"The emperor forgives his sins!"

The ministers had never seen Xiao Wenxuan so angry, Cui Hao was so frightened that he immediately pleaded guilty. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Hmph, you are standing on the dry shore one by one, do you think I am really a fool? The land of Youzhou cannot be taken back, it is the territory of the barbarians. Xiao Wenxuan continued.

Then he scanned the entire Chengqing Hall and said, "Since you don't agree with King Qi's method, yes, now I will give you a chance, no matter who wins the land of Youzhou, I will give that land to whomever I want, do you dare?" ”

The civil officials led by Cui Hao suddenly shrank their heads and didn't dare to speak, they could only show their lips, but when it was their turn to go to the battlefield, they were already trembling with fear.

After waiting for a long time, no one spoke, Xiao Wenxuan sneered, "It seems that no one else is willing to go to the grassland to fight for me, since this is the case, I agreed to King Qi's request, and as a reward, I promised King Qi this matter." ”

"Thank you, Father!" Xiao Ming bowed down and said.

I have to say that Xiao Wenxuan just now finally looked like an emperor, domineering and leaking.

Xiao Wenxuan sat down on the dragon chair again, and then looked at King Wei, "King Wei, what reward do you want?" ”

"Your Majesty, my brother just wants to make King Qi sell some artillery to my brother." King Wei hesitated for a moment and said.

Hearing this, the three princes said vigilantly: "It is understandable that the three emperor uncles, Zhao Wang, Liang Wang and other northern vassal kings need artillery to resist the barbarians, I don't know what the purpose of the three emperor uncles is to ask for this artillery?" ”

"King Wei, what the third prince said is reasonable, what do you want this artillery for?" Xiao Wenxuan also frowned.

King Wei sighed at this time and said: "The emperor doesn't know, the courtiers want this artillery to defend against the Japanese from the sea, these years the merchant ships of the courtiers who go to sea are often plundered by the Japanese pirates, and there are even more Japanese robbers wreaking havoc on the coast, the courtiers are miserable, and every time the Japanese go ashore is thousands, tens of thousands, and they return to the sea after plundering, which is really a headache." ”

Speaking of this Japanese Emperor, the third prince suddenly stopped talking, because the fief of the King of Chu had also been harassed by the Japanese Invaders, which was a reason, he said: "Father, the fief of the King of Chu is also infested with Japanese Emperors, in this case, I think the Third Emperor Uncle is reasonable." ”

King Wei glanced at the three princes, thinking that these three princes were really smart, and immediately changed his words to support him at this time, which means that the king of Chu was also able to purchase artillery smoothly.

Xiao Ming watched from the sidelines, the more this artillery was needed, the more he made a lot of money.

However, the mention of the Wakou by King Wei made him frown.

This Japanese invader naturally refers to a certain island country, and in history, the Japanese invaded and harassed the coastal area from time to time, and there seem to be Japanese invaders here, but Xiao Ming does not have much memory of the Japanese in his memory.

"Well, let me think about it again." Xiao Wenxuan did not agree to King Wei at the first time.

He was a little annoyed at this time, this Xiao Ming and King Wei were not fuel-efficient lamps, and they didn't want the rewards of the Eight Classics, but they were actually giving him problems.

Seeming to be a little tired, Xiao Wenxuan said a word to Feng Deshui, and Feng Deshui immediately said: "If there is something to play, there is nothing to retreat." ”

In this early dynasty, Cui Haoma stumbled, not only did he not use his artillery skills, but he was also scolded by Xiao Wenxuan, and anyone with a discerning eye could see Xiao Wenxuan's attitude towards the barbarians now.

It can be seen that the main battle faction will become the most vocal group of people in the court in the coming period.

After the court dispersed, the ministers left one after another.

This time, Xiao Ming got the result he wanted, and he was naturally complacent, but King Wei was a little worried, depressed, and Xiao Ming greeted him, saying that he would invite Xiao Ming to eat and drink another day and hurriedly went.

Xiao Ming smiled secretly in his heart, it was a vain for the King of Wei to ask for this artillery to defend against the Japanese invaders, and it was true that he used this artillery to threaten the King of Chu and the King of Yan.

Out of the Chengqing Palace, Xiao Ming was about to leave the palace, when Feng Deshui suddenly walked over and said to Xiao Ming: "Your Highness, the emperor is waiting for you." ”

Hearing this, Xiao Ming followed Feng Deshui in a circle to the back of the Chengqing Palace, and Xiao Wenxuan stood in a pavilion.

"Father!" Xiao Ming bowed and said

Xiao Wenxuan turned around, looked at Xiao Ming and asked slowly, "There are only you and me here, father and son, you tell me the truth, what is the power of this artillery?" ”

"Father, the sons don't dare to talk nonsense, this artillery is evolved from the fire barrel, which is dozens of times more powerful than the power and range, with the strength of the city's artillery, the soldiers will not retreat, and it is generally no problem to defend the city."

Xiao Ming told the truth.

Nodding, Xiao Wenxuan said: "Now you must be clear about the situation in this Great Yu Country, the reason why I dare not send troops to help you is because I am afraid that King Zhao and others will take the opportunity to make trouble, not that I am ruthless. ”

"My father has already seen it, and I am worried that my father will really ask my son to hand over the technology of this artillery." Xiao Ming said.

"If it had been twenty years ago, my father would have asked you to hand it over." Xiao Wenxuan suddenly sighed, "It's just that now that my father is old, I should always think about the foundation of the Xiao family, this cannon is in your hands, I don't worry, after all, you are a royal person." ”

After a pause, Xiao Wenxuan continued: "But although I won't force you to hand over your artillery technology this time, your first batch of artillery will be handed over to the Praetorian Guard, understand?" ”

"Yes, Father." Xiao Ming said.

Xiao Wenxuan continued: "So when can the first batch of artillery arrive in Chang'an? He was also very interested in the artillery.

"Half a year." Xiao Ming said.

"Half a year?" Xiao Wenxuan was very angry when he heard this, "Why does it take so long?" ”

"Father, this artillery is very cumbersome to produce, and the Cangzhou City artillery of the sons and daughters is not enough, so we have to come to Cangzhou first, besides, this artillery needs a lot of coal and iron, and it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice." Xiao Ming complained.

For Xiao Ming, he just drew a big pie for others to see, and he agreed to sell artillery, but he had the final say when it was provided.

"No, it's too slow, I want to see the first batch of artillery in three months, you don't have coal and iron, I can give it to you, I don't have silver taels, I can transfer it to you, this artillery must be equipped with the forbidden army as soon as possible, and it will be equipped in the city of Chang'an." Xiao Wenxuan said sternly.

Xiao Wenxuan was in such a hurry to ask for artillery, it seems that he has always held a grudge against the humiliation of the barbarian and the vassal king with a different surname last time.

He said: "In this case, the sons can only do their best, but in three months, the sons can only provide twenty-four cannons, and each cannon is 10,000 taels of silver, I hope that the father can give the silver to the sons first......"

"Hmph, I knew that you would take the opportunity to ask for a price of eight thousand taels and one door, and you would make up for it yourself." Xiao Wenxuan said arrogantly.

Xiao Ming pretended to be very embarrassed, "Since this is the case, Erchen will suffer a loss." He thought to himself, he would have raised the price a little more if he had known.

(To be continued.) )