After three years of enfeoffment, the waste prince shocked the court boss

Since Takano Ichiro completed the last slave transaction with him half a year ago, he has never seen him again.

Right now, the silver mine he controlled urgently needed new slaves, but he couldn't get in touch with Ichiro Takano.

"General, I sent someone to inquire, not only him, it seems that other daimyos have also lost contact with the pirates in the East China Sea.

Some people speculated that it was Dagan who did it. "

A stooped servant knelt in front of him, refilling him with tea and talking.

"Oh? When did those big men have this strength?"

Mao Lituozhen picked up a cup of green tea and drank slowly. He always felt that he was different from those other daimyos, and he loved Chinese culture very much.

Those vulgar warriors are completely different from him.

"From the information collected, it seems that Daqian has changed a lot in these years, and it is said that it is the influence of an extraordinary person."

the servant explained.

"Hmph, Ganren loves infighting the most, even if there are a few powerful people, they have to be consumed by them.

Next month is the little emperor's big wedding ceremony, have you prepared the gift for you? "

Mao Lituo really didn't care about what the servant said about Dagan, but instead cared about the emperor's wedding next month.

After all, across the sea, even if there is any movement in Daqian, it will not affect the Wa country.

For hundreds of years, there have been Chinese dynasties who wanted to send a large army to conquer the Wa country, but they were sank to the bottom of the sea by the God Amaterasu before reaching the Wa country.

Even if the Qianguo wiped out the pirates in the East China Sea, there is nothing to be afraid of. Right now, it is still concerned about how to do a good job in the matter of the emperor's wedding.

Now there are many vassal states in the Wa Kingdom, and hundreds of separatist forces.

The little emperor had just ascended the throne, the empress dowager listened to the government behind the curtain, orphans and widows, but there were still a group of loyal ministers and troops.

He, Mao Lituo, really wanted to find an opportunity to play a trick of coercing the emperor to make the princes, and then the whole Wa country would be in charge of himself.

……

Whale Island.

"Your Highness, when are we going to go to the Wa country? Brothers can't wait now."

Bai Xiong couldn't help but asked Li Su.

Li Su has been on Whale Island for almost two months. During this time, he let Liu Qi and Bai Xiong lead the staff to train vigorously.

During this period, try to integrate the original team of Lingnan Caravan and the people of Whale Island into a whole.

Even his three thousand personal guards were trained by him as marines. Now those personal guards have almost forgotten how to ride a horse, and practice the use of flintlock guns every day.

"Wait, wait until this batch of supplies arrives."

Li Su stretched his waist and said.

The consumption of nearly [-] people on Whale Island is huge. Now that they have taken over Whale Island, they can't treat them badly.

Before he came, he arranged for Lingnan to send supplies to Whale Island every once in a while, including ammunition for training.

Five days later.

"set off!"

Li Su gave an order, and the Pippi Shrimp Ship issued a long and high-pitched horn sound.

More than a dozen iron-clad warships and five refitted iron-clad cargo ships sailed in the direction of Wa Kingdom.

These ironclad cargo ships were not loaded with cargo, this time they were used as troop carriers and supply ships.

After all, ironclad ships have limited manned capacity, and at the same time need a large amount of weapons and ammunition supplies, these cargo ships just come in handy.

Li Su ordered [-] sailors and [-] personal guards, a total of more than [-] people.

This time he intends to take down Wa country in one fell swoop.

For this reason, he also specially asked Lingnan University to prepare a gift for the country of Wa.

Don't they like Chinese culture, then help them write some books.

Lingnan, the back garden of Prince An's Mansion.

"Grandpa Huang, Grandpa Huang, I still want to play! I still want to play!"

"I want it too! I want it too!"

An old man with gray hair was playing with two boys.

Just like the grandchildren of ordinary people's homes, it's fun.

Pan Wanyi and Zhong Minyao were talking with Concubine Liu.

"Mother and concubine, the emperor did this - nothing will happen, right?"

Pan Wanyi asked bravely.

During the recent period, Emperor Qian took a few days every month for two consecutive months to secretly take the train from the capital to the Prince An's Mansion in Lingnan, and told Pan Wanyi and the others to keep quiet.

At first, Pan Wanyi and the girls felt that there was something important.

It turns out that Emperor Qian came here just to play with a few children!

Is this something done by the majestic king of a country?Pan Wanyi and the girls couldn't understand.

"Your Majesty is not afraid of being scolded by those censors, so just let him go."

Concubine Liu said helplessly that at the beginning Emperor Qian took her and sneaked to Lingnan, she was still happy because she could see her children and grandchildren after all.

But when she found out that her son was not in Lingnan, and Emperor Qian came to accompany the child, she realized that something was wrong.

As for what was wrong, she couldn't tell, as if it was covered by a layer of tulle, which might be revealed at any time.

……

Chapter 152 Tsushima Island

It was early winter, and the wind and waves on the sea were blinding. Li Su had already changed into a cotton suit.

