Steel Dynasty - Chapter 306

[Chapter 306 Yue Yun’s experience]

“Your Highness, I am not thinking about this, but I am thinking that the Qingzhou Army now has engineering corps, logistics corps, and a navy. These services are all things that the Chongqing Kingdom has never had, and the implementation of Your Highness seems to have a clear plan for the reform of the army. For this reason, the official is really puzzled.”

Xiao Ming smiled. The military system of Dayu was still in the cold weapon era, and the sudden transition to the hot weapon era naturally caused a lot of opposition.

It’s just that Xiao Ming had to do this, because in the age of musketeers, the Western army had embarked on the road of regularization, and logistics troops and engineering troops had appeared.

He was just playing catch-up now.

He said: “When I was in Chang’an, I explained the origin of artillery to my father. The reform of this army also came from the warning of a Western priest, because today’s Dayu Kingdom is no longer the former Celestial Kingdom, but a grown-up country. If a country that is poor and weak can only be bullied by barbarians, it must dare to reform if it wants to catch up. Shang Yang’s reform was just when the Qin Dynasty was facing a crisis, and the same was true at this time.”

Pang Yukun was silent, it was Xiao Ming .

At the critical moment, artillery was developed to defend Cangzhou City.

He suddenly realized that his knowledge could no longer keep up with the footsteps of the prince of the Chongqing Kingdom. Perhaps what he was thinking was just despicable in his eyes.

Facts proved that what Xiao Ming was doing was right. After hesitating, he decided to believe Xiao Ming.

“I am overthinking this. After all, this military reform involves major issues. I believe that everything your Highness is doing now must be for the people of the fiefdom.” Pang Yukun said seriously.

Xiao Ming nodded, “If you can trust me, I will feel at ease, lest a group of civil servants and military generals come to the palace to cause trouble for me.”

Pang Yukun laughed dumbly. Xiao Ming was afraid that he would look like him. Just like in Chang’an, he led a group of officials to remonstrate with him to prevent him from carrying out such dangerous reforms in the army.

After all, he had done this kind of thing a lot when he was in Chang’an. It was precisely because of this that Xiao Wenxuan was particularly disgusted with Pang Yukun.

“Today is different from the past. Your Highness is a wise master!” Pang Yukun’s eyes flickered, and there was a hint of something different in his voice.

Xiao Ming was immediately alert to this. He looked at Pang Yukun, who just looked at him with a smile.

He saw a kind of hope in Pang Yukun’s eyes. This kind of hope was the look in the eyes of loyal ministers in TV dramas when they persuaded the princes they were loyal to to compete for the throne.

Perhaps Pang Yukun didn’t dare to think about it before, but as Qingzhou becomes increasingly powerful, he doesn’t know what his officials and generals are thinking now.

Seemingly realizing that his behavior was inappropriate, Pang Yukun suddenly smiled and said, “Your Highness, Yue Yun has been at sea for more than a month. I wonder how he is doing now?”

“Yes.” Xiao Ming is most worried now. Yue Yun’s fleet is dead. Are they dead or alive now?

When the two were worried, Yue Yun, who was sailing on the sea at this time, sneezed.

A sailor came up behind him and said to him: “Captain, the red-haired ghost is awake.”

“Go and call the translator.” Yue Yun rubbed his nose and looked at the sea ahead.

Leaving Dengzhou, they drove all the way towards the Strait of Malacca. On the way, they encountered many pirates who tried to rob, but they buried them with artillery.

But the further west they went, the more ferocious pirates they encountered, and they even encountered pirate ships also equipped with artillery.

This discovery shocked them, but in order to complete the task assigned by Xiao Ming, they tried their best to avoid fighting with these pirate ships.

And the pirates seemed unwilling to take huge risks to attack them who were armed to the teeth.

In addition to pirates, they often see the wreckage of warships floating on the sea. Today they even saw the wreckage of more than a dozen large sailing warships.

There are corpses floating everywhere in the sea. These corpses are wearing strange red clothes and their faces are different from those of people from Dayu.

At this moment, he finally understood that Xiao Ming was not talking nonsense in school. It turned out that Western countries really existed in this world.

And they also have sail battleships, artillery, and even a strange stick-shaped weapon.

When passing through this sea area where naval battles seemed to have taken place, they caught many strange things, and this thing was one of them.

Entering the cabin, Yue Yun saw the Westerner who had woken up.

At this time, the translator also arrived. He looked at Yue Yun and asked in English.

The Westerner, who was wearing a red dress, heard the words and immediately replied a few words.

“What did he say?” Yue Yun scratched his head anxiously.

The translator said: “He said he is from Great Britain, belongs to the Third Fleet of Great Britain, and is the first mate of the navy. They were attacked by the Dutch in this area and asked us if we could send him to the nearest colony, India.”

Yue A cold sweat suddenly broke out on Yun’s forehead. He then picked up the stick and said to the translator: “Great Britain, isn’t this the Britain that His Highness said? You asked him what it is?”

The translator said again, which made people wonder. He glanced at Yue Yun and then said a few words.

“He said this is a flintlock gun. If you like it, he can give you a lot, as long as you send him to India.” The translator said.

Yue Yun’s heart suddenly sank. When he went to sea, Xiao Ming had told him many things, and now these things have come true one by one.

“You tell him that we can send him to India, but he needs to answer some questions from us.” At this time, Yue Yun gave the translator a booklet with the questions listed by Xiao Ming.

The translator took it and started asking questions one by one, but the British didn’t seem to resist.

In an hourglass’ time, the translator asked all the questions and handed the book back to Yue Yun.

Yue Yun opened it, and the translator filled in the answers. After reading these messages, Yue Yun’s face became extremely ugly.

He said to the translator: “Tell him, we don’t need flintlock guns. If we just have potatoes, peanuts, and corn seeds, can he provide them?”

The translator asked a few questions, and the British replied with a relaxed look. One sentence.

“He said it was very simple. There was a lot of food in the Indian colonies, such as potatoes, peanuts and corn,” the translator said.

Yue Yun pondered for a moment and said: “Send him to India. If we can get what His Highness wants, we will return immediately. Ryukyu is now occupied by the Dutch, and the Dutch are trading with the Japanese country. This item We have to go back and tell His Highness.”

Everyone nodded. Their purpose was not to travel around the world, but to collect information.

Now that they got what they wanted, there was no need to sail far. After all, the further inside they went, the more dangerous it became. He wanted to keep the only three Galen ships in Qingzhou.

(End of chapter)