Iron Dynasty

Battleship?

Niu Ben's suggestion made him Xiao Ming lightly nodded. Although the Bian River is not wide, it is more than enough for the three battleships of Yueyun to pass through it. about the size of an ordinary merchant ship.

This is a solution, but these warships are currently cruising at sea, and this king needs to summon them. Xiao Ming pondered.

The Pengzhou City on the sand table was built near the water. If you want to enter Pengzhou City, you can only pass the wooden bridge in front of the door, but at that time, the army of Pengzhou City will inevitably demolish the bridge.

At this time, the three warships were cruising in the river, transporting soldiers to the opposite side, and providing artillery attacks.

It's not a problem. It will take some time for the three-state army to gather and train. Niu Ben said happily, he has been fighting the idea of ​​warships, because the farther south you go, the more cities will be built next to the water. The marines provided protection, and they couldn't even cross the river at all.

While everyone was watching the sand table, a guard walked in from outside the door and said to Xiao Ming, Your Highness, the messenger of King Wei has arrived.

Lu Fei said with a smile: Your Highness, does this King Wei regret that he wants to form an alliance with His Highness again?

King Wei is very ambitious, but he won't give in to His Highness so easily. Maybe he has some bad water. Niu Ben said.

Xiao Ming frowned and said, This king will know when he goes. You continue to watch the sand table and formulate a battle plan, and then submit the plan to this king for review.

Yes, Your Highness. Niu Ben responded.

After all, Xiao Ming followed the guards to the Qi Wangfu, where a middle-aged scholar was waiting for him in the main hall of the Wangfu.

Seeing Xiao Ming, the middle-aged scholar saluted and said, His Royal Highness King Qi, this lower official was appointed by King Wei, and I want to talk to His Highness about the matter of Tongzhou.

Tongzhou? Xiao Ming's eyes narrowed, thinking that what should come is still here, he knew that King Wei would make a fuss about Tongzhou.

Sitting down at the main seat, he said, Just say what King Wei thinks.

The middle-aged scribe said: His Royal Highness Wei said that the world is in chaos today, and both royal clansmen should support each other, so His Royal Highness Wei is willing to continue to provide supplies for the Qingzhou battleship, but I hope His Royal Highness can use 20,000 arquebuses and 300 gates. Artillery is a rental fee.

King Wei really knows how to speak like a lion. Xiao Ming snorted coldly and said, What if this king doesn't agree?

Then His Royal Highness King Wei can no longer provide supplies for His Highness in Tongzhou. I hope His Highness think twice. The middle-aged scholar said lightly, Your Highness, if the Tongzhou port is lost, it will be difficult for this battleship to go south.

The arrogant tone of the middle-aged scribe made Xiao Ming angry for a while. He hated being threatened by others the most. In this case, he had to teach King Wei a lesson and let him know how high the sky is and how thick the ground is.

He said, Go back and tell King Wei that if he stops supplying Tongzhou, this king will definitely make him pay the price.

Xiao Ming's tone was stern, but the middle-aged scribe was taken aback. This time, the King of Wei was full of confidence. After all, Tongzhou was in the territory of Wei, and Xiao Ming had nothing to do about it.

Your Highness, you have to weigh the pros and cons. The middle-aged scribe did not expect Xiao Ming to be so tough, but for a while he didn't know what to do.

Xiao Ming stood up at this time and said to the middle-aged scribe: This king has considered it very clearly, you go back and tell the king of Wei that the battle of Cangzhou was remembered by this king, and the battle of Jizhou was also remembered by this king, but now he does not read the royal family. Clan affection, refusal to form an alliance, this king has done his best to him, from now on, he does not have to keep his hands on this king, and this king will not keep his hands on him.

The middle-aged scribe was originally very calm, but now Xiao Ming's words completely frightened him. In his opinion, Xiao Ming is officially starting a war against King Wei.

Xiaguan... Xiaguan retire. Touching a grey nose, the middle-aged scribe wiped the sweat on his forehead and walked out without turning his head. He was afraid that if he left later, he would be taken by Xiao Ming to behead the sacrificial flag.

After sending off King Wei's messenger, Xiao Ming's eyes narrowed. Originally, he still had some illusions about King Wei, but now King Wei's face completely disappointed him.

And he is not the predecessor Xiao Ming, but he doesn't care about the royal bloodline. He only knows one thing. If things go on like this, the Great Yu Kingdom will really have to eat jujube pills. ’

Therefore, when these vassal kings have not yet brought the population of the Great Yu country from 100 million to only a few million, he must take an active offensive and seize as much land as he can, especially the Wei land. A rich and crowded place.

After the envoy of King Wei was driven away, Xiao Ming immediately ordered Yue Yun to mobilize three warships from the fleet to enter Qingzhou to cooperate with the battle against Pengzhou City. At the same time, he and Niu Ben began to intensively plan an attack on Pengzhou City.

And it seems to be revenge on Xiao Ming. After the messenger returned to Jinling City, the King of Wei quickly cut off the supply to Tongzhou. At the same time, the King of Wei ordered any Qingzhou merchants not to trade in Wei, otherwise they would all be killed without mercy.

After the order was issued, three Qingzhou merchant ships that failed to evacuate were detained.

His Royal Highness, King Wei is so hateful. He let our people come back and said that if he wanted to redeem the merchant ship, he would take 500,000 taels of silver. Li Kaiyuan filled with indignation, and now business is difficult to do because of the war.

Unexpectedly, King Wei suddenly made such a move at this time. The goods transported by these three merchant ships plus the merchant ship itself were worth more than 200,000 taels, and Li Kaiyuan had to feel distressed.

The retaliation measures taken by King Wei really caught him off guard. According to Li Kaiyuan, some wealthy families in Wei took the opportunity to attack the merchants from Qingzhou.

On the surface, it was only an expulsion, but in fact, the King of Wei and some of the big clans had long been guilty of misfortune. The detention of these three merchant ships already explained the problem.

I have to say that this incident really made Xiao Ming very upset. These merchant ships were all owned by the Qingzhou Chamber of Commerce. Although he ordered to withdraw when he fell out with King Wei, he still did not have time to withdraw.

It's not that the merchants were too slow to evacuate, but that these three kings of Wei had premeditated and detained the three merchant ships before they ordered.

His Royal Highness, the business of the Chamber of Commerce is difficult to do now, how can this be good? Li Kaiyuan sighed.

Da Yu's domestic business is difficult to do, so do foreign business. Do you think that this king has worked so hard to open up the sea route for fun? This king planned in advance to deal with this situation, and now you are shifting your focus to maritime trade. superior.

Yes, Your Highness. Li Kaiyuan said, after hesitating for a while, he said, Your Highness, where are these three merchant ships?

Hmph, he took this king's three merchant ships, and this king took his three cities. Xiao Ming slapped the table fiercely.