C94 First Li Town Meeting
The contest between Xiang Shaolong and Ye Pingtai was a sparring session between Fighter without any benefits. As the successor of the new Yin Stream generation, Ye Pingtai had traveled across the mountains and rivers of Japan and had also sparred with many of Japan's martial artists.
When Ye Pingtai realized that it was already difficult to advance on the path of martial arts in Japan, he turned his gaze towards the ocean. He longed for the China, longed for the Western Ocean, longed to use his eyes to observe the world and comprehend the way of heaven and earth.
Originally, the Japan's martial arts had absorbed a lot of the essence of the zen dao and paid great attention to sudden enlightenment. Just like that, Ye Pingtai arrived at Na Ba. Just as he was about to raise funds to sneak into Qing Kingdom, he accidentally found the expert from Qing Kingdom, Xiang Shaolong.
Experts always appreciate each other. Xiang Shaolong could feel Ye Pingtai's dedication towards martial arts. In essence, they were both the same kind of people.
Dragon Lord said that this was a very private sparring session and he didn't want anyone to watch. Therefore, Xiao Letian didn't follow and didn't send anyone to protect Xiang Shaolong. What a joke, if even Dragon Lord needed someone to protect him, then Xiao Letian's bodyguard mission would be a failure.
However, he never would have thought that Xiao Letian's number one expert, Xiang Shaolong, would actually be injured tonight. Furthermore, from the looks of it, his injuries were not light at all.
"Where's Dragon Lord?" "How are your injuries …" Xiao Letian started to shout nervously the moment he entered the door. When he saw that Xiang Shaolong could still nod and smile at him after bandaging up the wound, he was finally relieved. "Good boy, you scared me to death. In the future, we won't allow such martial arts competitions without my permission …"
Xiang Shaolong said with an ashamed face, "It's not that we suffered injuries in the martial arts competition. After I fought with Ye Pingtai, I encountered an ambush from ninja. It's really hard to guard against …"
It turned out that when Xiang Shaolong and Ye Pingtai were fighting, a group of ninja secretly surrounded them. They seemed to know that these two men were very difficult to deal with, so they didn't get too close. This group of venomous ninja had actually secretly planted spikes all over the road that they had to pass.
It was an iron concealed weapon with four spikes. No matter how you threw it on the ground, there would always be a spike that would rush forward. In the ancient China, this was a common type of weapon used to hurt war horse s. However, in the Japan, due to the backwardness of the Technology and the lack of resources, no one was willing to use this weapon on the battlefield.
But for ninja, this weapon was a sharp weapon used for sneak attacks and assassinations. When Xiang Shaolong and Ye Pingtai prepared to return to the city after the fight, Dragon Lord, who was walking at the front, was the first to suffer a loss.
"Ah …" An ambush! " Xiang Shaolong's right foot flew backwards, followed by a bone piercing nail that flew into the forest on both sides of the road. Ye Pingtai, who was behind Dragon Lord, drew his saber and dashed into the forest. Following that, the sound of concentrated weapons colliding could be heard.
"Ye Pingtai is different from the usual Japanese. He has a good impression of the China, and this battle is a friendly spar. He even begged me to bring him back to the China … This time, thanks to him, Japanese's clogs were naturally the nemesis of this kind of concealed weapon. If he didn't rush to the front line and fight with these guys, I might really not be able to come back … "
Xiao Letian went crazy with anger when he heard that. "Fuck, this group of Bastard just spoke to Laozi and in the blink of an eye, he turned against black hand, even faster than flipping a book? "I, Laozi, will remember this grudge. There will be a day when I will settle this debt."
After pondering for a while, he said, "I feel that this matter is not that simple. Rather than saying that this group of ninja came to cause trouble for me, I feel that they came to cause trouble for Ye Pingtai. After I was injured, only female ninja, who was wearing a mask, was with me.
"Is Japanese biting off more than he can chew? "We don't need to care about them. Let them kill each other …" Xiao Letian did not have the time to care about Ye Pingtai's life or death. Although he had some good impressions of this young swordsman, it was only good impressions of him.
However, Xiang Shaolong didn't think so. He implored Xiao Letian to send someone to search for Ye Pingtai. In the end, Xiao Letian couldn't win against him, so he could only let Sima Yun and Xiao Hexin lead more than twenty guards to search. Unfortunately, they couldn't find Ye Pingtai and the others even after half the night.
The sky gradually brightened as the Naga Harbor gradually recovered its popularity. Xiang Shaolong knew that the Ninjas would restrain themselves a little in broad daylight. If there were no accidents, it should be very safe now. Master Long knew that Xiao Le Tian was going to meet with glume Wang Shangtai in secret today. This kind of dangerous mission couldn't be done without Master Long's protection.
