Steel Dynasty - Chapter 214

[Chapter 214 Secret arrangement]

The atmosphere at the poetry meeting gradually became solemn.

All the scholars remained silent, fearing that they would be involved in this matter, and immediately stood away from Pan Yu.

King Shu’s face was extremely ugly, but he was helpless at this time.

“Pan Yu, do you have anything else to say?” Zhu Yushu looked at Pan Yu with a sneer, and the whip in his hand crackled.

Pan Yu looked at the King of Shu again and saw that the King of Shu was still indifferent. He was secretly annoyed in his heart. If it wasn’t for the King of Shu’s instruction, even if he hated the King of Qi, how could he be so bold? His life would be gone.

He said anxiously: “The King of Shu ordered me to do so many things.”

As soon as he said this, everyone looked at the King of Shu. Xiao Ming sneered, “There are not many scholars in Chang’an who have the backbone, so he just Knowing this, and as expected, Pan Yu immediately revealed the man behind the scenes.

Pan Yu was a minor in this matter, and Xiao Ming just wanted to use this matter to deal with the King of Shu. This was the key point.

Although he is now mobilizing the people of Qingzhou to collect saltpeter, this is not a solution in the long run. After all, the amount of gunpowder he will need will only increase in the future.

Because not only did he have to produce gunpowder, but he also had to sell gunpowder to other feudal lords. In this way, it was even more impossible to rely solely on the saltpeter from the people.

The King of Shu’s visit to Beijing this time must be related to the fact that the King of Shu was causing trouble behind his back.

Now that the King of Shu has been caught by him again, he can complain to Xiao Wenxuan, let Xiao Wenxuan see clearly the conflict between the King of Shu and him, and let him issue an edict strictly ordering the King of Shu not to hinder the mining of saltpeter.

“You bastard, you are such a mouthful.” The King of Shu was furious when he heard this. He raised his foot and hit Pan Yu.

Pan Yu said “Ouch” and rolled down on the ground like a gourd.

Then the King of Shu walked over and punched and kicked Pan Yu, as if he wanted to take out his resentment on Pan Yu.

“That’s enough!” came the sullen voice of Princess Pingyang, “King Shu, you are brave enough to dare to stir up trouble in this palace’s poetry meeting. Huh, I can’t say that I will participate in a ceremony in front of your father this time. “

Ben.”

When the King of Shu heard this, his heart trembled. He was still very afraid of Xiao Wenxuan and said, “Aunt, this villain is the one who got in the way. It has nothing to do with my nephew.”

“Huh, right or wrong is up to me .

“Of course, I don’t need you to defend me anymore, just leave this place now, and I will settle the score with you after the poetry meeting is over,” Princess Pingyang said angrily.

“Yes, aunt.” King Shu was even more angry, but he still dared to make trouble with Princess Pingyang.

The King of Shu turned around and walked out. When he passed by Xiao Ming, the King of Shu almost squeezed out the words through his teeth and said, “Let’s wait and see.”

Xiao Ming didn’t look back and just vomited on the ground. He spat.

“As for Pan Yu, you dare to stir up trouble among the princes. Doesn’t it make people look down upon our royal family? Come here, take Pan Yu out and whip him a hundred times!” Princess Pingyang continued.

Pan Yu, who was on the ground, suddenly turned pale.

After handling the conflict at the poetry meeting vigorously and resolutely, Princess Pingyang said: “King Qi, since you are the best in this poetry meeting, please go to the lake with me. I have something to say to you. “

Now that the farce of this poetry meeting is over, the other scholars sighed and left one after another after hearing this.

Zhu Yushu, Du Boyuan, and Qin Rui were overjoyed. The three of them looked at Xiao Ming gratefully. At this moment, in their hearts, even after five years, Xiao Ming was still the eldest brother who took care of them.

“Yes, Auntie.” Xiao Ming breathed a sigh of relief.

In fact, this time I worked so hard to win with the poems from the science and technology library, but the purpose was not to show off my strength in the poetry competition.

This is also idle, in order to be able to see the appearance of his future wife, this is one of them.

But later on, he worked so hard just for the sake of Zhu Yushu and the others.

In this barbarian battle, Xiao Ming only won a small battle to defend the city. The news brought by Wang Xuan afterwards proved that Bei Shan was just using Xiao Ming’s hand to attack the loyal barbarian Tai Jiwu. The Huyantuo tribe of Shugu.

Of course, if he could destroy the Huyantuo tribe and capture Cangzhou City, this would be Beishan’s perfect plan. However, this plan could not be fully realized. He could only choose the former and attack the Huyantuo tribe.

So after the Blood Wolf Guards only lost a few thousand people, he ordered a retreat. If Bei Shan was determined to fight to the death, with the amount of ammunition Xiao Ming had at that time, he would not be able to stop the barbarians from entering Cangzhou. The victory of this war was a fluke. Only your own people know best.

The most important thing is that this battle is a great honor to outsiders, but it greatly consumes the wealth and soldiers he has accumulated during this period.

Although the country is big, it will perish if it is warlike, not to mention that it is a small land of six states. If there are a few more wars, he will have to drink from the northwest wind again.

Based on this, at the meeting in Qingzhou, he decided on two development strategies for Qingzhou. The first was naturally to fully develop the fiefdom, industry and commerce, and the second was to establish interest groups friendly to Qingzhou in Chang’an. These two strategies Articles serve only one purpose, capital accumulation.

In this way, he now needs an interest group in the court to protect Qingzhou from disasters and deal with various emergencies. Secondly, Chang’an will be Xi’an in later generations. This place is the area with the richest coal resources, and there are In many open-pit coal mines, he now needs to reserve coal resources to prepare for the emergence of steam engines. After all, local coal mines alone could not meet industrial needs at that time.

The third item is particularly important. It is related to the commodity market. If there is no support from interest groups in Chang’an, his business will inevitably be hindered at all levels in this place of intrigue.

From an economic point of view, exports are constrained, which will severely hit the local industry. Because no one can make money, no one will invest money in industrial projects.

This is why the West will open trade ports even with cannons, all to clear the way for capital. Even in modern times, trade surplus is one of the causes of disputes between major countries.

Therefore, what he did to win over these three people this time was just like what other vassal kings were doing, delineating his own sphere of influence in Chang’an.

At this time, these three people are extremely important, and he will visit a few more people later. In this way, his real mission of coming to Chang’an this time will be completed.

In the future, he will maintain contacts with these people, consolidate and expand this interest group for his own use.

While he was meditating, the bead curtain was opened, and the scene on the other side of the bead curtain was revealed.

Princess Pingyang sat in the middle, and Princess Xiangcheng sat at the bottom. Opposite Princess Xiangcheng, there was a veiled woman looking at him.

(End of chapter)