Changsha Palace

Sima Wei, the governor of the Southern Dynasty Naval Army, and Chen Shujian, the king of Changsha, sat together to drink wine and watch the dance, and several slender women were dancing in the hall with long sleeves, but the king of Changsha did not seem to be happy.

"Why is the prince still so unhappy, things are over, let's look forward."

Before the coup d'état in the Southern Dynasty, King Xingshi slashed the prince Chen Shubao in front of the emperor's bed, but unfortunately he was not hacked to death, and he was also killed by the general Xiao Moke under the city, Xiao Moke used his future to change the internal chaos of the Southern Dynasty, Chen Shubao succeeded to the emperor, and now he is recuperating from his injuries, and the throne he covets is completely out of his way.

Knowing that there was no drama, Chen Shujian lied about his illness and hid back in his fiefdom Changsha, and the emperor had always been unable to act on the grounds that he was seriously ill and would never go to Beijing.

A lot of time has passed, and Chen Shujian is still indignant.

"In terms of ability, where can he Chen Shubao compare with me?"

"Damn women and a group of ministers with wine bags and rice bags, control the government, nominally let me supervise the country, but have no real power."

Naturally, he said the Empress Dowager of the Southern Dynasty and several auxiliary ministers.

Sima dispelled the difficulty and comforted: "It's all over, now you are here in Changsha, isn't it much happier than being the emperor in Beijing and being subject to the minister?" ”

"Hmph, I don't want to do that." As he spoke, Chen Shujian hugged a dancing dancing girl, took a glass of wine in his arms, and then poured the wine in the wine pot down the white swan neck of the dancing girl.

After drinking, it seems that this wine is even sweeter and tastier.

After the pleasure, Chen Shujian talked about today's serious matter: "Why didn't you tell me about the Sui Dynasty people coming to sell muskets?" ”

This sudden question made Sima Xiao stunned for a moment, and he knew that being called out inexplicably today would not be really drinking for nothing.

Sima Xiaonan said with a smiling face: "I didn't expect His Highness to know about this matter, it's not that I want to hide it from His Highness, but the truth of this matter is still certain, and I don't know if it can be finally sold, and I don't even see the musket, it's all the empty words of the soldiers on the front line, and I don't dare to rashly tell Your Highness before I am sure." ”

"Oh? I thought they were deliberately hiding it from me and trying to swallow these muskets for rebellion? ”

Sima Xiaonan hurriedly said, "Your Highness, how dare I? ”

"Sima dispelling difficulties, I advise you to put away your careful thoughts, how much trouble we make inside Da Chen is Da Chen's business, and if an outsider wants to interfere, I'm not polite to you."

"Your Highness, I really don't have any intentions, it's purely because there is no decision on the matter, I report it to you, I'm afraid that you will blame, I have followed you all these years, I will go wherever you say, and you should know my loyalty."

Uncle Chen snorted coldly: "If it weren't for your loyalty in the past, this matter would not have passed so well, tell me about it in detail." ”

Sima asked people to call Liu Tongyou, and Liu Tongyou told him about the cause and effect.

Chen Shujian pondered deeply, rubbed the white and tender thighs of Wuji, and asked Liu Tongyou: "Do you think his words are reliable?" ”

"Your Highness, that boatman Lao Lu and we have been smuggling from us for more than a year, and they are the oldest dealers, very cautious, and very reliable and credible, I have thought about that kid's words many times, and it should be credible."

"We have only heard of the musket, and if we have not seen the real thing, we are afraid that it is false."

"No, no, no, Your Highness, I personally touched that thing, and I also fired a shot, the power is very huge, according to that kid, their craftsman was inspired to make that thing in the Mo family's machine technique, it's amazing, that is, there is an interval of a quarter of an hour between each shot, if there is no such interval, presumably the Sui Dynasty would have beaten it a long time ago, the power is too terrifying."

The two listened to Liu Tongyou's description, Liu Tongyou was adding fuel and vinegar, but the excitement of seeing firearms for the first time was absolutely understandable.

"Are you sure this will work?"

"Your Highness, as long as he steals it out, it's no problem, do we have to worry about the pursuit of the Xiliang Navy after we receive the firearms?"

Liu Tongyou laughed as he spoke: "Moreover, Your Highness doesn't have to worry about money, this guy is so bold, he has a life to take it, does he have a life to spend?" ”

Chen Shujian and Sima Xiaoji glanced at each other, but Liu Tongyou said what they thought.

"What are you going to do?"

"When a gun kills, as long as the inventory confirms that the gun can be used, then others are useless."

"But the other party is not a stupid boy, I'm afraid it won't be so easy to hand over the gun if I don't see the money."

Liu Tongyou immediately said: "So please ask Your Highness and Sima Duwei to discuss what to do about the money, and the final general will ensure that the last money will return to the hands of the two of them intact, but he must be allowed to see the money first." ”

"How much is needed."

"Now I don't know how many muskets that kid can make, but the last general thinks that 20,000 taels of silver should be wanted."

"Do you know how much twenty thousand taels of silver is? I'm afraid you're going to sink a lot of it. ”

Sima Xiao said with difficulty: "Your Highness, I am reluctant to let the child catch the wolf, just to show the kid to let him hand over the gun, that kid has a dream of making a fortune, even if the silver is really given to him, his small boat can't be transported." ”

Chen Shujian immediately said: "I will prepare for the money, and I will take 500 elites to secretly guard the shore at that time to avoid any unexpected things." ”

Liu Tongyou immediately said, "It's Your Highness." ”

"If you do it this time, I will definitely reward you well and promote you to two levels."

"Thank you, Your Highness, for the reward, and thank you for the promotion."

The three of them seemed to feel that the matter was done this time, and Sima Xiao was more cautious and said: "Your Highness, you don't want to send anyone to inquire anymore, and see if the news of the King of Northern Sui and Jin in the city is true." ”

"Well, send someone to investigate, it is said that this kid is a character who won the Turks, but in my opinion, it was Yang Jian's old boy who asked his son to gild, everyone knows that it was Yang Shuang's battle, what is the matter with him Yang Guang."

Chen Shujian seems to be very disdainful of Yang Guang's ability to fight the Turks, Chen Shujian is such a person, he likes to provoke right and wrong when his first two brothers are there, and he always thinks in his heart that he is the eldest and he is the second.

Sima Xiaoxin said: "Your Highness, the relationship between Xiliang and us is very poor now, and if you want to find out the news, I am afraid it will be difficult." ”

"You have to go to the difficulty, you can find out a little bit, Liu Tongyou, you go and confirm the time of the transaction with him as soon as possible, so as not to have a long night and a lot of dreams, and come directly to my house to report the situation in the future."

After being appointed by the King of Changsha, Liu Tongyou was naturally happy, but Sima was uncomfortable.

"Your Highness, the old minister has another idea."

"What's the matter?"

"Xiao Yan and Xiao Xuan, who have rebelled, still have a lot of soldiers and ships in their hands, and the work of investigation can be done by the two of them, so I told them that now we plan to investigate the intelligence of Xiliang and see if we can find a chance to fight over, they miss their homeland very much."

Chen Shujian laughed fiercely: "Yes, these two traitors, it's okay to use them, this Xiao Zhen doesn't know what to do, when he rebelled, we picked him up, and now he has surrendered to Chen Shubao, mixed up with the history of Wuzhou assassination, you go to send a message to Xiao Zhen to say that we plan to counterattack Xiliang, let him send someone to investigate Xiliang's military situation first, in preparation for major events." ”

(End of chapter)