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Xiao Ming and Fiji said as they walked up to the river on both sides of the Xiaoqing River, and after a deep sigh, he said: "Since the day is here, we will continue to cooperate with the King of Chu, as Fei Ge Lao said that the biggest threat facing this king at present is the King of Zhao, the King of Liang, the King of Yan and the barbarians, and the current should stabilize the northern rivers and mountains." ”

"Yes, Your Highness, throughout the ages, the founders of the country have all conquered from north to south, and it doesn't hurt for the King of Chu to let him go free for a while." Fiji is also a scheming figure.

He also told Pang Yukun before this incident came, and Pang Yukun also supported his idea, because he thought that the current feudal country was indeed isolated and had many enemies, and now he should seize this opportunity.

After all, for the king of Chu, all he wanted was the land south of the Yangtze River.

"Well, since that's the case, this king went back and agreed to it." Xiao Ming's brows furrowed.

Barbarians, Wa Kingdom, Goguryeo, King Zhao, King Liang, King Yan, this is the main enemy that Xiao Ming is facing at present, except for the Wa State at sea, the rest of the forces are in the north, and none of these people are good at stubble.

In particular, the barbarians were still a steppe empire that crossed East Asia to Central Asia, and in the west, the barbarians were even at war with the Ottoman Empire, which shows the vastness of their territory.

For the barbarians, the Great Yu Kingdom was only a corner of its territory, and elsewhere the barbarians had more land to fight for.

The war with such a big empire is bound to be long and protracted, and if Xiao Ming's current feudal land and resources are used, just consuming the barbarians is enough to drag Xiao Ming down.

So, for whatever reason, he had to dominate the north before he had enough manpower and material resources to defeat the barbarians once and for all.

Thinking all the way, Xiao Ming and Fiji headed towards Qingzhou City.

Back at the palace, Xiao Ming met the envoy of the King of Chu.

"Your Highness." The envoy of the King of Chu saw Xiao Ming's attitude respectfully.

This time, in addition to the envoy of the King of Chu, Li Wei was also there, and Li Wei, who had been in charge of artillery trading in Qingzhou, also played a lot of roles in this alliance.

During this time, Li Wei has been taking Xiao Ming's money to play the role of an undercover agent in Chudi, and has unknowingly cultivated a group of officials close to Qingzhou for Qingzhou.

It can be seen that in any era, the charm of money is still endless.

"Two of you, please take a seat, Fei Ge Lao has already told the king of Chu what he meant, and after thinking about it, this king thinks that the king of Chu has a good idea."

This time, the envoy sent by the king of Chu has a very high status in Chu, and it is Chai Lingfei, the son-in-law of the king of Chu, which shows how much importance the king of Chu attaches to this alliance.

Chai Lingfei became nervous when Xiao Ming came in, the difference was that the ignorant people of the King of Wei were fearless, but the King of Chu had seen the strength of the Dutch's ships and guns, and after being beaten by the Dutch in the Battle of Qiantang, the King of Chu made up his mind to focus on the development of firearms.

Because of this, the king of Chu was very worried that Xiao Ming would tear up the original trade agreement because of his self-reliance, and this time he hurriedly sent him to ask for an alliance.

"His Royal Highness is wise, the King of Chu deeply feels that it is very difficult for His Royal Highness to fight alone in the north, and the emperor also feels brotherhood, if His Royal Highness is willing to form an alliance, the two can learn from each other's strengths." Chai Lingfei's eyebrows fluttered excitedly.

After a pause, Chai Lingfei continued: "Your Highness, the emperor said that if His Royal Highness agrees to this alliance, we are willing to continue to purchase 50,000 arquebuses, and this matter will also be discussed by Li Wei and His Highness on the specific details. ”

"50,000 arquebuses, Chu Di is not rich in the world, such a big deal." Xiao Ming smiled faintly.

Now the steam engine drilling machine has replaced the hydraulic drilling machine, and the production speed of the arquebus has been raised to a new level, and the arquebus structure is simple, so it is extremely easy to manufacture.

Thinking that this arquebus was extremely easy to imitate, he felt that there was no need to refuse this transaction, because Li San knocked out another piece of information from Yang Zhen's mouth that made him very unhappy.

When Xiao Wenxuan was seriously ill, Wang Xi had already found the forging technology of imitating arquebuses, even if this forging technology was very slow to produce arquebuses, but the technology was always imitated.

Instead of asking the king of Chu to find a way to imitate it, he might as well sell the arquebus, which could not only make money, but also make the king of Chu feel that there was no need to imitate it.

Chai Lingfei smiled when he heard this: "Your Royal Highness, the King of Ruyang and the King of Huainan took the opportunity to encroach on the royal land, and the King of Zhao is eyeing Shu again. ”

The smile on Xiao Ming's face became more and more intense, at first Chai Lingfei was talking about the King of Chu, and later he moved out of the three princes.

Now that the king of Zhao in Chang'an has set up an emperor, and the king of Chu in the south has set up an emperor, he, the real heir to the throne, has become the person they are vying for.

Thinking of this, Xiao Ming felt more and more that he was right not to make the edict public to the world, so it was more important than a title.

But even so, Xiao Ming would not be a vassal to the third prince, he said: "Since this is the case, this king will respond to this matter." ”

Chai Lingfei suddenly felt a sense of relief in his heart, this time he came to Qingzhou to successfully achieve the purpose of this trip.

After some polite words, Xiao Ming called Fiji and Pang Yukun and asked them to formally sign an alliance with Chai Lingfei in the government, which stipulated that the two would not invade each other, and at the same time, the trade between the two would not be affected, and normal trade would be carried out.

After drawing up the agreement, Xiao Ming officially signed and stamped his big seal on it, and Chai Lingfei also stamped the big seal he brought.

The agreement was reached, and Chai Lingfei said to Xiao Ming: "Your Highness, I hope that Your Highness can support more firearms after this matter, and of course, we will not let Your Highness suffer." ”

Among the many vassal kings, the King of Chu has the deepest feeling for Xiao Ming's strength, and it is precisely because of this that he will put down his face and win over Xiao Ming.

Of course, this time the king of Chu also pinched the right time, he saw the current predicament of Qingzhou will send an envoy in time, and sure enough, as the king of Chu expected, this covenant was successfully reached.

Xiao Ming handed over the covenant to Pang Yukun for him to keep, and sighed slightly in his heart, the cruel reality really taught him how to play the strategy of long-distance friendship and close attack.

It's no wonder that the contemporary Maozi army is strong and has to beg the rabbit family to find money to spend, this is all forced by money, no matter how many advanced weapons are not fed by money, they are just a pile of scrap copper and rotten iron.

In that year, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty expelled the Xiongnu and sent Zhang Qian to envoy Dayue to attack the Xiongnu, and finally won the war.

"Now that the covenant has been signed, this king will naturally not violate the covenant, and I also hope that the king of Chu can abide by the covenant." Xiao Ming smiled faintly, in this way, he basically completed the first step of long-distance and close attack, and the war against Wei Di was also less restrictive.

After signing the agreement with the King of Chu, Xiao Ming suddenly had a bold idea, which was the same purpose as Zhang Qian's exit from the plug back then.