Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 594 Reunion
On August [-], a company sent back by Gan Ning had already sent Xia Houyuan to Jinling - of course, when they docked near the port, they had already untied the "Five Flowers".

It had to be tied up before, even if he relieved his hand, he refused to let go, and he only fed compressed biscuits for dinner, because if he ran away, the military law would be merciless at that time, and escorting a golden and jade general, even if he had already cast a soldier talisman, would definitely Can't be negligent.

As for the nearby ports, they have already reached the Chu State's territory, so naturally there is no need to be so careful.

Even if Gan Ning didn't remind him specifically, they still knew Xia Houyuan's identity...

As important captured enemy generals, they would have received certain treatment, not to mention that Xia Houyuan and "Princess Cao Juan" were still father and daughter. These grassroots generals did not know that Xia Houyuan "adopted" the daughter of his deceased brother. However, we also know that Cao Juan's "Cao" was changed later and is actually Xia Houyuan's "daughter".

Therefore, we had to save him some face. Besides, Xia Houyuan didn't cause any trouble along the way.

Being sent all the way to Jinling, Xia Houyuan also had mixed feelings in his heart...

At first, it was just the shame of being captured and the embarrassment of meeting his "daughter and son-in-law" under such circumstances.

But later, I took the "Zhenqi Car" directly from Jinling Port and raced on the railway track. In just two hours, I arrived at Jinling from the port!

And...it took half an hour after "arriving" in Jinling before he finally arrived at the familiar city of Jinling!
When Xia Houyuan came to Chu State six or seven years ago, Jinling City was already surrounded by a large number of workshops, but now... the surrounding area is even more exaggerated.

The original Jinling City was now very inconspicuous compared to "Jinling" in terms of area, but it was even more "lively" and prosperous than before.

Some you know, some you don't know, some you can understand, some you can't understand... There are many more "strange" infrastructures than before.

The rail-based Zhenqi trains only began to operate with major cities as hubs more than a year ago.

Although the coverage is not very developed, there are "only" less than [-] miles of railway tracks in the entire Chu State, half of which are relatively lightweight, but there is no problem in scaring the generals of other princes who have "never seen the world."

This data is actually not shocking. After the defeat of the Sino-Japanese War of 30-2, the late Qing Dynasty built more than [-] miles of Han-made railways in the last [-] years. It can be seen that the steel production is completely sufficient...

Although the population of Chu State is only 5% of that of the late Qing Dynasty, in terms of national strength, compared with the top powers, it is only inferior to accumulation. During the same period, France's railways were equivalent to [-] miles of Han-made railways.

Five thousand miles is far from being connected in all directions. Basically, a small cross is drawn in Jiangdong, a small cross is drawn in Huainan, and another small cross is drawn in Jingbei...

In addition to the transportation in these important areas, there are some small railways that transport ore over short distances.

However, even so, Xia Houyuan's skills were already miraculous.

After all, he saw that those who came to Jinling with him, and what seemed to be countless kilograms of stone, were also packed in boxes, and they arrived at Jinling in two hours.

If he wasn't captured now and was too embarrassed to ask, he would really like to know what kind of beast this thing was "trained" by.

Could it be the unicorn or the southern beast of Jiaozhou?
Although I heard that there are these giant beasts with long necks and long noses in South Vietnam, but... they can't be so huge, right?

Or...the same as the Chi Ship?
The railway track of Chu State has been prepared for a long time, but the Zhenqi car was "taken out" in the past two years, that is, after the relationship with other princes further deteriorated.

Therefore, even Xia Houyuan didn't know the specifics - Ma Jun of Wei State did know, after all, Chu State's technology had always been the focus of investigation.

But it's useless to know. Ma Jun was able to simulate the structure of the Zhenqi car. However, there were still two difficulties in the "Zhenqi machine".

One is the production of a core that stores a large amount of true energy, and the second is... if a large amount of true energy is obtained!
The former is a technical difficulty that Pang Tong took a long time to overcome. Although Wei State has the jewels of Chu State in front, no matter how blocked the technology will be leaked, it will reduce a lot of difficulty for the latecomers. However, the corresponding talents of Wei State Too little, Ma Jun is not good at these...

As for the latter... the principle is very simple. It is a universal Qi cultivation method that is known to the whole Chu Kingdom. It is not too easy to find out.

But this is meaningless to Wei State. Both farmers and laborers are still struggling to survive. Where can they find their true energy?

However, now in the "center" of Chu State, Xia Houyuan began to question Wei State's decision-making after seeing the scenes of Chu State—not Cao Cao, but Wei State!

As the core of the Wei State, Xia Houyuan naturally knew that with the current situation in the Wei State, although Cao Cao could suppress the court, he could no longer use his arms and fingers...

As for the measures taken before the popularization of Zhenqi to benefit the people, or to be more beneficial to the middle and lower classes, the biggest obstacle is definitely not Cao Cao!
But now Xia Houyuan no longer has to think about these things. He also knows that Bai Tu will not let him go back. When he thinks about this, he even feels a momentary sense of relief... just for a moment.

Sure enough, when Xiahou Yuan saw Bai Tu again, Bai Tu still respected him very much. He even called Xia Houjuan and Bai Ningning over, pointed at the latter and said, "This is also Xiahou's child."

however……

Xiahou Yuan's situation is obviously very different from that of his son Xiahou Ba in history.

Xiahouba was forced to the Shu Han by Sima, and Liu Chan's queen was born to Zhang Fei and Xiahou, so Xiahouba can naturally surrender to Shu without any psychological burden-after all, Wei State has been controlled by Sima Yi, Cao and Xiahou are both It is the object of suppression, especially the latter, which is completely naked liquidation.

However, Xia Houyuan was only defeated and captured. At this time, using "relative relations" to describe his surrender seemed too weak.

Not to mention that his whole family was doing well in Yecheng, and his adult sons were all high-ranking officials and well-paid. Besides, Xia Houyuan's character was not one that would surrender just because of this.

"Although the Mid-Autumn Festival has passed, the fifteenth moon and the sixteenth round are not too late, and General Xiahou Yuan is not late to come back. Let's have a good reunion with Juan'er." Bai Tu didn't force it...or in other words, he didn't expect Xiahou Yuan to surrender.

"...Thank you, King Chu." Xia Houyuan was very upright and did not approach him too much.

As for being more upright... he can't be angry with Bai Tu.

After all, the Wei State and the Chu State were just competing for pure interests. The direct trigger of the Bohai War was the start of the Wei State's attack on the Chu State. There was no hatred between the two countries before. If there was... then... It’s also new!
And although the Chu State was ruthless this time, it still dared to speak frankly to the world - after all, most of those smuggler ships were in the slave-catching business. When the news of Wei's defeat spread to the north and the Seafood Peninsula, it is estimated that the local The people will only be grateful to the Chu army.

even……

Xia Houyuan also vaguely felt that although this would do more harm than good to the Wei State, it was by no means without "benefits". After all, the annihilation of the navy would obviously hurt those clans more!

　Dongdong: There are guests coming to the house today, so this is the update

　　
　
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