Chapter 463

After the new year, time seems to pass quickly.

It was February when he came back from Dengzhou. Then Xiao Ming was busy with the steam engine workshop and Jennie's textile machine, and it was March before he knew it.

When Xiao Ming devoted all his energy to the development of the fiefdom, Wang Xuan brought an unpleasant news.

”Korea is building ships on a large scale Xiao Ming carefully reviewed the intelligence sent by Wang Xuan.

Now Wang Xuan doesn't need Xiao Ming's supervision. He has extended the secret guard's tentacles to any place he can touch. Every day, the secret guard will deal with a lot of intelligence. After the intelligence is analyzed, some valuable information is sent to Xiao Ming.

"Yes, since his highness left Dengzhou, the king of Korea ordered the construction of warships. The barbarians even supported a large number of slaves in Korea, and beshan is also said to have appeared in Beisha city." Wang Xuan said.

"Besan! "Xiao Ming's eyes narrowed. Since the last battle of Jizhou, Bei Shan has disappeared for a long time. Wang Xuan brought news that Bei Shan was demoted from Shengdu after losing three fingers. Unexpectedly, he is now in Beisha city in Korea.

"Your Highness, I suspect that this order is probably from Bei Shan." Wang added.

"Why? "Xiao Ming asked.

Wang Xuan solemnly said: "because I have received some subtle information, the barbarians are probably planning to attack the state of Dayu in an all-round way. In order to cooperate with the barbarians, Bei Shan wants to lead the Korean soldiers to attack Dengzhou directly from the sea and attack us on both sides. "

" what little news? "Xiao Ming's look suddenly became very dignified.

Just as he was always uneasy, the neighboring countries in the north of Dayu never gave up the annexation of Dayu.

"Since his highness was assassinated in Chang'an last time, he has been monitoring Jin merchants, who are mercenary merchants. He found that since then, Jin merchants have bought iron ore, coal, saltpeter and other war materials in all parts of the state of Dayu, and these materials have been sent to the grassland to trade with the barbarians through the fiefdom of King Liang. "

" it's not surprising that these Shanxi businessmen have been doing these things. " Xiao Ming frowned.

Wang Xuan said: "Your Highness, it's just that during this period, the amount of ore and other things purchased by Shanxi Merchants suddenly increased by more than ten times, and some Shanxi merchants are still mapping the terrain and the distribution of military towns in Dayu, which is very problematic. "

" anything else? "Xiao Ming frowned more and more tightly. He pondered for a while and said," if it's true, I'm afraid the barbarians really want to be big. These damned Shanxi merchants, who don't want to serve the country, are still investing in the enemy. "

" Your Highness, this is only the second. The most important thing to worry about now is king Liang. " Wang Xuan sighed and said, "the king of Liang has always regarded the second prince as his own. Now that the second prince has been demoted to Bazhou, no one knows what the king of Liang thinks. In the past, the king of Liang connived at the trade between Jin merchants and barbarians, but he still made three rules about Jin merchants. But now that the merchants of Jin are so blatant, they just..."

Xiao Ming nodded, deeply convinced that it was inevitable for the king of Liang to have resentment in his heart, but he didn't know right from wrong to connive at Jin Merchants' betrayal. Since he didn't care about these merchants, he took charge of them for him. He couldn't let them fatten the barbarians

"Your Highness is very right, but these Shanxi merchants are all near the land granted by the king of Liang. How can we manage that?" Wang Xuan was puzzled and said, "is your highness going to kill these Shanxi merchants? It's just that these Shanxi merchants are all local rich families, and they have raised many private soldiers. It's not so easy to deal with them. "

" no, there's no need for the king to do it himself. Don't forget that King Yong has always asked him to deal with these Shanxi merchants. "

King Yong always wanted to get the torch from Qingzhou. When he was in Chang'an, King Yong signed a trade agreement. A large part of the reason was the torch. If he asked for it now, it would not be a big problem.

"It's just that your highness, according to the information obtained by your highness, King Yong has also taken a lot of benefits from these Shanxi merchants. Because of this, the Juyi village where these Shanxi merchants are located is in a state of no care, so that King Yong is afraid of "

" is king Yong also related to these Shanxi merchants? "Xiao Ming frowned.

Wang Xuan sighed and nodded.

"If so, I will let King Yong come to Qingzhou to talk about it." Xiao Ming said sternly.

After talking to Xiao Ming about the news of Chongqing, Wang Xuan turned around and left.

When Wang Xuan left, Xiao Ming wrote a letter in person, and a messenger called the post general to deliver the letter to King Yong.

It was a short journey from Jizhou to Qingzhou, and he arrived in three or four days. He asked King Yong to take over the first batch of rifles to Qingzhou.

After this, Xiao Ming gave an order to the shipyard in Dengzhou, asking them to speed up the construction of warships, while Yue Yun continued to recruit naval soldiers for training.

Since Koryo was building ships, he just let Bei Shan not be happy. When the next batch of warships were launched, he sent his troops to Beisha city to completely destroy Koryo's navy. He wanted to see whether it was his fast bombing or Koryo's fast building.He had to make preparations in advance for the barbarians who might go south in a large scale, but now he can accept the strong neighbor in the North psychologically and will not be confused by the invasion of the barbarians.

Because he understood that only one of the barbarians and Dayu could dominate the land. The war between Dayu and the barbarians could not be avoided. It was just a matter of time.

After the battle of Cangzhou, Bei Shan went south to Jizhou. He has broken the myth that the barbarians are invincible. Even if the barbarians go south again, they will only be stopped by soldiers and covered by water and land.

He shook his head. For him, development is the last word. As long as his fist is hard enough, how can the barbarians go south? Moreover, Shanhaiguan is in his hands. At that time, he can take the opportunity to poke the ass of the barbarians and make them fear all the time.

Thinking of this, he sent someone to call Niu Zhen and told him the news.

"Barbarian movement?" Niu Zhen, with a light look, said, "Your Highness, the king of Liang really dug his own grave. Now the mountains and seas are in our hands. If the barbarians go south, they can only pass through the fiefdoms of the king of Liang and the king of Zhao. At that time, the king of Liang will suffer. "

Xiao Ming nodded," now that the crown prince's position is stable, the king of Zhao should not have mentioned it. The king of Liang is really worrying. Moreover, if the barbarians break the fiefdom of Liang, Chang'an will be directly exposed to the barbarians. "

"So your highness doesn't have to worry too much. Now that Wang Xuan has heard the news, the Emperor may also be aware of it. All we need to do is to guard the Shanhai Pass and keep the forbidden army from being attacked on both sides. Besides, your highness doesn't have to look down on the emperor. After all, the emperor relies on his military merits to get his present throne."

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