The Emperor is Above

Chapter 525: Making a Deal with Emperor Diqiu
He met Ghost Uncle in the lair of the Ghost Witch Tribe and learned about the situation in the underworld.

On the way back to Longcheng Fengtu, Qing Yi carefully thought about many ways and strategies to deal with the changes.

The current strength of Longcheng Fengtu is so powerful that it can even support a vassal state without any problems.

However, the main enemy Qing Yi needs to face is not the ordinary army of princes, nor the seemingly threatening Xianyu, Yuezhi, and foreign tribes.

Instead, they are more powerful and ferocious ghosts, evil gods, and monsters who have a blood feud with all living beings in the world for tens of thousands of years. It requires the power of the entire human world to resist them.

In the few short years that remain, no matter how fast the Dragon City Fengtu grows, it will not be able to fight against such a powerful enemy.

Therefore, after thinking about it over and over again without success, Qing Yi turned his attention to Diqiu and Zhongzhou countries where the practice of magic was most prosperous. The idea of ​​borrowing is never out of date.

Before negotiating with Zhao Wensheng, Tun Shigu had a detailed communication with Qing Yi in private and understood very well what Longcheng Fengtu needed. The negotiations were very targeted and naturally yielded fruitful results.

"My goodness, brother, I didn't expect that Diqiu's family is so wealthy!" Tu Shigu held a thick stack of papers in his arms, and his small eyes on his fat face narrowed into slits with a smile.

“For the past hundred years, people have said that the authority of Emperor Diqiu has declined. Who would have thought that a lean camel is bigger than a horse, and a rotten boat still has three buckets of nails.

At the beginning, Zhao Wensheng said that he wanted to use the collection of books in Tai Academy, plus 500 kilograms of crystal stones and 10,000 kilograms of refining materials to exchange for our armored vehicles. I was almost scared by his tyranny.

Fortunately, you warned me in advance not to accept refining materials, crystals, or Tai Academy books in exchange, otherwise I would have agreed without hesitation."

The Diqiu Tai Academy not only has various precious books collected by the Dashen Dynasty over 800 years, but also has rare books collected when the Dashen Dynasty conquered the various divine kingdoms in the four poles and eight wildernesses.

If you ask Qing Yi if he wants the books in Tai Academy, he really wants them! He longs for these thousands of years of accumulation from the bottom of his heart. This is the foundation of a power.

However, the situation in the human world is changing too fast now, and Gui Bo can no longer hold on for too long. Even if Qing Yi obtains these precious books, he simply does not have the time to slowly cultivate his own talents.

Therefore, from the very beginning, Qing Yi's target was the students trained by Diqiu over the years, as well as the hundreds of thousands of magic practitioners who had gathered in Diqiu and its surrounding areas over the past hundreds of years.

Qing Yi looked through the preliminary agreement reached today and smiled softly, "Master Gu, you have worked hard today. Di Qiu alone can help us recruit a thousand Tai students or other practitioners who are willing to go north.

After they have served under me for ten years, I estimate that most of them will choose to stay, and their families can be moved to Longcheng for resettlement in the future.

As for the other 3,000 craftsmen and their families recruited by Diqiu, I plan to settle them in Feixiong Bay and build a new manufacturing base.

Feixiong Bay is connected to Yangwu City and Gaoling City. Large-scale production of armored vehicles is also convenient for external transportation. Longcheng Fengtu will only be responsible for the research and production of war puppets in the future. "

"Brother! Don't blame me for being so talkative!"

Master Tu Gu asked with curious eyes, "Zhao Wensheng is only the leader of the Diqiu Army Mage Camp. Even if he agrees to the agreement in principle, it is only a preliminary intention.

There are also two relatives of the emperor, Shen Buhai and Shen Bumie, who serve as captains. Even if we convince these three, we still need the consent of Emperor Diqiu. How can you be so sure that the deal can be done?"

"Brother Shi Gu, if you were once a wealthy doctor, but later fell into poverty and were despised by your neighbors, when an opportunity presented itself to you, would you desperately want to be promoted to a doctor's family again?"

