In the fourth year of Li Chengmu's ascension to the throne, that is, the fourth year of Xuande, the contradictions between the poison and the Persian Empire escalated, and for a while, the two countries were once again in flames, especially the major cities adjacent to the two countries.

Just when the two countries were fighting for life and death, the Persian Empire sent envoys with a large amount of gold and silver to Dayu to buy firearms from the Dayu court.

Li Chengmu only hesitated for a moment, and then approved.

Feng Tu, who is currently the secretary of the military department, saw the instructions, took the fold and hurriedly entered the palace, and in the imperial study, he expressed his worries.

"Your Majesty, if the Persian Empire gets these firearms, will it have an impact on our entry into the Middle East? Once we confront them in the future, if they resist stubbornly, it will inevitably cause irreparable casualties to the soldiers and horses of the imperial court. ”

Li Chengmu knew what he was worried about when he heard his request to see him, and when he heard his worries, he still said without hesitation: "Since they have brought a large amount of gold and silver to buy sincerely, you can just sell it to them." ”

When Feng Tu heard this, he was anxious, thinking that the emperor only cared about his immediate interests: "Your Majesty."

Li Chengmu raised his hand to stop his next words, "What you are worried about is nothing more than worrying that Persia has firearms, which will inevitably cause unnecessary casualties to the imperial court's march into the Middle East in the future." ”

Feng Tu wiped the sweat from his forehead and sighed, "That's what the minister is worried about." ”

When Li Chengmu heard this, he couldn't help but smile and said: "What you are worried about is also reasonable, but the materials of firearms today are not only black powder, but also newly developed white powder, and we only sell black powder to the outside world."

There are two gunpowder formulas, and those who know know that white gunpowder is more powerful than black gunpowder.

And the white powder burns cleanly, while the black powder will have residues, so it is necessary to clean the barrel regularly after use, not to mention the trouble and time, but also greatly affect the service life of the firearm.

In this way, when the war between Persia and the two countries is over, it may be that the firearms bought by Persia this time have been lost, so there is no need to worry that they will threaten the imperial court.

Hearing the emperor's explanation, Feng Tu breathed a sigh of relief, and a smile appeared on his face, as long as it has no impact on his country, he can still make a lot of money, who is not happy.

"In this way, the minister hopes that they will buy as much as possible, and the court will just replenish the treasury, and we are just short of gold and silver."

Li Chengmu thought about the two tigers of Persia fighting for poison, and in the end there was only one possibility, that is, both sides were defeated, and he was happy when he thought about it.

Speaking of weapons, he spoke again: "Now rifled guns have been popularized in the Dayu army, and the number can be said to have been built with the power of the whole country in the past few years. Recently, the R&D department has developed a new musket, which can be said to be an upgraded version of the rifled gun. ”

"An upgraded version of the rifled gun?" Feng Tu was shocked, why hadn't he heard about this as the secretary of the military department?

"Yes, it may be mass-produced next year at most, and a lot of money will be needed at that time, and the gold and silver of this transaction can fill this gap. In the future, all rifled guns and rifled guns will definitely be eliminated, and when they are eliminated, these rifled guns can be sold abroad again to replenish the state treasury. ”

In this way, the capital chain of the R&D department will not be broken, and the R&D will continue to be supported, so that Dayu will become stronger and stronger, and will be invincible.

After getting such good news, Feng Tu was excited and couldn't wait to go to the R&D department to see the upgraded version of the rifled gun now.

Just without waiting for him to propose, Li Chengmu seemed to remember something again, and said: "Oh, by the way, there are also the remnants of the Punggara army who fled to the poison, if they also need to buy firearms, our people can also sell them a batch, and let them carry firearms to harm the poison." ”

When their scourge is almost over, they can just send three soldiers and horses to sweep across the continent.

And these remnants of the defeated generals happened to be the westward expansion of the imperial court, and being a pioneer can be regarded as their contribution to Dayu.

"Speaking of which, the heavy troops stationed in the Twilight Moon State may not be able to be sent to the battlefield for the time being, and the war between Persia and Persia is now stalemate, and he can't care about the rear." Saying that, Feng Tu looked at Li Chengmu who was the head of the head, with hope in his eyes, "Your Majesty, according to the ministers, the war between these two countries may not be won or lost in a year and a half, why don't you take advantage of this time to let the heavy troops stationed there go out in part and take the sea route to seize the territory along the Red Sea coast?" ”

Last time, I heard the queen mother say that the importance of the geographical location, if you take it as soon as possible, so as to recruit local migrant workers to start construction as soon as possible, and wait for the day the canal opens, it is the time when they will enter the gold on the day of Dayu, such an important thing can now be put on the agenda.

Xia Jing was trapped in the Nanyang Construction Islands at this time, and she didn't know that her idea had been first mentioned, and the imperial court was preparing for it.

