Rebirth of The Deer and the Cauldron, Wei Xiaobao Becomes a God

The Dragon was equipped with a large naval gun at the bow and stern.

This was a replica made by Wei Xiaobao based on the style of the Khuber rifled cannon used by the Prussian army in 1867.

The steel barrel is 9 meters long, the caliber is 280 mm, and the range is meters. A steel ball slide is placed under the cannon, which allows the cannon to rotate 180 degrees.

"Boom, boom"

The bow and tail cannons each fired a test shell.

Wei Xiaobao picked up the telescope and saw shells exploding on the sea in the distance, with huge waves rising into the sky.

If a 500-ton Fujian ship was hit, one shot would blow the enemy ship to pieces. Even if it missed, the waves at close range would overturn the ship.

Wei Xiaobao looked at the 110mm Krupp guns installed on both sides of the ship.

The steel gun barrel is 3 meters long, with an elevation angle of 30 degrees and a range of 15 kilometers. It is also fixed to the ship by a steel ball slide and can rotate 180 degrees.

This Krupp 110mm cannon, after being equipped with wheels, will also serve as the main battle artillery of the Tiandi Revolutionary Army.

Then there were twenty crossbows, the shafts of which were covered with white phosphorus. They were shot at the wooden sailboats, which immediately caught fire.

Wei Xiaobao still felt that it was a bit inappropriate to install cold weapons such as crossbows on ironclad ships, but the Ryukyu Islands only had iron ore, coal mines and oil, but no copper mines. If one wanted to make a rapid-fire equipment such as a Gatling gun, which was similar to a machine gun, a large amount of copper would be needed to make bullets.

So this is all we can do.

After returning from the trial voyage, Wei Xiaobao set out to look for the trace of the pirate Liu Damazi.

On the 500rd day of the twelfth lunar month, the day of the Little New Year, a fleet arrived at the western port of Shuri Castle. It consisted of three 800-ton Fukusen warships and an -ton cargo ship.

The ship was flying the yellow dragon flag of the Qing Dynasty of China.

When the fleet arrived ten kilometers offshore, the port's coastal defense artillery opened fire.

This shot was a warning and was not fired at the fleet.

When the four ships saw that the enemy's coastal defense artillery could fire so far and that they were firing shrapnel shells, they quickly hoisted white flags as a symbol of friendship.

When the Tiandi Army's coastal defense navy saw the other side hoisting the white flag, they stopped the attack and sent a 500-ton warship to check.

The Ryukyu Kingdom's original three 500-ton Fukusen warships now belong to the navy.

The battleship's number is 102, and its captain is Zhang Dabing. He was also the officer in charge of this ship when he was in the Ryukyu Navy. Now the navy generally calls him the captain.

After Ship 102 approached the fleet, the flag signalman waved the small flag in his hand and asked the other party about the situation.

The other side's flag signal soldier replied: We are envoys from the Great Qing Empire of China. We have come to the Ryukyu Kingdom to read the imperial edict at the behest of the Qing Emperor.

Afterwards, Ship 102 took the lead and brought the Qing fleet to Shuri Port for anchorage.

After a while, Wei Xiaobao received news that a Qing Dynasty delegation was visiting in the newly built federal government office building.

Wei Xiaobao did not want Kangxi to know that he was still alive, so he asked the officer on duty to notify King Shangwen of Ryukyu to meet them in the palace.

Half an hour later, Zhang Sanguo, the former Prime Minister of the Ryukyu Kingdom, brought the Qing delegation to the palace.

When Zhang Sanguo returned to the Ryukyu Kingdom, he first went to the Yaeyama Palace. In the palace, he basically understood the great changes that had taken place in the Ryukyu Kingdom in the past few months.

The Qing delegation was led by Long Keduo, the right vice minister of the Lifanyuan who was in charge of foreign affairs, and consisted of the eunuch Wen Youdao who announced the imperial edict, Shi Lang, the admiral of the Beijing Navy, and a group of eunuchs who served as guards.