Qing Yi smiled faintly and explained softly, "More than 800 years ago, the Great Shen Dynasty swept across the world, unified the eight wildernesses, encompassed the universe, and whipped the world. Many divine kingdoms were destroyed one after another, the people of the wilderness gradually died out, and the eight hundred princes came to pay homage every year. At that time, it can be said that the Great Shen Dynasty was the most powerful era.

However, as time passed, there were constant internal strife within the Diqiu royal family. Over the past few hundred years, the prestige of Emperor Diqiu was declining day by day, especially after the palace seizure incident more than 150 years ago.

Let all the princes in the world see that even the emperor's throne can be usurped by powerful relatives. How can the descendants of the usurper intimidate the princes of the eight wildernesses?
Therefore, as long as Zhao Wensheng, the leader of the Mage Camp, approves of the armored vehicles, not only will Shen Buhai and Shen Bumie, the two relatives of the Emperor, agree to the deal, but the Emperor of Diqiu will also be eager to agree."

Tu Shigu blinked his eyes and couldn't help scratching his head, saying: "If you ask me, the emperor is more likely to want to trade our war puppets, which are extremely powerful and good things.

What if the Emperor of Diqiu gets stubborn and insists on trading war puppets with us? What if we refuse to agree?"

Qing Yi shook his head and smiled, "I am not a vassal of the emperor, so why should I care about his attitude? There was no friendship between the two parties before, so the transaction should be done step by step, right?
Let's trade armored vehicles first. As long as I am satisfied with the deal with Diqiu, it is not impossible to trade war puppets in two years!"

Qing Yi also thought seriously about the possible variables in this transaction. No one else knew what Gui Bo said, so there was no means to threaten Qing Yi.

Tu Shigu didn't know what Gui Bo said, but he couldn't help but wonder, "Brother, aren't you afraid that Emperor Diqiu will trade the armored vehicle technology from us and then leak it out?
What if the emperor uses the trade we get to exchange for benefits with the princes of various countries? Wouldn't we lose money then?"

Qing Yi laughed even harder this time, and shook his head with a determined look, saying, "As long as the Emperor of Diqiu is still dreaming of reviving the Great Shen Dynasty.

They will never leak out the armored vehicle technology that they paid a huge price for, but once they obtain the war puppets, it’s hard to say.”

At this point, Qing Yi smiled and said to Tu Shigu: "So, Brother Shigu, during this period of time, you should also communicate privately with the princes and generals of various countries.

Once we have reached a deal with Emperor Diqiu, you can use the armored vehicle technology to trade with the princes of various countries, and exchange each princely state for 100 imperial students, 300 skilled craftsmen and their families."

"Oh my god, brother, you are so dark!"

Tu Shigu's eyes widened as he looked at Qing Yi in astonishment, "There are 281 princes in Zhongzhou, and each of them has 100 students, which means nearly 30,000 people.

A family of three hundred skilled craftsmen and their families means a population of at least hundreds of thousands, with more than eighty thousand craftsmen alone. I thought I was an expert in business, but I didn't expect you to be even more amazing!

Even the Emperor of Diqiu wants to trade armored vehicle technology, so the princes of various countries will definitely rush to trade, and this way we will be the banker and take all the spoils."

Qing Yi smiled, agreeing with what Tu Shigu said, he said helplessly: "Brother Shigu, our rise was too short, it's only been a year and a half.

If we don't trade a large number of magicians and craftsmen from the emperor and the princes of Zhongzhou, we will be powerless to resist the vicious ghosts, evil gods and monsters in the legends in the coming war.

As long as an agreement is reached with the emperor and the princes of Zhongzhou, each vassal state will have 100 students from the Imperial Academy plus 1,000 students from Diqiu Temple, which means nearly 30,000 talented people in arts and more than 80,000 craftsmen.

With so many talented people, we can create more war puppets and more armored vehicles, and at least our chances of winning will be greatly improved."

I have used up the outline these days, so I am writing a little slowly. The second chapter will be finished around 10:30.

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