Become a feudal king from today

"Your Majesty, this artillery is really powerful. No wonder Beidi was scared away. Read"

The Hall of Nourishing Heart.

Zhao Xu took off his dragon robe before falling asleep.

Today's drink not only did not make him drowsy, but made him more sober.

It can be said that people will not get drunk even if they drink a thousand cups during happy events.

"Indeed, I'm lucky to have you supporting me today." Zhao Heng recalled the scene when he tested the cannon, "I didn't expect King Yan to be able to tinker with such a powerful firearm."

"It's not just artillery. King Yan has tinkered with a lot of things in recent times, and they are all lovable." Liang Cheng said while beating Zhao Heng's legs.

Zhao Heng nodded lightly, then frowned, "I just hope he won't be conceited about his talent and forget his duty like King Jin back then."

Liang Cheng's expression changed when he heard the word Jin Wang.

Then he pretended as if nothing had happened.

Jin Wang Zhao Qi was ranked eighth among the princes and was Zhao Heng's eighth brother.

Like King Yan, King Jin's mother also came from a humble background.

The fiefdom of King Yan is in Yanzhou, while the fiefdom of King Jin is in Jinzhou.

Because he was deeply favored by the emperor, he also commanded 200,000 troops in Jinzhou to resist Xiliang.

Zhao Heng's father, the then Emperor Tianbao, once had the idea of ​​making Zhao Qi the crown prince.

However, the royal family had an agreement with the powerful clan that princes whose mother's family was not from a powerful clan were not allowed to occupy the East Palace.

For this reason, the powerful people chose to support Zhao Heng.

At the same time, in order to completely cut off the King of Jin's hope of taking over the East Palace, they planned the Jinzhou Mutiny.

The northern gate of Jinzhou was opened at Tongguan, giving Xiliang the opportunity to invade Jinzhou.

This is why to this day, half of Jinzhou’s territory is in the hands of Xiliang.

At that time, King Jin angered Emperor Tianbao because he lost Tongguan.

He was immediately stripped of his position as vassal king and escorted back to the capital.

Then he died suddenly in prison.

"Actually, we can ask Concubine Mi to give King Yan a reminder to prevent him from having unrealistic fantasies." Liang Cheng said cautiously.

After Zhao Heng ascended the throne, he felt that the powerful clan had deep roots, and he also tried to win over officials from poor families to fight against the powerful clan.

But every time he suffered a counterattack from a powerful family, he decisively abandoned the humble family, such as the Nian family a few years ago.

But even so, Zhao Heng had always been taboo about princes from poor families participating in the battle for the throne due to the incident with Prince Jin.

Of course, his reminder was not because he liked King Yan.

But I don’t want to lose the cash cow of King Yan.

Zhao Heng nodded, "When giving sweet dates, give sweet dates, and when it's time to hit a stick, hit him with a stick. He did a good job with the artillery, so I will reward him with thirty thousand taels of silver and three thousand pieces of cloth."

After a pause, he continued: "This will also allow him to provide artillery to the Forbidden Army."

"Your Majesty is wise." Liang Cheng smiled.

…

Dou family.

Dou Weiyi looked unhappy.

Today, their powerful clan was at a disadvantage in front of the royal family.

King Yan's artillery hit them hard in the face like a slap.

"Father, calm down. It's not good for your health to be angry." Dou Kuang hurriedly picked up the calligraphy and paintings that fell on the ground. These are all valuable antiques.

"Get out! Who asked you to come to the study?" Dou Wei became even more angry when he saw Dou Kuang come in.

Staring at Dou Kuang with bloodshot eyes, as if he was his enemy.

Dou Kuang's face turned pale and he withdrew.

Just at this moment, the third prince came over accompanied by his servants.

Seeing Dou Kuang standing outside the door, he asked, "Why don't you go in, cousin?"

"I have met His Highness." Dou Kuang bowed hurriedly.

Late at night, still at home, Zhao Mu called him his cousin.

