Zhao Guo's fleet said that it was here to do business.

A whole thirteen giant ships, with white sails and high masts, are responsible? The watcher sits on a small platform and looks down.

This "merchant ship" that "does business" is so powerful that the largest naval warship in the Zhao State is dwarfed. And the escort speedboats that accompanied and protected the merchant group were not so terrifying, but the streamlined slender hull, the neatly lined row of closed arrows on the hull, and the terrifying speed of the water splitting forward, how could it not be daunting!

Thousands of miles along the coast, the people were frightened and reported to each other. Zhao's coastal sailors urgently prepared for war, but they only understated, unloaded goods unhurriedly, and continued to trade with the coastal people in style.

There is such a man-eating tiger walking along the shore here, and there is a general of the naval division who still eats well and sleeps. But if you say that you want to move the ships of the Kingdom of Wu, you want to expel them from the country...... Who dares to touch the tiger's whiskers, who dares to take responsibility and provoke an opponent who is the best in the world in terms of the strength of a sailor.

As a result, the generals of the naval division all stood still, only caring about passing the urgent reports to the capital one by one, and then King Zhao was also extremely nervous.

Zhao's navy is very bad, and this cannot simply blame the emperor for his incompetence. In fact, in this era of constant strife in this country, no matter how strong the navy is, it can only be used as an auxiliary to the army, to occupy the city, annex the country, or rely on men and horses to charge, and the main role that the navy can play, unless it is in the water town crisscrossing the rivers, is just a transportation and transfer. With the technology of this era, it was not enough to build a large ship that could sail on the open sea, so although Zhao had a long coastline, it was not very nervous that he would attack the mainland through naval warfare.

It is not difficult to build a powerful fleet. But the premise is that you have to have money to burn. The construction and maintenance of ships and the training of sailors and helmsmen are all matters that require a lot of money and energy. The state of Zhao is closed and self-defending, the treasury has always been insufficient, and it has always emphasized literature and light on military force, and the combat effectiveness of the army is not good. Later, King Zhao ascended the throne, reorganized the military and cultivated the literature, trained the troops on a large scale, and reused the generals of Dingyuanguan, so that the status of the generals and the combat power of the national army were greatly improved, but this naval army was ...... Zhao has never rectified, and there has been no conditions for development.

Correspondingly, in the past ten years, the Xiao family of Wu has sprung up. Forced to use money to smash a water business dynasty. They sent people to search for shipbuilders from all over the country, and spared no expense to build merchant ships suitable for navigation locally, as well as warships that could escort merchant ships. At sea, if you can drive one more mile into the deep sea, you may reduce the number of detours and the amount of time. After the fleet was built, they relied on their strong technological superiority to travel between the winding coasts, selling the products of various countries, because they ate almost alone. It's a book of profits.

When King Wu started from the grass and fought everywhere, he sought the help of the Xiao family, and after the alliance between Xiao and Wu, the Xiao family continued to provide financial, material and manpower to support the great cause of King Wu. After the establishment of the Wu State, the Xiao family has the merit of the sky. obtained the fiefdoms of the coastal counties, and simply sent people to all countries in the world to find outstanding skilled craftsmen. They built the boat, as before, at all without sparing any expense, and the high treatment of all craftsmen made the world's scholars blush. There are even craftsmen who can innovate and improve the performance of the ship, and they will be recognized by the Wu court from humble craftsmen.

At the beginning, the Xiao family's approach. Make the world look sideways. No country has endorsed this kind of favoritism. Even within the state of Wu, the impeachment of the Xiao family for treating craftsmen too favorably and chilling the hearts of the world's doctors is enough to pile up a small mountain. However, the Xiao family is powerful and powerful, and has immortal contributions to the establishment of the country of King Wu, and the queen of Wu is the young lady of the Xiao family, and their status can be shaken at all.

The Xiao family's boats continued to be built, business continued to be done, and craftsmen continued to receive preferential treatment. Ships are getting grander and bigger, and they are sailing farther and farther. The scope is getting bigger and bigger, and the Xiao family's station is becoming more and more prosperous and lively, from the coast of Xiao Jiadi, along the way, dozens of large and small islands have been built into a small lively kingdom by the Xiao family. Any country that has access to the sea can be reached by the Xiao family's fleet. Although nominally speaking, the Xiao family is only a family of relatives of the Wu State, but the Xiao family's strength alone is actually equivalent to an independent small country. And the so-called escort fleet of the Xiao family established to protect merchant ships can easily knock down the sailors of all countries in the world.

They started very quickly, and when everyone in the world saw the sweetness, they wanted to follow suit, they wanted to suppress, they wanted to get a piece of the pie, and the Xiao family had become the overlord. In order to achieve a scale that can compete with the current Xiao family's fleet, first of all, the investment of funds is to pour the strength of a country, and it is still stretched. Besides, even if you have money, can you build such a good ship? Within a radius of thousands of miles, the best craftsmen in the world are all in the Xiao family, and they are protected by the Xiao family as the most precious wealth, and even King Wu wants to dig a corner from it, but he can't move a person.

