Chapter XXXVII

Long winds blow across the coast, bringing abundant precipitation, and in this crisp autumn season, the lush forests that spread all over the small island nation are still there, but on the opposite side of this endless forest, above the wider sea, a huge fleet is moving. Li Kuan stood at the bow of the boat, looking at the side of the boat where the sea was lapping, a little distracted.

He doesn't know how many people he can bring back this time, this time he will go on an expedition, with his ambitions, because those painful memories make him have a deep hatred for this people who live on a small island, so it is destined to be bloody all the way, these people who follow in his footsteps, can he survive? There is no answer to this, because there is no bloodless war, whether it is the enemy's or your own, as long as you are on the battlefield, then you have your head pinned to your belt, and you can die at any time. Even he himself may not be able to retreat with his whole body, no matter how strong a person's martial arts are, it is inevitable that he will be injured or even killed in the battle. So he is very heavy, this nation will become a big problem in the future, and he has to get rid of this hidden danger, but the current life and death decision makes him extremely irritable.

The sea breeze on his cheeks didn't make him feel better, but it didn't make him give up on the idea either. This time they will go to the capital of the Japanese slave country, and they must first meet the monarch of this country, and only by obtaining legal status can they justifiably intervene in the civil war of this country. In this way, he carried out the strategy that his secret sentinel Chen Tuan had already formulated, took control of the country, and completed the accumulation that he needed most now.

Crescent Island, where Li Kuan's most basic foundation is now, has been sent here by countless people. Although the population of Datang is not very large, there are still many people in the whole country who are in the dilemma of hunger and cold. The Crescent Chamber of Commerce can still recruit a large number of young people, and they are for their families. For the sake of his own future, he was willing to embark on this path, thus stepping into Li Kuan's court. The new arrivals are constantly pouring in, and Xue Wanche, who stayed on the island, has completely become an instructor, and training these newcomers is what he does every day now, and he is also very happy about it, because as a general, it is the thing that makes him the happiest to have a steady stream of soldiers growing up from his hands. So every day his loud voice echoes across the island. It has become an essential part of life here.

The picture returns to the Tang Dynasty, Li Erduan sits at the highest place in Chang'an City, calmly pointing out the country, the Tang Dynasty began to slowly recover under his governance, countless grains and countless silver coins were piled up in the warehouses of the imperial court, and then they continued to be spent. The hundreds of officials in the DPRK and China conscientiously performed their duties and handled various government affairs, Li Er controlled the general direction of this empire, and countless officials handled the rest of the affairs. Datang opened a prosperous scene.

"No news from that kid Li Kuan?" Li Er's biggest headache is Li Kuan, the restless prince, this time the little guy who completely disappeared from Li Er's sight, I don't know what kind of ups and downs will happen in the future. He had a deep worry in his heart, this second son who had never been very close to him. What will happen in the future will definitely be something that the whole Datang will be shaken by, but I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing. Even if he repeatedly said to himself, this kid wouldn't care about the throne of the Tang Dynasty. But he couldn't stop the thoughts of the rest of his children, as well as their large number of supporters, because the merit was no higher than that of the dragon, and in this court, as long as he stood in the right place, then the future harvest would definitely be the most abundant, but standing on the wrong team would also be the most miserable.

Above the current court, the largest group is a group of civil servants headed by the prince, and a small number of military generals gather together interest groups, the eldest grandson Wuji and Hou Junji are the two pillars of the civil and military forces of this side, one of them is the prince's uncle, and the other is the prince's father-in-law, both of them will do their best to help the prince expand his power and suppress other interest groups, and the only thing that can compete with them is the group of unscrupulous generals, Cheng Yanjin, Wei Chigong, these two generals who have broken through to the grandmaster level, The military generals group is completely mixed up, they may not be able to speak well, and their voice in the court is not as loud as the prince group, but they also have their own advantages, that is, they are unreasonable, talk about fists, in their opinion, big fists are also the last word. Therefore, no matter who provokes them, as long as they do not have an advantage in force, they must not be able to curry favor with them. The eldest grandson Wuji once again tried to go a little too far, and the result was that he did not go to court for three days, because Cheng Yanjin went to visit him at home after the end of the court meeting. According to rumors, there was a sound of falling things in the mansion of the eldest grandson Wuji that day, until midnight.

