The two large ships were loaded with weapons and left the port of Nanshan Country slowly.

Due to the large number of weapons, it cannot be shipped all at once, and it is expected that it will have to go back and forth several times.

"Mr. Charles, shall we go straight north or do we go in circles and go north along the southern state?" On the warship, Mead, who was touching a trebuchet, asked.

Charles grabbed the pole of the boat and smiled: "Of course, I am going north along the southern state, and on the days of spring flowers, I have to be more relaxed." ”

Mead put on a strange expression, thinking that this Charles was really a sinister guy.

Charles is trying to show off his might, deliberately disgusting the Southern Pradesh.

On the same day, the fleet had reached the coast of Utan Pradesh, and under the watchful eye of the fishermen, two large ships loaded with various weapons sailed north along the coast.

When Gargo heard the news and brought people to check, he could only see the backs of two large ships.

"New King, is that Luo Lan's ship? He's bought a lot of weapons! ”

"Isn't the North a poor ghost? Why is there money to buy weapons? ”

The people were panicked, for fear of being attacked by Luo Lan.

Gargo's face turned blue and white, and he snorted angrily and returned to the palace.

As soon as he returned to the palace, the spies of Nanshan Country also returned.

"New king, Luo Lan's fleet arrived in Nanshan Country with a thousand kilograms of silver ore, and has purchased thirty trebuchets, six hundred bows and arrows, and one hundred thousand arrows, and the rest of the long swords and shields are innumerable."

The spies' words frightened the courtiers, although the number of weapons Luo Lan bought was not as good as that of the Southern State, but he bought so many at just one time, in the long run, he would definitely crush the Southern State.

The faces of the ministers changed greatly, and they could no longer despise Luo Lan, Luo Lan now not only had people, but also weapons.

"Damn Nanshan Kingdom, it is too much to sell weapons to Luo Lan, we will immediately terminate our cooperation with them, and we will not sell them a grain of grain!"

"Nanshan Kingdom sees that the money is open, how can it be reasonable, since they want silver ore, then let them go to the Western Regions to buy grain!"

Everyone scolded Nanshan Country one after another, and Gargo's temples jumped and jumped, and he slapped the dragon chair irritably: "Shut up for me!" ”

The crowd was silent.

At this time, another soldier reported that it was an envoy from Nanshan who asked to see him.

"Let him in!" Gargo held back his anger, and the ministers sneered.

A short time later, the messenger came in to see Gargo, who looked a little unnatural, and was glared at by the crowd, and his face was blank.

"Venerable new King Gargo, my king has sent me to the southern state to plead guilty, and by the way, explain about Prince Luo Lan's purchase of weapons." The messenger stiffened, and Gargo snorted coldly and let him speak.

"As we all know, our country is short of food and there is often famine. For so many years, our country has relied on the sale of arms and imported food to survive. Not long ago, a country in the Western Regions suddenly announced that it would no longer buy weapons and would no longer sell grain to China. ”

The envoy said bitterly, "The north of our country is blocked by mountains, and it is impossible to buy grain from the Sea Spirit Country, and now that there is one less friendly country in the Western Regions, there is really no other way but to turn to Prince Luo Lan, who promised to sell one million kilograms of wheat to our country in the spring harvest in a month." ”

As soon as these words came out, all the ministers burst out laughing.

Gargo was no longer angry, shook his head and laughed: "Your country is really ...... I don't know about Phuket at all, the land in the north of Phuket is barren and the farmers are poor, how can you sell a million kilograms of wheat? Even my fertile southern state can only sell you 400,000 kilograms a year, and you actually believe Luo Lan's nonsense? ”

"That is, you have been deceived, and you have angered us in the southern state!"

The ministers ridiculed and scolded.

The envoy laughed dryly, saying that the king didn't believe it either, so he only sold half of the equipment that Luo Lan needed, so that he could not form an advantage over the southern state.

These words made the ministers feel a little more comfortable, Gargo stared at the envoy, and said with a cold face: "Please tell your king that my southern state is benevolent and righteous, and your country has repeatedly raised prices, and has touched the bottom line of this king, it seems that the only way to break off diplomatic relations is ......"

"Don't worry, the new king, this matter is indeed wrong with our country. The king had promised to lower the price of his weapons and never increase them, and gave the new king three trebuchets, a hundred bows and arrows, and twenty horses as a gift of apology. ”

The messenger was very humble, and his words were pleasing to the eye, and the ministers could not help but show joy, which was earned.

