Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 801

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“Bacheng!” Dou Wei pointed in the direction of Yizhou, “Bacheng is adjacent to our Yizhou, and it is also in the mountains. It is easy to defend and difficult to attack. If your majesty moves the capital here, Wu Guo, Nanliang, The three kingdoms of Nanping will be connected as one, and they can take care of them in time.”

“Bacheng?” Liang Kai suddenly coughed several times.

Since joining the Eastern Land Alliance and reaching a contract with the King of Yan in private, Wu has had a relaxed life.

But during this relaxed period, Wu’s army was not idle.

After taking away Xiangzhou, which Nanliang once occupied, they continued to march westward and reached Bazhou, which is adjacent to Yizhou.

This Bazhou is the smallest state among the twenty-one states in Dasong, and there is only one county named Berkshire.

On both sides of Bazhou, there are four mountains stretching from north to south, stretching for five or six hundred miles. Bacheng is located in the middle of the southern end of the four mountains.

The mountains are the natural walls of Bacheng.

But Bacheng is not blocked because of this, because Jiujiang passes through the four mountain ranges, passes through Bacheng and continues to flow eastward, and can flow downstream through Jiujiang.

Therefore, although Bacheng can’t be said to be rich in Dasong, it can still rank among the medium-sized cities.

Another very important point is that there are steep mountains on both sides of the Jiujiang River from Bazhou to Xiangzhou, and the waterways are also very narrow, the narrowest point is only four to five hundred meters.

As long as you choose a section, set up forts on both sides of the strait, and shoot condescendingly, King Yan’s fleet will also sink into the sand.

It would be even more perfect if the sunken ship cooperates with the forts on both sides of the strait.

Bazhou is so easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it belongs to a state controlled by the royal family.

Such a precious land, Nanliang naturally refused to let it go.

So after the Jinling Incident, Nanliang has been attacking Bazhou.

But so far, Nanliang has not won Bazhou.

Wu’s western expedition naturally also attacked Bazhou, but it was also too late to capture it.

On the contrary, after the Xie family professed their vassals to the Wu State, they borrowed an imperial decree from the eldest prince to obtain Bazhou effortlessly.

It’s because Xie Duan, the state shepherd of Bazhou, is in charge of it.

This is equivalent to Wu Guo picking up this bargain for nothing.

“That’s right, it’s Bacheng.” Dou Wei emphasized again, “Your Majesty doesn’t have to worry about your own safety when you get here. Even if I, Nanliang, have evil intentions, I’m afraid I won’t be able to attack Bacheng.”

Liang Kai’s eyes gradually lit up Come.

He had also considered Bazhou, but compared to Changcheng, Bazhou was remote and not as prosperous as Changcheng.

Furthermore, at that time he believed that under the leadership of Luther, the 600,000 troops around Jinling would be able to resist King Yan for at least a year and a half.

But he didn’t expect that Jinling would be conquered in just a few days, which made him disappointed and worried.

Now, Changcheng is no longer safe for him, and the safer Bacheng has naturally become the object of his consideration.

“Brother Dou’s idea really coincides with mine.” Liang Kai laughed heartily, “As long as we stock up enough food and grass in Bacheng, even if King Yan has the ability to reach the sky, he will never even think about attacking Bacheng.”

Dou Wei took the opportunity and said: “The problem of food and grass is my Nanliang, so it is naturally not a problem. Yizhou has been a land of abundance since ancient times. It has thousands of miles of fertile fields and a huge amount of grain. My Nanliang is willing to sell grain to Wu at a low price.”

On the way when we came , Brooke revealed to him that Britain is developing the same muskets as Yan Wang’s army.

In order to resist the King of Yan, they are willing to sell these muskets and British field artillery to the influential people.

But since it is for sale, it is natural to spend money to buy it.

According to Brooke, such a musket needs about eighty taels of silver.

One hundred thousand muskets cost eight million taels, not including field guns and attached ammunition.

Although during the Jinling Rebellion, their Dou family looted a huge amount of wealth worth 70 to 80 million taels in Jinling.

But the loss of Jingzhou also hurt their vitality, so the money was saved.

Therefore, the current cooperation belongs to cooperation, and the combination of the three companies will not delay the business.

They can’t just give away the grain and grass that Wu needs.

After all, as the Britons said, they were only temporarily belonging to the three allies under the banner of the British and the Russians.

The British and Russians are the lords.

The wealth of Wu State is immeasurable, and the grain and grass are exchanged for silver, which is a fair trade.

“I have exactly this intention.” Liang Kai was overjoyed.

At present, gold and silver are the most abundant in his country of Wu, but if these silver cannot be bought, they are dead things.

Naturally, everyone will be happy if they can buy the necessary supplies from Nanliang.

Then, Dou Wei and Brooke glanced at each other, and Dou Wei told the story of Britain imitating King Yan musket.

Liang Kai was even more ecstatic, and promised to buy these muskets as well.

Right now, their muskets are too inferior to those of King Yan’s army.

With new muskets and British artillery, Bacheng would be even more impenetrable.

“In the future, we will transport our muskets and artillery to Nanping Kingdom through Jiaozhi controlled by the Franks, and then to your Nanliang and Wu Kingdoms through Nanping Kingdom. King Yan cut off our sea passage, but he cannot cut off this land passage.” Brook said heavily He punched the table with a confident look.

The sale of guns and artillery was requested by Governor Bolt at the same time.

King Yan has such muskets, so there is no need for Britain to hide them.

It should be exported to the enemies of the King of Yan, causing trouble for the unification process of the King of Yan.

Of course, there is another very important point.

The muskets and artillery they sold to powerful clans were all very expensive.

Normally, it only takes twenty taels to imitate the muskets of the same King Yan army, but they sold them at a high price of eighty taels.

In this way, while selling guns and artillery, they indirectly plundered the wealth of the Dasong clan.

Even if the general Dasong clan failed to defend against King Yan, their Britannia still made a lot of money.

In short, Britain won’t suffer any loss in this civil strife, and they can make a lot of money.

Tiemu Tower smiled without saying a word.

He knew exactly what the British were up to.

When he was in Sacheng, Tubo, Brooke explained the matter thoroughly to them and the Ross people.

In addition to agreeing to the sphere of influence of the Ross people, Brook also shared the secret of King Yan’s musket with the Ross people to show his sincerity.

This made Ivan let go of his last defense and decided to act with Britain.

In order to show his sincerity, Ivan allowed Beidi to open up a trade channel with Tianzhu and obtain guns and artillery from Britain.

On the one hand, after the country of Ross imitates the muskets of King Yan’s army, Beidi can also obtain such guns and artillery from the country of Ross in the north.

But unlike the Dasong clan, they only need thirty taels of silver to buy an imitation firearm.

Taking advantage of this, he looked at Dou Wei and Liang Kai, as if he was looking at a fool again.

But he can’t be too obvious.

At present, all forces in all parties need the powerful clan to hold back King Yan and buy themselves more reaction time.

After the Battle of Beidi Ningjin, their vitality was seriously injured.

Although during this period of time, they recruited many Beidi men over the age of 13 to join the various king’s tents, and their troops were restored.

But they no longer dared to despise King Yan.

(end of this chapter)