Emperor Liu Hong

The so-called knowing yourself and the enemy will never end in a hundred battles. In order to find out why the Prince of Persia wanted to build this railway, Liu Hong has thoroughly figured out the situation of the Prince of Persia through his intelligence department.And just like this, in Liu Hong's eyes, the Prince of Persia has become a big fat sheep.

Now that Liu Hong has made up his mind to slaughter the fat sheep, of course he must serve the fat sheep first.Therefore, even though Liu Hong did not hold a court meeting to formally meet the Prince of Persia, he still recruited many civil and military ministers to hold a grand banquet in the palace to welcome him.

The Persian prince who entered the palace was really flattered to see Liu Hong's formation.For a while, I was almost speechless with joy.

"Come, come, Your Royal Highness, no, it should be His Royal Highness now, hurry up and take the seat." Seeing the arrival of the Prince of Persia, Liu Hong greeted him far away, took his hand, let him into the seat, and said: "Your Royal Highness , we are friends. Therefore, I will not mess with those vain things like Chao Hui, and directly serve you wine in the palace, don't blame me for neglecting you!"

"Your Majesty, what are you talking about? You can regard Xiao Wang as a friend, it is definitely Xiao Wang's honor!"

"Is it an honor or not, we are friends, let's not talk about this, let's drink!"

As soon as Liu Hong said this, the other ministers raised their wine glasses and toasted the Prince of Persia.

The Prince of Persia drank the wine and said, "Your Majesty, the trade between our two countries has been frequent in recent years, and we have both benefited greatly from it."

"Yeah, our two countries are big countries, and if we exchange what we need, we will definitely benefit a lot!" Liu Hong knew very well what the Prince of Persia wanted to say, but rushing is not a business, in order to slaughter fat sheep .He pretended not to understand and dealt with it.

Liu Hong can handle it, but the Prince of Persia can't.You know, it is impossible for him to stay in the big man for a long time. After all, if he stays in the big man for a long time, it will be a bad thing if something happens to An'an.Therefore, he must settle this matter as soon as possible and hurry back.

"Your Majesty, the transactions between our two countries are so frequent now, but the transportation is so inconvenient, which has a great impact on both of us. And Xiao Wang saw the train of the big man. It can transport so many goods at once, which can greatly facilitate us. Two countries, why didn't the big man build a railway to our rest?"

"Your Highness, you don't know about this matter." Seeing the Prince of Persia speak directly, Liu Hong began to complain. "The railway is not only expensive. It is also extremely difficult to construct. Especially in the western region. There are many mountains, undulating terrain, and changeable climate. It takes a lot of effort to build a railway."

"It took a lot of effort?" After listening to Liu Hong's words, the Prince of Persia asked suspiciously, "Your Majesty, shouldn't this railway be paved with rails? Why would it take a lot of effort?"

"His Royal Highness, you don't know anything about this." Liu Hong didn't need to answer this, Hu Zhao, Minister of Communications, began to explain it to him. "Our train has limited power. When the slope is too high, it can't climb it. And even if it can go up, when it goes downhill, the inertia is also unbearable. But in the western region, high mountains There are too many such slopes everywhere. Therefore, it will take a lot of work to build the railway there.”

"Ah, the train can't go uphill?"

"Yes, Your Royal Highness, what Hu Shangshu said is absolutely correct." Seeing the surprised look of the Prince of Persia, Liu Hong said: "You have seen that train too, think about it, such a big train is full of goods, It is already very strenuous running on flat roads, let alone climbing. So when the slope reaches a certain level, it will definitely not be able to go up.”

After hearing Liu Hong's explanation, Prince Persia's disappointment was forgotten, but he still asked unwillingly: "Your Majesty, so there is no way to build a railway leading to our resting place?"

"It can't be said that there is absolutely no way." Liu Hong began to explain to the Prince of Persia, "As long as we can lower the slope. Whether it's filling up low-lying places or cutting down high cliffs, we can build railways That’s why I said that building a railway in the west would take a lot of effort.”

The idea of ​​filling potholes or simply leveling cliffs really scared the Prince of Persia.But since the railway can be built, he feels relieved a lot.

"Your Majesty, in the past, it would have taken a lot of effort to level the cliffs. But now that the firearms of the big man are so powerful, it is not a big deal to level the cliffs. Therefore, Xiao Wang thinks that in order to strengthen the relationship between our two countries, we should build a bridge." Railroad as well."

