Chapter 783: Founding a country is too difficult, become a vassal town
Miao Ming stood at the stern of the boat, staring at the place where he had worked hard for months.
Everything in the early stage was in vain. In order to leave here, he also left nearly half of his brothers.
He does not hate those brothers who left. They joined the powerful pioneering group and could be reused.
But Miao Ming chose to seek refuge with these people, and the best he could end up with was to be placed under house arrest and become a mascot who constantly sings praises to others.
With his temper, he can't be that kind of mascot.
Miao Ming heard footsteps coming from behind him. He turned around and saw that Li Yaoguang from the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce was walking towards him.
"Mr. Miao, it's dinner time. Our chamber of commerce has specially prepared a small stove for big customers like you.
The journey is very boring, let’s go have a meal together and chat by the way to relieve Mr. Miao’s depression.”
Is Miao Ming worried about whether the Chamber of Commerce's ship will arrive on time?
He hadn't eaten much, and now that he was eating, his stomach was already growling.
He knew that it was useless to express emotion anymore. He had already failed and was driven away from here.
The only thing that can undo failure is success.
But he has no confidence in whether he will succeed in the future.
Miao Ming has a very clear understanding of his own strength.
If you attack the indigenous tribes, there is no problem at all.
Eastern North America is full of European colonists.
The local indigenous people have been driven away by these colonists.
Their next opponents are no longer indigenous tribes with extremely backward weapons and organizations, but European colonists who are also civilized.
As the opponent's strength increases, casualties will inevitably increase.
Miao Ming was worried that if the casualties reached a certain level, their pioneering group would collapse.
When the time comes, let alone becoming the Duke of the country, I won't even be able to save my life.
The group of them went to the restaurant of the passenger ship and ate simple home-cooked food.
Four dishes: fish in vinegar, braised pork, boiled cabbage, and spicy tofu.
They drank wine and ate delicious dishes.
Li Yaoguang said casually: "Mr. Miao, you are going to cross the canal and go to the east coast of America.
Traveling to the east coast of America at this time is simply too risky."
Miao Ming was stunned. He quickly swallowed the food in his mouth, looked up at Li Yaoguang, and asked with a solemn expression: "I have little information in the interior, please give me some advice from Mr. Li."
"If you don't take it seriously, I will help Mr. Miao analyze the current situation." Li Yaoguang's attitude was very modest.
He dipped his finger in some wine and briefly drew the locations of the various countries in the Americas on the table.
He ultimately pointed in the two directions of Zhao State and the British Colony.
"Zhao wants to conquer the east, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that.
Zhao's reserve of force is completely unlike attacking indigenous tribes.
Its main purpose must have been the colonization of the English.
If two tigers fight, the surrounding area will be turned into ruins, and countless small animals will be crushed to death?
The war may come soon, and Mr. Miao may be mistaken by those Europeans as the pioneer of Zhao as soon as he arrives in eastern America.
Mr. Miao will be surrounded and suppressed by heavy troops.
Even if Mr. Miao has outstanding ability and leads his troops to escape from the encirclement and suppression, at least half of his men will be lost, which is simply not worth the gain."
When Miao Ming heard the news, his expression immediately changed.
He only considered that there was little competition pressure in the eastern part of the Americas and not many pioneering groups went there.
It was so urgent at the time that he subconsciously ignored the impending war between Zhao and the European colonists.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! This war will lead to the overall reshuffle of the forces in the American continent.
Miao Ming could imagine that once he went to eastern America, he would really conflict with the European colonists.
Zhao Guoguo tried every means to prove that he was Zhao's vanguard.
After all, in the eyes of these Europeans, Chinese people all look the same, and they cannot understand the intricate relationships between Chinese people.
Zhao Guo's idea is very simple. If there are fools who take the initiative to be cannon fodder, and they don't take advantage of them, then they are really fools.
Miao Ming picked up the wine glass, drank a glass of wine in frustration, and murmured to himself: "What should I do now?"
Li Yaoguang saw that Miao Ming had been deeply affected, and he knew that the time had come.
"Mr. Miao, I often travel to various countries in the Americas to do business, and I have some understanding of the current situation in the Americas.
Mr. Miao's move to eastern America was definitely not a good move.
I have a clever move that can reverse Mr. Miao's predicament, but it will cause Mr. Miao's reputation to be damaged."
After Miao Ming heard this, his eyes lit up and he immediately stood up and bowed respectfully to Li Yaoguang ninety degrees.
"Please teach me, sir, I will be rewarded in the future."
"Mr. Miao is too polite. We are just chatting normally, there is no need to be so solemn.
I just have some superficial insights. If I can help Mr. Miao, that would be great."
Li Yaoguang was still very humble and did not show it at all. He was gradually setting up a trap to guide Miao Ming's forces to where he wanted them to go.
"I wonder if Mr. Miao knows the news about Xiang Guo recruiting a pioneering group to clear out the rebels in the territory.
This is a very good way out for Mr. Miao.
Mr. Miao's current strength is by no means inferior to the army directly under the Xiangwang royal family.
There are more than twenty rebel armies, large and small, in the Xiang Kingdom, but they are not much more powerful than Mr. Miao.
The country of Xiang is now in a state of turmoil. If there were not people behind the rebels and they were against each other, the country of Xiang would have ceased to exist."
After Miao Ming heard this, his eyes lit up.
He had also learned before that the situation in Xiang State was chaotic.
But he never understood how chaotic the situation in Xiang country was and what the strength of the various forces was.
Now after listening to Li Yaoguang's story, he has a clear understanding of his own strength.
During the heyday of the Xiang Kingdom, he would certainly not have dared to come forward and stroke his beard.
It would be a very simple matter for the Xiangguo army to deal with him.
But now the situation is completely different, and Xiang Guo has no time to take care of himself.
