At sunrise, Tokhtar led several ministers to kneel down and pledge allegiance to Hao Kang. These people are the ministers of the court who escaped with the Great Khan of Timur, plus the trusted Great Khan's son Hao Kang and the sick bed who has returned to heaven Timur, the number of the Great Khan and ministers of the Mongolian court is less than double digits.

Hao Kang, who looked blank, helped the ministers up, and led the ministers to bow to Timur's body. Timur lay quietly on his bed, he had been freed from his misery forever, and nothing else in the world could disturb his sleep.

Standing up, Hao Kang looked around the room, except for the name of Great Khan, almost everything in front of him was in his hands. The Mongol Empire was not destroyed, they were only storming Baghdad under the leadership of Mongol traitors, and probably the main Mongol banner army in Basra was still fighting. Moreover, among the four khanates and two kingdoms of the Mongol Empire, only the Ilkhanate fell, but Mongolia is Mongolia, and Hao Kang only took over the edict of Timur Khan, and that's it. Except for Damascus, Hao Kang has nothing.

Yang Congrong was shocked when he received the news that Hao Kang, the new Great Khan of Mongolia, had invited him to visit Damascus, and Yang Congrong went to Athens to discuss with the province. After listening to various opinions, Yang calmly led the team to Damascus, and sent the fastest ship to Mumbai to deliver the news before departure.

When Yang calmly arrived in Damascus, the contents of the letter of state sent by Hao Kang, the new Great Khan of Mongolia, had already been placed on Zhao Jiaren's table. The important ministers who participated in the meeting didn't know what to say, Hao Kang came to Da Song to ask Mu's father and mother for a short time, and everyone still had an impression. Now Hao Kang has become the Great Khan of Mongolia. This sudden change in the situation is too fast and too urgent.

No one spoke, and everyone looked at Zhao Guan's house. For decades, in this situation, it was the Zhao official family who came out to come up with a plan, and foresight was the strength of the Zhao official family, and everyone felt that they didn't know what to say at this time. And many important ministers felt indescribable awe in their hearts, God will always be on the side of Zhao Guan's family, Hao Kang's marriage proposal is such an unexpected matter as it is reasonable to deal with it under the arrangement of Zhao Guan's family, and the communication between the Great Song Dynasty and Mongolia happens to be in an unprecedented smooth period at this critical moment.

Zhao Jiaren spoke, "I think we will first determine what kind of Mongolia Hao Kang wants to establish, and then talk about anything else." ”

Hearing this tone, the Minister of the Interior asked, "Do you want Hao Kang to recognize the territory of the Great Song Dynasty?" "Being asked by the Minister of the Interior first, many people feel regretful. They also thought about it, but they didn't dare to say it.

"First of all, determine what kind of Mongolia Hao Kang wants to build." Zhao Jiaren emphasized his opinion, "If Hao Kang is not willing to reinvent Mongolia, any of his promises cannot be trusted." ”

Zhao Qian couldn't help but nod slightly when he heard this. Any promises made by an uncivilized nation cannot be trusted, because they are following interests, and anything promised for the sake of profit now will be reversed in the future. As the governor of Damascus, Hao Kang may have the value of trust, but the Mongol Khan Hao Kang did not. If Hao Kang could not establish a new Mongol, the next step for the Great Song would probably be to take this opportunity to completely destroy the old Mongol Empire.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs was in the Eastern Mediterranean, and the Minister of Justice, Luo Yiren, did not say a word. Other ministers have said a lot, but they can't do anything else. This matter is settled for the time being. At the end of the meeting, when Zhao Qian went out, he saw Luo Yiren gesture to him, and it didn't take long for the two to drink tea in Luo Yiren's office.

"I don't believe in gods and ghosts, but I still want to say that the official family is really destiny." Luo Yiren sighed loudly: "It's just that the official family works so hard, and some things still happened too early." If the railway is now built in Zhangjiakou, we will be more advantageous. ”

Zhao Qian didn't want to hear anything about the destiny of heaven, but what Luo Yiren said about the destiny of heaven made Zhao Qian feel very sympathetic. Daddy is a very patient person, so he has a good chance of success. It's just that the situation is changing too fast, and even if we start to build railways in an all-round way in the shortest time allowed by the law, we still can't keep up with the speed of world change. He sighed: "If you don't seize Mongolia, the difficulty of advancing westward is too high!" ”

As Luo Yiren said, if the railway is now built out of Zhangjiakou, the Great Song army can march towards the old Sabbath Protectorate. Because in junior high school geography textbooks, Chinese geography is divided into three ladders. It gradually decreases from west to east. The transition of each geographical ladder is an impassable mountain range. But after the capture of Mongolia, a shortcut appeared.

The railway arrives in Youzhou from Zhigu Village, passes through the Yanshan Mountains in the north and enters the Mongolian Plateau from Zhangjiakou, and is almost flat all the way, and the railway of the Great Song Dynasty can easily be repaired to the old Anxidu Hufu. Theoretically, the supply of the armies of the North could even originate from large-scale sea transport in the South. Even though the construction of the railway has only begun, Zhao Qian can already feel that the railway will completely change the Great Song Dynasty. When there was no railway, people like Daddy didn't dare to make a plan to recover the Rest of the Protectorate after recovering Yinshan. With the railway, Zhao Qian was able to conceive many practical plans.

