Chapter 1084: Thoughts

"We are truly fortunate to witness this moment."

After the Gaoli Crown Prince Piaozhengxian finished speaking, other Gaoli students chimed in.

"That's right, back in Gaoli, this will be enough for me to brag about for a year."

"But the most important thing is that we in Gaoli must actively strengthen our relationship with Great Song; we must never let Dongying get there first."

"Exactly, look at the faces of those Dongying students; they just look down on us Gaoli people."

"..."

The students spoke up one after another, all talking at once.

Piaozhengxian listened to these words and fell into deep thought.

At present, the various vassal states naturally take Great Song as their center.

In the face of the powerful Great Song, they dare not harbor the slightest disloyalty.

Because the situation in the entire Dongtu is dominated by Great Song.

Great Song's warships also control the entire Dongtu sea area.

To still harbor disloyalty and be two-faced is to seek one's own death.

Moreover, the current Great Song is gradually reaching its peak in commerce, culture, and technology alike; the east wind is prevailing over the west wind.

However, although Great Song is the anchor of Dongtu,

Great Song cannot influence the relationships between the vassal states.

The vassal states are submissive to Great Song, but they are not submissive to each other.

Especially the vassal states that are neighbors, such as Gaoli and Dongying.

Jiaozhi and Nanzhang and Funanguo, Piaoman and Siam.

Luzon and the Java kingdom, which was just taken by the Great Song Marine Corps.

These conflicts stem from historical grudges on one hand, and competition on the other.

Great Song eats the meat, and they drink the soup.

But as for the soup that Great Song can provide to the vassal states, they all want Great Song's favoritism.

Especially after this electrification of Yancheng,

they yearn more and more for their own countries to one day be lit up by Electricity as well.

But whether that can be realized depends entirely on Great Song's attitude.

This is also why some students immediately proposed actively improving relations with Great Song.

I fear that from now on, every vassal state will rack its brains to curry favor with the Emperor of Great Song, Zhao Xu.

Just as Piaozhengxian thought.

The students from various countries at the Dongying Four Nations Consulate, the Southeast Five Nations Consulate, and other places were all thinking about similar questions after the Incandescent Lamp lit up.

That is, how to board this Steam Locomotive of Great Song that is moving forward at high speed.

However, although many students were discussing it heatedly, they actually had other thoughts in their hearts.

Seeing Great Song soar day by day, they were more willing to stay in Great Song forever and become a Song Person.

When they returned to their respective countries last year, they already felt somewhat unaccustomed to it.

They found it hard to imagine how they would endure a life without Electricity after getting used to the electrified Yancheng.

The most perfect solution would be to live in Great Song while managing their own industries back home.

After leaving the consulate, some students even couldn't help but discuss this idea in small groups.

These trends of thought were delivered to the desk in the Imperial Study by Xu Ke the next day.

"Your Majesty, the benefits brought by this electrification of Yancheng are truly significant; not only are the people of Great Song inspired and filled with unprecedented confidence, but the students from the vassal states also have many thoughts," Xu Ke said with a light smile.

In fact, the moment Yancheng lit up, even his own calm heart couldn't help but tremble.

This phenomenon, which was like a miracle, was truly difficult for ordinary people to resist.

There were even some ignorant old people saying that their Emperor, Zhao Xu, was a celestial being who had tamed lightning for the use of the Song People.

"This is within My expectations." Zhao Xu did not find the thoughts of the vassal state students strange.

This is also the goal he wanted to achieve.

It is also the purpose for which he allowed the vassal states to send students to Great Song.

Previously, Great Song could make the vassal states submit because of Great Song's military.

It was just that they were beaten into submission, and there must be some people in their countries who are still dissatisfied with Great Song.

Therefore, his next step is to make the vassal states submit from the heart.

This kind of submission is a conquest of the vassal states from top to bottom.

To make them worship Great Song from their hearts, yearn for Great Song, and wish they could become Song People.

In this way, no matter how turbulent the vassal states become in the future,

even if they change kings, they will still be obedient to Great Song; this is the dual conquest of the vassal states.

"However, we must continue to keep an eye on these international students to prevent anyone among them from harboring evil intentions," Zhao Xu reminded Xu Ke after thinking of something.

The kings of these vassal states were propped up by him, and their countries are not as harmonious as Great Song.

It would be bad if there were spies among these students who feigned loyalty while plotting against him.

This is also the reason why he excluded these international students from the College.

In the future, even if Great Song exports Steam Technology to the vassal states, it will be by establishing specific colleges to teach them specific technologies.

They will never be allowed to come into contact with things that are not permitted to be taught.

Lest someone, for the sake of huge profits, sell some technologies to the Western Lands.

People die for wealth, just as birds die for food.

If there is a twenty percent profit, some people will stir; if there is a fifty percent profit, they will take risks; if there is a one hundred percent profit, they will dare to risk the gallows; if there is a three hundred percent profit, they will dare to trample on all the laws of the world.

Therefore, from now on, the Great Song must comprehensively establish technical protective barriers.

This is also another important task for the Supervision Four Courts.

From ancient times to the present, besides the wars fought on the table between nations, there are also secret wars fought under the table.

These secret wars naturally include all kinds of dirty tactics, including the theft of intelligence secrets and so on.

It is just that he is very clear that there is no wall in the world that does not let the wind through.

But with precautions, at least the occurrence of these incidents will be greatly reduced.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Xu Ke replied.

Having said this, Xu Ke turned and left.

Zhao Xu then rose and went to the Armament Department; at the Armament Department, he inspected all the workshops and checked the production situation.

Wang Ying accompanied Zhao Xu, his face full of smiles; as he walked, he introduced, "Previously, the three small generator sets could only supply a small portion of the workshops, but now, finally, all the workshops are using electricity."

Zhao Xu nodded slowly.

At this moment, the Armament Department no longer had the huge roaring sound of steam engines, replaced instead by the much quieter whirring of electric motors.

Driven by the electric motors, every machine operated steadily and rhythmically.

After staying at the Armament Department for a while, Zhao Xu called for Wang Ying to go with him to the Workshop District to inspect the production situation of the workshops after the power supply.

Here, he happened to run into Chen Xu, the Director of the Industrial Department, who had also come to inspect.

After the last deep reform, the title of Manager was erased and all were replaced with Director.

"You have come at the right time; now call all the managers of the workshops here; regarding this power supply, I have words to instruct them," Zhao Xu said.

He had called Wang Ying over for this purpose as well.

Since the workshops in Yancheng were all supplied with electricity, the next step was to improve the level of industrial production.

Otherwise, wouldn't this electricity have been supplied in vain?

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