Chapter 544

"Warships?"

Niu Zhen's proposal made Xiao Ming nod his head slightly. Although the bianshui river was not wide, the three warships when Yue Yun went south were more than enough to pass through. After all, the three warships were only class five warships, only the size of an ordinary merchant ship.

"That's a way, but at present these warships are cruising on the sea. I need to call them together." Xiao Ming pondered.

Pengzhou City on the sand table is built near the water. If you want to enter Pengzhou City, you can only pass through the wooden bridge in front of the gate. But at that time, the army of Pengzhou City will surely tear down the bridge.

At this time, the three warships were cruising in the river. They could transport soldiers to the opposite side and provide artillery attack.

"That's a good thing. It will take some time for the three states to gather and train their troops." Niu Zhen said happily that he had been thinking of warships, because the more he went to the south, the more cities would be built near the water. Without the protection of the Navy, they would not even be able to cross the river.

While they were watching the sand table, a bodyguard came in from the door and said to Xiao Ming, "Your Highness, the messenger of the king of Wei has arrived."

Lu Fei said with a smile: "Your Highness, does the king of Wei regret that he wants to make an alliance with his highness again?"

"The king of Wei is ambitious, but he won't give in to his highness so easily. Maybe he has some bad water." Niu said.

Xiao Ming frowned and said, "I'll know when I'm gone. You can continue to observe the sand table and work out the battle plan. Then you can submit the plan to me for review."

"Yes, your highness." Niu Zhen and his generals responded.

After that, Xiao Ming followed the bodyguard to the palace of king Qi. In the main hall of the palace, a middle-aged scholar was waiting for him.

Seeing Xiao Ming, the middle-aged literati saluted and said, "Your Highness, the royal highness of Qi is appointed by the king of Wei. I want to talk to your highness about Tongzhou."

"TongZhou?" Xiao Ming's eyes narrowed. He thought that what should come was coming. He knew that the king of Wei would take TongZhou as an example.

Sitting on the throne, he said, "if the king of Wei has any idea, just say it."

The middle-aged scholar said, "His Royal Highness said that the world is in chaos now, and they should support each other. Therefore, his royal highness is willing to continue to provide supplies for Qingzhou warships, but he hopes that his royal highness can use 20000 fire line guns and 300 guns as the rental fee."

"The king of Wei really knows how to open his mouth." Xiao Ming snorted coldly. He said, "what if I don't agree?"

"Then his Highness the king of Wei can't continue to supply his highness in Tongzhou. Please think twice." The middle-aged scholar said lightly, "Your Highness, if you lose TongZhou port, it will be difficult for the warship to go south."

The arrogant tone of the middle-aged literati made Xiao Ming angry. He hated being threatened by others. In this way, he had to teach the king of Wei a lesson to let him know how high the sky was and how thick the earth was.

He said: "you go back and tell the king of Wei that if he stops the supply of Tongzhou, the king will make him pay the price."

Xiao Ming's tone of voice was severe, but the middle-aged scholars were surprised. This time he came to the Wei king, he was full of confidence. After all, Tongzhou was in the territory of Wei, and Xiao Ming had no way to do it.

"Your Highness, you have to weigh the pros and cons." The middle-aged scholars didn't expect Xiao Ming to be so tough. For a moment, they didn't know what to do.

Xiao Ming then stood up and said to the middle-aged literati, "I think very clearly. You go back and tell the king of Wei that I remember the battle of Cangzhou, and I also remember the battle of Jizhou. Now that he doesn't care about the royal family and refuses to form an alliance, I have done my utmost to him. From then on, he doesn't have to keep hands with me, and I won't keep hands with him."

The middle-aged literati was very calm at first, but now Xiao Ming's words completely scared him. In his opinion, Xiao Ming was officially fighting against the king of Wei.

Officer I'm leaving. " The middle-aged scholar wiped the sweat on his forehead and walked out without looking back. He was afraid that he would be killed by Xiao Ming later.

Xiao Ming's eyes narrowed when he saw off the messenger of the king of Wei. Originally, he had some illusions about the king of Wei, but now the face of the king of Wei completely let him down.

Besides, he is not Xiao Ming. He doesn't care about royal blood. He only knows that if things go on like this, the state of Dayu will really take jujube pills. "

Therefore, before these vassal kings had brought the population of Dayu from 100 million to only a few million, they had to take an active attack and seize as much land as they could, especially in Wei, a rich and crowded place. Wildly beating gongs and drums,

sent the three kings into the Qingzhou to cooperate with the battle against Pengzhou. At the same time, he and Niu began to plan the attack on Pengzhou.

It seems that he retaliated against Xiao Ming. After the envoys returned to Jinling City, the king of Wei quickly cut off supplies to Tongzhou. At the same time, the king of Wei ordered that any merchants in Qingzhou should not trade in Wei, otherwise they would be killed.

After the order was issued, three Qingzhou merchant ships that did not come and leave were detained.

"Your Highness, the king of Wei is so hateful. He let our people back and said that if he wanted to redeem the merchant ships, he would take 500000 taels of silver." Li Kaiyuan filled Yong with indignation. Now business is very difficult because of the war.I didn't expect that the king of Wei suddenly made such a move at this time. The goods transported by the three merchant ships, together with the value of the merchant ships themselves, were more than 200000 Liang. Li Kaiyuan had to be distressed.

The revenge measures taken by the king of Wei really caught him off guard. According to Li Kaiyuan, some powerful families in Wei took the opportunity to attack businessmen from Qingzhou.

On the surface, it was only expulsion, but in fact, the king of Wei and some big families had long harbored evil intentions. The arrest of these three merchant ships has already illustrated the problem.

It has to be said that this incident really upset Xiao Ming. These merchant ships were all owned by Qingzhou chamber of Commerce. Although he ordered to withdraw them when he fell out with the king of Wei, he still didn't have time to withdraw them.

It was not that the merchants withdrew too slowly, but that the Wei kings had planned to detain the three merchant ships before giving orders.

"Your Highness, the business of the chamber of commerce is difficult now. What can we do?" Li Kaiyuan sighed.

"It's hard to do business at home in Dayu, but it's hard to do business abroad. Do you think that Wang worked hard to get through the sea routes for fun? It's in response to this situation that Wang planned ahead of time. Now you will shift your focus to maritime trade. "

"Yes, your highness." Li Kaiyuan said, hesitated for a moment, he said: "Your Highness, where are these three merchant ships?"

"Well, if he takes the king's three merchant ships, the king will take his three cities." Xiao Ming slapped the table hard.

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