I'm in the Red Mansion

Early the next morning, Jia Huan ordered the soldiers to bury the stove and cook.

After breakfast, the soldiers quickly pulled all the artillery outside the city and arranged them in an orderly manner.

The hot air balloon is also ready to take off.

At this time, the defenders in Rhine City had not yet realized the seriousness of the problem.

Half an hour later, all the cannons were placed in their designated positions, their bases were fixed, and their elevation angles were adjusted.

And artillery shells were also transported in continuously.

At this time, Jia Huan waved his hand and said, "Fire!"

The Central Plains Army launched a fierce attack on the Rhine City.

Countless artillery shells rained down on the Rhine City.

The saturation artillery shells completely stunned the defenders of Rhine City.

Countless defenders were killed by the sudden attack before they could even react.

At the same time, in the direction of the Central Plains Army, one hundred hot air balloons began to slowly rise into the sky.

They quickly flew over the Rhine City and dropped bombs one after another.

Yes, that's right, this time the hot air balloon dropped a bomb, not a incendiary bomb.

Because in Rhine City, every household has already moved all the firewood to a safe place.

The houses in the city are all built with stones.

Of course, every household has flammable items.

If you use incendiary bombs, it's not that they won't burn at all.

It's just that the price-performance ratio is relatively low.

Therefore, Jia Huan chose to use bombs to attack the Rhine City.

Rhine City is originally a very large city.

However, the Central Plains Army was besieged on all sides, and now with the addition of hot air balloon bombing, the country was in chaos both inside and outside, and was bombed everywhere.

In just a quarter of an hour, it was blown to pieces.

Facing the bombardment of the Central Plains Army, the defenders in Rhine City could only be bombed and had no power to fight back.

Their artillery fire could not even reach the cannons of the Central Plains Army.

And they were blown to pieces by long-range attacks. Should they fight back with their heads?

At this time, it was not only the Zhenzhen Kingdom that was paying attention to this war.

The King of Zhenzhen even came to the next city of Rhine City and climbed onto a hot air balloon to watch the war.

The King of Zhenzhen Kingdom needs to witness the battle between the two sides with his own eyes in order to judge how to treat the Central Plains in the future.

Of course, the spectators included far more than just the King of Zhen Zhen.

How could other Western countries remain indifferent to this war?

After all, they did send troops when they were preparing to attack the Central Plains.

If the Central Plains wanted to retaliate, there would be no reason for it to only retaliate against the Zhenzhen Kingdom and not them.

Zhenzhen Country even asked them for help!
And their respective countries are also preparing to send troops.

Now, it is a good opportunity to take advantage of this battle to see how powerful the Central Plains is.

However, what they saw at the scene was so shocking that they were speechless.

In just less than an hour, the entire Rhine City became a ruin.

There might still be some living people in the ruins, but I'm afraid it would be hard to find many.

It only takes less than an hour!
The artillery fire from the Central Plains is so sharp!

Under this kind of artillery attack, does the number of people still have any effect?
No matter how many people come, they are not enough to withstand the enemy's artillery bombardment!

Seeing this, the King of Zhenzhen and envoys from other countries all fell into despair.

The Central Plains was truly too strong, so strong that it made them despair.

Therefore, after this battle, the King of Zhenzhen Kingdom was completely defeated.

It is also difficult for other countries to think of becoming an enemy of the Central Plains.

Because from this battle, they saw that the Central Plains definitely had the strength to destroy any of their countries.

Even all their countries.

The battle ended in the morning, and in the afternoon the Zhenzhen Kingdom sent an envoy to seek peace and agreed to all the demands previously made by Jia Huan.

After hearing this, Princess Lilia couldn't help but sigh.

I knew this, why should I be at the beginning?
If you had listened to me earlier, how could things have come to this?

A Rhine city and hundreds of thousands of lives need not be lost in vain.

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What the King of Zhenzhen Kingdom never expected was that the conditions in Central Plains had changed.

The price in Zhongyuan has actually increased.

People in the Central Plains say that the price is one before the fight and naturally another after the fight.

After hearing this, the King of Zhenzhen became very angry.

What? You beat me, and I should give you rewards for your good fight and supplies?
However, despite his anger, the King of Zhenzhen Kingdom finally chose to surrender and agreed to all the requests made by Jia Huan.

