The three-hundred-ton warship made by the eldest prince does not seem to have more guns than the thousand-ton warship of the Huaxia Kingdom, and the tonnage is large, but according to the news he received, the Galen ships that the British and Portuguese helped the eldest prince build were soft sails, which could be more flexible and faster than the hard sails of the Huaxia army in headwinds, but I heard that the Huaxia army also used soft sails at the beginning, but later disliked the trouble of soft sail operation, and a ship needed too many manpower, and finally abandoned that kind of soft sail, or used the hard sail of the Chinese standard.

The speed of these Galen ships can reach the fastest of eleven knots, the hull is small, but it is very suitable for warships, there is no mixed with the kind of warships and merchant ships that they used to arm merchant ships, they are fast to do, they can launch one in three months, and they can have combat effectiveness in six months, and the British and Portuguese still operate and train sailors themselves.

This made the third prince feel critical, he knew the navigation technology of the Taixi people, as well as the level of naval warfare and combat effectiveness, he didn't know before, and he should know now, after the Hong family was forced away from the mainland, after becoming an island country, he attached importance to navigation technology, everyone in Lu country, even if they didn't understand the ship's civil officials, could also talk about the terms and techniques of ships and navigation in a casual manner, and knew some allusions and people and things about navigation and the sea, so he knew more as the son of Hong Chengchou than those civil officials who didn't understand.

As a child of the official family, he was born to fight for power and profit, and he was born to have more eyes and overall concepts than the children of other families, and he understands some basic things, ordinary people want to fool them, not too good and shrewd people, they can't fool them, he also learns these in order not to be fooled by his subordinates, and he was ready to compete for the throne with his two elder brothers before.

After so much consideration, he felt that if he didn't use external forces, he would definitely not be able to, the Huaxia Army gave some benefits, but he didn't ask much, just let himself block the eldest prince for Feng Quan, so that Feng Quan could deal with the second prince and the Japanese with all his might, he felt that his sailor was strong and self-aware, and he took the first step to take his soldiers and horses and the people out of the storm circle of the capital of the main island of Lu State, let the second brother and the eldest brother fight, let Feng Quan and them fight everything, they were still very proud, they could watch them fight, Earn the fisherman's own profits.

Not now, the opponent in front of him is strong, not something he can resist, if it's just the eldest prince, he can slowly clean up, with his own time opportunity to catch the Huaxia army first, the eldest prince is definitely not his opponent, but with the Taixi people is different, he knows the power of the Taixi people, if the Taixi people alone will lose a little sea interests, they can't run to the island, the Taixi people don't have so many soldiers and horses, the Taixi people and the eldest prince cooperate, then their victory will become slim.

More than a dozen warships of the Taixi people during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty used thousands of ships to force them away, and achieved a dignified victory, the sea himself will definitely not be able to touch the Taixi people, the eldest prince's soldiers and horses and the eldest son of the eldest prince's family, have the legal right to inherit, and he faces the eldest prince is a rebellion, the two cooperate, and he can't completely let the Huaxia army support him, the third prince is a little bit of a brain is not enough, he must be supported, full support.

Look at Feng Quan, when he went to Jinling Mansion once, he immediately became strong and strong, asked for people to give people, asked for money for money, and asked for weapons for weapons, and he had to get these benefits immediately, even if he was not the king, it was not bad to be a soil emperor who could show off his might.

It's not that he is not self-motivated, but he knows deeply that his strength and the strength of the Huaxia Kingdom are the despair of the small bungalow looking up at the world's top skyscrapers and towering into the sky.

So he came to Jinling Mansion for the second time, and after a few days of waiting, he finally saw Zhang Qiang in the palace, "Your Majesty, the minister Hong Tianpao knocks on Your Majesty." ”

"Get up and sit down." Zhang Qiang is used to some people who are willing to kneel to meet him, and he is very easy-going.

