Iron Dynasty

The sound of cicadas sounded outside the imperial study, and the noise was disturbing.

Xiao Ming pondered while pacing back and forth in front of the three of them. While the Industrial Revolution was in full swing, the Great Yu Kingdom was still facing security challenges.

The King of Chu, the barbarians, the Japanese, the Tubo, etc., these hostile forces need to be resolved one by one for him, and his task is still very heavy.

After all, the vassal kings are a big problem for the Great Yu Kingdom. If they don't get rid of them for a day, the Great Yu Kingdom will be in a state of being torn apart. The most hateful thing is that I can't interfere in the government affairs of the Fengguo. Xiao Ming said, this is when the great ancestor established In Xiao Ming's view, these vassal states are equivalent to independent federations, and they are loyal to the royal family while forming their own systems.

And this is the reason why he hates it so much, because the vassal kings have become time bombs. When the royal family is strong, they will naturally live in peace, and when the royal family is weakened, these vassal kings will take the opportunity to replace them.

After all, this incident has only happened a few years ago, and it is definitely not his speculation.

Fiji's face was thoughtful, Xiao Ming's words were enough to make him understand what Xiao Ming was going to do, he said: Your Majesty, this matter can't be taken too hastily, now that the north is not completely settled, and the Japanese country is eyeing Goryeo again, the northern expedition army After returning to the dynasty, it needs to be rested again, and rashly cutting the vassal may push the vassal kings to the side of the king of Chu, and the backyard will catch fire.”

What Mr. Feige said is very true. Today, most of the troops of the Great Yu Kingdom are contained in the north. Even with the soldiers who returned victoriously, they can only make up 60,000 people. Besides, it takes time to raise food and ammunition. The battle of the Northern Expedition has already consumed a lot of money, and the looted slaves have taken up a lot of food rations. The emperor and the old minister thought that this was definitely not the time to send troops. At present, the main focus should be on stabilizing Kandong and Goryeo. Provide food. Pang Yukun advised that because of the delay in spring ploughing, there is no food production in Kanto.

At present, it is not only unable to provide food for the Great Yu Kingdom, but the court still subsidizes food.

Now the six Kanto cities have a total of 2.2 million Kanto population, which is terrible.

Xiao Ming glanced at Pang Yukun, when this guy with his memory was like this every time, when he was in a war, he shouted that he was short of food and money, and he was never happy.

However, he understands that Pang Yukun is a person who seeks stability and never likes to fight uncertain battles.

Since that's the case, let's think about it again next autumn, but before that, I have to figure out how to get King Huainan and King Yong to hand over military power. Xiao Ming said in a deep voice.

In fact, he doesn't want to beat his own people anymore. There is no point in fighting infighting. If the King of Chu can hand over his military power and become a rich prince, he will not do anything to him.

It's just that it's too late. The King of Chu is digging a hole for himself. Once the parliament headed by Cao Kun is established, the state of Chu will change. At that time, he may not be facing the King of Chu, but the Capital Council. .

But even so, he is not very worried, Chu State is developing, but the north is also developing, and his development speed is much faster than that of Chu State in one year.

This is like a race between the tortoise and the hare. If you add another year, he will only make the gap between the north and the south even bigger. Maybe then he will kill the King of Chu with an overwhelming advantage. After all, Song Changping is already developing a Sharpe similar to paper shell bullets as ammunition. Rear loaded rifle.

This Sharps rifle is very similar in structure to the current expedition musket used in the Great Yu Kingdom. It also adopts an external flash cap, hammer firing, and a paper egg shell. The difference is that a locking structure is added.

In this way, the conquest musket of Dayu Kingdom can become a breech-loading rifle with only a little modification and upgrade.

And the reason for this is of course not a coincidence, because Xiao Ming guided Song Changping in this direction at the beginning of the design, in order to facilitate the upgrading and transformation of the musket.

At present, there are more than 100,000 modern musket troops in the Great Yu Kingdom. If they change their weapons frequently, he can't bear it. Moreover, according to the news from the battlefield, many muskets were lost during the Northern Expedition.

These muskets are likely to have flowed into the hands of the barbarians. Once so, he believes that in the Japanese country, the Western craftsmen are likely to have obtained this new musket.

For him, he could not tolerate the loss of his weapons on the battlefield, otherwise he would be a real shame as a person with a technology spar.

In addition to this reason, another reason why he chose the Sharps rifle is the problem of bullet production. This rifle can fully use the Miner bullet used by the current expedition rifle, and does not require a special supporting bullet production line.

The only question now is whether Song Changping can produce a qualified locking structure, because this will affect the air tightness of the musket.

In the next time he needs to build a production machine specially for the locking structure.

After discussing the issue about the King of Chu, Xiao Ming said to Li San: I won't hit the King of Chu for the time being, it doesn't mean I'm afraid of him, you did the right thing, and now you immediately cooperate with the guards and seal all the business of the Cao family. .

Yes, Your Majesty. Li San responded.

After talking about this, Xiao Ming asked the three of them to go back separately. If he had been worried about the King of Chu before, it was unnecessary now, because he was fully confident that he could control the situation.

Now his plans can't be messed up. At present, he still has to deal with the barbarians and Japanese countries, and at the same time stabilize Kandong and Goryeo, so that these two places will become the granaries and dumping markets of the Great Yu Kingdom.

Thinking of this, he asked Qian Dafu to call Huang Zizheng, and the Korean embassy was waiting for his reply in order to go back for business.

After a while, Huang Zixuan, who had been waiting in the restaurant for several days, arrived, and when he saw Xiao Ming, he immediately knelt down flatteringly.

Xiao Ming didn't let Huang Zixuan get up. At this time, he just wanted to show danger in front of him. After pondering for a while, he said: Huang Zixuan, since you are willing to do things for me, I will not treat you badly. You need to faithfully fulfill Gaoliti's conditions.

Don't worry, Your Majesty, even if you are smashed to pieces, you will never lose His Majesty's favor. Huang said sincerely.

After nodding his head, Xiao Ming continued: The army of the Great Yu Kingdom is stationed in Liujing City, which is enough to save your life, but you need to find a solution for the conflicts that arise during the implementation of the treaty. Our principle is to fulfill the premise of the treaty. Come on, I will not interfere in your internal affairs.

Your Majesty's meaning is clear to His Majesty. Your Majesty will never cause trouble for His Majesty.

Xiao Ming should have said what he should have said. The most controversial issue in this treaty is probably the cultural issue. In this regard, he is relatively rude, but only rudeness can assimilate Goryeo.

Otherwise, even a thousand years of innocence will not be able to assimilate this place. Once the Goryeo culture is revived, this place will be separated again. The entanglement of grievances in contemporary England and Ireland is enough to prove the harm of leaving a tail.

And all he has to do is do it once and for all.

PS: I'm sorry for the update during this time. When the little princess of the snail family is born, the snail will definitely speed up the update. I originally wanted to add more updates at the end of the month. After all, the due date is coming, but the little guy is now dependent on being born, hey.