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Chapter 449 Rome's Request
"Lieutenant Zhou has such an expression, could it be that something happened to the fundraising?"
Meng Ren hesitated for a moment.
In order to raise funds, Meng Ren not only summoned the powerful and wealthy households in the entire Persian county, but also sent propaganda commissioners to Seleucus and Tianzhu, and even Macedonia and Ptolemaic Egypt. Due to the long distance, Zhou Bo was sent out to the county Soldiers escorted.
Now that Zhou Bo came here with a strange expression, in Meng Ren's view, it is likely that there is a problem with fundraising.
"Your Majesty has misunderstood. The current fundraising work is quite smooth. Just one Seleucid region has raised 6000 million yuan of funds, half of which came from the original Seleucid royal family. They also I am very eager to have a pilgrimage road that goes directly to Xianyang."
Zhou Bo quickly explained.
Since the arrival of the Great Qin Heavenly Army, Seleucus, who was about to be beaten to the capital by the Romans, finally no longer had to worry about the tragic fate of the country being ruined and his family destroyed. The local dignitaries and people also recognized the Great Qin.
After being violently beaten by the Romans for nearly a hundred years, the Seleucids have long lost the pride of the former Alexander Empire. They have been in fear for a long time, and only want to have a stable living environment. Therefore, the coercion of the Great Qin is ultimately still I chose to accept.
The reason is simple. Being a resident of the civilized and reasonable Great Qin is much better than being a slave of the Romans, right?
Especially after the Great Qin came to power, not only did they no longer need to worry about the threat of the Roman Barbarian Legion, but the lives of the common people actually improved a lot.
Ordinary Seleucid people were directly taken in.
Whether it is Seleucus or Persia, they are semi-slave societies, and the lives of ordinary people are very difficult.
Everyone was even more grateful to Daqin for bringing hope to them.
Especially in the free school and medical center, many Seleucid people, like the local people in Daqin, erected Ying Yu's longevity card at home and worshiped it every day.
Although the aristocratic class was dissatisfied with not being able to continue to be domineering, but after the Daqin army effortlessly uprooted several nobles who dared to jump out and make trouble, they quickly became honest.
Seleucus couldn't even beat the Romans, but the Great Qin Heavenly Army wiped out 30 Roman elites at one time, a terrible existence that made Rome have to succumb.
Fighting against Daqin is purely trying to die.
Even the Seleucid royal family has knelt down, what else can these nobles do?
After a period of time, the Seleucid nobles were also surprised to find that under the rule of the Great Qin, although they did not have the privileges of being superior in the past, they could actually live quite comfortably.
In particular, the business environment in Daqin is very good. Anyone who is willing to do business in a down-to-earth manner can earn a very good income.
Although he has lost his power, it is not bad to be a rich man and be a free and easy man.
Especially some time ago, a large locust plague broke out along the entire Mediterranean coast, and the harvests in summer and autumn were ten to nine.
When Rome and Carthage were starving, Seleucid and Persian County relied on the support of Daqin to get through it easily, which made all the Seleucids understand the meaning of enjoying the shade under the big tree.
Therefore, the entire Seleucid region is very active in raising funds for the railway this time.
The Seleucid royal family, even under the call of the eldest princess Diya, took the lead in taking out the royal family's inventory for many years, and bought a full 8000 million yuan of railway stocks.
Many Seleucids directly called this railway the road of pilgrimage, the road of hope.
"Since the fundraising is going well, why are you doing this?"
Meng Ren immediately said angrily.
"Sheriff, you will know after reading this letter."
Zhou Bo spread his hands, took out a letter written in Qin Wen and Roman, and handed it to Meng Rendao.
Seeing this, Meng Ren was stunned.
"Did the Romans have something wrong with their brains, and they actually wanted to invite me, Daqin, to build a railway for them?"
Meng Ren checked every word and sentence several times before opening his mouth in disbelief.
"It is estimated that I have been fighting with the Carthaginians for too long, and my brain is flooded."
Zhou Bo was also puzzled and said, "Then what should we do now?"
"This time the relationship is very important. It must be reported to Xianyang and handed over to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
"Also inform Xuanwu to strengthen the intelligence work on Rome. The county guard wants to see what the Romans are planning?"
Meng Ren thought for a long time before opening his mouth to speak.
Although he is in Persian County, Meng Ren also knows that Ying Zheng has already handed over the affairs of the Western Regions to Ying Yu.
Moreover, in terms of understanding of the Western Regions, no one in the entire Great Qin could compare with Ying Yu.
The entire ten thousand li land in the Western Regions was conquered by Ying Yu for Daqin, which is proof.
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Daqin, outside Xianyang City, under the Qinling Mountains.
Ying Zheng and all the civil and military officials of the court were all excited.
Because just today, with the joint efforts of gunpowder and steam machinery, as well as tens of thousands of craftsmen, the first Qinling Tunnel in Daqin finally penetrated.
This is absolutely of extraordinary significance to the construction of Daqin.
Because on this day, Daqin really achieved the Yugong Yishan in the myth.
From then on, the Qinling Mountains will no longer be an obstacle to the traffic of Xianyang City.
The last difficulty hindering the completion of the entire Xianluo Railway has also been completely resolved.
It only needs to continue digging the remaining few tunnels, and then connect them with the railway sections that have been constructed in sections, and the Xianluo Railway can be completely completed.
At that time, Xianyang City will be completely integrated with Luoyang, realizing the dawn and the evening.
"Such a magnificent project is really unimaginable!"
"Only His Royal Highness can create so many miracles."
Standing in the tunnel, Meng Yi looked at the surrounding cement supports and the light at the tunnel entrance, feeling very moved.
"This is just the beginning. The Xianluo Railway is only a thousand miles away, and it is really magnificent. The Wanli Railway connecting Xianyang and Jiangnan, Liaodong and Persia is already under planning."
"That is the foundation that really laid the foundation for our Great Qin Empire, where the sun never sets."
"I really hope that when the time comes, I can take the train and travel around every territory of my Great Qin!"
Winning said with a smile.
"Jiangnan and Liaodong are not bad. The people in the states and counties they pass are very supportive of the railway, and the fundraising and personnel recruitment and training are quite smooth."
"It's along the Persian Railway that I've never had a clue."
"I hope everything goes well, otherwise I can only borrow from the Daqin Royal Bank. The annual interest is not a small amount!"
Nesten was silent for a long time, but still bit the bullet and spoke.
Ying Zheng and the others couldn't help but show a bit of seriousness on their faces.
Yes, after all, Jiangnan and Liaodong are the mainland of Great Qin, and they are completely within the controllable range.
But Persia, thousands of miles away, is really a headache.
I really hope that the railway can reach Persia immediately, so I can completely relax.