Chapter 202 Channel
Compared to the grand scene that made a deep impression on people, the dinner and snacks prepared for everyone in the workshop can be said to be very shabby, but no one seemed to notice this. The officers close to Ye Tao and the officials in Yunzhou began to ask when the Mars bomb type II and the turbulent oil type II could be launched into the army, and began to ask how everyone needed to cooperate in order to speed up this process, and began to ask how the cost of these powerful things. Even the "Vulcan cannon" that was obviously created by the destruction madmen in the workshop became everyone's.
Topic. The mobility of this thing is compared to the small crossbows of three-man gun teams, which are previously made of three-man guns, can be said to be one in the sky and one underground, but the weight and range of the projectiles that can be shot really touch everyone. Perhaps this thing cannot be the key to the decisive victory between the two armies, but it seems that it should be very suitable for the battle between the siege and the defending city. Speaking of the defense of the city, perhaps the infantry officers and the longbowman officers who originally came from the Blood Qi Army still had some experience, but when it comes to siege, everyone was disgusted. Everyone has indeed conducted related training, but who doesn’t know that real war is completely different from those training subjects.
The representatives of the Samir family were particularly deeply touched. They were very grateful for Ye Tao's formula for the fierce turtle oil to them, and they were extremely interested in the tiger-toothed ship and the three-man gun group small crossbow that Mr. Qi had shown them. First, the Ye Family Workshop reduced the price of that gun group to a reasonable range. As a force that had no conflict of interest with Dongping, they would be able to quickly buy a batch of gun groups to supplement the combat power of the family fleet. But these did not damage their shock to Ye Tao's newly produced fierce turtle oil. They were almost certain that it was basically "Greek Fire". Even if it was not a completely consistent formula, its power was almost the same. In combination with the constantly improved spray tools of Ye Family Workshop, the power of the fierce turtle oil can be exerted by now is even more amazing than the legendary Greek Fire.
After the demonstration, the representatives of the Samir family had no time to consider that the beef fried buns prepared for them in the workshop were so simple, and they couldn't help finding Ye Tao. Ye Tao only realized that this time the person who came to discuss certain things with him was not Assad, who had been working with Qihai Trading Company tacitly over the years, but a young but young man with noble temperament everywhere. He is a core member of the Samir family, with the direct bloodline of the Samir family and occupying a prominent position in the entire family tree. Only his visit can allow senior deacons like Assad to be a translator.
"First of all, please allow me to wish you to be promoted to the Governor of Yunzhou, a vast and great grassland province." Sayed showed great humility.
"Thank you." Ye Tao would not feel ashamed because of anyone's humility, not to mention that he could realize that a core member of the Samir family, a prime minister and minister who may have a status in the Middle East that may be higher than that of some countries, in smaller countries, may even be higher than the chiefs, and the king's young people with the surname Samir were probably mostly pretending. "In the past few years, Mr. Assad has made us understand the strength and wealth of the Samir family, and now, I am very happy that Mr. Samir can bring us another friend."
Ye Tao's peaceful performance made Sayed's understanding of this provincial governor who said he was from a civilian in the information increased his understanding.
After some greetings, Said asked carefully: "Mr. Ye, as a long-term friend who has been tested by time, I would like to make a request to you that may be abrupt. On behalf of the Samir family, I sincerely request you to be able to teach us the formula of the Heavy Greece Fire...and this may be one of the less abrupt goals of my goal to meet you this time."
Ye Tao smiled and said, "Whether it is temperature or the power of ablation, the second type of turquoise oil has been greatly improved compared to the original formula. I can understand your preference for this weapon. I remember when I handed over the formula of turquoise oil to you, there was one in our agreement that was about continuing to improve the turquoise oil, and you should inform you of the results. I have to say that Mr. Assad signed a good agreement for the Samir family. According to that agreement, the second type of turquoise oil is given. It is absolutely fine to hand it over to you. And, you don't need to
Pay an extra price. If possible, please help Mr. Qi and Qihai Market in Nanyang.... Of course, this is not completely generous. I have to admit frankly that I really want to sell you the finished products of Fengqiu Oil Type II, but I am afraid that I will not be able to even out that part from the limited raw material output in a few years. And you are actually more sufficient in production conditions than me. I believe you are reliable partners and close friends. I believe that giving you such weapons will not fall into the hands of my enemies."
Said bowed deeply and said, "Your generosity touched me."
Ye Tao smiled and said, "You don't have to be polite. What else do you have? We might as well discuss and discuss openly like friends."
After listening to the ideas of the Samir family, Ye Tao began to feel a little uncomfortable. The Samir family really wanted to establish a country, and their idea was not just about establishing a country, but about creating an unprecedented power in the Middle East. They expected that once they started a war with the country they had assisted or funded by them, their fleets in the Red Sea and the Mediterranean would involve a lot of power, and they were afraid they would not be able to care about the established strongholds in the South China Sea. So they wisely began to take over these strongholds with Qihai Trading Company, a close collaborator who showed ambition and steady pace in marine expansion, would be willing to take over these strongholds? The conditions they asked Qihai Trading Company also sounded reasonable: manpower, weapons, technology... there were no excessive conditions.
But in the army, they do lack strong power and generals with strong command ability. It is a good idea to say that whether they are excavated and trained from the inside or by poaching and buying, they can even buy senior officers captured and sold as slaves in the war. They can always find a way to solve it. However, they do lack a large number of organized, disciplined, and strong combat capabilities. In the Middle East, where the population is not very dense, most of the operations are predicted by the distribution of rivers and oasis, the scale and location of the scale and location can be predicted.
