In the eighth year of civil and military affairs, on March 3, the weather was fine.

A caravan from Shazhou entered Lanling County.

Outside the Xianshui Palace, Wang Lanling and the envoys sat on the leisure chairs on the grass and chatted.

Jiang Zuoren looked at Wang Lanling, "Marquis Lanling, this is my father's sister and the two thousand nine hundred and fifty-five daughters of the first emperor, Princess Tianhe. ”

Jiang Zuoren is a man in his thirties, while Jiang Tianhe is a beautiful woman in his twenties and seventeens.

"I've seen the Marquis of Lanling." Princess Tianhe greeted Wang Lanling gently.

Wang Lanling is no longer the director of Heishui County, and at this time he directly smiled and said: "It turned out to be Her Royal Highness the Princess, I said how could there be such a charming woman." ”

Jiang Tianhe didn't feel that Wang Lanling was rude, and then said: "The little girl has heard the prestige of the Marquis of Lanling for a long time, if she had known that the Marquis of Lanling was so approachable and funny, I would have come over a long time ago." ”

Wang Lanling said with a smile: "The two of you came from afar, there should be something serious, my business with Shazhou has been going well, I don't know what can alarm the two of you." ”

Jiang Tianhe looked at Wang Lanling charmingly, "What's beautiful, I just want to come and have a look, get to know the big heroes here." ”

Wang Lanling looked at Jiang Zuoren.

He knew exactly who was the speaker.

Jiang Zuoren also restrained his smile and said seriously: "Shazhou is located in a remote area, and borders five states, there is no danger to defend in the territory, and it has been a wild place since ancient times. ”

Wang Lanling disagrees with this statement, saying: "Although it is true that there are no natural hazards such as mountains and rivers in Shazhou, there are still oases suitable for a large number of human development in Shazhou, and the population is also in the millions, and they are all gathered in one county. ”

Jiang Zuoren continued: "It is true, under the rule of my father, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the population and beauty have also increased. ”

"This time, my father heard that there are machine guns in Lanling County that can fight against 10,000 enemies, so he ordered me to come and buy them, I don't know how many Lanling Marquis is willing to sell me?"

Wang Lanling nodded, "Of course, although I haven't met the Sand King, the two sides have a very natural and smooth exchange, and I am willing to maintain this friendly relationship." ”

"Well, I'll sell you ten, but the price is higher than the cost, it's all a business matter, please understand."

Jiang Zuoren quickly said: "This is natural, this time I brought a lot of gifts and treasures, this is a gift list, and I also asked the Marquis of Lanling to take a look." ”

It was only at this time that Jiang Zuo took out the gift list.

Wang Lanling nodded, and soon Zhao Liangyan took the gift list and handed it to Wang Lanling.

After reading the gift list, I found that it not only contained gold, silver, jewelry, spice ore, but also Jiang Tianhe's name and a million dollars.

Wang Lanling needs a lot of gold as a strategic reserve, and this time the money on the gift list in Sarawak is as much as one million.

In this era where a dollar can make a person eat enough in a month, just literally a million is enough.

Wang Lanling took his eyes off the gift list and looked at Jiang Zuoren and Jiang Tianhe.

"This gift list is a bit valuable, a machine gun is twenty or thirty thousand yuan, and I can only sell ten at most now, and any more will affect the security of my side."

Jiang Zuoren quickly said: "Then may I ask, does the Marquis of Lanling want this gift?" ”

Jiang Tianhe also looked at Wang Lanling expectantly, this princess Tianhe is not an ignorant girl, not only that, she has an eleven or twelve-year-old daughter.

In most eras, in fact, there was no rejection of women, the harem of the first emperor accepted many women with children, Wang Lanling accepted Xu Baifeng, who had several sons, and no one said anything.

On the contrary, many aristocrats actually liked this tone.

It's just to buy a daughter, and take a woman by the way.

Generally, they spoil their little daughters, but beautiful mothers use them as servants.

But this is the general situation, at this time, Jiang Tianhe is the kind of widow with money and status.

