Chapter 630: Alliance

"Steven, you are mutiny. If you return to France, you will be hanged." Feiwen shouted angrily.

When he returned to Marka City, Steven came to his office to ask how to deal with the attack on the merchant ship.

When he proposed to interrogate the crew members who survived the attack, Steven arrested him.

"You seem to have forgotten that once the governor does something that is not in the interests of Marka City, as the supreme commander of Marka City, I have the right to temporarily take over the governor and exercise power."

"Nonsense, you are pushing Marka City to destruction." Feiwen shouted, "We Portuguese are not incapable of offending the Yan King of Dasong."

"You are such a weak and incompetent person. You are afraid of the natives of the East. It's a disgrace to us white people."

Pointing in the direction of Dasong, his expression was gloomy: "Don't forget that we Portuguese are now in the Holy Alliance with Russia, Hans, and the Holy Roman Empire, and the four-nation alliance of Britain, Frank, and Sterdam is formulating a plan to divide Dasong."

"As the pioneers of the Holy Alliance in the East, how can we succumb to the natives of the East? Only by cooperating with Dongying and colonizing Dasong is the only correct way out and an opportunity for Portuguese to become strong again."

After speaking, he waved his hand, no longer paying attention to Feiwen's rebuke, and asked the soldiers to take Feiwen to the cell.

...

Lucheng

When Dong An went south, the alliance of the seven powerful families was about to be held here.

On this day, with the arrival of Nanping Crown Prince Fan Qing, the representatives of the seven powerful families were all present.

But unlike the confidence he once had, Han Zheng was now a little unmotivated for the alliance.

Ten days ago, when Qi's spy in Yancheng brought back a blueprint, he was struck by lightning.

This blueprint was nothing else, but a process blueprint of a flintlock.

It contained the manufacturing process of the flintlock, the size and structure of each part, and even explained what flint was, and how to make the key structural spring steel of the machine core.

At first, he thought the blueprint was fake, but when he handed it to Sato Masahisa, he realized from Sato Masahisa's shocked expression that something big had happened.

If he had received this blueprint before, he would have been ecstatic.

But now, he was not happy at all.

It was obvious that what Qi used as a bargaining chip for the alliance was now known to everyone.

Qi's spies reported that when he was snatching the blueprints, other people were also snatching the blueprints.

And the two blueprints he brought were exactly the same.

This means that the blueprints obtained by others should also be the same.

So, this means that other powerful families also got the blueprints of flintlock rifles.

In this way, how can Qi make other powerful families obey him?

However, since the seven powerful families have gathered together again, he can only bite the bullet and hold an alliance.

I just hope that there will be powerful families who share the interests of Qi and stand firmly with them to deal with the King of Yan.

The next day.

The alliance was officially held in the Ganyang Hall of the Qi Imperial Palace.

Xie Duan represented the Xie family, Liang Feng represented the Wu Kingdom, Dou Wei represented the Nanliang Kingdom, and Fan Qing represented the Nanping Kingdom. They arrived at the palace one after another and took their seats one after another.

Not long after, Han Zheng and Wang Zian entered the Ganyang Hall.

Seeing many familiar faces, Han Zheng smiled. Fan Xinglun and Liang Kai, one is the emperor of Nanping Kingdom and the other is the emperor of Wu Kingdom. Naturally, they cannot come, but sending the prince is the same.

As for Xie Duan and Dou Wei, they are the actual controllers of Nanliang and Xie family, and can make decisions for their emperors in this alliance.

"Hahaha, it's been a long time since we last met." Sitting in the main seat, Han Zheng looked slightly proud. In the past, this position belonged to Dou Wei.

This sitting made him feel that Qi State suddenly became the leader of all countries.

Dou Wei and others all stood up and saluted when they saw Han Zheng coming in.

Although they used to have the same status, they are different now.

After all, they recognized each other's country.

Then they should respect each other's emperor.

Han Zheng is the emperor of Qi at the moment, and his status is higher than theirs.

"It's been a long time indeed. Now our seven powerful families can reunite here again. It's really gratifying." After sitting down, Dou Wei spoke first.

He was very positive about this alliance.

He got the news that the Ma family in Sizhou was replacing the new firearms of the King of Yan, and the generals of Yanzhou arrived in Sizhou to train and take over the Ma family army.

This proves that the Ma family, which was once one of the eight powerful families, has completely become the henchmen of the King of Yan.

The Ma family was currently training troops, which made him very uneasy.

He guessed that the King of Yan might take action against Qinzhou and Yongzhou.

If so, I am afraid that the connection between Beidi and their Nanliang will be cut off.

The Beidi cavalry will not be able to enter Wuguan safely to help Nanliang expand its territory, and their East Market with Beidi will also be affected.

In this regard, both Nanliang and Beidi are a little anxious.

Beidi is seriously injured and is unwilling to fight for these two states. He just wants to recuperate and regroup his strength.

This is equivalent to asking Nanliang to fight against the Ma family equipped with new firearms alone.

He is naturally not happy.

So, he urgently wants to divert the disaster to the east, at least not to let Nanliang face the King of Yan alone.

So, although he got the flintlock blueprint a few days ago, he still came.

Of course, this does not mean that the blueprint is useless. In his opinion, it is because he does not have to be clamped by Qi on the flintlock.

This time he can have more say in the matter of fighting against the King of Yan.

"Your Majesty looks more energetic than ever before," Xie An said as he stood up.

He didn't look at Dou Wei, after all, the Jinling incident was caused by Dou Wei.

And he always regarded Jinling as the forbidden fruit of the Xie family.

Dou Wei plundered Jinling, and he couldn't forgive him.

So he didn't bother to pay attention to Dou Wei.

At the moment, he just wanted to make an alliance through Qi State, and was unwilling to talk directly with Dou Wei.

After Xie An, Liang Feng and Fan Qing also complimented Han Zheng one after another.

However, the two of them looked indifferent since they entered the hall, and seemed not very interested in the alliance.

Especially Fan Qing, who almost dozed off.

Although Han Zheng looked smiling, he also roughly understood the thoughts of the powerful families.

I'm afraid that at the moment, he can only unite the Xie family and Nanliang.

"It's not too bad." Han Zheng thought to himself.

The grain of the world comes from the Xie family. With the help of the Xie family, there will be no problem with the grain and grass.

And the cavalry of Nanliang is the strongest among all the families, making up for the shortcomings of Qi.

The three countries have troops, cavalry, and food, and the territories of the three countries are connected, which can respond to the King of Yan in time.

However, he was not ready to give up on Wu and Nanping, so he said bluntly: "This alliance is to discuss the matter of attacking the King of Yan. I wonder what Wu and Nanping think?"

Liang Feng had thought of a response strategy before he came.

Before coming to Lucheng, he also got the flintlock blueprint.

Originally, his father was not very enthusiastic about this matter, but was concentrating on guarding against the British.

Now that he has mastered the flintlock technology, he is too lazy to care.

However, after signing the contract, they Wu will always have to pay attention.

So he said, "My father asked that if you want to attack the King of Yan, my Wu is willing to send 50,000 troops."