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Chapter 236 Bet on the dog Ben and let his backyard catch fire

"If I were Emperor Xuanguang, I would definitely choose to hand over military spending to the Ming Dynasty."

"Such actions will only increase trouble and gain nothing. If Wang Baobao were around, he would definitely dissuade him."

Xiao Han said calmly.

"Fengxue, how many ironclads do we have?"

Zhu Biao asked Xiao Han.

"Five ships."

“A third hydraulic blast furnace has also come on stream and a fourth is now under development.”

"Yao Guangxiao seems to have found the trick. He is now practicing faster and faster."

Xiao Han chuckled.

"Now that Ming Dynasty is quite wealthy, why not allocate some manpower to Yao Guangxiao to speed up the construction."

Zhu Biao said.

"Well, that's what I meant."

"The current construction speed one by one can no longer keep up with the national strength of our Ming Dynasty."

Xiao Han nodded. Now the Ming Dynasty has completed the harvest of Yue Zhan and started the harvest of Ava and Bago. It has also received benefits from Bei Yuan. It can be said that it is a small fortune.

Especially now, Lingnan is in good order under Liu Bowen's governance and has begun to provide positive income to the Ming Dynasty.

Not a single piece of the Ming Dynasty's own land is indemnified. The places that are indemnified are all tributary countries, and these debts do not need to be paid off by the Ming Dynasty. It can be said that they only take money and do nothing. Don't be too happy.

Even the Goryeo War, in which the Ming Dynasty personally intervened, was all funded by Bei Yuan's military expenditures. The Ming Dynasty took advantage of everything, but actually did not spend any money outside the country.

All the money was used to improve Daming's strength.

"Tell me, should we start a second hydraulic blast furnace project?"

Zhu Biao rubbed his hands and asked Xiao Han.

He can be regarded as seeing the steel production brought by the blast furnace. The almost luxurious iron-clad ships were built as soon as they were built, and it did not affect the Ming Dynasty's large-scale armoring of soldiers.

Zhu Biao would not have dared to think of such a thing before, but now it has all come true.

"Forget it."

"Hydraulic power is ultimately unstable and is not a long-term solution."

"Repair the first phase first, and then wait until there is not enough steel."

Xiao Han shook his head.

As the Yue Kingdom surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, various products from the tropical rainforests in the areas occupied by the Yue Kingdom also circulated to the Ming Dynasty.

Especially the rubber produced in the south, although it cannot be completely solved, it also gives Xiao Han a glimmer of hope to solve the air tightness problem of steam engines.

Maybe, in my lifetime, I can really come up with this thing.

However, he did not tell Zhu Biao this, otherwise Zhu Biao would have to ask him when he could take it out. Who can say for sure.

Instead of engaging in scientific research, Xiao Han might as well say that he is drawing a lottery now.

He knew the basic principles completely, but whether it could be worked out and what exactly went wrong really involved related professional issues. Xiao Han himself was not as good as his craftsmen to figure it out.

Whether you can get it out or not depends purely on luck.

The scratch-off tickets are ten yuan each, one ticket per day. What if you win?

As long as this thing is developed, Ming Dynasty will make permanent progress, and it will be worth any investment.

It’s much more cost-effective than expecting to win a lottery and get money.

Tughluq dynasty.

Faced with the merciless beating to death by Queen Wanshan, the Tughluq coalition army, which killed more than half of its leaders, completely collapsed, and everyone cried for their father and mother and fled in all directions.

As for Wan Shanhou, he didn't care about anyone else at all, and chased and beat up his direct troops all the way.

"Mom! There's something wrong with Queen Wan Shan. Why are there so many people chasing after me?"

One of Ben's arms was wrapped in cloth. It was obvious that the bone had been broken before and then it was reattached.

"Your Majesty, I am afraid that the Queen of Wanshan is targeting us."

Patrol said.

"nonsense!"

"I can see it!"

"Hurry up, how can we run away!"

Ben shouted angrily.

"The reason why Queen Wan Shan is keeping an eye on us is simply because she wants to seize this suzerainty from Tughluq. No matter what, we cannot give this to them."

Koruri continued.

"Don't I know?"

"Stop talking this nonsense?"

"How do we go back?"

Ben roared.

"The front is Mount Amitabha. We can go in directly. The people behind Wanshan are not familiar with the place, so they will not dare to rush in."

The patrol suggested.

"What a bad idea?"

"In Mount Amitabha, there are tigers, leopards, wolves, snakes, insects, rats, and ants. Besides, this is not our territory, and our people are not familiar with it. What is the difference between us and Wanshan Hou?"

Ben asked Koruri.

"Your Majesty, this is the only way."

"We definitely can't defeat Wanshanhou. Although we are not familiar with Mount Amitabha, there is a high probability that Wanshanhou doesn't know about it."

"As long as he doesn't think we're unfamiliar and won't dare to follow him in hastily, we can sneak out from the edge."

Koruri explained to Ben.

"You mean, we want to bet that Queen Wanshan will not know that we are not familiar with each other and will not dare to enter?"

Ben said with wide eyes.

"Then what if they get some information, or follow up with force?"

Ben asked to the patrol.

"Then we can only have a fight."

