I’m The King Chapter 1079: :East and west (seventy-two)

Zao Wou-ki was very angry. In a short period of time, he had already dropped several cups. He was pacing up and down the room like a trapped animal. People eat.

Zhao Wou-ki has no reason not to be angry. As the lord of Zhao, he came to Jicheng humbly and bowed his head to Gao Yuan, an upstart. Yes, in Zao Wou-ki's heart, Gao Yuan was an upstart. In his heart, even if Zhao Guo is facing difficulties and is in decline, shouldn't Gao Yuan give him the etiquette that a king should have?

Sending a Minister of Rites, he threw himself in the post house like this, and then ran away in a hurry. This kind of naked humiliation made Zhao Wuji almost want to flick his sleeves and leave Jicheng.

Just as Zao Wou-ki was getting more and more angry, Zhou Changshou rushed in.

"Your Majesty, I found out!" Zhou Changshou said: "The people I sent out have returned, and today the Han Kingdom happened to have an expedition team back. This team has been on the expedition for two years."

"Two years of expedition? Where did they go?" Zhao Wou-ki was taken aback. He never expected that Gao Yuan would actually send an expedition team after all these years of constant warfare.

"Overseas!" Zhou Changshou said solemnly, "The Han Kingdom sent an expedition team of thousands of people, sailing hundreds of ships to the sea. This trip lasted more than two years, and they just returned to Jicheng today. They returned with great victories and brought countless trophies, including dozens of large monsters that we have never seen before."

Zhao Wuji sat down slowly, the hostility on his face dissipated a lot in a blink of an eye, "Changshou, you have friendship with many generals in the Han army, you can go and ask again, when will the King of Han come back?" See me?"

"Yes, I understand!" Zhou Changshou bowed, walked a few steps, and then stopped, "Your Majesty, Da Zhao's situation is not good now, Your Majesty still..."

"You go, I understand." Zhao Wuji sighed, and waved his hand to signal Zhou Changshou to leave." I hope to see King Han as soon as possible, now you and I have left Handan, Yang Shu and Meng Guang used to be too old Low, I'm worried they won't be able to hold the scene."

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I'll find a way out right away!" Zhou Changshou nodded repeatedly.

When Zhao Wang Zhao Wuji was angry, entangled, worried, fear and other emotions mixed together, he couldn't eat well, and couldn't sleep well, Kou Shuguang was sitting in the Hall of Qinzheng where Gao Yuan usually reviewed official documents Here, Xiang Gaoyuan and the other members of the council reported some things that are not suitable to be said at the Great Court Meeting.

At the Great Court Meeting, what Kou Shuguang presented was all for face, for example, gold and silver worth dozens of taels of carriages, a total of millions of taels of silver. Gao Yuan reckoned that Wang Wuyi's blood pressure had soared to at least two hundred or more with Wang Wudi's hot-blooded and red-faced appearance at that time, but in this era, everyone definitely doesn't know what blood pressure is.

In addition to silver, those animals that are not available in the Central Plains, and those places that have been fought along the way, some so-called kings express their credentials, but Gao Yuan dismisses these, that kind of occupation A letter of credence sent by a guy with several kings on a small island or even an island is really of little value. He can't beat you and express his surrender to you. Be not true.

However, many officials in the court care about this very much. Even Jiang Jiaquan is smiling with his beard.

After the face-saving work is done, the court will disperse. Kou Shuguang came to this Qinzheng Hall where Gao Yuan usually works, which is what Gao Yuan really values.

"How many people have been killed this way?" Looking at Kou Shuguang, who has a lot of iron and blood on his body, Gao Yuan asked. Kou Shuguang used to be a general of the Overwatch Council. Then he was sent to Zhou Yuan's hometown in Fenzhou, and then formed a navy and became the first commander of the navy. At that time, he had never been on the battlefield, so he naturally didn't have the kind of skills that can only be accumulated on the battlefield now. Murderous.

Kou Shuguang smiled, "In the past, Li Yizheng was mainly doing business, and sometimes he had to be bullied by them, but this time we went, not only to do business, but also to conquer, so at the beginning , I started to set a trap for them, the first thing we docked was a real merchant ship, when those natives thought they were bullying us like in previous years, the warships would appear, land, and then iron and blood.” He raised his head After thinking about it, "Not too many, there are always hundreds of thousands of people!"

As soon as he said this, several councilors gasped together. You know, Kou Shuguang only brought 3,000 people out in total. In the past two years, they killed more than 100,000 people. On average, Doesn't everyone who goes to sea have dozens of lives in their hands.

