Chapter 245: Barbarian Leader, This Will Cost Extra Money

Emperor Tiande, who had been forced into a desperate situation, had no other choice at this time?

In the end, he could only take the attitude of trying his best and approved the proposal of Prime Minister Tang Bo to borrow the power of the barbarians to fight against the Longcheng army.

At the same time, Emperor Tiande secretly ordered his personal eunuchs to go to the coastal area to prepare large warships for the Nanyue royal family to escape to the sea.

Li Zongmin had made up his mind that if he still could not stop the Longcheng army with the help of the barbarians, he would personally lead the fleet and the elite soldiers of Nanyue to retreat to the sea and go to the Nanyang area to seek new development.

He has always been a red heart and prepared for both hands, and he would never gamble the fate and future of the descendants of the Nanyue Li family on the barbarians of the Atlantic Ocean.

After retiring from the court, Prime Minister Tang Bo, who was responsible for the rise and fall of the Nanyue Kingdom, was full of confidence.

Since the founding of Nanyue, he finally had the opportunity to hold power and show his strength.

To manipulate the country, the emperor and the prince at will is the lifelong pursuit of many powerful ministers and relatives throughout history. This is much more fulfilling than usurping the throne and becoming an emperor!

Tang Bo, who was born as a counselor, is no exception. He enjoys the feeling of deciding the life and death of a country at will.

This time, he fantasized about having a good fight with the new emperor Chen Huaian.

"Prime Minister Tang, please stay!"

At this time, the voice of Prince Li Shiyu suddenly came from behind Tang Bo.

When he stopped, Prince Li Shiyu hurried over and said with a look of expectation: "Prime Minister Tang, are the copper cannons in the hands of the Atlantic barbarians really as powerful as described by Prime Minister Tang?"

Yes!

Tang Bo nodded and said, "Your Highness, I saw the power of the copper cannon with my own eyes. I am not kidding!"

"That's great, great!"

After receiving a positive answer, the long-lost smile finally appeared on the face of the Crown Prince Li Shiyu.

He grabbed Tang Bo's sleeve and begged him, "Prince Tang, I have an unwelcome request. When you invite the barbarians to help fight against the rebels in Longcheng, can you let me go to help?"

"Prince Tang, I believe you also know that in the battle of Yongzhou City, the chief general of the Longcheng bandit army, Pang Xianchu, used the new copper cannon to play tricks, making me lose face in front of my father and the civil and military officials of the court;"

"This hatred, I must avenge!"

Faced with the request of the Crown Prince Li Shiyu, Prime Minister Tang Bo agreed and said, "Since Your Highness is willing to lead by example and set an example for the military and civilians of my Nanyue country to resist foreign enemies together , how can I not support it! "

"In this way, after I have finished my negotiation with the leader of the barbarians of the Atlantic Country, I will report to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince as soon as possible, and when the copper cannons of the barbarians enter the city, I will hand over the full power to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to command!"

Hearing this, Crown Prince Li Shiyu immediately bowed his hands and clasped his fists to thank him: "Then I will trouble Prime Minister Tang!"

"When we defeat the bandits in Longcheng this time, I will personally ask my father to confer the title of Crown Prince Shaobao on Prime Minister Tang, grant him the red book and iron certificate, and the gold medal of immunity from death, to show the contribution of Prime Minister Tang to the country of Nanyue!"

"In this case, I will thank His Royal Highness the Crown Prince first!"

Haha!

As they said this, the two of them couldn't help but smile at each other.

This scene is quite similar to the meaning of the two going to the palace to force King Guangxin to become emperor two years ago.

However, this time, in the sleeves of Crown Prince Li Shiyu, there was no dagger of patricide that symbolized the desire for power and status!

After Prime Minister Tang Bo bid farewell to Crown Prince Li Shiyu, he immediately sent his servants to Yangcheng Port to transfer to a small boat to go out to sea. Finally, he found the ocean-going fleet from the Atlantic Country near the South China Sea.

This Atlantic Country fleet, which was sailing and trading with the mysterious Eastern country, had a total of more than 30 ocean-going ships of various types, with two to three thousand Yi sailors, carrying a large number of Western handicrafts to the East for trade activities.

And copper cannons were one of them.

Markel, the leader of the Yi fleet, was a middle-aged man in his early 40s with a standard Western European face, blond hair, blue eyes, and a hooked nose.

There was a fierce breath in those blue eyes.

That was the unique temperament of people who had been wandering on the sea for a long time and struggling in the sea of ​​corpses and blood.

After receiving the invitation from Prime Minister Tang Bo of Nanyue, Markel immediately counted dozens of Yi sailors with great skills, took two copper cannons and some shells and projectiles, and transferred to a small boat to Yangcheng, the capital of Nanyue.

With the Emperor Tiande's order, the South Vietnamese soldiers on guard along the coastline were released on the spot. Markel and his group of barbarians, holding swords and pushing two copper cannons, entered Guangzhou unimpeded and headed all the way to the Prime Minister's Mansion.

And Prime Minister Tang Bo had been waiting in front of the Prime Minister's Mansion for a long time.

As soon as the two sides met, the barbarian leader Markel immediately stepped forward enthusiastically, hugged Tang Bo and kissed him on the cheek, and said in stiff Chinese: "Dear Tang, I knew that we would meet again!"

"I didn't expect this day to come so soon!"

As he said, Markel pointed to the two copper cannons behind him and said: "Tang, this is the gift I brought for you, for you!"

After thinking for a while, he added: "No money!"

Haha!

Tang Bo smiled cheerfully, made a gesture to Markel, and said: "Markel, please come in, let's talk while walking!"

"Talk while walking!"

Soon, the group arrived at the meeting hall of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and after the host and guest sat down, they drank tea and talked about things.

Tang Bo said straight to the point: "Markel, I have convinced our Emperor Tiande about your Atlantic country wanting to trade with our South Vietnam;"

"The emperor said that you can trade with the Atlantic country, and he also agreed to open a special trading port for you to allow Atlantic country ships to dock and Atlantic country's subjects to stay in the port for a short time;"

"Oh my god!"

Before Tang Bo finished speaking, Markel, the leader of the Yi people in the guest seat, exclaimed in surprise: "Tang, is this true?"

Ahem!

Tang Bo coughed twice and said, "Markel, don't get excited, listen to me!"

"Our Emperor Tiande said that your desire for trade and permanent residence is a small matter, but you need to do something for the South Vietnam!"

Markel blurted out, "Tang, what is it?"

Tang Bo said word by word, "Sell all the copper cannons of your Atlantic Fleet to the South Vietnam, and help us win a war!"

"Fight?"

Markel's eyes were as big as copper bells, and he kept shaking his head to say, "No No No, dear Tang, you know, we are just the fleet of the Atlantic Chamber of Commerce, we are businessmen, we only make money, not fight!"

Oh?

Tang Bo raised his eyebrows and sneered, "Really? Mr. Markel?"

"If that's the case, then I didn't invite you to my house today. As for the opening of a trading port and permanent residence, I don't think our Emperor Tiande will agree!"

"Butler Wang, send the guests away--"

As he said that, Tang Bo issued an order to expel the guests.

"Hei, Tang, wait!"

When Markel saw that the duck in his mouth was about to fly away, he didn't care about being arrogant anymore and said hurriedly: "Dear Tang, what I mean is that the sailors and crew members of our fleet are all businessmen, not soldiers;"

"If you want them to fight--"

"You have to pay more!"