A few days ago, on the night when the pirates evacuated Long Island, Takahashi Taro said hatefully: "I really don't want to evacuate like this, but the warships of the Tang Dynasty are too powerful." It's really strange to me, I basically know a little bit about the shipbuilding technology of the Tang Dynasty, which is more advanced than us, but after we learn from them, the gap is gradually narrowing. Who would have thought that they would suddenly build such a powerful warship, it seems that the Tang Dynasty still has a lot of people. ”

Since the Han Dynasty, the Japanese have been learning shipbuilding technology from the Central Plains Dynasty, and their shipbuilding technology has gradually approached the level of the Tang Dynasty. The reason why they have not built large warships is mainly limited to resource problems.

Japan's current political system implements the family name system and the product department system, and the surname is similar to the Han clan, which is a family name or a force formed by the combination of several surnames. Each faction has its own sphere of influence. For example, the Takahashi family on the island of Kyushu.

At this time, Japan had just been unified for a short time, and the centralized system had just begun to take shape, and the ability to control the local area was not strong enough, and many powers were in the hands of the clans, and the national strength was not strong enough.

With their existing financial resources, it is impossible to build large warships, and it is even more impossible to maintain such a large fleet. Moreover, they did not have an ocean-going plan, and the target was not the Tang Dynasty before, and it was not necessary to maintain a large fleet. The nobles also have a shipbuilding industry in their hands, so there is no need for them to build such large warships.

However, the level of craftsmanship of their craftsmen in shipbuilding is not much different from that of the craftsmen of the Tang Dynasty, and many of them were immigrants from the Han people of the Central Plains. Suffice it to say, as long as they could master the blueprints of sail battleships, they could also build such ships.

General Hutou said: "Actually, we should also build some of these warships, use them as the main force, and then cooperate with the original warships to fight, so that we will not lose to the Tang Dynasty." ”

Kumiko Takahashi said, "Brother, I want to stay and get this kind of drawing for my father and brother." ”

Takahashi Taro shook his head and said, "Kumiko, this is not good. Today is different from the past, in the past, our people could move freely in the Tang Dynasty, but now, the Tang Dynasty people have taken precautions against our people. It's too dangerous. ”

Takahashi Kumiko said: "Brother, we can't beat this kind of warship of the Tang Dynasty. Who in our Yamato Kingdom can fight? Think about it, what would happen if we had such a warship? ”

"Gee, how did I not think of this question? It's just wonderful. If this is the case, our family's feud will be avenged. Taro Takahashi said excitedly.

"Yes, young master, the minister has also thought about this question, if you and the lord have a few such warships, are we still afraid of those people from the Su My clan? The lord will also be able to restore the glorious surname. General Hutou also said happily.

As soon as he said that he had his surname restored, Taro Takahashi's face showed a look of pain. They weren't originally given this surname, but another very prominent one. Decades ago, their clan was almost wiped out, and they survived by living incognito on the island of Kyushu.

The Takahashi clan always wants to restore its former glory. Thinking of this, Takahashi finally nodded.

"Brother, then you agreed?" Kumiko Takahashi said happily.

"However, I'm still a little worried about your safety." Takahashi said.

"Brother, it doesn't matter. I have loved the culture of the Tang Dynasty since I was a child, and I know their habits very well, so I will be fine. Also, the knife in my hand is not vegetarian. Kumiko Takahashi raised the sword in her hand and said confidently. Not only does she speak Chinese well, but she also learned knife skills from famous teachers since she was a child, and she has a good hand in knife skills.

"Young master, let the minister follow the young lady to protect her." Ayumi Kawasaki said.

"It's okay, Kumiko, you can stay with Kawasaki and Sachiko." Takahashi made up his mind.

"Thank you, brother. I'll leave tonight. Kumiko Takahashi said.

Takahashi Taro instructed Ayumi Kawasaki to select some samurai who could speak Chinese to protect Takahashi Kumiko.

That night, after Taro Takahashi and others left Nagashima, Kumiko Takahashi and others also set off by boat towards Pengrai.

Originally, they originally wanted to go straight to Yangzhou and go to the location of the Yangzhou shipyard to steal the blueprints of the sail battleship. Later, Takahashi Kumiko remembered what she had heard about His Royal Highness the King of Qi of the Tang Dynasty coming to Dengzhou, and decided to see what the Tang Dynasty had to do against the Japanese slave kingdom after he came, and then went to Yangzhou.

After Takahashi Kumiko and others went ashore in Penglai, they buried the rowboat on the beach and came to Dengzhou City after dawn.

Soon after, Wang Jue, the deputy commander of the Outer Sea Fleet, led the follow-up troops and escorted Changsun Shunde and others from Yangzhou to Dengzhou.

After arriving in Dengzhou, the eldest grandson Shunde and others, who had suffered from the bumps, wanted to go ashore to rest, but were stopped by Wang Jue, and he said to the eldest grandson Shunde: "Xue Guogong, I have received a secret order from His Royal Highness the King of Qi, prohibiting you and your subordinates from disembarking, and we will solve the supply problem for you." ”

Ma Wengui and others who followed behind the eldest grandson Shunde were very dissatisfied, and the officers and soldiers under them were even more dissatisfied, they were all mainlanders, who had suffered from seasickness at sea these days, and saw that they had finally arrived on land, but they were not allowed to go ashore, and everyone was clamoring.

At this time, Liu Renliang appeared, followed by a large number of officers and soldiers with armor and weapons.

The eldest grandson Shunde said angrily: "What are you doing here? Think about poisoning us? ”

His cronies and generals all drew their knives and put them on Wang Jue's neck.

Wang Jue didn't resist, but said, "Please tell you, Lord Liu." ”

Liu Renliang walked on the board of the boat alone and came to the middle of the crowd, he smiled and said, "Xue Guogong, please don't misunderstand, take a step to speak." ”

The eldest grandson, Shunde, motioned to his subordinates to let go of Wang Jue, and then invited Liu Renliang into the cabin.

Liu Renliang said: "Xue Guogong, please don't misunderstand. The reason why your affairs have come to this point today is that His Royal Highness King Qi has worked hard. Your current identity is very embarrassing, and it will be a big trouble to enter Dengzhou City and attract the attention of others. You have a large number of men, and if there are any restless people who cause some more trouble, the situation will not be easy to clean up.

You know the seriousness of the problem in Luoyang, and which court have you heard of in the past and present to deal with things like this? Let me tell you the truth, this is the queen mother's private request for His Royal Highness King Qi to excuse you, they have a great responsibility, you won't embarrass the queen mother and His Royal Highness King Qi, right? ”