Red Mansion Royal Cat

Chapter 264 This operation is so coquettish and shameless!

Although the weather is cold, Iron Net Mountain is full of joy.

Beijing is lively and lively, but compared with the willful freedom of Iron Net Mountain, it is still a lot worse.

Especially for women who are "imprisoned" in the back house, whether enjoying the scenery, riding a horse or playing ball with friends, breathing freely in the wilderness seems to be sweeter.

Daiyu's health has improved a lot in the past two years, and she was tightly wrapped by Mrs. Xing, and Tu Siqi dragged her to swim around the Iron Net Mountain.

After lunch, she pushed the poetry competition to a climax with two poems. Yingchun won eight chess games in a row and advanced strongly to the finals.

As for the polo match, they didn't participate, but they also came to the stadium to cheer for Tu Siqi who was swinging his horse.

"The girl in your family is eye-catching. She is quiet, dignified, and pretty. She has nothing to say about her talent and learning. Unlike the girl in this palace, she is either dancing with a gun or playing with a stick. She doesn't look like a lady."

Mrs. Xing sat on the right side of Liu Shule, the eldest princess of Deqing, and was honored to hear Her Royal Highness praise her daughter.

She said with a smile: "Where is your Highness, the princess is very heroic. My brother Cong once said that his sisters should also move more and learn boxing kung fu. Not to mention killing the enemy in battle, you can also strengthen your body. Concubine Think about what that sentence means...By the way, Brother Cong said that life lies in exercise, and he has brought his family girls to play Wu Qinxi in the past two years."

"That's right. Qi'er seldom gets sick since she was born, and she doesn't even have a headache when she runs around in winter."

The smile on Liu Shule's face was even bigger. Tu Siqi has reached the age to meet, but because of her personality is different from that of ordinary noble girls, she has not been able to find a suitable candidate so far.

Those noble ladies in Beijing often speak ill of her behind her back. The girl from the Tu family doesn't look like a lady from everyone, but she looks like a wild child...

Mrs. Xing's mouth is stupid, but she has a temperament to talk about it.

She looked at Tu Siqi who was like the wind on the polo field, and said enviously: "The princess has a lively personality, no woman in Beijing would be envious."

when!
When the gong sounded, Tu Siqi rode her horse around the stadium and waved excitedly at her mother and girlfriends in the stands. This was already her third goal since the opening.

The emotions of Daiyu and Yingchun in the stands were also mobilized by Tu Siqi's heroic figure, and they cheered along with the crowd.

A polo match was played heartily, Tu Siqi wiped the sweat from her forehead, and ran up to the stands to claim credit for her mother.

"Mom, I won!"

"Okay, okay, go back to the tent to wash up and change into clean clothes, don't catch a cold. When you return to Beijing, mother will take you to the concubine Xian's relatives' garden."

Tu Siqi's eyes turned into crescent moons with a smile, she nodded and pulled Daiyu and her two back to the temporary tent.

After Liu Shule settled down her daughter, she apologized to Mrs. Xing: "This girl heard people say that your garden is well built, so she wanted to take a look. Madam also knew that because of that incident, my palace It's not good to take her there to disturb..."

"There's nothing to bother about it. If His Highness can come, the Rongguo Mansion will be full of glory."

Mrs. Xing hurriedly invited: "In a few days, there will be a banquet at home, and then His Highness...and the consort and princess must come."

As soon as Liu Shule said this, she thought of the happy event in the Rongguo Mansion, and said with her hand on her forehead, "I almost forgot to congratulate my wife. The Marquis of Rongguo granted the Marquis Banquet. How can I not come to congratulate you in person. It just so happens that the son-in-law met you a few days ago My brother, I want to discuss something with Mr. Ning."

……

Huben succeeded in the first battle, and the Great Xia army's prestige soared.

All the lords and envoys of the vassal states trembled, showing humility and respect when meeting the emperor.