"Made, of course I know that it is better to build a railway! But to build this railway, the key is that you have to pay for it!" Hearing that the Prince of Persia did not mention the key, Liu Hong began to complain again, "His Royal Highness, Don't look at the current firearms that seem to be very powerful, but if you really use them to open mountains, the effect will be far worse. If you want to level a cliff, you need a lot of gunpowder, and the cost is astonishing. And the west There are too many mountains like this in the area, and we big men simply don’t have the financial resources to build such a railway.”

Hearing Liu Hong say that the big man has insufficient financial resources, the Prince of Persia laughed.As a local tyrant, he lacks everything, except money.As long as it is something that can be settled with money, it is nothing to him.

"Your Majesty, the matter of money is easy to discuss. Since the construction of this railway is beneficial to both of us, it is right for us, Anxi, to bear part of the cost. So, as long as Your Majesty agrees to build this railway, we, Anxi, are willing to bear it." General construction costs."

"Half of it, that's not enough!" Fat Sheep was right in front of him, and the little blood he shed was far from Liu Hong's expectations, "Your Highness, it's not that I don't want to build this railway, but I really can't afford it." ah!"

"It can't be repaired, how is this possible?" The Prince of Persia didn't believe Liu Hong's words at all, "The big man is so rich, the cities everywhere are so well built, and the people are so rich. Xiao Wang, I will go all the way and see you." The people who came to Dahan not only have enough food and clothing, but many people can wear silk clothes, so how can the Dahan not be able to build a railway?"

"His Royal Highness, you don't know about this." Seeing that the Persian prince didn't believe him, Liu Shu began to explain to him, "Our big man practiced hiding wealth from the people, and the people have money, but it doesn't mean the court is rich. Like others It’s easy to say, we can directly raise shares from the common people. However, in the western region, the land is vast and sparsely populated. If we want to build a railway, we have to invest in it from the imperial court. But the imperial court’s money was planned early in the morning. , There is no plan to build that railway in a short time. Therefore, there is no fund for the construction of the railway, and of course it cannot be repaired.”

"His Royal Highness, you have heard it too. It's not that I'm evading it. It's because the systems of our two countries are different, and we are unable to build this railway."

"Your Majesty, what do you think if this is not the case, we rest in peace and contribute [-]% of the capital?"

Although An Xi had money, he couldn't just throw it away.If it weren't for this railway being related to the stability of his throne, it would be absolutely impossible for the Prince of Persia to pay so much money.

"Sixty percent, and another [-]%." For such a large railway project, [-]% of the funds is definitely not a small amount. Liu Hong was very happy to see that he had saved so much money.But happy to be happy, finally met a fat sheep, Liu Hong will not just let him go, naturally he can knock a little more, "His Royal Highness, it's not that I don't want to build this railway, it's really the imperial court The money has already been planned, and there is no money to build the railway. If this part of the money is not much, then we can still think of a way, but the amount of money is too big, and the court simply cannot think."

"My god, I have paid so much, and they are still not satisfied." If it wasn't about the throne, the Prince of Persia would have walked away long ago, but now he can only grit his teeth and bid again, "Your Majesty, we rest in peace." It can be [-]%, if it is more, Xiao Wang will not be able to explain to my father."

"This time he only paid half a percent more, and it seems that he has reached his psychological price."

Liu Hong was very disappointed to see that there was no more oil to be squeezed out.But in a flash, he thought of another idea to squeeze the rest of the country.

"His Royal Highness, we are friends, how can I let you suffer so badly. Therefore, for the construction of this railway, you, the Anxi Kingdom, only need to contribute [-]% of the funds, and the rest of the expenses will be borne by us big men!"

After hearing Liu Hong's words, not to mention the Prince of Persia, even the ministers of civil and military affairs present here couldn't figure out what Liu Hong was going to do.But they knew very well that Liu Hong would definitely not make a loss-making business.So, they were all waiting to see the good show.

"Your Majesty, since the big man is in trouble, we still pay [-]% ​​for rest. Save yourself any accidents when the time comes."

"No, six achievements will do." Liu Hong waved his hand at the Prince of Persia, but said nothing: "Your Highness, the Prime Minister also said just now that we big men really don't have any extra money to build this railway. So, no matter what we Whether it is [-]% or [-]% of the burden, it is almost the same for us big men. Therefore, if we want to build this railway, we need to find another way."

"Think of another way? What kind of way?"

"Actually, I need your help, Your Highness the Crown Prince." Seeing Prince Persia's doubts, Liu Hong did not pretend to be foolish, and said directly: "I am quite aware of the wealth of your Anxi kingdom. Therefore, I plan to Let us rest in peace and sell the national debt of our big man to raise money to build this railway."

"Sell the big man's national debt in peace?" Hearing this sentence, the Prince of Persia was completely stunned. (To be continued..)