It is enough to be so powerful that the elite sergeants in the war can be reversed, and a large number of servants. But how to train such sergeants? Assad stated at the Elders' Conference that he learned that Ye Tao had built a strong army that was enough to shock the entire continent in just a few years, which moved many people in the Samir family. When they learned that the Blood Qi army actually had many old sergeants and middle-level officers retired, or worked in the Blood Qi army and assisted the army, they couldn't help but hire a group of people to train the army.
But this idea sounds a bit absurd on this continent. Those retired soldiers and officers from the Blood Qi Army were stunned by the representatives or agents of the Samir family who came to the door and did not dare to agree; while the Blood Qi Army, the Ministry of War, etc. all felt that this idea was too crazy, and it was unheard of for hiring officers from other countries to command the battle. The soldiers of the Blood Qi Army believed in their sense of honor for soldiers, but were very suspicious of the army's loyalty... Sayed also raised this matter when he met Tan Xiaopei. Compared with the Ministry of War that followed the rules and the Blood Qi Army that did not consider much money, Tan Xiaopei's vision was much broader. The concept of hiring mercenaries was not uncommon for those who had been bandits and warlords. Tan Xiaopei was even more considering two issues: Can these people from the place where they were sent out to help?
Help the Samir family achieve their goals within ten years; after completing the Samir family's goal of establishing a country, let these people lead the army to land directly from the South Ocean, and how high the probability of attacking Chunnan between the two wings... After this time, it would be meaningless to talk about these. Because the veterans will not die, but they will indeed gradually wither, and Tan Xiaopei will never send the outstanding officers who can be used for their army to such a long distance. This time limit means that either he needs to quickly wipe out the Three Kingdoms with military strength and huge casualties, or he has to modify the steps to unify the continent in the north and then in the south of the Chunnan area. Tan Xiaopei has not considered this issue yet, so he sent Sayed to Yunzhou to find Ye Tao to solve other problems, so he had time to figure out this issue.
Sayed's requests are indeed more complicated than the other. Whether he hired retired officers and auxiliary officers from the Blood Qi Army was not something that Ye Tao could control. But Sayed asked Ye Tao to mediate after Tan Xiaopei agreed to the matter. Other requests were even more troublesome. After learning that the northern tribe had suffered a heavy blow, the Samir family was trying to reopen the land route from the Middle East to the Middle Earth, which had been blocked for a long time. Ye Tao's Yunzhou Martial Arts Envoy made them see the possibility of advancing from both sides and making the land route take shape quickly. This is not just a business road that takes a little shorter time than the sea route, but more likely the Samir family, who was entangled in the war, was able to ensure that the Samir family could continuously obtain war funds from trade after the long-term battle of maritime forces.
Is it the Silk Road? Ye Tao frowned and ignored it. He had never seriously understood how much trade volume this road that was once prosperous when Middle-earth was unified. In this time and space, there is a big difference between the terrain and the world where Ye Tao came from. The sea journey from Dongping to the Persian region has not been too long to be unacceptable, and the trade volume seems to be quite large, and there does not seem to be a major obstacle to maritime capacity. The only troublesome thing is that during the typhoon season or when encountering certain sudden weather, the operation of the trade route will occasionally stop. After all, on the vast sea surface, anything can happen.
"Map!" Ye Tao ordered. Bi Xiaoqing and Wu Ping'an immediately found a large-scale map from Ye Tao's seemingly all-encompassing bag and spread it on the table. The map includes detailed maps of the land of the East Plain. The three countries of Chunnan, Northern Liao and Xiling are more detailed, including the entire coastline of Chunnan, Chunnan, which has been well understood by the Qihai Trading Company. The islands and archipelago along the sea route of Dubai Port, where the hometown of the Persian Samir family is located. However, in this area northwest of Yunzhou, the content on the map is extremely poor. Only some lakes, deserts and oasis, and some cities and fortresses controlled by different forces are marked. This part of the content was accumulated by the Dai family after going deep into the grassland many times.
Said waved, and a guard behind him picked out a few rolls of parchment from his skin and spread it on the table. These maps drawn on the parchment and Ye Tao's map were put together to form a map covering a wider range. The material of the map is not a problem, different drawing methods are not a problem, and even completely different graphics systems are not an obstacle to everyone's understanding of the map. Said's finger moved on the map and explained: "The former northern trade road was followed here. Because of the need to avoid the power of the Kani Khanate, he circled from the northern foot of the White Horse Mountain, and the distance was farther. When the Chani Khanate rose, it was on both sides of the two nomadic peoples and plundered countries.
Under suppression, this trade route was completely cut off. Then, although the Kanikhanate was finally defeated by Xiling due to constant friction with Xiling, Xiling itself has abundant resources and almost no need to borrow from the outside. Xiling has always suppressed merchants, and the northern passage did not recover in their hands. Bei Liao could not bypass Yunzhou to open up this passage, while Chunnan and your country reaped the huge benefits brought by trade through sea. Geographically, the most suitable person to do this is Yunzhou. However, Yunzhou was attacked several times, and was trapped in military struggles and had no products that could sell the world. Naturally, there was no interest in the construction of this passage. But... sir..."
Ye Tao naturally understood the subtext of Sayed. He may be the one who can revive this channel. Ye Tao, who has always been known for his wonderful ideas and exquisite technology, can naturally allow Yunzhou to produce enough types and quantities of fist products.
Chapter completed!