Become a feudal king from today

"Yes, Your Highness." Wang Ying stroked the howitzer.

After staying in the Bingzhan Division for a while, Zhao Xu returned to the palace.

Then, he called Sun Zheng, the deputy director of Honglu Temple, over.

This Sun Zheng was a student of the Government Affairs School. He topped the examination to select officials at Honglu Temple and was selected as the deputy director of Honglu Temple to assist Dong An.

After Dong An went south, he has been managing all the affairs of Honglu Temple.

Thinking of Dong An, Zhao Xu frowned.

A lot of time has passed since Dong An left, and there is still no news whether he is dead or alive.

His father Dong Yuan was so worried about this that he came to see him several times.

In the end, both of them sighed, and Dong Yuan wiped away tears and left, feeling depressed.

However, there is nothing that can be done about it. Dasong’s overseas exploration started too late.

So much so that on the oceans of the Eastern Territory, the warships and privateers of the Western Territory were rampant.

Even Japan used to have more extensive control over the ocean than Dasong.

It was not until he established the Yanzhou Navy that this situation changed.

But the waters south of Dongtu are still a paradise for colonists.

Putting this matter in his heart for the time being, he said to Sun Zheng: "I need you to go to the Kingdom of Wu and tell me that I don't want to see the Kingdom of Wu fall into the trap of the Japanese and Western natives and become enemies of each other. I am willing to turn the war into friendship." ”

"As long as the State of Wu is willing to surrender to the imperial court, it will no longer go south. To show my sincerity, I am willing to donate the blueprint of the sail warship to the State of Wu."

Sun Zheng was greatly surprised when he heard this. He said, "Don't you, Your Highness, want to rule the world?"

Although he is only an official of Honglu Temple, every student in the Government Affairs School knows that King Yan's wish is to wipe out the wealthy families in the world so that the people can live and work in peace and contentment.

Now, King Yan suddenly wanted to compromise with the powerful clan, which impacted his faith and made his heart tremble.

Zhao Xu shook his head and said: "You are overthinking, but something has happened now. We must temporarily tolerate it and adopt some strategies to prevent some foreign countries from intervening in Dasong's civil strife."

After that, he told Sun Zheng about the Eastern-Tutu Alliance and other matters. After all, if he was to be sent as an envoy to Wu, he must understand these things.

"That's it." Sun Zheng breathed a sigh of relief, "In this way, His Highness is trying to win over the Wu Kingdom and prevent it from completely falling to Japan and the West, so that it can think that it can benefit from both sides and become neutral. In this way, it can concentrate on dealing with Japan and Beidi. and Western soil forces.”

"That's right." Zhao Xu looked to the south.

He was waiting for a node, which was the launch of the Ship Department's steamer.

As long as he has steamships, he can cut off the communication between Japan and the West and Dasong.

At that time, you can turn around and concentrate on dealing with Wu.

But before that, he must paralyze the Wu State to prevent it from ordering naval and Western warships to encircle and suppress the Yanzhou Navy after joining the Eastern Tu Alliance.

After all, it is very likely that Britain will send sailing battleships towed by steam ships to join the battle.

If several forces come together, it will be a big trouble.

"I understand, this time I go to the Kingdom of Wu, I will definitely not disappoint His Highness." Sun Zhengdao.

Zhao Xu gave some bottom lines to Sun Zheng, and then asked him to go to Laoting and take a navy warship to the Kingdom of Wu.

This was for convenience, but also to demonstrate the strength of Yanzhou's navy and intimidate Wu.

In this way, Wu will be even more cautious when cooperating with Sam and the British.

After discussing the matter, Sun Zheng handed over and left.

Zhao Xu went to the steam engine workshop.

During this period, he and Wang Chong had been promoting the construction of steam locomotives.

Now it's just a matter of time before Yanzhou's steam locomotive will be born.

When the time comes, railways will be laid to connect the important cities in Dasong, allowing all kinds of mineral resources to be imported into Yanzhou, and Yanzhou's industry will further take off.

Of course, the most important thing is that he can expand Dasong's sphere of influence through the extension of the railway.

After all, he had just received information that Ulanba had returned from Russia.

He is asking Tsui Hark to test the intelligence and find out what agreement Ulanba has reached with the Russian state.

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Lincheng.

While Zhao Xu handed over the task to Sun Zheng, Liang Kai was having a feast with the ministers of Wu State.

However, in addition to the minister of Wu State, there was also a Sam man at the banquet.

Liang Kai toasted to him from time to time, his face full of pride.

When the war in Jiangbei was in full swing, the Sam people arrived in Lincheng and brought news that excited the entire Wu Kingdom.

They were willing to mediate the conflicts between Wu and Britain.

Although the state of Wu had been preparing to resist the British during this period.

However, that was the precaution they had to make after they got the news from Britain and wanted to attack Wu.

In their hearts, they did not want to conflict with Britain at all.

After all, Wu Guochatang understood how powerful Britain was.

They would not win in a fight with Britain, and they would lose their sea trade routes and suffer a blow in commerce.

Therefore, they are naturally happy with Sam's mediation.

After that, the Sam people threw out the Eastern Tu Alliance and asked Wu to join and fight against the King of Yan.

At the moment, in Jiangbei, the three powerful families were retreating steadily, so he naturally felt threatened.

He was also moved by this matter.

However, I realized that the Japanese, Sam people and British people seemed to be seeking to win over Wu and win over him.

He took the opportunity to claim the northern part of Yizhou so that Wu could get the maximum benefit.

Therefore, he was feeling particularly happy these days.

After the crisis dissipated, Wu State suddenly gained a lot of benefits.