Daming: If I find a great-grandson, I will teach an emperor through the ages

Chapter 193 If you give him a hundred years, what does Ming have to fear?

In a sense, the European countries are just like the Central Plains countries in the pre-Qin period. They have been fighting each other for hundreds of years and they are all acquaintances.

However, they are familiar with each other. They all have bad intentions towards each other. They are all watching which country shows signs of weakness and will immediately attack it in groups!

This is the case with the Kingdom of Sardinia. The domestic economy has declined and its military strength has been reduced. The other countries have swarmed forward, all wanting to tear off a piece of flesh!

Originally, the Kingdom of Sardinia was struggling to hold on. Under the fierce pursuit of the European powers Germany, Britain and other countries, it was about to be unable to hold on. It happened that the Ming Dynasty military parade sent an invitation.

In the midst of a life-and-death crisis, King Modrelli of Sardinia made a prompt decision and asked young Alfonso Mod to go to the Ming Dynasty to participate in the military parade and ask for the Ming Dynasty's assistance.

Although there is little hope, the Kingdom of Sardinia, which is on the verge of collapse, has only this way out.

Unexpectedly, things went extremely smoothly. The Ming Dynasty directly agreed to assist the Kingdom of Sardinia, but only made a series of requests.

When little Alfonso Mode returned to the Kingdom of Sardinia with the Ming Dynasty's 300,000 troops, the old king Modrelli was overjoyed and even held a banquet to entertain Lan Yu and the others.

After that, Lan Yu led the musketeers and artillery, and united with the army of the Kingdom of Sardinia to start a counterattack!

Europe was still in the cold weapon age at this time. Even if there were firearms, they were single-point firing blunderbuss like those in the early Ming Dynasty. Their range was not very far, and their number was extremely rare.

With such a huge disparity in weapons, Lan Yu led the Ming army to the battlefield, and it was natural that they would be invincible!

Where have the armies of European countries seen muskets that can fire continuously? Where have you seen the divine artillery with such terrifying explosive power?

In just three months, Lan Yu blasted the European countries that invaded the Kingdom of Sardinia into tears and withdrew from the Kingdom of Sardinia overnight.

At this time, there are still some people who do not believe in evil. When other countries are retreating in panic, they come with large armies, hoping to reap the benefits. However, what greets them is only the Ming Dynasty's muskets and artillery!

After appreciating the terrifying military strength of the Ming Dynasty, European countries finally recognized the reality. The Kingdom of Sardinia had found a biological father!

The Ming Dynasty is not only the biological father of the Kingdom of Sardinia, but also the biological father of all European countries! Because Ming Dynasty is too strong! You can beat them while hanging!

The Kingdom of Sardinia today is no longer the Kingdom of Sardinia in the past, and will no longer be bullied by them.

The European countries are very unwilling to do so. Although the Kingdom of Sardinia is not that strong, it still has a certain foundation. If it can swallow the Kingdom of Sardinia with bones and meat in its belly, the national power of its own country will also soar!

But Lan Yu led an army of 300,000 people to guard the Kingdom of Sardinia. The Kingdom of Sardinia was not very large, and an army of 300,000 people could completely take care of it.

The European countries that had been beaten and suffered losses had no choice but to give up the idea of ​​invading the Kingdom of Sardinia.

As long as they become honest, the King of Sardinia and Lan Yu will not let them go so easily.

The old Kingdom of Sardinia resented the losses these countries had brought to their own country, and they plundered the wealth of the Kingdom of Sardinia! Kill the people of the Kingdom of Sardinia! Now that Ming Dynasty has strong assistance, how can we not avenge such a bloody feud?

Lan Yu's motive is very simple, for the benefit of Ming Dynasty!

When he was appointed to lead troops to conquer European countries, Cao Wei and Zhu Xiongying had a detailed discussion with him and showed him the treaty signed with Alfonso Mode.

