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After Yang Lie and Yang Jiu's fleet left Yanzhou, they soon arrived at the capital of Linyi Kingdom. Linyi Kingdom is also called Champa, but they usually call themselves Champa. It's just that the Han people thought the name was too complicated, so they named the city after the country and called it Linyi City.冰@火! in Chinese..

Linyi City is built along the sea and is a very important port. Because Linyi is just on the Maritime Silk Road, Linyi City is also an important port on the Maritime Silk Road. It usually passes through the Strait of Malacca from Datang to India. All ships on this route will berth in Linyi City, so taking advantage of the port city, Linyi City has developed extremely rapidly, and now it has become the largest city on the Indo-China Peninsula.

When Yang Lie and his fleet arrived at the port of Linyi City, it was the afternoon when the most ships entered the port. In addition, the level of officials in charge of managing the port in Linyi City was low, and there was no order in organizing the fleet to enter the port. Being blocked, many boats passing by are full of complaints, and those who have a bad temper even start cursing directly. Unfortunately, there is no way to scold them any more. Linyi is a small country, and the quality of its personnel cannot be compared with that of a big country like Datang. This situation can only wait.

However, Yang Lie and his fleet had a very special mission on their shoulders, and there were people in Linyi to meet them, so when their fleet arrived, officials from Linyi Kingdom came to welcome them by boat and led them in person. Go to a nearby military port.

Linyi is a country bordering the sea, and port income is one of their pillar industries, so they have put a lot of effort into the construction of the navy.For example, in the military port outside Linyi City, there are thousands of warships stationed, with a total population of more than 437 people. This is undoubtedly a great achievement for a small country like Linyi.Capital Datang [-]

However, it is worth mentioning that Lin Yiguo's shipbuilding technology is very backward compared to Datang, and even large ships cannot be built. Even warships are small boats that can only carry dozens of soldiers. It is compared with the battleship in Li Yin's hands.Even some armed merchant ships from Tang Dynasty are much stronger than Lin Yiguo's warships.

The people of Linyi also knew this situation, so they always wanted to get the shipbuilding technology of Datang, and even repeatedly lured businessmen from Datang to set up shipyards in Linyi.It's a pity that Li Yin had already blocked the shipbuilding technology. Led by the Ship Design Institute, Datang's businessmen were prohibited from setting up shipyards outside the country, and all coastal countries imposed a technical blockade. It is precisely because of this that Datang's shipbuilding technology has been continuously Zhi Duxiu, at least in a short period of time, is not afraid that ships from other countries will outperform them.

Yang Jiu was sent by Wu Meiniang to contact Maha Mandaga alone. His fleet this time was full of weapons made in the Tang Dynasty, but these weapons have always been contraband.No matter which port is allowed to export.And Li Yin didn't want these weapons to have too much to do with him, so he smuggled them out from Yanzhou in the end, which was not only concealed enough, but also cleared up his relationship.

Maha Mandaga has already prepared for the rebellion, and now he is waiting for these weapons.So when they heard that Yang Jiu and the others had finally arrived, they were so excited that they came to the harbor to greet them in person.The first official of Linyi is only 50 years old this year, and his appearance is similar to that of ordinary Linyi people, with a high nose and deep eyes.Curly black hair.This Maha Mandaga looks very caring. Although he is 50 years old, his hair and beard are still black and shiny, so he looks much younger, like a middle-aged man in his 40s.

It's not the first time Yang Jiu has come to Linyi, and he has met with Maha Mandaga a few times before, so when the other party saw Yang Jiu who had just stepped off the boat, he immediately stepped forward and said enthusiastically: "Yang Jiu It's really hard for you to come from a long way, I have already arranged a banquet at the mansion to welcome Mr. Yang!"

And when Yang Jiu saw Maha Mandaga alone, he also laughed and said: "Master Maha is polite, but we still have to get down to business. There are five thousand sets of armor and weapons on board. You might as well send someone to count them first, and then Get equipped as soon as possible, so as not to delay the big event!"

Although Maha Mandaga's surname is not Maha alone, but he has long been used to addressing Yang Jiu as Lord Maha. After all, in the eyes of Han people, his name is really weird.In addition, Yang Jiu's words hit Maha Mandaga's independent heart. He had already prepared for the rebellion and self-reliance, and now he is waiting for this batch of armor and weapons, so he doesn't care about the other party's title.

At the moment, Maha Mandagadu was not polite, and immediately sent his confidantes to board the ship, and then counted the armor and weapons brought by Yang Jiu.These weapons were obtained by Yang Jiu through unofficial channels. They were old-style armor replaced by the Tang army. Although they were old-style, they were in good condition. At least for Linyi's army, they were all well-equipped. .