"Prince, I would like to ask if I can start building a railway in Tianzhu."

Zhao Qian was stunned, now too many people have made requests and temptations to Zhao Qian to build a railway. In the previous paragraph, Zhao Qiangang agreed to replace the rolling stock of the Siam Isthmus with a standard railway pulled by the locomotive, and the provinces of Cochin and Champa had already requested the construction of a railway on their side. It was all the Great Song Dynasty that put forward a request to build a railway, and now the Ministry of Governors has begun to request the construction of a railway on the Tianzhu Peninsula. That's too out-of-the-box. Zhao Qian couldn't help but push, "The current situation is so changing, let's wait and talk." ”

"Prince, the current situation is so changing, Da Song has to prepare first. In the past, preparing for contingencies was mostly a drain on national strength, and although the construction of railways was hard, it could strengthen national strength from the roots. Just so, I wouldn't be so rash to bring it up. Prince, when I saw the military training of the Japanese laborers who were building the railway, I immediately felt that this method could solve the problems that could not be solved in Tianzhu. Only then did he request the construction of a railway in Tianzhu. ”

"Military training?" Zhao Qian felt vaguely grasping some ideas.

"It's military training. The Tianzhu people are cunning and treacherous, which is really unusable. If the imperial court decided to go to war against the slave dynasty, it would be a bit of a fate to expect them to win. However, the locals of Tianzhu who can be requisitioned for the construction of the railway must be poor, and they are trained in the military, and then look at their performance when they build the railway, they can pick out the resolute and upright people, and form an army from this generation, at least to ensure that they can all abide by discipline. It can come in handy when dealing with slave dynasties, and it is a strong army to suppress disobedient kings on weekdays. ”

If Zhao Qian's original disagreement with the idea of building a railway in Tianzhu accounted for 99%, now this opposition has become 75%. Even if he still disagrees, Zhao Qian has already recognized Luo Yiren's thinking. Thinking that after the railway was built in Zhangjiakou, the Great Song People's Liberation Army would continue to fight in the north, and at this time, it was even more necessary to have a reliable army that could fight in Tianzhu. Zhao Qian's opposition went from 75 percent to about 63 percent.

Even so, Zhao Qian still said decisively: "I can't promise you, Da Song's financial resources are still limited. The other is to build a railway in Tianzhu, will there be local heroes in Tianzhu. After so many years of fighting, if the enemy is very weak, it is a great thing for us. ”

Luo Yiren nodded, he knew that this suggestion sounded too appalling at the moment, and Zhao Qian's reaction was already very rational. However, it should be said that Tianzhu is a vast land, rich in products, and has a large population, and if there is a railway connection, the Great Song Dynasty can grab endless wealth from Tianzhu.

There are also some things that Luo Yiren didn't dare to say. According to his observations and feelings, since the Zhao official family broke the various cages that imprisoned the development of the Great Song Dynasty, the Great Song Dynasty's economy has grown rapidly and its national strength has become stronger and stronger. But everything has its limits, Da Song has been panting and running with all his strength for twenty or thirty years, and now most people want to take a break. Put more energy into taking care of yourself. The adjustment of land contracts led by Zhao Qian is even a major adjustment, allowing those people who are dizzy by the fierce turmoil to calm down in a relatively stable environment and look around. Prepare and choose for the next time you move forward.

At this time, it is undoubtedly the best time to build railways and open up overseas. Are you ready for the next round of leaps and bounds? At least Luo Yiren has clearly informed the future direction of the family, and they have begun to make new preparations.

After Zhao Qian finished talking, he continued his own affairs, he wanted to inform the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that there was something about how Mongolia was defeated and tell him as soon as possible, but in the end he still didn't let the secretary do it. For such a big matter, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will definitely send it to Zhao Qian as soon as it gets the exact news. If you don't send it to Zhao Qian,...... This is also an opportunity to see what the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is doing?

At this time, Foreign Minister Yang Congrong, who was thousands of miles away, saw Hao Kang again, and the last time he saw Hao Kang was in Kaifeng. Within a few months, the identity of the son-in-law of the Song people changed dramatically. Yang Congrong did not bow to Hao Kang, and the official etiquette of the Great Song Dynasty has changed greatly, and the kneeling has been completely canceled. What's more, the Great Song Dynasty didn't have any reason to bow to the Mongolian Great Khan, and it was very polite to not go up and stab him to death.

Hao Kang didn't have any pretensions, Yang calmly asked how the Mongols were defeated, and he talked about his experience without concealment. By a few months earlier, Mongolia had held Baghdad to Basra. As the imperial court no longer had any expectations for those princes, the imperial court began to manage its own territory more effectively, and the situation began to improve slightly.

At this time, several princes finally responded to the call of the imperial court and came to King Qin with soldiers and horses. At this time, the light cavalry of the Slave Dynasty again harassed outside Baghdad. The princes asked to go out of the city to meet the battle, and the court sent them out. In the battle, the princes were defeated and had to retreat to the city.

Yang calmly listened quietly, he was very curious about the combat effectiveness of the Mongol court and the slave dynasty. From here, it seems that the combat effectiveness of the slave dynasty is not very weak.