Chapter 195: Seeing the Official
Wang Sheng sat in a small sedan chair and came to the side gate of a large mansion, left four guards at the door, and entered the courtyard with Wang Yu.
Under the leadership of Wang Yu and the people in the courtyard, Wang Sheng walked around in a beautiful garden for a long time and came to a well-guarded lobby.
Wang Yu glanced back at the young man behind him, and found that his face was calm, not even a trace of surprise, just looking at the armor guards in front of the lobby with a scrutinizing gaze.
Finding that Wang Yu looked at himself, Wang Sheng even gave him a polite smile back.
With surprise, Wang Yu smiled back awkwardly and stopped at the door of the lobby.
At the door of the lobby, a young official in a green official robe glanced at Wang Sheng and said, "Lord Zhao has invited Wang Sheng, the head of the caravan under Chen Xian, the chief of the soldiers and horses on the East East Road of Jinguo, to see him. ”
Wang Sheng followed the green-robed little official into the lobby.
There is a large table in the lobby facing this gate, behind the table sits a middle-aged man in a crimson official robe, next to the table is wearing a green robe young man, with a long sword hanging from his waist, he pressed the sword and glared at Wang Sheng, who was looking at him randomly, and drank: "Lord Zhao, the prefect of the Ming Prefecture of the Great Song Dynasty, is not kneeling down in front of him." ”
Wang Sheng glanced at the young man and said, "Since you already know my identity, you naturally know that I will not kneel except for my master." ”
When the middle-aged official behind the table heard this, he suddenly smiled and asked, "Even if you see Lord Jin Guolang, don't you kneel?" ”
Wang Sheng said: "Wan Yan Xun is just a lost dog, why should he kneel him?" ”
Wang Sheng's words made the three people in the lobby suddenly change color.
How is the Emperor of the Jin State also the lord of Wang Sheng's master, Chen Xian, according to the concept of this era, Wang Sheng must maintain basic respect for the Emperor of the Jin State no matter what.
Wang Sheng's contempt for the Emperor of the Jin State was, in the eyes of the people of this era, simply mad and despairing, and regarded the Tao as nothing.
The middle-aged official asked in a deep voice, "I don't know what position Your Excellency holds under Chen Xian?" ”
Wang Sheng said: "I was originally a battalion commander, but now I am the head of the fleet, so I should be on the same level as the regiment commander." ”
The young man pressed the sword and sneered, and asked, "Sure enough, it's a vulgar savage, what kind of official is this battalion commander and regiment commander, and what kind of allusion does it come from?" ”
Wang Sheng was not angry when he heard this, and said: "There are 3,000 soldiers under the command of the regiment commander, which is about the same as your command. ”
The young man was stunned when he heard this, the imperial camp rule was already regarded as a middle and senior general in the Southern Song Dynasty army, and the commander of the first army of the 13th army in front of the emperor was "all under control".
Han Shizhong, Zhang Jun and other famous generals in Zhongxing are generals at this level, and the next level is the commander, and they are the real generals in the army, and their status can be imagined.
The middle-aged official stared at Wang Sheng for a moment, and a strange feeling rose in his heart, this person just called Lord Jin Guolang a lost dog, which seemed to be extremely arrogant, but then he was ridiculed, but his face did not change, and he seemed extraordinary, and he looked extremely contradictory.
