Lord Moyu was forced to open

Spring of the seventeenth year of Xingwu.

It was cloudy and rainy in March.

The gloomy sky made the entire city of Bianjing a little depressing.

People on the street were walking in a hurry, with worried looks on their faces.

Just last month, the Song Dynasty was once again attacked by foreign enemies.

In the New World, Europeans joined forces with local Indian natives to launch a joint attack on the Song Dynasty.

In East Asia, the Song Dynasty and the European colonies, which had always lived in peace, also launched a war.

As Europa innovates, their power grows stronger.

While they are powerful, they also feel the shortage of resources.

After learning that the Song Dynasty had discovered a large amount of mineral resources in the Exile Continent, Europa set its sights on this land that originally belonged to them.

So after some planning, wars broke out in the New World and East Asia.

Not only that, Europe secretly sent people to infiltrate Sindhu and secretly supported several Sindhu forces to rebel!

Under Europe's various tactics, the Song Dynasty was suddenly caught in a situation of fighting on three fronts.

And this is exactly what Europa wants to see.

The reason they created this situation was to tie up all the attention of the Song Dynasty and leave them no time to take care of other things.

Only in this way can they seize the opportunity to snatch back the exiled continent!
Their plan was successfully accomplished. Even though the Song Dynasty in the New World was caught off guard by the joint efforts of the two sides, it quickly stabilized its position.

However, the new mainland military, which has now increased its troops to 500,000, has been completely dragged here and has entered a stalemate after compromises by both sides.

As for East Asia, because the war broke out suddenly, the entire Song Dynasty's East Asian territory was almost lost. Finally, the Maliu Gorge reacted and urgently asked the East China Sea Fleet for help, and dispatched 200 warships to regain the territory.

However, the 300 ironclad ships that appeared on the European side immediately afterwards suddenly dragged the 200 warships that were transferred here.

That's right, after all these years of development, Europa had already secretly researched the method of making ironclad ships and built them in secret.

After all, the shipbuilding technology of European countries was not bad, and it was not difficult for them to transform ironclad ships after solving the problem of steam engines.

What really limits their numbers is the steel production of European countries.

At present, these 300 ironclad ships are the entire strength of Europa in recent years.

The reason why they are brought out now is because these two hundred ironclad ships are all that the Song Dynasty can mobilize here.

Among the other 600 ironclad ships, 200 of them travel between the Song Dynasty and the New World to transport troops and supplies all year round and cannot be interrupted. After all, if they are interrupted, if there is a problem on the New World, it will result in the loss of 500,000 troops.

The Song Dynasty cannot afford the loss.

Of the remaining 400 ironclad ships, 200 were needed for homeland defense patrols, and the rest were all sent to Sindhu.

The situation in Sindhu was getting more and more serious and had already affected the port. In order to maintain the safety of the port, the Song Dynasty dispatched a hundred ironclad ships to patrol the port to deter the rebels.

And the last one hundred ships of the fleet are confronting the Bai Kingdom in the Sea of ​​​​Arab!
That’s right, it’s Baiguo.

The country next to the Arabs has seen a sudden increase in national strength since last year, with all kinds of firearms and ironclad ships popping up like mushrooms after a rain.

The territory of the Arabs was constantly eroded, and finally they turned to the Song Dynasty for help.

Over the years, the Arabs have become an ally of the Song Dynasty, mainly because this ally is extremely rich. The Song Dynasty can earn nearly 100 million taels from them every year.

So they simply started selling various firearms that could be used by the Arabs to fight against the Bai Kingdom.

But firearms can be sold, but warships cannot.

Because the warships of the Song Dynasty were not for sale, in order to fight against the warships of the Bai Kingdom, the Song Dynasty could only send people to help in the form of mercenaries.

The Arabs paid a hiring fee of 200 million taels of silver for this.

However, what the Song Dynasty did not expect was that when the fleet had just arrived at the Sea of ​​​​Daqin and confronted the Bai Kingdom’s fleet and threatened the Bai Kingdom’s coast, this kind of thing actually happened in the country, so that all the warships were tied down.

Of course, Europa is behind all these things.

The purpose is self-evident.

"Stupid! Stupid! You all fell for such a simple trick! Now tell me, what should we do with the hundreds of thousands of people in exile in the mainland?
You are committing a crime! You are paying for your stupidity with their lives!
Do you think all Europeans are fools?

If they are defeated by us once, will they submit to the Song Dynasty forever? I tell you! The most untrustworthy thing in the world is a country's enemies and friends!

Interests are the eternal theme!

