Chapter 846: Imminent Danger

"Meat, eggs, and milk?"

Zhong Li suddenly reined in his horse, looked toward Zhao Xu in front, and fell into deep thought.

Everything Yan Wang spoke of had previously belonged only to the Rich Clans and the powerful families.

For the common people, being able to wear a set of hemp clothes and eat wheat porridge was already rare.

To him, the idea of letting all the common people of Great Song live the same lives as the Rich Clans was simply unimaginable.

However, like everyone else, he believed in Yan Wang.

Because everything Yan Wang promised them was being realized, one by one.

Thinking of this, he spurred his horse to catch up and arrived with Yan Wang at Honghua Village, south of Jinling City.

After a large number of common people returned to their homes, he ordered the army's clerks to go down to the countryside to organize the Government Office and the militia.

At this time, Honghua Village already had a Village Head and a security chief.

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

Upon arriving at Honghua Village, Zhao Xu and Zhong Li heard the rhythmic shouts of the militia.

It turned out that on the threshing floor, the militia were holding Flintlocks and training in Bayonet Technique.

These Flintlocks were all captured during the Battle of Jinling.

The two watched for a while, then called over the Village Head to ask about the preparations for the summer harvest.

Afterward, they continued on to other villages.

After inspecting the vicinity of Jinling, Zhao Xu and Zhong Li took a Steamship south along the coast, inspecting the three southeastern prefectures within a month.

During this period, the soldiers of the Third Army returned one after another, bringing back varying amounts of spoils of war.

The common people who followed them also returned to their hometowns to participate in the busy summer harvest.

Seeing that order in the three southeastern prefectures was getting on the right track, Zhao Xu returned to Jinling.

Zhong Li remained in Jinzhou, also known as contemporary Guangzhou, to participate in the organization of the militia and the Government Office in the southernmost of these three southeastern prefectures.

"Your Highness, after you left, the Four Courts sent intelligence that the Northern Di and the powerful families received a batch of firearms from Britain. They seem to have copied our firearms, as the intelligence shows this firearm is not much different from our Front-loading Rifled Musket." As soon as Zhao Xu arrived in Jinling, Chang Wei came to greet him and reported to Zhao Xu.

"About how many are there?" Zhao Xu asked.

Regarding this matter, he was not as nervous as Chang Wei.

Because he knew this was bound to happen.

Currently, Jiangbei and the Western Lands were both at the peak of the Steam Industry.

The firearms and Artillery that Jiangbei could manufacture, the other side could also manufacture; there was no difficulty in copying them.

The only advantage was that in terms of Converter Steelmaking, he was decades ahead of them.

Therefore, even if the other side copied them, the quality of their firearms and Artillery would certainly not compare to those of Jiangbei.

However, since soldier-to-soldier duels in war often occurred within two hundred meters,

the other side's upgrading of their firearms and Artillery could still cause them more trouble.

For example, the Front-loading Rifled Muskets provided to the powerful families by Britain this time were certainly more threatening than the old-fashioned Flintlocks.

This was also why he had deployed the research and production of the Qin-style Rifle in advance.

It was to maintain a generational gap in firearms.

Even if the other side obtained Front-loading Rifled Muskets,

facing the more flexible Rear-loading Rifles on the battlefield, they would still be unable to change the situation of being suppressed.

"The powerful families have eight thousand, and the Northern Di have three thousand. Among the firearms supplied to the powerful families, five thousand were given to the Mercenaries of the Western Lands." When Chang Wei said these figures, he suddenly felt that the Four Courts were truly terrifying.

The powerful families' Ba City was like transparent glass in front of them.

"Hmph, it seems the production capacity of Britain's firearm Workshop in Tianzhu is limited," Zhao Xu sneered. "However, we cannot give them another chance to steadily equip themselves with Front-loading Rifled Muskets."

Looking toward the direction of Bazhou, he said, "This time, as I traveled south, the Government Offices and militias of the three southeastern prefectures were basically established. Most importantly, the summer harvest went smoothly, the problem of grain and fodder is solved, and it is time to have a decisive battle with the powerful families."

Chang Wei nodded; the pace of their war had been delayed by this summer harvest.

The soldiers of the Prince's Personal Army had all turned from soldiers into farmers during this period.

But their harvest was also enormous; the vast amount of fertile land left behind by the powerful families and Rich Clans, under the cooperation of them and the common people who came from Jiangbei, filled the Granaries of cities like Jinling, Su City, and Song City with rice.

This grain and fodder not only met the needs of the Prince's Personal Army but also left a large surplus.

"Hehe, this subordinate is a bit impatient. The people from the Four Courts also said that the powerful families have increased taxes on Jiangzhou, Yuezhou, Xiangzhou, and Guizhou. Just as Your Highness predicted, the common people in these four regions are likely gnashing their teeth in hatred toward the powerful families. Attacking at this time, we have the timing, the terrain, and the support of the people," Chang Wei laughed.

Zhao Xu nodded.

He had timed his return perfectly this time.

At this point, the busy farming season was basically over.

Furthermore, he did not want to drag out the war in Jiangnan any longer.

A Steamship only needed four months to travel from Tianzhu to the British mainland.

If the Westerners decided to intervene more deeply in the internal chaos of Great Song,

this war would become even more troublesome.

By then, even if they won, Great Song would basically be fought into poverty.

In the contemporary First and Second World Wars, the countries where the wars broke out on their own soil were all fought into poverty; only the United States, which sat on the sidelines and sold goods to both sides, made a fortune.

Its industry and total economy both climbed to number one in the world.

Therefore, he absolutely would not allow a small-scale world war to break out on the land of Great Song.

The war must end as soon as possible!

Afterward, he would have to control the war outside of Great Song, drive the Westerners out of Dongtu, and initially incorporate Dongtu into the sphere of influence of Great Song.

Only then, by relying on the Dongtu market to export goods and establish an Dongtu economic system with the Song Yuan as the universal currency,

could Great Song recover from the trauma of this internal chaos and gradually restore its prosperity.

"Since that is the case, you should communicate with Ma Han and launch an attack from both lines simultaneously," Zhao Xu said.

During this period, the Qin Army did not launch an attack on Jiameng Pass.

This was because although Zhongling Pass had been captured, the provisions had been burned.

Liu Fu had no choice but to raise provisions and transport them to Zhongling Pass.

After all, when a great army is on a campaign, it cannot move a single step without provisions.

"Yes, Your Highness." Chang Wei was filled with excitement.

At the same time.

London.

Steamships were docking one after another at the port of London.

Those carried on the steamships were either monarchs or prime ministers of the Xitu Guo.

Although at present, only a few countries in the Western Lands possessed the technology to build steamships.

Yet, after the fashionable invention of the steamship appeared, various countries purchased them from nations like Britain to serve as transport for their monarchs and prime ministers.

Today was the day Britain officially convened the Western Lands Conference.

During this time, the British Diplomatic Minister had traveled to almost every country in the Western Lands, all for the sake of this day.

"Emperor Nikolai of Ross has arrived in person, the Sam Country has sent Secretary of State Milai, Frankish Prime Minister Theodore has also arrived, as well as King Herman of the Frankish Kingdom, Prime Minister Fanzexi of Stedan..."

At Waterham Palace, Prime Minister William introduced to Queen Ashley one by one the personnel who had arrived in Langtun to participate in the Western Lands Conference.

Ashley nodded frequently, a smile appearing on her face.

In the Western Lands, only Britain could have such appeal, capable of making the monarchs and prime ministers of so many countries attend in person.

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