Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 85

[Chapter 85]

“Qiu Sheng, how long will it take to reach Yan County?” On the

wide dirt official road, a team is slowly advancing.

There were twenty guards in front of the team, and twenty guards in the back. The one in the middle was wearing a gorgeous brocade robe and was slightly fat. He was Chun Wang.

After the prisoner presentation ceremony was over, he was urged to set off by Zhao Heng the next day.

Although he was not willing to eat the toil, he could not disobey the orders.

After eight days of trekking, the more north we go, the more desolate.

In the past two days, he just wanted to go to Yancheng as soon as possible. As the governor of Yanjun, it would at least look good there.

“Your Highness, after passing the village in front is Yan County.” A young man in green clothes rode on a horse, accompanied King Chun, and pointed to the village in front of him.

It was August and the weather was still hot.

All the way from the last post station, Chun Wang was already sweating profusely.

Thirsty and tired.

Wiping off his sweat, he said, “Go to the front and take a rest.”

After walking for a while, there was indeed a village facing the official road.

There is also a tea shop at the entrance of the village, where five or six people are drinking tea.

“My lord, would you like a bowl of freshly brewed mung bean heat-relieving tea?”

King Chun and his party arrived, and the old man in the tea shop immediately came up to ask.

“One bowl for each person.” King Chun got off his horse and ordered the guards to also get off their horses to rest for a while.

“Hey, I’m really going to get rich when I meet a nobleman today.” The old man cheerfully held a teapot and set a bowl for King Chun to pour tea.

When it was Qiu Sheng’s turn, Qiu Sheng suddenly went to King Chun, clutching his stomach, “Your Highness, my little stomach hurts.

” : “How long will it take to get to Yancheng?”

“It takes three or four days to go, but it takes one day to ride a horse.” The old man poured tea and returned to King Chun.

Hearing this, King Chun nodded.

After drinking tea, he sat on a chair to rest, and the guards also sat together in twos and threes.

A quarter of an hour passed, Chun Wang suddenly felt a strong sense of drowsiness, and his eyelids couldn’t help but close.

…

the military commander.

There was a sound of “swish”, and a crossbow bolt was deeply inserted into the wooden post.

Facing the stake, Zhao Xu still maintained his shooting posture.

“Haha, it’s really good.” Zhao Xu looked at the pulley crossbow in his hand.

After handing over the drawings to Wang Ying, after several days of research and development, the first pulley crossbow met Zhao Xu’s satisfaction.

“Your Highness, these are ordinary crossbow arrows, they only penetrated an inch into the wooden post, but the pulley crossbow actually penetrated more than two.” Wang Ying pulled out the two crossbow arrows and walked towards Zhao Xu with a smile.

“The most important thing is that His Highness just pulled it with one arm. You don’t need to put the crossbow on the ground and pull it with two arms like before.” Chang Wei was more excited than Zhao Xu.

As a general, he naturally understands that the army needs multiple arms to cooperate in combat, not a single horse and infantry.

Zhao Xu nodded. The range of the crossbow is not inferior to the bow and arrow, and its power is even better than that of the bow and arrow.

In contemporary times, it is recorded that the range of the god arm crossbow in the Song Dynasty can reach 240 steps, while in ancient times, one step is 1.2 meters, which is equivalent to about 280 meters.

The pulling force of this kind of crossbow is divided into three grades, namely 90 jin, 120 jin and 150 jin. The bow and arrow can pull up to 120 jin, which is enough to see that the strong crossbow is more difficult to pull, which is why it is more powerful.

But now, the two ends of the crossbow are equipped with pulleys, which saves at least a quarter of the force.

That is to say, the crossbow with a pulling force of 150 catties, now he only needs about 90 catties to pull it.

This can save a lot of energy for crossbowmen.

“Let the crossbow maker produce as soon as possible.” Zhao Xu ordered to hand the crossbow to Wang Ying.

It is not that the craftsman made a crossbow in eight days, but the craftsman has been adjusting the pulley block during these eight days.

It is only now that I have mastered the heat.

Now, after the technology is mature, the following manufacturing is much simpler.

The three of them were chatting excitedly when a guard from the Military Division came over.

