Chapter 1109

"Rod, I didn't expect to see you again."

At the gate of Qingzhou City, officials from the foreign affairs office led by Tang Wenjie are waiting for the mission from Europe.

According to the telegram sent from Guangzhou, the scale of the European mission is unprecedented. Britain, France, the Netherlands, Spain and Portugal sent envoys at the same time.

Although I have lived in Qingzhou for a long time, it's not good to come to Rhode again.

Once upon a time, their relationship with the eastern empire was as close as lovers, and the trade between the two countries was enough for the Dutch to live a rich life.

But now all the Dutch colonies in Asia have fallen into the hands of this eastern empire. Trade has been completely disrupted and relations have fallen to the freezing point.

"Don't make fun of me, Minister Tang. I hope that after this war, our relationship can return to the past." Rod said bitterly.

After returning to Holland, he was left out in the cold, but after the defeat of the Allied forces, he was used again. After all, he was very familiar with the eastern empire and was the most suitable person.

Standing beside rod, Brooke and Henry have complicated looks. They are still worried when they think of their first visit in vain.

Thinking of the shrewd emperor of the Chinese Empire, they added another layer of frustration.

In addition to three familiar faces, Tang Wenjie also said hello to the envoys of Spain and Portugal. In this mission, Portugal and Spain obviously played the supporting roles, and they had the least number of people.

"Please! The emperor is waiting for you in the royal garden." Tang Wenjie said with a smile of pride on his face.

This is the confidence that comes from a strong country.

Rod looks forward to Qingzhou City. When he lived in Qingzhou, it changed almost every day. After such a long time, he felt itchy.

When he led the crowd into Qingzhou City, rod was not surprised to see a surprise. At this time, the cement road in Qingzhou was being renovated, the cement road was being pried open, and the construction workers were laying a kind of black material.

This material is like black rubber mixed with sand, and even if you stand far away, you can feel the hot temperature and pungent smell.

Laying this kind of road is two kinds of huge machinery. This kind of machinery spews black smoke. In the front, after a kind of machinery paves this kind of material, the following machinery will roll the material firmly.

Just seeing the huge metal cast rollers in front of the machine, they could imagine the weight of the machine.

The mission's journey stopped here, and everyone was staring at the strange scene.

In particular, the roar of the huge machinery made them tremble.

"Minister Tang, what is this?" Rod swallowed.

Tang Wenjie said casually: "this is the asphalt road being paved. The concrete road is too ugly and easy to break down. So the empire is going to replace the main road of the empire with asphalt road."

"Asphalt? "What's this?" people are talking about it.

Tang Wenjie said frankly, "this asphalt is a kind of chemical material extracted from petroleum."

Now that the scientific foundation of the Empire has been firmly established, there is no need to hide some superficial things. Properly speaking, it can shock the enemy.

After all, it would take a lot of time for them to catch up with today's empire even if they gave all their technology to Europe.

Rod gently shook his head, "not in Qingzhou, a day back will feel out of date."

After a while of exclamation, they continued to walk inside, bypassing the road under construction in front, and the road that had been repaired a few days ago.

People walking on the flat asphalt road is very shocking, compared with the cement road, this kind of asphalt road is very comfortable.

Rod noticed the white and yellow lines on the road, which split the road in two. He asked, "what's this? "

" road traverse. " Tang Wenjie once again throws out words unfamiliar to rod. In his explanation, people gradually understand the function of this thing.

"It's amazing." Although from a hostile point of view, Brooke and Henry still praise it.

They looked at the bicycles on the road and said, "last time we didn't have many bicycles here. I didn't expect that the ordinary people in Qingzhou can afford bicycles now. This road is specially prepared for bicycles, but why do they only ride outside the white line on both sides of the road? "

Tang Wenjie laughed and said," you are wrong. This road is not built for bicycles. Please see! "

after that, he asked the mission members to stand on both sides of the road, because a row of cars were coming towards them.

These cars are black all over, and there is a small golden dragon flag in front of them, which is specially designed to pick up and see off the mission.

At this time, the envoys could not be described as surprised. They looked at the speeding car as if they saw a God.

In Europe, the main means of transportation is still the carriage. It is conceivable how surprised they were when they saw this kind of car that ran as fast as a steam locomotive, but didn't need a horse.The car soon stopped in front of the crowd. Tang Wenjie said, "everyone, it's twenty miles to the palace. Let's go by car."

"The car!" Rod really does not want to ask, because it will only show his ignorance.

Brooke and Henry have the same expression. They used to think that the people in the eastern empire were bumpkins, but now they find that they are bumpkins.

Tang Wenjie is very satisfied with the reaction of these envoys. It is necessary to destroy the opponent's psychological defense before the negotiation, so that they can easily get the cards after the negotiation.

Riding in the same car with rod, Brooke and Henry, Tang Wenjie opened his voice. "Now Qingzhou City is developing too fast, and sometimes I can't keep up with it. The Qingzhou City wall that you see now is the only one preserved in Qingzhou. The other three walls have been demolished. Now the population of Qingzhou is more than three million, so we need to expand the urban area. "

when Brooke and Henry heard that they almost wanted to kill themselves, only one Qingzhou had more than three million people, which was almost equal to the total population of the Netherlands.

The cities where they stopped all the way from Guangzhou to Dengzhou were densely populated, but from this we can see the terrible strength of the Chinese Empire.

When Tang Wenjie's saliva is flying, the car turns around and goes to the imperial city. As the car flies, the scenery of Qingzhou City passes quickly in front of people's eyes.

For them, now Qingzhou has completely got rid of the old appearance of Minfang. The urbanization here not only catches up with London, but also surpasses it. Just look at the neat residential area on both sides and the prosperous commercial area in the center of the city.

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