"Long live the man, the man has been caught!"

After many days of busyness, the group of Fusang thieves was finally caught, and Xiaofuzi hurriedly entered the palace to report the good news to Zhang Lingyang.

The whereabouts of the Fuso thieves are actually very easy to grasp.

Although Luoyang City is a large city with a population of more than 2 million, it is obviously better than ever in terms of household registration management.

In addition, if the Fusang people wanted to create a terrorist incident in Luoyang City, they naturally needed a lot of charcoal, sulfur and saltpeter.

And these things, it is simply impossible to purchase them on a large scale.

As the basic materials for the configuration of gunpowder, these three things have long been listed as strategic materials by the imperial court, and large-scale private procurement is prohibited.

Therefore, this gang of Fuso thieves can only be searched for one business by one, and in the end, they did not purchase much.

At this time, I don't know who made an idea among the Fuso thieves, that is, to get the carbon they want by burning charcoal themselves, and then send people to collect nitrate in toilets all over Luoyang City.

As for the sulfur?

Sulfur is actually the best of the three.

Because during the Dragon Boat Festival, every household in Luoyang City will sprinkle a circle of sulfur in their yards, so there are still many businesses selling sulfur in the city.

It was through the clue of sulfur that Jinyiwei followed the vine and found some clues.

Later, Zhao Kuang, the commander of Jinyiwei, suddenly wanted to go to the toilet during the visit, so he found a suspicious person in the toilet.

Arrest and interrogate this person, and naturally there will be the whereabouts of the remaining thieves.

In Jinyiwei's edict, Zhao Kuang is confident that he doesn't have a mouth that he can't pry.

Although all the thieves have been arrested, Zhang Lingyang's mood is not a little lighter.

Because there is another important person, Zhang Lingyang can't tell what the purpose of this person is.

This man was Tokugawa Akiyoshi, the son of the Tokugawa family from Fuso.

Simply, Zhang Lingyang directly summoned Tokugawa Akiyoshi into the palace and asked, "Tell me, why are you coming to Luoyang?" ”

Tokugawa Akiyoshi was also single, and directly admitted: "The villain came to Luoyang to avoid the pursuit of the two brothers. His Majesty the Emperor didn't know that although the villain was the son of the Tokugawa family, he was only the son in name.

In fact, the Tokugawa family has the highest status, and the most favored by my father are the villain's second and third brothers.

And because of his father's favor, the villain's two younger brothers are in power, and there are many people in Fusang.

Although the villain is the son of the Tokugawa family, he has no soldiers, let alone supporters, so the villain came to Luoyang to hide. ”

After a pause, Tokugawa Akiyoshi said again: "Don't dare to hide from His Majesty the Emperor, the villain came to Luoyang for some other purposes."

Your Majesty doesn't know that Hideko, who was sent by my father to participate in the draft this time, is the villain's own sister, so the villain also wants Hideko to succeed in the draft, and then pleads with His Majesty.

Once the villain's father dies, ask His Majesty the Emperor to canonize the villain as the next lord of Fuso. ”

Hearing this, Zhang Lingyang shook his head noncommittally and said, "Let's not say for the time being that there is a bit of truth and a bit of falsehood in what you said, just one thing."

I ask you, even if Tokugawa Yasuaki dies, I will decree that you will be canonized as the lord of Fuso, and you have no soldiers in your hands, how can you suppress your two younger brothers? And how to deter the subjects of Fuso? ”

"His Majesty the Emperor's decree can resist thousands of troops!" Tokugawa Akiyoshi said, "Although the villain does not have a single soldier under his command, as long as there is His Majesty's holy decree, the villain has the name of righteousness."

Moreover, with the strong support of His Majesty the Emperor, after the villain returned to Fusang, although he could not suppress the villain's two younger brothers in a short period of time, he could also maintain peace with the two of them in a short period of time.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the villain can win over some forces and form a three-legged trend with the villain's two younger brothers. ……”

Seeing that Tokugawa Akiyoshi was talking endlessly, Zhang Lingyang laughed and said: "Aren't you afraid that as soon as you return to China, your two younger brothers will attack you?" ”

"Don't be afraid!" Tokugawa Akiyoshi shook his head and said, "The villain has His Majesty's holy decree in his hands, even if the villain's two younger brothers have great courage, they don't dare to do anything to the villain."

Otherwise, it will be a great disrespect to His Majesty the Emperor! ”

"I am so majestic in your Fusang?" Zhang Lingyang said in disbelief.

"For what your majesty the emperor said, no one in Fusang dares to disobey!" Tokugawa Akiyoshi replied.

"Really?" Zhang Lingyang obviously didn't believe it.

"It's true!" Tokugawa Akiyoshi swore a promise.

Actually, it's no wonder.

As the emperor of the Great Zhou, it was difficult for Zhang Lingyang to understand the mentality of vassal states such as Fusang and Goryeo towards the Great Zhou.

What was the attitude of these vassal states towards the Great Zhou?

In a later saying, that is, kneeling and licking.

Yes, whether it is Fusang or Goryeo, or other vassal states, they all have a kneeling and licking mentality towards the Great Zhou.

If at this moment, the Great Zhou casually sent a general to garrison Fusang or Goryeo, then this general in these two vassal states is the emperor in the actual sense.

Maybe this general does not have a high status in the Great Zhou court, but when he goes abroad, he is a man of the people.

Just like in the late Mite Dynasty in the previous life, on the eve of the outbreak of war between the Mite Dynasty and Fusang, Yuan Shikai, who garrisoned Goryeo, was not the emperor in Goryeo?

Moreover, when the mite dynasty was still like that.

What's more, Da Zhou's national strength is the world's first.

Before the outbreak of war with the Europa coalition, the English Empire could boast of being the number one power in the world.

But with the end of the West Asian War, it has become an indisputable fact that the Great Zhou ascended to the throne of the world hegemon.

Under such circumstances, those vassal states of the Great Zhou naturally became more respectful and courteous to the suzerainty of the Great Zhou.

It can even be said to be responsive.

It's like Fuso.

In Fusang, the pitiful mineral deposits in the country were basically contracted by merchants from the Great Zhou.

The richest silver mine was also fully acquired by the Royal Bank of the Great Zhou Dynasty at a very small price.

In Central Asia and Tianzhu, all the ores that could be used in the Great Zhou were transported to the Great Zhou in one after another.

Now, that is, in the South Seas, there is not much mining.

This is Zhang Lingyang's own land for his children and grandchildren, and naturally he will not fish as much as other places.

In fact, it cannot be said that other places are fishing for the best of the water.

When the Great Zhou court developed the mineral deposits of the vassal states, it did what it could.

It's not that the imperial court doesn't want to mine more, but after mining, transportation is a big problem.

In the Great Zhou, the development of trains had just been put on the agenda, so the only way to transport the various mineral deposits of the vassal states was to rely on horse-drawn carriages or ships.

However, the limited transportation capacity has seriously affected the transportation of minerals in the vassal states......