Become a feudal king from today

"Your Majesty, the British muskets and artillery have arrived. Reading"

As the group was talking, a eunuch suddenly trotted over and said to Liang Kai.

"Where are they?" Liang Kai was overjoyed.

He had been looking forward to the British muskets and artillery all day, and finally they had arrived.

Brooke and Luther looked at each other and were equally overjoyed.

"According to the messenger, they have passed the border of Lu County and entered Bazhou. They will arrive within three days." The eunuch said.

"Great, great." Liang Kai danced with joy.

Xie Duan, Han Zheng, and Wang Zian were also happy.

They had suffered too much under the muskets of the King of Yan.

Now, they finally have muskets that can be used.

"Send someone to greet them immediately." Thinking of something, Liang Kai immediately urged.

This Lu County belongs to the northernmost county of Yunzhou, adjacent to Bazhou, while the other counties of Yunzhou are adjacent to Yizhou.

Therefore, since he came to Bazhou, the three powerful families in Jiangnan have gathered together, becoming neighbors and supporting each other.

The army of Nanping Kingdom was the one transporting the muskets and cannons this time.

The eunuch said yes and turned away.

Three days later, a team of 2,000 people arrived in Bacheng.

The Nanping soldiers in the team pulled a baggage cart.

"How many muskets and field cannons were delivered this time?" Brooke asked.

He was in charge of the arms trade.

"A total of 8,000 muskets and 12 field cannons. Even so, they were squeezed out of their teeth. After all, they had to be given priority to the Franks, Sterdam and Portuguese. Some of them arrived directly from Tianzhu to Tubo and were handed over to the Beidi people."

There was a British man in the transport team. He was responsible for tracking the muskets and cannons throughout the journey and collecting the silver for purchasing firearms.

After a pause, he continued: "The governor specifically instructed that these 8,000 muskets should be supplied to the mercenaries first, and the rest are theirs."

"Hahaha, I like this guy Bolt." Luther was overjoyed, "My soldiers equipped with this musket can beat 100,000 powerful soldiers."

"So, we can only get 3,000?" Liang Kai's hot heart was half cold.

Brooke said: "Aren't mercenaries also your soldiers?"

"That's right." Liang Kai was happy again.

In the Battle of Nanjing, these mercenaries worked very hard.

Then, he asked Liang Feng to hand over the prepared silver to the British.

He also ordered the guards to take away 3,000 muskets and 12 field guns.

But before that, he picked 20 guards to test the guns.

"Bang bang bang..." A burst of gunfire.

Liang Kai immediately asked someone to check on the temporary target.

Soon, the soldiers who went to investigate came back, "Your Majesty, the wooden board at 300 meters was penetrated." Liang Kai and others were all stunned. The British who transported the muskets said, "The effective range of this batch of muskets is 360 meters, and the accuracy is very high within 200 meters." Liang Kai nodded vigorously, delighted, this is completely different from their muskets. He hurriedly asked, "When will the next batch of muskets and artillery arrive?" "It will take at least one and a half months at the fastest." The British said, "and the number is about 8,000. The production of Tianzhu's workshop is limited. We only gave 3,000 to Beidi." "What a pity." Liang Kai was a little disappointed, but also a little expectant, "I really hope that day will come soon." After receiving the muskets, everyone returned to the city. Liang Kai specially hosted a banquet for the British and Nanping generals who escorted the muskets and artillery. At this moment, their mood, which was gloomy due to the fall of Changcheng, became brighter, and they saw hope again. There was no longer any concern about the heavy taxation. Only by holding on longer can they wait for more muskets and artillery, and in the future, they will launch a major counterattack against the King of Yan together with the Westerners and the Northern Di people.

…

Jinling.

While Liang Kai was accepting the muskets and artillery, Zhao Xu and Zhongli personally went to Sucheng and Songcheng to establish temporary government agencies.

Compared with the previous desertedness, the triangular area between the three cities of Jinling, Sucheng and Songcheng is now lively, and people can be seen everywhere patrolling the fields.

Every summer harvest, people will patrol their own fields in this way, and even live by the fields, in order to prevent wildfires and theft.

After all, in another five or six days, the rice can be harvested.

They don't want to lose this season's harvest.

"The two lakes are ripe and the world is full, which is indeed well deserved."

Zong Ma and Zhongli galloped on the official road, and the rice fields on the right side of the official road spread to the sky like gold.

The rice fields on the left extend to the edge of the endless huge lake.

This huge freshwater lake is the contemporary Taihu Lake in Suzhou.

There are countless fertile fields around Taihu Lake.

"If we control this place, Jiangbei will never be short of food again." Zhongli said.

In the past, Jiangbei did not have enough food, but it relied on the food from Jiangnan.

Then he realized something, "No, we have enough food in Jiangbei, and it is very abundant. I am afraid that we will have to worry about not being able to eat all the food in the future."

Zhao Xu laughed for a while, and he said, "You are wrong. The surplus food can be used to raise livestock. In the next few years, I will let the people of Dasong eat meat, eggs and milk."

Although he knew that it was impossible for the people to have meat every meal.

But there is still hope to eat meat and fish every now and then.

War is war, he must not follow the old path of Emperor Wu of Han, and the country became poorer and poorer.

But we should follow Li Shimin's path, and the country will become richer and richer.