Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 284

[Chapter 284 Armed Caravan]

Caravan “Luan’er, really, come and see, the oriole on that tree looks like it’s right in front of you.” Feng’er screamed.

When Yan Wang said that it can bring distant objects to near like clairvoyance, she couldn’t believe it.

After all, what King Yan made in the past can still be justified.

But clairvoyance is really a fairy skill.

It’s just that Professor Yan Wang asked her to take a look with some kind of telescope, and it turned out to be the case.

Luan’er heard the words, took it from Feng’er, and went to see it too.

Sure enough, the oriole bird on the tree tens of meters away seemed to be right in front of my eyes, as if it was close to my eyes.

“Ah, it’s true.” Luan’er couldn’t help exclaiming.

There were two dimples on his face.

Zhao Xu was lying on the wicker chair, with a smile on his face, looking at the two of them quietly, “How is it? Now you should accept the bet.”

He said just now that he has clairvoyance, and the two girls naturally didn’t believe it. .

So he made a bet with the two.

Feng Er looked at Zhao Xu coquettishly upon hearing this.

Carelessly twisting his waist, he came to Zhao Xu, red lips were printed on his left cheek, and he let out a “boo”.

Zhao Xu twisted Feng’er’s waist, and said jokingly: “I think you lost on purpose, and you want to take advantage of me.”

Feng’er giggled after hearing this.

Luan’er’s pretty face flushed slightly, it was his turn.

When she arrived in front of King Yan, she was about to lightly touch Zhao Xu’s right cheek.

But suddenly felt a strong force coming, and he fell on King Yan.

Then there was a “boom”.

Seeing Feng’er, she even leaned back and forth with a smile.

Luan’er tapped Zhao Xu’s chest and said coquettishly, “Your Highness…” The

three of them were playing around.

At this time, a maid entered the backyard, and the three of them immediately regained their composure.

“Your Highness, the disciples of the palace said that Master Yang is seeking to see you.” The servant girl said.

“Let him go to the council hall first.” Zhao Xu said, then straightened his clothes and walked out.

Some time ago, he asked Yang He to prepare for the armed caravan.

There may be progress now.

When he arrived at the meeting hall, Zhao Xu saw Yang He who was in good spirits.

“Looking at you, it seems that you have something good to tell this king.” Zhao Xu went straight to the point.

Yang He saluted, raised his head and said with a chuckle, “Your Highness’s eyes are as bright as a torch, and you can’t hide anything from you.”

“Okay, don’t be like Liu Fu’s sycophant, be honest.” Zhao Xu raised his eyebrows.

After pondering for a while, Yang He said: “Didn’t Your Highness ask many merchants to pay money to join the caravan of Yan County Commercial Bank?”

Zhao Xu nodded.

The places where these caravans enter and exit are areas without monopoly rights.

Therefore, they often took the goods of the palace to Tubo, Jiaozhi, Piaoman, and even went to Xiliang, Beidi, and even further places to sell the goods of the palace in the form of smuggling.

In order to encourage them, the Wangfu gave them a discount on the goods, and with the high profits, they are doing well now.

But in general, they still belong to the loose caravans under the trading company, and have not formally crossed over to armed caravans.

Yang He continued: “Your Majesty went back and thought about it. Wasn’t the purpose of His Highness establishing this caravan at the beginning to build an armed caravan? So he called the merchants together to discuss this matter. Excited, willing to obey the order of the business and participate in the training.”

“The lower official took advantage of the situation and designated officials to be in charge of the armed caravan. Right now, as long as you connect with the royal family’s army, you can start training.”

Zhao Xu nodded while listening.

Yang He was still eloquent, the more he listened, the more satisfied he became.

Generally speaking, this armed caravan is already a bit of the embryonic form of the modern East India Company.

The East India Company was the empire on which the sun never sets at that time, and the state participated in the shares, but it was advertised as an armed caravan of a private company.

Many employees in the company are serving soldiers, and many managers are officials.

He wants to build this armed caravan with a similar structure.

While the palace is in control, merchants are given full freedom. As long as they open up overseas markets, they can sell their goods by their own ability.

The reason why he is now formally building this armed caravan.

One is to secretly develop its own sea power.

Another is to compete for overseas markets.

One obvious fact is that Daesong is in an era when Western powers are colonizing the world.

These powers took rogue methods like the East India Company to compete for overseas interests.

Also used privateers to crack down on rivals’ trade.

Therefore, to deal with these hooligans, you can only use hooligan methods, and you don’t need to be gentle.

And judging by the experience he has learned from modern times.

These robbers in the cloak of civilization will only bully you because of your gentleness.

“This king will explain this matter to Chang Wei, and ask him to draw out generals to guard the caravan. The military commander will also build armor and weapons for you. When the battleship is launched, this king will also share some of it with you.” Zhao Xu said.

“Yes, Your Highness.” Yang He was overjoyed upon hearing this.

Zhao Xu nodded, and said to himself: “Since you have no bottom line compared to each other, don’t blame me for being dark-bellied.”

He was very disappointed by Shizu and Zhao Heng.

He can’t count on them in the future, and he has to guard against them, so he can only face the enemy alone.

In this way, he can only take all measures to make himself stronger.

And when Zhao Xu fell into deep thought, the envoy secretly sent by the Ma family arrived in Wuwei, Xiliang.

(end of this chapter)