He thought for a while, and suddenly said in a deep voice: "Your master sent a general like you to enter my realm privately, aren't you afraid of being beheaded as a fine worker?" ”
Wang Sheng glanced at the middle-aged official, without the slightest fear in his eyes, and said: "Six armed merchant ships, together with goods, are worth 100,000 yuan, so naturally they need reliable people to lead them, besides, if they are pawns, I'm afraid they won't be able to see adults, right?" ”
The middle-aged official asked rhetorically: "Isn't the general's life as good as 100,000 copper coins?" ”
Wang Sheng glanced at the other party strangely, and said of course: "Of course, a beggar taken in by my family, where can it be worth 100,000 yuan?" ”
Looking at Wang Sheng's rightful appearance, the middle-aged official was silent for a moment, and then asked, "You seem to have expected that your identity would be revealed?" ”
Wang Sheng chuckled: "Banqiao Town, as a big port in the north, was originally the largest trade window between the Song and Jin countries, and the Song Kingdom will definitely spread its ears and eyes in Banqiao Town. ”
When the middle-aged official heard this, he said, "So, your family is deliberately trying to get in touch with my Song Kingdom?" I don't know what that means? ”
Wang Sheng said: "My lord hopes to establish a long-term and stable trade relationship with the Song Kingdom, exchange what is available, and benefit each other, the scale of my lord's caravan will only get bigger and bigger, so naturally I can't keep sneaking around." ”
The middle-aged official nodded when he heard this, thought for a while, and said: "Since my Great Song Dynasty has opened a market, it is natural to welcome merchants from all over the world, and your family is naturally no exception, but if your family is against my Song Army one day, you will not be able to enter this city." ”
Wang Sheng said: "Of course, if the two countries go to war, we will naturally not come to death again." ”
Wang Sheng's straightforward words made the middle-aged official speechless for a while.
Seeing that the other party didn't speak, Wang Sheng said: "I came this time and brought two thousand revolver muskets, I wonder if the adults are interested?" ”
The middle-aged man nodded and said: "I have long heard that Shandong Chen Xian's firearms are sharp, so I naturally want to see it." ”
Wang Sheng, accompanied by Wang Yu, went out of the side gate of the mansion, returned to the merchant ship, hired a carriage or two, carried a large box, and returned to the mansion again.
Wang Sheng took two of his own guards, carried the box, came to the side gate of the mansion, and under the leadership of his subordinates, he came to a clearing in the backyard of the mansion, and at this time, several wooden stakes covered with armor had been placed in the center of the clearing according to Wang Sheng's request.
The middle-aged man in the crimson official robe and the young man with the sword were waiting on the edge of the clearing, accompanied by a few low-ranking officials in green robes and a few armor soldiers.
At this time, Wang Sheng already knew that the middle-aged man in the crimson official robe was the prefect of Mingzhou Mansion, Zhao Rushu.
Wang Sheng led the guards to the front of the crowd and asked the guards to open the box, in which five exquisite muskets were fixed in the wooden grooves in the boxes, and at the tail of each musket, there was a small wooden box, which was stuck in the grooves at the bottom of the boxes.
Wang Sheng didn't move the musket, nor did he let his guards move, he could see that the people around Lord Zhao looked at them with a little nervousness.
Wang Sheng called the young man with the sword, asked him to take out a revolver, and instructed him to load the bullet and tighten the clockwork.
According to Wang Sheng's guidance, the young man aimed at the target ten meters away and pulled the trigger.
After the slight sound of clockwork spinning, there was a slight delay of a second, and a loud bang suddenly resounded in the backyard of the mansion.
Wang Sheng led everyone to the target, and they saw that the armor on the target had been pierced, and when the armor was lifted, the wooden stake inside had also been punched into a deep hole.
After learning about the loading steps and speed of the revolver, Lord Zhao seemed a little excited.
He asked Wang Sheng, "How many of these muskets have you brought, and what is the price?" ”
Wang Sheng said: "This time I brought a total of 2,000 strokes, one stroke 50 strokes. ”
When Lord Zhao heard this, he immediately shook his head and said, "It's too expensive, how can it be so expensive." ”
Wang Sheng said: "My revolver musket, the power is stronger than the Divine Arm Bow, it is simpler to use than the Divine Arm Bow, the loading speed is not much worse than the Divine Arm Bow, and it does not consume the physical strength of the archer, as long as there is medicine, you can shoot all the time, how many arrows can a Divine Arm Archer fire?" The Divine Arm Bow is worth forty or fifty times, how can my revolver musket not be worth fifty times? ”
Lord Zhao: "Non-yes, non-yes......"
After some bargaining, the two men set the price of the revolver muskets at thirty-five each.
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