Iron Dynasty

Your Highness, if you offend King Wei this time, you are not afraid of chaos in the world in the future. Will King Wei send troops to attack Your Highness?

At the south gate of Qingzhou, Qingzhou officials watched as King Wei's sedan chair disappeared at the end of the official road, when Qian Dafu asked.

Good question, if you don't offend King Wei this time, won't he attack this king in the future? Everyone in the world says King Wei is as timid as a mouse. From this point of view, this Uncle Sanhuang is not only not timid, but also He is also extremely shrewd, and I am afraid that many people will be deceived by him, including the royal father. Xiao Ming said.

Your Highness means that King Wei has been secretly accumulating strength and waiting for an opportunity? Qian Dafu said.

I'm afraid this is indeed the case. In recent years, the war horses purchased by King Wei far exceeded the promise of his father to him, and he secretly killed other merchants who bought horses on the grasslands with different surnames. His ambition is not small, and he is so attracted. The Huyantuo tribe is not as simple as buying a horse, I'm worried... Xiao Ming frowned.

worry about what?

I'm just guessing about this. Let's take a step by step. The most important thing now is our own affairs. The four great families must be castrated. Xiao Ming said firmly.

Now he wants to completely control the military and political affairs of the fiefs and use slaves to earn enough war capital. It is precisely because of this that he asks King Wei for 100,000 slaves.

The purpose of these slaves is to provide artificial power. The number of these 100,000 slaves is not large, but the labor force they bring is comparable to thousands of hydraulic forging hammers. Now that machinery is far from widespread, these slaves are crucial to his industrial development. important.

As for why he doesn't want 300,000, 500,000, or 1 million, it's very simple, he can't afford it if he wants it.

Even so, he still asked for 2 million shi of grain, enough grain to feed 100,000 slaves for half a year.

As for why he didn't impeach King Wei, it's very simple. King Wei who jumped over the wall would be the first to vent his anger, and even if King Wei was convicted, King Wei would be put in prison, and he would not be able to take advantage of Wei's land. , will only cheapen his brothers and sisters.

Instead, it's better to get some pure profit.

At the Tuojiang Wharf at this time, King Wei got on the boat surrounded by his own guards, looked back at Qingzhou City, and King Wei sneered: Xiao Ming, what I can give you, this king can still take it back, just wait. , I will make you pay it back tenfold.

At this time, a young man in white walked up to King Wei and shouted respectfully, Uncle Sanhuang.

When King Wei saw the young man, the hostility on his face suddenly dissipated, revealing a doting look, he said, Yu'er, your body is weak, why did you come out? You can't go back to rest soon.

The young man smiled casually and said, Uncle Sanhuang, if I don't come out and walk around, I'm going to get moldy. Since I'm in Qingzhou, why do I have to go into the city to see it?

You went to Qingzhou City? King Wei said in surprise.

The young man nodded, I also went to the workshop area outside Qingzhou City, but it is heavily guarded and it is difficult for outsiders to enter.

At this time, Cao Yu said, His Royal Highness, what's so difficult about this? Five thousand soldiers are enough to wipe out Qingzhou City. I'll lead someone to open the way for His Highness!

General Cao must not be reckless. The young man looked serious, Although King Qi is weak, he is a prince after all, and it is up to the master to beat a dog, not to mention that he is a prince.

When King Wei heard the words, he looked at the young man sadly and said, Yu'er, in my eyes, Xiao Wenxuan has never been the emperor of the Great Yu Kingdom, and those princes are not the princes of the Great Yu Kingdom, the throne originally belonged to your father. , and you are the prince of the Great Yu Kingdom.

Uncle Three Emperors, winning the king and defeating the bandits, this is the battle for imperial power, why do you have to be arrogant, now the real enemies of the Great Yu Kingdom are the barbarians, they are the most powerful enemies of the Han people for thousands of years, if my father still Even if he is alive, he will not want to see brothers kill each other. The white clothed youth advised.

Yu'er, your thoughts are still too naive. Since you have been in contact with the Huyantuo tribe for so long, from all aspects, today's barbarians are already a dynasty whose national strength is not weaker than that of the Great Yu Kingdom, but you look at the Great Yu Kingdom now. , there are many vassal kings, each fighting each other, and the sand is scattered. The clans and nobles control the government, and the local nobles separate the villages. If the Da Yu Kingdom cannot work together, how can they resist the iron cavalry of the barbarians? Wei Wang said in a loud voice.

After a pause, King Wei continued: I've thought about it, the only thing that can wipe out the clansmen is not politics, but war, a complete purge.

The young man in white was silent for a long time, and finally sighed, Uncle Sanhuang, your words are exactly the same as what my father said back then, it's just that you and I can talk about it, don't talk to outsiders, otherwise it will be a group attack, father. It’s a foreshadowing.”

King Wei looked at the rolling river, his eyes were far away, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

As if he didn't want to mention such a heavy topic, the young man in white suddenly smiled and said: Uncle Sanhuang, this King Qi is interesting, I saw a lot of interesting things in Qingzhou City, the Chamber of Commerce, the Patent Department, the army in the field, this Qi Wang is really different.

It's unusual. He just blackmailed me for 100,000 slaves and 2 million stone of grain. Although my Wei land is rich, there are quite a few of these things.

The youth in white is even more interested, I didn't expect Uncle Sanhuang to suffer losses in his hands, but taking these deals, it's not that you don't have to worry about the secret letter being exposed. After all, the deal is completed, and he is also an accomplice.

Well, that's why I promised him, and I even scare him, but this kid has changed a lot. He even said that Qingzhou soldiers are weak, but they dare to fight, haha, bloody, but I'm starting to like it. This kid. King Wei laughed.

The young man in white smiled and said: This King Qi is different from other princes in my opinion, maybe he can bring us other different things.

King Wei smiled and his face gradually became colder, But no matter what, he is our roadblock, and now he is still useful to us, but if one day the soldiers confront each other, we can't be merciful.

The young man in white nodded. He looked towards Qingzhou City. The huge fleet began to move slowly, but he always had a feeling that this King Qi would be their future rival.

On the shore, a cavalry galloped toward the south. He passed the order of the King of Wei to mobilize slaves to Wei. One hundred thousand slaves gathered from various cities in Wei to Jinling, and began to go to Qingzhou in batches by boat.

On the tenth day of King Wei's departure, the first batch of slaves and grain arrived in Qingzhou, a total of 10,000 people and 500,000 shi of grain.

Looking at the huge warship from King Wei's fief, Xiao Ming sighed in his heart that this King Wei's navy was really unusual.