Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 257

[Chapter 257]

Make a decision After signing the contract at the palace, Han Qi decided to return to Qizhou.

King Yan asked him to have a banquet, but he lost his mood and declined.

Two million and four hundred thousand taels of silver were given to King Yan just like that.

And if you don’t see the cannon, you have to give 1.2 million taels of silver first.

It’s literally a money grab.

His heart was throbbing with pain.

“The craftsmen in Qizhou are all useless. It’s better to kill them. The artillery made according to Liang’s method is too useless.” Sitting on the horse, Han Qi muttered angrily.

If the craftsmen could imitate the cannon, why should the Han family humble themselves in front of King Yan.

But thinking of the great power of the artillery, he suddenly felt relieved.

The money seems to be worth it.

…

Wangfu.

Zhao Xu handed over the contract to Feng’er for safekeeping, and went to the Military Division alone.

The Han family came first.

He believes that other powerful clans will definitely not be able to bear it in the future.

The eight major factions have always been united in dealing with the royal family.

But they take their own interests very seriously.

There is also intrigue inside, trying to overwhelm the other party.

Therefore, they will not let the Han family go ahead of them.

“Divide and dissolve.” On the way to the Military Division, Zhao Xu suddenly thought of this word.

When dealing with the Zhang family back then, he used a strategy of differentiation.

First, this will prevent them from focusing on themselves.

Second, it can make them afraid of each other and involve their energy.

Today, the Xie family, one of the eight powerful families, has always wanted to win him over to support the deposed prince.

This may be an opportunity.

As far as he knew, Zhao Heng did not abolish the prince willingly.

It’s just under the pressure of powerful officials.

In fact, I have always wanted to reset the deposed prince in my heart.

Therefore, if he chooses to support the prince, he will not only gain the trust of the Xie family, create a gap between the Xie family and other powerful families, but also satisfy Zhao Heng.

At the same time, by doing so, he also expressed an attitude to everyone that he, King Yan, had no intention of being the crown prince, thereby reducing the malice from the capital.

After all, accumulating food widely, becoming king slowly, and building high walls, this is his way of survival.

Arrived at the Military Division.

Zhao Xu and Wang Ying immediately participated in the research and development of the drilling machine.

For the next three days, he gave lectures in the three major halls in the morning, and spent the afternoon in the Military Division.

At noon on the fourth day, an urgent order from the imperial court arrived.

Arriving almost at the same time was the information sent back by Yanwei from the capital.

Zhao Xu immediately called Chang Wei and Liu Fu over.

“The emperor ordered this king and Ma Chong, the new head of the Ma family, to send troops to Jinzhou and take back Jincheng. What do you think?” Zhao Xu asked.

“Ma Chong? How about this person?” Liu Fu asked.

“According to the information obtained by the king, this Ma Chong is not the son of the legitimate son, but he is the son of the eldest son of Ma

. “Liu Fu rolled his eyes, “Your Highness, why do you feel that this incident is too strange? The generals in Jincheng rebelled, and then the Ma family father and son died tragically. This is too coincidental, as if someone deliberately stirred up the chaos in the northwest Bureau.”

Chang Wei didn’t think there was anything wrong at first, but when Liu Fu said this, he was a little suspicious, and his eyes narrowed.

“It doesn’t matter if it’s a coincidence or not. Now that it’s a fait accompli, someone has to settle the troubles in the Northwest.” Zhao Xu said.

He knew that Liu Fu was suspicious of the Dou family, and he believed that some people in the court were also suspicious of the Dou family.

But no one can conclude that it was done by Dou’s family just based on the close relationship between Dou’s parents and Ma Chong.

And even if the matter of the Ma family can be said to be suspicious of the Dou family.

But the rebels in Jincheng couldn’t find any connection with the Dou family.

So the ingenuity of this matter is that he and many people are suspicious, and there is no way to do it.

What’s more, after this Ma Chong inherited the Ma family, he might get closer to the Dou family.

In this way, the Dou family will undoubtedly be the largest force in Dasong.

It is estimated that Zhao Heng is also very afraid now.

“It’s just that if this is the case, I think it’s obviously aimed at His Highness.” Liu Fu looked worried, “It’s just that His Highness doesn’t seem to have provoked the Dou family.”

Chang Wei’s face turned red, and Liu Fuyue said he was angry, “Even if His Highness provoked the Dou family.” How could he just watch the 80,000 forbidden soldiers in Jincheng die for his own sake!”

Liu Fu frowned and looked at Chang Wei, “Childish! What does the death or life of the forbidden army have to do with his Dou family? These powerful families I wish that the imperial army would die and let my own troops control the capital.”

“If that’s the case, this Dou Weizhen should be hacked to pieces!” Chang Wei clenched his fists loudly.

Zhao Xu paced back and forth.

When the Ma family came to question him that day, he felt a strong smell of conspiracy spreading in the northwest of Dasong.

While some people want to deal with the Ma family, they also create trouble for themselves.

“If the Dou family really did it, he must have deep plans.” Zhao Xu said slowly.

And about the Ma family, perhaps it was originally a deeply buried chess game.

But in order to deal with him, it was activated in advance.

It’s just that this also made the Dou family suspicious.

Perhaps Dou Wei weighed the pros and cons, and finally he felt that it was more important to deal with himself.

As long as there is no evidence, what can other people doubt?

Of course, the premise of all this is that their guess is correct.

Liu Fu and Chang Wei looked at each other upon hearing the words.

After pondering for a while, Liu Fu said: “As His Highness said, powerful families and royal families are incompatible, and Dou Wei can do such a frenzied thing. Your Highness should always be vigilant in the future. If…”

Speaking of this, Liu Fu kept silent .

Chang Wei listened, seeing that Liu Fu didn’t say anything anymore, he said bluntly, “If the world is in chaos, Your Highness should be prepared.”

Zhao Xu nodded.

In his opinion, there will inevitably be a bloodbath between the powerful family and the royal family in the future, either the east wind will overwhelm the west wind, or the west wind will overwhelm the east wind.

But before they kill themselves.

Measure the guts they haven’t yet ripped face off with the Royals.

But if he wanted to kill him, he would not give them this chance.

“Leaving aside this matter for the time being, let’s talk about Jinzhou’s affairs. Even if there is no will, allowing Jinzhou to be occupied by Xiliang is still a threat to Yanzhou.” Zhao Xu said.

In his view, this battle must be fought, even for the population and coal resources of Jinzhou.

“We must fight, but the Ma family is unreliable in this state, so the general thought that His Highness should ask the emperor to delay for three months and give Yanzhou three months to train recruits.” Chang Wei said.

Liu Fu said: “General Chang is right, this time we must not rush into the battle, otherwise if Beidi takes the opportunity to come, Yanzhou will be in danger.”

Zhao Xu nodded.

He agrees with both of them.

But besides training recruits, he had another idea.

That is to try to build as many flintlock guns as possible during these three months.

In this way, he will have more confidence in the battle of Jinzhou.

After discussing this matter, he immediately wrote a note, asking Zhao Heng to allow him to send troops to Jinzhou in three months.

(end of this chapter)