“Your Highness, outside the Military Division, the gatekeeper said he has something to see.” The guard said.

“Goalkeeper?” Zhao Xu frowned.

The goalkeeper is the general who guards the city gate, but generally speaking, the goalkeeper will basically not go to him directly.

Looking at each other with Chang Wei, the two came to the gate of the Military Division.

I saw the goalkeeper leading two soldiers, and the soldiers were looking at a young man who looked like a servant.

“His Royal Highness Yan, the little Qiu Sheng is a servant of King Jin, please help His Highness, His Royal Highness Jin, he…was captured by bandits.” The young man cried loudly.

“Alcohol king?” Zhao Xu was a little puzzled.

He knew this person, he was the youngest brother of Zhao Heng in the imperial capital.

Because he likes to eat, drink and have fun, he and Zhao Heng get along very well, and the two have a good relationship.

However, his uncle lived in the capital for a long time and almost never traveled far.

Now a servant suddenly ran to him and said that King Chun had been arrested, so he was naturally speechless.

But after being surrounded, he immediately calmed down.

“What evidence do you have to prove that you are the servant of King Chun?” Zhao Xu asked.

Because of the lack of news in ancient times, some bold and reckless people dared to pretend to be relatives of the emperor to cheat food and drink.

Of course he had to be more careful.

Qiu Sheng took off the package on his body, “Your Highness, please take a look.” “Imperial

decree?” Zhao Xu was taken aback, it was impossible for him not to know this.

But just to be on the safe side, he still took a look.

The content inside is that Zhao Heng asked him to cooperate with King Chun to purchase military supplies.

Putting away the imperial decree and putting it back, Zhao Xu frowned, it seems that this matter is not fake.

“Where was King Jin tied up?” Zhao Xu asked.

If King Chun died in his own territory, Zhao Heng would definitely punish him.

An old prince was killed by bandits in the territory of a young prince, and the face of the royal family was lost.

“It’s in Muyu Village, Yuanyang County.” Qiusheng said while crying.

“Who the hell is so bold.” Chang Wei also realized the seriousness of the problem.

However, he cast his eyes on Qiu Sheng, and asked doubtfully, “His Royal Highness Chun was tied up, why weren’t you arrested?

” The little one jumped into the river at that time, and when he got out of the water, the little one sneaked back to the tea shop and found a gang of thieves kidnapping His Highness.” Qiu Sheng quickly explained.   Chang Wei looked at Zhao Xu, “Your Highness, you can’t rashly dispatch the army at this time, you should send an eyeliner to the local area to inquire, otherwise you will startle

the gangsters, and I’m afraid they will kill you.”

Money, rashly mobilizing the army is not appropriate.

Let Tsui Hark and others go to inquire first.

Let the soldiers go here as a caravan and wait for the opportunity.

Thinking of this, he immediately went back to the palace to make arrangements, and ordered Qiu Sheng to be resettled.

…

In the dark and damp room, King Chun wanted to cry but had no tears.

At this time, a knife was placed on his neck, and opposite him, three vicious gangsters were looking at him viciously.

“Are you the prince? I’m still the king of heaven.” The gangster patted Chun Wang’s face, “Quickly write, let your family send one hundred thousand taels of silver, or I will kill you.”

“I, I am really a prince.” King Chun shouted.

He regretted it very much now, when he went to Yan County, he and the guards traveled in casual clothes for the convenience of having fun on the road.

And all the things that can prove his identity are in Qiu Sheng’s hands.

The gangsters only thought he was a wealthy businessman and wanted to extort money.

“I’ll write, I’ll write.” With an idea in his mind, Chun Wang picked up a pen and wrote a name, “If you send someone to the firm to ask for the name, someone will definitely give you money.” The

leader of the gangster looked at it and nodded, “Sure enough, it’s a rich businessman going to Yancheng.”

After finishing speaking, he took the note out of the woodshed and asked someone to go to Yancheng.

“Hey, it’s still wise to be the head of the family, and finally guard a big family. After finishing this ticket, we can go south and live happily for the rest of our lives.” A gangster said.

The person known as the head of the family smiled proudly twice.

If Zhang Kang were here, he would definitely recognize that this person was none other than the missing Song Ya.

(end of this chapter)