Picked up a copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 390
Everyone walked into the camp, and at this moment, there were all big Han soldiers around. If Cao Cao wanted to, he could kill them at any time. In his heart, he admired the courage of the king. Tai Shici knelt in the middle, and Cao Cao sat beside him. On the side, the king also sat on the other side of Tai Shici in a dignified manner, and the maid stood behind him with her head bowed tightly.

Tai Shici called the translator, made him stand beside him, looked at the king, and asked, "Are you the king of Yamatai?"

Translators translate immediately.

The man nodded and said, "I am the king of Yamatai Kingdom."

"What is your relationship with the Japanese slave country?"

"We...we've had a long war with them."

"How many people do you have?"

"One king, hundreds of doctors, tens of thousands of households, hundreds of thousands of students"

After the translator reported the truth, Tai Shici was a little dazed, and asked with some doubts: "Student?"

The translator said: "Slaves too!" Tai Shici turned to look at Cao Cao, his eyes were full of shock, is the whole country slaves?What an ignorant system this is, but he didn't say much, instead he asked some other information about the other party. There are hundreds of small countries in this place generally known as Japan, and Yamatai is the strongest among them. Or, of course, this is what the other party said, Tai Shici is not sure.

In these countries, the enemy of Yamatai is the Wonu country that once visited the emperor of the Han Dynasty. There is also a dog slave country. Among them, there is the meaning of dog's obedient person, and the translator directly translated it into dog slave country. These two countries have always been enemies with Yamatai.

And Yamatai obviously knew about the existence of the Great Han. According to their king, they have not been able to completely destroy the Wanu country because of the existence of the Dahan. Their king still retains the golden seal of the Dahan. When the slave country went to the Han Dynasty, he was the most powerful in the entire Wa Kingdom. He brought back the news of the Han Dynasty and some things bestowed on him by the Emperor of the Han Dynasty at that time.

These things made many small countries in the Wa Kingdom understand in their hearts that there was an extremely powerful country overseas. They all have the idea of ​​going to the Han Dynasty like the Japanese slave country in the past, and they also want to be canonized by the Han Dynasty, so that it will be easier for them to order the countries.

They were still preparing to meet the big man, but they didn't expect the big man to send someone over first. Therefore, they also paid respects to the big man. After chatting for a long time, Tai Shici understood their thoughts in his heart, and turned his head , looked at Cao Cao, and asked with a smile: "Cao Cao thinks, what should we do?"

Cao Cao narrowed his eyes, looked at the other maid, and said coldly: "Send them out, and then kill them directly, slaughtering Xiematai!"

Immediately, panic appeared on the maidservant's face, and she quickly hid it again, but this could not escape Cao Cao's eyes. Cao Cao looked at the translator, who looked at the king with a strange expression, and said: "You can go back"

The king smiled, nodded, and was about to get up, but the servant girl stretched out her hand, pushed him down, raised her head, looked straight at Cao Cao, and said, "Because I don't know the general's situation, I concealed it from the general. I also hope that the general will forgive me!"

The translator was taken aback, and even Tai Shici was stunned. With Cao Cao, Tai Shici was always confused about the situation. Cao Cao laughed, and the "king" immediately stood up and stood behind the maid. Pulling his beard, he said, "Are you the queen of Yamatai? Or the queen mother? Where is the king?"

"My subject is Himiko, the queen of Yamatai." The queen said possessively.

Cao Cao looked at her suspiciously, looked at her for a while, and then said with some disdain: "It's actually a woman in charge of the country." Looking at the younger, ordinary-looking woman in front of him, Cao Cao did not hide his disdain, and neither did Himiko. Annoyed, she lowered her head and said nothing, Cao Cao asked her to sit down, she just sat opposite Cao Cao.

And that fake king was kicked out by her, according to what she said, she will not meet any man in the country, only thousands of court ladies and the eunuch just now, this time to respect the big man Wei, so came here in person, Cao Cao did not fully trust her words, thought for a moment, and said: "You want to meet the emperor and accept the golden seal?"

"Exactly! My heart is devoted to Han!"

"How many countries do you have?"

"Thirty countries belong to the country, only the dog slave country and the Japanese slave country do not obey orders."

"Well, well, my march here is not to harm you, but to open a business. If you have the idea of ​​meeting the emperor, I can take you to Luoyang, but before that, you still have to go to Luoyang." I need help with a few things."

