Compared to the lengthy and formal letter, the secret letter in the box was clearly more personal. In fact, when Qin Ze read the second half of the letter, he got goosebumps all over his body.
How could Queen Isabella of the Kingdom of Sassa, who was high above and held great power, write such astonishing words so bluntly?
This was quite unexpected for Qin Ze. He found it hard to connect this secret letter with Isabella, after all, the tone was just too... shocking.
But without a doubt, the letter must have been written by her. After all, Qin Ze had seen Isabella wearing the sunflower brooch during their last meeting, and its shimmering light had even dazzled Qin Ze's eyes at that time.
In other words, this was Her Majesty the Queen's personal accessory, and its value is self-evident. In addition, there was the golden violet.
Although he had never seen it before, Qin Ze knew its meaning.
Lucat had previously stated that Isabella came from a distinguished family and was the daughter of the most prestigious Abella family in the Kingdom of Sassa.
However, this is the present day. Before Isabella ascended the throne, the Abella family could not be considered a first-class noble family, but after she ascended the throne, her family rose to become a first-class noble family.
However, whether in the past or present, the Abella family is the family with the purest bloodline and the longest history in the Kingdom of Sas.
After Isabella ascended the throne, a saying circulated among the people of Saar, who called the Abella family the "Golden Family" because the Abella family controlled the most gold resources in Saar. After Isabella's accession to the throne, Saar's gold reserves also increased, and the regime headed by Isabella was also called the "Golden Dynasty".
The violet is the family crest of the Abella family, and the meaning of the golden violet is self-evident.
Therefore, the two tokens that Isabella sent were absolutely precious.
Faced with such a direct gesture of goodwill, Qin Ze could not remain silent. Therefore, after receiving the letter, Qin Ze immediately sent back a letter and a gift, which the envoy from the Kingdom of Sa Ri took back with him.
However, Isabella will not receive it until mid-May at the earliest.
But that was no longer something Qin Ze cared about; all his attention was now focused on his homeland, thousands of miles away.
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It was evening.
"Your Majesty, the weather has been quite nice these past few days. Shall we continue back at this speed?"
On the deck of the Yanhuang, the captain put down his binoculars and turned to Qin Ze, who was standing on the deck with his hands behind his back, facing the sea.
"His Majesty?"
"Hmm? Of course." Qin Ze snapped out of his thoughts and continued:
"Maintain this speed, sails at full capacity, steam engines at full power, we must return home as quickly as possible."
"The same goes for tonight. We should sail as far as possible. The route we've taken so far is already very clear. As long as we don't deviate from the direction, there shouldn't be any problems."
"Yes, Your Majesty," the captain replied and immediately headed for the captain's cabin.
Qin Ze was still standing on the deck, looking at the boundless sea. It was early May, which was considered the best time of year at sea. If it were a month or two later, when summer arrived, the weather at sea would be unpredictable, and sailing would be fraught with difficulties.
It was summer when we set sail from Nangang, and we encountered a storm on the way, but fortunately we made it through. However, it took us a lot of time to get here, and it took us two months to arrive.
This time, however, things will be different. The sailing speed has been increased to the maximum, and as long as we don't encounter extreme weather, we will most likely be able to reach Nangang within a month.
"Hopefully I can get back to Nangang before the end of June... but I'm afraid that's too late..." Qin Ze frowned and muttered to himself.
While muttering to himself, he once again pulled out the letter from home from his pocket.
Qin Ze had read the letter, which he had only received a few days ago, many times. As a result, the letter had become crumpled and tattered, but he still couldn't help but look at it over and over again.
"Your Majesty, it's windy here. Why don't you go back to your cabin first?" a soldier said, looking at Qin Ze as he took out the letter.
"Yes, it's getting dark. Turn on all the lights; we still need to travel in the dark for a while," Qin Ze instructed.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Qin Ze then took the letter and returned to the cabin.
The cabin lights were already on. Qin Ze got into bed, lay down, picked up the letter in his hand, unfolded it, and read it with a complicated expression.
This letter, written by Zhang Li himself, only mentioned two things: one worry and one joy.
The first thing that worried Zhang Li was that.
It is said that in mid-February, a fleet from the ocean appeared in the direction of Fusang Island. Meanwhile, the country's own fleet had been patrolling the waters near Fusang Island, so they discovered the fleet's presence before it even entered the waters near Fusang Island.
However, at the same time, that fleet must have also spotted its own fleet, because they soon turned around and drove away.
But this was by no means an ordinary, unexpected event.
Because the flag that the fleet was flying high bore the symbol of the Tajik flag country.
The reason why the Japanese dared to invade their own country was firstly because their country's power had declined under the incompetent rule of the Kim family, which gave them an opportunity. However, this factor alone was far from enough to make the Japanese dare to invade so brazenly. After all, even a starved camel is bigger than a horse. How could tiny Japan shake a towering tree? Even if this towering tree was rotten inside, it could still crush the tiny ant country of Japan when it fell.
The reason why the Japanese ultimately risked their national destiny by launching an invasion was because they received funding from the Taqi Kingdom, which sold them a large amount of advanced military equipment. This gave the Japanese the confidence to gamble everything.
However, it is obvious that a person who has no foundation or strong strength and relies on the resources given by a country with ulterior motives to gamble will, whether on or off the gambling table, always end up losing everything.
Therefore, the Fusang Kingdom reaped what it sowed and was destroyed.
Meanwhile, the Taqi Kingdom behind them remained inconspicuous, completely detached from the matter, merely wasting some military equipment.
The fact that they dared to hand over these military equipment to Fusang suggests that they might possess even better military equipment.
For such a long time since Fusang was destroyed, they have not made any move, but this time they have appeared in the distant seas of Fusang Island with a fleet, so it is obvious that they have a big plan.
What deeply worried Zhang Li was that the fleet that the Taqi people had shown this time was no ordinary one.
The letter stated:
"Your Majesty, although the Taqi Kingdom's fleet only made a brief encounter with us before turning away and sailing far away, the naval personnel said they saw what appeared to be smoke floating in their fleet, which greatly worries me."
"If they are not mistaken, does the Kingdom of Tajikistan also possess steam-powered sailing ships?"
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