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Chapter 107 - The Lone Island in the Storm
After all, Shang Tai was just a young man who was in his twenties. Although he had received the education of a king since childhood, he was still a common ailment of young people.
Jin Changsen was a true statesman, a practical man through and through. In his heart, he did not care about the so-called pro-Chinese school or the Sun family, he only cared about the balance of interests in his eyes, and following a Ranker was his motto.
”Your Majesty, contact Huashan Liyuan right away. Open the Shouli City to welcome the Japanese army … I know that you might think that I am a loathsome pro-Japanese person, but I honestly told Your Majesty that I am not. I just hope for the ancestral temple of King of the Glazed Ball to remain forever … ”
”Your Majesty, Japanese has actually ruled over Ryukyu for more than two hundred years. The three thousand armored men are all the elites of the Shimadzu Family, and there are still more than ten ships in the sea. Although the cannons on them can't beat the foreigners, it's more than enough to deal with us … ”
”The scariest thing is, over a hundred thousand Japanese people will never join our cause. If war and chaos were to come, they would definitely be organized. What would we have? ”The only warriors who can fight in this country are these three thousand warriors on the city wall …”
What Jin Changsen had said was a truth that was like iron, and Shang Tai was simply unable to refute it. He looked at the city that was filled with flames and the sounds of fighting that were drifting in the wind, and felt a chill in his heart.
Just as Shang Tai was about to compromise, a loud voice came out from behind the two of them. ”Your majesty, you can't listen to him. The ones who walked over were the leader of the pro-Chinese school's imperial guards, Cai Mao, and the Minister of Revenue, Lin Yuanmiao.
Cai Mao glared angrily at Jin Changsen, wanting to stab a hole through him with his sword. ”Your Majesty, please listen to the sounds of war from the entire city, as well as the countless flames, what does this prove? This proves that the Mr. Xiao has instigated the entire city's Chinese to fight, that would be a hundred thousand Chinese people ah … ”
”Jin Changsen! If it was only the dozens of guards under the Mr. Xiao, even if there were another one to two hundred people, would they be able to stir up such a huge war? ”Your ability to tell lies without opening your eyes is truly inborn …”
At this time, Lin Yuanmiao also spoke up, ”Your Majesty, ever since the ancient times, those who have achieved great feats have never been cowardly and fearless. You and the Mr. Xiao have reached an agreement, and since you have chosen a continent across the sea, you should stop swaying …”
At this time, Lin Yuanmiao suddenly kneeled on the ground and cried, ”Your Majesty, we can win, as long as you give the order, let the million citizens of the Ryukyu stand on the side of the Chinese and fight against the Japanese, we will win …”
Hearing that, Jin Changsen immediately went crazy, he jumped and cursed, ”You two bastards, are you trying to kill Ryukyu? To mobilize the entire nation to fight, do you want to fight the Japan? It had to be known that Deer Island was only a sea route away from here for more than a day. But the Great Qing? ”It will take three to four days from the current Ning Bo to reach that tyrant. Before the Qing people even arrive, our king has probably already been kidnapped …”
”traitor, you two are the traitor!” Jin Changsen jumped up and down and scolded them, he no longer had a gentle and refined look on his face, ”You two madmen, are you trying to kill the Ryukyu and his majesty?”
”Let me ask you one last time, I won't say anything further away. In the five hundred years since the start of the Ming Dynasty, when did the Chinese army come to see that tyrant? When the Shimadzu Family invaded the Ryukyu, where were the Ming Dynasty's troops? When the Japanese was suppressing us for more than two hundred years, what were the emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties doing?! ”
”You group of foolish bastards, are you planning to destroy the Shang Dynasty's ancestral temple? Me, Me, Me... I'll kill you all! ” With that, Jin Changsen rushed forward and started fighting with Cai Mao.
Perhaps, it was because of Jin Changsen's words that no one was able to differentiate between the two. General Cai Mao, the expert in martial arts, had his aura taken away and was only passively defending. At this time, Lin Yuanmiao also threw caution to the wind and shouted, ”Jin Changsen!” If you want to be the Japanese's servant, we don't want to be. We never expected to be the emperor of the continent … ”
”What we are counting on is only Xiao Letian, it's just that you do not understand what we are thinking of as Grand Master of Western Studies at all …” With that, he slapped Jin Changsen's hat off.
Maybe it was because of this slap, maybe it was Lin Yuanmiao's words that shocked him. He took a few steps back, leaned against the battlements, and looked at the two of them in disbelief.
”This is crazy, the two of you are really crazy.” A scholar who writes a book, and you think you can rely on Mt. Tai? Are you naive or stupid? ” Jin Changsen was speechless, looking at the two familiar faces in front of him, it was as if he didn't know them at all.
The argument on top of the city walls made all of the surrounding soldiers go into a daze, and they all hid far away, not daring to get involved. While the conflicting Shang Tai's face was filled with confusion, he simply did not know how to settle this conflict.
”Has he gone mad? You can say that we are crazy, because if we are not crazy, then the only thing that awaits us is the destruction of the Ryukyu Kingdom. ” Lin Yuanmiao wiped the tears off his eyes and said softly.
”To tell you the truth, we are all worshippers of Xiao Letian's Western studies. In the《 Journey to the West》, Mr. Xiao has mentioned many times that this has never happened before, and this is a era where people worship iron bloodedness and the laws of the jungle …”
”From now on, great changes will take place in human society. Some countries will be revived, some countries will decline, and even new countries will appear out of thin air. Of course, countless declining civilizations will also perish …”
”The Ryukyu is already too weak to return. If we continue to drag this on according to your wish, maybe we will be given a few years to fight for our breaths. However, our only ending for the rest of us is death …”