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    Li Min's fleet arrived at Dengzhou port, and Zhao Fu and Lu Hong naturally brought a group of people to greet them. Then Li Min did not break his promise, and took Wen Xin, Xijun, his mother and daughter, and the whole family of four got on the train.  They also experienced the charm of the steam age.  However, both Wen Xin and Xi Jun were suspicious of such a big smoke-breathing man. Only Chou Chou, who was only a few months old, didn't know what fear was and clapped his little hands and giggled.

    After returning to Prince Qi's Mansion in the city, Wen Xin directed his servants to decorate the palace. After all, he had been away for more than a year. Although there were servants to clean it, some places still needed to be modified. For example, because of Chou Chou, Xijun's residence was  A huge change is needed.  Li Min immediately brought Zhao Fu and Lu Hong to the study room and asked about the latest developments in Silla and Baekje.  .

    "Your Majesty, the Japanese Kingdom has accepted Baekje's invitation and sent 10,000 elite troops across the sea to enter the battlefield between Baekje and Silla. With the addition of this new force, Baekje launched a counterattack and brought Xinluo back.  Luo drove out of his own territory, and also occupied several Silla cities. In addition, Silla lost a lot of troops one to two, and the situation in the country is very bad now!" Lu Hong said with a smile.  .

    When Baekje was just discussing borrowing troops from Japan, the Queen of Silla sent people to ask for help. She hoped that Dengju could send naval forces to block the strait between Japan and the mainland. It would be better to capture all the two islands in the strait.  came down, but Lu Hong never responded.

    "Yes, let Silla suffer some hardships first, and at the same time use up their troops. Then we can better control it!" Li Min nodded after hearing this, and the marriage between Jin Shengman and him has been decided.  But this was originally a political marriage, and he didn't take it seriously at all, so as long as he tested the opportunity to weaken Silla, he would never give up.

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

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

    "Your Highness, although the Japanese were short in stature, they were extremely ferocious. They took no prisoners on the battlefield and killed two to three thousand people in Silla at once. Moreover, after occupying several small towns in Silla, those Japanese  They slaughtered and plundered cities one by one. Even the people of Baekje were very disgusted with their behavior. And Silla hated the Japanese country even more. They threatened to attack the Japanese country in the future to avenge today!" Lu Hong said with a smile, although  Tens of thousands of people died in Silla, but it was not the Tang Dynasty, so it was none of their business how many people died.

    After hearing this, Li Min sneered again and again. It turns out that a dog cannot change its habit of eating shit. 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 the Tang Dynasty.  After taking care of Silla and Baekje, it will be their turn. Then he must drive the evil wolf around him into the abyss of eternal destruction!

    Thinking of how to deal with the Japanese country, Li Min clenched his fists tightly, and then asked in a deep voice: "How are Lu Hong, Lu Qing and their navy prepared? Are they capable of fighting now?"

    After taking control of Taiwan Island last time, Li Min also made military reforms. One of them was to let Lu Qing reorganize the navy, eliminate all the old and weak ones, and conduct unified training. In the end, only  Fifteen thousand elites, this time for Silla's sake.  Li Min immediately mobilized 12,000 people, led by Lu Qing himself.

    "Your Highness, the navy has been trained and has formed preliminary combat strength. Some time ago, it also swept away several large pirates in the outer sea, and also occupied the Liuqiu Islands!" Lu Hong smiled and bowed.  road.

    "Oh? Did you even capture the Liuqiu Islands?" Li Min said excitedly upon hearing this.

    "Your Highness does not know that although the Liuqiu Islands are not big, they are divided into three kingdoms: Shannan, Shanbei and Zhongshan. They are ruled by their own kings. They often fight with each other and are very weak. Even some big kingdoms  The pirates are stronger than them, so as soon as our navy arrived, they were immediately frightened and surrendered on the spot without any conflict at all!" Lu Hong explained with a smile.

    Li Min thought the same thing. The Liuqiu Islands were just a small place with not many people at all. If Lu Qing's navy of more than 10,000 sailed over, it would probably be more than the entire population of their country. How could they fight?  Even if the opponent is Wuhou Fusheng, he will probably have to surrender.

    "How is Huli? Have all the manpower in Dengzhou been integrated?" Li Min then asked.  When he returned from Taiwan last time, Huli stayed in Dengzhou and was responsible for integrating the slave-catching team in Dengzhou as the main land force. After all, Silla and Baekje mainly fought on land and did not have an army.  But no.

    Zhao Fu took a step forward and replied: "General Tiger has completely integrated the slave-catching team, with a total of more than 15,000 people. Now he is conducting emergency training with General Zhou who came from Taiwan. Everything?It went very well, they said we can go out at any time!  "

    "So many people?" Li Min was shocked after hearing this. He really didn't expect that there were more than 10,000 slave-catching teams in Dengzhou alone. With the addition of people from other industries, it is estimated that the entire Dengzhou was engaged in the slave trade.  There must be at least about 50,000 people. It is indeed an extremely huge industry.

