Gao Wen did not lay too much groundwork. After the topic naturally advanced into the economic and trade fields, he directly put forward his suggestions - at this point, he believed that too much concealment and guidance would seem deliberate, and seemed to have too many ideas behind this trade plan. And based on his current sense of Rosetta Augustus, he believed that the other party should also prefer this direct communication.

Rosetta indeed showed a hint of interest - of course, this expression was not so obvious in his face that lacked change: "Trade... I have indeed thought about this. Tifeng and Ansu are adjacent to each other, each with their own unique outputs, and should be interconnected. I once thought about opening up a trade route between the two countries, but this idea has not been implemented yet."

Although Ansu and Tifeng have been in conflict for a long time, small-scale commercial activities among the people are not prohibited. There are often business activities near the border, but the "trade route" mentioned by Rosetta certainly refers to small transactions that rely on business or private caravans to maintain... He has begun to think about large-scale trade with Ansu? But it hasn't been time to start?

After a moment of thinking, Gao Wen had grasped some of the situations of Tifeng in combination with the information provided by Daniel. It seemed that "machine production" was gradually increasing in scale and began to show strength. More and more industrial products were being continuously transported from factories to the market. Rosetta Augustus had already realized that these industrial products needed a larger market... He was considering taking Ansu as a dumping target?

If I did not meet him this time, then Rosetta's dumping target should be the East. The East is currently in a state of war. It may indeed accept the "cheap materials" provided by Tifeng due to shortage of materials. Fortunately, it will maintain the front-line supply in the short term, but this will destroy its own production order in the long run. Moreover, Prince Edmund and Silas Loren are very likely to adopt the same plan as "Southland Trade" and use resources and even mining rights to exchange Tifeng's industrial products...

What a familiar operation.

Gowen smiled and glanced at Rosetta Augustus. He seemed to see a shadow of himself on the face of the talented and magnificent ruler of the empire.

"The Cecils have always opened their doors to welcome friends," he said happily. "We can consider establishing a trade route between the Principal of Cecil and Tiphon first-I will not hide it. The new Principal of Cecil does have many shortages at this stage, such as magical materials, ore, wood, and of course, a lot of cloth... On the other hand, we have some unique magical creations that have no sales."

Rosetta Augustus did not express his attitude at the first time. He first thought for a few seconds, and then slowly said: "It seems that trading is indeed a good thing for both of us, but you should know that Ansu Nanjie and Tifeng do not directly border..."

Gao Wen pinched his chin and looked thoughtful. He said while thinking for a minute or two: "We have set up a mine in the White Sand Hills area and are planning to build a new road directly to the South. I can negotiate with the Duke of the East. He should not mind that I will expand the road east a little. Or we can open a new road at the foot of the dark mountains a little further south. Along that mountain, Cecil and Tiphon can be directly connected."

Although the southern Ansu border does not directly border Tifeng, it is actually not far away. An extension area in the southeast corner of the southern border is even separated from Tifeng by a short mountain road. If it weren't for this, the "Tifeng Task Force" led by Saldrin would not have penetrated so easily near Cecil.

Rosetta thought carefully about Gao Wen’s proposal—even though he and Gao Wen both knew what the final result was, he thought carefully for two minutes and said cautiously: “It sounds really feasible, but… I need to know what Cecil has to do with it first.”

Gao Wen kept smiling, and of course he knew that the best situation for the emperor was that Tifeng needed nothing - he only needed to export industrial products to Ansu, or to Cecil, who exchanged his own gold and silver reserves or mineral resources, in the process Tifeng did not need to buy any additional goods from Cecil.

Unfortunately, although Gao Wen is ready to let Tifeng "dump" industrial products on himself, if possible, he still needs to control the outflow of gold and silver reserves.

"Magic products, such as various types of alchemy potions, processed artificial crystals, and... magic-driven vehicles."

It was very obvious that Rosetta's pupils contracted slightly when he heard the words "magic-driven transportation".

Gao Wen did not miss this detail.

"The transportation you mentioned... refers to the things you took when you came?" Rosetta indeed focused on those vehicles. "They are really incredible. I've heard that Cecil has a magical technology called 'magic machinery'. Those vehicles are the products of magic machinery?"

Gao Wen nodded reservedly, thinking that the other party had certainly heard of magic machinery. Not only did he hear about it, he also imitated it. Not only did he imitate it, he also imitated it successfully and was mass-produced in industrial production.

"Those vehicles are indeed what I call 'transportation', but only part of it. We have larger and more efficient transportation technology," Gao Wen said, looking around. "If you don't mind, I can demonstrate it to you here."

Rosetta's eyebrows slightly raised, showing a very interesting look, then raised his hand and stopped the band playing music not far away: "I'm looking forward to what it looks like?"

Gao Wen smiled and prepared to signal his subordinates to take a small magic network terminal in front of him. Without turning on the communication function, the people of Tifeng present would probably regard this strange machine as a projection crystal embedded in a strange base, and this kind of thing is not very strange in the upper class.