"Your Highness, Tsushima Island is just ahead. This place guards the Tsushima Strait. It is very close to Silla and Japan, especially less than 150 miles away from Silla."

Liu Qi pointed to the faintly visible outline of the island in front, and said to Li Su.

"Tsushima Island?"

Li Su thought for a while.

This Tsushima Island and the Tsushima Strait are also found in the history of previous lives.

In the Yuan Dynasty, the regime at that time once sent a large army to the east to conquer the country of Japan. As a result, after looting Tsushima Island here, it was sunk into the sea by a typhoon, causing the Eastern Expedition to die before it even started.

"Which faction does Tsushima Island belong to now?"

Li Su turned his head and asked Bai Xiong, after all, he should be more familiar with this place.

"Your Highness, although Tsushima Island is located at the heart of the two countries, it is actually controlled by a group of pirates.

Among these pirates were mixed fish and dragons, including Silla people, Japanese people, and even a small number of Baekje people, Goguryeo people and Han people.

Their six relatives don't recognize each other, even the merchant ships of Silla and Wa Kingdom are not mistaken, it can be said that they treat Silla and Wa Kingdom equally.

Because neither Silla nor Wa was willing to let the other get the island, this group of pirates instead formed a tacit balance with the two countries, and they have been entrenched here for more than ten years. "

Bai Xiong said.

"Oh? Have they ever plundered my coast?"

Li Su asked.

"Your Highness, this group of people doesn't care about the livelihood of ordinary pirates at all.

The Tsushima Strait is the sea gateway here, and the commerce and trade are extremely developed.

If merchant ships want to detour, the cost is higher, so it is a door-to-door business.

Just extorting tolls from passing merchant ships is enough for them to make a lot of money.

The strength of these people is not even worse than those of the Wa country. "

Bai Xiong smiled wryly.

Li Su understood that they were a group of pirates born in Rome.

"My Lingnan caravan is a division of justice. I don't want to see this kind of dirty business at sea. Send an order to take Tsushima Island."

Li Su gave the order and said, "It's all at the door of the house, and it's not in accordance with the etiquette of the great officials not to pay a visit."

Liu Qi: ...

Bai Xiong: ...

Three hours later.

In a luxurious palace on Tsushima Island, Li Su immediately sat on the hall, with Liu Qi and Bai Xiong standing beside him.

"Baga! Let me go! Who are you and why are you attacking us!"

A man with a beard below asked in fluent Chinese, kneeling on the ground and writhing because his body was tied up.

Three hours ago, Li Su gave the order to attack Tsushima Island.

Today, the island has been successfully captured.

It was originally used to deal with the Japanese fleet, and it was used to attack Tsushima Island. It was like a cannon hitting mosquitoes, and it was done without any effort.

"When is it your turn to ask questions!"

Bai Xiong stepped forward and slapped the man on the face.

"idiot--"

The man wanted to scold again, but Bai Xiong slapped him several times, he didn't have the slightest liking for these Japanese people.

Immediately, the man became honest.

"Interrogate him, and focus on asking where the treasures on this island are hidden."

Li Su held a cup of tea and began to sip it carefully. He didn't expect that there are so many good things on this island, even the best Dagan tribute tea.

After a severe torture, several leaders of the pirates on the island soon revealed a lot of information.

The leader of the pirates on this island is called Kuntian Shinichi. There are 2 people on the island, including 5000 pirates. The rest are family members and slaves. There are over a hundred warships. You can break your wrists with those top names.

After being pirates for so many years, they are also conscientious, and they can't be lazy for a day.

When the geese pass by and pluck their feathers, the seabirds passing by will pull a few feathers off.

Through diligent and thrifty management of the family, the warehouse has piled up the robbed silver goods accumulated over the years. Unexpectedly, all of them were made into Li Su's wedding dress in the end.

Li Su asked people to search according to the storage location of the goods they provided. Even though Li Su regarded money like dung and was a person who had seen the world, he couldn't help being speechless at this time.

"This motherfucker is called a rich man!"

The mountains of gold, silver, jewelry, antique calligraphy and paintings in front of him are not exaggerated, they are really piled up into mountains.

Li Su admitted that he was sour. These things were conservatively estimated to be worth 3000 million taels of silver, which is simply inhumane!

I have worked so hard to run Lingnan for so many years, but the money I can use is not as much as these pirates.

Sure enough, the fastest way to get money is to collect tolls!

"Pull it all to the boat!"

Li Su waved his hand, and he was not polite at all. Anyway, he brought five cargo ships this time, and these things can hold them!

"Your Highness, how to deal with these pirates?"

Liu Qi asked.

"Uh, kill all the Japanese inside and replace the leader with a Han Chinese.

Let’s let the rest go first, it’s not easy to overdo it with so many gifts given to us. "

Li Su hesitated for a moment and said.

"Your Highness is really kind—"

Liu Qi wanted to flatter Li Su, but before he could say anything, Li Su interrupted him.