It must be said that this princess of the Eastern Island Kingdom is indeed quite cunning and scheming.

There's always a constant stream of ideas when it comes to these terrible ideas.

During my last trip to the Ming Dynasty, I came up with several ways to dampen the Ming's morale and humiliate them, thereby elevating the status of the Eastern Island Nation.

Unfortunately, it failed. Instead of suppressing the Ming Dynasty's momentum, Zhu Yunwen successfully used this opportunity to show the Ming Dynasty an even stronger side.

So this time, the princess of the Eastern Island Kingdom set her sights on Zhu Yunwen again.

In her plan, a proud man like Zhu Yunwen would not refuse to be invited to the Eastern Island Kingdom.

Once Zhu Yunwen arrives in Dongdao Kingdom, the Dongdao princess is confident that she can win him over.

So after she proposed the plan, it was approved by the Emperor, and Princess Higashijima immediately began to implement it.

Now, in her eyes, Zhu Yunwen has become so powerful that she can't bear to let him die.

She must make good use of Zhu Yuntong and obtain various weapon-making techniques from him.

In Heishui County, after Zhu Yunwen had a good day of celebration with his soldiers, he then put them back into training.

At the same time, he also ordered Zhang Shan, the Minister of Revenue, to continue the large-scale production of artillery shells.

Then, he added a lot of mercuric fulminate that Zhu Yunwen had previously produced to the center of the bomb.

The reason for producing a large number of bombs was that Zhu Yunwen wanted to see how Dongdao would react.

Having enough bombs means you can deal with all sorts of emergencies.

If the Eastern Island Kingdom is angered by the fact that Zhu Yunwen's military exercise resulted in the annihilation of more than two thousand of their Japanese pirates, and directly sends a large number of troops to attack and occupy the coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty...

Then Zhu Yunwen could directly launch a war.

A large number of shells can play a significant role on the battlefield, minimizing casualties on one's own side while inflicting maximum damage on the enemy.

And so, two days passed.

The island nation did not react strongly.

This disappointed Zhu Yunwen, who had been hoping for a strong reaction from the Eastern Island Kingdom.

For example, they might rashly send troops to the coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty to fight against the Ming soldiers.

Unfortunately, the people of the Eastern Island nation weren't fools and didn't do that.

This also shows that Zhu Yunwen's military exercise was very successful. At least the fact that the Eastern Island Nation suffered such a big loss but did not react at all indicates that they were indeed deterred and afraid of their weapons and equipment.

Not to mention the other countries secretly observing from the sea.

Seeing that the Eastern Island Kingdom seemed to have stopped making any moves, Zhu Yunwen also felt it was rather pointless.

He desperately wanted the Eastern Island Kingdom to continue its reckless provocations against the Ming Dynasty, so that he could have a reason to simply destroy the Eastern Island Kingdom.

Of course, after waiting for a few days, Zhu Yunwen unexpectedly received an invitation.

Surprisingly, it was the princess of the Eastern Island Kingdom who extended a friendly invitation to Zhu Yunwen, inviting him to visit the Eastern Island Kingdom and promote friendly relations between the two countries.

This completely baffled Zhu Yunwen, who couldn't understand why the Eastern Island Kingdom would do such a thing.

Logically speaking, Zhu Yunwen's purpose this time was to demonstrate his military capabilities to the Eastern Island Kingdom, and he did indeed eliminate more than two thousand Japanese pirates from the Eastern Island Kingdom.

So it's like Zhu Yunwen raised his hand and slapped the Eastern Island Kingdom hard.

Instead of getting angry or making any response, the Eastern Island Kingdom invited Zhu Yunwen to visit them and propose a peaceful establishment of diplomatic relations.

Isn't this utter nonsense?

After thinking for a long time, Zhu Yunwen could only think of one possibility: the Eastern Island Kingdom had realized how terrifying his cannons were, so they were afraid and dared not act recklessly anymore, and took the initiative to ask for reconciliation.

This is understandable. After all, if someone is not mentally unstable, upon witnessing the terrifying offensive power of the Ming Dynasty, their first thought would be to improve relations with it.

Instead of doing it right!

Therefore, after careful consideration, Zhu Yunwen felt that it was not surprising that the Eastern Island Kingdom had such ideas.

Upon learning the news, Zhao Qingzhu immediately said to Zhu Yunwen:

"This princess from the Eastern Island Kingdom is a wolf in sheep's clothing. Last time, she came directly to the Ming Dynasty, trying to kill you. She used all sorts of despicable methods and shameless acts."

Now they're even inviting you to the Eastern Island Nation. Wouldn't it be even more dangerous if you went to their territory?

Zhu Yunwen nodded, and then patiently explained to Zhao Qingzhu:

"Firstly, the fact that they extended such an invitation means they have reason to believe I would go. So from their perspective, at least they wouldn't do anything outrageous to me, right?"

Because if they were planning to do something outrageous to me, they would assume I wouldn't go, and therefore wouldn't even bother sending an invitation.

Zhao Qingzhu: "??????"

She rubbed her forehead, feeling a slight itch in her head, as if a brain was about to grow out.

Clearly, given her intelligence, she couldn't possibly understand what Zhu Yunwen meant.

Zhu Yunwen guessed that she couldn't understand, so he gave her a second explanation:

"After witnessing the formidable attack power of my soldiers, they still dared to invite me to their place. Do you think they would dare to do anything to me?"

If they really did something to me, would my soldiers let them get away with it? Putting everything else aside, just look at those powerful cannons; if we produced a few more, it would be enough to flatten the entire Eastern Island.

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