    "Your Highness, slave hunting and trading is a major industry in Dengzhou. It used to be one of the pillar industries. Now due to the rise of food processing, fishing, and maritime trade, the proportion of slave hunting's income has been greatly reduced, but it has  It is also one of the important industries in Dengzhou!" Zhao Fu explained.  Now Dengzhou's slave-catching team is no longer limited to Silla and Baekje, but has begun to reach out to the Japanese and Khitan on the border of the Tang Dynasty. Some people have even begun to march into the southeastern sea. It can be said that the strength is getting stronger and stronger.

    After hearing this, Li Min nodded with satisfaction. Originally, he thought that he could not gather many troops just by relying on the slave-catching team, so he had already said hello to Zhang Jian of the Anton Protectorate and borrowed some troops from him to enter.  Silla, 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.

    But Li Min suddenly thought of another thing, and then asked: "By the way, all the slave catching teams in Dengzhou will be gathered together this time. Except for the slave catching teams from our palace and the Chang'an noble family, all other slave catching teams will be gathered together."  Did anyone behind the team express dissatisfaction?¡±

    The slave-catching team is a weapon for making money. Now that Li Min has integrated the slave-catching team, those behind the slave-catching team will naturally suffer some losses. The slave-catching team in Dengzhou is divided into two types. One is local slave-catching traders.  The other kind is the slave-catching team controlled by the princes and noble families of Chang'an. Naturally, there is no need to worry about the slave-catching teams controlled by the princes and noble families. Li Min has already said hello. What he is worried about is the local slave-catching teams in Dengzhou.  The slave trader's reaction.

    "Don't worry, Your Highness, haven't you already promised that as long as this war is over, there will be a greater source of income for those slave traders. Those people are people who are quick to see money. In addition, there is no need to catch slaves now."  It's easy, so when they heard that His Highness was going to give them a bigger way to make money, they were all happy before it was too late, so how could they object?" Lu Hong also said.

    Li Min nodded after hearing this. It seemed that his credibility was pretty good. With just a simple promise, he could get the slave-catching traders in Dengzhou to hand over their slave-catching teams.

    Next, Li Min asked about other things, such as the domestic livelihood conditions of Silla and Baekje after nearly a year of war, etc. According to Lu Hong, there is anger and resentment in the two countries now, and even because of  Too many people died in the war, and agriculture was damaged, so many people could not eat. This also led to continuous uprisings by victims in various places. Therefore, the two countries not only had to face powerful enemies abroad, but also suppressed domestic chaos.  If Li Min hadn't been involved, the two countries should have stopped fighting and made peace long ago.

    Hearing this information, Li Min was also shocked. He did not expect that the situation between the two countries had become so serious. It seemed that he could no longer force Silla, otherwise it would really be possible for the two countries to put aside their differences and make peace. After all,  No matter what, hatred is not as important as the survival of the two countries, so the royal families of the two countries will definitely find ways to stabilize their rule first, and then become the enemy abroad.

    After learning about the situation in Silla and Baekje, Li Min asked about the development of Dengzhou and found that all industries were developing well, especially the shipbuilding industry, which was already very prosperous. Now it is growing by leaps and bounds. Almost every shipbuilding company  The factory has endless orders, and they are all new-type sea-going ships. After all, the maritime trade in the south is developing rapidly now, and sea-going ships are used everywhere. Although the two ship types designed by Li Min have been spread, other places  Shipyards in other places can also build them, but they only have to charge a certain amount of royalties. However, the shipyards here in Dengzhou have the best business. After all, the reputation has been spread for a long time, and most people still like to order ships here.

    In addition, Li Min also specifically asked Zhao Fu about Yifan. Last time she said she was designing a steamship, but now she doesn¡¯t know how the design is going. Has she started manufacturing it?

    After hearing this, Zhao Fu smiled bitterly and said: "Your Highness, you should advise Yifan when you have time. A few days ago, she had transformed a car and ship into a steamship, but for some unknown reason, it sank as soon as it entered the water.  She was on the boat at that time and almost died, and now she is still working hard to design a new boat and prepare to build another one."

    Li Min was shocked when he heard that Yifan was almost in danger. He thought that this little girl was really brave. He had strictly ordered her not to board the ship for experiments, but she still refused to listen. Fortunately, she was fine.  But seeing Zhao Fu's worried look, Li Min also felt bad. After all, he only had a daughter. If something happened to him, how would he, an old man, survive?

    Thinking of this, Li Min immediately comforted Zhao Fu, saying that he would severely criticize Yifan and promise that such a thing would never happen again in the future.  This finally made Zhao Fu feel a little relieved.Lu Hong listened to them talking about Yifan, but he smiled and said nothing. After watching the two of them finish talking, he bowed to Li Min and said: "Your Highness, since you and the Queen of Silla are engaged, why don't you get married as soon as possible?"  To avoid any further accidents?"
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