The royal family began to attract pioneering groups to suppress bandits by granting officials and making wishes.
Anyone who is not stupid can see what Mr. Wang is planning.
That is the snipe and the clam fighting, and the fisherman gets the benefit.
But this also revealed from the side that the power controlled by the Xiangwang royal family was really very limited, and they could only barely protect themselves.
With his strength, if he enters the market now, even if he does not become the final winner, there is no problem in protecting himself.
He went to the eastern part of America and wanted to establish his own country, which was very difficult.
Now that war is coming, the difficulty will be several times higher.
When going to Xiangguo to suppress bandits, as long as they preserve their strength secretly, no matter who wins in the end, they can at least become a vassal town.
If he can take the opportunity to expand his strength and overthrow the Xiangwang royal family, it is not impossible.
Miao Ming made up his mind. He looked at the slightly smiling Li Yaoguang and asked, "Mr. Li, please notify the fleet and send us to Xiangguo Pier."
He didn't want to delve into Li Yaoguang's purpose. This choice was beneficial to them.
No matter how much benefit Li Yaoguang gets from it, it is what he deserves.
When Li Yaoguang saw Miao Ming's searching eyes, he smiled and said nothing.
On the surface, he was responding to the call of the Xiangwang royal family and recommending a pioneering group to them.
It's just that the pioneering teams he recommended were all powerful and ambitious people without exception.
The secret reason was that the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce sold weapons to the rebels and was caught by Xiang Guo.
Not only were the merchants selling weapons caught and shot, the stores of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce were directly closed down, and all shopkeepers and clerks were demoted to slaves.
What Xiang Guo did was a slap in the face.
The Nanyang Chamber of Commerce does not have the strength to make big moves, but if he makes a small move, others will not be surprised.
This is also to let interested people understand the reasons why they think it is true.
The real reason was that Li Yaoguang received a secret message from his sister.
Crown Princess Li Xiyue asked him to find a way to cause trouble for Xiangguo.
Due to their own reasons, the Xiangwang royal family was quite resentful towards the royal family of the Dahua Empire.
He complained that His Majesty, the Emperor of the Great China Empire, was watching Xiang Guo’s national power decline continuously. The Empire had a solution, but chose to ignore it.
Some people within the royal family even broke the news that the crown prince Su Zhenxing had said in private.
Once he revives Xiangguo, he will make people who look down on them look good.
He said in private more than once that the Benniu Road Canal belonged to the Xiang Kingdom, and that the royal family must not forget this matter, and it would have to be resolved sooner or later.
Li Yaoguang understood the importance of the canal to the empire and future global strategy.
The Bull Run Canal and the Suez Canal will be the two most important fulcrums of the empire's maritime strategy.
As long as there is a slight possibility, we will never let go of the canal.
Especially for Prince Su Shu, the navy is his base, and he will never sit back and watch the empire's maritime strategy collapse.
This kind of secret war between the suzerain country and the vassal country will never be talked about openly.
Li Yaoguang also knows what can and cannot be said?
The best situation is to just do it without saying it, so that you won't make any mistakes.
A person like Miao Ming would naturally come up with enough reasons according to his understanding.
The fleet was very close to the port of Xiangguo. After determining the target, the ships deviated from their original route.
At noon on the second day, we had already bypassed Xiangguo's characteristic slender peninsula and arrived at Xiangguo's Hongfeng Harbor.
This is one of the few ports controlled by the Xiangwang royal family.
Chamber of Commerce transport ships and transport pioneer groups are constantly coming here to report.
Li Yaoguang immediately ordered someone to change the flag of the Chamber of Commerce.
The Nanyang Chamber of Commerce is in the area controlled by the Xiangwang royal family, and it is like a rat in a smelly ditch.
But as long as the flag is not displayed blatantly and the silver coins open the way, no one will take the initiative to cause trouble.
Miao Ming did not choose to let everyone in the pioneering team disembark immediately when they arrived at the port.
He first took his confidants, and under the guidance of the steward of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce, to Hongfeng Port to understand the situation.
He determined that the situation here in Xiangguo was not much different from what Li Yaoguang said, so after thanking Li Yaoguang, he ordered everyone in the pioneering group to disembark.
The situation in Xiangguo has worsened, and now Su Zhenxing has even canceled the procedure for the pioneering team to go to the capital to visit him.
After all the pioneering groups arrived ashore, they immediately followed up on their strength and awarded officers, gave them a certain amount of food and grass, and allowed them to go to the battlefield to put down the rebellion.
After all, King Xiang Su Li did not survive until the end of autumn and breathed his last in the palace.
Su Zhenxing became the second king of Xiang Kingdom.
The supporters behind the rebels saw that the empire's attitude towards Xiang Guo remained the same.
They could not restrain their eagerness to move and relaxed their suppression of the rebels.
The Xiangwang royal family was under tremendous pressure.
All meaningless processes were cancelled. The pioneering group was originally used as cannon fodder, consuming the strength of the rebels.
If someone can fight his way out of the cannon fodder, as long as he can achieve the purpose of consuming the rebels, rewards from the Xiangguo court will continue to come.
Su Zhenxing knew that doing so would undermine the authority of the royal family.
But if he doesn't do this, the country may be ruined and the family may be ruined.
Miao Ming felt that Xiang Guo was extremely efficient, almost to an incredible level.
The officials of Xiangguo only sent a little amount of food and grass, and the rest was near the front line.
If they want to survive, they must go to the front line to kill the enemy.
Miao Ming was also ready and ordered his men to set off immediately.
After only living in Xiang Country for a few days, Miao Ming knew that this place was suitable for him.
He wanted to raise the bandits to respect themselves and become a powerful vassal town.
When the time comes, he can also wear a yellow robe and become a monarch.