Only the envoys of the Japanese kingdom shamelessly wrote a petition, wanting to send overseas students to study in the Imperial College, and said that the Japanese kingdom was often invaded by Westerners and pirates, and asked the heaven to grant magical weapons and firearms to help the Japanese kingdom fight against the enemy.

And said that if the Chinese government agrees, they are willing to return Ryukyu to the Chinese government...

At night, the imperial tent was brightly lit, and the Supreme Emperor slammed the memorial to the Japanese kingdom on the ground, cursing: "It's really shameless, if it weren't for the poor navy, I would definitely send troops to the Japanese kingdom, and let these Japanese slaves know what the majesty of the celestial dynasty is. "

"Father, my ministers have sent the Ministry of Rites to order the Japanese envoys and urge the Japanese kingdom to return Ryukyu to the Shang family."

The emperor's treatment could not calm the old man's anger at all, but made him even more angry.

"What's the use of this? In the final analysis, it's a question of whether the fist is hard or not. Since the Shang family has asked you to come, let the governor's mansion and the Ministry of War draw up a plan to send troops to Ryukyu."

"But father, most of the navy has been transferred to South Vietnam, and the remaining ones have to guard against the invasion of pirates. The Japanese slaves are weak, but they have a very strong navy..."

The emperor hesitated, wondering if the Daxia navy was really worse than the Japanese slaves?At least [-]-[-] is no problem.

But Daxia has a vast territory and thousands of miles of sea area. It is necessary to deter foreign countries and guard against pirates. From time to time, it also needs to assist the Lu division to counter rebellion and suppress bandits.

The Wa Kingdom really took a fancy to Daxia's weakness, and took the opportunity to secretly control Ryukyu. A few years later, they have stationed [-] troops in Ryukyu, which is enough to deal with Daxia's Fujian navy.

The Supreme Emperor gradually calmed down, no matter how angry and unwilling he was, he could not give up the war against South Vietnam.

Jia Cong slapped his head suddenly: "Saint, Your Majesty, we still have a strong army on the sea!"

Ok?
The second sage and the fourth prince Liu Hong looked suspiciously at Jia Cong, whose eyes were glowing, but he saw Jia Cong excitedly say: "Wang Chenghai, the king of the Three Seas, still holds the title of Commander of Zhenhaiwei. He is an official of the imperial court. To serve the imperial court. Your Majesty may wish to issue a secret decree to let Wang Chenghai send his troops northward to attack Ryukyu by surprise."

Before Wang Si... Wang Zanghai quietly entered Beijing as a special envoy, got in touch with the imperial court, and surrendered on Wang Chenghai's behalf.

The emperor ordered Wang Chenghai to be the Commander of Daxia Zhenhaiwei, and placed Wang Chenghai, Wang Zanghai and other high-level family members in Suzhou Mansion. During these days, the Daxia sea area has obviously become much more peaceful.

Wang Chenghai had a lot of soldiers and horses in his hands. After removing some people who were unwilling to be recruited by the court, the total number of soldiers and horses reported to the palace was still 4.

Many of them were old and weak, but the emperor still pinched his nose and recognized them.

In order to keep it secret, the emperor took out a lot of silver from the inner treasury and sent it to the sea. Wang Chenghai reciprocated and sent his eldest son Wang Shengwen to the capital, and now he works in front of the imperial court.

The old man slapped the table and snorted coldly: "That's it, fourth child, you write the secret decree yourself, and send it to Wang Chenghai's hands quickly. Tell him, conquer the Ryukyu, and add a rank of military officer. Conquer the kingdom of Wa, and I Granted the land with a title. Didn’t Xishan build a lot of new-style artillery? You have no doubts, you send twenty guns, and ask Wang Chenghai to flatten the Japanese country for me!”

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The winter hunting in Tiewang Mountain was proceeding in an orderly manner, and the news of the Ministry of Rituals admonishing the envoys of the Japanese kingdom spread quickly, and the courtiers of the Great Xia were mostly mocking, while the rest of the feudal kingdoms gloated or waited for the development of the matter.

