619 Musket Team
Chapter
Chen Yuan proposed to the Uighurs and Tubo that they would send troops to help the Song Dynasty deal with the Liao Kingdom. The Uighurs and Tubo also thought of getting a share of the Liao Kingdom's battle. They had already told Renzong earlier that they would send troops to help if necessary.
However, in terms of the form of sending troops, the Tubo and the Uighurs had differences with the Song Dynasty.
According to their intentions, it is also a common concept that the places where their army conquered should be theirs. Even if they are handed over to the Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty must pay a certain price to compensate them.
Of course, Chen Yuan didn't want to pay this price. Liao Kingdom was a frog that had already been put into the pot. It was a question of how much heat it was to cook. If Tubo and Uighurs intervened, the Song Dynasty might have to pay more than he expected.
Chen Yuan meant that Tubo, Uighurs, Dali, Jiaozhi, Chameng, and other vassal states of the Song Dynasty sent troops to let the Liao people know that this time it was not only the Song Dynasty, but also the "United ***", so that the Liao people knew that all the surrounding countries had come to attack them.
He had no intention of letting these people really intervene in the war, just put on airs and scare Yelu Hongji, his former little brother.
After the arrival of these vassal states, the Song army would take care of their food and accommodation, and also provide return tickets, so there would be nothing left.
This seems fair to Chen Yuan. I will help you solve the crisis of money. Send some people to help me with the situation. Don’t have too many people, just carry the battle flag. The vassal states such as Dali, Jiaozhi, and Chameng agreed very happily.
Dali sent five hundred troops, Jiaozhi sent one thousand troops, and Chameng also sent one thousand troops. These vassal states were far away from the Song Dynasty, and they had no interest in the war of the Liao Kingdom, and they sent troops just to support the individual as Chen Yuan said.
This is enough. Chen Yuan only needs them to support their own field. However, Tubo and Uighurs obviously do not want to support only one field. They want to intervene in the war and get benefits directly from the war. When Chen Yuan rejected them, the Tubo people proposed to send troops, but the Song Dynasty asked them to hire their soldiers according to the number of people. They would pay as much as the Song Dynasty gave them.
The Uighurs were stronger than Tubo. They said they could not pay, and they would send people to help the market. Just like Dali, they also sent 500 people.
Five hundred people are enough for Dali, but if a country as big as the Uighurs can only send 500 people, it is the same as not.
Disagreement, negotiation.
Negotiation is not troublesome, what is troublesome is that Renzong does not allow Chen Yuan to use methods that can force the other party to surrender.
It is absolutely true that the saying that the country is easy to change its nature is difficult to change. Renzong has changed a lot, has become confident and has opinions, but he is still such a gentleman and is unwilling to speak out.
Renzong then looked at Chen Yuan, and suddenly his voice was low: "Shimei, the princess of the Silan Kingdom is a woman after all, so it is inconvenient for her to live in the inn with those envoys. You can arrange it and find a good place for her to live."
After hearing what Renzong said, Chen Yuan knew that the emperor was probably pleased with the princess of the Silan Kingdom. It was not inconvenient for her to continue living in the inn, but inconvenient for Renzong. If he had entered and left the inn, those envoys from other countries would definitely come to visit. Even if he didn't come, this would be bad for the emperor of the Song Dynasty.
Chen Yuan gave Renzong a sensible look: "Long live and don't worry, I will make arrangements."
Renzong nodded: "Okay, you can do it."
The father-in-law wants to pick up girls and ask Chen Yuan to arrange a suitable location. This is a big deal and must not be delayed.
After Chen Yuan left the palace, he went to find a house first. It didn't have to be too good. After all, this princess couldn't live for much time. She would be able to enter the palace to be a concubine soon. If she disliked Renzong for being older, she would have to go back to Xilan.
I'm looking for a house, and I'm going to the inn to find the princess of Shilan Kingdom.
When I came to Guanshi this time, the expressions on the faces of the officials in Guanshi were different. In the years since the founding of the Song Dynasty, their place has never been as lively as it has been in this time.
A few days ago, when I talked about the issue of redundant officials, some ministers suggested that the officials in the inn should be the first to be laid off. There are more than a dozen idle people in a huge air inn. They are fine except for sending letters all day long. Who will be laid off if they don’t lay off? This once made them a little nervous about whether their jobs can be kept.
But now there is no need to worry. There are more than 300 envoys from dozens of countries. From a large perspective, they have to consider the customs and habits of each other. On the small side, these hundreds of people are all managed by food, drink, defecation, clothing, housing and transportation. Which yamen is busier than themselves?
The postmaster of the inn held a hug of grass and immediately put it down after seeing Chen Yuan: "You are here, Mr. Prince? Which country's envoy is looking for? The official will make arrangements for you now."
Chen Yuan looked at his somewhat bloated body, and there were some fodder powder on the official uniform.
"Why, do you have to do the horse feeding work yourself?"
