Chapter Twenty-Four: A Powerful Weapon
Squeak squeak squeak \\
Two small, round eyes appeared in front of Ishihara's eyes. Before Y could turn around, several large, ugly rats sprang out of the box. The rats emit a foul smell that quickly turns the air in the room into obsolete odor.
The rats scattered and fled. One of the guards reacted quickly, kicked one deeply, and stepped on the ground as if he were one. Squeak \\\ The mouse struggled hard, and wanted to turn around and take a bite on this bare foot, but it couldn't move. Fujiwara covered his mouth and nose and leaned forward.
What kind of mouse is this, the fur on its body has rotted out of shape, and it is constantly flowing black and brown 'color' water from it: take it out quickly! Fast!
There were four in the box, one was caught, and the remaining three were long gone. Someone made something to remove the smell of the room. The king walked out of the palace with her ministers, and while breathing, she talked about the rat incident.
Heiji Ishihara glanced at Taro Fujiwara and asked, "Lord Ijima, how did the treasure in the box become a mouse?" Does sObs need to give an explanation to the 'female' king about this?
Fujiwara was suddenly startled, staring at Ishihara Heiji and said: Baga! Don't be Hu, although this box is guarded by me all the way, the contents are definitely brought back from Dahan!
Is it? Heiji Ishihara smiled: Just a few mice, how could Li Hui be a priceless treasure?
The ministers also looked at Fujiwara. Himihu waved his hand and said: Although I don't know what Li Hui did with a few mice in the box, I believe in Ijima's loyalty!
Thank you for your trust! Taro Fujiwara hurriedly nodded in thanks.
Himiko smiled slightly: Li Hui has sent me rats all the way, so that outsiders must not know about it, this will damage the image of our Japanese country, I think Li Hui is mocking us! We Japanese people are not good at building, and most of them live in mountain 'holes', and this rat is famous for making 'holes'!
Li Hui 'bastard'! We are rats! Ishihara Heiji's eyes widened angrily: "Your Majesty, please allow me to lead my troops to defeat Li Hui's army!"
Himiko smiled and said: Ishihara-kun, don't be angry about this kind of trivial matter, we have to be down-to-earth, for the sake of the materials that Li Hui gave us, this little stinginess must be accepted, even if I use my body to exchange food for Li Hui, I will never be angry!
Your Majesty! All the ministers knelt down for Himiko. Fujiwara Taro said: We will definitely help Your Majesty to join the Japanese Kingdom and land on the mainland as soon as possible!
Ten days later, from the vicinity of the palace, irregular deaths were reported one after another. Even in the palace, some of the 'attendants' and 'attendants' also had symptoms of high fever, weakness of limbs, and ulceration of the whole body. As the chief minister of Himiko, Ijima Fujiwara Taro was in a hurry, and many doctors had never seen this disease, so he had no idea what to do.
Himiko lay down on the collapse of the leaves, and asked Fujiwara in a weak voice, "Is there any way?"
Fujiwara shook his head: Whether it is the doctor or the sacrifice, all have been asked, the doctor is powerless, the sacrifice is the punishment of Amaterasu to us, but it is not out why Anamesu wants to punish us!
Ay! Himiko sighed: "My Wa kingdom has just been established, and we have suffered this great calamity, is it because we have killed too many people, and Amaterasu wants to punish us?"
Fujiwara shook his head again: I also asked the high priest in such words, the high priest is a kind of evil spirit with a thief head and a thief brain, and more Y can't be seen!
After another ten days, this terrible disease began to spread throughout the island, and many people died as a result, and the flames of burning corpses could be seen every day. Everyone was in a state of panic, and they were not in the mood to go out to sea to fish, nor were they in the mood to cultivate the barren land, and they sat in the mountain 'holes' waiting for death.
Until one day, Ishihara Heiji suddenly broke into the palace, grabbed two big rats in his hands and said: Your Majesty, I understand, this is not a natural disaster, but **! sObs: Look at these rats with the same rotten sores on our people, do you remember that box from a month ago?
Himiko was a little confused. Heiji Ishihara shouted: It's the box that Li Hui asked us to bring!
Himiko nodded. Ishihara Heiji said indignantly: All this was done by Li Hui, Y let these rats spread the disease to us Japanese people, and let us all die, to avenge the Han people!
So what to do? Himiko asked.
Heiji Ishihara: I thought that as long as these rats died, we should be safe!
From that day on, the Wa Kingdom began a vigorous anti-rodent campaign. The Ys underestimated the rats too much, and after a few battles with the Japanese people, the Ys became much smarter, and instead of 'showing up' en masse, they continued to spread the disease into food, water, clothing, and everything else that seemed insignificant.
From the end of autumn until the beginning of winter, after the first snow falls. The plague that swept across Wajima slowly stopped. In just two months, the Japanese lost about two-thirds of their population. Taro Ijima Fujiwara also died in this plague. After two months of heavy soldiers, although the person lost a lot of weight, his life was finally saved. To everyone's surprise, from beginning to end, Ishihara Heiji and Y's families were healthy and unaffected.
Himiko appointed Heiji Ishihara as the new Ijima, reconvened the various vassal states and tribes, and rebuilt the Wa Kingdom. The dog slave country, which is across the sea from the Wa Kingdom, seems to smell a hint of breath. The Dog Slave Country, in the northeast of the Wa Kingdom, also occupies a large island. Because of the stubbornness of the queen of the country and his reluctance to keep in contact with Samhan in Goguryeo, the country was depressed for a time and was often humiliated by Himiko. Now that the Japanese country has suffered such a catastrophe, how can they not take action.
The new Wa State Ishima Ishihara Heiji had already guessed that the Dog Slave Kingdom had a new move, and all the troops in the country were in the northeast of Jizhou, and the Dog Slave Kingdom really came, and after the Great War, the Japanese State kept its island at a heavy price. After the heavy snow fell, the Wa Kingdom really entered a period of recuperation.
Look at the goose 'feathers' in the snow. Mi Zhu smiled and said to Li Hui: Lord, with this snow, there will definitely be a bumper harvest next year!
Liu Ba shook his head and said: Last year, the drought in Jizhou and the flood in Yangzhou, although the relief was timely, did not cause much loss, but it also cost a lot. Need to think again!
Li Hui looked at Mi Zhu: Is this true?
Mi Zhu nodded: Although our business is doing well, but the lord has been fighting for many years, expanding too fast, and money has to be used everywhere, and there are hundreds of thousands of refugees from all over the country every year, and there has been a shortage of income since last year, this year, the lord went to Goguryeo and other countries, the cost is huge, and half of the treasury has been used.
Liu Ba continued: But I have an idea! can not only conquer the Japanese country, but also make money, the lord is willing to try?