"Duke Cao, but it doesn't matter what you say"

"Send people to those small countries and let all their kings come. I want to communicate with the whole Wa country. You can call me instead of Yamatai or the Wo Nu country and Gou Nu country." Cao Cao said again. After giving her many instructions, the meeting ended. Himiko left here very respectfully, and invited Cao Cao to go. Cao Cao was not afraid, leaving Tai Shici to take care of the boat, and took a thousand soldiers to go.

Tai Shici wanted to send more troops, but was rejected by Cao Cao. He asked him to take care of the surrounding ships, so he and Himiko went to their royal city. Walking on the road, Cao Cao kept observing the surroundings. There is a lot of cultivated land in Yamatai. They are mainly paddy fields. They know how to plant rice, also know how to raise silkworms and grow mulberries, and weave hemp and silk brocade. Most of the soldiers' weapons are wooden bows and iron arrowheads.

However, among their population, there are a lot of slaves. Slaves are called shengkou, and a household can have two or three shengkou, not to mention doctors and lords. Their eyes were dull and they were plowing the land. Their master held a long whip and patrolled the surrounding area. If anyone slacked off even a little bit, they would come forward and beat them severely.

Cao Cao looked at the scene here and frowned, wondering what he was thinking about.

When they arrived at their royal city, their royal city was called Yamatai City. Although this city was not as big as Luoyang, it was comparable in size to counties in areas like Lelang Daifang, and the number of people increased accordingly. After seeing the Queen's frame, the doctors and Xiahu hurriedly met one by one. The way they met was somewhat similar to the etiquette of the big man.

The queen returned to the palace, and Cao Cao was taken to the palace by her. Cao Cao looked around and said with a smile, "Is this the first time I entered the palace?"

The queen said with a smile: "That's not the case. The ministers can enter. I have a younger brother who governs the government together. There are only men in the boudoir."

"En" Cao Cao nodded, and the queen randomly summoned a group of officials, that is, the big Japanese in each country. The so-called big Japanese are princes similar to the big Han, and the queen is the co-lord of these big Japanese. A capable queen, she set up an official position called Dashu, and went to various countries to monitor and collect taxes. In her heart, she always wanted to completely integrate and unify.

It's a pity that the situation of many countries is not something she can change. Although Yamatai is strong today, it cannot defeat the coalition forces of other countries. At the banquet, Himiko deliberately expressed his thoughts to Cao Cao. Cao Cao understood what she meant in his heart, she hoped that the big man could help her to unify the entire Wa country, Cao Cao pretended to be drunk, and laughed with the maids around him, ignoring Himiko.

That night, Himiko sent three court ladies to serve Cao Cao.

After Cao Cao was a little tired, he lay on the bed, frowned, thinking in his heart, if the big man wants to do business with the Wa country more conveniently, then naturally, a unified Wa country is better, and everything has a system to speak of. It won't run around among hundreds of small countries and make a mess, but if you integrate the Wa country, you have to worry that the Wa country will become stronger and pose a danger to the eastern part of the Han Dynasty.

This place is different from Dongyan. According to Himihu, the population of Wa country exceeds 100 million. Cao Cao thought that it should be around 200 million. In the Han region, the population of the Han Dynasty is less than 100 million. If the Japanese country tries its best to introduce the various technologies of the Han Dynasty and become civilized, it may pose a threat to the eastern region, especially the Sanhan region.

What's more, if you want to help Yamatai integrate the Japanese kingdom, the big man must send troops. No matter how powerful the big man is, those small countries cannot all surrender. There is bound to be a war, and the war will consume the military power of the big man. This is for sure. But what if the Wa Kingdom is integrated, similar to the Three Hans, and then the Prime Minister is established to continuously suppress and weaken it?

They don't regard raw populations as human beings, so can they bring these raw populations back to Sanhan to enrich the population there? Today's Sanhan and Dongyi have a lot of fertile land, but suffer from insufficient population, so they bring too many over there. Will there be any local impact?Cao Cao had a lot of things to think about in his heart. During this foreign trade, he no longer simply focused on the other party's copper, iron, gold and silver.

He took a fancy to the ample freshmen in the other party's hands, and according to the other party's attitude towards the freshmen, it would be extremely easy to exchange them, but if he wanted to control this place under the influence of the big man, the big man's coastal navy would It must be very strong, and it must be the kind of military force that the opponent cannot catch up with in a hundred years, so that Cao Cao can help Yamatai unify the Wa country with peace of mind.