To express intimacy, he should also call him cousin.

But he did not dare not to salute. He still remembered that when he was a child, he was severely whipped by his father because he did not salute Zhao Mu.

Zhao Mu seemed to be used to it, smiled softly, and entered the study.

"Your Highness came so late, why didn't you tell me in advance so that I could send someone to pick him up, hahaha..." Dou Wei's laughter came from the room.

Dou Kuang hadn't gone far yet, his eyes were slightly red.

Among the children of the eight powerful families, he has always been the most glamorous outside.

But I'm afraid no one knows that his father loves his prince nephew a thousand times more than he, the eldest son of Dou, does.

…

Liang Mansion.

Liang Kai was restless.

The image of King Yan's artillery kept coming to mind.

Although their Liang family's artillery was outclassed.

But he was extremely excited.

King Yan's artillery was exactly what he was looking for.

Beautiful and powerful.

With this cannon, the power of the Liang family's warships will be even greater.

Facing the privateers, the Liang family had confidence.

As for Lu Zheng, the giant sea pirate who wreaked havoc on the sea and claimed to be the owner of Wufeng, the Liang family did not need to pay huge tolls.

"Your Majesty, this is what you promised us. If you regret it, don't blame us powerful people for not knowing the rules." Liang Kaixin felt anxious and worried.

He didn't know if Zhao Heng would give the artillery to them after seeing its power.

Had a hard night.

The next morning he had to go to the palace to ask for an audience.

But he didn't expect to meet the eunuchs in the palace halfway and inform them to come to the palace to see him.

This time Ma Yuan was also called, and the eight powerful families gathered together.

"Yesterday, you must have seen the power of the artillery. I promised you that I will not go back on my promise. After all, you are all my servants. After getting the artillery, I hope you will not forget the royal favor, obey the emperor's orders, and obey the dispatches. Let’s guard Dasong’s territory together,” Zhao Xu yawned and said slowly.

"Thank you, Your Highness!" Dou Wei and others looked surprised.

Like Liang Kai, they were jealous of King Yan for building such excellent artillery.

But my heart is very thirsty for artillery.

Zhao Heng nodded with satisfaction, "In that case, you will contact King Yan. This artillery is the product of King Yan's hard work. If you want to buy it, you will definitely need money."

"That's right. Artillery is a rare thing at first glance. Besides, there is no such thing as free money." Han Zheng made eye contact with the others.

The remaining seven people nodded.

"Well, that's good." Zhao Heng continued to yawn.

He called these people here so early because he was worried that they would find a scapegoat to steal the cannon given to him by King Yan and take it back to imitate it.

So make this clear to them.

He got up and walked to the back hall, wanting to take a nap. He remembered something and said to everyone: "King Yan said that the artillery sent was five thousand taels of silver each."

After that, he turned and left.

"Five thousand taels per door!" Han Zheng exclaimed after Zhao Heng left.

In this way, ten cannons are worth fifty thousand taels, and one hundred cannons are worth five hundred thousand taels of silver.

This King Yan is really black-hearted.

Thinking of this, Dou Wei looked at Liang Kai.

The Liang family also makes cannons, and they want to know if the price is reasonable.

"Although it's a little more expensive, it's about the same." Liang Kai touched his nose. It would be good if one of the hundreds of his own artillery guns could be qualified.

What's more, King Yan's artillery is more powerful than his own.

Dou Wei closed his eyes in pain, they had been teasing King Yan.

This time there was no doubt that the artillery was manipulated by King Yan.

But even so, they have to buy it.

The eight powerful families can certainly unite as one when fighting against the royal family.

But when it comes to their respective interests, everything will be in disarray.

If he doesn't buy it, other people will.

In this way, the army controlled by oneself is naturally shorter than the one equipped with artillery.

When Dou Wei was thinking secretly, others almost had the same idea.

Finally they looked at each other and laughed guiltily.

Thinking of something, Dou Wei suddenly said to Liang Kai: "Even so, you still have something you haven't given us."