Li Su's fleet arrived at the port of Dengzhou, Zhao Fu and Lu Hong naturally greeted them with a group of people, and then Li Su did not break his promise, and took Wenxin and Xijun's mother and daughter, and the family of four all got on the train, allowing them to also appreciate the charm of the steam age. It's just that both Wenxin and Xijun are suspicious of this kind of smoke-breathing big guy, and only the ugly ugly who has only been a few months doesn't know what it means to be afraid, clapping his little hands and giggling.

After returning to the Qi Palace, Wen Xin commanded his subordinates to arrange the palace, after all, he had been away for more than a year, although there were subordinates to clean, but some places still had to be modified, for example, because of the ugliness, Xijun's residence had to make a huge change. Li Su immediately took Zhao Fu and Lu Hong to the study and asked about the latest movements of Silla and Baekje.

"Your Highness, the Wa Kingdom has accepted Baekje's invitation, and sent 10,000 elites across the sea to enter the battlefield between Baekje and Silla, with the addition of this new force, Baekje launched a counterattack, and drove Silla out of its own territory, and also occupied several Silla cities, and Silla is one against two, so it has lost a lot of troops, and the situation in the country is very bad now!" Lu Hong said with a smile.

When Baekje had just discussed with the Wa Kingdom about borrowing troops, the Queen of Silla sent someone to ask them for help, hoping that Dengju could send a naval army to block the strait between the Wa Kingdom and the mainland, and it was best to capture all the two islands in the strait, but Lu Hong never responded.

"Yes, let Silla suffer a little first, and by the way, consume their troops a little more, and then we can better control there!" After hearing this, Li Yu nodded and said, the marriage between Jin Shengman and him has been decided, but this is originally a political marriage, and he doesn't pay attention to it at all, so as long as he tests the opportunity to weaken Silla, he will definitely not give up.

"Haha~, Your Highness, don't you know that Silla has indeed suffered a lot!" Zhao Fu also opened his mouth and laughed.

"Oh, what's going on?" Li Su asked with great interest.

"Your Highness, although the man of the Wa Kingdom is short in stature. However, they were extremely cruel, leaving no prisoners on the battlefield, killing two or three thousand Silla people at once, and after occupying several small cities in Silla, those Japanese people slaughtered and plundered the cities one by one, and even the Baekje people were very disgusted by their behavior. And Silla hated the Japanese state even more. Threatens to kill the Japanese country in the future to avenge today's revenge! Lu Hong said with a smile, although tens of thousands of people died in Silla, but it was not the Tang Dynasty, and it was none of their business how many people died.

After hearing this, Li Su sneered again and again, sure enough, dogs can't change their, no matter what era it is, the cruelty in the bones of this island nation has not changed at all, fortunately, he came to the era of Datang. After cleaning up Silla and Baekje, it will be their turn, and then they must beat this evil wolf around them into the abyss from which they will never recover!

Thinking of cleaning up the Japanese country, Li Su clenched his fists tightly, and then asked in a deep voice: "Lu Hong, how is Lu Qing's navy prepared?" Can you fight now? ”

After controlling the island of Taiwan last time, Li Su also made military reforms, one of which was to let Lu Qing reorganize the navy, eliminate all the old and weak, and conduct unified training, and finally only 15,000 elites remained, and this time for Silla's business. Li Su transferred 12,000 people at once, led by Lu Qing himself.

"Your Highness, the navy has completed its training, and it has formed a preliminary combat force. Some time ago, I also swept away a few pirates in the open sea, and by the way, I also occupied the Liuqiu Islands! Lu Hong replied with a smile and bowed.

"Oh? Even the Liuqiu Islands have been defeated? Li Su said excitedly when he heard it.

"Your Highness doesn't know, although the place of the Liuqiu Islands is not big, but it is still divided into Shannan, Shanbei and Zhongshan, each with its own king's rule, often fighting with each other, and the strength is very weak, even some pirates are stronger than them, so as soon as our navy arrived, they were immediately frightened to surrender on the spot, and there was no conflict at all!" Lu Hong explained with a smile.

Li Su thought about it, there are not many people in the Liuqiu Islands, and Lu Qing's more than 10,000 navies drove over, and it is estimated that they are almost more than the population of their whole country, how can this be fought? Even if the other party is Wuhou Fusheng, it is estimated that he will have to surrender.

"How is Huli, has the manpower on Dengzhou's side been integrated?" Li Su then asked again. The last time he came back from Taiwan, Huli stayed in Dengju and was responsible for integrating the slave catchers in Dengju as the main land force, after all, Silla and Baekje mainly fought on land, and they couldn't do without an army.

Zhao Fu stepped forward and replied: "General Hu has completely integrated the slave hunting team, with a total of more than 15,000 people, and is now working with General Zhou, who came from Taiwan, to conduct emergency training for these people, everything is going well, I heard that they can go out at any time!" ”

"So many people?" Li Su was also shocked when he heard this, he really didn't expect that there were more than 10,000 people in Dengzhou alone, so plus other different industry personnel, it is estimated that there must be at least about 50,000 people engaged in the slave trade in Dengzhou, which is really an extremely large industry.

