Chapter 677 Hardcore Traitor
Damn, this die-hard traitor was so sinister that he actually offered Hubli a best of two worlds plan, which not only allowed Hubli to sit on the throne of emperor with full legitimacy, but also allowed him to command the people from all directions and gather their hearts.
Zhao Yulin was upset, so he caught Yao Shu, the Confucian traitor, and cursed him.
The second is that the army of the Golden Horde Badu is gathering and heading south to the Caspian Sea on a large scale, aiming directly at Shamar Khan. Badu should not know that Zhang Zhi's army of the Divine Power is advancing westward and heading to Taiheling.
Zhao Yulin always felt that these eight people who were supposed to be dead were still alive.
Once Baduk died, his sons under the Golden Horde would certainly fight for the throne, and he would not have to put in much effort to cross the Mang Ural Mountains and enter the Russian Plain.
Zhao Yulin was still wondering why Badu was not dead, but Dongmei was very scared. She went up to report: Otherwise, send the Shunfengsi Action Battalion to assassinate and kill Badu early.
Dongmei raised her right hand and wiped her neck cleanly and neatly.
He laughed at himself and told Dongmei that it was not necessary. Badu was going to die, so why bother his brothers to take risks? Besides, our New Song Kingdom did not need to resort to those despicable means to win.
He asked Dongmei to pass the order to Wang Hanchen and make the decision on his own.
Zhao Yulin said: We are too far away from the Western Regions, and we cannot consider every move as carefully as we do in chess. Military situations change rapidly, so it is better to let the generals on the front line deal with it on their own. However, from now on, we can no longer send weapons to Hubili, and we will not sell him even half a pound of scrap iron.
Dongmei burst out laughing when she heard this.
He said: We do good things, but they don't appreciate it. If things go wrong, they may turn around and fight us. Why should we still support their military equipment?
Dongmei nodded in agreement and left.
Zhao Yulin watched Dongmei walk away and asked the maid to inform Li Liang to come over.
Shunzhidi asked him: Do you want Minister Li to write back to Hubili?
After drinking the tea, he nodded and said that it would be best to let Li Liang handle Hubili's letter, as the questions this guy wanted to be answered were no longer family matters.
Later, Li Liang arrived.
Zhao Yulin handed Hubili's letter to him and asked the Ministry of Rites to write a reply to Hubili on behalf of the New Song Dynasty, telling him that the glory of the New Song Dynasty shone on the earth and would not leave a shadow on Shamar Khan. The New Song Dynasty believed in equality for all, and the Heavenly Kingdom was for the livelihood of the people, which was naturally what people wanted. All nations came to pay tribute, and long live the country.
Li Liang was excited after hearing this, and went back to write the article with an excited look on his face.
The commander of the navy of Zhenla Kingdom, the southernmost kingdom in the South China Sea, who had gone to war against Ma Yi, returned.
This guy was extremely lucky. The warship he was on was sunk by Yi Shuigui and fell into the sea. He quickly grabbed a piece of wood and swam across to escape. When he was exhausted, he met a sea fishing boat and miraculously sailed back.
This guy burst into tears as he entered the palace, and kowtowing to the little emperor while lying on the ground. He used his head as a hammer and smashed it hard, causing his forehead to immediately turn red and white, with blood flowing out.
When the young Zhenla emperor heard that his expeditionary naval fleet was wiped out by the New Song Dynasty, he was shocked and asked loudly what was going on.
Who is the New Song Kingdom?
Is it so fierce?
My hundreds of warships are gone just like that.
After the commander-in-chief made a detailed report, the young emperor became angry. He thought Ma Yi was too dishonest. The Zhenla navy was originally invited to fight against the bandits of the Song Dynasty, but Ma Yi changed sides and joined the New Song Dynasty to deal with his Zhenla together. This was a complete betrayal of the friendly army.
Second, he was angry that the navy of the New Song Dynasty was unreasonable. His Zhenla army was a benevolent and righteous army, but it was destroyed by the New Song Dynasty without any reason. He would not be a gentleman if he did not take revenge.
He wanted to mobilize Zhenla's ships to form an expedition fleet, cross the sea to Mayi and fight against the New Song Dynasty, and make the small countries in Southeast Asia respect Zhenla as the superior country and pay tribute to it every year.
The little emperor asked the commander to stand up and speak.
The fellow knew that his life was saved, so he stood up and listened to the emperor's order. The young emperor wanted to give him another 300 large sea ships, and let the prince be the military supervisor, so that they could cross the river to the east to fight against the new Song navy.
The commander first thanked the young emperor for his grace, and then hesitantly reported to him: Three hundred warships could not defeat the New Song Kingdom. It was heard that the New Song Kingdom's fleet heading south this time had as many as five hundred warships, and also brought with it twenty thousand infantry for landing operations.
The most crucial thing is that the New Song’s ships are generally larger than ours. One ship can defeat two or even three of ours. Moreover, their warships are equipped with huge cannons that can sink our warships with one shot.
The young Zhenla emperor was stunned. He then stared coldly at the commander whose forehead was still bleeding and shouted loudly: That guy is talking nonsense. Ask the guards at the palace gate to drag him out and put him in the Sky Prison for a thorough interrogation .
The Lord was dragged away amid hysterical crying.
The little emperor shouted angrily: Why is the enemy's ship so big?
The enemy also has huge cannons that can sink our warships with one shot. What nonsense are you bragging about?
