Traveling through time and space and becoming a deposed prince, he just wants to survive!

Just as the brothers Zhao Wei and Zhao Heng were bargaining, the fourth prince Zhao Hong, who was far away in Yuezhou, received a secret report.

In front of the black-winged masked man, he read the secret letter over and over again, with a barely perceptible smile on his face.

In the Zhou Dynasty, the Five Surnames and Seven Clans had begun to challenge the imperial power. After all, the throne was too tempting. Zhao Hong's mother was from the Wang family of Taiyuan and was sent to the palace as a tool for marriage.

The first to react were not the Wei family, but the Crown Prince's faction. It was decided that the Second and Fourth Princes would remain in Shangjing, while the rest would be sent to their fiefdoms.

At that time, the sixth prince, Zhao Sheng, was Zhao Kang's study partner. The prince used this as an excuse to keep the sixth prince and let the fourth prince go out to be a fief.

Among the many princes, the Fourth Prince performed exceptionally well, and his maternal lineage was powerful. After weighing the pros and cons of Zhao Wei and Zhao Hong, Zhao Kang still felt that Zhao Hong posed too great a threat to him.

Secondly, Wei Rong was already the prime minister at that time, and it was difficult for him to shake Zhao Wei's power.

Zhao Hong never expected that the reason for his elimination was the insignificant sixth son Zhao Sheng. What was even more unexpected to him was that his father would rather keep Zhao Sheng, who was like a waste, than keep him.

In order to prevent him from entering the capital, he was directly named King of Yue. He set out from Shangjing, passed through Chu and Wu, and finally arrived at Yuezhou, which was the southern border of the Great Zhou.

Although Yuezhou is located on the east side of the sea and backed by mountains in the southwest, it has vast land and rich aquatic resources. The climate is also milder than that of Shangjing. The rice here grows vigorously and can be planted twice a year.

It's just that the rainfall is too much, but the annual grain output can reach more than five stones per mu, and the number of poultry such as chickens and ducks raised is also large. The people are healthy, especially the merchants. The neighboring Xishan County is also a grain producing area.

Unfortunately, there were frequent wars with South Vietnam, and the crops that were planted with great difficulty were abandoned due to the war.

After Zhao Hong came to Yuezhou, he directly controlled 200,000 personal guards. There were many pirates on some islands east of the sea, so he had to station 200,000 troops in the coastal areas.

Together with the existing imperial border troops, the total strength reached 600,000, not including the local troops in various prefectures and counties.

Zhao Hong privately calculated that the total number of troops he could mobilize could reach 800,000.

Recently, he negotiated with pirates from several large islands, exchanging marine goods for inland resources, and the two sides reached a consensus.

Of course, there were also a few island pirates who were not smart enough. Zhao Hong immediately stationed 500,000 troops on the seashore. Before the ships were assembled, the pirates on the opposite side came to surrender without any suspense.

The governance of the island was quite difficult, so Zhao Hong finally gave them the right to govern themselves. The inland would provide them with some food, and they would fish on the coast and help prevent new pirates along the coast.

This is a win-win deal, and everyone has gained space for peaceful coexistence.

After a few years, the pirates felt that this kind of life was good and there was no need to rely on looting to make a living. Some pirate leaders even spent money to buy the right to live inland.

Zhao Hong had never thought of rebelling, but he didn't mind rebelling for survival.

To this end, he chose several large and connected islands along the coast as his hiding place after his rebellion failed.

Therefore, he named one of the islands where he was going to live Dai County, and carried out basic construction and garrisoned troops on the island.

After Zhao Sheng married the princess, he was always busy with his own career. Li Shuya often accompanied him and traveled to several places for inspection, which could barely be considered as sightseeing.

After the new carriage was completed, it had four rear wheels and the two front wheels were steering wheels. The standard configuration was three horses to prevent someone from harming the horses with arrows.

All the horses are equipped with protective gear. The carriage is twenty feet long and seven feet wide. There are awnings over the front wheels and horses. People can get off the carriage on the left and right sides of the middle section. There are protective doors installed and two guards can be accommodated at the back of the carriage.

In other words, this carriage can carry at least five people. The three horses in the front are actually very nervous. Fortunately, they don't need to run normally and can just walk normally, so the work is not too heavy for these three horses.

"Husband, what is the cannon you are talking about?" Li Shuya met Zhao Sheng, Lu the blacksmith and others today, and they talked about a small-caliber weapon called a cannon.

Moreover, when it comes to artillery, Mr. Zhao also mentioned professional terms such as rocket-type, mortar-type, rear-loading and front-loading.

Li Shuya didn't understand a word, so she took advantage of the moment in the carriage to ask Zhao Sheng.

When Zhao Sheng heard his wife asking this, he took out a copper object from his arms. It had two tubes at the front and was about one foot long.

"Look, wife, this is a sample. It can be used. It's a double-barreled pistol. Why is it called a pistol? Because it's held in the hand."

Li Shuya said she didn't understand Zhao Sheng's explanation.

After stopping the carriage, Zhao Sheng and Li Shuya got off. He took out two smaller copper tubes from his arms, about an inch long and of moderate thickness.

Zhao Sheng moved the large copper tube in his hand, and saw that the two copper tubes separated from the wooden handle at the back, revealing the tail of the large copper tube. Zhao Sheng stuffed the two small copper tubes into them, and then merged the large copper tube with the handle.

"Wife, cover your ears. It might be very loud later."

After saying this, he looked at the horses again and walked away from them, turning back from time to time to say to the guards: "You must be careful not to frighten the horses!"

After saying that, Zhao Sheng picked up the copper pipe in his hand and pointed it at a big poplar tree about a hundred steps away. Then there was a loud "bang!"

Because she covered her ears, Li Shuya was still surprised when she heard the sound, because the copper pipe in Zhao Sheng's hand first caught fire and then smoked, and a piece of poplar bark in the distance was knocked off.

"Oh, the filling volume is a bit too much!" Zhao Sheng said to himself while looking at the gun.

"Husband, what's wrong?" Li Shuya thought something was wrong. The horses of the guards around were a little agitated. If someone hadn't calmed the horses in the carriage, something might have happened.

Looking at Li Shuya who came to his side, Zhao Sheng said, "There's too much gunpowder loaded, my hands are a little numb!"

Li Shuya didn't know what gunpowder and loading amount were, but when she heard that Zhao Sheng's hand was numb, she wanted to go forward to check, but Zhao Sheng dodged and raised his hand to the sky.

"Wife, I have a gun with a bullet in it. It could go off accidentally."

Zhao Sheng spoke very anxiously. After he finished speaking, he found Li Shuya looked confused, so he explained: "A misfire is a bullet in a gun. When it is fired, it can hurt people."

After saying this, he turned off the safety on the gun, then pointed at the gun in his hand and said: "This is my pistol, called a double-barreled pistol. I plan to develop a wheeled pistol in the future."

Li Shuya probably didn't understand what he said, so Zhao Sheng explained the principle of the pistol again, and then asked a little ostentatiously: "Do you dare to test fire this gun?"

Li Shuya has loved playing with guns and sticks since she was a child, and she is especially fond of new weapons. If you ask her if she wants to try shooting, the answer is definitely yes. How could she give up such a fun thing so easily?