The King of Zhenzhen Kingdom hosted a banquet for Jia Huan.

Although the Zhenzhen Kingdom agreed to the conditions of the Central Plains, Jia Huan would not withdraw all his troops in a short period of time.

Because there are other countries coming up next!

Moreover, the Central Plains also has to station troops in various countries, so he naturally has a lot to do.

Moreover, Jia Huan knew the relationship between the Emperor and Princess Lilia.

The King of Zhenzhen Kingdom is the father-in-law of Cong's third brother.

Therefore, in terms of etiquette, Jia Huan shouldn't be too disrespectful to him.

Of course, Jia Huan also wanted to get closer to the Zhenzhen Kingdom.

We cannot kill all these countries like Zhenzhen Country with one blow, so we will naturally have to pick some and beat some others.

The best way is to keep them from getting quiet, let them act on their own and become a loose sand.

These countries generally have small territories.

Therefore, as long as they cannot unite, they will never pose a threat to the Central Plains.

Therefore, Jia Huan accepted the invitation to the banquet from the King of Zhenzhen Kingdom without hesitation.

And also brought gifts.

The King of Zhenzhen Kingdom received Jia Huan with great ceremony.

While the wine was flowing, the King of Zhenzhen dismissed the people around him and asked Jia Huan:
"General Jia, will you attack other countries next?"

Jia Huan knew that the following words were probably the intention of the King of Zhenzhen Kingdom to invite him to a banquet.

Jia Huan was curious. Could it be that the King of Zhenzhen Kingdom wanted to intercede for other countries?
If this is true, then their countries are very united, which is bad news for the Central Plains.

Jia Huan said calmly: "It depends on whether they know what's best for them. If they do, and admit defeat, then there will be no need to start a war again."

"If they don't know what's good for them, then we must kill the chicken to scare the monkey. We must destroy one of the most arrogant countries to deter others."

Hearing this, the King of Zhenzhen Kingdom couldn't help but ask: "General Jia, is the treaty they signed with Zhongyuan the same as that of Zhenzhen Kingdom?"

Jia Huan nodded and said, "We treat everyone equally, so it's natural!"

Hearing this, the King of Zhenzhen couldn't help but grit his teeth and said, "General Jia, this is not fair!"

Jia Huan couldn't help but ask, "Oh, why is it unfair?"

The King of Zhen Zhen couldn't help but say, "Our Zhen Zhen lost two cities in exchange for peace."

"They didn't do anything and lost nothing, so why should they be treated the same as us?"

"I think, General, you must improve the conditions. Please rest assured, General, I know where their bottom line is and I will definitely help you squeeze them." Upon hearing this, Jia Huan couldn't help but burst into laughter.

He originally thought that the King of Zhenzhen was pleading for them, but he didn't expect that he was actually indignant because he felt that the losses of other countries were too small.

Not bad!
Well, this time, not only can you get greater benefits.

Moreover, they can secretly release today's conversation to others in the future, causing their countries to fall into civil strife.

Thinking of this, Jia Huan couldn't help but say, "Happy cooperation!"

King of Zhen Zhen Kingdom: "Happy cooperation!"

Next, Zhenzhen Kingdom provided a large amount of supplies.

Then, Jia Huan issued an ultimatum directly to the other twelve countries.

When the twelve countries saw the harsh conditions proposed by Jia Huan, they were extremely angry.

But there is nothing you can do.

Because the strength of Central Plains is so powerful.

It is so powerful that it makes all of them despair, and they have the ability to destroy any of their countries.

In fact, even if they unite, they are no match for the Central Plains.

Under such circumstances, if they did not want to perish, they could only agree to any rude demands from the Central Plains.

And Jia Huan got his wish and began to station troops in various countries.

Various countries also sent large amounts of supplies to the Central Plains.

However, after the Central Plains received this batch of supplies, it made another fortune.

So, next, Jia Cong once again promoted the development progress of the Central Plains.

Zhongyuan development has once again entered a fast pace.

On the other hand, at the Research Institute, Johann Adam Schall ...

That is, they have developed vacuum tubes and transistors.

Hearing this, Jia Cong was overjoyed.

