Steel Dynasty - Chapter 632

[Chapter 631 King Chu’s anger]

Lin’an City.

At noon, bursts of beautiful orchestral sounds came from the Chu Palace in Lin’an City.

The main hall of the palace was full of guests. Sitting on both sides were officials and generals of Chu State, and there were two extra attention-grabbing people, all because they looked different from the people of Dayu.

The two of them were none other than Richard and Basil. After their trip to Jinling City, they came to Lin’an City, and they would probably spend a long time in Lin’an City.

“Two envoys, as long as you can train my king’s army like King Qi’s army, I will never treat you badly.”

After three rounds of wine, King Chu’s eyes were blurry with drunkenness, and he vomited out all the unpleasant thoughts in his heart.

Although he formed an alliance with Xiao Ming, he was really aggrieved. If it weren’t for the delay in the arrival of Qingzhou’s artillery and muskets, why would he have to compromise so much.

Now that most of the southern states and counties have fallen into his hands, his ambitions have become more and more inflated, and he already envisions himself unifying the Chongqing Kingdom.

Richard enjoyed the delicacies in the palace and translated King Chu’s words to Brazil from time to time. This time King Chu reached an agreement with Ocasso, the French governor in charge of East Asian affairs.

The French obtained exclusive trade rights from the Chu State and established a trading port between Dayu and Annan. The French sold firearms to the King of Chu and sent officers to train the Chu army.

And Brazil was the coach hired by the King of Chu at a huge expense. The King of Chu needed to pay a salary of one thousand taels of silver to Brazil every month, and at the same time, he also had to pay Richard five hundred taels of translation fees every month.

Richard translated King Chu’s words, and Brazil frowned and said: “King of Chu, who respects gold, your current firearms are too poor. You can’t defeat King Qi with matchlock guns and artillery with a range of only 500 meters. “

The envoy is joking. Xiao Ming is also using these firearms, but my military training is not as good as his.” King Chu has not realized anything yet.

Brazil frowned and said, “King Chu, don’t you understand yet? You may have been deceived by King Qi. We learned from the Dutch that King Qi’s army was equipped with flintlock rifles. Their artillery has a range of three or four miles, and they also have field artillery. The difference between your weapons is not even a little bit.”

“Flintlock guns? Field artillery? What are these things?” King Chu asked in confusion.

Brazil showed a look of disdain. To him, there was no difference between the indigenous people in this place and the Americas and Africa.

Despite having a large population, their rulers are still very ignorant. They do not understand science and have no faith. They just oppress their people tyrannically and brutally.

However, they are happy to see such a ruler because it will help them derive benefits from it.

“This flintlock gun is a more powerful firearm than the matchlock gun. It not only has a long range, but also has a fast reloading speed. It is also more suitable for fighting in rainy days. The field gun is a very convenient artillery. This kind of artillery can be used with The musketeers are advancing and ready to enter the battlefield.” Brazil gave a brief introduction, “This time I came to your country and brought a firearm with me for self-defense. This is the flintlock gun.”

After that, Brazil stood up and put the gun with me.

A short-barreled flintlock gun was presented to the King of Chu.

King Chu was sober from his drunkenness at this time. He picked up the flintlock gun and looked at it. He immediately understood the difference, and then his surprise turned into bizarre anger.

“Damn it! Xiao Ming has been deceiving me!” King Chu roared angrily.

The officials and generals in the main hall also looked unhappy when they heard this, and they all whispered to each other, obviously scolding Xiao Ming.

The eldest son of the King of Chu, Li Chuyuan, and the third prince were sitting on the left and right sides of the King of Chu. At this time, Li Chuyuan fanned the flames and said: “Father, this Xiao Ming is simply too vicious. The last time he fought with the Dutch, I was defeated miserably.” The blame lies with Xiao Mingtoushan. If he hadn’t sold us such artillery, how could he have lost?”

The last fiasco made Li Chuyuan lose face. Now he finally found an excuse. Although he was scolding Xiao in his words! Ming, but the excitement in his eyes could not be concealed.

The King of Chu looked at Li Chuyuan and said slowly: “My father wrongly blamed you.”

“My father wrongly blamed you and your ministers are not afraid. It is right for your ministers to suffer some injustice. I just hope that my father will stop trusting the people of the royal family. This Xiao Ming is so cunning, and others are probably the same,” Li Chuyuan said while looking at the third prince.

After King Zhao established the thirteenth prince, they then established the third prince as their king. According to the hierarchy, they should all call the third prince emperor.

But the fact now is that the third prince is just a puppet, but even so, Li Chuyuan is still wary of the third prince.

In his heart, Chu State belongs to him, how could it be someone else’s turn to get involved.

Li Chuyuan’s words about Sang and Huai reached the third prince’s ears. The third prince just pretended not to hear him. He continued to eat food and drink wine, as if what Li Chuyuan said had nothing to do with him.

While everyone was scolding Xiao Ming for the firearms matter, a post general came to the door and said, “Your Highness, the eight hundred miles from Qingzhou are urgent.”

“Qingzhou!” King Chu became even more angry after hearing this, and he told the Manchu Dynasty Wen Wu said: “Humph, I want to see what tricks Xiao Ming is up to and bring them up!” The

post general heard this and forwarded the letter from Qingzhou to the King of Chu.

King Chu took the letter and tore it open to read it. After just one glance, he threw the letter on the ground and his face turned from red to purple.

Li Chuyuan looked at King Chu carefully. He picked up the letter on the ground and looked at it. He was surprised, “Xiao Ming is going to ascend the throne!”

The voice came, and the third prince who was pretending to be nonchalant froze for a moment, and then Another person started eating quietly.

But there was an unnoticed smile on the corner of his mouth.

He was no longer wary of Xiao Ming, no longer hated Xiao Ming, and no longer had the suspicion and jealousy between princes. After living in Lin’an for a year, the cruel reality made him understand that he was just a dog of King Chu.

The throne and the country are nothing but a mirror to him. He only blames himself for being blinded by the throne and ending up like this.

He knew from the time he left Chang’an that Xiao Wenxuan would pass the throne to Xiao Ming. Now that Xiao Ming had ascended the throne, he felt relieved and relaxed.

“Xiao Ming actually ordered us to attend the enthronement ceremony. It’s a joke!” Li Chuyuan said angrily: “Father, as a son, why don’t you imitate Xiao Ming’s bombardment of Jinling City and treat it as a great gift to him.”

The King of Chu gasped violently. Xiao Ming’s ascension to the throne meant that his ambition was in the world, which denied the third prince he supported. Although Li Chuyuan’s words made him a little impulsive, he understood that he was not with Xiao Ming yet. When we break up.

Although the firearm Xiao Ming gave him was not the best, it was enough to deal with other vassal kings.

(End of chapter)