Chapter 625: The French
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Ye Qingyun said lazily, "A missionary can scare us? The king of Chu also underestimated us too much? ”
"I'm afraid that this is not the original intention of the king of Chu, don't forget where our firearms came from, he may be telling us that they can also make firearms now?"
Ye Qingyun frowned when he heard this, "His Highness once said that he knew that the skills were taught by a missionary, could it be that the King of Chu also found such a person?"
"That's what I'm worried about, too." Fiji worried, he didn't know that Xiao Ming's missionaries were just excuses.
At this time, on the battleship under Jinling City, the blonde-haired and blue-eyed missionary was also holding a telescope to look at Fiji and Ye Qingyun at the head of Jinling City, and then he turned his gaze to the soldiers on the city wall.
After confirming that the soldiers on the walls were carrying flintlock pistols with bayonets on their backs, he lowered his binoculars.
"It's amazing that these soldiers are actually carrying flintlock pistols." The missionary exclaimed.
Beside the missionary stood a richly dressed middle-aged man, who said to the missionary, "Mr. Richard, now you believe it." ”
"Yes, now I believe it." The missionary, known as Richard, said solemnly that after the arrival of the Chu king's army near Canton, he would make contact with the generals of the Chu army, and would lead them into contact with the French.
Richard came to Dayu as a missionary very early and lived in Guangzhou for fifteen years, during which time he learned the language of Dayu and had been observing Dayu, so he was so surprised that such advanced firearms would appear in Dayu.
Putting away the binoculars, Richard entered the cabin, where he was a middle-aged man with black hair and blue eyes in a blue tuxedo with a beard curled on either side of his mouth.
"Brazil, they are not lying, and in the north of this country there is a vassal king who is remarkable and capable of making flintlock pistols and cast-iron cannons." Richard said.
Brazil came from the French expeditionary force, and this time he was ordered to come to Chu for the sake of cooperation with the king of Chu, and after a short contact, the king of Chu was very happy to trade with France, and the premise was that the French sent officers to train their generals and provide them with weapons.
In fact, after the occupation of Annam, the French could not fight alone against a large state of Chongqing, and now they hoped to be able to obtain the right to trade without going through war.
Of course, they were able to sell arms in large quantities, which was more in line with their wishes, so that they could not only make a fortune in Europe by selling the goods of the Great Yu Kingdom, but also sell their firearms to the vassal kings of the Great Yu Kingdom at a high price.
"It's unbelievable, the Dutch said that they were trading with a powerful vassal king of the Great Chongqing Kingdom, but I didn't expect this to be true, so that we French people can't lag behind, taking advantage of this civil strife in Great Chongqing is the time for us to delineate our sphere of influence." Basil said.
On the way, Richard had already told him about the current situation of the Great Chongqing Kingdom, and for him, a divided Great Chongqing Kingdom was exactly what they needed.
"The Dutch are very shrewd, this King of Chu's army is too backward, and his industry is in a mess, it is not easy to support him." Richard said.
Basia frowned, "But this King of Chu is the best choice for us, his territory is in the south, he can be connected with the country of Annan, and goods can also be transported from the country of Annan to our country by land, and this king of Qi seems to be ambitious, I am afraid that he will be our enemy in the future." ”
"The Dutch also said the same, they are full of worries about this King of Qi, whether it is the occupation of the Ryukyus, or the garrison in the city of Geranza shows that this King of Qi is very strong, Claire is also forced to cooperate with him, it is said that Claire has sent someone to send the news back to the Dutch Parliament, and the Council will finally decide whether to continue to cooperate with this King of Qi."
Brazil nodded, "Claire is not too stupid, he should understand that the emergence of a strong regime in East Asia is very unfavorable to us Europeans, the country of Dayu is very large, and the population is large, it will be a disaster for us for this King of Qi to complete the unification, and the future trade will be what he says." ”
"You're so right." Richard smiled, "Maybe we should also cooperate with the British, after all, there are common interests of Europeans." ”
"Not yet, or we'll have to split a slice of the cake again." Brazil shook his head.
The two were communicating, but the other people on the boat didn't understand at all, because they spoke their native language, and after the exchange, the middle-aged man who was in charge of the matter before Richard said: "Lieutenant Basir said that he will help your king of Chu train his army, and he will also contact merchants to provide weapons for your king of Chu." ”
The middle-aged man breathed a sigh of relief, and he said, "Great, please come with me to Suzhou City, where I will entertain you ceremoniously." ”
On the city wall, Ye Qingyun and Fiji witnessed the appearance and disappearance of the king of Chu's warship, and Fiji said: "What is this king of Chu thinking, I want to talk to His Highness about this when I go back this time." ”
Ye Qingyun sighed at the mention of this, and he said: "Elder Feige, the safety of Jinling City is very important, and the last general can't go back to see His Highness's enthronement ceremony, and I hope that Elder Feige will say a few good words for the last general in front of His Highness." ”
"General Ye is conscientious, I naturally look at it in my eyes, don't worry." With that, Fiji got down the city walls.
The news from Qingzhou told him to return as soon as possible, and after packing up, he set off for Qingzhou, and at the same time went with him the representatives of the Hao clan of Jinling City.
As they passed through other states and counties along the way, they were joined by a number of wealthy families, and by the time they arrived in Qingzhou ten days later, the Fijian contingent had become a huge contingent of thousands of people.
The entry of so many wealthy families into the city naturally quickly attracted the attention of the Qingzhou Mansion.
Pang Yukun was also relieved to learn that Fiji had returned, he was inferior to Fiji in this regard, and the specific arrangements for this accession to the throne had to be handled by Fiji.
After the two met, they immediately went to the palace, where they tried on Xiao Ming, who was in the dragon robe.
"Your Highness's dragon robe is really generous and decent, especially the nine golden dragons on it are almost like they are about to soar out." At first glance, when he saw Xiao Ming dressed like this, Fiji was stunned for a moment and made a big fuss.
Pang Yukun was smiling, with a sense of accomplishment in his eyes, he used to just have the mentality of being rich and peaceful, but now his mood has changed.
Xiao Ming smiled when he heard this, this dragon robe had just been delivered, and he said: "Old Feige, your flattery is too old-fashioned, but you just came back and ran to the palace, there must be something else." ”