The Wa Kingdom in the mouth of the bearded guest is the name of Japan before the Tang Dynasty.

During the Eastern Han Dynasty, more than a hundred small states were established on the island of Japan, and one of them sent envoys to the Han Dynasty. Because the envoy was short, thin and small at that time, Liu Xiu, Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty, canonized his country as the Wa State, a vassal state of China, so he also called his countrymen a Japanese slave and canonized his emperor as a Wa King. From then on, the Han people called Japan "the slave country of the Japanese", and the Japanese were "Japanese people" until the Three Kingdoms, the Two Jin Dynasty, and the Northern and Southern Dynasties.

During the Great Cause of the Sui Dynasty, Japan's Prince Shotoku wrote in his letter to Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty: "The prince at sunrise to the prince at sunset", which was the prototype of the name of Japan, until the first year of Xianheng (670), the history of the Japanese Tang Dynasty changed its name to Japan, which means "the place where the sun rises", and then continued to be used and became the official name of Japan. In addition, in Chinese, "Fuso" and "Dongying" are also other names for Japanese country names.

On the big boat, after listening to the words of the bearded guest, Li Xiaogong said with a gloomy face: "Whether it is the meaning of the Japanese court or not, but since that group of thieves is from the Japanese country, the king of the Japanese country should give this king an explanation, and he should give an explanation to the twenty-eight soldiers who sacrificed!" Blood debt must be paid in blood~! ”

The last six words popped out from between Li Xiaogong's teeth, which seemed to be particularly infiltrating, and he lost nearly thirty soldiers inexplicably, so he couldn't help but be annoyed, not to mention that the other party was actually from a low-level country like the Japanese country!

Yes, that's right, the current Wa Kingdom is an inferior country in Li Xiaogong's eyes, and it is not even as good as small Nanyang countries such as Zhenla and Bi Kingdom, so it is even more impossible for him to call the ruler of the Wa Kingdom the emperor!

In fact, the term "Emperor" was first coined by Prince Shotoku, who was regent in the Suiko Dynasty. In the letter of state sent by Ono Meizi (male) to Emperor Yang of Sui, he wrote, "Emperor Dong Heaven, Emperor Baixi", and it was because of this sentence that Emperor Yang of Sui was completely angered, which led to the severance of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

The Celestial Empire was not called in vain in ancient times, at that time the Chinese people would not recognize the so-called emperor at all, and China called the Japanese emperor the emperor about the end of the Qing Dynasty during the Tongzhi period.

"Is the prince planning to go to the Wa Kingdom~?"

The bearded guest's eyes lit up and he asked meaningfully.

Li Xiaogong replied in a deep voice: "The king of the Japanese kingdom has no way to educate, which has caused the loss of my Tang fleet, of course we should be held accountable, but the top priority at the moment is to find that gang of bandits and cut them with a thousand knives to comfort the souls of the fallen soldiers in the sky~!" Zhong Jian, do you know where the gang of bandits is~? Can you bring this king over~?"

The bearded guest shook his head and replied: "If I knew, I would have led someone to destroy them a long time ago, and those obscene widows would have been unaccustomed to seeing them for a long time~!" ”

Li Xiaogong sighed helplessly, he beckoned and ordered: "Wu Di! ”

"The last general!"

"Order you to lead twenty warships and four hundred sergeants to track down the whereabouts of that gang of bandits along the road, and whether they are found before dawn or not, they must come back and gather!"

Li Xiaogong commanded with a serious face.

"Obey~!"

Wu Di replied loudly.

The bearded guest suddenly said: "Lord, forgive me for saying too much, it's easy to get lost when sailing at night, and the people brought by this little brother will probably not be able to come back tomorrow morning~!" ”

Li Xiaogong waved his hand and asked Wu Di to go down to arrange first, and then smiled confidently at the bearded guest: "Zhong Jian doesn't have to worry, they are equipped with compasses and charts on each boat, and they will definitely not lose their way~!" ”

The bearded guest was stunned, and said curiously: "Dare to ask the prince, what is a compass~?" Can you borrow a certain view~? ”

Li Xiaogong smiled, whispered an order to the guard next to him, and then said, "Why not~!" It's not convenient to talk here, so let's go to the camp on the island first~? ”

The bearded guest laughed loudly, and came up with a crepe sentence, saying: "I don't dare to ask for ears!" ”

Then, he waved at the boat next to him and said, "Go and camp on the island ahead!" Be honest with Lao Tzu, don't cause trouble, do you hear it~? ”

was still like a humble gentleman in front, but in a blink of an eye, he returned to his pirate nature, which made Li Xiaogong a little crying and laughing.

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"This ...... This is the compass~? ”

In the cave, the bearded man glared at the small round box, which was no bigger than a third of his palm.

Li Xiaogong glanced at the envoys of various countries who were looking at the compass in his hand next to him, and then in the shocked eyes of everyone, he handed the compass to the bearded guest and said with a smile:

"That's right! That's the compass! No matter where you are, the red end of the needle will always point north, and the white end will always point south! With it, you won't be afraid of getting lost~! ”

The bearded man held the compass in his palm as if he had found a treasure, he couldn't believe that such a small thing could have such a magical function, and it was quite funny that he actually took the compass and deliberately turned around in place twice......

A seven-foot bearded man, like a child, circled in circles, this picture is simply beautiful......

"Sizzle~! It's amazing~! Unbelievable~! Lord, where did you buy this compass? It's a nautical artifact~! ”

After a while, the bearded man looked at Li Xiaogong and said excitedly, as for the compass in his hand, he was really a little reluctant to return it!

No one knows the importance of the compass better than him, the pirate king who has been adrift at sea for many years, if the person in front of him is not Li Xiaogong, he estimates that he will even have the intention of killing people and goods, he has never been a "righteous gentleman", he only values love and righteousness to his brothers.

Li Xiaogong said with a smile: "This is the product of the Chang'an Quirk Pavilion, Zhong Jian, the crew member you saved earlier happens to be the extra person taken care of by the shopkeeper of the Quirky Pavilion, King Tuoben!" ”

"Quirky Pavilion......"

The bearded guest secretly memorized these three words in his heart, and then said strangely: "Who is this shopkeeper of the Strange Pavilion?" Can you actually speak in front of the prince~? ”

It's nothing more than strange to him, except for Li Shimin and Li Yuan, Li Xiaogong is definitely the person with the highest prestige in the Tang Dynasty and is respected by many people.

Li Xiaogong said: "The shopkeeper of this Wonder Pavilion is named Li Zexuan, he has an identity, I think Zhong Jian will be interested, he is the closed disciple of Lingxu Zhenren~!" He alone invented this compass! ”

"Lingxu Dao Chief~?"

This time, the bearded guest was even more surprised than before, and he muttered, "Hey~! It seems that a certain person just saved people or saved the right one! It's actually related to the disciple of the Spirit Void Daoist! ”

At this time, Li Xiaogong took out a roll of paper from his sleeve and said with a smile: "This time, the imperial army escorted the merchant ships to the south for trade, and Li Zexuan not only provided a compass, but also gave the king a detailed sea chart, it is based on these that the army can return so quickly!" ”

The bearded guest's eyes lit up and he said, "Can you borrow a certain view?" ”

"Of course!"

The bearded guest took it and slowly opened the map, what he didn't expect was that this opening would open up a new world for him!

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The second update!

Although I expected that I would be scolded, but when I saw someone scolding the chivalrous "You are a spicy chicken", I still felt a little uncomfortable, alas, maybe this is the so-called glass heart! Giant Baby with a Glass Heart, I'm such a spicy chicken!

(End of chapter)