Everyone standing on the boat, looking at the calm sea and the tragic situation on the boat, subconsciously felt like they were surviving after a disaster.
"The fleet sets out and returns to the original route first, searching around the island to see if any of the seven soldiers who fell into the water survived!"
Li Xuan ordered to Xue Rengui behind him, "Then we will look for a suitable harbor, land on this big island, and replenish some fresh water."
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Xue Rengui responded quickly and went down to deliver the order.
Soon, three giant steel ships, towing two large wooden ships, sailed slowly around the big island they came from.
On the boat, everyone was staring closely at the coast of the big island opposite.
Expect a miracle.
Unfortunately, after seeing all the surrounding islands, I still haven't seen a single figure.
On the contrary, the tumbled trees on the surrounding islands made everyone tremble with fear. Only then did they understand how strong the wind generated by that big storm was.
"Your Majesty, no surviving son or son has been found!"
Xue Rengui came over to report.
Li Xuan sighed softly and said slowly: "Look for a harbor on the back of the island. I will go ashore and replenish some fresh water!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Xue Rengui responded and went down to deliver the order.
Soon, the fleet went around behind a large island and found a sheltered harbor.
On this side, the large island was affected by the storm, which was not so severe.
However, despite this, a large number of trees on the island were also blown down.
It was getting late, so Li Xuan did not let the soldiers go ashore, but cooked directly on the ship.
One night, the weather was calm, and even the white moon in the sky was extraordinarily bright.
After the meal, everyone on the boat was still feeling uneasy. After being at sea for so many days, they only realized today how dangerous the sea is, which the king often talked about.
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Early the next morning.
Xue Rengui then commanded a group of soldiers to put down the small boats carried on the giant steel ship, and several soldiers went to explore the way.
However, when everyone started to land ashore, a soldier ran over in a panic.
"Your Majesty, there are barbarians on the island!"
"Barbarians are just barbarians, why is there such a fuss?"
Xue Rengui scolded directly from the side.
"General Qizhen, he is not an ordinary barbarian, he seems to be a barbarian from the Japanese country, and judging from his houses, they are more civilized than those barbarians in America!"
The soldiers hurriedly reported the situation.
"Japanese barbarians?"
Hearing this, everyone was startled and had not yet reacted.
"This place is already a large Japanese island, so naturally it will be Japanese barbarians!"
Li Xuan sneered, and then asked: "How many barbarians are there in the front?"
At this time, everyone reacted, and then they all looked happy again.
They are just Japanese people. No matter how many there are, they are all dwarf hozens, so there is no need to be afraid.
"Your Majesty, there is a village with a hundred and ten people." The soldier reported.
"Just right!"
Li Xuan looked overjoyed and said, "So, there must be clean and tidy Danshui in these Japanese villages. We can just borrow some Danshui from them and replenish it on our ship!"
"In addition, you are searching around. There should be ships in the hands of these Japanese hozens. The fleet just lost a few sea ships, which can be directly requisitioned."
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Everyone deserves it.
This is also taken for granted.
Since the leader of the Japanese country and a group of ministers were captured and returned to the Tang Dynasty, and the king of the Tang Dynasty came to the Japanese country to collect taxes.
Everyone in the Tang Dynasty regarded the Japanese country as the land of the Tang Dynasty.
It was an honor for the princes and crown princes of the Tang Dynasty to come to the Japanese country and seize the ships of the Japanese hozens.
And all this went much smoother than Li Xuan imagined.
When a group of people entered the Japanese barbarian village, the Japanese barbarian hozens trembled as if they were seeing wild beasts.
Regardless of whether they could understand it or not, as long as Xue Rengui and others looked at something, they would immediately hand everything to Xue Rengui and the soldiers.
Even when they looked at some black girls, those Japanese barbarians did not hesitate.
Pushing the girls, they delivered them to Xue Rengui and others...
Seeing this, Li Xuan, Xue Rengui and others immediately grabbed enough water and left quickly.
Although all the soldiers have not met a woman for nearly more than a year.
However, we still cannot look directly at the hozens from the Japanese country who are somewhat smelly.
As for the ships, a few were found, but most of them were willow-leaf boats, which were of no use to Li Xuan and others.
In this way, we only stayed for three days.
After replanting six types of sweet potatoes, potatoes, peppers, corn, pumpkins, and tomatoes, the fleet set off directly.
One and a half months later.
The Nanbojin seaport of Japan is in sight in the distance.
All the soldiers on the ship also breathed a sigh of relief.
Although this place is not Qingzhou, they all feel like they are back.
"Um?"
Suddenly, Li Chongyi seemed to have discovered something, and a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes.
"Master, there seems to be a fleet of our Tang navy in the harbor of Japan!"
"Datang Navy?"
Hearing this, everyone was filled with surprise.
They quickly took out their clairvoyance and looked towards the harbor.
Sure enough, a familiar fleet of ships was docked in Nanbojin Port.
"It should be the Tang navy who came to Japan to collect taxes!"
Li Xuan said thoughtfully.
"Imposing taxes?"
Li Chengqian, Li Chongyi and others couldn't help but be stunned.
Immediately, everyone's faces were filled with joy.
No matter what, their fleet has been out at sea for so many days, and they are finally going to meet the Tang Navy.
But they don't know.
When their fleet just emerged from the sea level, they were discovered by two soldiers with clairvoyance in Nanbojin Harbor.
Immediately, the two fast horses headed straight from Nanbojin to Asuka City.
In Soga Ezo's mansion, Li Xiaogong was sitting on the sofa, carefully checking the taxes collected from various places in Japan.
After the last time Li Ji led a large army to collect taxes in the Japanese territory, all the subjects of the Japanese country had no intention of resisting at all.
Therefore, after Li Xiaogong arrived with 20,000 naval troops, the Japanese people were very active in paying taxes.
He even paid hundreds of thousands more in taxes.
Li Xiaogong also knew this very well.
However, when he thought that he had come to Japan under the imperial edict and had been in charge for more than three months, and there was no news about King Jin's fleet, he couldn't help but feel worried.
Just as he was thinking about it, a figure suddenly came out of the door and handed him a report.
"Your Majesty, we will finally find a fleet heading towards the harbor from the east of the ocean."
Hearing this, Li Xiaogong immediately stood up with a whoosh, his face full of joy.
"But the fleet of the Crown Prince and King Jin?"
"Back to the king, the distance was too far and the general did not see it clearly. After the general saw a fleet of boats in Mohu, he hurriedly came to report to the king!"
The captain quickly reported back.
Hearing this, Li Xiaogong didn't say much and shouted directly toward the door: "Come, go to the harbor!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
A group of personal guards outside the house were running quickly.
Soon, a group of people headed straight to Nanbojin Harbor in a furious manner.
Nanbojin Port is not close to Asuka City. Even riding a horse takes a quarter of an hour.
therefore.
When Li Xiaogong and others arrived at Nanbojin, they could directly see the three giant steel ships on the sea without clairvoyance.