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"firearm?"
He patiently listened to Xin Qiji's narration, but from the beginning to the present, it was basically no danger.
With firearms, big Zhou treasure ships, and their ability to command troops, the pirates they encountered were a piece of cake.
But what Xin Qiji said now surprised him a little.
Xin Qiji also nodded slowly, with a strange look on his face.
"I thought soldiers from a certain country stole firearms, then fled here, and imitated firearms."
"As a result, after our interrogation, these firearms seem to be quite popular in Europe."
Yang Yi picked up the conversation, thoughtful.
"In other words, these countries in Europe have also developed firearms..."
Xin Qiji nodded.
"However, their firearms seem to be quite rough, far from ours."
"Of course, these firearms were all snatched from pirates. As for whether the same is true for the firearms owned by the regular armies in the hands of the European countries, we don't know..."
"His Royal Highness, I have brought this firearm, do you want to see it?"
Yang Yi nodded.
Xin Qiji then called someone to take muskets from the carriage they left outside the house.
After a while.
A person came in holding a long box.
Xin Qiji took it and opened the box to reveal the contents.
"His Royal Highness King Wei, please take a look..."
Yang Yi took a closer look, and it seemed that this thing was similar to the flintlock gun he made before.
But it seems more rough.
The flintlock gun he made is already a refined product after improvement.
The current flintlock gun should be incomparable.
Yang Yi murmured in his heart.
That is to say, the countries there have already done some research on firearms, but it is also in its infancy?
Even if the firearms in the army are stronger than those of the pirates, they will not innovate much.
He put down the flintlock gun and said to Xin Qiji, "Continue talking..."
Xin Qiji nodded.
"After we docked, we also went to several small countries. There are more countries there than here. We occupy a small town at random and dare to call ourselves kings. We captured some talents who are proficient in various languages and established relationships with several small countries. Some friendly relations...."
Yang Yi nodded.
Xin Qiji was quite thoughtful.
Xin Qiji continued: "When we came back, we also encountered several waves of powerful pirates, but we defeated them all. There were also some very powerful pirates who seemed to be in collusion with some countries."
"According to His Royal Highness King Wei's thinking, if we want to establish a stable shipping route, we must control the order at sea. Those pirates must either surrender or be eliminated by us."
"However, this may offend some land-based countries."
Yang Yi smiled slightly: "It's natural. When we control the order of the sea, it is equivalent to branding that sea area with the brand of our Great Zhou. It is equivalent to us occupying that sea area and winning 0.8 of the sovereignty of the sea area."
"Of course those countries will not be reconciled. Of course, this is the only way to compete for maritime supremacy."
"Any reason and sovereignty are forged with fists."
"If you are unwilling, we will kill them all."
His tone was flat, but Deng Zilong and Xin Qiji could smell a strong smell of blood from it.
When the emperor was angry, he buried a million corpses.
King Wei of the Great Zhou Dynasty had such courage and ability.
Xin Qiji took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "Your Highness is wise..."
"The last general has one last message to tell His Highness."
Yang Yi raised his eyebrows, and said with great interest, "Speak."
It must be big news to keep Xin Qiji at the end.
Xin Qiji said in a deep voice: "We learned from the captured barbarians that Temujin of the Mongol Yuan Empire was leading troops to fight against the Romanov Kingdom, one of the most powerful empires on the continent... ..”
"The Mongol Yuan Empire seems to have conquered many countries in Ouzhou, and the battle lasted for a year or two."
Yang Yi was startled, and touched his chin.
"It turns out that's the reason why Meng Yuan intervened in the Liao and Jin attacks on the Song Dynasty, and then made a fuss about it.".
【222】Wu Shun's troubles!Her Majesty's ambition!Great Zhou's maritime supremacy!
He suddenly became enlightened.
No wonder Meng Yuan never counterattacked.
All the troops were diverted to the west.
And the countries in Ouzhou can keep entangled with the Mongolian Yuan Empire, and they must not be weak.
Yang Yi was lost in thought.
