"Not only that, I heard that their gunpowder weapons were also made under the guidance of a traitor in the border army..."

The court officials began to discuss the matter again, but Emperor Jingqing pondered it carefully after his initial surprise.

The imperial court was certainly capable of producing gunpowder weapons, but the ones they made were not very powerful.

Previously, when the Western Qiang attacked the border city, they blew open the city gates, which shows that their gunpowder weapons were at least more powerful than those of the imperial court.

Emperor Jingqing's mind raced, and he raised his voice, "Summon the envoys of the Western Qiang to an audience!"

Soon, the envoy from the Western Qiang were led to the main hall.

"Xiqiang Hanba greets Your Majesty the Emperor." A burly man knelt on one knee in the Golden Palace.

Emperor Jingqing raised his hand. "Rise."

Because he was preoccupied with gunpowder weapons, Emperor Jingqing skipped the pleasantries and went straight to the point, asking, "I heard that the Hanba envoy came to Dayue to discuss matters related to gunpowder weapons?"

“Yes,” Hanba stood up and said, “My king sent Hanba with information about gunpowder weapons researched by the Western Qiang to cooperate with His Majesty the Emperor of Da Yue.”

Emperor Jingqing raised an eyebrow. "Cooperation? How?"

Hanba raised his chin slightly and said proudly, "As you all should know, although gunpowder weapons were first made by Dayue, they were popularized and developed in Xiqiang."

Now that my Fifth Prince of Western Qiang has fallen into the hands of the rebel Lu Yanzheng of Great Yue, my king, both to rescue the Fifth Prince and to assist His Majesty the Emperor in quelling the rebellion, has decided to share all information about our gunpowder weapons with the Great Yue court!

These words caused an uproar among the crowd.

Putting aside how much of what he said was nonsense, the fact that the King of Western Qiang was willing to share the gunpowder weapon manufacturing method with the imperial court is something many people cannot understand.

"Your Majesty, the Western Qiang have been harassing the borders of our Great Yue for many years. Their words cannot be trusted!"

"That's not true! If the King of Western Qiang is willing to share information about gunpowder weapons with Dayue, we will definitely be able to develop gunpowder weapons to counter the Lu bandits. This is our opportunity!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, this opportunity will not come again..."

Whispers rose and fell, Emperor Jingqing's eyes flickered, and he had already made up his mind. "My darlings, remember to tell me what you want to see!"