Fight for hegemony from a desert island

Chapter 397
In Dazhou, an unremarkable blacksmith shop in a certain small county, a middle-aged literati walked in under the protection of several brave guards.

"All the things in the small shop are here, you can take a look at them casually."

This group of people, from the middle-aged literati to the group of guards under his command, are all well-dressed. It is obvious at a glance that they are not ordinary people, but the young man in the blacksmith shop is not fooled by their aura. , didn't even get up, after saying hello, he continued to do his own work.

The middle-aged man didn't show any dissatisfaction with the young man's attitude. He first casually wandered around the blacksmith shop.

Watch them one by one, and play with various commodities displayed on the blacksmith shop one by one.

Although this blacksmith's shop is not big, there are quite a lot of things they display.

There are almost everything from swords, axes and axes to hoes and iron forks.

And that middle-aged man also looked very carefully, and he never let go of the products in the entire store, whether it was weapons or agricultural tools.

After viewing all the products, the middle-aged man turned his head and set his eyes on the young man who was still busy.

"You forged these?"

"Ok!"

"Where's your master?"

"The old man has already retired, so you can entrust me with any work." The young man continued to work without looking up.

The middle-aged man shook his head: "You can't make what I want!"

"Ding!"

A more dull voice sounded, the movement of the young man's hands stopped, and he turned to look at the middle-aged man: "There is nothing I can't create!"

When the young man said this, there was no expression on his face, as if he was explaining a fact.

The middle-aged man didn't argue with him, but just took out a fist-sized, blood-red ore from his bosom: "I want to make it into a long sword!"

The young man froze for a moment, reached out to take the piece of blood-red ore, and shook his head after carefully examining it for a moment.

"This thing is a waste, it can't be used to forge anything at all."

"That's why I said you can't!"

The middle-aged man shook his head and reached out to take back the piece of ore, but found that the young man's eyes were reddened, and he was holding the piece of ore tightly without any intention of letting go.

"I said, there is nothing I can't create!"

After finishing speaking, the young man turned around and threw the piece of blood-red ore into the iron furnace in front of him.

Then the young man took a hammer and hammered it vigorously, smashing the piece of blood-red ore into pieces.

At the moment when that piece of ore shattered, an old figure appeared behind the young man...

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Big Week, East China Sea!
Liu Cheng and his party came out of the dungeon smoothly, and this trip to the dungeon brought huge benefits to Liu Cheng.

With a population of 10,000+, more than 2000 million gold.

These alone are enough for Liu Cheng to digest for a while.

However, after the dungeon was released, Liu Cheng had no intention of digesting what he had gained at all.

From the first day he came out, Liu Chengcheng began to attack Ryukyu.

But fighting, this kind of thing always needs an excuse.

You can't beat someone without saying anything, right?This will give the impression of being domineering.

So as soon as Liu Cheng got started, he talked about the incident that the Ryukyu navy attacked him last time, and sent people to the Ryukyu country to ask for an explanation!
At the same time, Liu Chengdonghai also blatantly dispatched troops and generals, putting on a posture of 'If you don't give me an explanation, I will beat you'.

As soon as Liu Cheng's posture was waved and the envoys were sent, the Ryukyu Kingdom immediately panicked.

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The Ryukyu Kingdom is located between the East China Sea and the South China Sea, with a total area of ​​about 18000 square kilometers. Putting it in Dazhou, it is only the area of ​​two or three counties, and the population is about 200 million. Such a country can be used as a small country to describe.

Such a country, let alone facing the Great Zhou, even Liu Cheng, who was only the overlord of the East China Sea before, did not dare to offend easily.

Logically speaking, such a country would not have the courage to attack Liu Cheng.

But this country is not a unified country. In fact, the King of Ryukyu has no rights.

The power of the entire Ryukyu is controlled by several aristocratic families and chambers of commerce in the Ryukyu Kingdom, and even the army belongs to them.

And this group of people are most motivated by interests. When they saw that San Hai was going to attack Liu Cheng, they thought it would be profitable and did so without hesitation.

However, this group of people was also tactful. Seeing how terrifying Liu Cheng was, they immediately gave Liu Cheng a generous gift after hitting a wall.

And sent all the heads of Zhao Zhao's family up, saying that Zhao Zhao did this by himself, and had nothing to do with them in the Ryukyu Kingdom.

Regarding their confession, Liu Cheng didn't say anything at the time.

But then Liu Chengcheng seemed to have forgotten about Ryukyu and devoted all his energy to Sanhai.

Liu Cheng's actions made the Ryukyu Kingdom think that this matter was over, but no one thought that a few months later, Liu Cheng brought up this matter again. The chamber of commerce panicked, and immediately summoned everyone who was able to manage affairs and had some power in the Ryukyu Kingdom to discuss countermeasures!
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Shuri Castle, the capital of the Ryukyu Kingdom.

The main responsible persons of the three major families of the Ryukyu Kingdom and the four major chambers of commerce gathered together, and everyone looked gloomy.

An old man with all white hair and beard complained first and spoke first: "I said at the beginning, don't provoke Zhou people, let them beat themselves, you will not listen, now you have brought the wolf, you see what to do!"

A middle-aged man stood up directly: "Don't say such things, yes, you were against it at the beginning, but when we made a move, you didn't stand by!"

"That's not you..."

"All right, all right! Stop arguing!"

Seeing that the two were about to quarrel, the one in the first seat patted the table.

The prestige of this person seems to be quite high. As soon as he spoke, everyone present immediately fell silent.

After everyone quieted down, the person in the first seat continued to speak: "The matter has come to this point, it is useless for us to say anything, and you have all seen the other party's conditions. 500 million gold!"

As soon as they heard that they were going to pay, those who had calmed down suddenly became a little commotion again, talking a lot.

It's not that they didn't want to pay, but they were worried that Liu Cheng would not stop after giving the money.

Seeing that the scene was about to become chaotic again, the person in the first seat was furious!

"What? You don't even pay, right? Then you go fight him!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone was quiet.

Just kidding, I can beat Liu Cheng, why is it so...

(End of this chapter)