For this reason, their Frozen Empire is willing to pay 150 million additional confidential funds.

After receiving the special envoy of the Ice-cold Empire, Nan Gonghong even a fool could have guessed that the Ice-cold Empire was about to go to war with the Yangmu Empire.

Frankly speaking, this is almost a good opportunity: Although the Tang Empire did not participate in the war on the surface, it was indeed drawn into the battle of Qin and Shu and the civil war of the Dahua Empire.

If we don't take the opportunity to expand at this time, then when the dust settles in the Western Continent, no matter how tricks the Eastern Continent tries to do, we won't be able to get rid of the influence of the Tang Empire.

It may be the best choice for all countries in the world to take advantage of the fact that the Tang Empire has no time to look east, expand quickly, and then prepare to unite to resist the Tang Empire from entering the Eastern Continent.

Therefore, Nan Gonghong immediately pondered in his mind: whether or not the Tang Empire should sell arms to the Binghan Empire, so that the Binghan Empire would have the ability to launch an invasion of the Yangmu Empire.

From the standpoint of the Tang Empire, keeping the Eastern Continent in a divided state should be an advantageous choice for him.

Combined with the request of the special envoy of the Ice Cold Empire, Nangong Hong finally figured out why the Yangmu Empire would rather spend 100 million yuan to scold the Tang Empire: they wanted to be the banner against the Tang Dynasty and unite the people behind them. Empires like Sussus Lions.

To put it bluntly, the Yangmu Empire already had a premonition that the Frost Empire was about to launch a war against it, and they were trying to find ways to build momentum and win allies!
Nan Gonghong, who found it very interesting, did not immediately reply to the special envoy of the Ice-cold Empire. He claimed that he would report the matter to His Majesty the Emperor, and asked the special envoy of the Ice-cold Empire to wait for another two days.

As a result, the next day, when Nangong Hong reported the matter to Tang Mo, another interesting thing happened: the Ryan Empire tested a Scud ballistic missile with a range of 300 kilometers.

This incident suddenly made the whole situation more delicate: the Eastern Continent is not monolithic, they seem to have secretly formed an alliance with each other, and are preparing to fight a larger war.

Nangong Hong immediately judged that simply preventing the Ice-cold Empire from attacking the Yangmu Empire seemed unable to stop the war.

Then Tang Mo was ready to add fuel to the flames and help these countries add fuel to the flames: selling arms!Since you are going to fight, then I will let you have a good fight!