Become a feudal king from today

"Your Majesty, if you think so, you are wrong to blame His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan. These sailing warships are not for showing off to the Wu Kingdom, but just for display. There are a full set of drawings of sailing warships on the warships overseas, which can be presented to Your Majesty at any time. Read М" Sun Zheng said slowly.

"What?" Liang Kai couldn't believe his ears.

"Your Majesty heard it right, the drawings of sailing warships." Sun Zheng emphasized again.

Liang Kai's eyes turned and he laughed softly, "There is no such thing as a free lunch. The Prince of Yan sent such a big pie, it must not be out of kindness. Tell me, what do you want to do?"

"Your Highness hopes that the Liang family will not be deceived by the Japanese and Westerners. They are ultimately trying to encroach on the territory of Dasong. The confrontation between the Wu Kingdom and the court will only benefit them." Sun Zheng said, "If Yanzhou is destroyed, the Wu Kingdom will not escape the end of destruction. Don't forget that the British once wanted to invade the Wu Kingdom, and the Japanese also had their eyes on the Wu Kingdom."

Liang Kai's brows twisted.

He naturally knew that Japan and Britain had bad intentions, but for Wu, the most serious crisis at the moment came from the King of Yan.

So, he decided to join the East Turkestan Alliance.

So he sneered, "Anyway, it's either destroyed by you, the King of Yan, or destroyed by Japan and Britain. In this case, why can't my Wu join the East Turkestan Alliance and destroy the King of Yan first."

After a pause, he continued, "Since the King of Yan is so righteous, why does he kill all the powerful families like us and press us step by step? He wants us to die, so we can't blame us for joining forces with outsiders to deal with him."

When Sun Zheng came to Wu, he had already anticipated Liang Kai's various questions to him.

He said, "Your Majesty is wrong. It seems that your clan formed an alliance to attack Yan and tried to destroy Yanzhou, but it was resolved by His Highness. Can you hit His Highness, but not allow His Highness to hit you?" Liang Kai choked and looked at Sun Zheng fiercely, "You are eloquent. No matter what, I will join the East Land Alliance, and today a batch of steamships and sailing warships from Tianzhu will dock at my Lincheng dock. After that, your Yanzhou troops will not cross Jiujiang." Sun Zheng's eyes narrowed. That day, the King of Yan told him a lot, including the British steamship docked in Tianzhu. According to the King of Yan, the speed of the steamship is very fast. It can run 24 kilometers in half an hour, and 576 kilometers in one day and one night, nearly 600 kilometers. Even if the time for docking and replenishment is deducted, it only takes ten days to get from Tianzhu to Lincheng. During the chat, the King of Yan was most worried that the British steamship would enter Jiujiang and block the King of Yan's troops from going south. After all, steamships can go upstream without wind.

But sailing warships rely on wind to enter the inland river.

Even so, they are not as flexible as steamships.

Unexpectedly, this incident finally happened.

No wonder His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan asked the royal army to suspend the attack.

Otherwise, it would be troublesome if they crossed the river and were cut off by the fleet of the East Earth Alliance.

After all, fighting requires food and ammunition supplies.

Especially ammunition supplies.

"Then I have to congratulate your majesty. It seems that the blueprints of the sailing warships are not available to Wu, and the crucible steelmaking process is also not available to Wu." Sun Zheng looked like a look, "Since your highness chooses to fight, then I, Yanzhou, will accompany you to the end."

After that, Sun Zheng turned around and was about to leave.

"Wait!" Liang Feng immediately stopped Sun Zheng and walked quickly to him, "What is this dry pot steelmaking process?"

"In short, the steel made in a crucible is like water, and the cannons and muskets made are more tenacious, which can greatly increase the range and power of cannons and muskets." Sun Zheng said.

Liang Kai rolled his eyes. He was not a fool.

He chose to meet Sun Zheng because he smelled an opportunity to play both sides.

He joined the East Earth Alliance to protect himself, but he didn't want to continue fighting with the King of Yan.

Living in Jiangnan and dividing the river with the King of Yan was the result he wanted.

However, he knew very well that the Japanese and the British would definitely urge him to go to war.

This was the price of joining the East Earth Alliance.

In fact, what he hoped most was to be able to stay between the King of Yan and the East Earth Alliance, to balance the East Earth Alliance with the King of Yan, and to balance the King of Yan with the East Earth Alliance.

In order to win him over, both would give him sweet treats.

In this way, the Wu Kingdom could become strong.

Now, Sun Zheng obviously came with the goodwill of the King of Yan.

So he said, "Until now, you haven't told the King of Yan what you want my Wu Kingdom to do?"

"It's very simple. Your Highness hopes that the Wu Kingdom will pay tribute to the court, so that the two families can stop fighting." Sun Zheng said loudly.

"Submit vassalage?" Liang Kai shook his head. This was impossible. "This is equivalent to betraying the East Earth Alliance and the powerful clan. My Wu Kingdom will die without a burial place." After thinking for a while, he said, "However, I can write a letter to Your Highness. As long as Your Highness's troops do not cross Jiujiang, my Wu Kingdom will never dance with the East Earth Alliance and attack Your Highness. How about it?" "Okay, but we can only give Wu the blueprints of the sailing warships. The blueprints of the crucible steelmaking will not be given for the time being, unless Wu can keep its promise within two years." Sun Zheng said. The King of Yan said that Wu should submit vassalage, which was only one of their demands. If Wu did not agree, they could only settle for the next best thing. Their most important goal was to let Wu jump back and forth between Yanzhou and the East Earth Alliance, rather than completely turning to the East Earth Alliance. And two years is enough to clear the interference of external forces, or even less than two years.

"This... okay." Liang Kai hesitated and said.

After just one glance at Yanzhou's warships, he couldn't stop, and he dreamed of wanting Wu to have such warships.

So he was very enthusiastic about the drawings of sailing battleships.

Of course he also wanted to get the crucible steelmaking process.

It's just that King Yan is very shrewd and will not let go of the hawk until he sees the rabbit.

If the Wu Kingdom breaks its promise, the crucible steel-making technology will naturally be lost.

And just having a sail warship is obviously not enough. If you don't have enough excellent artillery, you will also suffer big losses in naval battles.

After agreeing on the matter, Liang Kai immediately went to the study, repaired a letter, stamped it with the seal of the State of Wu, and handed it to Sun Zheng.

Sun Zheng didn't stay long, received the letter, and prepared to return to Yanzhou to resume his duties.

Boarding the battleship, the fleet is preparing to set off.

This is when Gong Ying, who was responsible for escorting Sun Zheng, suddenly picked up his telescope and looked south.

In the telescope, plumes of smoke appeared on the sea in the south.

Below the smoke column are steamships.

Behind the steamer was towing a sailing warship.

There are twelve such steamships in total.

"Is this a steamship?" Gong Ying slowly put down the telescope with a solemn expression.

Then he ordered the battleship to set sail.

When he returns to Yanzhou, he will report the news to the court.