Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 597

[Chapter 597 Depressed Xie Family]

“This is troublesome.” Sato Mahisa sighed.

When fighting, the most feared thing is that the army will be infected with the plague, which will cause the army to collapse without fighting.

If King Yan really used smallpox as a weapon, it would be very bad news for them.

“What exactly does King Yan want to do?” Sato Makoto asked.

If King Yan was really going to use smallpox as a weapon, he would not have sent officials to Lucheng.

Now that he sent officials from Yanzhou to mention this matter, he must have his own purpose.

“The King of Yan said that as long as we don’t prevent merchants from Qi State from going to Yanzhou for business, he vowed never to use smallpox in war, and he will fight us just like swordsmen.” Han Zheng smiled wryly.

Makoto Sato frowned, “The enemy’s promise is just a piece of waste paper. If he loses in the end, he still uses smallpox as a weapon. Isn’t it just letting him take advantage of it for nothing.”

Han Zheng thought the same way, he said “It’s just that there are other ways at the moment?”

Sato Majiu was also silent, he really didn’t expect Hades to make such a bad move.

This Yan Wang is really unusual and difficult to deal with.

Their general had really sharp eyesight, and he judged at a glance that King Yan would become a threat to Beidi.

After thinking for a while, he said: “If that’s the case, I can only agree to him for the time being, but I believe that since King Yan has mastered this method, there must be such a method in other places. I will report this problem to the general and ask him to send a People are going to find this method.”

He is not only for Qi, but also for Dongying, and he believes that sooner or later there will be a battle between Dongying and King Yan.

Han Zheng sighed. The current situation is that he must either agree to the king of Yan, or he will suffer the raging smallpox in Qi, losing nearly half of the population and soldiers.

Compared with this, the losses caused by commerce and trade are still a little smaller.

“I hope Master Sato can bring the good news soon.” Han Zheng was full of expectation.

Since seeing Dongying’s flintlock guns, he is now very superstitious about Dongying, and even thinks that Dongying is several times stronger than Beidi.

With the support of the Dongying people, Qi will remain invincible.

Of course, it would be even more perfect if the threat of smallpox could be resolved.

Reluctantly agreeing to this matter, he sent the eunuch out to bring the news to the officials from Yancheng, and told him to go back to Yancheng.

He didn’t want to see Yanzhou officials.

When the figure of the eunuch disappeared, he turned his eyes and said to Sato Makoto: “Master Sato, you have seen and heard it with your own eyes, so you should be able to understand how despicable this King Yan is?”

“He not only It is the threat of our Qi State, and it will definitely be the threat of your Dongying in the future. After all, our Qi State does not have warships rampant in the sea, but King Yan has.”

Sato Majiu was silent for a while, and said, “I will let people go back See the general, and ask him to send another batch of flintlock guns.”

Now he is permanently stationed in Qi State, but he only communicates with the shogunate through the Dongying people from Qingcheng Dongying Commercial Hall, so as to reduce his own burden. Danger.

Han Zheng was overjoyed, ten thousand flintlock guns were far from satisfying his ambition, he wanted more.

He said this in order to make the Dongying people feel the danger of King Yan, so that the Dongying people will provide him with more support.

So he said: “So, I would like to thank Mr. Sato.”

In front of Sato Mahisa, he never called me, this is to win Sato Mahisa’s favor.

Sato Majiu nodded, “But King Yan said that he would fight Qi Guo fairly like a swordsman, so we can test whether he keeps his promise.”

And they originally had a plan, which was to send a team of thousands of people Enter Yanzhou and test the true strength of Yanzhou soldiers.

This is also a task entrusted to him by the shogunate.

Facing Dasong’s other powerful clans, they naturally don’t need to worry, but it’s always good to be careful when facing King Yan.

If they find that the situation is wrong, they will adjust their tactics to deal with King Yan.

In short, their Dongying strategy is very simple.

If the King of Yan can be eliminated, the Han family will go all out to take Yanzhou into their pocket.

Without King Yan’s Great Song, it was just meat on a chopping board to Dongying, and they could cut it however they wanted.

If the attack is frustrated, they will provide continuous support to the Han family, let Qi and King Yan stand in a stalemate, consume King Yan’s strength, and give them Dongpu time to build sailing warships.

After all, through the propaganda during this period, the western countries basically believed that King Yan in the north of Dasong would pose a threat to their colonization of Dasong.

In order for Dongying to act as a pawn, it is natural to help Dongying build a sailing warship to fight against King Yan.

Mentioning this matter, Han Zheng narrowed his eyes.

He knew very well that if he did this, it would be a provocation to King Yan, and they might face King Yan’s revenge afterwards.

It’s just that he also knows very well that there will be a battle between Qi State and King Yan sooner or later, so when Sato Mahisa proposed this plan, he did not object.

This test will consist of 900 Qi soldiers and 100 Dongying soldiers.

Thinking of this, he said to Sato Makoto: “Everything will be done according to Mr. Zuo Teng’s instructions.”

At the same time.

The officials who set off from Yanzhou continued to travel south, and seven days later an official arrived in Jinling, and also announced King Yan’s advice to Xie’s family.

“Hahaha, when did the king of Yan become so stupid? Yanzhou and Ningcheng are separated by the state of Qi, and they were the ones who were unlucky first. Now, it’s too early for the king of Yan to blackmail us.” The

eldest prince said to Jinling Palace. The Yanzhou official under the rank said.

There was a chair beside him, and Xie Duan was sitting on it.

Since the First Prince ascended the throne, Xie Duan and the First Prince have been discussing politics at the same seat.

Following the first prince’s words, a burst of laughter erupted in the Golden Luan Hall.

There is no doubt that this is the officials of the Xie family mocking.

With a strange smile on Xie Duan’s face, he said to Yanzhou officials: “Compared with the plague, I would be more willing to chop off your head and send it back to the King of Yan. How dare this rebel threaten the real Da Song?” Emperor.” The

Yanzhou official looked calm, but he just said lightly: “Did you forget that Ningzhou is close to the sea?”

Xie Duan pondered this sentence for a while, and suddenly his expression changed drastically.

That’s right, there is indeed Qi State between Yanzhou and Ningzhou, but King Yan has an invincible fleet at sea.

They can spread smallpox to Ningzhou by sea.

Thinking of this, he was so depressed that he almost spat out a mouthful of blood.

Getting up from the chair, Xie Duan clenched his fists tightly.

Turning his eyes, he finally let go of his hand slowly, with a smile on his face, “We used to have close contacts with His Royal Highness Yan Wang, so it wouldn’t be such an unpleasant quarrel, isn’t it just business? From now on, we will not prevent merchants from going to From Yanzhou.” The

Yanzhou official showed a smug smile, turned around and left.

The officials of the Xie family were left in astonishment, as well as the depressed eldest prince and Xie Duan.

(end of this chapter)