Capital Datang

Li Min stood at the bow of the boat facing the wind. Although it was not yet March, the sea surface temperature in the south was already relatively high, so even though he was only wearing a single shirt, he didn't feel cold at all. He just looked at the calm sea in front of him. Min was thinking about something.

A few days ago, he received news that Silla and Baekje were at war, and that the battlefields of the two countries are now stalemate. Afterwards, the Queen of Silla never showed up. Although Li Yin speculated that the Queen of Silla might be weak after childbirth and was recuperating behind closed doors, but the fact that the two countries were fighting such a big event, she, the Queen, did not even show her face. It was abnormal, which gave Li Yin some bad premonition.

Li Yin's premonition was indeed accurate, but it's a pity that he is not a god, and Jin Shengman did a good job of keeping secrets, so he didn't know that the Queen of Silla had passed away, and the new queen is the one who bit him back then Jin Shengman, Li Yin and their fleet arrived in Quanzhou across the sea from Liuqiu Island the day before yesterday. Speaking of this Quanzhou, it is not the Quanzhou of later generations. The Quanzhou that Li Yin arrived in should actually be Fuzhou of later generations. Quanzhou in later generations is still only a part of Fuzhou and has not become independent. It was not until more than 100 years later that Fuzhou and Quanzhou were separated. The original Quanzhou was renamed Fuzhou, and the separated part inherited the name of Quanzhou.

Lu Qing's base camp on Liuqiu Island is at the northernmost tip of the island, which is the boundary of Taipei County in later Taiwan.Originally, Li Yin and his fleet did not need to go to Quanzhou, they could directly reach Liuqiu by sea, but according to the original arrangement, they had to go to Quanzhou to purchase a batch of supplies, such as ironware, seeds, cloth, etc. It is a much-needed item on the island.Originally, they could be shipped directly from Dengzhou, but the journey is too far, and it is not cost-effective to load them all on a ship. It is better to just bring money and go to Quanzhou to purchase. Anyway, the prices are similar, and the distance is also close.

It took two days for the procurement, and all the ships were loaded last night, and then the fleet set sail again this morning, aiming at the northernmost tip of Liuqiu Island.Capital Datang 238

Based on the information Li Yin investigated before, together with the information obtained from Lu Qing, he also has enough understanding of Liuqiu Island. For example, he knows that the current Liuqiu Island is actually far more prosperous than he imagined. On the side close to the mainland, many Han Chinese have immigrated there, roughly estimated to be more than 10 people, especially in the Tainan area, which is closer to Penghu Lake, and it is the main gathering place of Han Chinese. Almost half of the Han Chinese live there, and there are even towns with more than a thousand people.

It’s just that Liuqiu here is different from the mainland. There is no unified government on the island. Generally speaking, it can be divided into Han forces and native forces. Among them, the Han forces are around the island, while the middle of the island is the living area of ​​the natives. There is constant friction between the two, and conflicts break out from time to time.

However, among the Han forces, they are also divided into several, such as the original Lu Qing and others. They are the regional overlords in the southeast sea area, and they are also the largest force on the island. They occupy the northern end of Liuqiu Island. After Li Yin's support, they began to expand southward. With the guarantee of strong force, and under the banner of Li Yin, most of the Han forces were subdued by them, and now only the Han people are the most concentrated. The most affluent Tainan area is the area closest to Penghu Lake.

It's just that Lu Qing wrote a letter some time ago, when they expanded to Tainan, they encountered an extremely powerful opponent. Lu Qing didn't even notice before that Tainan, the place where the Han people are most concentrated, is not like what he knew before. It fell apart like that.On the surface, it seems that this area is composed of several forces, but when he got here, he discovered that these forces have long been connected internally. It can even be said that these forces are actually one force, and this Shares of power are in the hands of the same person.

Lu Qing didn't pay much attention to this sudden opponent at the beginning. After all, he now controls most of the territory of the Han forces, and the total population under his rule is no less than that of the opponent. With Li Yin's support, he didn't believe that the other party had the courage to resist.

It's a pity that Lu Qing guessed wrong this time. Regarding his arrival, the forces in Tainan immediately tore off the superficial disguise, quickly integrated the forces together, and launched a confrontation with Lu Qing.What surprised Lu Qing even more was that this opponent's armed force was extremely strong, and several conflicts were evenly divided, and even occasionally suffered a small loss.Now Lu Qing and his subordinates finally started to look at each other squarely, and decided to give up force for the time being, and start negotiating with each other, hoping to use gentle means to recruit the opponent.