Gao Wen adjusted the status of the Magic Network terminal and then directly activated a piece of the image stored inside it.

A clear holographic projection appeared in the air, a giant python made of steel crawled on an artificial track, carrying thousands of tons or even more of cargo slowly accelerating. A loud flute sound came from the picture, and a trembling power suddenly appeared in the scene of the "titan python" moving forward.

This is exactly the radio video that came from Cecil's hometown a few days ago!

The picture is very short, only less than thirty seconds. This is because Gao Wen erased the second half of the image - after the train accelerated for a period of time, the advertisement of "Cecil Railway Transportation Company" should appear. At this stage, Gao Wen does not want the Tifeng people to know too much about things other than magic trains.

The hall became quiet for a moment, and almost everyone's eyes widened.

The eyes fell on the holographic projection, on the still train scene. The sound of the flute at the end of the video seemed to echo in their minds, making everyone feel countless questions and guesses. Even Rosetta Augustus fell on the scene for more than a minute - but in the end, the Emperor Tifeng was the first to wake up and return to normal. He looked at Gao Wen very seriously: "What is this?"

"You can think of a magic train as an extremely huge and powerful vehicle. Of course, its technology is much more complex," Gao Wen explained. "This is actually a new technology for us."

"Would you like to sell it?" Rosetta seemed incredible. He looked at the surprising "magic vehicle" in the picture again, with a hint of complexity in his eyes, but more of a puzzle, "Why?"

Just a glance at the picture, the Emperor Tifeng could realize the great significance of this means of transportation and its possible effects in many fields such as passenger transport, freight transport, military, etc. He did not believe that Gao Wen, who created such magical things (or, in the words of the Cecils, magical creations), would not have thought of this, so he instinctively developed a hint of vigilance and suspicion.

Gao Wen spread his hands, and there seemed to be a hint of helplessness in his tone: "I just said that the new Principality of Cecil... has many shortages."

Have technology but cannot be converted into wealth in the short term? In order to develop "magic", there has been a major gap in the field of people's livelihood? Or... it has encountered a fatal financial crisis...

Rosetta Augustus instantly began to recall the information he collected through various channels, speculating on the current possible situation of the Principal of Cecil, and finally believed that the reason might be at the last two points.

After the establishment of the Principality of Cecil, it has been undergoing uninterrupted and large-scale construction, expanding cities, migrating populations, and consuming a lot of manpower and material resources to pioneer the world. All of this was after it had just experienced a war of unity!

If it weren't for the real crisis in economic and basic materials, a legendary hero like Gowen Cecil would not have spoken so proactively to discuss "trade" with himself.

"If you are willing to sell, of course we are very interested," Rosetta said with a last bit of caution, "but according to my observation, such a huge thing...it seems to have a supporting 'road'? How are you going to 'sell' this thing?"

"Yes, it requires laying a basic road called 'energy track', or commonly known as 'rail', to run, and there are supporting maintenance and control technology. The train itself is not easy to transport," Gao Wen nodded, "We will be responsible for the full set of work in this regard. First, we can build a road on the trade line of Cecil-Tifeng to send the train body and technicians to Tifeng. Then we will help you build roads and build stations - this will be in accordance with your requirements. The price of the train body is fixed, and on the road..."

Gao Wen glanced at Rosetta, and in the deep gaze of the other party, he did not say the words "for free to help you build railways."

This will arouse the other party's vigilance and also arouse the entire think tank behind the other party. An Su has a proverb: "The bread you pick up is mostly poisonous." He believes that Rosetta knows this sentence.

It would be okay if it was free only a few parts, but if it was something that looked so expensive that it could bankrupt ordinary small and medium aristocrats at first glance, it would be suspicious.

"We are willing to provide the greatest discount, but after all, it is expensive - I have a plan. If Tifen can provide the raw materials needed to build a railway, we can only charge the dispatch fee of technicians and a part of the 'technical cooperation fee'. The cost will not exceed the labor fee required for building a road, and will be calculated separately according to the actual length of the railway."

After thinking for a longer time, Rosetta nodded slightly: "In another sense, the 'cost price' sounds like a fair and generous solution."

Then he changed his subject: "But one thing - I don't know enough about the 'magic train' you mentioned, and I don't even know enough about the magical vehicles you bring. I can't make a decision just by just one glance."

"Reasonable concerns," Gao Wen laughed, "I will provide more information, and you are welcome to send someone to take a look at the operation of the magic train. As for those 'magic vehicles'... If we can successfully reach a trade agreement, I am willing to give you one in my personal name to express sincerity."

"You are worthy of the Knights among the Knights. This generosity and integrity are moving," Rosetta said solemnly, and then said casually, "Then... if this trade agreement is reached, is it a deal between Tifong and Ansu, or a deal between Tifong and Cecil?"

Gao Wen looked at Rosetta Augustus quietly for a moment, and the corners of his mouth gradually raised.

“This is the friendship between Tiphon and Cecil.
Chapter completed!