Lan Yu was a warrior, with a fighting mind, and was not very sensitive to treaties, but he still understood the general idea.

The Ming Dynasty signed a treaty with the Kingdom of Sardinia. Businessmen from the Ming Dynasty can gain as much benefit as possible when they go to the Kingdom of Sardinia to do business and bring the economy back to the Ming Dynasty.

A small Kingdom of Sardinia cannot bring much benefit to the Ming Dynasty. Helping the Kingdom of Sardinia to gain more territory is, on the other hand, also seeking benefits for the Ming Dynasty.

In addition,

Cao Wei also told him that in fact, Europe's kerosene was the top priority. By helping the Kingdom of Sardinia occupy more land, Ming Dynasty would be able to get more kerosene.

Lan Yu didn't understand what was so good about something like kerosene that could only be used for lighting, but he believed in Cao Wei's vision.

After all, Cao Wei's vision has been tested by time and practice, and has never made any mistakes!

Modrelli of the old Kingdom of Sardinia and Lan Yu hit it off immediately and began to take the initiative to fight back against the surrounding countries!

The first to take action were the countries surrounding the Kingdom of Sardinia that were not very powerful.

For example, small countries such as the Principality of Milan, Parma, Genoa, Massa Carrara, Lucca, and Modena Regio.

Among them, Massa Carrara, Lucca, and Modena Regio, the borders of these countries are placed in the Ming Dynasty, which is just a few larger towns put together. The small ones are pitiful, and no one even cares about them or bothers them. Target them.

After all, Europe is dominated by cold weapons. No matter how small a country like Masa Carrara is, it can pull out about hundreds of thousands of troops to fight against the invaders. No one is willing to do such things where the benefits are not proportional to the risks. .

Although these small countries have small territories, they are very courageous. When other European countries invaded the Kingdom of Sardinia, they followed behind and fished in troubled waters, burning, killing and looting everywhere, which also brought considerable losses to the Kingdom of Sardinia!

At this time, the Kingdom of Sardinia had the support of Ming forces and thermal weapons of mass destruction, so it became extremely simple to conquer countries such as Massa Carrara and Lucca.

This is indeed the case. Ever since the Kingdom of Sardinia and Sapphire began to fight back, the Principality of Milan, which borders the Kingdom of Sardinia, has been defeated one after another in just one month. More than half of the country's territory has been lost, and it is close to the standard of national subjugation.

Lucca, Massa Carrara, and Modena Regio further south knew that the Kingdom of Sardinia would never let them go after it solved the Duchy of Milan, so several small countries united to fight against the Kingdom of Sardinia and the Ming Dynasty. Army.

However, no matter how many trash fish there are, they will always be trash fish.

Under the indiscriminate bombardment of Ming Dynasty muskets and artillery, the Principality of Milan, Lucca, Massa Carrara, Modena and Regio were collapsed at the drop of a hat! Fall apart in an instant!

Immediately afterwards, Lan Yu and Prince Maud of Sardinia prepared to continue to expand their results and continue to send troops.

However, these small countries began to engage in frivolous operations. Their countries were small in area and had a small population. They actually mobilized the whole country and began to flee, just like the migration of the Mongols in the northern part of the Central Plains. They even fled directly to the sea by boat! Some even took refuge in surrounding powerful countries, such as Venice, Sicily, and Naples.

Lan Yu only has 300,000 troops, all of which are artillery and spearmen. They are only suitable for large-scale operations, not for separate operations. If they are overwhelmed by a large-scale enemy force, even if they have powerful firepower, it will be extremely dangerous. !

As long as the green hills remain, there will be no need to worry about running out of firewood. These small countries understand this sentence clearly.

In this situation, neither Old Modrelli nor Lan Yu had any good solution. They could only play it safe first and occupy the territory of small countries such as the Principality of Milan. The land area of ​​the Kingdom of Sardinia also increased accordingly. Big circle.

Further on...

