The Empress came ashore and beheaded the meritorious officials, forcing me to wear the yellow robe

Chapter 433: The King of Qin Robs the Empress and Takes the Blame

If the Japanese pirates had not attacked in later generations, the Qi family army would have been defeated with targeted training, equipped with both muskets and wolf-whips!

Now they are turning against the Tian Gang, following the path of the Japanese pirates, leaving them with nowhere to go. Why don't you seize the opportunity to capture them and rob as much as possible? Why are you still negotiating with them?

You're a bunch of pirates! Robbing is what you're supposed to do. You have such a promising career as a pirate, but you want to be a "negotiator," right?

Thinking of this, Li Jize wrote a letter by hand, scolding Ou Doudou and asking him to break his promise immediately! He took the money and didn't do the job, so he immediately turned around and went back to rob.

What's the big deal about breaking your promise? Isn't that what pirates do?

When Li Jize was extremely angry, the empress's court in the south received news of the arrival of foreign envoys.

Even the empress was confused!

Her Great Qi was already in such a state, yet there were actually foreign invaders coming to pay tribute? How bizarre! The empress, who had not received such news for a long time, was overjoyed and immediately summoned the envoy.

then……

As expected, the envoy was from Eastern Japan, and his purpose in coming here was to cause trouble for the imperial court.

"Respected Emperor of Great Qi, do you care about your people? They have formed pirate groups and are now plundering our Eastern Japan. How can this be the behavior of the Celestial Empire?"

After the messenger said this, everyone in the court of Da Qi began to panic. They all looked at each other in shock.

When did the people of Great Qi become so arrogant that they formed pirates and went to invade the East Wo? Even the envoy came to scold them?

Faced with the East Japanese envoy's humiliation and anger, Prime Minister Ruan Daying directly stood up and explained to the envoy: "My Great Qi has implemented a maritime ban, so where did the Qi pirates come from? I think it must be the barbarians from the north!"

As a great country, it was a shame for them to have pirates. Therefore, no one would admit it, and they would even put the blame on the barbarians.

Since the envoy from East Japan has come, he must have come with a purpose. How could he not have done his homework?

"Sir, although the barbarians are brave and skilled in battle, according to the intelligence I have received, they conquer the world with bows and horses and have no navy. How could they cross the sea and plunder our Eastern Wo?"

This sentence left Ruan Daying speechless. The East Japanese envoy then glanced at the other officials present and said coldly, "Besides, those Qi bandits all spoke the Shenzhou language, which we East Japanese can still understand."

"This……"

Everyone at the scene was whispering and talking to each other.

They really didn't know that Qi Kou had such ability that he could actually attack Dongwo? And he made it so difficult for the Dongwo people?

The empress, however, approached the issue from a different angle. She looked at the East Japanese envoys in the hall and said calmly, "East Japanese may be a small country, but it is still a country after all! East Japanese envoys, I am very curious, where is your army? How come you can't even deal with a bunch of pirates?"

When these words were spoken, the officials present burst into laughter. That's right! Are you, the East Japanese, so lame? You can't even handle a bunch of pirates?

It wouldn't matter if the other party was a vassal like Goryeo, but the key point is that East Japan is not a vassal of the Shenzhou regime at all, otherwise how could their ruler dare to call himself an emperor?

Facing the ridicule of the Great Qi, the Eastern Japanese envoy said coldly, "If it were just ordinary Qi bandits, we would not be afraid of them, but the key point is that these Qi bandits not only have muskets and cannons, but also warships!"

Ok?

Upon hearing this, the entire court fell silent, their expressions abruptly changing as if they had suddenly understood. They finally understood why the envoy from the Eastern Japanese had come here and angrily cursed.

Being beaten by muskets and cannons is not surprising, it is not surprising!

When muskets and cannons first appeared in their vast land of China, they indeed caused a great shock to everyone.

Of course, in the early days...

Aside from being shocking, the power of firearms at that time was still no match for cold weapons. To put it bluntly, bows and arrows were probably more powerful than muskets!

It has no advantage in range, and its bullet-reloading speed is not as fast as that of a bow and arrow!

until………

The emergence of the fragmentation gun and its matching "three-stage shooting" is terrifying! It can shoot without limit and endlessly, which is simply better than cold weapons.

It was precisely because they had all seen the Qin army, that terrifying momentum, how they could brave a hail of bullets to the beat of drums, advancing in unison into the range of muskets, and then fire a volley, and then see the terrifying scene of them falling in rows like wheat being mowed...

They only showed such sympathy for these pirates after hearing that they had encountered pirates armed with muskets and cannons and had beaten them up.

"Grand Secretary of the Cabinet, can you analyze what is going on in this situation?"

Anyway, the empress didn't think that it was their people who went there, and the pirates' muskets and cannons were extremely rare, and ordinary people couldn't get them.

Even if you get it, where will you get the ammunition and gunpowder?

The empress's cabinet minister was a pedantic old man with a beard and a pair of reading glasses made in Qingzhou.

After hearing the empress's words, he walked out calmly and said politely, "Your Majesty, the firearms in Shenzhou are basically all produced by one company. This old minister thinks this issue shouldn't be a problem."

Yup!

What kind of problem is this? Can this even be called a problem?

All the firearms were taken from Qingzhou, and Li Jize was a bloodsucker, selling them for money. The bandits had them, they had them, even Zuo Santong had them.

For that group of pirates who only knew how to plunder, after looting gold, silver and jewelry, I believe it would not be difficult for them to buy some weapons, warships and so on.

The Empress looked at the other ministers and found that everyone was of the same opinion. They nodded thoughtfully. Clearly, everyone agreed with this possibility!

"Emissary, to be honest, King Qin of Qi has a large number of firearms! I think the pirates' weapons must have been sent from Qingzhou."

Ok?

As soon as the empress said this, the eyes of the East Japanese envoys widened, and their faces were full of disbelief.

Holy crap! Did I hear that right? The King of Qin in Great Qi could actually manufacture arms and even sell them to pirates privately. What kind of a thing is this?

"Respected Emperor of Great Qi, since he is your king, please stop him from selling weapons to the pirates in East Japan!"