Become a feudal king from today

Zhezhou, Lincheng. read

Liang Kai has been back here for some time.

When the news of the establishment of Nanliang came, he summoned his officials and generals to prepare for the establishment of an independent country.

After deliberation, he finally prepared to name the country Wu.

Because in history, a country once appeared here in Zhezhou, and its name was Wu State.

The Liang family has always regarded themselves as descendants of Wu.

Choosing this country name is right and appropriate.

In addition to the founding of the People's Republic of China, Liang Kai and Fan Xinglun visited Lincheng.

After the Jinling Rebellion, Fan Xinglun also chose to leave.

However, he did not go back to Yunzhou directly, but caught up with him and arrived at Lincheng.

"Brother Fan, I have to thank you for reminding me this time, otherwise our Liang family would have been kept in the dark. This son of a bitch, a British man, blamed me, the Liang family, for having such evil intentions even though his business was losing money. "Liang Kai cursed angrily.

"Brother Liang is too polite. I only heard about it from a Frankish businessman. I can't just watch Brother Liang suffer," Fan Xinglun said.

This time he came to the city, he had his own thoughts.

The Liang family was very powerful in the south of the Yangtze River, while the Fan family lived in Yunzhou and could not compare with the two families in terms of strength.

This time Dou Wei caused such a big mess, and he knew very well that the entire Da Song Dynasty might fall apart.

When the news came that Dou Wei had established Nan Liang, and when he saw Liang Kai preparing to establish the Kingdom of Wu, he knew that chaos was about to break out and would never be undone.

Worried that Liang Kai's unification of Jiangnan would be detrimental to his Fan family, he took the opportunity to arrive in Lincheng and show his favor to Liang Kai.

However, he knew that just showing goodwill might not stop Liang Kai from his ambition to annex the Fan family, so while showing goodwill, he deliberately moved out the Franks.

The Liang family has participated in maritime trade overseas all year round, and he knows very well that the Liang family is very familiar with Western countries.

If he vaguely mentions that the Fan family cooperates with the Franks, the Liang family will probably take action.

In this way, his Fan family will be safe and he can still be his local emperor in Yunzhou.

Liang Kai heard this and laughed: "I didn't expect Brother Fan to hide his secrets and have been doing business with the Franks for so many years. However, I would like to advise Brother Fan that, like the British, these Franks are not good people. They covet them." It’s just the wealth of the Central Plains.”

"Of course I know this. It's fine if the Franks do business honestly with my Fan family. If they have bad intentions, my Fan family is not easy to mess with." Fan Xinglun smiled softly.

Liang Kai nodded, as if he had a tacit understanding and said no more words.

A few more days passed.

The enthronement ceremony began. On this day, Liang Kai, surrounded by many officials and generals, wore a dragon robe and announced the establishment of the Kingdom of Wu.

Fan Xinglun participated in Liang Kai's coronation ceremony and set off back to Yunzhou the next day.

On the carriage, he recalled Liang Kai's high spirits when he sat on the dragon chair, and his heart became warm.

The Dou family and the Liang family established their kingdoms one after another, why can't the Fan family?

Not long after Fan Xinglun left, Liang Kai, who was immersed in the glory of the emperor, called his eldest son Liang Feng to his bedroom.

The state of Wu was established.

Then the next step is to preserve the long-term peace and order of Wu State.

After pondering for a while, he said: "According to Fan Xinglun's opinion, these British people may be harmful to our country of Wu. Now you go to inspect the coastal defense, especially the forts at important docks. If the British really dare to invade the coast of Wu country, they will Let him see the power of my country, Wu.

"Yes, Father." Liang Feng said.

Liang Kai nodded, "And you secretly sent people to Yunzhou to investigate the relationship between the Fan family and the Franks, and at the same time, find a way to get in touch with the Franks. The British firearms are very powerful, but the Franks' firearms are not bad either. , and it is said that they have never dealt with it, and they may be able to help. "

"Father is wise!" Liang Feng's smile was almost flattering. After the establishment of Wu Kingdom, he became the crown prince of Wu Kingdom.

He naturally wanted to please his father so that he could inherit the throne in the future.

………

Qizhou, Qingcheng, Han Zheng is meeting with Japanese envoys under the recommendation of Han Qi.

Just two days ago, news of the Japanese envoy's arrival in Qingcheng was sent to Lucheng, so he set off immediately.

Today I met the Japanese envoys at the Japanese Guild Hall in Qingcheng.

In the past, he had attached great importance to the exchanges between the Han family and Japan.

Now that Dasong has become a mess, he pays more attention to his relationship with Japan.

After all, this may involve the rise and fall of the Han family.

"Master Han, to make a long story short, this time we came under the order of General Watanabe Case, hoping to form an alliance with the Han family to jointly deal with the threat of King Yan."

In the Japanese Guild Hall, three Japanese officials, Han Zheng, Han Qi, and Yuan Li were sitting opposite each other.

The Japanese man sitting in the middle is named Sato Zhenjiu, and he is the deputy envoy of the Japanese Foreign Affairs Office.

During this period, the Black Shark pirates expanded their scope of activities, which made them very vigilant in Japan.

Recently, more than ten warships of the Wufeng pirates have been sunk by the Black Shark pirates, and their merchant ships heading to Qingcheng have also been robbed.

Fortunately, the sea is big enough, and it is impossible for the Black Sand pirates' warships to completely defend the sea.

And in order to reduce losses, they ordered Wufeng pirates and Japanese merchant ships to find islands to hide during the day, and then enter Qizhou waters at night.

But even so, they don't think this is a long-term solution.

The threat posed by the Black Shark pirates to Japan has become too much for them to ignore.

After the King of Yan behind the Black Shark pirates defeated Beidi, they became more vigilant.

A Yan king rising in the north is obviously not in the interest of Japan.

In Japan's plan, they have always had a blueprint to invade Goryeo.

In the past, Beidi was an obstacle, but this obstacle became King Yan.

But as far as they know, the Black Shark pirates' tentacles have extended to Korea and brought it into their own sphere of influence.

In this way, if they launch an attack on Korea from Japan, they will definitely conflict with the Black Shark pirates.

Obviously, this is evidence that the rise of King Yan harmed the interests of Japan.

Therefore, Han Qi learned that there was a big mess in Dasong Imperial City, and Dasong was likely to fall into division.

The Japanese spy at the Japanese Guild Hall spread the news back to Japan.

After discussion, their general, Watanabe, finally made up his mind and prepared to participate in the civil strife in Dasong and muddy the waters of Dasong.

At the same time, curb the further rise of King Yan.

"Forging an alliance, haha, this is a good thing." Han Zheng was overjoyed when he heard this.

This is what he expected.

Qizhou faced the King of Yan directly and felt the greatest threat.

Even with the help of the Wang family, he still felt uneasy.

It would be great if we could get some help again.

Sato Zhenjiu nodded, "But the general has one request. He hopes that Master Han will formally break away from the Dasong royal family and establish an independent country. In this way, we in Japan can legitimately communicate with the Han family."

"This..." Han Zheng frowned and hesitated upon hearing this.

As if anticipating Han Zheng's thoughts, Sato Zhenjiu said, "This time, I also brought a hundred Japanese soldiers. In order to relieve Mr. Han's doubts, I want Mr. Han to see their capabilities."

When Han Zheng heard this, his eyes lit up.

He had long known that the Japanese soldiers used a different type of musket than the Dasong soldiers.

Now you can see it.