Based on the principle that helping the Kingdom of Sardinia to expand its territory is fighting for the interests of the Ming Dynasty, Lan Yu wants to continue sending troops to attack other neighboring countries.

But after all, he only has 300,000 troops in his hands. It is really difficult to conduct an expedition in Europe, a mountainous area where he is unfamiliar.

The Kingdom of Sardinia, which was supposed to assist Lan Yu in his crusade against European countries, had lost most of its domestic troops in the previous successive wars. It would take a long time to recuperate and restore its military strength.

Lan Yu was at a deadlock for a moment.

Fearing that there would be no battles to fight, he had only two options. One was to stay in the Kingdom of Sardinia so that the Kingdom of Sardinia could develop well, and then fulfill the treaty signed with the Ming Dynasty.

Second, in order to create more benefits for the Ming Dynasty, Lan Yu sent a message back to the Ming Dynasty, asking Zhu Xiongying to send more troops to increase the fault tolerance of the troops in Lan Yu's hands so that he could more conveniently conduct expeditions against other European countries. There is actually another way, but it is not very cost-effective for Ming Dynasty.

That is, Lan Yu is here to help the development of the Kingdom of Sardinia and help them train their troops. After the Kingdom of Sardinia has a certain amount of troops, it can provide it with certain assistance, or directly act as the main force, while the Ming army will provide flank assistance.

This is easier to do, but it is unknown whether the Kingdom of Sardinia will cause trouble after it regains its national strength.

Lan Yu has been fighting for a lifetime and knows human nature well. No one wants to be dependent on others all the time. Although the Kingdom of Sardinia now has to rely on the Ming Dynasty and has been aggrieved, but when the Kingdom of Sardinia has the capital to resist, it will definitely not be as obedient as it is now. .

After struggling for a long time, Lan Yu still wrote a secret letter and sent someone to the Ming Dynasty...

When Lan Yu's secret message was sent back to the Ming Dynasty, Cao Wei was leading craftsmen in the manufacturing bureau to try to make new types of treasure banknotes.

Cao Wei was really busy during this period. On one side was Zhu Hanming, who was already six months pregnant. Cao Wei held it in her hand for fear of touching it, and held it in her mouth for fear of melting. She spent most of the day Take care of Zhu Hanming.

The main reason is that Lao Zhu Ye attaches great importance to his grandson. He comes to visit him every three days and brings a lot of gifts every time, saying that he is to replenish Zhu Hanming's health. The same is true for Concubine Han.

Cao Wei enjoyed receiving gifts every day, and he felt no pressure to accept gifts from his father-in-law.

Lao Zhu also gave him an order to spend more time with Zhu Hanming and not to let his mistaken grandson make any mistakes. Concubine Han also gave him many instructions.

Lao Zhu doesn't need to say more about this. Cao Wei himself is also very attentive, running back and forth between the Cao Mansion and the Manufacturing Bureau every day.

That was his own child. Although he didn't know whether it was a son or a daughter, in Cao Wei's heart, there was nothing more important than this.

Today, he was in Cao's Mansion. According to the prescription prescribed by Dr. Chen, he personally cooked a bowl of big tonic soup and fed it to Zhu Hanming bite by bite. After coaxing her to sleep, he told Xiaoyu to take good care of his wife, and then he drove non-stop. Come to the manufacturing bureau.

Sons and daughters are important, so Ming Dynasty must also hurry up in making new-style treasure banknotes!

However, as soon as Cao Wei arrived at the manufacturing bureau and greeted Song Ping and Zhao Heng, someone came from the palace and said that Zhu Xiongying invited him over to discuss important matters.

Zhu Xiongying hasn't visited Cao Wei alone for a long time. It shouldn't be a trivial matter to send someone to invite him this time.

Cao Wei asked Song Ping and Zhao Heng to continue mixing paint, and he followed the eunuch who came to the palace.