However, the Xiao family's fleet was not Wu Guodi's navy. There are always no more people hired by the Xiao family on the ship, and they come and go to the ports of various countries, and they are never arrogant, and they are always harmonious and wealthy. Unless any country dares to bully others, not to let the Xiao family's fleet dock at the port, or to impose heavy taxes that the Xiao family cannot tolerate, so that the Xiao family tears its face...... Those escort warships that are unparalleled in the world are just a deterrent and deterrent pirates. That's the way of doing business.

And this time, the fleet of the Xiao family is showing off its might, mighty, and it can't go to the coast of Zhao State, which is not so "golden", King Zhao has connected a few six-hundred-mile urgent official documents, and it has been two days now, and he hasn't slept even for a moment.

I could only stare blankly at it, and the more I looked at it, the more angry I became, but I couldn't help it. didn't understand the true intention of the Xiao family, and he didn't dare to take it to the court to discuss, he couldn't be more clear about the cowardice of the courtiers of Zhao State. So in the end, you can only be depressed by yourself. I really couldn't stand it anymore, so he threw things on the table in an explosive manner.

Unfortunately, this stupid and impulsive behavior could not help the whole situation in the slightest.

Regarding Xiao Jiadi's actions, Lu Zewei himself was also puzzled. The Xiao family's fleet has always been just doing business in a proper manner, and has never intervened in state affairs. When they go to any country, they will first send envoys and boats to report, and they are willing to put themselves under the surveillance of the other side's naval army, which is hello, everyone. With the powerful power of the Xiao family. It is impossible for King Wu to let the Xiao family's water division attack other countries and expand his own power, and Xiao Jiagen is in Wu State, and he should not provoke a border provocation to make King Wu suspicious.

Like this time, he didn't say hello at all, and brazenly pulled the entire fleet

The coast of someone else's country is dangling, such an unreasonable thing. Why

At this moment, Lu Zewei's eyes were dark about the internal situation of Wu State, and he looked down at this urgent document that he had read more than a dozen times, and still couldn't guess the intention of Wu or the Xiao family at all, and his heart was like a thousand catties of boulder suppression, and sweat slowly oozed from his forehead.

King Zhao looked at him fixedly, and then asked for a long time, "Look...... Wu...... Did you persuade the Xiao family to stop strictly maintaining neutrality and prepare to borrow its caravan. Transporting military weapons and armaments, you have to do something to my Da Zhao. ”

Lu Ze shook his head bitterly: "Whether they are simply demonstrating this time or exploring the way, there is no intelligence, I really can't judge." All that can be done in front of us is to send an edict to the generals of the coastal naval divisions, as long as their fleet of Wu State does not move, our army will try to be as forbearant as possible, and only take tracking and reconnaissance as the top priority. At present, we don't have the strength to offend the Xiao family's water master. After they left, they sent a large number of spies to Wu State, and vigorously rectified the water division. ”

King Zhao sighed deeply: "So far, that's the only way to go." But it was only in a hurry, and the foundation was not established. I'm afraid that the spies sent won't be able to find out anything, and as for the rectification of the water division......"

There was indescribable humiliation and helplessness in his tone: "Now that the country is suffering from internal and external troubles, and everything is continuous, where can we get the money to rectify the sailors?" Even if the treasury is exhausted, it will not be possible to build an army that can fight against the Xiao family's water division in ten years. ”

Lu Zewei was silent, seeing that the country was so rudely threatened by a foreign country, but the powerlessness that he couldn't do anything enveloped him deeply.

King Zhao stood up and looked back at the map of the great mountains and rivers on the wall. There was a blazing flame in the eyes. His gaze scanned back and forth the map with a little frenzy, thinking about who to send to fight if the Chen army attacked, and what to do if the Wu army invaded.

He walked to the map, his fingers paddled all the way along the mountains and rivers, and every time he reached a major level, he paused slightly, thinking about the available generals. Soldiers of Action.

Over the years, he has reused the generals of Dingyuanguan. The method of training troops in the Dingyuan Pass area has been extended to the whole country, and the results have been remarkable. If Chen Jun comes, Yimengtian will become the commander and resist the enemy at the Dingyuan Pass, it should not be a big problem, but it is just ...... It's just that in case Wu Guo takes the opportunity to land and invade from the water at the same time......

Although the generals of the old department of Dingyuan Guan are all excellent, there is Lu Dongli's old affairs, and he can't rest assured that any of them will be the commander and lead the three armies. More importantly, if the two roads fight at the same time, can the existing army of Zhao State cope with it? Can the country's overstretched financial resources be supported?

Looking at the map blankly, for a while, with a lot of thoughts, King Zhao's body slowly shook, and suddenly opened his mouth and spit out a mouthful of blood.

Lu Ze was slightly startled, turned around to support him, and whispered: "Your Majesty, take care." ”

King Zhao's face was pale, his expression was gloomy, and his long-standing worries and anxieties finally broke out in his body in such a destructive way: "Zewei, if it was back then, if it was ...... back then"

His voice gradually lowered, and he never finished his sentence.