C86 (2/2)
Xiao Letian held onto a large bamboo cannon battle in his hand, and was currently spinning it up and down in the air, playing around extremely happily. Don't you have a lot of people? ”Come on, your grandpa is waiting for you. If you have the guts, I'll kill you!”
The Japanese Rangers did not seem to have a good relationship with the people at the dock. The Chinese and the Glazed sphere aboriginals were all laughing and no one wanted to help. It was no wonder everyone hated these Japanese. Everyone knew that at least two-thirds of the taxes they gave to the king was taken by them, and these people were vampires.
The three Shimadzu Family servants on the tatami halfway up the mountain shook their heads helplessly. The clan elder in the middle suddenly spoke, ”Forget it, it was also a test. Let's end it here, let E Balang and the rest retreat ….” ”Go back and collect two strings of money for them …”
It was weird, but just as the old man was talking, a figure suddenly appeared on the pine tree beside the tatami. The man with the black cloth head seemed to have been on the tree all this time. He only showed up gradually when the elder gave the order.
”Ha …” The man in black nodded and disappeared in a flash. Ordinary people might not be able to see his figure, but experts in the martial arts world who had reached Xiang Shaolong's level could easily discover some inkling of his movements. They were the very mysterious ninjas in the Japan, a group of warriors living in the shadows.
Very quickly, E Balang received the latest order. Under his command, the two hundred waves of people drilled into the alleys in all directions, and in an instant disappeared.
”Advisor, do you need me to dig E Balang out?” Liang Kun was obviously not satisfied with the fight. Xiao Letian stuffed the firecracker into his arms and said indifferently, ”Don't tell me you didn't see it? Don't look at how menacing these people are, they are only trying to scare us. From beginning to end, they didn't dare to use their blades. This shows that there is an organization backing them and they are being controlled by someone … ”Just look at it, after the mad dog barks, if tomorrow, the invitation card should be sent over …”
Just as they were talking, a troop of soldiers holding rattan tags came over from the pier. This was the Ryukyu's local army to maintain law and order, but Xiao Letian could only shake his head when he saw the equipment and spirit of the soldiers.
”The royal family is this poor? The army doesn't even have a decent outfit? This weapon must be at least a hundred years old … ” Xiao Letian really could not understand, why could such a rich place like the Naha Harbor not raise an army?
Shi Dakai had already come here once, so he sighed and said, ”Ever since the Shimadzu Family controlled the Ryukyu, at least two-thirds of the taxes here have been collected. The remaining taxes are all shared by the royal family and the imperial government, it's not enough at all.”
two-thirds? Xiao Letian was already shocked at that time. He knew that the Japanese was greedy, but he did not expect it to be greedy to such an extent. ”Let's go to the living quarters first. We'll talk later …”
Liang Kun left two of his subordinates behind to negotiate with the Ryukyu soldiers, while he himself brought the group to the reserved room. Perhaps it had been many years since they last saw such a strong and powerful Chinese.
In this few hundred years, they had never seen the military might of the Home Country, but they still tenaciously protected the civilization of the Home Country, be it in words or language, including the way they dressed, they did not change at all.
Perhaps it was because they had suppressed too many emotions in the hundreds of years of living with others, the eyes of these overseas Chinese all turned red. Countless old people secretly wiped away their tears.
Xiao Letian walked at the front of the group and cupped his hands and bowed towards every single Chinese person. He knew that these Chinese people in front of him were the ones who had been preaching China's culture to the Ryukyu for the past few hundred years, making them feel the glory of a high level civilization. It was because of their efforts that they were able to win against the Japanese in terms of culture.
As for the previous Ryukyu Kings, even if they were controlled by the Shimadzu Family, their hearts still desired that civilized continent. It was due to the power of civilization that caused the Ryukyu Kingdom to refuse to acknowledge the authority of the Japanese even at death's door. So what if the Shimadzu Family was in the army of the Ryukyu, the King of the Glazed Ball still submitted the letter of credence to the continent's Home Country.
”This is a group of people that history has forgotten. They have long since disappeared into the river of history, but every bit of effort that these living Chinese put in, our civilization will never forget them …”
”Without the efforts of these unknown people, these emperors and generals would still want to point out the culture of the flying mountains and rivers? It's all bullshit... It's a pity that our history has never given these people a place to live. It's as if they are really a bunch of ants that can be sacrificed. ”Shameful!”
Xiao Letian's deep emotions moved Shi Dakai, who had personally seen the Taiping Army and the Qing Jun slaughtering the entire city, at that moment, he suddenly understood. Maybe this was the power of the humans that Xiao Letian had always emphasized in the book. History was made up of billions of mortals who would never leave their names, cherishing every single life was what a leader should have.
”A single success will cause ten thousand bones to wither …” But who would really think about that skeletal life? ” Thinking back to all the things that had happened in the years since the rise of the Heavenly Kingdom, the King Yi could only sigh.