"There are more cavalrymen behind Wanshan than us, so we will definitely not be able to outrun them."

Xunli spread his hands, looking helpless.

"Row!"

"Just do it. If they follow us, I will kill you first if we haven't fought Wanshanhou." "If you manage to escape, I will remember you."

Ben gritted his teeth and said.

He had no other choice.

Although the patrol method sounds like betting on dogs.

But some bets are better than waiting to die.

What if Wan Shanhou doesn’t know?

What if Wan Shanhou doesn’t dare to come in?

What if we somehow managed to win the battle in Amituo Mountain?

Ben mentally told himself three possible scenarios in succession to cheer himself up.

"Your Majesty, I led my troops into Mount Amitabha ahead. Do we want to pursue them?"

Xiaowu rode to the back of Wanshan and said.

"Mitao Mountain?"

"Isn't this place quite far away from Ben's territory?"

"Is Ben familiar with Generation I?"

Wan Shanhou narrowed his eyes slightly and asked Xiao Wu.

"Your Majesty, as far as I know, I even relied on my generals to conquer this place. He himself has never been here before."

Xiaowu said.

"Then are there any generals under his command who participated in that battle?"

Wan Shanhou asked Xiao Wu.

"This should be true. After all, many years have passed since that battle, and many young generals have grown into important generals under Ben's command."

"The personnel are dispersed to various units. Under such circumstances, it is impossible to deploy 50,000 people without any generals from that year."

Xiao Wu said.

"That is to say."

"It's possible that he was in a panic and chose a way out, or it's possible that someone was really familiar with the place and chose to enter?"

Wan Shanhou narrowed his eyes slightly and asked.

"this…"

Xiao Wu was silent for a while, how could anyone ask this?

"In this case, there is no need for us to take the risk."

"Send the order, the cavalry will first surround Mount Amitabha, block all exits, and trap Ben here as much as possible."

"Then a small team of people who understand Tugluk language and Tugluk characters will be separated to spread the news in Tugluk City."

"Just say that Ben is dead. Especially, this matter must be known to Prince Filzsha of Tugluq."

Wan Shanhou said.

According to the information he received, this Fierz Shah had been the prince for decades.

I was afraid that he had been coveting the throne of the Sultan for a long time. If news that Ben had died in battle appeared in the city, Firz Shah would most likely stand up to mourn Ben and ascend to the throne.

If Ben had only returned after these few months, Fierz Shah would have replaced a large number of important officials with his own people, and it would not be that easy to regain power.

If the two sides are in a stalemate, it will be a good show of father and son fighting for the throne.

And this is undoubtedly great news for Queen Wanshan.

Even the Tughluq royal family has fallen into civil strife, and no one can quell the Tughluq chaos.

By then, the soldiers will march out of the pass and swallow up fifty kingdoms. If he can really hold it in his hands, maybe he will be qualified to compete with Daming and Xiao Han.

"Here!"

Xiao Wu responded and went down to make arrangements.

Funiu Mountain.

Fuso Military Camp.

"Does Lan Yu still have no intention of attacking?"

Ashikaga Yoshitsune asked Li Wujing.

Ashikaga Yoshitaka is also quite anxious now. Half of Goryeo's territory has been gained, the granary has been burned again, and the supplies are coming from Fuso, and Fuso's transshipment ability is not on the same level as that of the Ming Dynasty.

Especially in the north where the Ming Dynasty is located, the people of Goryeo took the initiative to help the Ming Dynasty transport in order to regain their homeland.

As for Fusang, they have to go down and arrest the people themselves. If they don't watch, they might run away with the supplies.

Despite what he said before, he was fearless, but when he saw the appearance of the Blue Jade Army, Ashikaga Yoshitsune was so frightened that he wet his pants.

He was almost ready to run away, but retreating after a battle was not the same concept as running away without a fight. Ashikaga Yoshitsune's last strength was that as long as Lan Yu attacked the camp, he would run away with two symbolic hits.

Unfortunately, Lan Yu had no intention of attacking at all, as if he really wanted to play a war of attrition.

This is so fucking awesome.

Ashikaga Yoshitsune just wanted to curse.

"Returning to the Major General, no."

"Lanyu has transported a large amount of military rations from the Ming Dynasty and seems to be preparing for a long war."

Li Wujing said.

"Is Lan Yu sick?"

"Obviously we could just hit him, but we just didn't."

"Isn't it more cost-effective to lose fewer people than to waste military rations here?"

"Or is it that this Baga actually has a false reputation and is not a strong general who is good at fighting?"

Ashikaga Yoshitsune spoke angrily.

"Major General."

"The blue jade has a good reputation. Meng Yuan was so shocked that he couldn't fight back. He must have his own abilities. I'm afraid he has a conspiracy, so he shouldn't act rashly."

Seeing Ashikaga Yoshitaka speaking like this, Ikkyu Junshu couldn't help but persuade him.

"idiot!"

"Stop talking nonsense here. If you have no plan to defeat Lan Yu, a person who is just trying to gain fame, just shut up!"

"Li Wujing, tell me, is there any way to defeat Lan Yu?"

Ashikaga Yoshitsune asked Li Wujing in anger.

(End of this chapter)