"Well, I didn't expect that I could catch so many Japanese at once!"
Li Xuan nodded lightly.
"Follow the king's order!"
Seeing that Li Chengqian and others on the side did not object, Shi Chen responded with joy.
If Li Xuan hadn't given the order earlier, they would have killed the Japanese on the sea.
After dinner, the dusk was gloomy, and Li Xuan called Lou Zhou, Shi Chen and others over again.
"I wonder if there is anything else your Majesty has to do?"
"Excuse me, would you please go out of the city with me!"
Li Xuan said.
"yes!"
After hearing this, Lou Zhou, Shi Chen and others, although full of doubts, did not dare to object.
After leaving the gate, Dianjun Ma Xi was already waiting outside with a group of royal guards wearing shining armor.
Seeing this, Lou Zhou, Shi Chen and others couldn't help but shrink their eyes.
"Your Majesty, what is this?"
"I am a little curious about what is on the Japanese ships!"
Li Xuan said coldly.
Immediately, he took the lead and walked forward.
Ma Xi and other royal guards quickly followed.
Behind him, Lou Zhou and Shi Chen sighed softly and hurriedly followed.
By now, the flow of people on the streets has become much less frequent.
When Li Xuan and others left the city gate, there was no one outside.
At Dengzhou Port, the Japanese were still actively repairing the more than ten large holes in their ships.
By the time they reacted, a group of personal guards had surrounded the Japanese. The surroundings were lit with torches, and they had nowhere to escape. Looking at Li Xuan and others, they couldn't help but be filled with fear.
"I wonder if the noble man of the Tang Dynasty is here again, what else can he do?"
"Who are you?"
"The villain is Xiao Simiko, the translator..."
However, before the man finished speaking, Li Xuan gave the order directly.
"The name of the dead person is not important, let me kill him!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Ma Xi and his bodyguards, who had already been prepared, took action directly.
After a round of scattering by two hundred crossbowmen, most of the Japanese sailors on the ship were dead. Three hundred soldiers holding horizontal swords followed closely behind and rushed directly to the ship.
The remaining dozens of Japanese were chopped to the ground before they had time to resist.
As for the Japanese who jumped into the water, they were already being watched by crossbowmen. The moment they entered the water, at least five or six crossbow arrows were fired at them.
Seeing this bloody scene for the first time, Li Xuan didn't feel any discomfort.
Only Li Chengqian, Changsun Chong, and Li Baoding turned slightly pale.
"Your Majesty, what is this?"
Dengzhou Farewell Lou Zhou looked surprised.
"They are just Japanese hozens. The Emperor ordered them to leave, but they refused to leave. They also wanted to secretly covet the glass greenhouse. If it were not for the fear of the Japanese people in the city, I would have killed them long ago! Why, Lou Biejia wants to replace these people
Crying about injustice?”
Li Xuan glanced at Lou Zhou lightly and walked to the boat.
Lou Zhou's body trembled slightly, a trace of fear flashed in his eyes, and he quickly bent down and raised his hands: "Your Majesty has misunderstood, I have no intention of sympathizing with these Japanese!"
In just a short moment, dense beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.
"Your Majesty, look!"
Before Li Xuan could walk up, several personal guards came over carrying two large wooden boxes.
"What is this?"
Li Xuan walked forward quickly and had just finished speaking.
The princes had already opened the wooden box, and it was filled with books.
"this……"
Lou Zhou and Shi Chen, who caught up from behind, couldn't help but look surprised.
"Your Majesty, what is this?"
"Isn't this the time for me to ask Lou about his farewell?"
Li Xuan's face was gloomy, he glanced at Lou Zhou and said: "I remember that the Supreme Emperor and His Majesty both issued edicts, strictly prohibiting these Japanese from taking away any classics of the Tang Dynasty. Why are there so many classics on their ships?
"
""Shangshu", "Book of Rites", "Book of Changes", "Qi Min Yao Shu", "Bole Xiangma Jing", "Horse Therapy"..."
"Tsk, tsk, these are all important classics of our Tang Dynasty, but they can appear in such complete form on the Japanese ship. How can Lou Biejia explain?"
"Reporting to your Majesty, these subordinates really don't know. Please tell me, Your Majesty!"
Lou Zhou looked horrified and quickly bowed his hands.
"I am clearly aware of it, but I don't know whether His Majesty and the Supreme Emperor are so aware of it! So many classics can appear on the Japanese ship. If there is no support behind it, I wonder if Lou Biejia can believe it?
"
Li Xuan sneered and ordered: "Take these boxes back to the city!"
"yes!"
