Chapter 850: Vision

"Your Majesty, the British muskets and artillery have arrived. Read"

While the group was talking, suddenly a eunuch trotted over and said to Liang Kai.

"Where?" Liang Kai was overjoyed.

He looked forward to the stars and the moon all day long, and finally the British muskets and cannons came.

When Brooke and Luther heard this, they looked at each other and were equally happy.

"According to the person who sent the letter, we have passed the border of Lujun and entered Bazhou. We can arrive there in less than three days," the eunuch said.

"Great, great." Liang Kai danced happily.

Xie Duan, Han Zheng, and Wang Zi'an were also happy.

They suffered too much from King Yan's guns.

Now, at last, they would have a useful musket.

"Send someone to greet him immediately." Liang Kai immediately urged after thinking of something.

This Lu County is the northernmost county in Yunzhou, adjacent to Bazhou, while other counties in Yunzhou are adjacent to Yizhou.

Therefore, since he came to Bazhou, the three powerful families in Jiangnan have gathered together, becoming neighbors and supporting each other.

This time it was the Nanping Army that transported muskets and artillery.

The eunuch said yes, turned and left.

Three days later, a team of two thousand people arrived in Bacheng.

The Nanping soldiers in the team were pulling baggage trucks.

"How many muskets and field artillery were sent in total this time?" Brooke asked.

He supervised the arms deal alone.

"There are a total of eight thousand muskets and twelve field cannons. Even so, they were dug out from the teeth. After all, they must be given priority to the Franks, Stanislavs and Francons, and some of them arrived directly from Tianzhu. He was transferred to Tubo and handed over to the Beidi people."

There was a Briton in the transport team, who was responsible for tracking the muskets and artillery throughout the entire process, and at the same time recovering the silver used to purchase the firearms.

After a pause, he continued: "The governor specifically ordered that these eight thousand muskets should be supplied to the mercenaries first, and the rest belongs to them."

"Hahaha, I like this guy Bolt." Luther was delighted, "My soldiers equipped with this musket can defeat a hundred thousand powerful soldiers."

"So, we can only get three thousand?" Liang Huai's heart was half cold.

Brooke said: "Aren't mercenaries also your soldiers?"

"That's right." Liang Kai became happy again.

During the Battle of Jinling, these mercenaries worked very hard.

Then, he asked Liang Feng to hand over the prepared silver to the British people.

He also ordered the generals of the Imperial Guard to take away three thousand muskets and twelve field cannons.

But before that, he selected twenty Guards soldiers to test the guns.

"Bang bang bang..." There was a burst of gunfire.

Liang Kai immediately asked people to check on the temporary target.

Not long after, the soldiers who went to investigate came back and said, "Your Majesty, the plank at 300 meters has been penetrated."

Liang Kai and others were all stunned.

The British man who transported the muskets said, "The effective range of these muskets is 360 meters, and the accuracy is very high within 200 meters."

Liang Kai nodded fiercely, overjoyed. This was completely different from their muskets.

He hurriedly asked, "When will the next batch of muskets and artillery arrive?"

"It will take a month and a half at the fastest," said the British man, "and the number is almost eight thousand. Tianzhu's workshop has limited production, and we only gave Beidi three thousand."

"What a pity." Liang Kai was a little disappointed, but also a little hopeful, "I really hope this day will come soon."

After receiving the muskets, everyone returned to the city.

Liang Kai held a special banquet to entertain the British and Nanping generals who escorted the muskets and artillery.

At this moment, their gloomy mood due to the fall of Changcheng became clearer, and they saw hope again.

There is no longer any qualms about imposing heavy taxes.

Only by holding on longer can they wait for more guns and artillery, and in the future they can launch a major counterattack against the King of Yan with the Xitu people and the Beidi people.

…

Jinling.

While Liang Kai was receiving muskets and artillery, Zhao Xu and Zhongli personally went to Su City and Songcheng to establish temporary government agencies.

Compared with the deserted area before, now the triangular area of ​​the three cities of Jinling, Su City and Songcheng is lively, and people patrolling the fields can be seen everywhere.

During the summer harvest every year, people would patrol their fields and even live near the fields to prevent wildfires and theft.

After all, the rice will be harvested in five or six days.

They don't want to lose this season's harvest.

"The two lakes are well known to each other, and they are truly worthy of their reputation."

Zongma and Zhongli were galloping on the official road. The rice fields on the right side of the official road spread to the sky like gold.

The rice fields on the left extend to the vast endless lake.

This huge freshwater lake is the contemporary Taihu Lake in Suzhou.

Surrounding Taihu Lake are countless fertile fields.

"With control of this place, Jiangbei will never be short of food again." Zhongli said.

In the past, the food in Jiangbei was not enough, so we relied entirely on the food in Jiangnan.

Then he realized something, "No, we have enough food in Jiangbei, and there is a lot of surplus. I'm afraid we will have to worry about not being able to finish the food no matter what."

Zhao Xu laughed for a while and said: "You are wrong about this. If the food is abundant, it can be used to raise livestock. In the next few years, I will make the people of Dasong eat meat, eggs, and milk."

Although he knew that it was temporarily impossible for the people to have meat every day.

But there is still hope for eating a meal of meat and a meal of fish every now and then.

War is war, and he must not follow the old path of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. The country became poorer and poorer as it fought.

Instead, we should follow the path of Li Shimin, and the country will become richer as it fights more.