Ming Dynasty and New Rome and Infinite Magic Machine

Chapter 1200 Xu Fu's Purpose

Chiba's ammunition was being consumed every moment, but the shrimp soldiers and crab generals of the Dragon Palace were endless. The mirage creations like a tide rushed towards the seawall of Chiba City along with the tide itself.

Originally, this move was a trump card. The shrimp soldiers and crab generals mixed in the tide were like a rainstorm plus a landslide turning into a mudslide. Originally, this trump card, combined with the extremely powerful king's teacher, could produce a destructive force that could crush everything in its path. However, the treasure of the Dragon Palace produced a wonderful chemical reaction with Shangluo, which greatly weakened the power of the mirage.

This was a result that neither Shangluo nor the Dragon Palace had expected. If the two sides had coordinated, it would not have been impossible to create a mudslide again. However, there was always a gap between the two sides - mainly because the goals of the court and the Dragon Palace in this action were subtly different.

The purpose of the court was to obtain Xu Fu's golden elixir, and then eliminate the threat of the remnants of the First Emperor in the future. Although the First Emperor might not pose a threat to the court, no one, including Shangluo, was willing to take this risk. After all, let alone the First Emperor, even the Taizu Gao Emperor of this dynasty, the ancestors of the Zhu family could cause a huge political earthquake if they were alive, not to mention the First Emperor himself.

The imperial court can be promoted to the heavenly court without assistance. Any complications at this time will only create uncertainty. At this critical juncture, any risk is unacceptable.

The purpose of the Dragon Palace was even simpler - they just wanted Xu Fu to die, and then after Xu Fu's death, they would take back the boys and girls who should have belonged to the Dragon Palace, as well as their "interest", which was 8000 million people.

At the beginning, everything went smoothly, and the royal army really advanced to Edo. Although the Dinghaishenzhen used to control the clouds was transferred to Shangluo in the middle, it still belonged to the royal army, so it was not a big problem. However, after Xu Fu retreated again and again, the court and the Dragon Palace in the royal army finally had a disagreement in interests. Because when Xu Fu was divided into several parts, the "Xu Fu" that the court and the Dragon Palace wanted was different.

The imperial court wanted Xu Fu, who was good at making elixirs, and the Dragon Palace wanted Xu Fu, who had young boys and girls.

"I say, King Ao Zang." Shangluo and Ao Zang stood side by side in the clouds. "Now that I think about it, this old man has some skills. It would be a dead end to fight against us. But when he cut himself open and it was like cotton that could not be broken, the battle situation became tense instead."

"Only if one does not contend, no one in the world can contend with him. It is foreseeable that if a pre-Qin alchemist like Xu Fu led the army, it would turn out like this."

“Tsk tsk tsk.” Shang Luo shook his head. “It’s a pity that his plan encountered absolute power—the Emperor’s Sword Seal will soon be in my hands.”

"The Emperor's temple divination, how can this old Taoist priest rival the Emperor? The Emperor's sword and seal will arrive soon, right?"

"It will arrive in a few hours, very soon. But I have been concerned about one thing since the beginning - Xu Fu has been guiding my actions all the way. Including this time's call for the emperor's sword seal, it was also his decision to induce me to make. He also repeatedly mentioned the 'emperor's jade seal' to me along the way. I wonder if this old guy wants the royal teacher to bring the emperor's sword seal. Is there any intention."

Suddenly, when he heard the word "Xi", a strange look flashed in Ao Zang's eyes - although it was fleeting, it was still captured by Apollonia, who was as sharp as a camera and was really carrying a camera.

[Hey! Shangluo, there was something wrong with his expression just now!] Apollonia hurriedly reminded.

"I also discovered it, and it seems to be related to the jade seal." Shangluo thought for a moment and asked, "King Ao Zang, this xi?" "Ah?" Ao Zang's forehead tightened and sweat almost squeezed out of his pores.

"Have you ever tried this West Lake Vinegar Fish? I heard that the West Lake Vinegar Fish in some places is not very tasty. But I heard that West Lake Vinegar Fish was originally a very sophisticated and elegant dish. Why is the West Lake Vinegar Fish delicious in some places and not in others?"

"Ahaha, you're talking about West Lake vinegar fish." Ao Zang breathed a sigh of relief. "There are some particularities to this West Lake vinegar fish - but it's not complicated. First of all, the seasoning must be correct, but seasoning is not enough. The key is still the fish. There is a secret to choosing fish."

"Eh? Is there really a secret?" On the question of fish, Shangluo was almost distracted by the ancestors of fish/the ancestors who ate fish. With half interrogation and half doubt, he looked at Ao Zang:

"So what's the secret to this [West] Lake Vinegar Fish?"

"You have to use longevity fish, which is an elegant name for lean fish. In short, to make good West Lake vinegar fish, you have to let the fish enter a state of fasting, eating wind and drinking dew. You can't feed it any bait, and you have to reduce its body fat. This is because the human body is very sensitive to the smell of geosmin, and geosmin tends to accumulate in fat. So as long as you raise the fish so that it doesn't starve to death in a short period of time, then starve it to death so that it metabolizes the fat, and feed it with clean water to prevent it from taking in more geosmin, you can raise fish without odor. If you use such fish to make West Lake vinegar fish, it will be delicious."

“So that’s how it is”

"So the key is that you can't eat West Lake vinegar fish near West Lake, let alone eat the fish in West Lake. Because West Lake is an artificial lake, it is too shallow, and the fish in West Lake will easily become fishy. If you want to eat it directly, you still have to go to the mountains, reservoirs, and places with clear water to find fish. If the water quality itself is very good, then I'm afraid you can raise delicious fish without losing weight."

"So that's how it is! Then King Ao Zang, do you think there is a Dragon King in West Lake?"

"???" Ao Zang's face suddenly changed again. He had realized that he was being watched, but he still pretended to be careless. "Why did Shang Tianjun suddenly ask this? West Lake is an artificial lake. There is no Dragon King in it."

"Ah, so that's how it is. So you mean there is a Dragon King in the natural lake, right? In that case, the Dragon King of Dongting Lake must be very ancient and very powerful, right?"

[In the third year of the reign of Emperor Qin Shi Huang, when he was touring Dongting Lake, there was a storm on the lake. The Emperor threw the imperial seal into the water, and the storm subsided. Legend has it that eight years later, someone suddenly presented the imperial seal to the Emperor on the side of the road. But] At this point, Apollonia also understood:
[It turns out that Xu Fu kept talking about the imperial seal because he wanted us to ask the Dragon Palace for it! ]

"So, Your Highness Prince Ao Zang." Shang Luo looked at him, "The real imperial seal is in Dongting Lake, right?"

(End of this chapter)