It is obvious that the guy is incompetent. Now that I have pardoned him, there is no need to praise the navy of the New Song Dynasty to the sky. Just interrogate him clearly for me.
The prime minister nearby came out and reported carefully: Our sea merchants returning from New Song have indeed reported that the New Song's ships are huge and can carry tens of thousands of loads of cargo. It may be possible for New Song to build even larger warships.
However, it is rare that the New Song Dynasty has super magical firearms and cannons. I am stupid.
The young emperor was also tired after yelling, so he asked all his ministers to do their jobs and plan to fight against the New Song navy. Anyway, we have already occupied Champa, and to the north is the New Song's Thang Long Province, so we have to face the New Song anyway.
All the ministers sang "Yes" and left the court.
The little emperor was right. The defeated general was obviously exaggerating a bit.
The accuracy of the New Song Navy's artillery fire was definitely not as accurate as he said. Every time they fired, they would fire in salvos. How could one shot sink an enemy ship? He was definitely bragging. However, it was an indisputable fact that he reported that the New Song's ships were large. The New Song inherited and developed the shipbuilding technology of the Song Dynasty. Generally, cargo ships were super large, and the warships they built would definitely not be small.
At this time, Hongzhou of the New Song Dynasty was building new warships powered by steam engines. The first ones they built were large ships of 2,000 tons. In their eyes, these were super giants, and even Zhao Yulin thought they were too small.
Because all technologies are still being innovated and explored, the construction progress is very slow.
Zhao Yulin was not in a hurry at all.
Using steam engines to build ships is no joke. He told Chen Xian that it doesn't matter if it's a little slow, the most important thing is to create a new method of shipbuilding.
With the accumulation of shipbuilding technology, a large number of advanced tools will be produced, which will push the new Song Dynasty to progress from handicrafts to large-scale mechanized production. The transformation of workshops into large factories will give a huge boost to the productivity of the entire society.
At this moment, he was talking with Yu Dayi, the Minister of Works.
There was a heavy rain last night, and the summer heat has gone away. The temperature in Qingcheng Mountain has dropped a lot, and the cool breeze makes people feel refreshed. The two of them are drinking tea under the tall nanmu tree.
Dayi reported to him that the Ministry of Industry planned to establish a new large-scale industrial park in Lanzhou, Gansu to promote handicraft innovation in the northwest.
Zhao Yulin nodded and told him that road construction in the northwest is the most important at present. No matter whether it is the road to Tubo, or all the way west to Alimali in the Western Regions, or to Shamarkhan, roads are the biggest problem restricting our unification of the Western Regions, defense of the Western Regions, and bringing our compatriots in the Western Regions closer.
Establish an industrial park in Lanzhou and bring the latest and best technologies there to speed up road construction in Gansu, and strive to build a railway to Lanzhou and the Western Regions as soon as possible.
Yu Dayi was delighted. He didn't expect that he attached so much importance to the livelihood in the Northwest. He told him that an oil well bubbling with oil had been drilled in Gansu Road. We have endless oil, and he wanted to go to the Northwest in person to take care of it.
Seeing his smug look, Zhao Yulin thought that he was still far from achieving his goal, as he was so proud of just having dug a tiny oil well.
Now, after seeing the huge carrying capacity of trains, people all over the New Song Dynasty have realized the importance of new machinery to production workshops. A large number of new tools have been manufactured to save time, effort and labor, and quickly improve the labor efficiency of craftsmen.
This is the reason why the tax revenue of the New Song Dynasty experienced explosive growth.
Zhao Yulin asked him to take Wei Rensheng, who was still building a road, to train him. The boy was smart and down-to-earth, and was a promising talent.
Dayi nodded in agreement and said with admiration that the king cherished talents and remembered Wei Rensheng . He would watch Rensheng grow just like the king cultivated him.
Zhao Yulin smiled and said that it was not easy for the court to train an official, it all depended on his luck.
He said: We have lived in Qingcheng for almost half a month. The summer heat has subsided, so we should go back.
Da Yi said he would go and inform everyone right away. The weather this year was too hot, and this summer vacation was the longest in history.
Zhao Yulin nodded and told him that good things were not a big deal, and that everyone should go back and work hard without delaying anything.
The next day, he led the officials of the Central Court and Taijian Hall back to Chengdu. The city was still hot under the scorching sun, which really showed that the reputation of Qingcheng Tianxiayou was well-deserved.
As soon as he entered the room and sat down, the maid came to report: President Zhang of Caotang Academy was here to visit.
Zhao Yulin took Shunzhidi out to greet them, but the old man smiled and said that he had done a great job by finding the famous arithmetic expert Mr. Li Jingzhai for the court.
He immediately introduced the thin old man next to him to the couple.
Zhao Yulin immediately invited him to sit inside.
Zhang Xiangyang was still casually telling Li Jingzhai to watch out, saying that although Brother Yulin is the king of a country, he and I have been friends for many years regardless of age difference, and he doesn't have the airs of a king at all, right?
The skinny old man was still confused and terrified, but Shunzhidi had already led him to the flower hall in the backyard and sat down around a stone table.
He asked with a smile: "Is Mr. Jingzhai the master of arithmetic who founded the Tianyuan technique?" Zhao finally got to see the honor of the master.
Zhang Xiangyang laughed and said: "That's right, that's right. It's comparable to the Zhao numbers invented by me."
Zhao Yulin almost spit out the tea as soon as he drank it.
Li Jingzhai had been saying: How dare I, how dare I, my skills are just trifles, how dare I compare them with the king's Zhao family's figures.