However, it is useless for Cao Cao to think about it. He cannot decide these matters by himself. These matters still need the consent of the fat man in Luoyang City before they can be carried out. Even at night, Cao Cao is extremely cautious. You can't be careless, including the soldiers he brought, they are also patrolling in batches, and they dare not relax in the slightest.

Just at the door of Cao Cao's dormitory, there were twenty Han soldiers standing there, patrolling back and forth, all praising Cao Cao's strength in their hearts.

Himiko summoned the ministers after Cao Cao fell asleep to discuss the matter of sending envoys to various countries. She seemed a little worried, frowned, and said: "In any case, let them come, that is, to send money. , and let them come.”

"Why is your majesty so worried? If they don't come, it's just right that we can use the hands of the big man to destroy them, especially the dog slave country and the Japanese slave country. If they want to come, they will definitely not come. At that time, we will use the big man , Destroy him." The minister said excitedly, and the other ministers also nodded in agreement. They have deep conflicts with these two countries, and it would be best if the big man can help them clean up the other party.

Himiko said angrily: "You are so stupid. Although they are enemies with us, they are also one of the Japanese kingdoms. Now the big man comes here, but he has no land. If we surrender, he will not be able to occupy the Japanese land. Step by step Cannibalize, but if these other countries don't come, it gives him a reason to march, if he leads the army to occupy, wouldn't that piece of land become the bridgehead of the Han army?"

Hearing Himiko's words, those ministers came back to their senses, their eyes were full of worry, and some ministers asked worriedly: "If they don't come, what should we do?"

"Send more envoys, whether they kill them or fight them, they will always be suspicious when they send envoys one after another. Even if they don't come by themselves, they will definitely send someone to come."

In fact, as Himiko expected, many small countries, after seeing Yamatai’s sincere invitation, sent ministers to participate. As for those small countries headed by Yamatai, their big Japanese are Those who came here in person, among all the countries, only the southern dog slave country, a country that worships dog gods, did not accept Yamatai's invitation.

Although the Wa Nu Kingdom was also not friendly with Yamatai, when they heard that the Great Han General was coming, they immediately got up and went to Yamatai, because they were the only ones in the whole Wa Kingdom who had been canonized by the Son of Heaven and had a golden seal. Yes, they are the vassal states of the great Han overseas, and they will definitely come here. Their king personally leads all the ministers to come to this enemy's country mightily.

In Himiko's heart, he was extremely anxious about the matter of the Gou Nu Kingdom. If the country did not come any longer, Cao Cao would probably use force against him. The place where the Gou Nu Country is located is along the coast and borders many small countries. Even Yamatai is bordering him. If the Han Dynasty occupies this place, it will definitely have an impact on the surroundings in the future.

She didn't know that Cao Cao had such an idea in his heart from the beginning. Even if he wanted to help Himiko unify the Wa country, the big man would occupy one of the lands. If he stationed troops here, he would be able to control the entire situation of the Wa country and continuously strengthen the big Han's control over the Wa country. Influence.

At this time, the king of the Wonu Kingdom rushed to the Yamatai Kingdom and asked to see Cao Cao. Cao Cao received the king in the Yamatai Palace. He was wearing a Han costume, a crown of princes, and a gold seal on his waist. After Cao Cao, he went up to pay homage and said, "The minister of the great Han, the king of Japan, Huyi, pays homage to the general!"

"Oh? You are Huyi?"

"Chen Zhengzheng, the ancestors of the minister were canonized by Emperor Xiaoguangwu, and the era was the King of Japan!"

"Hahaha, your elegant words are not bad at all."

"The Son of Heaven once bestowed upon our ancestors Poems, Rites, Changes, and Spring and Autumn Annals. Our descendants have never stopped studying. It made the general laugh." The Japanese King said excitedly. Cao Cao nodded and looked sideways. One look at Himiko, and I understood why she was able to know the elegant words. It turned out that the study of the Great Han Confucianism had already appeared and spread in this Japanese country.
　Brothers, I'm really sorry, there is still class tonight, and Lao Lang really has no way to add another chapter. I owe it first, there is no class on Friday, and I will make up for you at that time.

　　
　
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