"Ah Quan..." Li Can on the side asked a little bit stammeringly. When Li Quan was at home, he was just a scholar.

Kou Shuguang laughed, "Li Quan was not used to it at first, but as we got farther and farther away, the casualties of the troops became more and more serious, and he had to carry a knife into battle, the first time After beheading the enemy, he lay on the boat for three whole days, throwing up in the dark, but it’s good to get over it, and then he probably killed more people than me.”

Muscles on Li Can's face twitched, he didn't know whether it was happiness or worry.

"There are a lot more!" Gao Yuan exhaled, "There shouldn't be many people in those island countries. Didn't some of them let you kill them?"

"There are a few exterminations, mainly those who resisted to the end, refused to submit, or caused us heavy casualties. In fact, the biggest casualties were not in the island countries along the way, but in the end we found the king. The Fusang mentioned above. The Fusang area is larger and more densely populated. As the king said, this place is rich in gold and silver. At first we still wanted to trade normally, but the people here are very cunning and cruel. Our idea, then we will not be polite, I only left a few hundred people to guard the ship, and took two thousand soldiers and some servants who were captured along the way to land, where we fought with them for a full year More than enough.”

"Did you beat them all to the ground?" Jiang Jiaquan asked.

"How is that possible?" Kou Shuguang said with a smile: "We are only two or three thousand people, but we conquered the people in the southern part of Fusang, and then we helped some puppets to come to power and fight against the north. Because of this, too much time was wasted, and the king was worried."

"Your approach in Fusang is more correct. There are more people on this island, and they have their own traditions and cultures. If you want to kill them, you can't kill them all. Support a group, beat a group, and let them fight internally. In the middle, gradually consume power, this is a grand strategy, you can discuss it with the Overwatch Council Godsend them, this island, we must control it.”

"Yes, Your Majesty, I will go to Director Cao when I turn around." Kou Shuguang nodded.

"By the way, have you found the tree I asked you to look for?" Gao Yuan asked.

"I found it, the kind of rubber tree that the king said, we found this kind of tree on an island, the natives on this island cut off the bark, took the sap of this tree, and fiddled with it Afterwards, the juice turned into a kind of soft leather-like thing, which is still very strong. This time, we brought back a lot of this kind of leather, and also made the best kind of this kind of thing on the island. The craftsman brought it back."

"How many of these things did you bring back?" Gao Yuan asked.

"Because the king valued this thing very much, so I packed a whole boat. This thing is not a rare thing among them." Kou Shuguang laughed.

"It's rare, let's see where he uses it!" Gao Yuan laughed loudly, rubber tree, after finding this thing, there are many places where it can be used, not to mention anything else, it is only from the Han Kingdom The horse-drawn carriage will go to a higher level above the driving speed. With the rapid development of Dahan King's military industry, new biological items such as balls, tire shafts, flex shafts, pulleys, etc. are bringing Dahan's military industry to a new stage, especially In terms of transportation, the speed of the carriage has increased with the appearance of these things. The only shortcoming is the wheels, whether they are made of iron or wood, are too easy to damage. Now that the rubber is found, Gao Yuan can't help but look forward to it. The scene of the tire-mounted carriage running on the driveway.

"Your Majesty, I have inquired about it. Due to the climate, this kind of tree cannot grow alive here, so I gave up the idea of ​​bringing the plant back for transplanting." Kou Shuguang explained.

"I know!" Gao Yuan nodded and said, "Are there many people planting this kind of tree over there?"

"Not many!" Kou Shuguang said: "We searched many islands, and only found this kind of tree on two or three small islands."

"When you go next time, I hope there are more places to plant this kind of tree. I think it won't be long before our demand for this kind of thing will reach a terrifying amount. Remember Those local people plant as much as possible, and we will buy as much as we can harvest at that time, so that the people there feel that planting this kind of tree is profitable, so as to attract more people to plant rubber trees.”

"This kills two birds with one stone!" Jiang Jiaquan said with a smile: "When all the people over there plant this kind of tree, then they won't have more people to grow food and produce those living things. So where do these things come from? Naturally, we ship them and sell them, and we pay for their rubber, but they will return the money to us in the end.”

"Take your people and have a good time in Jicheng for a few days, and then let them have a long vacation. There is still a lot of time before the next trip to sea. Let the brothers relax. The next time you go to the sea At that time, the number of ships will be doubled, and the number of troops will also be doubled. Shuguang, the place you have reached is far from the end of the sea, I hope you can go further." Gao Yuan stood up and played Kou Shuguang Pat him on the shoulder in front of him. (to be continued)