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It was already February when he came back from Dengzhou, and then Xiao Ming was busy with the steam engine workshop and Jenny's loom, and before he knew it, it was March.

Just when Xiao Ming was devoting all his energy to the development of the fiefdom, Wang Xuan brought unpleasant news.

"Goryeo is building ships on a large scale?" Xiao Ming carefully examined the information sent by Wang Xuan.

Now Wang Xuan does not need Xiao Ming's supervision, he has extended the tentacles of the secret guard to any place that can be reached, and every day the secret guard will process a large amount of information, and after this information is analyzed, some valuable news is sent to Xiao Ming.

"Yes, since His Highness left Dengju, the King of Goryeo ordered the construction of warships, and the barbarians even supported a large number of slaves in Goryeo, and Beshan is said to have appeared in Beisha City." Wang Xuan said.

"Beishan!" Xiao Ming's eyes narrowed, since the last battle of Jizhou, Bei Shan has disappeared for a long time, Wang Xuan brought news that Bei Shan was demoted from Shengdu after cutting off three fingers because of the defeat, but he didn't expect him to appear in Beisha City in Goryeo again.

"Your Highness, Your Majesty suspects that this order is likely to have been given by Bei Shan." Wang Xuan added.

"How so?" Xiao Ming asked.

Wang Xuan said solemnly: "Because the lower officials have received some very subtle news, the barbarians are likely to be planning to attack the Great Yu Kingdom in an all-round way, and Bei Shan must be in order to cooperate with the barbarians' southward troops, and want to lead the Goryeo soldiers to attack Dengzhou directly from the sea, and attack us on both sides." “

"What subtle news?" Xiao Ming's expression suddenly became very solemn.

Just as he had always been uneasy in his heart, the northern neighbors of the Great Chongqing State never gave up their annexation of the Great Chongqing State.

"Since the last time His Royal Highness was assassinated in Chang'an, Xia Guan has been monitoring the Jin merchants, a group of mercenary merchants, and Xia Guan found that during this time, Jin merchants bought iron ore, coal, saltpeter and other war materials in various parts of the Great Yu Kingdom, and these materials were sent to the grassland through the fief of King Liang to trade with the barbarians."

"It's not surprising that these Jin merchants have been doing these things." Xiao Ming frowned.

Wang Xuan said: "Your Highness, it's just that during this time, the ore and other materials purchased by the Jin merchants have suddenly increased by more than ten times, and some Jin merchants are still mapping the topography and distribution of military towns in Dayu, which is very problematic." “

"And that matter?" Xiao Ming's brows became tighter and tighter, and he groaned for a while and said: "If it is really as you said, I'm afraid that the barbarians are really not small, these damn Jin merchants, who don't want to serve the country, are still fighting the enemy." “

"Your Highness, this is only secondary, the most worrying thing now is King Liang." Wang Xuan sighed and said: "King Liang has always regarded the second prince as his own, and now the second prince has been deposed to Bazhou, no one knows what King Liang thinks now, in the past, King Liang's connivance with the trade between the Jin merchants and the barbarians was just greedy, but the Jin merchants were still about three chapters, but now the Jin merchants are so blatant, they ......"

Xiao Ming nodded, thinking deeply, he said: "It is inevitable that King Liang has resentment in his heart, but it is really a mistake to connive at the Jin merchants to betray the country, since he doesn't care about these Jin merchants, this king will take care of these Jin merchants for him, and he can't let the Jin merchants fatten up the barbarians." ”

"What His Royal Highness said is very true, but these Jin merchants are all near King Liang's fiefdom, how can we care about this?" Wang Xuan was puzzled: "Could it be that His Highness is preparing to assassinate these Jin merchants by secret guards?" It's just that these Jin merchants are all local wealthy families, and they have raised a lot of private soldiers, which is not so easy to deal with. “

"No, there's no need for this king to do it himself, don't forget that King Yong has always asked this king, and it's appropriate for him to deal with these Jin merchants."

King Yong always wanted to get the arquebus from Qingzhou, and when he was in Chang'an, King Yong signed a trade agreement, and a large part of the reason was because of the arquebus, and now if he made this request, it should not be a big problem.

"It's just that Your Highness, according to the news that the lower officials got, King Yong has also taken a lot of benefits from these Jin merchants, and it is precisely because of this that Juyizhuang, where these Jin merchants are located, will be in a state of three regards, and let King Yong do it only for fear ......"

"King Yong also has a relationship with these Jin merchants?" Xiao Ming frowned.

Wang Xuan sighed and nodded.

"If that's the case, this king will even let King Yong come to Qingzhou to talk about this matter." Xiao Ming said sharply.

He told Xiao Ming some news about Dayu again, and Wang Xuan turned around and left.

After Wang Xuan left, Xiao Ming personally sent a letter to summon the general and handed the letter to King Yong.

The journey from Jizhou to Qingzhou was very close, and it could be reached in three or four days, so he excused himself to let King Yong receive the first batch of arquebuses to Qingzhou.

After doing this, Xiao Ming sent an order to the shipyard in Dengzhou, asking them to step up the construction of warships, and at the same time let Yue Yun continue to recruit naval soldiers for training.

Since Goryeo was building ships, he just let Bei Shan not get his wish, and when the next batch of warships were launched, he would wave his army to Beisha City and completely destroy the Goryeo sailors, he wanted to see if he blew up quickly, or Goryeo built quickly.

He also had to prepare in advance for the barbarians who might move south, but now he can psychologically accept this strong neighbor in the north, and he will not be messed up because of the barbarian invasion.

Because he understands that only one of the barbarians and the Great Yu Kingdom can become the master of this land, and the war between the Great Yu Kingdom and the barbarians cannot be avoided, it is only a matter of time before it is a matter of time.

After the battle of Cangzhou, Bei Shan went south to Jizhou, he has broken the myth of the invincibility of the barbarians, even if the barbarians go south again, it is just a matter of soldiers coming to block them, and the water will cover them.

Shaking his head, development is the last word for him, as long as his fist is hard enough, how can the barbarians endure him when they go south? And Shanhaiguan is in his hands, and when the time comes, he can take the opportunity to stab the barbarians' butts and make them always jealous.

Thinking of this, he sent someone to call Niu Ben and told Niu Ben the news.

"Barbarian movements?" Niu Ben looked light-hearted, and he said, "Your Highness, this King Liang really dug his own grave, and now the Shanhaiguan Pass is in our hands, if the barbarians go south, they can only pass through the fiefdoms of King Liang and King Zhao, and it will be King Liang himself who will suffer at that time." “

Xiao Ming nodded, "Now that the crown prince's position is stable, King Zhao shouldn't have asked about it, this King Liang is really a little worried, and if the barbarians break through King Liang's fiefdom, Chang'an will be directly exposed to the iron hooves of the barbarians." ”

"So Your Highness doesn't have to worry too much, now that Wang Xuan has learned the news, I'm afraid the emperor is also aware of it, all we need to do is to hold the Shanhaiguan Pass and not let the forbidden army be attacked on both sides, and His Royal Highness doesn't have to underestimate the emperor, after all, the emperor also relies on military merits to have the current throne."