And the great eaters of Western Asia, their kings were gloating when they heard of the war in Persia, but they did not know that war was about to befall them soon when they were singing and dancing.

Dayu's 50 steam fleets set off from Zhe'er Harbor in Duyue Prefecture, went west through the small Gülen harbor at the tip of the Indian Peninsula, and then crossed the Arabian Gulf to reach Mugudushu, and turned directly to the big food country in the east of the Red Sea.

What surprised Da Shiguo was that Dayu's country in East Asia was far away to raid their country, and the two countries had no grievances and no enemies, for what?

If they say that their country is rich, most of their national land is the desert Gobi Desert, and even the robbers who came to rob thought their country was poor, and Emperor Dayu of the East took the wrong medicine?

The people of the Great Food Country couldn't figure it out, and they couldn't allow them to think too much, so the weapons of Dayu's army advanced smoothly with crushing, and the war went all the way to their capital as if it were withering.

And the elite army of Dashi is like paper paste in front of Dayu's army.

This world is so crazy, why is there such a powerful weapon out there?

Even the arquebuses they bought with a lot of money from the Xiyi people were simply weak in front of the Dayu army.

Such a weapon is a weapon that the Great Food Army has ever dreamed of.

Under this crushing blow, the elite team of Da Shi could not resist the offensive of Dayu's army at all, and the country of Da Shi was swept away.

Why Dayu's army swept the big food in the east of the Red Sea, and did not attack Egypt in the west, it was completely Li Chengmu who analyzed it, he felt that the national strength of the big food was not as good as Egypt, and the persimmon was picked and pinched softly.

And the Persian Empire got the news and knew that Dayu's expeditionary force had attacked the Great Food Country, and was shocked, they were beating life and death with their bodies, and they were stumbling to the end, but their own back made Dayu turn a corner and copy the back road.

Looking at my own country again, the walls are ruined, dilapidated, the people are not living, and my heart is already half cold.

Do they continue to fight with the body poison or do they cease fighting?

At such a big price, they must fight, but how do they feel that there are wolves in front and tigers in the back, the situation seems to be a little bad.

It's like two tigers fighting each other in the mountains, and the wolves are waiting for an opportunity around, no matter whether they win or lose this war, it seems that they are a big meal in the eyes of others.

Persia is stupid, this feeling is terrible.

And just when the Persian Empire was frightened, Dayu had already captured Da Shi and recruited prisoners of war to dig soil and build canals.

The operation of Dayu's expeditionary force made the Persians scratch their heads, and they don't know what Dayu spent so much effort on the expedition for?

Not only can he not benefit, but he also pays to come to such a far place to build a canal for the big food country?

Li Chengmu will definitely scoff at the idea of Persia if he wants to, he is not a philanthropist, he provides money, food and manpower in Dashi, Dashi, and goes all out to build canals.

And he had to pay tribute to the imperial court every year, so he was merciful and let them be Yu's vassal states.

What can stop the Dayu expeditionary force in this world today is never how strong the enemy is, but the constraints of logistics and the influence of climate.

From the day when this canal was successfully built, Da Shi did not need the restrictions of the royal family and was directly under the jurisdiction of the imperial court. In another ten or twenty years, maybe a feudal king can come here to manage this area.

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The fleet led by Xia Jing was stationed on an island in the South Seas, but the food they brought was not much after being consumed along the way, so they sent Hong Fuzhong to lead more than 20 ships to Luzon.

Nanyang grain is ripe three times a year, and the Luzon Islands is Dayu's grain base in Nanyang.

When Hong Fuzhong arrived in Luzon and learned that the Dayu expeditionary force had captured Dashi, he was immediately overjoyed, and hurriedly asked people to carry food and other materials onto the ship, and then led the fleet and hurriedly ran back to Chongyu Island.

The reason why the island chosen by Li Jingfu is called Chongyu Island is because they are the emperor and queen mother of Dayu.

"Are you saying that the Imperial Expeditionary Force has already captured the Great Food Country?"

Xia Jing was a little surprised to see Hong Fuzhong come back so soon, but after learning the news, it was Li Chengmu's decision that surprised her too much.

"Back to the master, this news is true." Hong Fuzhong was afraid that Xia Jing would not believe it, and he deliberately brought back Dayu's mansion newspaper.

Xia Jing took it and looked at it, handed the report to Li Jingfu, and exclaimed: "Really, I can only say that Xiao Wu's speed is really fast enough." ”

Now their island has only built a temporary palace in this valley, and a large number of workers are now building Li Jingfu's palace not far away, and if the entire equipped house is completed, it will take at least half a year.

Xia Jing wondered if she could go back first and come back when this place was built.

It's just that

It seems that Xiao Wu has left them, he can still govern Dayu very well, he has long had the courage and domineering that an emperor should have. Dayu has it or not, they are all developing in a good direction.

