Become a feudal king from today

"Luan'er, it's true, come and look, the oriole on that tree looks like it's right in front of you." Feng'er exclaimed.

When King Yan said that it could bring distant objects to the near like a clairvoyant, she didn't believe it.

After all, the things made by King Yan in the past were still acceptable.

But clairvoyance is truly a magical ability.

But Professor Yan Wang asked her to take a look with this telescope, and it turned out to be true.

Luan'er heard this, took it from Feng'er, and went to see it too.

Sure enough, the oriole on the tree dozens of meters away seemed to be right in front of me, right next to my eyes.

"Ah, it's true." Luan'er couldn't help but exclaimed.

There were two small dimples on his face when he smiled.

Zhao Xu was lying on the wicker chair, looking at the two of them quietly with a smile on his face, "How is it? Now it's time to admit defeat."

When he said just now that he had the ability to be clairvoyant, the two girls naturally didn't believe him.

So he made a bet with the two of them.

When Feng'er heard this, she looked at Zhao Xu coquettishly.

He twisted his waist and came to Zhao Xu. His red lips pressed on the left side of his face, making a "pop" sound.

Zhao Xu twisted Feng'er's waist and said jokingly: "I think you lost on purpose and wanted to take advantage of me."

Feng'er listened and chuckled.

Luan'er's pretty face turned red, it was his turn.

When she arrived in front of King Yan, she was about to lightly touch Zhao Xu's right cheek.

But suddenly he felt a strong force coming from him, and he fell onto King Yan.

Then there was a "boo" sound.

When Feng'er saw it, she laughed even more.

Luan'er tapped Zhao Xu's chest and said coquettishly: "Your Highness..."

The three of them were having fun.

At this time, a maid entered the backyard, and the three of them immediately regained their composure.

"Your Highness, the disciples of the palace said that Master Yang would like to see him," the servant said.

"Let him go to the meeting hall first." Zhao Xu said, then straightened his clothes and walked out.

Some time ago, he asked Yang He to prepare an armed caravan.

There may be progress now.

Arriving at the meeting hall, Zhao Xu saw Yang He who was in high spirits.

"Looking at you, it seems that you have something good to tell me." Zhao Xu went straight to the point.

Yang He bowed, raised his head and said with a smile, "His Highness really has a bright eye, and I can't hide anything from you."

"Okay, don't be like Liu Fu, that flatterer, and be honest." Zhao Xu raised his eyebrows.

After pondering for a while, Yang He said: "Didn't His Highness ask many merchants to pay money to join the caravan of Yanjun Commercial Bank?"

Zhao Xu nodded.

The areas where these caravans go in and out are areas where there is no exclusive right.

Therefore, they often took the goods of the royal family to Tubo, Jiaozhi, and Piaoman, and even used smuggling to sell the goods of the royal family to Xiliang, Beidi, and even further places.

In order to encourage them, the palace gave them discounts on goods, and with the high profits, they were living pretty well now.

But generally speaking, they still belong to a loose caravan under the trading company, and have not officially crossed over to an armed caravan.

Yang He continued: "When I returned home, I thought about it. Wasn't His Highness's purpose in establishing this caravan just to create an armed caravan? So he called the merchants together to discuss the matter. When they heard that they wanted to participate in maritime trade, they were very excited. Excited and willing to follow the company’s orders and participate in training.”

"Xiaguan took advantage of the situation and designated officials to be responsible for the armed caravans. Now we only need to connect with the royal family's troops, and then we can start training."

Zhao Xu nodded while listening.

Yang He continued to talk, and the more he listened, the more satisfied he became.

Generally speaking, this armed caravan is already a bit like the prototype of the modern East India Company.

The East India Company was the empire on which the sun never set at that time. The state had a stake in it, but it was promoted to the outside world as an armed caravan of a private company.

Many employees in the company are serving military personnel, and many managers are officials.

He wants to build this armed caravan with a similar structure.

While the palace controlled it, it also gave merchants full freedom. As long as they opened up overseas markets, they could sell goods by their own skills.

The reason why he is now officially building this armed caravan.

One is to secretly develop its own maritime power.

Another is to compete for overseas markets.

It is an obvious fact that Dasong is in an era when Western powers are colonizing the world.

These powers used rogue methods like the East India Company to compete for overseas interests.

They also used privateers to attack their opponents' trade.

Therefore, to deal with these gangsters, we can only use gangster methods, and there is no need to be gentle.

And from the lessons he learned from modern times.

These robbers in the guise of civilization will only bully you because you are gentle.

"I will explain this matter to Chang Wei and ask him to assign generals to guard the caravan. The Division of Soldiers will also build armor and weapons for you. When the warship is launched, I will give you some of it." Zhao Xu said.

"Yes, Your Highness." Yang He was overjoyed when he heard this.

Zhao Xu nodded and said secretly: "Since one of you has no bottom line compared to the other, don't blame me for being evil."

The powerful clan and Zhao Heng made him very disappointed.

He can't count on them in the future and has to guard against them. He can only face the enemy alone.

In this way, he can only take every means to make himself stronger.

Just when Zhao Xu was deep in thought, the envoy secretly sent by the Ma family arrived in Xiliang Wuwei.