If Wei Xiaobao were here, these three people would be familiar faces.

Longkeduo was a subordinate of Soetu, the Grand Councilor in charge of the Lifanyuan, and he often took advantage of Wei Xiaobao for free.

Eunuch Wen Youdao, the eldest of the Wen brothers who served in the imperial study, and his younger brother was Wen Youfang. Both brothers were Wei Xiaobao's card-playing friends.

Admiral Shi Lang was promoted to admiral by Wei Xiaobao. He followed Wei Xiaobao in destroying the Dragon Sect and fighting the Rakshasa devils.

After arriving at the palace, Zhang Sanguo met King Shangwen and introduced the imperial envoy from the upper country to him.

Long Keduo said to Prince Shang Wen: "Your Highness, my Great Qing Empire is the suzerain of the Ryukyu Kingdom. This time, I am entrusted by the Emperor of the Great Qing to come to the Ryukyu Kingdom to confer titles and rewards. Please accept the order, Prince Shang Wen."

After hearing this, Prince Shangwen said calmly, "Lord Long has worked hard on the journey. You should go to the inn to rest first. We can talk about receiving the imperial edict later."

When Long Keduo heard this, he was unhappy. I came all the way here to announce the emperor's grace, but you are still not sensible. So he said angrily: "Why is your Highness doing this? He finished the matter so early, and the emperor is still waiting for my reply!"

"Lord Long, you may not know that the Ryukyu Kingdom has now joined the Heaven and Earth Federation and is a member of the Heaven and Earth Federation, so it would never dare to regard itself as a vassal state of the Qing Dynasty. I hope you can forgive me!" said King Shangwen.

"What, which country is the Heaven and Earth Federation?" Long Keduo asked in confusion.

"The Heaven and Earth Federation is not a country, but a government organization that is a union of multiple member countries, with its headquarters located in Ryukyu." King Shangwen replied.

"So, the Ryukyu Kingdom wants to break away from its vassal relationship with the Qing Dynasty?" Long Keduo asked.

"You can understand it this way!" said King Shangwen.

"Your Highness, aren't you afraid that my Qing army will send troops to Ryukyu to punish you?" Long Keduo threatened.

"Lord Long, the Japanese invaded my Ryukyu Kingdom and occupied more than half of my territory. The Chinese suzerain country did not care. This year, the Ryukyu Kingdom occupied my capital, Shuri Castle. I sent Prime Minister Zhang to the Qing Dynasty to ask for help, but in the end, no soldiers were sent.

And over the years, my Ryukyu Kingdom has paid tribute to the Qing Dynasty every year, but has never received any benefit from the Qing Dynasty!

It doesn't matter if this Qing dynasty's vassal state is not worthy of it!" Prince Shangwen said domineeringly.

"Good, good, good!" Long Keduo was so angry that he said three good words in a row. "Your Majesty, then there is nothing to talk about between us. You just wait for the emperor's forgiveness!"

After Long Keduo finished speaking, he took Wen Youdao, Shi Lang and others out of the palace. Without going to the post station, they went directly back to the port fleet and set sail back to the Qing Dynasty of China.

When Wei Xiaobao heard the report from King Shang Wen, he smiled and said, "Why are you leaving in such a hurry? You didn't even ask to stay for a meal before leaving!"

The next day, spies reported that pirates had attacked the village and stolen food and livestock.

The Chinese New Year is coming soon. It seems that the pirates are trying to steal New Year's goods. Pirates should be coming and going frequently during this period.

Wei Xiaobao ordered his men to inform Qi Shiba that the navy's four warships, Julong, 101, 102 and 103, were all to patrol around the Ryukyu Islands and to destroy any pirates they encountered on the spot.

All the red cannons on the three Fujian warships 101, 102, and 103 were removed and replaced with four 110mm Krupp breech-loading rifled guns, two each installed at the bow and stern.

Twenty white phosphorus crossbows were also installed. As long as they did not encounter a large group of enemy ships, one or two warships of the same tonnage would not be a match for them.

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