Shen Wansan shook his head, but followed Qin Yun silently.
He regretted it, but on the one hand, it was his daughter's happiness, and on the other hand, he had to have a son in his old age. The inheritance of the Shen family's bloodline depended on that boy.
Seeing Shen Wansan beating his chest and stamping his feet, Qin Yun felt both angry and funny.
But there is one thing to say. Although Shen Wansan did not do it right this time, Shen Wansan still did his best before, especially when Qin Yun went to Luochuan in a hurry.
He had no intention of killing his father-in-law with a single blow. Besides, the energy and connections of the Shen family were what he lacked most, both in terms of feelings and interests.
Shen Wansan is the one Qin Yun must win over.
As for why he has been locked up for nearly a month? The reason is simple: Qin Yun is protecting him.
Since Qin Zheng would arrange for someone to assassinate him in the upper capital, and Shen Wansan came to Qiongzhou and returned to the capital, how could he return unharmed?
If you think about it from his perspective, you can send someone to kill Shen Wansan on the way and frame Qin Yun as the blame. This way you can gain resources from the Shen family and alienate Shen Yue from him.
It's just that this old guy is blind. He only thinks that the emperor supports him, Qin Zheng, and the world belongs to Qin Zheng?
Therefore, Qin Yun pulled him out just to open his eyes.
Not long after, the steam train stopped in front of the school grounds.
"Your Majesty, the drill is ready, please give instructions!"
Zhao Kun bowed forward to report.
Qin Yun smiled and said: "Try the artillery fire first!"
"promise!"
Following Zhao Kun's order, nearly a hundred wheeled coastal defense guns all fired at the target ship at sea, with a deafening sound, water columns rising into the sky, and splashing sand and stones...
For a time, the school grounds were filled with smoke and fighting spirit.
William and the other three were stunned.
"What...what is this?"
"The reappearance of thunder is divine punishment?"
As he spoke, George knelt on the ground and kept praying: "Almighty Lord, your servants uphold integrity and have a kind heart to spread your gospel. I swear that I will never peek at a nun taking a bath..."
"Lord, devout James prays to you..."
William looked at his two ignorant servants with a dark face, scolding them and getting up.
"It's worthless, this should be the famous gunpowder!"
Of course, even as he said this, his calves were weakening. After this shot fell, even the stumps and limbs would be left alone!
"Your Majesty, are these all your troops?"
Qin Yun smiled: "Of course not, these are just some of the forces of the Qiongzhou Border Guard Regiment. In other places, there are hundreds of thousands of troops like this."
Bragging doesn't cost money, so Qin Yun just opened his mouth.
William's face turned pale: "Count...hundreds of thousands?"
"My lord, with so many troops, aren't you the conqueror of this eastern country?"
"In our west, these armies are enough to sweep across a small country. Please forgive me for my ignorance!"
Qin Yun smiled: "This is nothing? William, did you just talk about the legendary gunpowder?"
"Why, when was gunpowder introduced to the Western world?"
William knew he had said the wrong thing.
"Don't be surprised, Your Majesty. These were told to us by the Hu people from the Western Regions. About half a year ago, a tribe of Hu people who fled from the Western Regions appeared in the Western world."
"It was they who brought the legend of the mysterious black potion from the East."
Qin Yun squinted: "Half a year ago?"
Half a year ago, he was still on the battlefield of Luochuan. The only ones who had seen the power of gunpowder were Liu Jiangong and the Liansheng Sect at that time. Could it be that some remnants ran over?
Qin Yun asked again: "Have you seen anything similar?"
William paused: "They called it the Sky-shaking Thunder, saying that it was the work of the God of Thunder. The Holy See also declared it a heretic and sent the knights to fight with the defeated caravan."
"But the Knights were severely damaged!"
Qin Yun's eyes narrowed, God of Thunder, Sky-shattering Thunder? He always felt that there might be someone familiar here.
Who is it?
Is he a martial hero?
After all, when Wu Yingxiong returned, he took away some Thunderbolts and flintlock guns.
Qin Yun shook his head and ignored it.
There is a saying that is right, if you fall behind step by step, what if the West enters the Age of Discovery? By then, you still don’t know who will rob whom?
Qin Yun joked: "Sir William, now you can tell me the purpose of your coming to Qiongzhou. Don't give me any preaching or other words, otherwise I will let you know what cruelty is!"
William paused and looked at the young king carefully.
In his understanding, kings are always the kind of old and decrepit beings who spend their days soaking in wine and luxurious palaces.
This was the first time he had seen a king wearing military uniform and ready to kill people at any time.
William knew that in front of a lion, one should be as obedient as a rabbit.
He knelt on the ground and kissed Qin Yun's boots.
"Dear King of the East, William is here to seek allies and trading partners."
Qin Yun smiled: "Tell me, what's going on?"
William began to speak slowly.
It turns out that the Western world at this time had just experienced a round of the Black Death, but in a certain sense, this disease had shaken the stable theocratic country.
Everyone still obeys the Pope in name, but countries have begun to show their fangs, and stories of various sailing adventures have spread throughout the Western world.
