Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 265

[Chapter 265 Message]

Message “Speaking of this pirate, it really should be paid up. I wonder if Mr. Liang knows a giant pirate named Wufeng Island Master?” Zhao Xu asked.

After talking about the business, he remembered this and asked suddenly.

“Lu Zheng, I naturally know that the Liang family has suffered a lot in his hands, and the road money paid to him is hundreds of thousands of taels every year.” Liang Feng sighed.

Zhao Xu asked puzzledly: “It’s just that the Liang family has such a large family business, why are they afraid of a pirate?”

“Your Highness does not know that this Lu Zheng is not just a pirate. He is supported by a faction, and 30% of his fleet is equipped with artillery, saying that he is a pirate, but he is actually their pawn.” Liang Feng said: “Your Highness, in fact, the Liang family will suffer at sea these years.”

Said , he looked at Zhao Xu’s expression.

I hope to frighten Zhao Xu, make him retreat in spite of difficulties, and not to be contaminated by Haimao.

As for what he said, it was naturally half true.

Then he asked: “Why did Your Highness suddenly ask about this person?”

“I am dissatisfied with Mr. Liang. Just two days ago, Jinghai County in Yan County was attacked by a group of pirates. They claimed to be Lu Zheng’s people.”

” It’s really hateful, they dare to provoke His Highness.” Liang Feng slapped his thigh angrily.

Zhao Xu wanted to find some clues from Liang Feng’s face.

But found nothing.

To him, this attack was as suspicious as the Ma family.

Tell him directly that someone deliberately messed with him, and the Liang family is the most suspected.

He didn’t see anything strange, Zhao Xu was a little disappointed, he said: “It’s getting late, Mr. Liang, do you want to stay in the palace for dinner?”

Liang Feng hurriedly waved his hands, since he saw King Yan, he has been under pressure.

King Yan tested him several times, and he could see it.

If one is accidentally drunk by King Yan and says what he should not say, it will be difficult for him to explain when he goes back.

So he said: “This time I came here for business matters at the same time, I will soon go to Qizhou with the merchants of the Liang family, so I won’t stay here with Your Highness.”

Zhao Xu secretly laughed.

He found that no one from the hostile forces seemed willing to stay in Yancheng.

But this is also normal, if I go to Liang’s home state, I definitely don’t want to stay for a day.

Thinking of this, he pretended to persuade him to stay several times, but Liang Feng always resisted and left.

Watching Liang Feng’s carriage go away, Zhao Xu saw a familiar person walking towards the sun against the sun.

Smiling, he waited in front of the palace gate.

When the man arrived, he bowed to him, “Your Highness, the officer is back.”

This man was none other than Yang He.

“How was your trip to the capital?” Zhao Xu asked.

Yang He chuckled twice, “The new products of the Palace almost made the dignitaries in the capital go crazy. Now everyone is chasing them. From now on, the Palace will be able to earn at least 520,000 more silver per month.”

Zhao Xu nodded in satisfaction when he heard the words, making Yang He told him about the process of the exhibition.

Knowing that Zhao Heng helped him in this matter, he smiled.

It seems that his sugar-coated bullets have worked.

“520,000 is enough to build two warships, and this year there will be twenty-four ships.” Zhao Xu said.

The Wangfu’s income increased again, and with the addition of the five hundred thousand taels, the monthly profit would reach three million taels in the future.

Now with the addition of the profits brought by the artillery, the financial problems of the four northern counties have been solved.

But this is just the beginning, not the end.

He still has a lot of new merchandise to come out.

In terms of business, his goal is very simple, that is, to defeat a country with the four counties in the north, and become a veritable business overlord in Dasong.

Then use the accumulated capital to realize the industrial revolution in the four northern counties and catch up with the age of great navigation.

After chatting for a while, Zhao Xu said to Yang He: “There is still something for you. The matter of arming the caravan is on the agenda. From now on, the firm will secretly recruit troops, train guards and crew, and wait for the warship to launch. Let’s open up a commercial route on the sea, so as not to cut off the domestic commercial route and get into trouble, you and Zhou Yi should cooperate with each other on this matter.”

“Yes, Your Highness, leave this matter to the next official.” Yang He said yes .

He had been looking forward to this for a long time, and finally it officially started.

After some gossip, Yang He left.

next day.

Zhao Xu still gave lectures in the morning, and in the afternoon he supervised the making of flintlock guns in the military division.

“Your Highness, this is the barrel that was just drilled.” Wang Ying handed a smooth barrel to Zhao Xu.

Holding it in front of his eyes, Zhao Xu looked into Guan Nei.

Although the inner wall cannot be said to be as smooth as a mirror, the tube wall is quite flat, and the resistance encountered by bullets passing through here will be much smaller.

Unlike the captured arquebus, the inner wall has slight undulations.

And since he is using medium carbon steel pipes.

His flintlock will be able to hold more powder, plus pellets.

He is confident that the flintlock gun made by Bing Zhansi will definitely be the pinnacle of flintlock guns as soon as it is born.

“That’s right, let’s make 300 first and hand them over to the South Camp for training.” Zhao Xu ordered.

The barrel and the firing problem are settled. The next problem is to let the carpenter make the butt and assemble it.

At the same time, the most important thing is to expand production.

Wang Ying replied yes, and went to work again.

At this moment, a guard came in and said, “Your Highness, there are cavalrymen reporting that General Bai wiped out the pirates in Jinghai County and captured more than ten people alive. He has sent people to take them to Yancheng, and it is estimated that they will arrive tomorrow.” .”

Hearing this, Zhao Xu was excited.

Xu Lie said: “These pirates are really arrogant. They dare to stay in Jinghai County after burning the ship’s captain.”

“They probably really think that their matchlock guns are invincible.” Zhao Xu sneered several times.

At noon the next day, a group of soldiers from the Royal Palace arrived escorting 13 pirates.

These thirteen pirates had bruised noses and swollen faces, and they were obviously interrogated by the soldiers of the palace.

A school lieutenant stepped forward and said, “Your Highness, General Bai has interrogated these pirates. They are indeed Lu Zheng’s people.”

“My king has no enmity with your island owner. Why did he attack my king’s shipbuilder?” Zhao Xu said sharply.

Haikou didn’t speak, at this moment the captain drew out his sword.

Seeing this, a pirate said anxiously: “We really don’t know, the island owner asked us to do this, so we did it and asked King Yan to spare his life.”

Zhao Xu frowned.

It seems that the pirates really don’t know anything.

He said to the captain: “The pirate who spoke just now cut off his ears and let him go back, and killed all the others, erected wooden stakes, and hung their bodies on the coast of Jinghai County!”

“Yes, Your Highness.” The captain The answer is yes.

He turned to Haikou, the light of the knife flashed in his hand, Haikou was lying on the ground and rolled, blood flowed from his ears.

Zhao Xu said: “Go back and tell your island masters that the king of the ledger has written down the blood debt he owes to the four northern counties, and this king will use his blood to repay it.”

Haikou covered his ears and trembled.

Until the captain yelled “Get out”, Haikou ran away with a sweep of his legs.

The captain escorted the other gray-faced pirates back to Jinghai County.

There he will be executed.

(end of this chapter)