Wang Lanling said directly: "I want to be sure, but it is useless, if you have something to say, you might as well say it directly, there are no outsiders here." ”

Jiang Zuoren breathed solemnly, and after calming down his good mood, he said: "My father admires the Marquis of Lanling very much. ”

Wang Lanling frowned, and quickly said, "Sand King Mo doesn't want to be the emperor, right?" ”

Jiang Zuoren's body was shocked, and his eyes widened suddenly.

Princess Tianhe next to her also had a ruddy mouth, looking at Wang Lanling in surprise, and even a little frightened.

"Hahaha!" Jiang Zuoren smiled quickly and calmly, and soon looked at Wang Lanling, "How could Marquis Lanling think so?" ”

Wang Lanling was not sure before, but now it is certain.

"This matter has nothing to do with me, anyway, it is impossible for me to surrender to the imperial court, there are really not many states that can fight me at present, and I also have no idea of expanding outward, at least for five or six years."

Jiang Zuoren took a breath and looked at Wang Lanling seriously, "If my father is the emperor, what will the Marquis of Lanling do?" ”

Wang Lanling said directly: "As long as the Shazhou side continues to fulfill the rules of the transaction between us, then whether it is the Sand King or the emperor, I will follow the previous calculation." ”

"As long as you don't fight me, I don't care."

"If someone wants to get close to the trade route between Shazhou and Muzhou, then in order to protect Shanhai County, I will send troops to push the enemy beyond the safety line."

Wang Lanling didn't expect it to develop like this, because of his relationship, the princes who had been watching for a long time couldn't wait to rebel.

Now those people are indeed the emperor of the soil, but there is a difference between sneaky and open-minded.

Even if it's no different from being an emperor, some people just dream of being an emperor.

Especially the little brothers of the old emperor, they have ideas about the emperor's name.

The throne, that's a magical thing!

Jiang Zuoren said excitedly: "As long as the Marquis of Lanling can block the army of Tongzhou Muzhou and Shanzhou, then everything on this list is yours, and there will be more in the future!" ”

Wang Lanling said: "I only care about things here, and the rest has nothing to do with me." ”

"Good!" Jiang Zuoren didn't want Wang Lanling to go out.

When Jiang Zuoren returned to Shazhou with his subordinates and ten machine guns, the Sand King, who had been thinking about it day and night, quickly took out the dragon robe that had been passed down in private for many years!

The sand king Jiang Tianzuo stood in front of the dragon chair and looked at the dependents below excitedly.

"I have ascended the throne! Lord of the Yang Dragon Empire! Canonized civil and military officials, queens and princes, and celebrated all over the world! ”

When the news reached Dragon City, it was already the tail time of April.

The old emperor, who hadn't been angry for a long time, angrily tore the report in his hand to shreds!

"Jiang Tianzuo! You arrogant and ignorant waste! I will drown you in a dunghill! ”

"Destiny ......"

The old emperor was about to angrily send troops to recruit this traitor, but he was suddenly stuck.

The anger groove began to sink coldly, and the old emperor thought about several places in the sand state.

Muzhou was abolished, Shanzhou's troops were greatly damaged, the indigenous resistance forces in Senzhou were revived, and Shanzhou was busy suppressing bandits internally, and Yuzhou was ......

In the five places near Shazhou, he could only find one that could fight, and Yuzhou's soldiers have always been known for their weakness.

This eighty-year-old man quickly calmed down.

Tongzhou, Yanzhou, and the states above Longzhou can actually send troops out, and several states near Longzhou have always been very peaceful.

It's just that if he fails again like fighting Wang Lanling, then will his younger brothers and nephews, and the guards of the state and county also follow the crackdown?

In that case, this huge empire will be divided into hundreds of parts.

At one time, he always thought that the empire was deep enough to allow him to make mistakes at will.

If it doesn't work once, then ten times! Ten times if it doesn't work, then a hundred times!

10,000 iron cavalry can't beat Wang Lanling, so send 100,000 next time!

If you can't beat 100,000, then go to 1 million!

Only now, he learned a lot of different things from the current reality.

For example, the number of failures he can have is running out.

It's very quiet around.

The old emperor was afraid.