Chapter 1259: Influence Expands Overseas News
When Emperor Da Chen woke up again, the whole person was completely decadent, and his eyes were empty and there was no focus at all.
The result of his previous research was to show favor as much as possible, first send supplies to Minggang City as soon as possible, and then talk to Jiang Xingchen to explain that this is a misunderstanding, even if people don't believe it, they have to prepare the steps first, and then they will admit compensation!
He had been prepared in his heart before writing that letter to Jiang Xingchen, but he didn't expect Jiang Xingchen to be so ruthless. The budget for the reconstruction of Minggang City has reached 5 billion citrine coins, and the treasury of Dachen has been emptied of so much.
The moment he saw the letter, he even had desperate thoughts. But when he heard the news that the Eighth Army continued to increase its strength to the Dachen border, he knew that it was over, and he couldn't refuse at all.
The Eighth Legion, after escorting Mr. Yellowstone, not only did not retreat, but continued to increase its troops, which was too obvious. If he doesn't agree, the other party will definitely attack, the evidence is in Jiang Xingchen's hands, people have an excuse to send troops, and other forces can't reach out.
"Hey!" Emperor Da Chen sighed heavily, as if he had aged ten years for a moment, and ordered in a low voice: "Send the ministers to see me!"
Soon after, there was a violent quarrel in the Dachen Palace, which lasted for a long time......
The news was not deliberately blocked, and it could not be blocked, the Eighth Army gathered at the border of Dachen, and anyone with a discerning eye knew that there was something going on.
Two days later, the agreement reached between Da Chen and Xingchen Ling reached the ears of the high-ranking leaders of the major forces. The Moon Shadow Kingdom, the Eight Great Kingdoms, and the Xuanyuan Heavenly Sect only learned that the Great Chen Kingdom was a force that had started in advance.
While mourning for Da Chen in his heart, all the forces are also grateful to him, if it weren't for Da Chen's thunder, he would definitely have fallen into it. Look at how much Jiang Xingchen hates. The Eight Kingdoms are not one heart now. Don't dare to resist others, otherwise the national strength that has just recovered will have to be tossed and lost.
Even the Great Emperor was stunned when he learned about the conditions of the stars, with a budget of five billion citrine coins, this kid really dared to ask for it. Even if the Qiankun Empire, which is now strong, comes up with so much at once, it can't stand it.
Taking this railway construction as an example, the empire only provided part of the funds and land, and had to give half of the future income of the railway to Jiang Xingchen. Directly take out billions of citrine coins. The empire can't do it.
In the three territories around Minggang City, the lord was so angry that he threw his cup. The jurisdiction of Minggang City expanded outward for hundreds of miles, occupying all their territory. Not only that, but tax revenues will have to increase in the future...... But no matter how angry they are, they can't refuse, this is not only an order of Emperor Da Chen, but also a decision made by all ministers together, if they don't agree, even the territory is enough to keep.
Xingchen Ling, Grandpa Fu came to the Lord's Mansion with a smile, and as soon as he entered the courtyard, he said loudly: "Sir." The Great Chen Kingdom agreed! But it asked for three years to be repaid!"
Jiang Xingchen walked out of the house and said lightly: "Yes, they can't take so much at one time, and the reconstruction of Minggang City can't be completed in a year!"
The reason why the budget is so high this time is because of the overall planning of Minggang City. Reconstruction is not just about building a house, but about building an industrialized port city, not only underground pipelines, but also industrial areas, port expansion, and so on. Five billion citrine coins are not enough!
In the following days, Minggang City was lively, and hundreds of construction firms from major forces came. In order to snatch this cake.
Zhao Danqing and Li Meng have to take care of the refugees and deal with the construction firm, and they are very busy.
It's the same with Xingchen Ling's side, although the problem of Minggang City is basically solved. But there are still problems in Seaside City and the Cursed Lands. The port of Linhai City needs to be rebuilt, and we have to discuss it with Da Li, it is not the territory of the Star Territory. In addition, the Cursed Lands side will have to invest more in shipyards. Expanding the size of the shipyard, a tsunami destroyed almost all the ships along the coast, and a large number of seven-story treasure ships had to be built as soon as possible.
In the days that followed, the star leaders were busy with disaster relief, and due to the lack of communications, the coverage of the tsunami in various places also stopped. Everything seemed to be calm. In reality, however, the impact of the tsunami is far from over.
The numerous merchants who ran overseas trade in the two ports suffered heavy losses, which affected the entire economic chain, and people specializing in overseas goods were affected, including merchants and civilians.
And in early November, the effects of the salt production reduction in the Great Departure Kingdom finally broke out. The price of salt in many regions such as the Qiankun Empire and the Moon Shadow Kingdom that rely on Dali salt has skyrocketed.
Jiang Xingchen couldn't do anything about this, and he could only solve it by waiting for the resumption of production over there in Dali. As for the problem of eating salt on the side of the Star Leader, the ally of the Great Qin Kingdom reached out to help, and the Star Leader helped them solve the problem of the bitter salt mine back then, and they have always had a surplus of salt over the years.