When they arrived at the door of the study, the eunuch told Cao Wei to just go in. Cao Wei was not polite and pushed the door directly in.

When Zhu Xiongying saw him arriving, he stood up to greet him with a smile and waved his hand to have a chair prepared.

"Aunt Hanming is pregnant. I am busy with official duties and cannot visit often. Grand Master, please forgive me. How is Aunt Hanming feeling today?"

Cao Wei sat down on a chair nearby and said with a smile:

"Your Majesty is worried about me. The old man and Han Niang often go to take care of me, and they bring many gifts every time. Everything is fine with Mingming."

Zhu Xiongying nodded.

"I wonder what important matter your Majesty has brought me here for?" Cao Wei asked.

Zhu Xiongying turned around, picked up a letter from the desk and handed it to Cao Wei, "This is from Duke Liang from the Kingdom of Sardinia. Grand Master, please read it."

Cao Wei picked up the letter and read it line by line. After reading it, he exchanged the letter paper with Zhu Xiongying.

"Your Majesty, you have finished reading. What do you think?"

Zhu Xiongying said:

"The Duke of Liang only has 300,000 troops in his hands. Facing the European countries, he is really in a tight situation. I want to help the Kingdom of Sardinia expand its borders and fight for the interests of the Ming Dynasty. I think we should send more troops there."

Cao Wei thought for a while and said, "Of course, how many troops will your Majesty prepare to send?"

"Although the European countries have backward weapons and their military strength is not as good as that of the Ming Dynasty, there are many countries. Since they need to increase their troops, they have to do it at one step and send another 300,000 troops there. With 600,000 troops at hand, it is enough for Duke Liang to dispatch."

"Six hundred thousand troops... is indeed a lot..." Cao Wei nodded.

"The Grand Master also thinks so? Then I will immediately order the deployment of troops."

Since the high-yield grain cultivated by Cao Wei began to spread, and the high-yield crops brought back from overseas by Ma He four years ago were promoted, Ming's grain output has steadily increased year by year, and its military strength has also increased year by year. Now it is necessary to send out 600,000 troops directly Going overseas is still a bit stressful, but I can handle it.

"Wait a minute!" Cao Wei stopped him.

Zhu Xiongying looked at him with a questioning look in his eyes.

"Your Majesty, there is actually another way so that the Ming Dynasty can continue to conquer European countries without sending so many troops."

Zhu Xiongying's eyes lit up when he heard this, "Oh? What can I do?"

"We only need to send some craftsmen to the Kingdom of Sardinia, set up a manufacturing department in the Kingdom of Sardinia, manufacture repeating muskets, and sell them to the Kingdom of Sardinia. In this way, not only can we get a considerable amount of income, but we in Sardinia The kingdom’s army no longer needs to rush in front of Ming Dynasty..."

"This..." Before Cao Wei finished speaking, Zhu Xiongying was already hesitant.

"The Grand Master once taught me that we should take a long-term view in everything we do. We sent craftsmen to Sardinia to make repeating muskets. Although we were doing business and selling weapons, wouldn't this be equivalent to handing over the manufacturing technology of repeating muskets? To the Kingdom of Sardinia?”

Cao Wei laughed when he heard this.

Zhu Xiongying did look back this time, worried that the Kingdom of Sardinia's acquisition of repeating musket manufacturing technology would threaten the Ming Dynasty.

But Cao Wei knew that sooner or later, other countries would also develop repeating muskets and artillery, because the development of thermal weapons was an inevitable trend, so why not take advantage of this to make a fortune in the Ming Dynasty?

As for the threat to the Ming Dynasty after the Kingdom of Sardinia obtained the technology to manufacture repeating muskets...

Cao Wei just wanted to say that if the Kingdom of Sardinia were to develop for another hundred years, it would not be a match for the Ming Dynasty.

Because when other countries are developing, the development of Ming Dynasty will not stop either!

(End of this chapter)