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Chapter 1162 He has loyalty when it comes to loyalty, and he also has brains when it comes to loyalt

When the sharp whistling sounds in his ears gradually stopped, Liao Yongzhong was completely stunned.

Although the original port of Pegu was not as good as Yangzhou Port, Quanzhou Port, or Dengzhou Port, it could still be called a port, with dozens of merchant ships docked at the pier.

However, after three rounds of attacks, the once bustling port of Pegu was turned into a sea of ​​fire.

As for the merchant ships docked at the pier, many sank or burned.

Liao Yongzhong sniffed, turned to look at Yu Tongyuan and said, "The rocket won't go out when it comes into contact with water, so you've been putting flammable oil into it?"

Yu Tongyuan rolled his eyes in annoyance and said, "You're asking me? Who am I supposed to ask?"

"However, Dengzhou University is not lacking in old-fashioned Taoist priests, nor is it lacking in ruthless people who dare to think and act."

"I've heard them say before that you can add sugar to artillery shells."

"Later I heard from the School of Chemical Engineering that there seems to be something even more potent than white sugar."

Liao Yongzhong's eyes lit up, and he pressed, "What is it? Didn't you find out properly?"

Yu Tongyuan snorted coldly and said, "What the hell am I asking about!"

"The president of Dengzhou University is His Highness the Crown Prince, the executive vice president is the Prince Consort, and the deans of each college are all of the third rank, equivalent to the left and right vice ministers of the Ministry of Rites."

"My title, Yu Tongyuan, is merely the Marquis of Nan'an, and my official position is only the third-rank commander of the Dengzhou Fleet. If I were to go to Dengzhou University and ask around, would they even bother with me?"

At this point, Yu Tongyuan looked Liao Yongzhong up and down again and said, "Let me give you a heads-up: Dengzhou University is the most sought-after university right now. Don't even think about messing with Dengzhou University."

Liao Yongzhong chuckled and said, "Although I, Liao Yongzhong, am not very smart, I know who I can mess with and who I can't. I would be crazy to mess with Dengzhou University."

Yu Tongyuan didn't really believe Liao Yongzhong's words.

After all, Liao Yongzhong was a reckless man who was loyal to the point of being irrational, and even fell into an unjust position because of his lack of intelligence.

The superior sent him to pick up Han Lin'er, the Little Ming King, but the ship Han Lin'er was on sank.

Then, rumors spread that Emperor Zhu had murdered Han Lin'er, and the new emperor was directly accused of being a despicable villain who murdered his former master.

But what is the reality?

The actual reason was utterly ridiculous: Yang Xian told Liao Yongzhong that Han Lin'er was blocking his path to the throne, and as a result, the idiot Liao Yongzhong simply drowned Han Lin'er.

This guy doesn't even use his brain to think. If the leader really wanted to kill Han Lin'er, why would he have asked Liao Yongzhong to bring him to the capital?

Back in the three years after he took power and rescued Han Lin'er, settling him in Chuzhou, when didn't he have the chance to kill Han Lin'er? Why did he have to make a move on the way to bring Han Lin'er to the capital, needlessly causing trouble for himself?

Not to mention that Han Lin'er's existence was never an obstacle on her path to ascending the throne and becoming emperor.

On the contrary, after Han Lin'er's death, the original idea of ​​succeeding to the Song dynasty was shattered, and many arrangements for succeeding to the Song dynasty were directly scrapped. In the end, they had to change to succeeding to the Yuan dynasty and were also blamed for murdering Han Lin'er.

This person is being unfairly blamed.

After ascending to the throne, he took Chen Youliang's concubine, and he even dared to write it openly in the "Hongwu Great Proclamation," saying, "I suddenly doubt myself, is this really lustful? Is it extravagant? Let the wise judge."

Long before His Highness the Crown Prince and his son-in-law spread rumors on a large scale, there were already rumors circulating in Jiangnan such as "Zhu Chongba steals cattle," "Zhu Chongba steals chickens," and "Pearl, jade, and white jade soup." Do you think he cared about these rumors after he ascended to the throne?

Liao Yongzhong, that idiot, had done enough to be granted the title of Duke, but because of Han Lin'er's death, and because Liao Yongzhong got too close to Yang Xian, he only managed to get a Marquis title in the end.

Thinking of this, Yu Tongyuan couldn't help but glance at Liao Yongzhong again.

Should we give this idiot a few pointers?

On the one hand, it's not good to stand by and watch someone die; on the other hand, this idiot is too stupid, and what if his reputation is affected by his actions?

Liao Yongzhong felt uneasy under Yu Tongyuan's gaze and asked, "What are you looking at?"

Yu Tongyuan snorted and said, "Let me give you one last reminder: you, Marquis Deqing, are a nobleman and a military general, under the jurisdiction of the Grand General's Office. In the future, you should avoid getting involved with those civil officials and, even more importantly, avoid any involvement with those gentry and merchants."

Liao Yongzhong paused for a moment, then asked, "I know we shouldn't get involved with civil officials, given Yang Xian's example, but what about the countryside..."

Before he could finish speaking, Liao Yongzhong shivered and bowed to Yu Tongyuan, saying, "Thank you for reminding me. If it weren't for your words, I'm afraid I would have made another big mistake."

Yu Tongyuan snorted again and simply picked up his binoculars to look at the dock.

Liao Yongzhong slapped himself hard, then picked up his binoculars.

In the short span of time, the warships responsible for transporting soldiers began to lower small boats, and the infantry began the landing and beach assault operations.

Liao Yongzhong watched for a while, then couldn't help but turn to Yu Tongyuan and ask, "Is your Dengzhou fleet fully equipped with muskets? Not bows and arrows?"

Yu Tongyuan smiled and nodded, saying, "The Dengzhou Fleet is equipped with fixed flintlock muskets. You just need to load the pre-prepared bullets into the muskets and fire them. After firing, there is no need to clean the barrel before reloading the next shot. The rate of fire is faster, the accuracy is higher, and the range is longer."

"Most importantly, it doesn't require the long-term training that archers need."

“Just grab anyone who isn’t too stupid and has all their limbs intact, and after a few months of training, they can become a qualified musketeer.”

Liao Yongzhong nodded, but then asked with a hint of reluctance, "What about close combat? What if there are cavalry on the other side who charge to the front lines? What will these musketeers rely on to defend themselves?"

Yu Tongyuan looked at Liao Yongzhong with the kind of concern one would show to someone with intellectual disabilities, and said, "Then please tell me, Marquis Deqing, what are cannons and swarms of bees for?"

"Especially with a swarm of bees, with this thing around, what kind of cavalry do you think could charge to the front of the infantry?"

"Moreover, even if some manage to slip through the net and reach the front lines, these infantrymen still have palm grenades, bayonets with clips, longswords, and shield bearers at the very front."

"The infantry of the Dengzhou fleet defended against cavalry in the same way that the other infantry did, except that they replaced bows and arrows with muskets."

Liao Yongzhong couldn't help but scratch the back of his head.

Damn it, no wonder I heard people in Dengzhou mocking Prime Minister Li for being a rural official from the south.

Compared to Yu Tongyuan, I seem to have become a country bumpkin!

Liao Yongzhong grew angrier the more he thought about it, so he simply raised his binoculars again and pointed them at the docks of Bago Port.