Gargo finally stopped being angry, and his face was a little better: "Since that's the case, then the king is not welcome." Please tell your king that this king does not want to see your country sell weapons to Luo Lan again, if not, after the spring harvest, this king's grain will not be sold in Nanshan country. ”

"Yes, yes, yes."

The messenger continued to humble, but when he turned to leave the palace, he pursed his lips in disdain.

"Even a fiefdom would dare to threaten our country, if it weren't for the fear of the Sea Spirit Kingdom, your southern state would have been my country's territory long ago."

When the messenger departed, there was still a look of humility. The ministers of the southern state were comfortable, and hurriedly slapped a wave of Gargo's sycophants, praising him for making Nanshan Kingdom bow his head.

Gargo was not arrogant, he said calmly: "Nanshan Country is just an expedient measure, immediately send spies to Nakajima State, I want to know where Luo Lan bought weapons and deployed." ”

Nakajima State, grassland at the southern end of the Phuket River.

There are 20,000 peasants gathered here, and the mountains are full of people.

They have no image, they are chaotic in the grasslands and mountains, and those close to home even go home to eat as soon as it gets dark.

The Guards didn't care about them either, they just paid money and food on time and let the peasants act.

On this day, while the peasants were having lunch, a horse team appeared on the bumpy road.

Dozens of horses, each carrying weapons and equipment, entered the grassland, attracting crowds of onlookers.

The leader of the horse team was Meade, who was no longer the deputy captain and had come to carry weapons.

"Which one is Barrett, hurry up and send someone to receive the weapon, there are still a lot of them in the port, send someone to pull it!"

Mead's words came far and wide, and the Barrett Guards immediately tossed in excitement.

The farmers also helped, and everyone was overjoyed.

After such a day of exercise, the peasants probably learned that there was an enemy in the south, and that they did not even have weapons, and that if they started a war, they would be sent to death.

Well, now that I have a real guy, I don't feel so scared.

In the mountains not far away, there were many people, and the elite spies of the southern state all changed their faces and rushed back to the southern state to report the situation.

In the harbor of Nakajima State, Charles watched more than a dozen small boats go north.

These more than ten small boats were filled with arrows, a total of 80,000, which was what Luo Lan needed.

Charles left only 20,000 in case he needed them.

"Your Highness, you must have made a rocket, it seems that we are going to make a real move."

Watching the arrows heading north, Charles thought to himself, and then called on the people to carry most of his weapons to the southern end of the grassland.

It is separated from Utan Pradesh by a vast mountain range, but Utan Pradesh already knows about Charles's deployment of weapons.

In the Gargo Palace, the faces of the ministers were terrified, just now the spies came to report that the weapons purchased by Luo Lan will be deployed in the southern grassland, plus there are 20,000 peasants in the southern grassland, and the military strength is already ten times that of their own.

"Luo Lan is so eager to deploy weapons, I'm afraid he wants to attack the southern state in one go, he is definitely going to do it, we can't sit still!"

"The new king, grain must be levied immediately, and Nanshan Kingdom promised to reduce the price and give away weapons. We sell a lot of grain so that they can lower the price. They are ashamed of us, and now is the best time to bargain! ”

Almost all ministers have unified the caliber, and it is necessary to buy weapons again, otherwise there will be no advantage.

The only old minister trembled and said, "The new king has to think about it carefully, Luo Lan may be intimidating us again." Our peasants have not much grain left, and the spring harvest will take another month, so it is better to wait for a month before collecting grain in accordance with the decree. ”

"No, a month is too long, those 20,000 mad dog farmers have weapons, they may rush over desperately, Luo Lan has no fear, he also has Charles's assistance, Charles will not give us time to prepare!"

"We must crush Luo Lan in terms of weapons and equipment, so that he does not dare to use force, otherwise we will suffer a loss whether we win or lose, you must know that behind Luo Lan is the king of the Sea Spirit Kingdom!"

There was an unprecedented uproar in the palace, and everyone was fierce and panicked.

Gargo habitually patted the dragon chair: "Collect grain for me, each family can only have twenty catties of wheat left, and the rest of the grain will be collected." The diplomat immediately contacted Nanshan Country and bought me as many weapons as he could! ”