Become a feudal king from today

"Hahaha, this, this is really a double blessing. If we don't have to fight, I really want to go back with His Highness to see the new firearms. ReadМ" The generals were excited, and Chang Wei laughed.

They thought that the front-loading rifle they were equipped with was already the pinnacle of muskets.

Unexpectedly, Wang Ying came up with a new type of musket.

This really surprised them.

"Don't worry. If the production goes well, we will deliver new muskets while fighting the war, and at the same time train on the use of new muskets in war." Zhao Xu said.

Now, what his royal army is facing is mainly the army of the Dasong clan.

The rifled gun is indeed sufficient.

But once Jiangnan is unified, rifled guns may not have much advantage.

After all, with the industrial strength of Xi Tu, they can streamline the modification of large quantities of rifled guns. When the time comes, they will soon be equipped with the rifled guns used by the royal army.

Furthermore, in this war, although the mercenaries did not perform as well as the royal army, they were much more powerful than the more powerful ones.

In the future, they will face the regular army of the Western Territory.

Although he believed that the royal army could still win against the regular Western Army.

But the price paid will certainly be high.

In this way, the cost of his foreign strategy will increase significantly.

Therefore, it is necessary to continuously improve the firearms level of the army and maintain its advantage.

He also briefly introduced the characteristics of the breech-loading gun to the generals. The generals became more and more excited and eager to try it one by one.

However, although they wanted to equip the breech-loading gun immediately, they also knew that it would still take some time from the birth of the first breech-loading gun to mass production.

Supporting steam engines, lathes, and craftsmen all need to be prepared.

What's more, the bullets for this breech-loading gun have to be produced from scratch, and a flash cap needs to be installed at the bottom of the paper-cased bullet.

After resting in Jinling City for a day, Zhao Xu went to Niutoutan Ferry the next day, preparing to take a steamer back to Yanzhou.

Before leaving, he ordered Chang Wei to send people to transport the silver and gold in Jinling City to Yanzhou and deliver them to the Royal Bank.

At present, the wealth gained through war is placed in the vaults of the Royal Bank to prepare for simultaneous expenditure, or as a reserve for the issuance of funds.

At the same time, he told Chang Wei that there was no trickery to win, so he had to fight steadily.

Relying on Jinling City, they advance step by step, first taking over the southern part of Ningzhou, then conquering Zhezhou, and then moving towards Jiangzhou and Haizhou, eating up the territory of the powerful tribes bit by bit.

"Woooo..."

The steamboat whistled and flowed down the river, preparing to enter the canal and then reach Yanzhou.

Chang Wei and other generals saw him off on the shore and gave Zhao Xu a military salute.

Zhao Xu stood on the deck, saluted everyone, and then looked at the rolling waves.

After an hour of sailing, Zhao Xu arrived in Yangcheng.

At this time, he saw the soldiers of the royal family escorting the soldiers of the powerful clan on the shore, and he couldn't help but smile softly.

There is no doubt that these powerful people are the soldiers who were captured during the Battle of Niutoutan.

According to his order, the soldiers of the royal palace were leading them to see the development of Jiangbei.

Thinking of this, he ordered the steamship to dock and prepared to conduct a random inspection to test whether his strategy was effective.

Because before setting off, he changed into casual clothes, like a wealthy businessman.

In addition, the steamboat attracted most of the attention of the people on the shore.

So his appearance didn't cause any disturbance.

It wasn't until he approached the palace soldiers that he was recognized by the soldiers.

Seeing King Yan suddenly appearing next to him, the soldiers in the palace were startled and hurriedly wanted to salute. Zhao Xu immediately waved his hands, indicating that they should pretend not to know.

Then, he followed the team of twenty soldiers and walked further north.

Not long after, a Wubao standing in the countryside appeared in front of everyone.

At this time, Zhao Xu quietly asked a soldier: "Why did you escort them here?"

The soldier said: "Go back to your highness, after capturing these soldiers in Niutoutan, we divided them into teams according to their surnames and the places where they came from. All the thirty people in this team were named Su, and they came from Sujia Village near Yangcheng. A member of the same surname as Su Mian, a wealthy family in Yangcheng."

Zhao Xu understood and nodded secretly, agreeing with their approach.

After walking for another quarter of an hour, Zhao Xu and his party arrived at Sujiazhuang.

Seeing the familiar village, the soldiers of the Shi tribe became obviously excited, and some even let out suppressed cries. The closer they got to the village, the slower they walked.

At this moment, people in the village noticed the royal soldiers and the prisoners in custody.

Especially the urchins at the entrance of the village, shouting and calling for friends.

"Mom, daddy is back." At this moment, a naughty boy screamed and pulled the woman next to him.

The woman was already stunned, and besides her, many people were also stunned.

Then some villagers broke out from the crowd and pounced on the prisoners in custody.

Some of them were captive wives and some were captive parents, and they all cried together.

"Now, you can go home and gather here tomorrow morning. Don't try to escape, otherwise you will be killed without mercy." The leading soldier said at the right time.

Zhao Xu nodded. It would be superfluous for them to say anything else. Just let them hear it from their relatives and see it with their own eyes.

"Thank you, thank you so much..." The prisoner burst into tears of gratitude.

From the time they were captured until now, they have not suffered any ill-treatment.

They ate whatever the royal soldiers ate.

This alone touched them a bit.

After some thanks, they were taken back by their relatives.

The royal soldiers guarded the main roads in the village to prevent them from escaping.

"Mother Shuanzi, they didn't make things difficult for you two while I was gone, right?" One of the captives returned home, held the woman's hand and asked.

"It's so embarrassing." The woman heard this and wiped her tears.

The man was immediately furious, "I knew they had no good intentions in sending us back. They just wanted to humiliate us. Huh, that's too much. What did they do to you?"

"Pfft." When the woman heard this, her tears turned into a smile, "They allotted six acres of land to our family. Shuanzi has to go to school every day. I am the only woman doing the cooking here and there. Don't you think so? Why are you putting me in danger?”

The man's anger suddenly froze, and his face turned red. He hesitated, "You said our family now has six acres of land?"

"No, Mr. Shuanzi still doesn't need money. During the time you've been gone, Shuanzi has learned a lot and is able to settle accounts."

After saying that, the woman said to the naughty boy beside her: "Come, show your father some knowledge."

The naughty boy laughed and said: "One plus one equals two, two plus two equals four...ninety-nine plus ninety-nine equals one hundred and ninety-eight."

The man was stunned and couldn't believe his ears.

Whether it's what his son says or what his wife tells him.

Next, he seemed to have become mute. He came to the yard and squatted all night, refusing to return to the house no matter how much the woman persuaded him.

When daybreak came, he returned to the village entrance on time in accordance with the requirements of the royal soldiers.