Iron Dynasty

Your Highness, we have to ask Cangzhou Chai Lingwu. Wang Shijie said solemnly.

Xiao Ming frowned, he thought it was an ordinary horse smuggling, but Wang Shijie pointed out that there was a problem with Chai Lingwu, thinking that this Chai Lingwu was the son-in-law of the Qin family.

But what he really cares about now is not the battle between the Wang family and the Qin family, but the matter of King Wei smuggling horses. Was this Chai Lingwu bought by King Wei? If so, this person is a ticking time bomb and must be replaced.

This is by no means what Xiao Ming thinks too much. The position of the governor of Cangzhou is very important, and now the battle for the throne in Dayu is getting more and more fierce. In his judgment, if the crown prince is abolished, it will inevitably cause some turmoil.

By that time, anyone could be his enemy.

Therefore, it is not important for King Wei to smuggle horses through merchants in Cangzhou. There is a shortage of horses in Dayu State. Many other powerful people in Dayu State buy horses from the grasslands in private. King Wei is not a special case. He also wants to smuggle horses from the grasslands. Horses are added to cavalry.

As for Chai Lingwu, he did not go through himself, but secretly communicated directly with King Wei in private. This was a problem.

I have to say that this time Wang Chengchou really caught Xiao Ming's dead end, and no vassal king can tolerate a person who eats inside and out.

His Royal Highness? Wang Shijie reminded again when Xiao Ming was in deep thought.

Xiao Ming came back to his senses, Thank you Shijie for reminding me that this king doesn't know that there are people who are so ill-intentioned in Cangzhou. This king cares about this matter and will give the Wang family a credit.

Your Highness is very polite. As a citizen of His Highness's vassal, you should think what His Highness thinks. Wang Shijie smiled, feeling extremely proud. Now he depends on how the Qin family will respond.

In order to squeeze the foreign merchants, the Wang family, the Sun family, the Wei family, and the Qin family jointly bought Chang'an's soaps, perfumes, and the management rights of Zuiqingzhou. Of course, they were able to win, and a large part of it was other merchants who gave Xiao Ming face .

However, although the four companies are doing business jointly, the contradictions within them cannot be reconciled. Li Kaiyuan told him that because of the issue of who has more goods and who has less, the four companies often argue.

After sending Wang Shijie away, Xiao Ming called Pang Yukun to the palace and told him about it.

Pang Yukun pondered for a while, then said: Your Highness, here is the opportunity to clear the foundation of the local noble family from the government.

Changshi Pang and I thought of it together, but if Chai Lingwu is captured, who can be the prefect of Cangzhou. Xiao Ming said.

If Your Highness believes in the lower officials, I can recommend a few people. They are all from poor families. Although they are famous, but the officialdom is dark, hey...

Xiao Ming understands what Pang Yukun means, that is, these people failed to pass when they were recruited, and they still don't have a half-official position.

Compared with these four families, Xiao Ming believes in Pang Yukun more. Even if these people form a confidant with Pang Yukun in the future, it will only be official.

It is precisely because of this that he will tolerate the four families so much.

And if he rashly cleans up the power of the four families in the government, the four families will inevitably rebound, and the fiefs will be in chaos at that time. Now that the Wang family and the Qin family are fighting each other, he can take this opportunity to remove these important officials.

It can also intensify the conflict between the two.

Even though Pang Changshi recommended it, this king is thirsty for talents now, and I only hope that there are people who can advise the king. I forbeared for five years, just to get rid of the four evils of this fief. Xiao Ming said through gritted teeth.

Pang Yukun nodded, In that case, I will send a letter and ask them to come to Qingzhou.

Well, the matter of Chai Lingwu is put on hold for the time being. As soon as they arrive, this king will order Lu Fei to take Chai Lingwu. Xiao Ming said.

Xiaowei Lu went out? Pang Yukun was a little surprised.

Three years ago, Cangzhou fell, and all the guards abandoned the city and fled. Now, there is no news about the smuggling of horses in Cangzhou, neither Chai Lingwu nor Cangzhou Governor Yuan Tao.

His Royal Highness means that the two of you are having sex? Pang Yukun's expression changed.

Exactly. Xiao Ming said, this is a barbaric era, and it is also a very rogue era.

He couldn't help but beware of Chai Lingwu and Yuan Tao's rebellion when they learned that they were going to chop off their heads. At that time, if they colluded with the barbarians again and brought in the barbarians, he would be completely finished.

Pang Yukun understood after thinking about it for a while. He said: Your Highness has a deep thought, and the lower officials admire it.

Xiao Ming was delighted and said, Pang Changshi will praise me too.

No, you should look at it with admiration every three days. It's Your Highness, the lower official has resigned. Pang Yukun smiled bitterly.

At this time, the twilight has enveloped the palace, and the family members are lighting the red lanterns in the palace one by one.

In the past, the palace's money was embarrassed, and Xiao Ming didn't dare to waste it, so the palace was always dark. Now he asked Shiwan to buy lanterns, put candles in them, inserted bamboo poles along the seemingly path, and hung the lanterns.

In this way, it finally made the style of the palace a little higher.

At the same time, it also gave him a sense of security. There was no way, he was afraid of the dark, and in this way, the security was also high. If an assassin came in, the guards of the palace would be able to see it at a glance.

Turning around and returning to the bedroom, Luluo had already prepared hot water for Xiao Ming, so he took a shower and went back to rest.

At this time, there is no longer the chill of winter, and the air seems to have a hint of warmth of spring. Winter has come to spring, and the farming season is about to come.

Xiao Ming is afraid of the dark and the cold. Thinking that spring is coming, he always has some expectations in his heart.

Until then, you can go out for spring, go fishing, and enjoy the original scenery.

After such a half-dreaming and half-thinking night, the next day, Xiao Ming took the morning class in the school in the morning, briefly taught the periodic table of elements, and went to the equipment department in the afternoon.

His Royal Highness, what kind of armor? Chen Qi asked eagerly when he arrived at the equipment department.

He didn't sleep well that night.

Plate armor! Xiao Ming said.

As a plate armor that was eliminated by firearms as soon as it appeared, it has not existed for a long time in history, but its combination of protection and mobility is very good, especially for soldiers holding swords, a soldier wearing plate armor is nightmare.

Because this armor is almost all-round defense against hacking.

Now Xiao Ming wants to make this kind of armor, of course, not to defend against firearms, because in the age of firearms, armor is not needed.

These plate armors are only used to deal with the army and barbarian cavalry in Dayu. Because of the excellent protection of plate armor, they can effectively resist swords and arrows.

Plate armor? Chen Qi looked blank.

But before that, we need another thing, the hydraulic hammer. Xiao Ming said, that's why he chose plate armor, scale armor, tie armor and these things are very troublesome to manufacture, and he has to equip his army with all the equipment. I don't know what year and month.

But as long as the hydraulic forging hammer is produced, he can mass-produce plate armor and equip the army on a large scale. After all, steel is his advantage.