Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 706

[Chapter 706]

“Your Majesty thinks so, and you are wrong to blame His Royal Highness Yan Wang. These sailing warships are not for showing off to Wu Guo, but just for display. On overseas warships, there is a full set of drawings for sailing warships at any time. Present it to His Majesty.” Sun Zheng said slowly.

“What?” Liang Kai couldn’t believe his ears.

“Your Majesty heard correctly, the blueprint of the sailing warship.” Sun Zheng emphasized again.

Liang Kai rolled his eyes and smiled softly, “Pies never fall from the sky. King Yan sent such a big pie, it must be out of kindness. Tell me, what exactly do you want to do?”

“His Highness hopes The Liang family should not be fooled by the Dongying and the Western natives, they are in the end to occupy the Dasong territory, and the confrontation between Wu and the imperial court will only benefit them.” Sun Zhengdao, “If Yanzhou is destroyed, Wu will not escape the end of destruction. Don’t forget, the Britons once wanted to invade Wu, and Dongying was also eyeing Wu.”

Liang Kai frowned.

He naturally knew that Dongpu and Britain had bad intentions, but for Wu, the most serious crisis came from King Yan.

That’s why he decided to join the Eastern Land Alliance.

So he sneered, “Anyway, it’s either destroyed by you, King Yan, or by Dongying and Britain. In this case, why can’t my country of Wu join the East Turkistan Alliance and destroy King Yan first.” After a

pause, he continued, “Since the king of Yan understands righteousness so well, why did he kill us and other powerful clans, pressing every step of the way? He wants us to die, so we can’t blame us for joining forces with outsiders to deal with him.”

Sun Zheng said when he came to Wu. , has long anticipated Liang Kai’s various criticisms of him.

He said: “Your Majesty is wrong. It seems that your powerful clan formed an alliance to destroy Yanzhou, but was resolved by His Highness. Could it be that you punched His Highness, but His Highness did not allow His Highness to punch you?”

Liang Kai was stunned, and he took a hard look at Sun Zheng, “You are eloquent, no matter what, I have decided to join the Eastern Land Alliance, and there will be a group of steamships and sailing warships coming from Tianzhu today, Stop at my Lincheng wharf, after that, you soldiers and horses from Yanzhou will never try to cross Jiujiang.”

Sun Zheng’s eyes narrowed, and King Yan had told him a lot that day, including the British steamship that was docked in Tianzhu.

According to Yan Wang, the speed of the steamship is very fast.

You can run 24 kilometers in half an hour, and you can run 576 kilometers in one day and one night, which is close to 600 kilometers.

Even after deducting the time to stop for supplies, it only takes ten days to travel from Tianzhu to Lincheng.

During the chat, King Yan was most worried about the British steamship sailing into Jiujiang, blocking the pace of King Yan’s troops going south.

After all, a steamship can travel upstream without wind.

However, sailing warships have to rely on wind power to enter inland rivers.

Even so, not as nimble as a steamship.

Unexpectedly, this thing happened after all.

It’s no wonder that His Royal Highness King Yan asked the royal family’s army to suspend the attack.

Otherwise, it would be troublesome to cross the river and be cut off by the fleet of the Eastern Land Alliance.

After all, war needs food and ammunition supplies.

Especially the ammo supply.

“Then I would like to congratulate Your Majesty. It seems that the blueprint of the sailing warship has nothing to do with Wu, and the crucible steelmaking process has nothing to do with Wu.” Sun Zheng said with a look on his face, “Since His Highness chooses to fight, then I, Yanzhou, will choose to fight.” I will accompany you to the end.”

After finishing speaking, Sun Zheng turned to leave.

“Wait!” Liang Feng immediately stopped Sun Zheng, and walked quickly to him, “What is the process of making steel in a dry pot?”

“Simply speaking, steel made in a crucible is like water. Cannons and muskets are more durable, which can greatly increase the range and power of cannons and muskets.” Sun Zheng said.

Liang Kai rolled his eyes, he is not a stupid person.

He chose to meet Sun Zheng because he sensed an opportunity to have both sides.

He joined the Eastern Land Alliance to protect himself, but he didn’t want to continue fighting with King Yan at all.

Living in the south of the Yangtze River and ruling the river with King Yan is the result he wants.

However, he knew very well that the Japanese and the British would definitely urge him to go to war.

This is the price of joining the Eastern Land Alliance.

In fact, what he expects most is to be able to move between the King of Yan and the Eastern Land Alliance, to use the King of Yan to balance the Eastern Land Alliance, and to use the Eastern Land Alliance to balance the King of Yan.

In order to win him over, the two will give him sweets.

Only in this way can the state of Wu become stronger.

Now, Sun Zheng obviously came with King Yan’s kindness.

So he said: “Up to now, you haven’t mentioned King Yan, what do you want me to do with Wu?”

“It’s very simple, Your Highness wants Wu to submit to the court, so that the two families can cease their troops.” Sun Zhenglang said .

“To become a minister?” Liang Kai shook his head, this is absolutely impossible, “This is tantamount to betraying the Eastern Land Alliance, and also betraying the powerful clan, my country of Wu will die without a place to bury.” After thinking

about it, he said: “However, I You can write a letter to His Highness, as long as His Highness’s soldiers and horses don’t cross Jiujiang, our country of Wu will never dance with the Eastern Land Alliance and attack His Highness, how about it?”

“Yes, but we can only give Wu the blueprint of sailing warships , the blueprint for crucible steelmaking will not be given for the time being, unless Wu Guo can keep his promise within two years.” Sun Zheng said.

The king of Yan said that Wu Guo would be a minister, which was just one of their asking prices.

If Wu Guo refused to agree, he could only settle for the next best thing.

Their most important purpose is to make Wu jump between Yanzhou and the Eastern Land Alliance, instead of completely falling to the Eastern Land Alliance.

And two years is enough to understand the interference of external forces, and it doesn’t even take two years.

“This… alright.” Liang Kai hesitated for a while and said.

He just took a look at Yanzhou’s warship, and he couldn’t stop, dreaming that Wu Guo would have such a warship.

So he is very eager for the blueprint of the sailing warship.

Of course, he also wanted to obtain the craft of making steel in a crucible.

It’s just that King Yan is very shrewd, and he doesn’t scatter eagles when he doesn’t see rabbits.

If he, Wu Guo, broke his promise, he would naturally lose the skill of making steel in a crucible.

And it is obviously not enough to have a sailing warship. If there is not enough excellent artillery, it will also suffer a lot in naval battles.

After agreeing on this matter, Liang Kai went to the study immediately, repaired a book, stamped it with the seal of Wu State, and handed it to Sun Zheng.

Sun Zheng didn’t stay any longer, he accepted the letter and prepared to return to Yanzhou to return to his command.

Boarding the battleship, the fleet is getting ready to go.

This is Gong Ying, who was in charge of escorting Sun Zheng, suddenly picked up the binoculars and looked south.

In the telescope, plumes of smoke rose from the sea to the south.

Below the plume of smoke are steam ships.

Behind the steamship is towing the sailing warship.

There were twelve such steamships.

“Is this the steamship?” With a serious face, Gong Ying slowly put down the binoculars.

Then he ordered the battleship to set sail.

When he returns to Yanzhou, he will report the news to the imperial court.

(end of this chapter)