Chapter 593: Debut
Zhezhou, Lincheng. Read
Liang Kai has been back here for some time.
When the news of the establishment of the Southern Liang came, he summoned his officials and generals to prepare for the establishment of his own country.
After discussion, he finally decided to name the country Wu.
Because in history, there was a country in Zhejiang, called Wu.
His Liang family has always regarded themselves as descendants of Wu.
Choosing this country name is just right.
In addition to the founding of the country, Liang Kai and Fan Xinglun played in Lincheng.
After the chaos in Jinling, Fan Xinglun also chose to leave.
However, he did not go back to Yunzhou directly, but caught up with him and went to Lincheng.
"Brother Fan, I have to thank you for your reminder this time, otherwise our Liang family would still be kept in the dark. This damn British, who lost money in business, blamed my Liang family and had such evil intentions." Liang Kai cursed angrily.
"Brother Liang, you are too polite. I just heard it from a Frank merchant. I can't just watch Brother Liang suffer." Fan Xinglun said.
He had his own thoughts when he came to Lincheng this time.
The Liang family has a huge influence in Jiangnan, while his Fan family lives in Yunzhou and cannot compare with the two families in terms of strength.
Dou Wei caused such a big mess this time, and he knew that the entire Dasong Kingdom might fall apart.
When the news of Dou Wei's establishment of the Southern Liang came, and Liang Kai was preparing to establish the Wu Kingdom, he knew that a big mess would start and could never be reversed.
Worried that Liang Kai would unify Jiangnan, which would be detrimental to his Fan family, he took the opportunity to arrive in Lincheng and show his goodwill to Liang Kai.
However, he knew that just showing goodwill might not stop Liang Kai's ambition to annex the Fan family, so while showing goodwill, he deliberately brought up the Franks.
The Liang family has been involved in maritime trade overseas for many years, and he knew that the Liang family was very familiar with Western countries.
If he implicitly mentioned that his Fan family had cooperation with the Franks, the Liang family should be cautious.
In this way, his Fan family will be safe and can still be the local emperor in Yunzhou.
Liang Kai laughed when he heard this: "I didn't expect Brother Fan to be so hidden. He has been trading with the Franks for so many years. But I advise Brother Fan that, like the British, the Franks are not good people. They only covet the wealth of the Central Plains."
"I know this, of course. If the Franks do business with my Fan family honestly, it's fine. If they have bad intentions, my Fan family is not easy to mess with." Fan Xinglun smiled lightly.
Liang Kai nodded, as if he had a tacit understanding, and stopped talking.
A few days later.
The coronation ceremony began. On this day, Liang Kai, surrounded by many officials and generals, wore a dragon robe and announced the establishment of the Wu Kingdom.
Fan Xinglun participated in Liang Kai's coronation ceremony and set off to return to Yunzhou the next day.
In the carriage, he recalled Liang Kai's high spirits when he sat on the dragon throne, and his heart warmed up.
The Dou family and the Liang family established their own countries, so why can't his Fan family do the same?
Not long after Fan Xinglun left, Liang Kai, who was immersed in the glory of the emperor, called his eldest son Liang Feng to his bedroom.
The Wu Kingdom was established.
Then the next step is to maintain the long-term stability of the Wu Kingdom.
After a moment of silence, he said: "According to Fan Xinglun's meaning, the British may be unfavorable to our Wu Kingdom. You should now inspect the coastal defense, especially the artillery positions at important docks. If the British really dare to invade the coast of Wu, let them see how powerful our Wu Kingdom is.
"Yes, father." Liang Feng said.
Liang Kai nodded, "And you secretly send people to Yunzhou to investigate the relationship between the Fan family and the Franks, and at the same time find a way to get in touch with the Franks. The British firearms are very powerful, but the Franks' firearms are not bad either. Moreover, it is said that they have never gotten along, so they may be used as a helper. "
"Father is wise! "Liang Feng's smile was almost flattering. After the establishment of Wu, he was the crown prince of Wu.
He naturally had to please his father so that he could inherit the throne in the future.
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Qizhou, Qingcheng, Han Zheng was meeting with the Japanese envoys under the introduction of Han Qi.
Just two days ago, the news that the Japanese envoys arrived in Qingcheng was sent to Lucheng, so he set off immediately.
Today, he met with the Japanese envoys in the Qingcheng Japanese Hall.
He used to attach great importance to the exchanges between the Han family and Japan.
Now that Dasong has become a mess, he attaches more importance to the relationship with Japan.
After all, this may involve the rise and fall of the Han family.
"Lord Han, to make a long story short, this time we came here on the order of General Watanabe, hoping to form an alliance with the Han family to jointly deal with the threat of King Yan. "
In the Dongying Hall, three Dongying officials sat opposite Han Zheng, Han Qi and Yuan Li.
The Dongying man sitting in the middle was named Sato Masahisa, and he was the deputy envoy of the Dongying Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
During this period, the Black Shark Pirates expanded their scope of activities, which made them very vigilant.
Recently, more than a dozen warships of the Wufeng Pirates have been sunk by the Black Shark Pirates, and their merchant ships heading to Qingcheng were also looted.
Fortunately, the sea is large enough, and the warships of the Black Sand Pirates cannot defend the ocean completely.
And in order to reduce losses, they ordered the Wufeng Pirates and Dongying merchant ships to find islands to hide during the day and enter the Qizhou waters at night.
But even so, they thought this was not a long-term solution.
The threat of the Black Shark Pirates to Dongying has made them unable to ignore it.
After the King of Yan behind the Black Shark Pirates defeated Beidi, they became more vigilant.
A King of Yan rising in the north is obviously not in the interests of Dongying.
In Dongying's plan, they have always had a blueprint to invade Goryeo.
In the past, Beidi was an obstacle, but this obstacle became the King of Yan.
But as far as they know, the tentacles of the Black Shark Pirates have extended to Goryeo and included it in their sphere of influence.
In this way, if they attack Goryeo in Dongying, they will definitely conflict with the Black Shark Pirates.
Obviously, this is evidence that the King of Yan is rising and damaging Dongying's interests.
So, through Han Qi, they learned that there was a big mess in the Imperial City of Dasong, and Dasong is likely to fall into division next.
The Dongying spies in the Dongying Club passed this news back to Dongying.
After discussion, their general Watanabe finally made up his mind to participate in the civil strife in Dasong and make the water in Dasong more muddy.
At the same time, curb the further rise of the King of Yan.
"Alliance, haha, this is a good thing." Han Zheng was overjoyed when he heard this.
This is exactly what he expected.
Qizhou faced the King of Yan directly and felt the greatest threat.
Even with the help of the Wang family, he still felt uneasy.
If he could get more help, it would be great.
Sato Shinjiu nodded, "But the general has a request. He hopes that Lord Han will formally break with the Dasong royal family and establish his own country. In this way, we in Japan can legitimately interact with the Han family."
"This..." Han Zheng frowned and hesitated after hearing this.
As if he had anticipated Han Zheng's thoughts, Sato Shinjiu said, "This time, I also brought a hundred Japanese soldiers. In order to dispel Lord Han's doubts, I want Lord Han to see their capabilities."
Han Zheng's eyes lit up after hearing this.
He had long known that the Japanese soldiers used a different kind of musket than the Dasong soldiers.
Now he could see it.