"Your Majesty, Weichen ......," Hong Tianpao had not yet spoken.

Zhang Qiang said: "I know your feelings, and I understand you, but you also know that I am mainly taking care of Lord Feng now, you can only work your own, persist for a while, I think they can't do anything to you, don't you occupy the largest island in your Lu country?" He also captured several small islands, which is very good.

You have a lot of soldiers and horses and warships, if you fight a few more battles with the eldest prince, you should be able to train a lot of elite soldiers and horses, think about it, with our support for you, you are not short of people, there is no shortage of soldiers and horses, and you can't afford to spend it with him? ”

"This, Your Majesty, Weichen is anxious, the British and Portuguese are helping him, they even sent a lot of soldiers and horses to the eldest prince, and also helped the eldest prince build a lot of merchant ships, which are all British sailors and Portuguese sailors, their combat effectiveness at sea is much stronger than our Lu country, their ships are fast, we can't get close to them.

Your Majesty, you have to help Wei Chen, Wei Chen is sincerely attached to the Huaxia Army and wants to become a part of the Huaxia Kingdom. Hong Tianpao cried at Zhang Qiang with a handful of snot and tears.

Zhang Qiang knew that if it wasn't for the last time Hong Tianpao said that he wanted to join the Huaxia Kingdom, he wouldn't let people send him the population, those captives and Southeast Asian indigenous immigrants, they could go to be cannon fodder, and the power of the eldest prince was consumed, the eldest prince did not say that he wanted to take refuge in himself after the division of the Lu State, and he did not mean to reconcile or form an alliance with the Huaxia Kingdom at all, of course he had to support Hong Tianpao who came to ask for help first, the third prince.

Checks and balances are the means by which he plays.

There is also a second prince, it seems that he has taken refuge in Japan, or temporarily cooperated with Japan, this second prince is sharp, there is a kind of ambition to dance alone, unlike the eldest prince is elegant and cowardly, but the eldest prince has patience and perseverance to fight for the throne, plus legal inheritance, so in the end he won a narrow victory, driving away three rivals who competed with him.

The third prince retreated strategically, the second prince was forced to leave, Feng Quan was beaten away because he was caught off guard, or Feng Quan had already made up his mind to take refuge in the Huaxia Kingdom and took the initiative to retreat, in short, the eldest prince won this victory, nominally he was the orthodox king of the Lu country, and the other three were all rebellious.

"Your Majesty, I also know that the person who took the initiative to help the eldest prince this time was actually the idea of the rebellious Du Ge of the Huaxia Kingdom, and I ambushed the information sent back by the eldest prince's side, in fact, the British and Portuguese are not optimistic about the eldest prince, they are optimistic about the second prince, because the second prince is united with the Japanese, and the Japanese and the Qing Dynasty have reached an agreement, so the second prince is tied to the Qing Dynasty, they think that they want to fight against your Huaxia Kingdom, and the second prince is the legitimate spokesperson of the Lu Kingdom."

Hong Tiancang is still fighting.

Zhang Qiang knocked on the table, in fact, he also knew through the intelligence officers of the Ministry of Military Intelligence that Du Ge was supporting the eldest prince behind his back, and introduced the British and Portuguese to support the eldest prince, this is obviously Du Ge playing, playing the tactics of checks and balances and troublemaking that he learned from him, in order to give him time to recuperate and develop in Southeast Asia.

There aren't many cards to play on your side, and once your power develops to a certain stage, then many people will be wary of you instead of cooperating, because you are surrounded by careerists.

Hong Tiancang took a step closer, knelt down and pleaded: "Your Majesty, Wechen begs you to accept us, we are willing to be a part of the Huaxia Kingdom, Wechen, Wechen is willing to obey His Majesty's arrangement, even if Weichen is allowed to be an idle official of the Advisory Bureau, but before that, Wechen hopes to see the people of Lu State have a peaceful and stable living environment." ”

(End of chapter)