What do tubes and transistors mean?
It means that computers can be manufactured.

Yes, the first generation of computers used vacuum tubes and transistors.

What the emergence of computers means to scientific research is naturally self-evident.

After we have computers, is it far before we have small and medium-scale integrated circuits and ultra-large-scale integrated circuits?
Next, Jia Cong asked Johann Adam Schall von Bell to start developing computers with all his strength.

Today, there are tens of thousands of researchers in the research institute.

Moreover, this is the headquarters of the research institute, and the research institutes under it in various places all have reserve talents.

With the efforts of so many people, I believe that the computer will be developed soon.

Next, Jia Cong set his sights on the continent of Atalantis (no specific place name appears).

This continent is even larger than the Central Plains today, and the land here is very fertile and rich in resources.

Once this place is unified, it is very likely that a superpower will be formed again in the future.

Later experience has also proved that this is entirely possible.

But Jia Cong would never allow such a thing to happen.

The continent of Atlantis had indigenous people, and the Mayan civilization first appeared there.

The Mayan civilization is a very mysterious civilization, and its level of advancement has reached a point that is extremely puzzling to later generations.

For example, they can map the back of the moon, and they can accurately calculate various cosmic numbers.

Their mathematics was highly developed, which seems extremely incredible to later generations.

But Jia Cong thinks that later generations have exaggerated the Mayan civilization too much.

In fact, the Mayan civilization was just a very low-level civilization.

In terms of tool use, the Mayan civilization was only in the Neolithic Age.

And the animals they domesticated were extremely limited, only dogs, and perhaps one or two others, but they did not domesticate large animals such as cattle and horses.

Moreover, since they had not invented the wheel, there would be no other means of transportation such as carriages.

Therefore, it is not surprising that the Mayan civilization did not form a unified country.

After all, in such a large continent, you don't have horses as a means of transportation, let alone carriages.

Therefore, both traffic and transportation were still in the primitive stage of carrying things on shoulders and hands, and it was impossible to form a unified empire.

Moreover, the Mayan civilization was still in the slave age.

In these respects, it is difficult to overstate the Mayan civilization.

Later, the Mayans disappeared and the Indians gradually occupied this land.

Indians are said to be descendants of the Central Plains.

But their end was very miserable.

Because after a group of bandits discovered this new continent, they sent soldiers in a steady stream and began to colonize this land.

The Indians were brave and unyielding, and had fierce conflicts with the colonists.

However, their backward weapons caused them to suffer heavy losses.

After a long period of time, the Indians were forced to migrate.

But the bandits, in order to continue to seize their land, had no intention of letting them go.

They were still slaughtered inhumanely.

Eventually, the Indians were almost killed to the point of extinction.

Now that Jia Cong has passed away, he naturally will not allow such a thing to happen.

How could he allow such a beautiful continent to be occupied by a group of bandits?

Because if left unchecked, this group of bandits will definitely pose a huge threat to the Central Plains.

The local indigenous people are descendants of the Central Plains, and they are the saviors.

Since we share the same origin, it won't be difficult to spread Confucian civilization in the future.

Nowadays, China's navy has become very powerful, and it is time to focus on this continent.

Therefore, after the war in Zhenzhen Country is over.

Jia Cong withdrew all the navy and focused his attention on this land.

Of course, Jia Cong withdrew all the navy, but that did not mean he would no longer station troops in various countries.

Jia Cong directly sent the Fucha Army over.

The Fucha Army was the first of the Eight Banners Army to defect, and their combat effectiveness was still very strong.

But Jia Cong was also on guard against them.

Although the possibility of them rebelling is low, we still have to guard against such things.

For example, Jia Cong did not dare to give them the task of protecting the capital.

Now, letting them station troops in other countries is a very suitable task for them.

Being far away in a foreign country, even if you want to rebel, you have no way to do so.

Moreover, garrisoning troops could be considered a good job, and Jia Cong did not treat them badly.

Although it is hard to say that one can act tyrannically when stationed outside, it is almost the same.

Among these Fucha troops, there are many veteran soldiers.

It would be most appropriate to let them go.

After all, these garrisons are very different from the troops in the country.

At home, it is to serve the people.

In foreign countries, you need to make others feel awe of you. (End of this chapter)