Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 233

[Chapter 233]

“Your Majesty, this cannon is really powerful, no wonder Bei Di was scared off.”

Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Zhao Xu took off his dragon robe and hadn’t fallen asleep yet.

Today’s wine not only did not make him drowsy, but made him more sober.

It can be said that every happy event, a thousand cups will not get drunk.

“That’s true. Fortunately, I have you supporting me today.” Zhao Heng recalled the scene when he tested the gun, “I never thought that King Yan could tinker with such a powerful firearm.”

“It’s not just artillery. Recently, King Yan has been tinkering There are a lot of things that come out, and everything is lovable.” Liang Cheng said while beating Zhao Heng’s leg.

Zhao Heng nodded lightly, then frowned, “I just hope he won’t conceit his talent and forget his duty like King Jin back then.”

Liang Cheng’s expression changed when he heard the word King Jin.

Then he pretended nothing had happened.

King Zhao Qi of Jin was ranked eighth among the princes back then, and he was Zhao Heng’s eighth younger brother.

Like King Yan, King Jin’s mother also came from a humble background.

King Yan’s fiefdom is in Yanzhou, while King Jin’s fiefdom is in Jinzhou.

Because he was deeply loved by the emperor, he commanded 200,000 soldiers and horses in Jinzhou to resist Xiliang.

Zhao Heng’s father, Emperor Tianbao at the time, had the idea of making Zhao Qi the crown prince.

However, the royal family had an agreement with the powerful clan, and the prince whose mother’s family was not from the powerful clan was not allowed to enter the East Palace.

For this reason, the powerful people chose to support Zhao Heng.

At the same time, in order to completely cut off the king of Jin’s hope of taking over the East Palace, they planned the Jinzhou Mutiny.

Tongguan, the northern gate of Jinzhou, was thus opened, giving Xiliang the opportunity to invade Jinzhou.

This is why even today, half of Jinzhou’s territory is in Xiliang’s hands.

At that time, King Jin angered Emperor Tianbao because he lost Tongguan.

Immediately, he was cut off from the position of vassal king and escorted back to Beijing.

Then suddenly died in prison.

“Actually, Concubine Mi can give King Yan a reminder, lest he have unrealistic fantasies.” Liang Cheng said cautiously.

After Zhao Heng came to the throne, he felt that the powerful family had deep roots, and he also made moves to win over officials from poor families to fight against the powerful family.

It’s just that every time he suffered a counterattack from a powerful family, he decisively abandoned the poor family, such as Nian Jia a few years ago.

But even so, because of King Jin’s affairs, Zhao Heng had always tabooed the prince from a poor family from his mother’s family to participate in the battle for the throne.

Of course, he reminded him so not because he likes King Yan.

But I don’t want to lose the cash cow of King Yan.

Zhao Heng nodded, “When you give sweet dates, you should give sweet dates, when you should hit sticks, you should hit sticks. He did a good job in artillery, so I will reward him with 30,000 taels of silver and 3,000 pieces of cloth.

” After a while, he continued: “This way, he can provide artillery to the imperial army.”

“The emperor is wise.” Liang Cheng laughed.

…

Dou’s family.

Dou Weiyi’s face was not happy.

Today, their powerful family has lost the wind in front of the royal family.

King Yan’s artillery hit them hard in the face like a slap.

“Father calm down, it’s not good to be angry.” Dou Kuang hurriedly picked up the calligraphy and paintings that fell on the ground, these are all valuable antiques.

“Get out! Who told you to come to the study.” Dou Wei was even more annoyed when he saw Dou Kuang come in.

He stared at Dou Kuang with bloodshot eyes, as if he was his enemy.

Dou Kuang’s face turned pale, and he retreated.

Just at this time, the third prince came over under the service of his servant.

Seeing Dou Kuang standing outside the door, he said, “Cousin, why don’t you go in?”

“I’ve seen Your Highness.” Dou Kuang saluted hurriedly.

It was late at night, still at home, and Zhao Mu called him his cousin.

In order to show intimacy, he should really call him cousin.

