The matter of making sulfuric acid, Liu Yu arranged for Wu You to do it, mainly because he saw his attainments in alchemy, that is, in chemical research. If he leads the following group of people, the craftsmen of the military industry will be sent out earlier. Liu Yu was not prepared to let Wu You stay in the military industry for a long time, Wu You is the kind of old stubborn who likes to work behind closed doors.

Liu Yu went directly to the house outside the palace with Liu Liniang, and when he came back, Liu Yu was already very sleepy, but when he sat down and drank a cup of tea, Liu Yu did not feel sleepy.

He had been thinking about what he wanted to grasp from the change in Master Wuding's face after his bold guess yesterday. In fact, Liu Yu wants to confirm one thing more, that is, if he is not there, how will the history of this world develop in the end.

If there is no Liu Yu, the old emperor will definitely pass on the throne to the seventh prince, that is, Su Zhe, the king of Chu. Su Zhe has tricks in his heart, and he is a ruthless character who can fight with King Huai. But after all, Su Zhe is young and vigorous, and there are not too many capable people around him to help, if there is no Huo Disease, no Qi Fang Zhang Wuzhu, relying on He Mao and others to assist, the result of Su Zhe's fight with King Huai will be defeated sooner or later.

Then it involves a question, why does King Huai not have an emperor's appearance, but Lord Min does?

Liu Yu boldly assumed that if he was not there, the King of Chu would successfully ascend the throne and would tear his face with King Huai in a short time. Because King Huai would not tolerate Su Zhe sitting on the throne, he would definitely launch a rebellion and march north when he ascended the throne. This point was also confirmed after Su Yan ascended the throne, King Huai has been waiting for more than ten years, and he has been impatient to wait. And it is this impatience that is the flaw exposed by the Huai army.

King Huai was too anxious.

In this way, the Civil War would be in its infancy. It is very beneficial to the Huai army. And the imperial court fell into a situation of passive defense. It's going to be very similar to what happens in reality. In reality, Liu Yu arranged the defense on the one hand, but pushed Su Yan to the front line as "cannon fodder", attracting the main force of the Huai army to besiege Xuzhou City, thus gaining time and providing time for him to go south to carry out the supply line behind the enemy.

Su Zhe obviously would not have such courage, and he did not have Liu Yu's musket and earthen cannon as the backing to start this battle behind enemy lines. Su Zhe could only follow the steps. The only difference is that Su Zhe is a person. is more forbearant than King Huai, he will even guard Guanzhong, give the world to King Huai, and die with King Huai.

Guanzhong occupies the natural risk, and there are high walls of Tongguan and Chang'an City, which can be consumed for a long time. Taking a step back, even if Guanzhong falls, Su Zhe can learn from Emperor Tang Ming to go to Guanzhong Shu and wait for the opportunity to make a comeback. As a rebel and anxious to succeed, King Huai must be bent on breaking through Chang'an City. and ignore most of the cities and border passes in the north. This creates a situation of being left alone. As long as Su Zhe is not dead, the guards and soldiers loyal to the imperial court in the Guanguan and northern cities over there. You can also fight back.

After all, the imperial court area is larger than Huaidi, and even if the Huai army is brave, it can't withstand long-term attrition.

Once it reaches a stalemate, it will become a very common pattern in history, holding each other for several years, and then with the help of the orthodox, the other side will be wiped out.

Liu Yue thought, could it be that Su Zhe consumed King Huai to death? After King Huai's daughter, the lord of Min, takes power, will the Huai army change its strategy, annex Guanzhong, conquer Chang'an City, and then Su Min will be the empress?

There was no result, but Liu Yu was thinking about it, and it wasn't until Liu Liniang came out with a tired face that Liu Yu set his eyes on the lazy and charming Liu Liniang.

"Twelve less, didn't you say that you were sleepy, so you should rest earlier?" After Liu Liniang took a bath, she went to the room first, and waited for a long time to see Liu Yu passing, before she came to take a look, but saw Liu Yu sitting alone at the table in a daze.

"I'm thinking about something, I can't sleep." Liu Yu sighed, "Liniang, now I really want to see how that book of heaven is written." ”

Only then did Liu Liniang know that Liu Yu was entangled in the matter of the Book of Heaven, sat down next to Liu Yu, drank a cup of tea and said: "Twelve Shao, the slave family also wants to help you, but unfortunately the junior sister doesn't know where to go, otherwise, bring it with her and show it to the Twelve Shao, so you don't have to be so distracted." ”

Liu Yu's face was unhappy and said: "Your master said that leaking heaven will hit the top with five thunders, you are not afraid that I will be struck by lightning, you will be a widow?" ”

Liu Liniang smiled: "Senior sister has been looking at it for so long, isn't it still good?" If you're afraid, the slave family will watch it with the twelve young people. ”

Reading the book of heaven together, being struck by lightning together, life and death are the same. This can be regarded as a kind of love story.

Liu Yu and Liu Liniang warmed up for a while, and Liu Yu sighed: "In two days, the family will come back, and there may be less time to come out to accompany you." Meet, there will be less. ”

When Liu Liniang heard this, her face was also a little lost, and she said: "Then the twelve young you, still don't grasp the time and take good care of the slave family?" ”

Liu Yu immediately picked up Liu Liniang and walked to the inner room. Life must be happy, and the things in front of him have not been resolved, so Liu Yu does not think about the future.

