Marquis, Your Majesty, I will send you an order to go to the court immediately!”

That afternoon, just as Chen Xu was watching and directing a group of craftsmen to develop ice skates at the Academy of Sciences, a manager of the Hou Mansion hurried to report.

"What happened?" Chen Xu nodded and reminded a group of craftsmen to ask the palace servants who came to deliver the order while ordering people to prepare a carriage.

"When the Taishi returned to the Grand Tutor, good news came from Langya County. The fleet of the Navy that conquered North Korea won a great victory. Half an hour ago, more than ten captured tribal leaders returned to the capital to offer prisoners. Your Majesty ordered officials from three provinces and six ministries to come to the court to discuss this matter!" The palace servant quickly answered respectfully.

"Haha, okay, the Sea Division Fleet has indeed won the first battle, it is indeed worth celebrating, let's go!" Chen Xu laughed so hard that he couldn't stop laughing when he heard this, and got in the car and urged him to return to the city as soon as possible.

The Naval Division Fleet set off in early October, and at the end of November, there were less than two months in total, which was basically consistent with the time when Chen Xu planned to conquer North Korea in about one month.

With muskets, cannons and grenades, under this completely asymmetric force suppression, the so-called North Korea was basically the only situation where it was tortured. Not only was the firearms extremely lethal, but the fires, smoke and sounds produced by the firearms were completely beyond the reach of people of this era. When a grenade exploded, it was basically scared to death. Dozens exploded at the same time, and the enemy's combat power was instantly suppressed to zero.

This time, Li Shun came back and told in detail about the process of more than a hundred men in the delegation who defeated the three thousand Huns with eight grenades in Shaqi City.

For humans, all unknown fears are the real fears.

Firearms are unknown fears for all human civilizations except Daqin.

When Chen Xu hurried to the gate of the Chaogong Hall, the news had spread throughout Xianyang City. The square was crowded with people, and tens of thousands of people came to watch the navy generals who returned to the court to offer prisoners.

The person who presided over the return of the capital to offer prisoners was Han Xin and a vice president of the Maritime Academy. There were not many prisoners, only the leaders of more than ten tribes, including San Han, and some seized materials, including the royal ceremonial guards representing Jizi Korea, but also some jade and bronze ware from the Shang Dynasty hundreds of years ago, which were scattered on the ground for people to watch. However, these most exquisite and noble utensils representing the Shang Dynasty hundreds of years ago are now almost the same as garbage in the eyes of the people of Xianyang. They are rough and ugly and unacceptable.

"I've met my brother!"

Chen Xu got out of the car amid the cheers of the crowd, and Han Xin, who was wearing military uniforms and carrying a long sword, hurried over to bow and hold his fists.

"Haha, it's a good job!" Chen Xu happily hammered Han Xin with his chest a few times.

"Hehe, it's nothing. The tribes collapsed and surrendered. Since getting off the boat, there has been basically no decent battle except climbing the mountain and rushing. I followed him with a pistol and didn't have a chance to shoot..." Han Xin's expression of regret on his face, but Chen Xu clearly felt that he was showing off.

"Okay, okay, I'm not going to win, what's the regret? What's the casualties at the Maritime Academy?" Chen Xu waved his hand in agitation.

"I just ran away. Is there any casualties? None of them died. Only a few of them ran too fast for robbing military merits and broke their legs!" Han Xin curled his lips with great ease.

Chen Xu:...

Well, this is indeed an unprecedented victory. A battle to destroy a country is not dead. It is also a miracle in the world's military history. But if you think about the battle at Baliqiao two thousand years later, 30,000 well-trained and well-equipped Qing army faced the 8,000 British and French coalition forces. Chen Xu felt that this should have been the case. Although the Qing army was wiped out in the end, at least he poked five enemies to death and showed his courage.

Looking closely at more than a dozen Korean tribe leaders wearing tattered leather jackets and robes, with hair and beards as messy as thatched, and tied up, Han Xin couldn't help but shake his head and said, "It's really unimaginable that he was so poor that he was unwilling to accept the orders and surrender. Those so-called palaces are not as good as our Daqin town. In the cold winter, most of the women and children in the tribe had no clothes to wear, and they couldn't find a complete pot and pan, and the weapons were terrible. Most of them were wooden sticks. Some tribes could not find a decent metal knives..."

"I would rather be a chicken head than a phoenix tail. What's more, most of these people were the remnants of the six countries and Hu people who escaped from the Central Plains, and they didn't have any good feelings for the Central Plains and the Qin Dynasty!" Chen Xu shook his head and squatted down, picked up a dragon-shaped jade from a pile of seized tributes and watched carefully.

"Marty, this is a dragon-shaped jade pendant, a ritual instrument that only the Shang Dynasty royal family can wear. Those who own this item are probably the direct descendants of King Jizi of the Korea!" Yang Zhu, the Ministry of Rites, squeezed over and squatted beside him and said warmly.