"Dragon Lord, your leg is injured, you should rest in rooming house to recuperate." Xiao Letian didn't want Xiang Shaolong to follow him, but he didn't expect Sun Tie to be so angry that nobody could stop him. "It's just a few holes in my leg. It's not like it's a fatal injury. Even without my two legs, I can still protect mister with my hidden weapons …"
With that, Xiang Shaolong forced his injured foot into his shoe and jumped off the bed. He walked around the room a few times. He didn't know how he managed to endure it, but he didn't seem to be injured at all. Xiao Letian let out a long sigh and said, "It's all my fault. How could I forget about this? If I knew earlier, I would have changed your boots at home. These shoes aren't for war …"
Just then, Mike suddenly spoke up, "That Ba has leather boots, and it's from the USA!" He saw that Xiao Letian was a little confused and quickly explained, "The war in USA has just ended. Many of the military goods lost the market, and many of the Company have accumulated a lot of equipment. Some of the smaller Company are even close to bankruptcy. Do you think Americans would transport Spencer to the Asia to sell? "This is just a test of luck …"
"On the boat that the USA is riding, there is an arms dealer who is here to try his luck, it's just that his main target is to help us with the military operations, not the flame gun s. He is almost out of money to eat, as long as we give him a price, he will definitely be able to buy quite a few military goods."
Xiao Letian's eyes lit up, his mind suddenly recalled the classic war scenes of the USA Civil War. Rows after rows of neat rows of lines, Wu Tie's clean cloth military uniform, cape, calf leather military belt, high leather boots, and even military boot s that were over the knee worn by the military officers.
The backpack on his back contained Ammunition s, first aid medicines, field rations, and even a sturdy and warm blanket. Wearing a big hat on top of his head wasn't just for show.
The battle had never been won solely by the flame gun, the overall fighting strength had to be reflected in every detail.
"Good, good, good. Mike, bring the deposit and see how much he has. It's best to arm our group first. Tell him that as long as the price is reasonable, he can buy as many military goods as he wants …"
The time allotted to Liu Zhu Wang Shang Tai was very short, so he could only take advantage of the time when the royal family was out on a tour to secretly hold the meeting. In order to prepare for this meeting, both sides had already done too much, and King Chantale even activated all of the secret pro-Chinese school s in the court to cover for him.
This meeting had to succeed. If they failed, then the last batch of pro-Chinese school s in the glume would be completely exposed. Shimadzu would never allow this kind of situation to exist, and they would kill them all one by one even if they were assassinated.
The temporarily set up tatami s were the venue for this picnic. Starting from 9 in the morning, monarch had worked together to recite poems and enjoy the beautiful scenery of Naga Harbor and Pacific Ocean in the distance.
Two hours later, the banquet officially began. monarch continued to drink and enjoy until the afternoon. During this time, only Liu Zhu Wang Shang Tai could meet in private, which was when he went to the toilet. The pro-Chinese school had already made arrangements. At noon, when everyone was in the middle of enjoying the day, the pro-Chinese school would stall the pro-Japanese so that King Chantale could leave the banquet alone.
The location of the secret meeting was in the nearest row of warehouses from Shouli City. This was the property of the great general of Yuelin Army, Cai Mao.
The salty sea breeze blew across people's faces. King Chantale was only 22 years old this year, and he was in high spirits. At this time, his heart was not able to save anything, so he would smile from time to time during the banquet.
"Your Majesty seems to be in a good mood today. This subject invites Your Majesty to drink to his heart's content …" The one who spoke was Minister of Rites, Jin Changsen. He was recognized as a good man in the court, a person who never participated in the internal strife of any sect.
King Chantale ignored Minister of Revenue and Lin Yuanmiao's look, raised the wineglass and laughed, "Such a beautiful scenery, how can I not drink this cup slowly. Come, everyone, love letter, raise your cup to my glume as a national congratulation …"
The glume was inherited from the political system of the Ming Dynasty. Although all the Nine Supremes had one in each division, it was a small kingdom after all. There were only about ten or so officials in power within the court. The Ministry of Revenue, Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Government were all relatively important departments, while the work department and the Ministry of War were much weaker.
One of the ministers in charge of the entire banquet was the Yuelin Army General Cai Mao, who was in charge of the few military forces within the glume Kingdom. The second was Minister of Revenue and Lin Yuanmiao. The Minister in charge of money was always very important. The third heavyweight was none other than Minister of Rites and Jin Changsen.
To Country, who was heavily reliant on Ocean trade, diplomacy was one of the most important work of the court, and Ministry of Rites had always been in charge of diplomacy, so the way to survive between the cracks of the strong depended on Ministry of Rites Official's ability.
In comparison, the work department, Ministry of War, and the Department of Public Administration were all so weak that they could be disregarded.
Jin Changsen looked at the excited King Chantale in confusion. His heart was beating fast. He couldn't figure out what was going on even if he guessed and guessed. The pro-Japanese's Sun Steelers at the banquet were also aware of the strange atmosphere. Not long later, a day old Sun Steeler wanted to use the excuse of peeing to get out and spread the news, but they never thought that the surrounding of the observation stage was already surrounded by Zheng Steel-Zhou Tie's Liu steelwork.
Soldiers courteously led the court officials to go out to pay their respects. Furthermore, he was standing guard on the side, so it was impossible for them to leave.
At this point, all of the pro-Japanese's Official panicked. They finally understood that there was definitely a problem with this banquet.