Five thousand sets of armor and weapons were counted very quickly. These equipments were all used by Maha Mandaga to rebel alone, and this was also an urgent part of Wu Meiniang's plan, so naturally there was no problem with the equipment. Finally, Yang Jiu asked people to carry out ten large boxes, and then asked them to open them.

"This...is this...is it the legendary firearm?" When Maha Mandaga saw the contents of the box alone, his whole body trembled with excitement, pointing to the contents of the box.I saw that the ten large boxes were divided into two types. Two of the slender boxes contained two pillar-like objects, and the other eight boxes contained iron bumps the size of sweet potatoes.These two things are exactly the blasting tube and grenade that Li Yin first trial-produced.

Seeing the excited look of the other party, Yang Jiu said with a smile: "Yes, these two are firearms. The reason why our Tang army is invincible is because of the power of these firearms. Lord Maha got these two things, I spent a lot of effort!"

Although the smuggling businessmen are bold and can indeed get some contraband, it is simply a dream to get firearms. This is because not all Tang troops can equip firearms, and even if they are equipped with firearms. With an extremely strict management system, it is really difficult to get firearms from the army.

Of course, although it is difficult to get firearms, it is not impossible, but the main reason why no one dares to smuggle firearms is that Datang also divides the crimes of smuggling into several grades. crime, but smuggling firearms is an unforgivable crime for exterminating the three clans, and the profit of smuggling is already huge, so instead of risking the felony of exterminating the three clans to smuggle firearms, it is better to smuggle more other commodities for safety. Even if something happens to the east window, they can save their lives.

It is also under such circumstances that there are almost no people who dare to smuggle firearms. Therefore, although the countries around Datang have long heard the name of sharp firearms, they have no chance to see them with their own eyes. Unless they have a war with Datang, otherwise only We can learn about firearms from the words and pictures on the newspapers handed down from the Tang Dynasty.

Hearing that Yang Jiu was fooling people there, Yang Lie, who was pretending to be an old servant beside him, snickered in his heart. The Tang army was invincible, did they only rely on a small firearm?Although the role of firearms has been valued more and more in the past two years, when the Tang Dynasty had no firearms, didn't it still beat Turks and Tubo to death?

Although Mahamandaga also knew that the Tang army was strong not only because of firearms, but firearms did show their power when destroying Goguryeo. In addition, when Li Yin attacked Japan, firearms also played a key role. ’, so people have already infinitely exaggerated the role of firearms. Even the actual ruler of a country like Maha Mandagadu is also affected by the theory of invincibility of firearms, so after seeing Yang Jiu’s Firearms, will appear so excited.

However, Maha Mandaga is an outstanding person after all, so he quickly stabilized his emotions, and then saluted Yang Jiushen: "Thank you Mr. Yang for your help. If the big thing can be accomplished, I will repay Mr.'s great kindness in the future. As for you I will absolutely abide by the conditions I set before!”

Looking at Maha Mandaga's solemn expression on his face, Yang Jiu didn't doubt the sincerity of the other party, but he knew that if the other party was really allowed to sit on the throne of Linyi Kingdom, then his sincerity today would It will fade soon. After all, many of the conditions he put forward were realized at the expense of Linyi's interests. He will definitely not be willing to see his own interests being taken away by others. Even if he dare not turn his back on it openly, he will definitely continue to make small moves secretly, and this will be a more difficult opponent than the current king of Linyi enemy.

Knowing this, although Yang Jiu praised the other party on the surface, he was actually sneering in his heart. At the same time, he glanced at Yang Lie from the corner of his eye. Special power, and this time I am afraid they will be used to make a move.Capital Datang 437

Maha Mandaga received the weapon and armor sent by Yang Jiu alone, and his confidence in his heart swelled again. At the same time, he was also very enthusiastic about Yang Jiu, a very loyal friend, and personally welcomed him to Linyi City, and hosted a banquet in the mansion. he.And Yang Lie and other people on the boat also disembarked together. As Yang Jiu's entourage, they were temporarily arranged by Maha Mandaga to live in his mansion alone.

When Yang Jiu came to Linyi this time, in addition to sending weapons to Maha Mandaga alone, he would also participate in the opponent's rebellion throughout the whole process and advise him, and Maha Mandaga had long believed in Yang Jiu. Doubt, after all, the opponent has already placed a lot of heavy bets on him, so there is no reason to hope that he will fail.

Ten days after Yang Jiu arrived in Linyi City, the new weapons and armor had been equipped by Maha Mandagadu's army, and other aspects were also ready. With Yang Jiu's encouragement, Maha Mandagadu finally He started his great cause of treason, but what he didn't know was that there was already a wolf in ambush beside him, and it might bite his throat at any time.