Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 699

[Chapter 699]

“Yes, Your Highness.” Wang Ying stroked the howitzer.

After staying in the Military Division for a while, Zhao Xu returned to the palace.

Then, he called Sun Zheng, the deputy director of Honglu Temple, over.

This Sun Zheng was a student of the Government Affairs School, and he won the first place in the examination for selecting officials at Honglu Temple, and was selected as the deputy director of Honglu Temple to assist Dong An.

After Dong An went south, he has been in charge of Honglu Temple’s large and small affairs.

Thinking of Dong An, Zhao Xu frowned.

It has been a long time since Dong An left, and there is no news of whether he is dead or alive.

His father, Dong Yuan, was so worried about this that he didn’t think about eating and drinking, and he also came to him several times.

In the end, both of them sighed, and Dong Yuan wiped his tears and left, feeling depressed.

However, there is no way to do this. Da Song started too late in overseas exploration.

As a result, warships and privateers from the West are running rampant on the seas of the East.

Even Dongpu used to have a wider control over the ocean than Dasong.

It was not until he established the Yanzhou Navy that this situation changed.

But the sea area in the south of Dongtu is still a paradise for the colonists.

Putting this matter in his heart for a while, he said to Sun Zheng: “This king needs you to go to the country of Wu, and he said that I don’t want to see the country of Wu fall into the trap of Dongying and Xitu people, and become enemies with each other, and I am willing to turn hostility into friendship.” ”

As long as Wu Guo is willing to submit to the court, he will not continue to go south. To show my sincerity, I am willing to donate the blueprint of sailing warships to Wu Guo.”

Sun Zheng was very surprised when he heard this, and he said: “Don’t you want to Have you ruled the world?”

Although he is only an official of Honglu Temple, every student in the Government Affairs School knows that King Yan’s wish is to wipe out the wealthy families in the world and let the people live and work in peace and contentment.

Now, King Yan suddenly wants to compromise with the powerful clan, which impacted his faith, and he couldn’t help but tremble.   Zhao Xu shook his head, and he said, “You’re thinking too much, but now that something has happened

, you have to be patient for the time being and adopt some strategies to prevent some foreign countries from intervening in the civil strife in Dasong.”

After all, if Sun Zheng is to be sent as an envoy to the country of Wu, he must be made aware of these things.

“So that’s how it is.” Sun Zheng breathed a sigh of relief, “So, His Highness is trying to win over Wu and prevent it from completely falling to Dongying and Xitu, so that he can think that he can benefit from both sides and become neutral. In this way, he can concentrate on dealing with Dongying and Beidi. And the western land forces.”

“That’s right.” Zhao Xu looked to the south.

He is waiting for a node, and this node is the launch of the steamship of the Ship Department.

As long as he has a steam ship, he can cut off the communication between Dongying and Xitu and Dasong.

At that time, you can turn your head around and concentrate on dealing with Wu Guo.

But before that, he had to paralyze the State of Wu to prevent it from ordering the navy and warships of the Western Turks to encircle and suppress the Yanzhou Navy after joining the Eastern Turk Alliance.

After all, it is very likely that Britain will send a sailing warship towed by a steamer to join the battle.

If several forces combine together, it will be a big trouble.

“I understand, this time I will go to Wu, and I will definitely not disappoint His Highness.” Sun Zheng said.

Zhao Xu drew some bottom lines to Sun Zheng, and then asked him to go to Leting and take a navy warship to the country of Wu.

This is for convenience, but also to show the strength of the Yanzhou Navy and intimidate Wu.

In this way, when the country of Wu cooperates with the country of Sam and the Britons, it will be even more cautious.

After discussing the matter, Sun Zheng bowed his hands and left.

Zhao Xu went to the steam engine workshop.

During this time, he and Wang Chong have been promoting the construction of steam locomotives.

Now it is just a step away, and Yanzhou’s steam locomotive will be born.

At that time, railways will be laid to run through the important cities in Dasong, so that various mineral resources can be imported into Yanzhou, and Yanzhou’s industry will take off further.

Of course, the most important thing is that he can expand Da Song’s sphere of influence through the extension of the railway.

After all, he had just received information that Ulan Ba had returned from the country of Ross.

He is asking Tsui Hark to test the information to find out what agreement Ulanba has reached with the State of Ross.

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Lincheng.

At the same time that Zhao Xu handed over the task to Sun Zheng, Liang Kai was feasting with Wu’s ministers.

But besides the Minister of Wu, there was also a man from Sam at the banquet.

Liang Kai toasted him from time to time, his face full of complacency.

When the fight in Jiangbei was in full swing, the people of Sam’s country arrived in Lincheng and brought news that excited the whole country of Wu.

They are willing to mediate the conflict between Wu and Britain.

Although Wu Guo has been preparing to resist the British during this time.

However, that was the defense they had to take after they got Britain to attack Wu.

In their hearts, they did not want conflict with Britain at all.

After all, Wu Guochaotang understands how powerful Britain is.

Fighting against Britain, they will not win, and they will lose the sea trade lanes and suffer a blow in commerce.

Therefore, they are naturally happy with Sam’s mediation.

Afterwards, the people of the country of Sam threw out the Eastern Land Alliance and asked the country of Wu to join in the unanimous fight against King Yan.

At present, in Jiangbei, the three powerful families are retreating steadily, so he naturally feels threatened.

He was also moved by this matter.

However, they realized that Dongying, the people of Sam and the Britons all seemed to be begging Wu and trying to win him over.

He took the opportunity to ask for the northern part of Yizhou, so that Wu could get the most benefits.

Therefore, in the past few days, he has been in a particularly comfortable mood.

The crisis dissipated, and he, Wu Guo, suddenly gained a lot of benefits.

(end of this chapter)