Become a feudal king from today

The ice skates under the eaves of the Bingzhangsi melted under the sunlight, and the ice water fell, dripping out small nests on the ground.

Regarding the firing tube, Zhao Xu carefully explained its principles to Wang Ying.

"That's it." Wang Ying suddenly realized.

If there were only these four materials, he would only know what they were, but not why.

When King Yan said this, he understood why these things together could ignite the gunpowder in the grenade.

Sighing slightly, Wang responded: "I didn't expect that this ordinary-looking grenade would have such a sophisticated structure inside."

Zhao Xu smiled and said, "This is just the beginning. In the future, weapons will only become more and more sophisticated, so you must be prepared."

Wang Ying nodded, he understood what King Yan meant.

He needs to keep up with the times like Wang Chong and others, otherwise he, the head of the War Department, will be eliminated.

"I understand that every day when I go home, I will ask Wang Chong for advice on things I don't understand."

"Yes, you need this spirit of not being ashamed to ask questions." Zhao Xu said.

After a pause, he asked again: "Do you have the confidence to independently manufacture this wooden handle grenade now?"

Wang Ying nodded, "If I can't make this thing, my official robe will be in vain."

"In this case, start arranging production from now on. Soon, the royal army will use it." Zhao Xu warned.

After confessing the matter, he returned to the palace.

Japan's maritime alliance was cracked by him, and yellow powder and grenades were being produced at full speed.

Next, what he needs to face is the second Lucheng League.

In his opinion, there is no doubt that this alliance will reach a consensus to attack Yanzhou.

They must know that a long-term confrontation will be even more detrimental to them.

Therefore, three to six months after the alliance ends, the war against Yanzhou will break out.

However, this time is not entirely under their control.

Once the supply of yellow powder and wooden-handled grenades was sufficient, the initiative was entirely in his hands.

Sure enough, just as he had guessed, three days later, the Japanese and Beidi and the powerful clans held an alliance meeting in Lucheng as scheduled.

On the fifth day, Qi State sent envoys to Yancheng for the second time.

This time it was still the same old tune. The Qi envoy formally told him that Japan, Beidi and the seven powerful families would form an alliance.

If you don't choose to surrender, you will face a war with the Yan Alliance.

Zhao Xu naturally dismissed this and just said "go away".

"It's really a fox pretending to be a tiger, and a pig sticking a green onion in its nose to pretend to be an elephant. Do you think this can scare us in Yanzhou? It's simply ridiculous."

In the meeting hall, the envoys from Qi State left in dejection, and Liu Fu sneered disdainfully.

Chang Wei is also there.

When the second Lucheng alliance began, he returned to Yancheng, because the palace must make corresponding arrangements based on the outcome of this alliance.

Following Liu Fu's words, he said: "As His Highness said, the time is on us now. With the Jinhe natural moat, none of their soldiers can even think of causing trouble in Yanzhou. During this period, they only need to wait for the yellow gunpowder and wooden handle grenades." ”

He learned about this firearm as soon as he arrived in Yanzhou. For this reason, he wanted to hug King Yan and kiss him.

Before, he scratched his head when he thought of the street fighting in the southward siege.

With this firearm, it will be much easier to conquer cities in the future.

And he believes that this grenade is not just for street fighting.

In his mind, he already had several ways to use this wooden handle grenade.

When he returned to the military camp, he asked the soldiers to practice throwing fake wooden handle grenades.

Therefore, the bullshit Yan Yan Alliance is not worth mentioning in his eyes.

Compared with the old officials and generals of the palace such as Liu Fu and Chang Wei, the ministers from the imperial court who came from Jinling were all frowning.

Although they were once the main war faction in the imperial court, this alliance to defeat Yan really scared them.

The only Beidi in this alliance was Da Song's nightmare back then.

Now it also includes seven powerful families, as well as Japan, which is across the sea from Dasong.

With such a huge force uniting to attack Yanzhou, how could they not feel anxious.

But King Yan and his old subordinates seemed to be very relaxed about this matter, which made the negative suggestions in their mouths unable to come out.

Yang Feng looked at Chang Wei and other generals, and then at his old subordinates.

Then, he shook his head helplessly.

The longer he lived in Yancheng, the more he discovered that the officials and generals trained by the King of Yan had a spirit that was different from that of the court officials.

Especially when facing difficulties, the difference between this and the old ministers of the imperial court becomes more and more obvious.

King Yan and his subordinates were often fearless of dangers and high-spirited to fight, while the court ministers were submissive and indecisive.

This completely different situation made him feel enlightened.

Even if Yanzhou is handed over to the jurisdiction of the court ministers, I am afraid that it will eventually become the same as the previous Dasong court.

Therefore, at this moment, he was extremely supportive of King Yan, and also supported King Yan in excluding Emperor Zhao Heng from the core of government affairs.

Let Zhao Heng eat, drink and have fun, and let the officials from Jinling take up some idle positions.

After pondering for a while, he said: "I support your highness. If your highness can use me, I will go through fire and water without hesitation."

Zhao Xu looked at Yang Feng and smiled.

The core of the old court officials who came from Jinling were Yang Feng and Mi Yan.

Yang Feng's statement is basically suppressing different voices.

Although Zhao Xu didn't care about the voices of these Jinling veterans.

However, he felt it was still necessary to maintain harmony in the court.

During this period, many officials, merchants and royal family members fled from the south one after another. Adding together, these people reached 80,000.

This number is not much for Zhao Xu. After all, Jinling was once a prosperous city with a population of nearly 1.5 million.

These people came with wealth and now have become the main consumer force in Yancheng.

He also counted on these people to prosper Yanzhou's business.

Therefore, on the surface, we have to give them some face.

With Yang Feng's support, there was no objection to the strategy of the Yan Alliance.

At this time, a minister suddenly came out: "Your Highness, I have something to report."

Zhao Xu looked over and saw that this was an old minister who came from Jinling. He was a member of the royal family. He was currently serving as the clan magistrate of the clan mansion. His name was Zhao Fan.

Realizing something, he asked: "What's the matter?"

"Your Highness, since the Jinling Rebellion, the monthly salary of the royal family members has been suspended. Now many members of the family are living in distress. I hope that Your Highness will be kind and can restore the monthly salary and annual salary. Otherwise, the royal family members will live on the streets, which will bring shame to the royal family. ”

When Zhao Fan said these words, Liu Fu's expression changed slightly.

Throughout the dynasties, the royal family has been supported by the court, but this has also become a heavy financial burden for each generation of the court.

In fact, when these royal families first arrived in Yanzhou, someone proposed it, but the King of Yan refused to agree.

Now, Zhao Fan, the clan leader, raised this issue in front of King Yan.

It proves that the royal clan is becoming more and more anxious about this matter.