Kingdom of the Ryukyus.

When the whaling ship braved the wind and rain to rush back to the port, the whole Ryukyu Kingdom was shocked.

The fleet led by Kazumi Iwabe actually lost its troops.

Dozens of dead and wounded people are missing, that is, several whaling boats are already scarred.

What's even more outrageous is that one of the ships was actually destroyed in its entirety.

As the king of the Ryukyu Kingdom, Hanyu Masho attaches great importance to this situation.

As soon as possible, he brought Iwabe and Nozomi to a secret talk.

However, from Iwabe and Nozomi, he learns the danger of this trip!

This time, the prey was tens of meters in size!

You must know that when Kazuki Iwabe succeeded in hunting for the first time, the prey this time was nothing more than a whale five or six meters long.

And this time, their prey was such a behemoth.

"Your Highness the King, I underestimated that beast! Our spears can't pierce its skin!"

"And its attack can directly smash a whaling ship in two."

"If it weren't for the timely arrival of God, we would not have been able to return safely."

As he spoke, Kazuki Iwabe knelt down to apologize!

Although the opponent was very strong in this trip.

But after all, dozens of sailors were killed and wounded, and someone needs to be held accountable for all this.

However, Hanyu's attention was entirely focused on those two words.

"Kazuki, what did you say?"

"I am willing to bear all the blame for my crimes!"

Kazuki Iwabe knelt down on one knee, his face sad.

Hearing this, Hanyu Machang waved his hand, "I mean, you just mentioned the 'Divine Envoy'?"

Kazuki Iwabe nodded and said, "Yes, the Divine Envoy came on a ship that is even bigger than the Kun."

"He commanded us to defeat the kun and drive it away!"

"The god sent a spear into the eye socket of the giant kun with his own hand."

When Hanyu heard this, he couldn't help but look longing: "I really want to see the heroic appearance of the divine envoy!"

Suddenly, Kazuki Iwabe patted his head and said:

"By the way, the gods gave me this!"

Hanyu Machang heard this and hurriedly came over.

"What did the gods give you?"

Kazuki Iwabe handed over the drawing: "Please check it out with Your Highness!"

Hanyu Machang took the drawing, looked at it twice, and frowned:

"If I'm not mistaken, this must be a spear!"

Hearing this, Kazuki Iwabe spoke, "Yes, the Divine Envoy said that he didn't expect us to face such a powerful enemy before, so he specially designed a more powerful spear for us this time."

"If we had been able to equip such a spear when we were fighting the giant kun fiercely, we would not have been so embarrassed!"

Hearing this, Hanyu nodded and said, "Since it was given by the gods, it must be a treasure!" I'll order Cheng Qing to start building it."

As he spoke, he summoned someone to invite Cheng Shun.

After building a new type of fishing boat and whaling ship for the Ryukyu Kingdom, Cheng Shun's status in the Ryukyu Kingdom is now rising, and he has even become the first craftsman of the kingdom.

In the Ryukyu Kingdom, whoever saw him had to respectfully shout "Cheng Shi" as a sign of respect.

When he heard that His Majesty had a drawing from the divine envoy, Cheng Shun immediately put down all the work at hand, and even had no time to change the dirty clothes on his body, so he hurriedly ran to the palace.

"Your Highness! What did the Divine Envoy offer this time?"

Hanyu Zhenchang saw Cheng Shun coming, and he also said happily, "Why is Cheng Qing so fast?"

Cheng Shun opened his mouth and said, "Your Majesty, all the things provided by the divine envoy have a great help to my Ryukyu national strength, Cheng Shun doesn't dare to be unhappy!"

Hearing this, Hanyu nodded in agreement and handed over the drawings: "Cheng Qing, take a look

Well, how long will it take to build it?"

Hearing this, Cheng Shun hurriedly took the drawings and looked at them.

Then, he showed a look of surprise: "Your Highness, this is a strengthened version of the spear gun."

Thinking of the tragic situation of the return of the whaling fleet in the harbor before, and the Iwabe Kazuki on the side, he immediately understood everything.

"Isn't it the Divine Envoy who prepared me so that I can fight the beasts of the sea?"

Hearing this, Kazuki Iwabe on the side nodded and said, "That's right! We've stabbed the giant kun with spears many times."

"But the skin of that giant kun is so thick that that little damage is not enough to kill it, but we have suffered a lot of losses."

"If you could have equipped such a powerful spear at that time, you wouldn't be so passive!"

Hanyu Zhenchang looked at Cheng Shun expectantly:

"Cheng Qing, can you build this gun?"

Cheng Shun nodded and affirmed, "The divine envoy has drawn the drawings very clearly, and there is no problem in building them."

"It's just ......"

"Just what?"

Hanyu asked in unison with Kazuki Iwabe.

"It's just that this new spear is not only twice as big in size, but it will also consume a lot more iron ore."

"With the meager iron ore production of my Ryukyu Kingdom, I'm afraid I won't be able to build many whaling ships."

Hearing this, Hanyu Zhenchang frowned.

Indeed, if there are not enough raw materials, it is useless to use Cheng Shun's craftsmanship and the drawings of the divine envoy.

It is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice.

"So what do you think we're going to do? Can it be replaced with other materials?"

Cheng Shun shook his head and said, "A piece of water in my Ryukyu Kingdom produces copper ore."

"It's just that the texture of bronze is far inferior to that of iron, and the weapons made from it are far inferior in power to iron weapons."

Hearing this, Hanyu Machang couldn't help but turn pale: "What should I do!"

Seeing this, the rockside on the side couldn't help but say:

"Your Highness, I heard that the Tang Dynasty, where the Divine Envoy is located, seems to be mining iron ore in recent days."

"If we turn to God for help, maybe we can ......."

However, before he could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by Hanyu Masa:

"Iron ore is the raw material for forging weapons! What country would want to sell?"

"Even if we have always been friends with the Heavenly Empire, if we want to buy iron ore from Datang on this basis, it will be completely impossible!"

"If it attracts the suspicion of Datang, the gain outweighs the loss!"

Listened to Hanyu Makoto's words.

Iwabe and Hitashi felt that they were too superficial.

He hurriedly spoke, "It's Wei Chen's misconsideration."

However, at this time, Cheng Shun on the side spoke:

"Wechen thinks that Kazumi-sama Iwabe has the right idea!"

Hearing this, Hanyu Zhenchang frowned: "Isn't this king not clear enough?"

Cheng Shun shook his head and said, "Your Highness is very clear."

"With us, it is naturally extremely difficult or even almost impossible to ask Datang for iron ore!"

"But if God had made your lord speak, wouldn't it have been different?"