When the merchants heard Zhu Yunhao's request, they immediately looked troubled.
"Your Highness, it's not that the small door is unwilling, but that it can't be transported at all.”
"That's right, that's right. The county magistrate of the coastal area won't let us bring the goods out to sea at all. You'd better let us go.”
Zhu Yunhao was not surprised and said lightly,""He's just a small county magistrate, how could he be so bold as to stop this king's business? Go back and tell him about this king's attitude, he will definitely let you go.”
"This…"
The few merchants looked at each other, feeling very troubled.
"What's wrong? You can't?" Zhu Yunhao wanted to laugh as she watched from the side.
He was almost certain that these people were flattering him verbally, but they did not intend to sell him anything. They were looking for various reasons.
Zhu Yunhao continued," Forget it. I won't make things difficult for you. How about this? I'll send someone to follow you back and escort you to transport the supplies. I don't think the magistrate will dare to stop you. How about it?"”
The few merchants looked at each other and exchanged glances for a while before saying helplessly,"Alright, how many people does Your Highness plan to send?”
"Hmm…200 then. The boat can't fit too many people.”Zhu Yunhao smiled innocently.
"Alright, alright! That's it then! With a hundred people sent by His Highness, there would definitely be no problem!”
Hearing that it was only 200 yuan, the merchants all laughed from the bottom of their hearts.
As expected, Qiongzhou was still the desolate Qiongzhou.
A dignified prince did not have many soldiers under him.
Due to Zhu Yunhao's order, all merchants could only stop at the entrance of the sea and could not enter the interior of Qiongzhou Prefecture.
After three years of development, the entire Qiongzhou Prefecture had changed greatly.
Although its prosperity couldn't be compared to Nanjing, it was much better than the average city.
This was his secret, so he didn't allow outsiders to come in to prevent his strength from being exposed in advance.
This was also the reason why he, a prince, had personally come to the port to negotiate with the merchants.
"Xiao Ding, select some people from your personal guards and prepare to set sail in two hours.”
Zhu Yunhao ordered.
"Yes, sir!" Xiao Ding understood tacitly and left.
……
Two hours later.
At the port.
Zhu Yunyan witnessed the fleet leave.
He sent 200 men, who changed into the clothes of coolies, and brought all the flintlocks onto the ship.
"Your Highness, there are only two hundred people. Is it really okay?”
Xiao Ding behind him was somewhat worried.
"Although we brought the latest 100 flintlock guns, there should be at least 1,000 officers and soldiers from the Marine Safety Administration.”
"Moreover, wouldn't this robbery cause a conflict between Leizhou Prefecture and Qiongzhou Prefecture?”
"The Leizhou Prefecture is our lifeline. Your Highness, our transactions with the mainland basically have to go through the Leizhou Prefecture.”
Xiao Ding spoke out a whole bunch of questions with a distressed expression.
"Don't worry, everything is under control.”Zhu Yunhao smiled.
"The resources will come. Not only will the Leizhou Prefecture not alienate us, but they will also send people to curry favor with us.”
"Why?" Xiao Ding had a puzzled expression.
"You haven't been on the battlefield, so you wouldn't understand the power of flintlocks. As for the magistrate of Leizhou Prefecture, he will receive my secret letter soon, which will explain the collusion between the magistrate of the Haikou Prefecture and King Jingjiang.”
"Hmm? Your Highness, when did you write the letter? His subordinate didn't even see it. Could it be that he had already written it?”
"Hiss-"
As he spoke, Xiao Ding drew in a breath of cold air,"You are a prophet?"”
Zhu Yunhao kicked Xiao Ding and scolded with a smile,"Know your head, this king hasn't written a letter yet. Why do you think I'm talking so much nonsense with you?”
"Oh, so you haven't written it yet." Only then did Xiao Ding react.
He looked confused again." Even so, I still don't understand why the magistrate of Leizhou Prefecture would come to curry favor with Your Highness. After all, everything in Qiongzhou Prefecture is well hidden."”
"You can't even understand this? How did you become the Head Chief?"
Zhu Yunhao rolled his eyes and said unhappily.
"After writing the letter, think about it slowly. If you don't understand, you won't have dinner tonight!”
It was actually very simple.
This was because the local armies of the Ming Dynasty were not equipped with firearms. Even the main army of the imperial court did not have many firearms.
An army of hundreds of thousands would only have a few thousand firearms at most. The ratio was very low.
The reasons for this were that the technology was outdated and difficult to manufacture. The other reason was that the imperial court was very strict and did not reveal the technology.
Once the flintlock appeared, it would first cause a huge uproar in Leizhou Prefecture.
Zhu Yunhao had thought about this decision for a long time.
Because he was really lacking in materials now, and Qiongzhou Prefecture was an island. Although it was easy to defend and difficult to attack, it also had its limitations.
That was, the resources were not as complete and abundant as those on the continent, and they had to be imported from other places.
He had secretly bought three years with money because he had time to develop.
He didn't have time now.
He had to equip most of the soldiers with fire equipment as soon as possible.
Therefore, he could only ask for help.
Because the materials were not only iron, but also many other materials. Qiongzhou Prefecture was indeed a little poor.
However, if he took the initiative to look for it, he would fall into a passive state. Therefore, he could only throw out the flintlock gun and let others take the initiative to look for him.
As for safety, there was no need to worry.
He now had nearly 100,000 soldiers. Although most of them were new recruits, this number was at least several times that of Leizhou Prefecture.
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