After reading the Di newspaper, Li Jingfu breathed a sigh of relief: "Now you don't have to shout to lead troops to attack the Red Sea, Xiao Wu doesn't need your orders, he has already done it." And that place is dry and rainy, the weather is hot, it is really not suitable for your past life, you just listen to me, we will vacation on this island, and then go back to Dayu to see them. So, isn't it the perfect arrangement? ”

Xia Jing reclined on the soft couch and waved her hand to let Hong Fuzhong retreat.

Hong Fuzhong glanced at Ye Fei, who was standing aside, bowed his head and slowly retreated.

Waiting for the others to retreat, Xia Jing raised her eyes and looked at Li Jingfu, "There is also a news on the other side of the newspaper, have you paid attention to it?" ”

"What's the news?" Li Jingfu flipped over the newspaper, and the headline on the front page was clearly written, which was the follow-up news of Li Chengli's inauguration.

Li Chengli sailed on the sea, and met an official ship bound for Dayu in Penang in the Strait of Malacca, so he took the seal and turned back to Beijing by the way, indicating that he had passed the Strait of Malacca.

And Di Bao posted the news.

Xia Jing was both relieved and a little disappointed, "Xiao Wu has now handled political affairs and can deal with it freely, and sure enough, the young eagle has left the mother eagle and will eventually grow up." ”

Li Jingfu folded the mansion, listened to her words, and chuckled: "The child can already stand alone, but you always think that he has not grown up yet, and scolds him like a child, and now I finally know that whoever is separated from this world can still live." ”

"Whoever leaves, the sun rises in the east and sets in the west." Xia Jing stood up suddenly, stretched her waist and said, "You're right, you rest here first, I'll go to Xiazhou Island to have a look, and see how the construction is going over there?" Let's see if my eldest brother is having trouble! ”

When Li Jingfu heard this, he was anxious, "Hey, you have your eldest brother and second brother watching there on Xiazhou Island, what difficulties can there be, but on our side, I can't manage this big mess as an old man!" ”

Xia Jing walked out of the palace and replied without looking back: "You can manage a country, but you can't manage a small island?" ”

“.” Li Jingfu touched his nose, looked at the master and servant who walked out, and turned around to say nothing to Anu: "You said that her pomp and circumstance are big enough, bigger than my pomp and circumstance, do you want me to choose a few more people to wait?" ”

Anu looked up at the beams of the house, and wanted to say that even if you want to find someone to wait on this desert island, you can't find the person you like.

Xia Jing took a boat to Xiazhou Island, and the sun had set.

Xia Qingshan didn't expect Xia Jing to come over at this time, and as soon as he heard the report, he hurried to the seaside pier.

"Why did you come here at this time today?" Xia Qingshan carefully observed her face and asked tentatively: "Did you quarrel with the Emperor?" ”

"Why do you think that?" Xia Jing was stunned by his words.

Seeing her look, Xia Qingshan seemed to have misunderstood, so he smiled: "No, the married daughter goes back to her parents' house, if the time is not coincidental, it will inevitably make people think more." ”

Xia Jing listened to his words and was speechless: "Big brother, I and the Emperor Taishang are both old husbands and wives, how can we quarrel?" ”

Even if she is in a bad mood and wants to quarrel, she can't quarrel, because she has always regarded Li Jingfu as a partner, how can she not do business and quarrel with her partner?

Moreover, when their island is built, she is ready to find an island with a good environment and take it for herself.

It can be seen from today's Di Bao that Xiao Wu doesn't need her now, and in the next few days, she can let go and live for herself.

In this case, why did she have nothing to do to quarrel with Li Jingfu angrily, it was not to find fault for herself.

Xia Qingshan glanced at the environment on his island and changed the topic: "Come here to stay for a few more days this time, there are some deficiencies on our island, you are welcome to help me point it out." ”

Xia Jing glanced at him, smiled and responded cheerfully: "Okay!" ”

"When the construction here is completed, you can go back home at the end of the year, and you can take your family over for vacation after the New Year, and come to feel the exotic scenery of Nanyang!"

In this regard, Xia Jing has no opinion, "You look at the arrangement of this matter, I am just worried that my father and mother will not go to Nanyang and will have to stay in Lingnan." ”

Xia Qingshan was not too worried about this: "Daddy, when you are older, you like your children and grandchildren around your knees, and the children are here, and they will follow if they don't want to come." ”

Otherwise, leave the two old men and old ladies guarding the Lingnan Nahou Mansion with big eyes and small eyes?

Xia Jing imagined that kind of scene, and laughed unkindly: "It's okay, it's okay if the whole family comes to Nanyang, and they also take care of each other!" ”

It's just that in the future, during the New Year's Festival, those royal relatives in the capital are afraid that it will be difficult to see them again. (End of chapter)