Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 796

[Chapter 796 Results]

“Hahaha, this, this is really a double blessing. If there is no need to fight, the last general really wants to go back with His Highness to experience the new firearms.” The generals cheered up, and Chang Wei laughed.

They thought that the front-loading rifles equipped with them were the pinnacle of muskets.

Unexpectedly, Wang Ying came up with a new type of musket.

This really surprised them.

“Don’t worry, if the production goes well, we will fight the war, deliver the new muskets, and at the same time train the use of the new muskets in the war.” Zhao Xu said.

Now, the army of his palace is mainly facing the army of the Dasong clan.

Rifled guns are indeed sufficient.

But when Jiangnan is unified, rifled guns may not have much advantage.

After all, with the industrial strength of Xitu, they can refit a large number of rifled guns on the assembly line, and they will soon be equipped with the rifled guns used by the royal family’s troops.

Furthermore, in this war, although the mercenaries were not as powerful as the army of the royal family, they were much more powerful than the powerful ones.

In the future, what they will face will be the regular army of the Western Turks.

Although he believes that the royal army can still win against the Western Turk regular army.

But the price to pay will certainly not be small.

In this way, the cost of his foreign strategy will increase significantly.

Therefore, it is necessary to continuously improve the level of firearms of the army and maintain an advantage.

He also briefly introduced the characteristics of the rear-loading gun with the generals. The generals became more excited and eager to try.

However, although they can’t wait to equip breech-loading guns immediately, they also know that it will take some time from the birth of the first breech-loading gun to mass production.

The supporting steam engine, lathe, and craftsmen all need to be prepared.

What’s more, the bullets for this breech-loading gun have to be produced from scratch, and a cap needs to be installed on the bottom of the paper shell bullet.

After resting in Jinling City for a day, Zhao Xu went to Niutautan Ferry the next day, preparing to return to Yanzhou by steamboat.

Before leaving, he ordered Chang Wei to send people to transport the silver and gold in Jinling City to Yanzhou and deliver them to the Royal Bank.

At present, the wealth obtained through wars is placed in the vault of the Royal Bank for simultaneous expenditure, or as a reserve for issuing Songyuan.

At the same time, he told Chang Wei that if there is no tricky tactics to win, he must fight steadily.

Relying on Jinling City, advance step by step, first take the southern part of Ningzhou, then conquer Zhejiang Province, and then advance to Jiangzhou and Haizhou, eating up the territory of the powerful clan little by little.

“Woooo…” The

steamboat blew its whistle and went down the river, preparing to enter the canal and then arrive at Yanzhou.

Chang Wei and other generals saw off on the shore, and gave a military salute to Zhao Xu and Qi Qi.

Zhao Xu stood on the deck, saluted everyone, and then looked at the rolling waves.

After an hour of sailing, Zhao Xu arrived in Yangcheng.

At this time, he saw the soldiers of the royal family escorting the soldiers of the powerful clan on the shore, and he couldn’t help smiling slightly.

There is no doubt that these powerful clans were the captured soldiers during the Battle of Niutautan.

According to his order, the soldiers of the palace were leading them to see the development of Jiangbei.

Thinking of this, he ordered the steamship to dock, ready to do a spot check to see if his strategy was effective.

Because before departure, he changed into casual clothes, like a wealthy businessman.

In addition, the steamboat attracted most of the attention of the people on the shore.

So his appearance did not cause any waves.

It wasn’t until he approached the soldiers of the palace that he was recognized by the soldiers.

Seeing King Yan suddenly appearing beside him, the soldiers of the palace were taken aback, and hurriedly asked for a military salute, Zhao Xu immediately waved his hand, signaling them to pretend not to know.

Then, he followed the group of twenty soldiers and continued north for a while.

Not long after, a Wubao standing in the countryside appeared in front of everyone.

At this time, Zhao Xu asked a soldier in a low voice, “Why did you bring them here?” The

soldier said, “Return to Your Highness, after capturing these soldiers at Niutautan, we divided them into teams according to their surnames and where they came from. The 30 members of the team are all surnamed Su, from Sujia Village near Yangcheng, and they are all members of the same surname of Su Mian, a wealthy family in Yangcheng.”

Zhao Xu understood, nodded secretly, and agreed with their actions.

After walking for another quarter of an hour, Zhao Xu and his party arrived at Sujiazhuang.

Seeing the familiar village, the soldiers of the power tribe became visibly excited, and some even let out suppressed cries. The closer they got to the village, the slower they walked.

At this moment, the people in the village noticed the soldiers of the palace and the prisoners in custody.

Especially the urchins at the entrance of the village, yelling and beckoning friends.

“Mother, father is back.” At this moment, a naughty boy screamed and pulled the woman beside him.

The woman was already stunned, and besides her, many people were also stunned.

Then, some villagers rushed out from the crowd and rushed towards the captives in custody.

Some of them were the wives of captives, some were the parents of captives, weeping together.

“Now, you can go home separately and gather here tomorrow morning. Don’t try to escape, or you will be killed without mercy.” The soldier in the lead said at the right time.

Zhao Xu nodded, what they said is superfluous, let them hear it from their relatives and witness it with their own eyes.

“Thank you, thank you…” The prisoner burst into tears of gratitude.

From their captivity to the present, they have not suffered any ill-treatment.

What do the soldiers of the palace eat, what do they eat.

Just this point touched them a little.

Thanks, they were taken back by their relatives.

The soldiers of the palace guarded all the main roads in the village to prevent them from escaping.

“Shuanzi’s mother, they didn’t make things difficult for you and your wife while I was away, did they?” A man among the captives returned home and asked, holding the woman’s hand.

“It’s difficult.” The woman wiped her tears when she heard the words.

The man suddenly became furious, “I knew they had no good intentions in sending us back, they just wanted to humiliate us, hmph, it’s too much of a bully, what did they do to you?

” Smiling, “They allocated six acres of land to our family, and Shuanzi has to go to the public to go to school every day. I, a woman, take care of this house. You said you didn’t endanger me, why?” The

man’s anger was frozen instantly . He seemed to be stuck, his face was flushed, he hesitated, “You said that our family now has six acres of land?

” There are a lot of words, and I can still settle accounts.”

After finishing speaking, the woman said to the naughty boy beside her: “Come, let your father see, see.” The

naughty boy laughed and said: “One plus one equals two, two plus two equals four…nine Nineteen plus ninety-nine equals one hundred and ninety-eight.” The

man was dumbfounded and couldn’t believe his ears.

Whether it is what his son said, or everything his wife told.

Afterwards, he seemed to have become dumb. He came to the yard and squatted for a whole night. No matter how much the woman persuaded him, he did not return to the house.

When it was dawn, he returned to the entrance of the village on time according to the request of the soldiers of the palace.

(end of this chapter)