Western countries have also begun an era of sailing kings,
Today, there are two hegemons in the Western world competing for maritime supremacy. One is the Rhine League, headed by the Franconian Kingdom, and the other is the Monro League, headed by the Breton Kingdom.
The two sides launched a series of competitions around maritime trade and land trade, and the war burned from the west to the east.
War, trade, colonization, war, trade, and so on.
According to William, the Rhine League and the Monroe League had established colonial rule in the Horn of Africa and the Indian Peninsula, and had even extended their tentacles to the Luzon Islands.
However, in the past ten years, a great emperor emerged from the Monroe Alliance, Solomon the Conqueror. Under his leadership, the Rhine League retreated step by step, and even the silk caravans sent to the East were blocked.
William studied Eastern knowledge and culture since he was a child, and was commissioned to seek support from Eastern countries.
William's request was very simple. He got silk, tea and porcelain from Qin Yun. Of course, now he also had gunpowder.
After listening to William's narration, a clear map of the world emerged in Qin Yun's mind.
Unexpectedly, the fertile farmland over there in the Himalayas, which has three crops a year, has actually been taken over by this group of Hongyi people.
That was the big granary in Qin Yun's vision of the future empire.
Qin Yun asked: "You need these, so what can your Rhine Alliance bring to my king?"
William took out some enamel, jewelry, crystal stones and the like from the cloth bag.
"We are willing to provide these rare jewels to the prince!"
William has been looking forward to it for a year. After all, as far as he knows, Easterners like this kind of shiny things. They are like the legendary evil dragons.
But just when William thought he would see Qin Yun's expression that he was desperate to get, Qin Yun's face sank.
"Are you just using these crappy things to fool me?"
William: "Huh?!!"
Qin Yun snorted coldly: "What is the difference between these things and glass? They are all silica. Think about it, what else is practical?"
William paused: "Gold, silver, and copper?"
Qin Yun smiled: "That's right. Stop using these things to fool people in the future. There is plenty of tea, but I have a condition."
William was delighted: "What are the conditions?"
Qin Yun: "That is, you are no longer allowed to do business with the Fusang people from now on. You must tell me wherever Fusang's fleet appears."
William paused. In fact, he was not telling the truth. They had already obtained samples of gunpowder from Fuso merchants.
With the technology accumulated through industrial reform, it is not difficult to reproduce.
Fuso has always been one of the most important eastern trading partners of the Franco-British Alliance.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me for not agreeing to this unless you can sell it to us at a lower price. This is the rule of the free market."
Qin Yun sneered: "Rule? All ships from Fuso to Luzon must pass through the waters under my jurisdiction in Qiongzhou. Without my permission, no ship can appear in Luzon intact."
"Go back and tell your leader that if you want to do business with this king, come with sincerity."
"Zhao Kun will find them a ship to Luzon."
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Seeing Qin Yun letting these deviant red-haired ghosts go, Shen Wansan was furious.
"Why did you just let them go? They might be spies!"
Qin Yun smiled and shook his head: "The world is bustling for profit, whether they are spies or they really want to discuss business cooperation."
"Friends come with good wine, enemies come with guns and cannons. I am always strong, so why should I be afraid of being young?"
Shen Wansan: "Aren't you afraid that when they see these powerful weapons and equipment of yours, they will copy them when they go back?"
Qin Yun laughed loudly: "Master Shen, then you underestimate the ability of my Qiongzhou Ministry of Industry. What you can see is that I will always be behind!"
At this time, there was a sudden roar in the sky, and Qin Yun looked up and his eyes lit up.
"Master Shen, do you want to go to heaven?"
Shen Wansan was furious: "Qin Yun, you curse me!"
Qin Yun joked: "Master Shen, aren't you old? Didn't you give birth to a little cub?"
Shen Wansan: "Qin Yun, if you have something to say, just say it and don't be weird!"
Qin Yun smiled and said: "It just so happens that Commander Hong is here. Do you still have to do what you promised in the prison last month?"
Shen Wansan looked at Qin Yun warily: "What happened? Your food is so bad, I forgot about it!"
Qin Yun's heart sank. This old man had made a bet with him before that if he could win Ryukyu, he would give him millions of Cao Gong's connections.
Qin Yun is not used to wanting to cheat now.
"Zhao Kun, go to the weapons testing site immediately."
"Master Shen hopes that you can recover later."
Shen Wansan looked at Qin Yun warily.
"What do you want to do? Don't come over here, I am the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs!"
"Hong Haoxuan, aren't you here to protect me? You, the commander of the Imperial Guard, are just watching?"
Hong Haoxuan looked at the dark gun muzzles all around.
"Master Shen, just listen to His Highness Prince Liang. I think His Highness Prince Liang will not harm you!"
Shen Wansan: "I..."
Shen Wansan wanted to say something else, but Qin Yun had already pulled his sleeve onto the steam car.
Not long after, everyone came to the weapon banquet venue. At this time, Lu Ban and Zhutie Ling were very excited when they saw Qin Yun coming.
"Your Majesty, we succeeded, we really succeeded!"
Qin Yun smiled: "Well, let's invite Master Shen to go to heaven for a trip!"