Of course, in Cangzhou, because of the support of Changsun Wuji, Changsun Chong finally established a firm foothold here, stretched out his tentacles, here because of the fierce folk customs, Changsun Chong learned a lot of things, became long-sleeved and good at dancing, united the largest local forces, controlled the scene here, and governed this place is not bad, although there are still many fishermen complaining that the current life is not as comfortable as before, but the vast majority of people can still eat and dress warmly, so they only complain a few times, Nothing big happened. The eldest grandson Chong asked for Princess Changle to be taken to Cangzhou a month ago, which was finally allowed under the rule of the eldest grandson Wuji, ending the embarrassment of the husband and wife living apart.

The Japanese slave country, Li Kuan and they went ashore, no one can speak the language of the Japanese slave country, they can only avoid the Japanese slave people first, because the hidden world school has done a little too much to arrest the Japanese slave people in the past two years, it seems that there is no place in the entire Japanese slave country that has not left their footprints, after all, it is only a short period of two years, the formation of a huge crescent chamber of commerce, the construction of the crescent island, and some other things in the back hand, without a large number of people is not enough to complete, so the number of missing people in the Japanese slave country in the past two years is tens of thousands, Such a large-scale disappearance of the population, if it were not for the fact that the major forces of the Japanese slave country were all at war with each other, and the population movement was too frequent to be counted, would have made the Japanese slave people hate the same enemy. Now it is only faintly circulated among countless people of the slave country not to approach those who cannot speak the Chinese language, and it has become the consensus of the people of the slave country.

Over the mountains and mountains, fortunately, the most ferocious beast in the island country of the Japanese slave country is just a wild boar, Li Kuan and they arrived at the capital of the Japanese slave country without much damage along the way, and then connected with Chen Jun along the way. This time, Li Kuan only brought a team of dozens of people, and the rest were still floating on the sea. Because if there are many people, it will definitely attract the attention of these forces in the Japanese slave country, so it is the best choice for a small force to cross the Japanese slave country. Before leaving, Li Kuan left enough food and fresh water, as long as he stayed on the ship, then this fleet would not be afraid of any enemy, they were the most powerful force on the sea in this era, of course, in addition to those bad natural weather and the huge fish in the sea.

In the national capital of the Japanese slave country, a tavern, Li Kuanduan sat behind a desk, and in front of him was Chen Kuan, who was a fairy and immortal. After the waiter brought two plates of snacks from the Japanese slave country, and put down a pot of sake and withdrew, Chen Kuan respectfully bowed down in front of Li Kuan.

"Meet the master!" Chen Kuan, who has white hair, bows to the ground completely, extremely respectful, and his eyes are full of fanatical worship, this is systematic brainwashing, so that a person will completely become Li Kuan's diehard, even if he is allowed to kill himself immediately in front of Li Kuan, this old man will be killed without frowning. If it weren't for the harsh conditions, Li Kuan couldn't help but want to create a few more such die-hard subordinates. But the loyalty of the benchmark conditions makes it difficult for Li Kuan to find such talent.

"How is your control over the Japanese slave country now?" Li Kuan asked aloud.

"The subordinates now control only the power of the king of the Japanese slave country, and it is also the most powerful force of the Japanese slave country now, and the rest have several different daimyo, although these people also have some influence under their subordinates, but they are all eager to become the king of the Japanese slave country, it is impossible to surrender, so they have the trust of the master!" Chen Shu replied with some shame.

"So, how many soldiers do you have at your disposal? How does it compare to the strength of the rest of the forces? Li Kuan was not disappointed, on the contrary, he was already very satisfied, because this Chen Shu controlled the power of the most powerful monarch of the Japanese slave country in just two years, which really made him overjoyed, originally thought that he was just pulling an ally at random, so that his people were not so conspicuous in this Japanese slave country, but he did not expect to directly become the controller of the largest force in the Japanese slave country, so that the next thing to do is much simpler.

"The strength in the hands of the subordinates now is only more than 100,000 people, or the result of the two years of all-out conscription and intensified training, as for the forces in the hands of those daimyo, each family is only 30,000 or 40,000 troops, but they have five forces, if they are all united, there will be more than 200,000 people, and it is really impossible to take it all, because they all know that the power of the monarch is the strongest now, so they are afraid that after their strength is damaged, they will be directly destroyed, and they have been very quiet recently." Chen Jian analyzed.

"So isn't the relationship between these five forces very harmonious? Will they merge and form an alliance? Li Kuan was a little worried, the strength was not dominant, so he had to think about everything first, if he forced the other party to unite, I am afraid it would be even worse.

"This seems impossible, because these two families were all fighting each other in order to fight for their surrounding territories before, and the power of the monarch's side was weak at the beginning, so they fought happily themselves, and there were countless blood feuds between each family!" The news given by Chen Tuan is not bad. (To be continued......)