Seeing that Yang Yi was silent, Xin Qiji and Deng Zilong next to him naturally kept quiet.
a while.
Yang Yi stopped thinking and smiled at them.
"You have been exhausted, and you haven't rested yet, but this king didn't think carefully..."
Xin Qiji and Deng Zilong dared not speak together.
Yang Yi waved his hand.
"Go down and rest first..."
..........
next day
Purple Palace.
Shangguan Wan'er was holding an account book.
"Ivory 120 pairs......."
"Five hundred catties of spices..."
"Two hundred rhino horns..."
"Three hundred black pearls..."
Listening to Shangguan Wan'er's report, Wu Zhao couldn't help feeling a little emotional.
"Although the Far West is not as vast and rich as my Central Plains, it still has many precious treasures that we don't have."
Yang Yi nodded slightly.
The ledger in Shangguan Wan'er's hand was only the storage quantity of one of the ships.
Because the fleet is too large, and the things on each of the 14 treasure ships are quite mixed, Xin Qiji simply prepared an account book for each ship.
Even so, the thickness of each account book is quite astonishing.
Yang Yi pondered: "These treasures are fine, but the medicinal materials and spices are extremely precious."
In addition, there are many wood materials.
There are also tree species that are not found here on the Ouzhou continent.
These are treasures!
Shangguan Wan'er continued: "There are 500 Yi slaves, male and female..."
Wu Zhao was taken aback, "Xin Qiji and the others also captured some slaves?"
Yang Yi smiled.
"He probably wanted to present as much racial information as possible on that continent to us..."
"These slaves seem to be from different races, but most of them are blond and blue-eyed, so there is not much difference."
Wu Zhao nodded slightly.
"This person is quite careful..."
"This is natural." Yang Yi said with a smile: "I also brought a large number of plant seeds from Youaozhou, and introduced them to my Dazhou, which is of great benefit."
Although the current plant species in Dazhou is also rich, it must be far behind that of later generations.
Another great benefit of maritime trade is to promote the exchange and integration of species.
After a while.
Shangguan Wan'er put down the account book in her hand.
She pursed her lips, and a smile appeared on her gentle face.
"Reporting to Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the King of Wei, the value of this ship is at least one million taels based on the current market price of Da Zhou..."
Surprise flashed across Wu Zhao's beautiful eyes, and she looked at Yang Yi.
"There are so many in one ship, the income from this trip is at least worth my tax for a year..."
Yang Yi smiled.
"Meiniang, how many big ships have we dispatched?"
"Furthermore, our storage of large ships far exceeds that of ordinary merchant ships."
"In addition to bringing so many soldiers, many pirates have been eliminated, and many things have been robbed without any cost."
"Under a variety of factors, we can have such a huge profit."
"If it were those merchant ships, I'm afraid halfway through, the corpses would have already been fed to the fish."
Wu Zhao nodded slightly, and then he calmed down a lot.
She lightly opened her lips, "No wonder you insist on going on a long voyage, the benefits are amazing!"
"It's no wonder Temujin of the Mongol Yuan Empire coveted Ouzhou."
"The gains from plundering are too enticing."
Her Majesty's eyes flickered slightly.
The corner of Yang Yi's mouth twitched.
This girl must have awakened some strange idea, right?
He tentatively said: "Meiniang, stability is the long-term solution."
Wu Zhao glanced at him and suddenly smiled sweetly.
"Don't worry, husband, of course I understand this truth."
"I'm just talking casually..."
The corner of Yang Yi's mouth twitched, feeling that Wu Zhao wanted to lead an army to plunder all the countries in the Far West.
He coughed lightly.
"Although the Mongolian Yuan Empire seems huge and powerful, it is nothing more than relying on Temujin to forcibly gather together."
"He has many generals under his command, some have always followed him, and some have surrendered later."
"Tiemuzhen has been fighting all the time, and he doesn't think much about governing the country."
"Relying on the huge benefits gained from successive years of fighting, he can support him to continue working like this."