The appearance of the flintlock made these people greedy enough, but unfortunately, the people in the Ministry of Rites had received the emperor's instructions a long time ago, saying that the flintlock was only equipped in Huben, Habayashi, and East Palace.

If the feudal vassals want firearms, there are quite a few firecrackers in the Ministry of War's warehouse, and the one they want is 250 taels of silver...

Um?Robbery!
How far can the old-fashioned guns go?The reloading speed is slow, and the chamber explodes every now and then, only a fool would spend so much money to buy it!

Ah, how delicious!

Although the old-fashioned firecrackers have fallen behind, they are still extremely advanced in the eyes of Zhu Fan.In particular, Gaochang, which faced Oara and the Timur Khanate, and Koryo, which was often invaded by the Japanese kingdom, gritted their teeth and ordered thousands of them.

After the Japanese envoys heard the news, they immediately protested to the officials of the Ministry of Rites.It is said that Koryo used the power of the Celestial Dynasty to frequently invade the Wa Kingdom, wouldn't it be even more powerful now that it has the firearms of the Celestial Dynasty?
At the same time, he shamelessly proposed to buy the Tianchao flintlock gun again, and asked the Tianchao to agree to send overseas students to Beijing to study.

The officials of the Ministry of Rites rejected the protest and request of the Japanese envoys, and only said that they could sell firecrackers to the Japanese country, and the price could be a bit lower, just 240 nine taels of silver per shot!

Jia Cong couldn't help laughing out loud after hearing the news, and he happily asked about the follow-up of the matter.

I only heard Liu Hong happily said: "The chief guest of the Ministry of Rites, Qing Lisi Lang Zhong Teng Xiqing, arranged the Japanese mission and the Koryo mission in the same camp. He first went to the Koryo mission to negotiate the list of fire guns. Then he went to the Japanese Mission. After the Wa gritted his teeth and bought [-] firecrackers, he returned to the Korean Mission and explained the matter in detail, so the Lord of Korea bought another [-] rods, overwhelming Wa country. When Wa country heard that Goryeo had overwhelmed him, he invited Teng Xiqing to the tent again..."

This operation is shameless enough... Uh, powerful enough!My lord!

Liu Hong handed Jia Cong a document, and Jia Cong immediately admired it.

Gaochang only ordered [-] rods, but Goryeo actually ordered [-] guns. Wa, not to be outdone, has increased the order to [-] rods.

According to the set price, Goryeo would spend 1205 million taels of silver just to order firecrackers, and Japan would spend 160 million taels of silver.

The cost of a firecracker will never exceed 20 taels. In just these two days of negotiations, Da Xia made a net profit of 300 million taels of silver.

Sure enough, the most profitable business in the world has to be arms!

but……

Jia Cong asked suspiciously: "Fourth brother, are there so many firecrackers in the Ministry of War?"

"Of course not."

Liu Hong said dumbfoundedly: "According to the rules, they have to pay half of the deposit first, and then they will send people to the capital to pick up the goods. It will take several months or even a year to go back and forth. The silver is enough for the Ministry of Industry to make flintlock guns. When the time comes, the stocks will not be enough, and the obsolete firecrackers of Shenwu, Zuowu, and Youwu will be sent directly to Japan."

hiss!
"Who came up with this idea? It's bad enough!"

"Your father, Marquis Rong!"

Jia Cong coughed and coughed twice, then grinned and said, "My father is so smart, he can come up with such a brilliant idea, I really admire him!"

……

The firecrackers are indeed outdated, and the price of the big summer is ridiculously high.

But whether it is Goryeo or Japan, they have no technology to make firearms at all.Western countries have been equipped with relatively advanced artillery and arquebus guns, but like Bactria, firearms, the big killer, are forbidden to flow out.

Apart from buying from the Celestial Empire at a high price, they have no other channels at all.

