wealthy lord

Chapter 894: Lin Yun declares himself emperor, intrigues

Lin Yun slowly turned around and looked at everyone, smiling, "Okay, since all of you have repeatedly supported me, Lin Yun, to ascend the throne, then I will take the responsibility!"

Everyone was very excited to see him finally accept the throne.

Not to mention Lin Yun, they were all exhausted from waiting for this day.

"Long live my emperor! Long live!"

Lin Yun nodded with a smile, while Una, who stayed by his side, had tears in her eyes.

My mind unconsciously recalled the scene when I first met Lin Yun, as well as the hardships along the way.

Now, her man finally got his wish and became the master of this vast land.

"Okay, everyone, please stand up!"

Everyone then stood up and stared at Lin Yun excitedly, as if this battle that had not yet ended was no longer important.

At this time, Lin Yun shouted: "Qi Rui, give the order to beat the drums and march!"

Qi Rui clasped his fists and accepted the order. He mounted his horse, drew his sword, turned around and looked at the tens of thousands of elite soldiers, and shouted, "Warriors of the Great Duan Dynasty! You are honored to witness our emperor's ascension to the throne today. It is truly a great honor! Now, use your best skills to wipe out the rebels as a gift to the emperor for his ascension to the throne!"

"Yes!!"

The shouts of the soldiers shook the sky. They pulled the reins with one hand and raised their weapons with the other, ready to charge.

“Boom…boom…boom!!”

The sound of war drums was inspiring and instantly boosted the morale of these tens of thousands of elite soldiers.

Following Qi Rui's order, all the soldiers rushed out on horseback and frantically harvested the enemy troops that had just survived.

Everyone understood that the Battle of Liucheng would go down in history and be remembered by future generations.

It can be said that Lin Yun now meets all the conditions for ascending the throne and becoming emperor. Although his achievements cannot be compared with those of emperors of past dynasties, all his ministers firmly believe that Lin Yun will become an emperor of all ages, and they will be witnesses of history.

Three days passed in a flash.

Huacheng Palace in Hanzhong County.

Guan Haiyue was wearing a dragon robe and reviewing memorials in the imperial study. Under the stage stood a middle-aged man in a black robe.

He was General Lu Zongqing, who commanded a hundred thousand elite troops stationed at Yingzi Mountain in Hanzhong County.

He is also the seventh prince of the Daqian Dynasty, Prince Qing.

The reason he was sent here this time was to support the Guan family in establishing a puppet regime. If they could overthrow the Daduan Divine Dynasty and kill or capture Lin Yun alive, they would be able to obtain all the military technology in Lin Yun's hands.

Long before Lin Yun launched the campaign to purge the imperial court, he had completely entered the sight of the core members of the Daqian Dynasty.

From economy to people's livelihood, from politics to military, the elites of the Daqian Dynasty had already thoroughly studied Lin Yun's way of governing the country and foreign policy, and finally gave Lin Yun a very high evaluation.

They also unanimously decided to strangle him in the cradle, because Lin Yun's revealed military talent and political ambitions deeply stimulated the powerful people of the Daqian Dynasty.

Especially the recent information collected by Guan Haiyue about Lin Yun’s growth over the years made the Daqian Dynasty even more uneasy.

They never dreamed that the Great Duan Dynasty, which had been poor and weak for decades and whose national strength had plummeted to that of a second-rate regime, would produce such a ruthless person.

For example, Lin Yun's argument of holding on to one hand for rice and the other for guns was like cutting off the source of fuel for the wealthy and powerful in this feudal world.

Once it becomes mainstream thought, spreads widely, and gains public support, even a regime like the Daqian Dynasty, which has stood for hundreds of years, may be overthrown.

This is something they cannot tolerate and is the fundamental reason why they decided to take action.

"Hmph, Guan Haiyue, don't think you can sit back and relax after ascending the throne! Without the secret support of our Daqian Dynasty, your makeshift team will not be able to defeat Lin Yun! If you intend to perfunctorily deal with this general with this attitude, your final end will definitely be very miserable!"

Guan Haiyue smiled slightly, but was not angry. She still looked down at the memorial in her hand and said, "Okay! General Lu, I admit that I broke my promise! The batch of arms should have been delivered to you smoothly, but I really have no choice. The Great Duan Dynasty has suspended all trade with Hanzhong County, especially the refined iron for the production of bamboo guns and the paulownia charcoal for making black gunpowder, which are the key objects of sales ban! Even if the Ministry of Industry of our Dayun Dynasty is very capable, it cannot continue production! After all, a good cook cannot cook without rice!"

"If General Lu is really in a hurry, can you arrange for your country to ship a batch of raw materials over?"

Lu Zongqing narrowed his eyes and said sternly: "Guan Haiyue, do you really think that this general doesn't know? Half a year ago, you used various methods to purchase weapons and materials sufficient to arm an army of 200,000 in various places in the Great Duan Dynasty? Don't forget, this general was ordered to assist you in fighting against Lin Yun. If you still have ulterior motives against my Great Qian Dynasty, you will be the one who suffers in the end!"

Guan Haiyue sighed, stood up and said: "General Lu, calm down! Didn't we discuss this before? The Dragon Emperor will help me defeat Lin Yun, and then our two families will divide up the entire Great Duan Dynasty. Since we have agreed on this, General Lu should prepare his own weapons!"

"That's all bullshit! If our Daqian Dynasty had the ability to produce bamboo guns, would this general have to travel all the way to your remote place?"

It turned out that after Lin Yun made public the technology of making black gunpowder, he deliberately dug a hole.

The threshold for the three materials required to make black powder was deliberately raised, and ordinary charcoal was replaced with high-quality paulownia charcoal, but the specific ratio was advertised according to the minimum requirements.

This means that these laymen cannot use ordinary charcoal as a substitute, otherwise they cannot make qualified black gunpowder according to the mixing ratio provided by Lin Yun.

But even if they could obtain paulownia charcoal from other places, the power of the black gunpowder they made would be very limited, and the lethality of the ammunition they produced would be completely incomparable to that of the Great Duan Dynasty.

At this time, a palace guard suddenly walked in, knelt on one knee and said, "Your Majesty, Fufeng County's urgent secret report of eight hundred miles away!"

Guan Haiyue's eyes lit up. He had previously discussed with his adviser Wei Feng to let Han Tao, the son of King Lieshan, lead 30,000 elite troops to capture Liucheng and then wait for an opportunity to harass Jiangxia County. The purpose was to delay enough time. If the arms and food supplies in the Qi family camp could be destroyed, they could defeat the enemy without fighting.

"Haha! General Lu, it seems we don't need to worry! It must be the victory report sent by General Han Tao!"

Lu Zongqing's tense expression gradually relaxed. If they could delay it for a while longer, it would indeed be good news for them.

He knew very well that if it was still a conventional war like before, the 100,000 elite troops under his command would be enough to sweep across most of the surrounding countries. But since Lin Yun appeared out of nowhere and completely overturned the way of war, his 100,000 elite troops were no longer enough.

Especially when he learned that Lin Yun had successively produced various weapons and equipment with extremely destructive power, he became even more fearful.

(End of this chapter)