"By the way, has the king of the Sanhan tribe been captured?" Chen Xu asked Han Xin.

"The king of the Mahan tribe was captured alive, it was this guy..."

Chen Xu looked at Han Xin's fingers and a middle-aged man with a bruised nose, swollen face and filthy body like a beggar was kneeling on the ground and trembling.

"The king of Benhan was killed by muskets. Chen Kingdom was too complicated, and the tribes and races were also messy. When we fought, many tribes had already fled when they heard the news. The king did not catch them. The prisoners said they had fled to the northern country of Wu. Because it started snowing in the last few days, President Cao directly ordered the captives to capture them and then withdraw their troops and returned to Langya..."

"Where are prisoners? How many?" Before Han Xin finished speaking, the Ministry of Revenue, who had squeezed over to watch, ordered Gaoteng, to ask quickly.

"There are 30,000 prisoners in total...uh, more than 20,000 people..." Han Xin secretly glanced at Chen Xu and spoke hesitantly.

"Haha, it's not bad. The Sea Division Fleet has made a contribution this time. With these Korean prisoners, my ears can be purified for a few more days!" Gao Teng laughed with excitement on his face.

Chen Xu stood up and said embarrassedly: "Twenty or thirty thousand prisoners, the Ministry of Revenue is indeed worthy of happiness. However, it will take several months for these prisoners to be transported back from North Korea. After a while, not only will it waste a lot of food, but also a lot of time. Last time, my marquis inspected Langya and Liaodong seaports, local officials reported that there were a shortage of workers. There were more than ten memorials handed to me. Given that North Korea is close to Liaodong and Langya, in order not to increase waste, after returning to Beijing, I asked His Majesty to keep all the Korean prisoners in Liaodong and Langya to build harbors and supporting facilities..."

Before Chen Xu finished speaking, Gao Teng's smile suddenly solidified, and then slowly became as ugly as eating shit. Blue veins on his forehead looked at Chen Xu with disrespectful words: "Is it a bit overwhelming to act like this? The prisoners of war have always been under the management of the Ministry of Revenue!"

"Natural, don't be angry at the Ministry of Revenue. This matter is indeed wrong, but the Ministry of Revenue has not inspected the node projects everywhere. The people are really in short supply. After I arrived in Langya, I was stopped by local officials and refused to leave. If I didn't give a reply, I would be afraid that I would not be able to escape. Besides... The construction of that country is important, and there are only so many people. Even if these 20,000 to 30,000 people are sent back, the Ministry of Revenue will not only be able to clean the ears, but it is afraid that it will make me feel more noisy and restless. Think about it, some places are basically enough, but there are only a few hundred thousand people.

I didn't plan to come to ask for someone, but suddenly I found that there were tens of thousands of slaves in the court, so I came to ask for some immediately. Anyway, I don't want it for nothing. If you don't want it, I will ask for it. I will spread it for a few months. I'm afraid that before these tens of thousands of prisoners arrived in Xianyang, the threshold of your Ministry of Revenue and your family would be trampled. But after this marquis did this, Gao's Ministry of Revenue could be truly cleaned up. If someone came to ask for it, it could be pushed clean. It was said that the left minister had recruited it in advance..." Chen Xu began to explain to Gao Teng slowly while looking through the tributes all over the ground.

"The Ministry of Revenue, what the Hou of Qinghe is saying is reasonable. These 20,000 people were escorted back thousands of miles away. News spread along the way. I am afraid that contractors across the country will come to find you to ask for someone!" The Ministry of Works next to him agreed.

"It's the extreme, the Zuo Xiang has helped Gao Daren..."

A group of civil and military officials surrounding him began to help Chen Xu stick to the post.

At this time, it is naturally a good opportunity to flatter. With all the talk, Gao Teng also felt that what Chen Xu said was reasonable, so he bowed and thanked him repeatedly, but he always seemed to feel something was wrong. When the bell of the court rang, all the civil and military officials left their captives and tributes to go to court. Gao Teng, who had been full of confusion, slowly woke up.

Damn it’s your Qinghe Marquis’ wrong. According to the court’s rules, these prisoners of war should be under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Revenue. Your Qinghe Marquis is a bit shameless. If officials from all over the country run in your mansion like this in the future, will the thresholds of my Ministry of Revenue and my Gao Mansion be moldy?

Looking at Chen Xu, who was talking and laughing with a group of officials in front, Gao Teng wanted to chase after him several times and say a few more words, but when he thought of the emperor's agreement on this matter, he could only be disheartened in the end.

The emperor agreed that this matter was certainly unchanged, and what was the purpose of Qinghehou doing this?

Gao Teng walked slowly and slowly. As an important official who had been immersed in the court for more than ten years, he naturally would not be a novice in the officialdom. He quickly couldn't help but think deeper... two... three... until seven, eight, nine, and the deeper the more he thought, Gao Teng couldn't help but tremble violently, and his face was pale and almost fell on the steps.
Chapter completed!