Jia Cong doesn't have to worry about the imitation of these three small countries. The research and development of firearms is not just about rubbing an iron pipe and stuffing gunpowder.

Making iron and forging steel, configuring gunpowder, everything is top-notch technology, Daxia himself doesn't quite understand it, and he is still improving it while making it.

After three days of busy work, the old man finally gave Jia Cong a day off.

The winter hunting has entered the final stage. The fifteenth battalion contest has decided the top six. Habayashiro temporarily ranks first, Huben second, Yuqian Sanwei coalition temporarily ranks third, Xuanfuwei fourth, Yansuiwei Fifth, Donggong Liu led two games in a row, temporarily ranking sixth.

Habayashiro deserves to be the number one iron cavalry in the Great Xia, and his performance is obviously much better than that of the guards.Huben didn't use firearms, and it was able to rank second due to strict military discipline and strong defense capabilities.

The other Wei brothers all formed a tiger-been formation, like a solid tortoise shell, which could not be broken.This is not derogatory, but they really have nothing to do with Hubenwei's defense.

Only the Habayashi iron cavalry won several times by virtue of their strong defense penetration ability, and the rest could not get close to the defense line of the tiger guard.

The six rates of the Eastern Palace can be regarded as half of the Tiger Guards, and the method of training troops is exactly the same.

But after all, without Huben's bravery, facing powerful troops such as Habayashiro, he would inevitably be caught in a hurry.

On the morning of the fourth day of Winter Hunting, Donggong Six Rate finally lost to Xuanfuwei and stopped in the top six.Even though they lost, both Liu Hong and the Second Sage were still very satisfied with this newly formed army. They gave money for meat and food, and the camp led by the Sixth Commander of the East Palace cheered.

In this big competition, Xue Pan, as a member of the Six Commanders of the East Palace, performed extremely well.

In particular, this fellow was born with a tendon and supernatural power. He held a heavyweight long spear and danced vigorously. He forcibly broke into the banner of the Xuanfu Guard's Chinese army, and almost smashed Liu Changqing, the commander of the Xuanfu Guard. in Malay.

Not only was Liu Changqing not angry, but he praised Xue Pan greatly, and pestered Liu Hong to get Xue Pan over.

How could Liu Hong be willing to part with such a stubborn and honest child like Xue Pan? He obtained an imperial decree from the emperor. Husuo, in charge of the military battle and guarding of the Prince's East Palace.

Hearing this, Jia Amnesty specially called Xue Pan to Jia's tent, and told Xue Pan to be careful in the future...

Xue Pan won the fifth-rank military attache, and he will be the confidant of the East Palace in the future. The news spread quickly throughout the camp.

Ning Rong Jia's family was naturally happy, but some people were not happy.

Wang Ziteng's wife once spread rumors in the circle of noble ladies that Xue Pan, a nephew, was an asshole since he was a child, a dude who was unfilial and bullied others...

Anyway, there was not a single good word, and Prince Teng, who heard the news from the imperial court, scolded Mrs. Wang angrily when he returned to the tent.

The nephew won the appreciation of the future prince, and a discerning person would know that Xue Pan had fallen into the emperor's eyes.No matter what the future holds, the Wang family's position is awkward now. His prince holds the position of controlling the nine provinces, but he doesn't have much real power in his hands.

It's like walking on thin ice right now, if the Xue family can be pulled into the carriage of the Wang family, at least they won't have to worry about money...

This stupid woman really did more than fail.

He looked at his wife's serious face, and after a long time he sighed: "You go back to Beijing immediately, and prepare a generous gift to visit the third sister in Rongguo Mansion. Just say that I showed Bao Yatou a good family, and let her go back to Beijing. Bring Bao girl to the mansion to have a talk."

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　Sorry for the late update.

　　That's all for tonight, continue tomorrow.

　　Note: In the previous chapters, the name of the fourth prince was typed wrong, and it has been completely changed.Liu Hong changed to Liu Hong!
　　
　
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