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At noon, bursts of beautiful orchestral sounds came from the Chu Palace, which was in Lin'an City.

The main hall of the palace was full of guests, and there were officials and generals of the Chu State sitting on either side, as well as two extra eye-catching people, all because of their different appearance from the people of the Great Yu State.

The two of them are none other than Richard and Basi, they came to Lin'an City after Jinling City and their party, and they will probably spend a long time in Lin'an City after that.

"Two envoys, as long as you can train this king's army like the army of the king of Qi, this king will definitely not treat the two of you badly."

After three rounds of drinking, the king of Chu was drunk and hazy, and he was unhappy and just wanted to vomit out.

Although he formed an alliance with Xiao Ming, he was really aggrieved, if it weren't for the delay in the arrival of artillery and muskets in Qingzhou, why would he be so compromised.

Now that most of the southern states and counties have fallen into his hands, his ambitions are getting bigger and bigger, and he is already looking forward to the picture of his unification of the Great Chongqing Kingdom.

Richard feasted on the delicacies of the palace and occasionally translated the words of the king of Chu to Brazil, and this time the king of Chu reached an agreement with the French governor in charge of East Asian affairs, Ocasso.

The French obtained exclusive trading rights for the state of Chu and at the same time established a treaty port between the kingdom of Dayu and the kingdom of Annam, while the French sold firearms to the king of Chu and sent officers to train the army of the state of Chu.

The king of Chu needs to pay a salary of 1,000 taels of silver to Brazil every month, and he also has to pay Richard 500 taels a month for translation.

Richard translated the words of the King of Chu, and said with a frown: "King Chu of Venerable Jin, your current firearms are too poor, and you can't win against the King of Qi with an arquebus and this kind of artillery with a range of only 500 meters." ”

"The envoy joked, Xiao Ming is also using these firearms, it's just that the training of this king's army is not as good as his." The king of Chu has not yet realized anything.

Basil frowned, and he said, "King Chu, haven't you understood yet? We know from the Dutch that the army of the King of Qi is equipped with flintlock muskets, and their artillery has a range of three or four miles, and they also have field artillery, so the gap between your weapons is not a little bit and a half. ”

"Flintlock pistols? Field artillery? What are these things? King Chu asked suspiciously.

Brazil looked disdainful, for him there was no difference between the indigenous nature of this place and the Americas and Africa.

Despite their large population, their rulers were still very ignorant, they did not understand science and had no faith, but only oppressed their people with tyranny and brutality.

But they were glad to see such rulers, because it would help them to take advantage of them.

"This flintlock pistol is a more powerful firearm than the arquebus, not only has a long range, but also has a fast loading speed, and is more suitable for rainy operations, while the field gun is a very convenient artillery, this kind of artillery can be used on the battlefield at any time with the advance of the musketeers." Brazil briefly introduced, "I also brought a firearm with me to defend myself in your country this time, which is a flintlock pistol. ”

With that, Basia stood up and presented a short-barreled flintlock pistol to the king of Chu.

The king of Chu was so drunk that he picked up his flintlock pistol and looked at it, and suddenly understood where the difference was, and then his surprise turned into a strange anger.

"Damn! Xiao Ming has been deceiving this king! King Chu roared angrily.

The officials and generals in the main hall also showed a look of disgrief when they heard this, and they were obviously scolding Xiao Ming one by one.

Li Chuyuan, the prince of the king of Chu, and the third prince sat on the left and right sides of the king of Chu's hands respectively, and then Li Chuyuan fanned the flames and said: "Father, this Xiao Ming is simply too vicious, the last time he fought with the Dutch, the fiasco of the sons and daughters was to blame on Xiao Mingtou Mountain, if he didn't sell us this kind of artillery, how could the sons and daughters lose!" ”

The fiasco last time made Li Chuyuan lose face, and now he finally found an excuse, although he scolded Xiao Ming in his words, but the excitement in his eyes was difficult to hide.

The King of Chu looked at Li Chuyuan and said slowly, "Father is wrong to blame you." ”

"My father is wrong and blames my sons and daughters for not being afraid, and my sons and daughters should be wronged, but I just hope that my father will stop trusting the royal people, this Xiao Ming is so cunning, and others are probably the same." Li Chuyuan looked at the third prince and said.

After King Zhao established the Thirteen Princes, they supported the Three Princes as kings, and if they were to be honored, they should all call the Three Princes the emperor.

It's just that the current fact is that the third prince is just a puppet, but even so, Li Chuyuan is still wary of the third prince.

In his heart, this Chu country is his, how can it be the turn of others to get involved.

Li Chuyuan pointed out that Sang's words of scolding Huai reached the ears of the three princes, and the three princes just couldn't hear it, he was still eating and drinking, as if what Li Chuyuan said had nothing to do with him.

Just when everyone was scolding Xiao Ming because of the firearms, at this time, a post general came to the door and said, "Your Highness, the eight hundred miles from Qingzhou are urgent." ”

"Qingzhou!" When the king of Chu heard this, he became more and more angry, and he said to the Manchu Dynasty Wenwu: "Hmph, this king wants to see what tricks this Xiao Ming is playing, and present it!"

When the post general heard this, he forwarded the letter from Qingzhou to the king of Chu.

The king of Chu took the letter and tore it open, but after just one glance, he threw the letter on the ground, and his face turned red and purple.

Li Chuyuan looked at King Chu carefully, he picked up the letter on the ground and looked at it, and was taken aback, "Xiao Ming is going to ascend the throne!" ”

When the voice came, the body of the third prince, who had pretended to be nothing, froze for a moment, and then another person ate quietly.

It's just that there is an imperceptible smile on the corner of his mouth.

He is no longer wary of Xiao Ming, nor does he hate Xiao Ming, nor does he have the suspicion and jealousy between the princes, he has lived in Lin'an for a year, and the cruel reality makes him understand that he is just a dog of the King of Chu.

What throne, what country is just a mirror for him, he only complains that he was blinded by the throne and ended up like this.

From the time he left Chang'an, he knew that Xiao Wenxuan would pass the throne to Xiao Ming, and now that Xiao Ming has ascended the throne, he feels relieved and relaxed.

"Xiao Ming even ordered us to participate in the enthronement ceremony, it's a joke!" Li Chuyuan said angrily: "Father, in the opinion of his sons, it is better to learn from him Xiao Ming's bombardment of Jinling City, which should be regarded as a great gift to him." ”

The king of Chu gasped violently, Xiao Ming's ascension to the throne meant that his ambition was in the world, which was the negation of the three princes he supported, although Li Chuyuan's statement made him a little impulsive, but he understood that now was not the time to tear his face with Xiao Ming.

Although Xiao Ming didn't give him the best firearms, it was enough to deal with other vassal kings.