Chapter 232

"The messenger of King Zhao?"

Pang Yukun nodded and said to Xiao Ming, "yes, this man claims to be the eldest son of King Zhao, Zhao Yuanliang."

"Is that him?" Xiao Ming pondered for a moment.

Then he said to Yue Yun, "you will continue to follow Zhang Liang to learn about the structure of the Galen and how to operate it. After that, someone will arrange accommodation for you. In the future, you will learn this sailing skill at Bowen college."

"Your Highness, we don't have to learn this. We are all experts." Yue Yun said confidently.

"Hey, hey, don't talk about it now. When I teach you sailing, you will know the difficulty of sailing." Xiao Ming said.

After leaving Yue Yun and others, Xiao Ming instructs those fishermen who don't want to stay to make money and let them go back by themselves. He rides his horse back to king Qi's residence.

At this time, a young man who was slightly older than Xiao Ming was waiting in the main hall.

Outside the main hall, the maple leaves in king Qi's mansion are as red as sunset. Looking at the servants in the mansion, Zhao Yuanliang has a light worry in his eyes.

"Your Highness, the Qi palace is much poorer than our Liangzhou palace, and Qingzhou is no better. I think the people in the city are much worse than the Liangzhou people."

On the side of Zhao Yuanliang's body is a man of letters in a long gray shirt and a square turban. He is Zhao Kuan, a counselor under the command of the king of Zhao.

"Qingzhou was plundered by the barbarians three years ago. It's not a matter of time to recover. In three years, there was no disaster in the six states. He also removed the local aristocrats. It can be said that Xiao Ming is very difficult. This time, his father told him not to neglect him. After all, we have asked him for help." Zhao Yuanliang said.

"Yes, I remember." Zhao Kuan said.

While they were talking, they suddenly heard something outside the door, but the king of Qi came in with a man who looked like a civil servant.

"Yuanliang, long time no see." Before reaching the door, Xiao Ming called.

Zhao Yuanliang and Zhao Kuan rushed out and said with a smile, "see your highness, Zhao Yuanliang."

"No gift." Xiao Ming picks up Zhao Yuanliang and strides into the main hall. Zhan Xingchang follows him into the main hall.

Motioning for Zhao Yuanliang to sit down, Xiao Ming asked, "Yuanliang, we haven't seen each other for about five years. I remember the last time I saw you, it was when you came to Beijing with King Zhao."

"Exactly. At that time, Yuanliang didn't understand. He collided with his highness in the palace. I hope your highness will forgive me." Zhao Yuanliang said.

Five years ago, he went to the palace with his father to face the saint. He met Xiao Ming, who was denounced by Xiao Wenxuan. When he accidentally touched Xiao Ming, he was denounced by Xiao Ming.

At that time, they were both young and vigorous. Naturally, they did not give in to each other, so they fought in the palace.

Later, Xiao Ming was pulled out by Xiao Wenxuan.

This time, if it wasn't for the gun, his father would not send him to Qingzhou to show his importance. After all, they still have a holiday, but now Xiao Ming looks like he doesn't care.

"No matter, I was not sensible then, but I made Yuan Liang laugh." Xiao Ming said that he knew the purpose of Zhao Yuanliang's visit. After greeting him, he directly asked, "why is Yuanliang going to Qingzhou this time?"

Zhao Yuanliang said: "Your Highness, it's for the sake of artillery. In the imperial court, my father promised that all the northern vassal kings could purchase artillery from his highness to resist the barbarians. Like his highness, now Zhao is also threatened by the barbarians. Moreover, Zhao is a barrier to the north of Dayu. I hope your highness can take care of the safety of Dayu and sell us artillery."

The purchase of artillery was originally in Xiao Ming's plan, but the artillery of the imperial army has not been found. How can it be sold to King Zhao now.

He said: "my father and emperor have said this. I should take care of the gun business. But now my king is producing guns for the imperial guards. I'm afraid there are no surplus guns for sale."

Zhao Yuanliang said with a smile: "Your Highness, what's the difficulty? If you don't have enough manpower, why don't you sell me the gun technology and go back to Zhaodi and we will produce it ourselves."

This time, Zhao Yuanliang came to negotiate with Xiao Ming for the gun. He naturally held several methods in his hand.

"Yuanliang is joking. At the court meeting, my father made it very clear that the artillery technology can only be mastered by me. I don't believe you, but now the barbarians can't work in detail. If the artillery falls into the hands of the barbarians, I'm afraid Zhao Di won't even have the advantage of guarding the city."

Zhao Yuanliang turned his eyes. Although he knew it was impossible, he still wanted to try it. He continued: "Your Highness, if you sell us the artillery technology, we will try our best to keep it secret. Moreover, my father promised that he would exchange 5000 good horses and 5 million taels of silver."

It has to be said that this price makes Xiao Ming quite excited, but it is impossible for him to hand over the gun casting technology.

Although he knew that it was impossible to forge artillery of the same level without high-quality steel, once the technology spread, the quantity was enough to make up the quality gap.

"Yuanliang, I don't agree, but if the gun technology is leaked, my father will really kill me." Xiao Ming shook his head. "Let's talk about something else."Xiao Ming refused again. It seems that this method is not feasible.

Zhao Yuanliang continued: "in this case, your highness can provide artillery for the imperial guards and Zhao Di at the same time. Since your highness defeated the barbarians, it seems that the barbarians want to regain face in Zhao di. Recently, the barbarian cavalry activities outside the city are frequent. My father and I are quite nervous."

"This..." Xiao Ming pretends to be hesitant.

Now the technology of iron mold casting gun is mature, and there are a group of professional craftsmen in the military workshop. The only way to improve the production is whether the materials are sufficient.

Moreover, he also wants to use the sale to expand the production scale of the military workshop. After all, if the military workshop can make money, it will naturally take this opportunity to expand the production line and maintain such a scale. Once the war comes, it will produce a large number of artillery in a short time like dumplings.

However, Xiao Wenxuan's order was ahead, and Xiao Ming did not dare to disobey it. He pondered for a moment and said, "I can provide the first batch of artillery to the imperial guards, and then I can provide you with artillery in February. However, you must pay the silver needed for the production of artillery in advance."

"A month?" Zhao Yuanliang and Zhao Kuan look at each other.

"This is the shortest time. The artillery of the imperial army must arrive first." Xiao Ming's tone is firm.

Seeing that Xiao Ming's tone was so tough, Zhao Yuanliang stopped pestering about this issue and asked, "in that case, your highness, how much silver does this gun need?"

"It's not expensive. Twenty thousand taels of silver." Xiao Ming opened his mouth.

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