Looking at Zhang Xianzong and Yang Wenguang, Li Chang'an deactivated his armor.

As soon as Zhao Hu and the others set off, he did not come with the main group. Instead, he summoned his armor and flew directly to the Min region.

In just ten minutes, they flew directly from the capital to Fujian.

Five minutes were spent determining the direction.

It took two minutes to correct the direction.

Therefore, it only takes three minutes to fly from Beijing to Fujian.

Li Chang'an felt that three minutes was not short at all; three minutes was quite long.

Don't underestimate these three minutes; in a man's eyes, three minutes can feel like an eternity.

Then Li Chang'an searched for Yang Wenguang's army's camp for a full half hour.

“I have already abolished the etiquette of kneeling, but none of you listen. You still kowtow like worms every day.”

Upon hearing this, Yang Wenguang grinned widely and said, "I, Old Yang, am a thousand times unwilling to kneel before others."

"But if it's kneeling before my parents, I, Old Yang, am willing."

"If it were a prince, I, Old Yang, would rush to kneel."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Xianzong silently gave Yang Wenguang a thumbs up.

That's a good way to flatter someone.

Yang Wenguang didn't think he was flattering Li Chang'an. After spending the past six months together, he admired Li Chang'an more and more.

Having served as an official for so many years, this was the first time he had ever met such an upright and honest person.

Not only did they not embezzle a single penny, they also gave benefits to the people and to these officials.

For this reason alone, Yang Wenguang admired him greatly.

After all, he didn't dare to say that he had a clear conscience.

Sometimes he would get greedy and couldn't help but use his position to secretly seek some personal gain.

For example, he used his status as a general to arrange for his six sons to enter the military camp in Tai'an City for training.

Then he secretly taught them military strategy and made them captains.

They would also secretly report some military intelligence, claiming that they killed 1,000 enemies but falsely reported 1,500, and then earn some military merit money.

However, Li Chang'an discovered this and gave him a warning.

Fortunately, no innocent people were killed to claim credit; otherwise, he would probably be another victim of hell, a VIP.

"Alright, tell me what's going on now."

Li Chang'an helped them both up and saw that they were fishing, so he couldn't resist the urge to fish himself.

I picked up a fishing rod, gave it a strong swing, and sat down to start fishing.

After being thrown out, Li Chang'an felt a sense of comfort all over his body, a tingling sensation that rushed from his tailbone straight to his brain.

The feeling of fishing can be summed up in one word: awesome!

Seeing a bucket of grain beside him, Li Chang'an curled his lip.

"How can this little bit of food be enough to bait the fish? If the fish in the water see it, they'll think we can't afford to bait the fish."

After saying that, he waved his hand, and more than ten tons of grain fell into the sea with a loud bang.

The commotion attracted the attention of the surrounding soldiers. They were surprised to see the grain appear out of thin air and rushed over to look, only to be reprimanded by Yang Wenguang.

We must not disturb the prince's fishing.

Zhang Xianzong stood behind Li Chang'an and reported the situation here.

“A few days ago, more than a dozen Japanese pirates came out, saying they wanted to establish friendly relations with the Ming Dynasty and hoped to land on land.”

"General Yang felt something was amiss. There was no need for so many people to come over for friendly exchanges, so he didn't let them disembark. General Yang and the prefect of Huzhou had a rather unpleasant argument over this."

"The prefect of Huzhou felt that this was a matter of showcasing the prestige of our Great Ming Dynasty, and that they should be allowed to disembark."

"It was later proven that General Yang's decision was correct. The next day, dozens of large ships arrived one after another, loitering nearby and even attempting to forcibly land on the shore."

"However, we were stopped, and many of our brothers were killed or injured. We also damaged a ship, which is now being towed back to the shipyard for repairs."

Upon hearing Zhang Xianzong's words, Li Chang'an grinned.

"Scholars are useless. The prestige of the Ming Dynasty is forged by the swords of soldiers, not by the words of civil officials."

"Truth always lies on the edge of a knife; if you don't even understand this principle, what kind of lousy prefect are you?"

Upon hearing these words, Zhang Xianzong felt extremely relieved.

"Your Highness is right, but the situation is not optimistic. The ships on the sea are not only Japanese pirates, but also fleets from eight countries including Portugal, Goguryeo, and India."

"They have now formed an eight-nation alliance and have been confronting us. General Yang estimates that a war will likely break out this time."

"Therefore, I am sending this urgent message to Your Highness to request your assistance and, by the way, inquire what to do."

When Li Chang'an heard about the Eight-Nation Alliance, his expression remained calm, but his eyes narrowed.

"The Japanese pirates want to invade us, and other countries also want to join in the fun, so let's fight."

"All the lands under the sun and moon, wherever mountains and rivers are illuminated, belong to the territory of our Great Ming."

"Anyone who offends China will have their country destroyed, their race exterminated, and their descendants wiped out."

Looking at the excited Yang Wenguang and Zhang Xianzong, Li Chang'an said, "Do I need to teach you this kind of thing?"

"What can we do? We have no choice but to fight!"

"If we defeat them so that only the Chinese race remains in the world, then no one will dare to invade us again."

"Yes, Your Highness!"

Upon hearing Li Chang'an's words, Yang Wenguang trembled with excitement.

In the past, whenever there was a war, those damned civil officials would only think about peace talks, peace talks, peace talks!

This made those military officers feel incredibly frustrated.

They all have two arms and one head, so why do you think they can't beat them?

After all these years, I've finally found someone who's right up my alley.

Yang Wenguang felt it was a great pity that the prince was not the emperor.

Li Chang'an was about to say something when he saw two soldiers leading a short man over.

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