"Your Highness, slave hunting and slave trading is a major industry in our Dengzhou, and it used to be one of the pillar industries, but now because of the rise of food processing and fishing, and maritime trade, the proportion of income from slave hunting has been greatly reduced, but it is still one of the important industries in Dengzhou!" Zhao Fu opened his mouth to explain. Now Dengju's slave capture team is no longer limited to Silla and Baekje, and has begun to reach out to the Khitan and other places on the border of the Japanese Kingdom and the Tang Dynasty, and some people have even begun to march into the southeast sea, which can be said to be more and more powerful.

Li Su nodded with satisfaction after hearing this, originally he thought that he would not be able to gather many troops by relying on the slave hunting team alone, so he had already greeted Zhang Jian of the Andong Metropolitan Protectorate, and borrowed some troops from him to enter Silla at that time, but now it seems that the more than 10,000 people in his hands are enough to affect the war situation between the two countries.

However, Li Su suddenly thought of one more thing, and then asked: "By the way, this time all the slave catching teams in Dengzhou are gathered together, except for the slave catching teams of our palace and the noble families of Chang'an, have the other people behind the slave catching teams expressed dissatisfaction?" ”

The slave catcher team is a weapon to make money, and now Li Su has integrated the slave catcher team, which naturally makes the people behind the slave catcher suffer some losses, and the slave catcher team in Dengzhou is divided into two kinds, one is the slave catcher team controlled by the local slave catchers, and the other is the slave catcher team controlled by the princes and nobles of Chang'an, and the slave catcher team of the princes and nobles naturally don't have to worry, Li Su has already said hello, he is worried about the reaction of the local slave catchers in Dengzhou.

"Your Highness, don't worry, haven't you already promised, as long as this war ends, it will give those slave hunters a greater source of income, those people are people who see wealth, and it is not easy to catch slaves now, so when they hear that Your Highness wants to give them a bigger way to make money, they are all too late to be happy, where will they object?" Lu Hong also spoke.

Li Su nodded after hearing this, it seems that his reputation is not bad, and with just a simple promise, he can hand over the slave catchers in Dengzhou to the slave catchers in their hands.

Then Li Su asked about other things, such as the domestic livelihood situation of Silla and Baekje after nearly a year of conquest, etc., and according to Lu Hong, now the two countries are angry and resentful, and even because too many people have died in the war, coupled with the destruction of agriculture, so many people can not eat, which has also led to the continuous uprisings of the victims in various places, so the two countries not only have to face strong enemies abroad, but also suppress the domestic chaos.

Hearing this information, Li Su was also in his heart, he didn't expect that the situation between the two countries had reached such a serious point, it seemed that he couldn't force Silla anymore, otherwise it would really be possible for the two countries to put aside their prejudices and make peace, after all, no matter how you say it, hatred is not as important as the survival of the two countries, so the royal families of the two countries will definitely find a way to stabilize their rule first, and then the big enemies abroad.

After learning about the situation of Silla and Baekje, Li Su asked about the development of Dengzhou again, and found that all industries are developing well, especially the shipbuilding industry, which is already very prosperous, is now advancing by leaps and bounds, almost every shipyard has endless orders, and they are all new types of sea ships, after all, the sea trade in the south is developing rapidly, and sea ships are used everywhere, although the two types of ships designed by Li Su have been passed out, shipyards in other places can also be built, but a certain patent fee is charged, However, the shipyard here in Dengzhou has the best business, after all, the reputation has long been spread, and ordinary people still like to book ships here.

In addition, Li Su also specially asked Zhao Fu about the situation of Yifan, she said last time that she designed a steamship, but now she doesn't know how the design is, has she started manufacturing?

As a result, Zhao Fu smiled bitterly when he heard it: "Your Highness, you are free or persuade Yifan, a few days ago she had already transformed a car ship into a steamship, but I don't know what the reason, but it sank as soon as she entered the water, she was on the ship at that time, almost died, and now she is desperately designing a new ship, preparing to build another one." ”

Li Su was also startled when he heard that Yifan was almost in danger, thinking that this little girl was really bold, he strictly ordered her not to go on the boat for experiments, but he didn't expect her to still not listen, fortunately, people are fine. However, seeing Zhao Fu's worried look, Li Su also felt that he couldn't help it, after all, he only had a daughter, if there was a good one, how could he live as an old man?

Thinking of this, Li Su immediately comforted Zhao Fu, saying that he would definitely criticize Yifan fiercely, and promised that such a thing would never happen again in the future. This finally made Zhao Fu put a little bit of refreshment.

Lu Hong listened to them talk about Yifan, but he smiled silently, and when he saw that the two were finished talking, he bowed down and said to Li Su: "Your Highness, since you and Queen Silla are already engaged, should you have done the marriage earlier, so as not to have any accidents?" (To be continued)

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