But he didn’t dare to be rude. He still remembered being severely whipped by his father when he was a child because he didn’t salute Zhao Mu.

Zhao Mu seemed to be used to it, smiled lightly, and entered the study.

“Why didn’t your highness come here so late and tell me in advance, so I can send someone to pick him up, hahaha…” Dou Wei’s laughter came from inside the room.

Before Dou Kuang walked far away, his eyes turned slightly red.

Among the children of the eight major families, he has always been the most glamorous outside.

But I’m afraid no one knows that his father loves his prince’s nephew a thousand times more than he, Dou’s eldest son.

…

Liang Mansion.

Liang Kai was restless.

I keep thinking about the appearance of King Yan Cannon in my mind.

Although the artillery of their Liang family was compared.

But he was very excited.

King Yan’s artillery was exactly what he was looking for.

Beautiful and powerful.

With this cannon, the power of the Liang family’s warships will be further improved.

In the face of privateers, his Liang family has confidence.

As for Lu Zheng, a sea tycoon who rampages across the sea and claims to be the owner of Wufeng, his Liang family does not need to pay huge tolls.

“Your Majesty, you promised us this. If you regret it, don’t blame us for not being ignorant of the rules.” Liang Kai was worried and worried.

He didn’t know if Zhao Heng would give them the cannons after he saw the power of the cannons.

I stayed up all night.

The next morning he was going to enter the palace to seek an audience.

But he didn’t expect to meet the eunuchs in the palace halfway and inform them to enter the palace to have an audience.

This time Ma Yuan was also called, and the eight major clans gathered together.

“Yesterday, you must have seen the power of the artillery. I will not go back on what I promised you before. After all, you are all my servants. After you get the artillery, I hope you will not forget the royal favor. Follow the emperor’s orders and obey the orders. Let’s guard the Dasong territory together.” Zhao Xu yawned and said slowly.

“Thank you, Your Highness!” Dou Wei and the others showed surprise expressions.

They are the same as Liang Kai, although they are jealous of King Yan making such excellent artillery.

But my heart is very eager for artillery.

Zhao Heng nodded in satisfaction, “In that case, you should approach the King of Yan. This cannon was produced by the King of Yan after many years

of hard work. If you want to buy it, you must pay for it.” , and besides, there is no such thing as a free gift in this world.” Han Zheng made eye contact with the others.

The remaining seven people nodded one after another.

“Well, that’s good.” Zhao Heng continued to yawn.

He called these people so early because he was worried that they would find a dead ghost to steal the artillery that King Yan had given him, and take it back to imitate it.

So make that clear to them.

He got up and walked to the back hall, wanting to go back to sleep, he remembered something and said to everyone: “The king of Yan said that the cannon he sent was five thousand taels of silver.”

After saying that, he turned and left.

“Five thousand taels!” After Zhao Heng left, Han Zheng exclaimed.

In this way, ten cannons are worth 50,000 taels, and one hundred cannons are worth 500,000 taels of silver.

This Yan Wang is really black-hearted.

Thinking of this, Dou Wei looked at Liang Kai.

The Liang family also made guns, and they wondered if the price was reasonable.

“Although it’s a bit more expensive, it’s about the same.” Liang Kai rubbed his nose. It would be good if only one of his own cannons was qualified.

What’s more, King Yan’s artillery is more powerful than his own.

Dou Wei closed her eyes in pain, they have been making trouble with King Yan.

This time, there is no doubt that King Yan took advantage of the artillery.

But even so, they had to buy it.

Of course, the eight major clans can unite when fighting against the royal family.

But when it comes to their own interests, there will be a mess.

If he doesn’t buy it, others will.

In this way, the army controlled by oneself is naturally shorter than the one equipped with artillery.

When Dou Wei was thinking secretly, other people almost thought the same.

Finally, they looked at each other and smiled guiltyly at the same time.

Thinking of something, Dou Wei suddenly said to Liang Kai at this moment: “Even so, there is still one thing you didn’t give us.”

The past two days have been a bit stuck, and the next few days, Snail will try to update and make up for it.

(end of this chapter)