Crown Prince of the Empire, I quit!

In the past few years following Qin Ming, Cao Chuan has suffered a lot from the court!

When the court was in trouble, he never thought of helping.

It was considered kind of him not to set up a table to celebrate.

This is also human nature.

Qin Ming won't help either.

The current imperial court has nothing to do with him.

However, the situation in Jiangnan is not as simple as support or not.

"You're right, but what if we can take Jiangnan?"

"Hmm? Your Highness..."

Cao Chuan, who originally didn't want to get involved, suddenly raised his eyebrows.

"Jiangnan is one of the richest regions in the entire Daqian. I've been coveting it for a long time."

Among the areas around Qin Ming, Lingnan is the poorest, Huxi is slightly richer, and Jiangnan is extremely rich.

"Really?"

Cao Chuan swallowed his saliva with a gulp, and he felt his throat was a little dry.

"Let me ask."

Qin Ming was also very much looking forward to it.

Picking up a pen and paper, he quickly wrote a letter.

"Come here, take this letter to the Prince of Jiangnan's mansion."

"Your Highness, did you make any requests in your letter?"

After the things were sent away, Cao Chuan spoke with some curiosity.

"Nothing much, just asking him to open up the official roads everywhere and accept the garrison."

Qin Ming shrugged, but what he said made Cao Chuan's eyes widen.

Allowing Qin Ming's army to enter Jiangnan is almost equivalent to handing over the entire Jiangnan to Qin Ming.

"I don't think Prince Duan will agree."

"Don't be impatient. Sometimes our competitors are much dumber than we think."

What Qin Ming was talking about was naturally the imperial court.

The internal strife within the imperial court has made the entire officialdom a mess.

They may not understand many things that many young children understand.

If the imperial court can do anything exciting, give Prince Duan another push.

Maybe I can really take over Jiangnan without bloodshed, and that would be a real great harvest.

"Don't hold out too much hope for this matter. It's just a non-critical chess move for us."

"I have something here, and I want you to come and bring people to make it as soon as possible."

As he spoke, Qin Ming took out a piece of paper with more than a dozen materials densely written on it.

"what is this?"

When Cao Chuan saw what Qin Ming took out, he was a little surprised.

"This is called a smoke bomb. Small-scale battles often occur in the mountains and forests these days. Sometimes using a smoke bomb can make it easier for our soldiers to retreat."

The most important thing in a smoke bomb is the smoke agent.

Qin Ming tried several recipes himself but couldn't find the most suitable ratio.

So we threw this difficult problem to the people in the workshop.

The three of them are better than Zhuge Liang, and maybe they can try to figure out how to make smoke generators.

"I see."

Hearing this, Cao Chuan nodded immediately and took the things to the workshop.

Time passed quickly, and on this day, Chen Shimao finally crossed the mountains outside Lingnan.

Approaching the southern tribe.

Chang Baishan has always been by his side to take care of him, and there haven't been too many problems along the way.

"Prime Minister Chen, it's getting late. Why don't we take a break?"

It was getting late.

Chang Baishan immediately grabbed Chen Shimao and prepared to let him rest.

Although Chen Shimao left the court, it did not mean that he became idle.

While traveling these days, Chang Baishan could clearly feel that this octogenarian man wasted no time and was in a hurry.

He couldn't even take a break while on the road.

This made Chang Baishan very worried about his health.

In the end, I had no choice but to calculate the time silently in my heart.

Every time after traveling for two hours, Chen Shimao had to stop and rest for a while.

Otherwise, he was really afraid that his old bones would fall apart because of this journey.

"Yes, but if the two princes knew I was coming, they might take action. I hope Commander Chang will help them then."

This time, Chen Shimao rarely refused.

Instead, he nodded and found a rock in the mountains to sit down and rest.

The guards around frowned and became extremely alert when they heard this.

Chang Baishan naturally believed in Chen Shimao's words.

Apart from Qin Ming, Chen Shimao is the second person he trusts.

"Don't rest yet. Let Chen Xiang rest for a while. Leave a few of you to guard the place, and the rest of you to explore the surrounding area."

Hearing that they couldn't rest, a few guards who didn't believe in evil immediately scratched their heads and whispered:

“It feels quite peaceful.”

Although they felt a little uncomfortable not being able to rest, they quickly dispersed to prepare for the investigation.

At this moment, a rustling sound suddenly came from the woods.

“There really is someone…ah…!”

I don’t know who shouted, but soon his voice disappeared into the mountains and forests.

"Something's wrong, come back!"

Chang Baishan's heart sank, and he immediately asked everyone to come back to protect Chen Shimao.

Dozens of people quickly gathered together and surrounded Chen Shimao in the center.

At this time, a large number of black-armored soldiers had crossed mountains and rivers and came to them and surrounded everyone.

They were all wearing black armor and black veils.

It seems that he doesn't want others to know his identity.

The besieging troops slowly made way for a path, and a masked man who looked like a leader quickly came up to Chen Shimao and the others.

"Prime Minister Chen, right?"

"Were you sent by Prince Yu and Prince Liang?"

Faced with so many besiegers, Chen Shimao was not afraid at all. Instead, he smiled and asked.

"You don't need to know this."

"We admire Prime Minister Chen's reputation and do not wish to harm anyone. Please turn back so that everyone can live in peace today."

The other party's statement was extremely unexpected.

You know, they gathered so many people.

I don't know how long I've been waiting here.

After meeting Chen Shimao, he just asked him to go back.

Even Chang Baishan didn't quite understand what was going on.

However, Chen Shimao's dim eyes had already seen through everything.

He shook his head lightly and said:

"I can't promise you, but if you don't leave, we might all be wiped out here today."

As he spoke, he took out a small musket from his arms.

These are a few special muskets specially made by Qin Ming. They can be loaded with ten rounds at a time and there is no need to clean the barrel when firing.

After this thing was first made, Qin Ming originally wanted to promote it directly to the entire army.

But it was rejected by the craftsmen in the workshop.

Because of the technology of that era, making a small, continuous-firing musket required extremely high precision.

The requirements for materials are higher.

Even they can only make a limited number of them.

Qin Ming got one.

"Prime Minister Chen, His Highness actually gave all this stuff to you!?"

Before the enemy could react, Chang Baishan was the first to shout.

He knew the power of this thing, and even top masters could not dodge the ammunition fired from the musket.

Chen Shimao still looked calm, smiled faintly and said:

"I have long wanted to try this new thing that Your Highness mentioned."

"When he gave this to me, he also said that times have changed and that now anyone can become a martial arts master."

"Today, I will unleash my youthful arrogance and become a master!"