All the personal guards quickly bowed their hands and saluted.
"Your Majesty, I also found a box of ironware and salt!"
At this time, several more guards carried two wooden boxes and placed them in front of Li Xuan.
After opening it, a wooden box was filled with iron tools, kitchen knives, shovels, and even some horizontal knives.
In another wooden box, there is more than half a box of table salt, which is gray-white in color and is considered to be the best salt in various states and counties in the Tang Dynasty.
"I wonder how Lou Biejia would explain these objects?"
Li Xuan glanced indifferently at Lou Zhou who was sweating profusely, and then looked around on the boat.
However, these Japanese people were really poor. Apart from those few boxes, they only found forty coins in the entire boat, and some dried fish, and nothing else.
"Captain Shi, I wonder if the Dengzhou navy can use these two ships?"
After getting off the boat, Li Xuan, who was about to burn the boat, remembered something and turned to look at Shi Chen, the captain of Guoyi in Dengzhou.
"Your Majesty, these two large ships are made of good wood. If they are repaired, they can still be used. Or if the ship boards are removed, my Dengzhou Navy can also use them!"
Shi Chen said quickly.
"In this case, I'll leave these two big ships to you. Please help dispose of these Japanese corpses!" Li Xuan nodded lightly, turned around, and walked into the city.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Shi Chen's face was filled with joy, he thanked Li Xuan and quickly ran towards the Dengzhou Navy barracks.
…
After returning to the city, Li Xuan asked Lou Zhou to find four large wooden boxes and replace the classics and ironware and salt from the Japanese ships into new wooden boxes.
Immediately, he drove away Lou Zhou who was still ready to plead for mercy.
One night, Lou Zhou was full of restlessness and could not sleep well.
The next day, after breakfast, Li Xuan took Li Chengqian, Cheng Chusi and others, as well as a group of soldiers, to escort the more than 100 Japanese envoys to Chang'an.
At the gate of Dengzhou City, Lou Zhou, Shi Chen and other officials greeted each other with smiles.
Watching Li Xuan and others go away, Lou Zhou asked Shi Chen: "Shi Duwei, I wonder if the guards beside the King of Jin and His Royal Highness are His Majesty's Xuanjia Army?"
"If I say goodbye to Lou, I have never seen these soldiers and generals before!"
"Then what are the green clothes in their hands? Why have I never seen them before?"
"Even the general doesn't know!"
Thinking of something, Shi Chen looked full of emotion and envy, "However, it seems that green clothes are definitely treasures. Because of those green clothes, those soldiers have been holding weapons for so long in their hands, and they are not cold at all. Moreover, those crossbows
When the shooters were shooting arrows, they all hit the mark with perfect accuracy!
Even the bright armor and horizontal swords on those soldiers were carefully crafted by craftsmen, making the general envious!"
"well!"
After hearing this, Lou Zhou couldn't help but sigh deeply.
Immediately, he could not help but curse in a low voice, "Those damn Japanese hozens, who are they to offend? They insist on offending the Supreme Emperor and His Highness the King of Jin, and they insist on secretly hiding so many books and iron tools on the ship. If the officials are
I know those censors that all the hard work of me and my colleagues in Dengzhou for so many years will be in vain!"
"You will definitely know about this!"
Shi Chen smiled bitterly.
"Well, why did Captain Shi say that?" Lou Zhou asked hurriedly.
"The young gentlemen standing with His Highness the Prince are also well-connected. Lou Biejia may not know about it!"
Shi Chen said slowly: "Li Chongyi, the eldest son of the Prince of Hejian, Cheng Chusi, the eldest son of the Duke of Su, Sun Chong, the eldest son of the Duke of Qi, Fang Yizhi, the eldest son of the Duke of Wei..."
"this?"
Suddenly, Lou Zhou couldn't help but be shocked.
Among them, there was actually the eldest son of the officials and ministers of the Ministry of War.
Immediately, his face became full of annoyance again.
"Lou Biejia wants to save his impression in front of His Majesty and all the ministers, so he should hurry up and make up for his mistakes!" Shi Chen said.
"I also ask Lieutenant Shi and a group of colleagues to assist me in arresting and bringing to justice those thieves in the city who dare to liaise with the Japanese!"
Lou Zhou turned around, slightly cupped his hands towards the Dengzhou officials, and said solemnly.
"I respectfully obey your instructions!"
All the officials quickly responded with their hands raised.
All officials know that in this matter, everyone will be prosperous, and everyone will suffer.
Only if Lou Zhou was successfully promoted to governor of Dengzhou could there be a vacancy for them.
Therefore, everyone is very active when it comes to their own career.