The Japanese nation was in the so-called Asuka Era in history, and when Li Hong attacked the Japanese nation, the Japanese nation had just experienced an internal struggle within the royal family. After the death of Emperor Tenchi, he passed the throne to his son, Prince Otomo. That is Emperor Hongbun.
But in less than two years, his throne was seized by his uncle, Daizhito (that's his name), and now, Daizinto, known as Emperor Tenmu in history, is the monarch of the Japanese country.
Emperor Tenmu is both civilized and military, possesses both political integrity and talent, and has certain attainments in astronomy and astrology. He is the son of God. If you offend him, you will be provoked by the sea god, who will drown you all in the roaring waves, violent storms, lightning and thunder. in the sea.
Li Hong sat on the side of Li Chunfeng and listened disdainfully as the Japanese envoys told them that today, under the leadership of Emperor Tenmu, the Japanese country is already a united country with strong military strength. It will not be affected by the Tang Dynasty. The four ships were intimidated and surrendered.
"Tell them, if you continue to brag about Emperor Tianmu being the son of Poseidon, I will throw him into the sea and let him meet their emperor's ancestors in advance." Li Hong glared at the tongue-talker and said.
The tongue man looked at the one-eyed young man and was not sure who he was. After being suspicious for a while, he translated Li Hong's original words to the envoy word for word.
"You..." The envoy looked at each other angrily, but seeing the lack of fear and calm look on his face, he had to suppress his anger and said in a deep voice: "Your ship sank by itself, not We sank it, so we have never seen thousands of gold and thousands of people. As a superior country, you should not embarrass our small country, but you should ask Poseidon if he took your gold. "
"But we have witnesses and physical evidence that prove that you salvaged our gold. In order to keep the gold, you killed the people of the Tang Dynasty." Li Chunfeng's skin color has become darker and darker these days, so in the dim light, He was telling lies in the cabin, but he didn't look so popular.
It was just that the tone seemed a bit false, but this made the Japanese envoy think that this was what a Tang Dynasty official should look like.
The Japanese envoy also understood that the Tang Dynasty was blocking the door of his house and made it clear that he wanted you to pay compensation, but he was just using the sunken ship as a cover.
And when he came and met the emperor, he had already received the decree, which was that if Datang agreed within ten thousand taels, he could pay Datang money immediately, as long as they left and no longer blocked the door of their house.
In the past few days, fishermen have not been able to go to sea, so they can only catch a few fish in the Seto Inland Sea Strait, like fishing in a basin, to satisfy their hunger.
But ten thousand liang? Facing such a huge ship, I already felt it when I boarded the ship. For ten thousand taels of silver, I was afraid that I couldn't even buy a sail that seemed to be able to cover the sky and the sun.
And the one-eyed dragon was even more ruthless, asking for 10 million taels of silver. This... For the Japanese country, this year's income was just enough for 10 million taels of silver. If all of this was given to the Tang Dynasty, the Japanese country would be able to reach the emperor. , I ordered the people to fish, I am afraid they will all eat soil and drink sea water!
As for this official, who was more like an official of the Tang Dynasty, it was much easier to talk. After several rounds of talk, the compensation was reduced from 10 million taels to 5 million taels. But the five million taels, not to mention himself, even the emperor. Impossible to give.
In this way, it will be impossible to build the Saigu Palace that the Emperor wanted to build since he ascended the throne the year before last. In this way, the Emperor who ascended the throne by killing his nephew, how can he explain to the world his benevolence and generosity? Virtue
Therefore, he could not make the final decision on the five million taels of silver that the officials of the Tang Dynasty insisted on. After a night of negotiations, they still ended up unhappy.
And that one-eyed dragon yawned and left when the negotiation was still late at night. Isn't this such a bad rule
The Japanese envoy got on the boat he came from, looked at the giant beast lying on the sea like a giant dragon or whale with envy, jealousy, and pain, and slowly walked towards the strait with a complicated expression.
After waiting for two days at sea, there was still no news about Emperor Tenmu. Just when Li Hong was getting impatient, he finally saw the envoy who came last time again.
But this time the envoy's reply was quite tough. For the sake of the long-lasting friendship between the Tang Dynasty and the Japanese country, and also for the sake of the Tang naval teacher's expedition, he was willing to pay a hundred thousand taels of silver to the Tang Dynasty. Tang.
Before the envoy could finish what he said, Li Hong kicked the envoy from the high side of the ship into the sea, took off his blindfold and cursed: "Tell your bullshit emperor, one hundred thousand taels of silver, what I have spent these days." It’s more than 100,000 taels of silver. Also, since your bullshit emperor knows that we, the Tang Dynasty, have been friendly with us for generations, and we, the Tang Dynasty, have traveled thousands of miles, climbed mountains and waded rivers, and come here for our common friendship, you should show such sincerity. You still think that our Tang Dynasty is your superior country, and you still want your envoys to go to the Tang Dynasty! Go away! Tell your bullshit emperor that I will sail across the Seto Inland Sea tomorrow without paying you. Never leave!”