…………

As soon as he woke up, Liu Yu's spirit was much better, and while it was still dusk, Liu Yu went to Shangshutai to see the situation.

When I arrived at Shangshutai, I learned from Sui Yu that the Western merchants had arrived in Chang'an City and could meet Liu Yu at any time.

"So fast?" Liu Yu was a little surprised.

Sui Yu said: "This group of Western merchants came to Guanzhong to sell a batch of silk, they are very familiar with the path of the Central Plains, and they did not expect that the imperial court would approve them to come to Guanzhong to do business freely, so when they got the news, they came over as soon as possible." ”

"Then make arrangements and meet today."

Liu Yu is doing things in a hurry, since he knows that the Westerners have already come, then he doesn't want to delay the time, and he will talk about seeing these Westerners first.

The place where Liu Yu chose to meet was at the Guoyi Pavilion. The Western merchant sent two representatives who could speak Chinese, one named Huston and the other named Pis, both of whom were in their thirties, and there were Westerners in their heights, and Huston was still a bearded man who laughed like a spinning top.

"Hello, hello. The prince of the Shun Dynasty, what is your name? ”

Pease seemed very enthusiastic, and as soon as he came up, he greeted Liu Yu in Chinese, which was not very fluent. If the people of the Shun Dynasty saw Liu Yu, such an opening remark, it must be very impolite, but these two Westerners said this, which made Liu Yu smile, Westerners are not as polite as the Central Plains people.

Liu Yu didn't feel anything, but stepped forward to shake hands, as if he was very familiar with the etiquette of Westerners, which not only Huston and Pease were surprised, but even Sui Yu and several officials of the Ministry of Rites who greeted Liu Yu were also surprised.

"Oh, the prince of the Shun Dynasty, you seem to be much easier to talk than those officials, they like gold except silver, unlike you, they are very enthusiastic. When I go back, I will definitely tell my countrymen that you are a good prince. ”

Pease has been in China for a long time, and he has also learned to pat on the back, and such a sycophant will not look very contrived, and at the same time he derogated the officials of the Shun Dynasty, saying that they are just greedy for money.

Liu Yuxin said that those officials are not only greedy for money, but also lustful, but you are rich and colorless.

The two sides sat down, and Liu Yu directly asked about Jason's situation, wondering if these people knew this old friend of his.

"Jason? The prince said that the one with a short nose and likes to walk in the middle of the continent? ”

"I guess so." Liu Yue thought about it, but he was not sure. After all, Westerners have many people with similar names, and it is not easy for these businessmen to get to know each other.

"He's coming, he's coming. He was in the port in the east, but he had not yet arrived in the Central Plains, he said that he knew a friend who was an official in the Central Plains, but he didn't expect it to be you, Ha Luha, he was not bragging. It's amazing. Pease exclaimed excitedly.

This startled appearance made the faces of the Shun Dynasty officials present very unnatural.

Liu Yuzhi said that if he continued like this, he would not be able to finish it until the next morning, so it was better to get straight to the point.

"Mr. Pease, Mr. Huston, let's talk directly about your Westerners doing business with our Dashun Dynasty. But I wonder if you can do the Lord? ”

Pease said proudly: "Don't hide it from the prince, in fact, this friend of mine, Huston, he is my overseas duke of England, and he has made great contributions to my English occupation of the West Indies." It is our king, who personally gives the reward, and he can represent the king and consult anything about the surroundings of the West Indies. ”

After Pease's words were finished, the officials next to Liu Yu began to discuss, discussing where the "West Indies" were, and how they were occupied by these Western devils. They also thought, since this group of Western devils has a tradition of invading others, why do business with them?

Liu Yu didn't know whether the West Indies in Pease's mouth were islands in the Atlantic Ocean or India. Liu Yu guessed that it should be India, but because the Shun Dynasty and the southern islands were located in the east of India, this part would also be classified as the East Indies. Liu Yue knew from Jason that the Age of Exploration of Westerners had arrived, and the Great Voyage was accompanied by invasion and immigration.

"The Duke of England? It's not simple. Liu Yu smiled, in fact, he was still thinking in his heart.

"I don't know what kind of weapon you used to conquer the East Indies?" Liu Yu asked directly.

Pease looked at Huston in bewilderment, and Huston spoke, "The long barrel we use...... Artillery, very powerful artillery, do you want it? ”

Huston said excitedly, gesturing with his hands, looking very confident and arrogant. This should be a kind of military arrogance.

The great voyage of Westerners, the soldier is also a merchant, and the merchant takes up arms that is also a soldier, and trade is accompanied by aggression, this Huston, is just a hero of the British invasion of territory overseas, he is not necessarily a nobleman at home, so the way he speaks is closer to the ordinary people in the market, and there is not much cultivation.

"The Duke of Huston wants to sell us artillery?" Liu Yu smiled, "Then there is time, I should really take a good look." I don't know if you brought artillery to the Shun Dynasty? ”

Huston said bluntly: "We are going to do business with the Shun Dynasty, and we will not bring artillery." If the prince wants to buy it, then we can ship it from the West Indies, and in terms of price, this artillery is very expensive. The prince has to spend a lot of money, no, it's a lot of good things to get it back. (To be continued......)