But what made Lu Qing and the others even more unexpected was that although the other party agreed to the negotiation, his attitude was extremely arrogant. He didn't even see the real controller of the other party, and only sent a deputy to come forward. They asked Li Yin to come here in person by name, and Lu Qing was not qualified to negotiate with them at all.

Seeing the opponent's attitude, Lu Qing was naturally very angry, and immediately mobilized all his strength, preparing to give the opponent a fatal blow in terms of force. After all, after the previous trials, he found that although the opponent's force was strong, it was still comparable to himself. There are some gaps, especially in the weapons and equipment. After all, they all use the standard equipment of the Tang Dynasty. Naturally, it is not comparable to an island power.

However, just when Lu Qing was about to make a move, he was suddenly assassinated by an extremely dangerous attack, and he was not the only one. Several important generals under him encountered killers almost at the same time, but these killers didn't seem to want to kill. It was at the last moment that he was about to succeed, but he stopped suddenly, took out a letter from his arms and threw it down, and then retreated with his body.The content of the letter left by the killer is the same, it is still what the other party said during the last negotiation, that is, let Li Yin come to talk in person.

I didn't think about this assassination at all, it must have been sent by the other party. Although Lu Qing and others were quite frightened, Lu Qing was also a person who walked through the storm and was not intimidated by this assassination. All the important people have strengthened their guards, and the number of guards around him has doubled.But even so, ten days later, he was assassinated at his residence.

It's just that this time the three killers only sneaked outside his study, and were discovered by the guards. As a result, two of the killers tried their best to block the guards, and the other killer found Lu Qing, put the knife on his neck, and threatened all the guards Stop, and only then did he save the two seriously injured companions.

Just when Lu Qing thought that he was going to die this time, he didn't expect the killer to put down the knife again, and then said to him coldly: "If it wasn't for the master's order, you would have died last time!"

After the killer finished speaking, he and his two companions immediately dropped their weapons, and then they were caught without a fight.After all, they were already surrounded by Lu Qing's guards, and there was no way to escape. As for killing them, it was even more impossible, unless each of them was a super perverted strongman like Hu Li.

For the second assassination, Lu Qing finally felt the sincerity of the other party, and invited the other party to negotiate again, wanting to know why the other party wanted to see Li Yin?It's a pity that the other party is not willing to reveal more, but only promises that as long as Li Yin comes in person, they will immediately offer up their territory and will never make any resistance.

Although Lu Qing couldn't figure it out, there was nothing he could do. He definitely couldn't fight. After all, the opponent's assassin was elusive. If he dared to do it, he probably lost all his right-hand assistants in a few days, even his own. His life is also hard to protect, if he dies, all the hard work of the previous period will be in vain, and His Royal Highness King Qi's plan will also be hit.

It was also in consideration of these that Lu Qing had no choice but to write to Li Yin, asking him to come and see what the other party was up to.However, when Li Yin received the letter, it was the busiest time in Chang'an, and he couldn't get out at all. In the end, he had to postpone it again and again, and he didn't rush over until the new year passed.

Looking at Liuqiu Dashima, who was already in sight, and thinking of the mysterious forces on the island, Li Yin couldn't help but feel a bit of a headache. If the opponent only had force, it would be fine, but those elusive killers are too tricky.And I heard from Lu Qing that the opponent has a lot of killers, otherwise they would not have assassinated several targets at the same time, and these killers are also very professional, not only their own strength is high, but also good at stealth and camouflage, they may be caught if they are not careful The opponent's way.

The reason why he brought so many guards to Liuqiu this time is to guard against the other party's assassination. After all, the other party's identity is unknown. If he just wants to deceive him and take his life with the killer, that would be too bad up.

Lu Qing's base camp is at the northernmost tip of Liuqiu Island, which is actually Keelung Port in later generations, but at this time, Keelung Port is called Chicken Coop, which sounds the same but has a completely different meaning. The reason why there is the name Chicken Coop is because Keelung Port is surrounded by mountains on three sides and the sea on the other side. There is a mountain next to it that looks like a chicken coop, so it is named Jilong Mountain. The name was changed to Keelung, after all, it looks better literally.Capital Datang 238

Keelung Port used to be a den of pirates, so no one dared to come except for unscrupulous businessmen who bought stolen goods.However, since Lu Qing took refuge in Li Min, the place was immediately replaced with the banner of Prince Qi's Mansion, and he began to vigorously publicize it to attract sea merchants to come and anchor. Naturally, the effect was not good at first, but Lu Qing and his team's development of the island , rice, sucrose, fruit and other products began to be exported, and some bold businessmen ventured to come here. After discovering that they really started to do serious business here, the name of Prince Qi’s Mansion was not a lie, so the news passed Their mouths spread slowly, making Keelung Port slowly begin to prosper.