Ten people with ten appointments, all with official scrolls.

"The ten of you will become the new ten village chiefs in the future, and after you have had the feast, you will each go back, and according to the rules, you can choose five more people you think are suitable to accompany you. The five families selected will be your assistants. Take your family and the five families you have chosen to come back here in ten days. ”

"Yes!" Ten people replied in unison.

"Eat well, drink well, don't worry about what kind of official the chief envoy is, you will understand in the future, it is the pride of your whole family for generations to be rewarded in person."

After finishing speaking, the ten people were no longer given a chance to ask questions, and the two officials left together.

Yanagi stayed in Kumamoto for seven days and then went straight to Koryukyu.

Most people think that Yanagi came to Kumamoto for the harvest of raw silk, but a small number of people know that Yanagi came to Kumamoto for the ten Japanese people.

It's a small number, but it's significant.

When we were about to reach Xiaoliuqiu, a small fleet of boats transporting daily necessities merged into Yanagi's fleet halfway through. There was a rather mysterious guest in this fleet, on the beach on the side of the small Liuqiu pier, Yanagi looked up at the sky, and behind him stood the big man who gave Yanagi a headache.

Zhang Chuchen came to Xiaoliuqiu with the secret order of the Tang Emperor.

"It's not a consultation, it's an order. This is the decision made by the Tang Shangshu Province, the Shen Cewei, the Council, and the Sage. There is only one reason, everyone doesn't want to wait. ”

Zhang Chuchen's tone was slow, and he said word by word.

Liu Mu laughed: "Who said that I came, that I should be taught first." What kind of thing about exterminating the species and exterminating the race hurts the heavens and the peace, and then persuade me to slow down first? ”

Zhang Chuchen also laughed: "I was not wrong at the beginning, Shangshu Province and the Cabinet Council still have this attitude, focusing on etiquette and religion, don't kill too heavily to hurt Tianhe." ”

"Okay, I'm for it."

Zhang Chuchen looked up and looked around, making sure that there were no restless people around, and then said to Liu Mu: "The nobles of Hayato are not at peace, they want to establish a country. Soga Ezo of Yamato Province also became king himself, and these people disgusted the old guys above the court who had never seen blood. ”

"I don't like them either, but isn't it in a hurry? I'm not against it, I'm just worried...... The steps were too big and unsteady. "Liu Mu almost said that he would pull the egg, but fortunately he stopped it in time.

Zhang Chuchen took a few steps forward with his hands behind his back, stepped on the reef with one foot and looked at the sea: "You have a little bit that makes the old guys in the court extremely admired." You give Hayato money, let the Hayato nobles do nothing but deduct a share of it, and send someone to secretly spread the news among the Hayato people. ”

"And then?" Liu Muxin said that this kind of little trick is a stalk that has been played by countless people.

"With the death of the nobles, the Hayato lords can fight for more. Don't tell me you don't know, in several ports north of the bay of Fukuoka, there are already Japanese people in private contact, either preparing to flee or kill the lord. Just because there are fewer lords, they can earn an extra share. ”

Liu Mu laughed: "I don't know about the north of Fukuoka, I only know that someone wants to kill Su Iling's family, because after killing them, the people of Fukuoka Castle can earn as much as Kumamoto Castle." ”

"Are you willing?" Zhang Chuchen was taken aback.

Yanagi didn't answer, just silently stared at the sea.

Zhang Chuchen didn't mention Su Iling's matter again, and instead said: "The death of Su I into the deer will cause conflicts between the Su and I clan against the Hayabusa, and my opinion is to take the opportunity to invite them to sit together and negotiate, and then kill them all." ”

"The island of Wahonshu will be chaotic!"

"No, as long as you can give up Su I Ling, Su I Yazi for revenge, gather the people who were lucky enough to escape by Su I Ezo at that time, and kill Su I Ezo in one fell swoop to avenge your own family, and then the saint will seal Su I Yazi, Queen Wu Chongming."

"And then?" Yanagi said the plan wouldn't be that simple.

Zhang Chuchen said: "The time of the Northern War has been changed, because the Battle of Gaochang is too smooth. The battle losses of the whole army are negligible, and the heavy consumption is also negligible. Let's put it this way, Datang spent a year preparing for a big battle, and all that was consumed was your firearms and ordnance. ”

"Where's the grain?"

"Gaochang's grain stocks are well preserved, and the military rations are worry-free."

Liu Mu asked again, "What about my eldest brother-in-law?" ”

Zhang Chuchen did not answer Liu Mu's question, but said: "The sage made a new decree and established the North Sea Division, the East China Sea Division, and the South China Sea Division. Liu Renliang, the governor of the North Sea, Dugu Shura, the governor of the East China Sea, and Feng Zhidai, the governor of the South China Sea. It is required that the army must be formed within a year, and one hundred and twenty warships can only be more and not less than half of them. ”

Liu Mu asked again: "What about my eldest brother-in-law?" ”

"Shu Bao estimates that this will have arrived in the West Surrender City, this is the last time he will fight for the Tang Dynasty in this life, and the sage promised him the military position of deputy marshal of the expedition to the north and the vanguard general. Lao Cheng and Li Daozong are the deputy generals of the vanguard, and Li Ji is the marching commander. ”

Hearing this, Liu Mu clenched his fists: "Congratulations, the most gorgeous battle in Senior Brother Yao's life is estimated to be this battle." ”

"It's a pity that he's not a marshal." Zhang Chuchen was a little disappointed, this disappointment only existed on his face for a few seconds, Zhang Chuchen said: "The generalissimo of the expedition to the north is appointed by the emperor himself, and my pharmacist is the deputy marshal of the Chinese army. Left and right Qianniu Wei, leading the army guard, holding the gold guard, and most of the elite of the Shence Guard had already begun to go north when I left Chang'an. ”

"The power of the whole country, this is a national war." Liu Mu could feel Li Shimin's ambition.

Zhang Chuchen added: "Before I left Chang'an, the saint wore not court clothes every day, but battle armor. That Oscar Badi lent all his twenty elite guards to Shu Bao, willing to contribute some strength to the revenge battle of the Tang Dynasty, and he himself went north with the Chinese army, willing to be an ordinary marching staff officer. ”

After finishing speaking, Zhang Chuchen turned to look at Liu Mu: "Regret it?" ”

"What do I have to regret?"

"The Northern Expedition didn't get involved in it, I already know how you took Beisha City, relying on the little general's artillery array. I heard that the power is endless, but it is a pity that the grassland of the Northern Expedition is boundless, and dragging such a heavy small general's cannon will affect the speed of the march, and the Northern Expedition still relies on war horses, steel knives, and generals to rush into battle. ”

Yanagi laughed: "Whoever said that firearms can't be used." ”

Under Zhang Chuchen's puzzled face, Liu Mu took out a very strange thing from his waist and shot at the seaside.

The only one in Datang, Liu Mu's self-defense weapon.

The rear loading flintlock card-shell shotgun has a weight of three kilograms, an effective lethality of ten steps, and a killing radius of two steps.

Zhang Chuchen, who was shocked, touched the marks on the trunk and looked at Liu Mu in surprise: "So ferocious!" ”