The official secretary wiped the sweat from his forehead: "Isn't this too busy to be busy? It was a little better a few days ago. The Tubo and Uighurs didn't come. The other people who came by boat had no horses to take care of. And they saw that we were wearing official uniforms, and they were embarrassed to call us. The Tubo people would be different when they arrived. The emperor said that these are all our uncles, and they had to serve them. This man had to serve them, and the horses were also served. They were so tired."
Chen Yuan looked at his complaining look and said, "How about changing you a little more leisurely job?"
The postmaster was very frightened: "Don't, be more busy, be more busy, it means we are not redundant officials. Who do you want to ask me, no matter how busy you are, you will have to pay for your business first, right?"
Chen Yuan smiled. The attitude of the Yicheng had already shown that the officials of the Song Dynasty were no longer proud of redundantness. At least in the hearts of these grassroots officials, "redundantness" means that their jobs may be lost. When this atmosphere spreads across the country, redundant officials will become an official among the officials who are looked down upon by other people.
"Where is the messenger of the Silan Kingdom?" Chen Yuan looked around.
When Chen Yuan saw the Princess of the Silang Kingdom, he finally understood why Renzong fell in love with this woman at first sight. She did not have the fair skin of the Song Dynasty women, and her faint bronze color revealed a strange sexiness.
Half of the round arms was leaking outside, and the waist was completely exposed. There was an iron ring hanging on the navel, showing the softness of her waist. That figure, four characters, and a devilish figure. The whole face was full of exotic style, and there was a small iron ring hanging on her nose, which was really sexy and seductive.
Judging from the ethnic decoration, this shilan should be the predecessor of Sri Lanka in the future. Chen Yuan bowed politely after entering the door, and the princess also bowed back the gift. Their etiquette was very special. When a woman bowed, she squatted down halfway, which made Chen Yuan accidentally see two balls of beating plump in her neckline. He couldn't help but exclaim in his heart, his father-in-law took a good look.
Moreover, Chen Yuan knew even more that Su Xiaoyou would no longer have to worry about being lonely and having no opponent in his harem. If such a woman with exotic charm was taken into the palace by Renzong, she would definitely be a powerful enemy for Su Xiaoyou to compete for favor.
They are as young as they are, and compared to Su Xiaoyou, she may lack some means, but her identity advantage is something that Su Xiaoyou will never be able to match. No matter how small Shilan Kingdom is, she is also a princess.
The beginning of things went very smoothly, and the princess agreed to move to a place specially prepared by Chen Yuan for her to live. As for whether Renzong can get started in the future, it depends on the attitude of the princess and how Renzong can pick up girls.
Chen Yuan could only help Renzong create an opportunity to pick up girls, and it would definitely not work on it personally.
The next day, Wen Yanbo received an order from Renzong to bring all the envoys to visit the military camp of the Song Dynasty.
The soldiers in the military camp also received instructions to prepare what they should prepare early, and the new weapons were brought out to show them over and over again for guests from afar.
Zeng Gongliang has moved to the small island in Japan. Compared to when they were in Bianjing, their hands and feet were more smooth. Some experiments that they dare not do in Bianjing can be done with confidence. There is no need to be afraid of affecting nearby residents after an accident, nor is there any need to be afraid of being seen by others.
Their research was closely related to the war in the Song Dynasty. After each battle, the soldiers would summarize the use of weapons during the war and then let Zeng Gongliang improve it. After the end of this battle in Japan, the Song army's *** tube and rifles had basically been formed.
Especially the rifle. After Ding Du accidentally fired an iron block, Zeng Gongliang and his team immediately developed the kind of gun that used steel pipes to make the barrel and fired in the back hall.
However, the reaction on the battlefield was not very good. After dozens of cowlin guns that were put into the battlefield for experiments were used by soldiers, it is generally said that although this thing has a slightly longer range and is more powerful, it cannot be compared with crossbow arrows regardless of the speed or accuracy of the design. After it is wet, it is a waste product and there is no crossbow arrow at all.
Also, sometimes the battle situation is tense, and you can't know whether the iron sand in the gun chamber has been shot out. With a sound, a stream of gunpowder comes out from behind the butt of the gun. In fact, the iron sand is not hit at all. Then when you put on the second iron sand, you can't hit it out either.
In short, there are many problems with this gun, and the soldiers would rather use their original crossbow.
Chen Yuan also knew that when technology had not reached that step, muskets could not replace crossbow arrows, but he still stubbornly formed a musket team, with a total of 500 soldiers.
There is basically no one optimistic about the establishment of this team. The first time they showed their power was in front of these distant guests.
Five hundred soldiers were lined up in five rows. At the command of the commander, one lit the fuse. In just a moment, there was a loud noise that was not neat. The soldiers had traces of iron sand inlaid on the earth wall dozens of steps away.
No matter whether the war is good or not, at least the smoke is everywhere, the sensory effect is very good, and it is loud and lively.
This is Chen Yuan’s first record of the First Musketeers. The timid envoys were startled and then extended their thumbs to praise: “Awesome!”
Chapter completed!