Steel Dynasty - Chapter 545

[Chapter 545 Signing a Covenant]

The river breeze blew away the scorching summer heat.

While Xiao Ming and Feiji were talking, they walked up to the rivers on both sides of the Xiaoqing River. He pondered for a moment and said: “Now that this is the case, we will continue to cooperate with the King of Chu. As Mr. Fei Ge said, the king is facing the current situation. The biggest threats are King Zhao, King Liang, King Yan and the barbarians. The current priority is to stabilize the country in the north. “

“Yes, Your Highness, the founders of the country have always conquered from north to south. It doesn’t matter if the King of Chu lets him go free for a while.” He is also a wily and calculating figure.

He also told Pang Yukun before this happened, and Pang Yukun also supported his idea, because he felt that the feudal country was indeed isolated and had many enemies, and he should seize this opportunity now.

After all, for the King of Chu, all he wanted was the land south of the Yangtze River.

“Well, in that case, I will go back and accept this matter.” Xiao Ming’s brows widened.

The Barbarians, the Japanese Kingdom, Goguryeo, King Zhao, King Liang, and King Yan, these are the main enemies Xiao Ming currently faces. Except for the Japanese Kingdom at sea, the rest of the forces are in the north, and none of these people are good. .

In particular, the barbarians were a steppe empire that spanned from East Asia to Central Asia. In the west, the barbarians were even at war with the Ottoman Empire, which shows how vast their territory was.

To the barbarians, Dayu was just a corner of its territory, and there were more lands that the barbarians were competing for elsewhere.

A war with such a large empire must be long and protracted. With the land and resources of Xiao Ming’s current feudal state, just consuming the barbarians would be enough to bring down Xiao Ming.

Therefore, for whatever reason, he must unify the north, and then he will have enough manpower and material resources to completely defeat the barbarians.

Thinking all the way, Xiao Ming and Fiji headed towards Qingzhou City.

Returning to the palace, Xiao Ming met the envoy of King Chu.

“Your Highness.” The King of Chu’s envoy was respectful when he saw Xiao Ming.

This time, in addition to the King of Chu’s envoy, Li Wei was also there. As Li Wei, who had been responsible for artillery transactions in Qingzhou, he also played a lot of role in this alliance.

During this period, Li Wei had been taking Xiao Ming’s money to play the role of an undercover agent in Chudi, and unknowingly he had cultivated a group of officials close to Qingzhou for Qingzhou.

It can be seen that in any era, the charm of money is still endless.

“Both of you, please sit down. Mr. Fei Ge has told me what King Chu means. After thinking about it deeply, I think King Chu’s idea is good.”

This time the envoy sent by King Chu has a high status in Chu land. The king’s son-in-law Chai Lingfei shows how much the king of Chu attaches importance to this alliance.

Chai Lingfei became nervous when Xiao Ming came in. Unlike King Wei, who was ignorant and fearless, King Chu had seen the Dutch’s strong ships and cannons. After being beaten to pieces by the Dutch in the Qiantang naval battle, King Chu made up his mind. Focus on the development of firearms.

Because of this, the King of Chu was very worried that Xiao Ming would tear up the original trade agreement because of his independence, so he hurriedly sent him to beg for an alliance this time.

“Your Highness is wise. The King of Chu deeply feels that it is very difficult for His Highness to fight alone in the north. The Emperor also feels the brotherhood. If Your Highness is willing to form an alliance, the two can learn from each other’s strengths.” Chai Lingfei beamed excitedly.

After a pause, Chai Lingfei continued: “Your Highness, the Emperor has said that if Your Highness agrees to this alliance, we are willing to continue to purchase 50,000 matchlock guns. Li Weilai will also discuss the specific details with His Highness.”

” Fifty thousand matchlock guns, Chu Di is as rich as the world, such a big gesture.” Xiao Ming said with a faint smile.

Now that the steam engine drilling machine has replaced the hydraulic drilling machine, the production speed of the matchlock gun has reached a new level, and the matchlock gun has a simple structure and is extremely easy to manufacture.

Thinking that the matchlock gun was extremely easy to imitate, he felt there was no need to refuse the deal, because Li San got another piece of information from Yang Zhen that made him very unhappy.

When Xiao Wenxuan was seriously ill, Wang Xi had already found the forging technology to imitate matchlock guns. Even though this forging technology was very slow in producing matchlock guns, the technology was always copied.

Rather than letting the King of Chu find a way to imitate it, he might as well sell the matchlock gun, which can not only make money but also make the King of Chu feel that there is no need to imitate it.

Chai Lingfei laughed when he heard this and said: “Your Highness, King Ruyang and King Huainan took the opportunity to invade the royal land, and King Zhao is eyeing the land of Shu. For the sake of the homeland of the Great Chongqing, the emperor has no choice but to do so.”

The smile on Xiao Ming’s face became stronger and stronger. At first Chai Lingfei was talking about the King of Chu, but later he mentioned the third prince.

Now that King Zhao of Chang’an has established an emperor, and King Chu of the south has established an emperor, he, the real heir to the throne, has become the person they are vying to win over.

Thinking of this, Xiao Ming felt more and more that he was right not to make the imperial edict public to the world. Such a compromise was much more important than a title.

But even so, Xiao Ming would not surrender to the third prince. He said: “In this case, I will accept this matter.”

Chai Lingfei suddenly felt relieved. This time he came to Qingzhou and successfully achieved the purpose of his trip. .

After saying some more polite words, Xiao Ming called Fiji and Pang Yukun and asked them to formally sign a covenant with Chai Lingfei at the government office. The covenant stipulated that the two would not invade each other, and that the trade between the two would not be affected and normal trade would be allowed.

After drawing up the agreement, Xiao Ming officially signed and stamped his seal on it, and Chai Lingfei also stamped the seal he brought on it.

After the agreement was reached, Chai Lingfei cupped his hands and said to Xiao Ming: “Your Highness, I hope that your Highness can provide more support in firearms after this matter. Of course, we will not let Your Highness suffer.”

Among many vassal kings, King Chu recognized Xiao Ming’s strength. Zhi was the one who felt the deepest feelings. Because of this, he put down his face and wanted to win over Xiao Ming.

Of course, the king of Chu came at the right time this time. It was precisely because he saw Qingzhou’s current predicament that he sent an envoy at the right time. Sure enough, as the king of Chu expected, the covenant was successfully concluded.

Xiao Ming handed the covenant to Pang Yukun for safekeeping and sighed slightly in his heart. The cruel reality really taught him how to play the strategy of far-reaching and close-reaching attacks.

It’s no wonder that the contemporary Maozi, who has a powerful military, has to beg the Rabbit family for money to spend. This is all because of money. No matter how advanced weapons are without money, they are nothing more than a pile of scrap metal.

When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty expelled the Xiongnu, he also sent Zhang Qian as an envoy to the Dayue clan to attack the Xiongnu, and finally won the war.

“Now that the covenant has been signed, I will naturally not violate the covenant, and I hope that King Chu can abide by the covenant.” Xiao Ming said with a faint smile. In this way, he basically completed the first step of making distant contacts and attacking closely, and the war against Wei There are also fewer constraints.

After signing the agreement with the King of Chu, Xiao Ming suddenly came up with a bold idea, which had the same purpose as Zhang Qian’s departure.

(End of chapter)