The Seto Inland Sea is only four to five hundred kilometers long. After passing through it is the Seto Inland Sea and Shikoku Island, which have many islands. There are many salt industries and fisheries here, and it is suitable for growing rice. So standing on the battleship and looking from a distance, you can see Many farmlands have been reclaimed as terraces.
As Li Hong's three giant ships sailed into the Seto Inland Sea, the fishing industry began to shrink on a large scale in the past few days, and it was rare to see decent ships entering the sea for fishing.
After the three giant ships entered the Seto Inland Sea from the narrowest Seto Inland Strait, they still moved one south and one north, heading north to Namba, south to Kyushu, and then continued north along Shikoku Island. After going north, they passed through Namba. Later, the ships going south met and continued to circle.
In this way, it is equivalent to Li Hong using two giant ships to circle around Shikoku Island, one in the south and one in the north, while the other one is still crossing the entrance to the Seto Inland Sea as before, taking all the ships he wants. All the fishing boats came ashore.
Three giant ships sailed into the real hinterland of Japan. They originally thought that the fishermen in Hakata and other places could finally temporarily avoid the giant ships of the Tang Dynasty for fishing, but unexpectedly, at the sea, there was a dragon boat symbolizing the ships of the Tang Dynasty. !
This dragon ship did not cruise like the three ships, but blatantly entered the farthest port of Hakata Port. It was close to the entrance of the sea, like a toll station, and watched every ship that wanted to pass by from a high position. This ship enters the sea.
The dragon boat was built by Yang Guang in the former Sui Dynasty. Li Shimin wanted to repair it, but was dissuaded by Wei Zheng. In the end, Li Shimin had to reluctantly part with it. Later, Wu Mei fell in love with the boat and asked Li Hong to repair and widen it. It is suitable for offshore sailing and to withstand wind and waves.
Each floor has expanded from the original 160 rooms to 200 rooms, and with it, a large number of sailors are needed to serve it. In addition, this time Li Hong installed more equipment on the ship. Full of food, grass and other supplies, this behemoth, like an unsinkable aircraft carrier, can stay at sea for half a year without the need to dock for supplies.
Li Hong is now guarding the ship. As for Zhuque, Xuanwu and Fuzhu, Li Chunfeng, Cui Zhibian and Zhang Yi all advised him at the same time, saying that the situation after entering Japan's domestic sea was unclear and it was easy to encounter danger. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty was placed on this supply ship, and he was always ready to escape along the northern route.
Within a few days, Kaidong Qingtian flew across the Seto Inland Sea Strait, conveying the location and information of the three giant ships, and also took away many of Li Hong's orders.
But even with such strict precautions, three Japanese warships still secretly escaped from the Seto Inland Sea under the noses of the three giant ships.
The sky had just dawned, and the outer port of Hakata was still hazy. Lawless stepped on the deck and ran over with a "bang bang bang".
"Your Highness, I saw three Japanese warships sailing out from the front. This is the letter from Lord Li Chunfeng just now." Li Hong quickly pulled the letter out of his hand.
Neither Li Chunfeng, Cui Zhibian, nor Zhang Yi revealed the news that a Japanese ship was going to sea from the Seto Inland Sea.
"Oh, that's interesting. It seems they ran out secretly. What did they want to do? Do they want to ambush us behind us?" Li Hong stroked his unshaven chin, walked out of the room, and stood on the deck. Above, you can see three Japanese warships with the naked eye after leaving the Seto Inland Sea, and the situation seems to be heading towards the northern route.
"Then what should I do, Your Highness? To stop it or not to stop it?" Lawless Sky has been almost exhausted for the past two days. This dragon boat is simply too calm. Compared with the Fuzhu, it is as if he is stepping on land, not at all. It's not as exciting and challenging as Fu Zhuhao.
"What do you think they are going to do?" Li Hong murmured, looking at the three Japanese warships like three sneaky people.
"Since Mr. Li Chunfeng and others didn't find out, it means they must have something important to do. Otherwise, they wouldn't have chosen this time to go to sea, right?" Unable to think about it, he said a few nonsense words, and then received a blank look from His Highness the Crown Prince.
"Your Highness, the general is wondering if they are going to Baekje to bring in reinforcements?" Wutian thought for a moment, looked at Feng Wen's idiotic face, and murmured.
"Baekje? Don't be ridiculous. Ge Xiyuan and Liu Rengui are leading 20,000 soldiers to Baekje now. The Japanese country is going to Baekje to bring reinforcements? Are you looking for death?" Li Hong rolled his eyes angrily, and he couldn't guess their intentions. , but no matter what, they must have a purpose for going to sea.
"Then...what do you mean, Your Highness?"
"Catch them and intercept them. No matter what they want to do, we can't let them succeed!" Li Hong clapped his hands. Although he couldn't guess their intentions, I could intercept them and ask.
"But... we don't have a warship now."
"This one is enough. A collision with such a big ship will scatter them. The soldiers are very fast. Let's set off immediately!" Li Hong waved his hand, and he didn't expect that for the first time he was commanding a naval battle, he was actually using a contemporary weapon. warship, the advantage suddenly became almost gone.
(End of chapter)