Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 770

[Chapter 770 New Situation]

Ancient Miyagi.

When Hojo and his son met Zhao Xu in Yancheng.

A samurai hurried to the feudal lord’s mansion and said a few words to Ono Town.

When Xiao Yezhen heard this, his face darkened.

At this moment, he is discussing Lu Zhongfan’s future with members of the Ono family.

“Everyone, Hojo’s father and son have already gone to Yanzhou with a lot of gifts. I can’t continue to hesitate. I have seen Yanzhou’s steam industry with my own eyes. If Hojo’s family gets the support of King Yan, it only takes half a year. They are invincible only to the Japanese army, not to mention that King Yan will provide them with convenience.” Xiao Yezhen said solemnly.

In the hall, twelve core members of the Ono family knelt and sat opposite Ono Town, looking at each other and looking at you.

Ono Town’s younger brother, Ono Kuroki, said: “The Hojo family has always been at odds with our Ono family. If he is strengthened, will our Ono family still have a good life? We can’t delay any longer. We have to go to Yanzhou immediately. Pay a visit to King Yan and get the same support.”

“That’s right, during this period of time, the northern feudal lord was very dissatisfied with the Watanabe case. King Yan looted the north, and he only cared about his southern feudal clans in the Watanabe case so far. Don’t care, why do such heartless people follow him?” Another person said.

This resonated with the others, and they all nodded.

One person said again: “It is said that King Yan left a fleet on Wufeng Island to patrol the coast of Dongying. From now on, Dongying will be the bird that King Yan keeps in a cage. How long can the Watanabe case continue?”

“That’s right, Moreover, King Yan’s army is still harassing in the south, and the Watanabe case is overwhelmed. Even if we stand on our own, they don’t care about it.”

“…”

Everyone agrees with everyone who went to Yanzhou for an audience. idea.

Of course, the main reason for this is from the Hojo family.

The second is dissatisfaction with the Watanabe case.

The next day, Xiao Yezhen took a merchant ship and headed for Yanzhou with a lot of gifts.

When the Oda family and the Mori family came back from Yanzhou, they were always excited about Nanping. They were hesitant to meet Yan Wang and continue to follow the Watanabe case.

But the news that Hojo and the Ono family were going to Yanzhou came one after another, and they couldn’t sit still.

If these two northern great feudal clans rise up, they will surely devour the small feudal clans.

The little fan between them and the two was swallowed up, and it was their turn.

Seeing King Yan’s strength, they knew that the Watanabe case could not protect them, so they also went to Yanzhou to ask for support.

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Yanzhou.

Hojo and his son stayed in Yanzhou for two days before returning to Dongying.

Zhao Xu gave the two of them an order to hand over to Zhou Yi, ordering Zhou Yi to dispatch 2,000 Marines from Wufeng Island to station in Andong City.

In the future, the troops stationed will be rotated every two years to prevent the soldiers from being too homesick. At the same time, some military subsidies will be given to the soldiers stationed overseas. Naturally, this part of the subsidy will come from the Hojo family.

After receiving the order, Hojo and his son went back with gratitude.

They also went with merchants from Yanzhou Commercial Bank.

Since the acquisition of Korea, the merchants of the firm have become more aware of their tastes, and they have paid more and more attention to overseas interests.

As soon as they used troops against Dongying, they set their sights on them. One by one, they ran to Yang He’s house and asked Yang He to go to the palace to mention the terms of business with Dongying.

Now that Yuqianfan agreed, they couldn’t wait to go, after all, the first one ate meat, the second drank soup, and the third one could only lick the bowl.

Moreover, the profits of the merchants who join the commercial bank need to be shared with the palace, which is regarded as official merchants.

So, Zhao Xu let them go.

When they have opened up the market, it will not be too late for private merchants to go. After all, the first one to eat crabs will take a big risk.

A few days after the Hojo father and son left, Ono Town arrived in Yanzhou, followed by Oda Yamazawa, and Mori had a victory.

The four major feudal lords arrived one after another, and Zhao Xu was satisfied.

Originally, he thought that only one of the four domains was provoked, but it turned out that all four were in place.

Facing the three feudal lords, he just gave them the conditions he gave to the Hojo family.

Agree or disagree, they choose.

Knowing that Hojo and his son accepted everything, they naturally had no reason to refuse.

It was also learned that Hojo and his son had asked King Yan to garrison troops, and they also made this request.

They are not fools. There is King Yan’s army in the domain, which guarantees the safety of the domain.

In the future, their original land is capital, and no one can touch the other’s original land.

As for how many small vassals you can annex, it depends on your own ability, and you can only fight each other on the land of other vassals.

They are also very satisfied with this.

This is like four people in a village, none of whom can touch the other’s old house.

As for competing for other houses in the village, no matter how badly they were beaten, at most they would lose and seize other houses. They could return to the old house to recuperate without harming the root cause.

After another month of tossing, the Ono, Oda, and Mori families each returned to Dongying.

Zhao Xu also ordered Zhou Yi to send a thousand troops to him.

Immediately afterwards, he ordered the Bing Zhansi to produce muskets.

The quality of the smoothbore gun made of converter steel can carry more black powder, which can make the musket reach the peak range.

Such a musket is equipped with Hojo and other feudal lords, which is enough to deal with the Watanabe case.

As for the field cannon, he only needs to give the gray iron cannon. With the current industrial level of Yanzhou, the wrought iron cannon can also reach the peak level.

After all, during the Opium War, most of Britain’s artillery was still wrought iron.

Most importantly, with the support of the steam industry, the cost of producing these two firearms has been greatly reduced.

Selling to the feudal lords such as Hojo, the military commander can make huge profits.

In this way, Bingzhangsi will no longer be just a rich eater in the future, but will gradually transform into a rich earner.

“When the Hojo, Ono, Oda, and Mori families get the firearms and train the army, Dongpu will usher in a reshuffle of power. This king wants to see how he hid the Watanabe case, and then it will not cost a single soldier. , so that Dongying can submit to Dasong’s feet.”

The situation in Dongying is under control, so Zhao Xu called Chang Wei on this day.

Briefly talked about Dongying with him, and he handed him a piece of information.

This time he called Chang Weilai not for Dongpu, but for going south.

Tsui Hark sent information. During his dealings with Dongying, Britain seemed to change the focus of support from Dongying to Wu.

Presumably Britain also knows that Japan is powerless.

Therefore, the British Governor Bolt met with the Frankish Governor Mark Wen and made the news public.

It seems that an agreement has been reached on some issues, or there is an exchange of interests.

After that, firearms from Xitu entered Jinzhou controlled by Wu State through Jiaozhi, which is contemporary Guangxi.

The number of mercenaries in Wu also increased from 8,000 to 20,000.

This situation surprised him a bit. Frank and Britain were old rivals in the West, and Britain must have cut a lot of meat to Frank in exchange for the other party’s support.

But this also shows from another aspect that Britain will not let it go.

After all, he wiped out a fleet of the dignified superpower, and they couldn’t swallow this breath.

As for Zhao Xu, it is more necessary to take Jiangnan as soon as possible, otherwise, this Jiangnan will always be Da Song’s bleeding wound, being stabbed by the Western countries from time to time.

To put it bluntly, it’s not that the snail owes chapters too lazy to explain, but because he feels that explaining too much will affect your mood. Snail has written down the chapters owed in the notebook, and if he is in good condition, he will pay it back immediately.

(end of this chapter)