Today he may bow down to you for profit, but tomorrow he may stab you in the back for profit!

It has always been like this between countries! You are so stupid that you think you can control everything and ignore the intelligence gathering on Europe!
Stupid! Very stupid! "

In Funing Palace, Zhao Jun's furious voice spread throughout the palace.

At the gate outside the palace, Crown Prince Zhao Jian led the way, followed by the five elders of the cabinet, the ministers of the six ministries and other bigwigs in the court. They knelt on the ground with their heads down and no one dared to speak.

There really is nothing much for them to explain. With the intelligence gathering capabilities of the Song Dynasty, if they had taken things a little more seriously, things would not have come to this point.

It is because of the prosperity of the Song Dynasty in recent years and its invincibility that the ministers in the court have gradually become arrogant and ignored the details in the intelligence, which led to the current situation caused by Europe.

When the news came, everyone in the court was shocked. Before they could figure out how things had turned out like this, the current emperor, who had gradually become indifferent to the palace's affairs over the years, immediately summoned all the officials!
Emperor Xingwu, who had led the Song Dynasty to its current status, saw at a glance that the key reason for the current situation was their arrogance!
So much so that I underestimated other people!
After a long outburst of anger that frightened all the officials.

Only then was the voice of Zhao Jun, suppressing his anger, heard from the palace.

"Everyone, get in here!"

"promise!"

Everyone hurriedly lowered their heads and went inside. When the officials entered, they saw the emperor who was still as majestic as ever. Now, his majesty was furious, and his aura was terrifying. The pages of books on the surrounding tables and the flames in the lamps next to them were constantly turning and swaying under the momentum brought by Zhao Jun!
Giving them a cold look, Zhao Jun snorted and returned to his seat, then looked at the crowd and asked in a cold voice:

"Tell me, how can we resolve this situation? Let me tell you first, if you want me to give up on exiling hundreds of thousands of people from the mainland, then don't mention it, or I will lose control and take your heads right now!"

Everyone shuddered.

Zhao Jian gritted his teeth and stood up immediately, saying, "Father! I am willing to lead the army to East Asia and defeat the 300-man fleet deployed by Europa! So that we can quickly support the exiled continent!"

boom!
A brush washer came crashing down heavily, brushing past Zhao Jian's ear, then fell on the ground behind him and embedded itself into the ground!

Only a small half of the brush washer was exposed.

"madness!"

Zhao Jun's voice woke up Zhao Jian, who was sweating profusely.

"You are the crown prince of the Song Dynasty, with countless resources and many generals under your command. Do I need you to charge into battle? Do I need you to be loyal to the country?
Have you never thought about how huge a loss it would be for the Song Dynasty if you died on the battlefield?

You are the crown prince of our Song Dynasty! The crown prince! And the heir to the entire imperial court. You put yourself in danger for a moment of anger.

Are you brainless?! Do you think you are the one who can take the head of a general in the midst of thousands of troops?"

Zhao Jian lowered his head and said nothing. He knew he couldn't, and he also knew that she seemed to have said something stupid.

"Humph!"

With another cold snort, Zhao Jun looked at the officials, waved his hands impatiently, and then held his forehead helplessly and said: "It's useless to have you bastards at the critical moment. Do you think that the technology of our Song Dynasty has not improved at all in these years?
If this is the case, then wouldn’t the tens of millions of taels of silver spent every year be wasted?
Then how can I possibly increase scientific research funding every year?

You high and mighty officials, please lower your heads and see the true strength of our Song Dynasty now!

Liu Zhengfeng!

Zhao Jun called out.

"Chen is here!"

A response was heard outside the hall, and a fat man with a festive face, wearing the uniform of a first-class master craftsman from the Tiangong Institute, ran in from outside with a smile on his face, and bowed to everyone present.

Zhao Jun ignored his little movements and said directly:
"Take these officials to see the strength of our Song Dynasty now, otherwise they will really think that the tens of millions of taels of silver allocated to your Tiangong Court every year are just for you to eat for free!"

Upon hearing this, Fatty Liu Zhengfeng's expression immediately became serious.

Banban stood up straight, bowed his head and said, "Yes!"

Then he stood up and said to the officials behind him, "My Lords, would you please follow me to the South City Parade Ground to have a look?"

All the officials looked at each other, and finally, under Zhao Jun's cold gaze, they bowed in return and followed Liu Zhengfeng towards South City.

Zhao Jun walked up to Zhao Jian and snorted coldly. Zhao Jian quickly stood up and followed Zhao Jun, step by step!
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(End of this chapter)