The Qiankun Empire originally wanted to find relief from Great Qin, but the Orc Alliance took the lead. The emperor could only order the whole country to save salt and increase the mining of several salt mines.
Jiang Xingchen didn't pay much attention to this, he has been staring at Linhai City and overseas these days, and even the research and development of light bulbs and telegraphs have been handed over to Xian Ning and them.
The killer whale group has been out to sea several times in a few days, but there has been no trace of Doudou and the young master of the black waves. It has been more than half a month since the old man left, and there has been no news, which makes him very uneasy, and he should come back when he calculates the time.
Early in the morning of November 3rd, Jiang Xingchen had just sent a letter to the Wang family when he heard a rattling sound overhead, a gust of wind swept up, and the leader of the night owl fell from the sky.
"Old thing, you're back!" Jiang Xingchen shouted loudly, walked quickly to the leader of the night owl, grabbed the old man who had just jumped down, and asked impatiently: "Why have you been there for so long, is it okay over there on Mingque Island?"
The old man had a serious expression, shook his head slightly, and sighed heavily.
Jiang Xingchen chuckled in his heart, could it be that Mingque Island was also seriously affected, is the power of this tsunami so great, and the mainland is seven thousand miles away from Mingque Island.
"Hahahaha...... I'm scared, I'll know!" The old man's expression changed suddenly, and he pointed at Jiang Xingchen and laughed.
"Uh!" Jiang Xingchen only felt that his head was pounding, and his face was so angry that his face turned black, what the hell am I doing, you old immortal still jokes with me.
However, while being angry, Jiang Xingchen's mood was also suddenly relaxed, and the old man's joke meant that there was no big problem with Mingque Island.
"Boy, don't worry, don't worry! I still want to hear the specific situation!" After placing Jiang Xingchen, the old man hurriedly waved his hand and pulled him into the house.
"Tell me, what's the situation!" Entering the room, Jiang Xingchen sat down on a chair and asked with a straight face.
"I've just come back, so let me drink saliva first, your good tea......" The old man was halfway through speaking, and saw that Jiang Xingchen's face was so gloomy that he could drip water, and hurriedly said with a smile: "Let's talk about things first, talk about things first!"
"This tsunami is quite large, and the scope of the impact is quite wide! It is estimated that it will occur in the sea area between Mandan Island, Chongming Island, and the mainland...... The hardest hit was Chongming Island, where three of their ports were facing the tsunami, and the city was completely destroyed, and I saw dead people gnawed by fish for more than ten miles away......"
Jiang Xingchen frowned, feeling a little churning in his stomach, and said in a deep voice: "Tell the point!"
"Hehe!" the old man smiled and continued, "It is said that the waves rushing towards the three ports at that time were hundreds of meters high, and I saw that almost all the houses near the ports had collapsed...... Mandan Island is similar to Chongming Island, but only two ports were destroyed by the tsunami! You know the location of Mingque Island, close to the deep ocean, hidden behind Mandan Island, and the port is facing Mandan Island, just hide from it!"
"Whew~" Jiang Xingchen let out a long sigh, Mingque Island is fine, he has invested huge manpower, material and financial resources for this base.
"Don't be too happy, your loss this time is not small!" the old man said lightly.
"Oh?" Jiang Xingchen looked at him puzzled.
"Don't forget, your overseas arrangement is a chain, and there are five islands besides Mingque Island! three of them are right between Mandan Island and Chongming Island, Bright Silver Island is almost completely destroyed, and the other two large islands are also heavily damaged...... Also, the port concession of Chongming Island is being established, and it is all ruined!"
Hearing what the old man said, Jiang Xingchen's mood became heavy again, and he asked, "Are there any casualties?"
"A hundred laborers sent to Chongming Island are missing, and the local population of other islands has suffered nearly two thousand casualties!" said the old man.
"Hey!" Jiang Xingchen sighed heavily, there were many casualties among craftsmen and workers in Minggang City, and there were also many casualties among the people left on the ships in Linhai City, plus the loss of laborers on Chongming Island, the death toll of this tsunami was more than the number of people who died in the siege of Xingchen Ling three years ago.
"Have you brought the list back?" Jiang Xingchen asked.
"Bring it back!" The old man took out a notebook and handed it to Jiang Xingchen, then patted him on the shoulder: "Boy, I want to open some! This is a natural disaster, and it can't be avoided! It would be nice to give more compensation to the casualties...... Anyway, it's a good thing that Narujak Island is fine!"
Jiang Xingchen nodded and asked, "How is the progress of the fourth child over there?"
"The progress is very fast, and the fourth kid is also very good! Yan He is even more sinister, the forces on the island are basically all contained by them, and the port is firmly controlled in his hands!"
"That's good! By the way, there is no impact on Sizhou Island, right?" Jiang Xingchen asked again.
At the mention of this, the old man sank his face again: "I was about to tell you, although the tsunami also had an impact on Sizhou Island, it was far less powerful than Chongming Island and Mandan Island. But strangely, they had an outbreak there. The reason why I came back so late was because I was worried about the impact on Narujaku Island after hearing about it, so I went over and took a look!" (To be continued......)
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