Chapter 248: Destroying the Japanese
The Emperor of India was anxious to send Hei Hu away, fearing that he would stay in India with his army. Hei Hu was also anxious to leave, not only because he wanted to return to his country, but also because he wanted to bring back a large number of treasures.
After the two sides discussed it, they decided that although going by sea was risky, our Black Tiger was never afraid of risks. He thought that if he could bring back ten ships of treasures, even if he only brought back five ships, he would still make a profit.
He also asked Tianzhu for 3,000 slaves, and soon Tianzhu was ready and officially set sail back to Daxia. Heihu was a thief, and he wanted to take any good things he saw outside home.
Knowing that Jinsui liked all kinds of new crops, he got a lot of crops, plants, and medicinal herbs that were not available in Daxia in Tianzhu, and let the slaves plant them directly on the ship.
If his subordinates had not stopped him, he would have wanted to bring back a few elephants, tigers and other ferocious beasts to present to His Majesty.
Spices were expensive in Daxia, so he brought five ships of spices. He also thought of how Tang Xuanzang had taken ten years to bring back the scriptures. Although he could not understand them, it would be a good idea to bring more books back.
They also took away a lot of books from the royal collection of India. In short, our Black Tiger's idea is very simple. It is not easy to come to India, so we must bring more things back.
The funny thing is that the people in Tianzhu saw him using gunpowder to kill the Hu people and wanted to exchange these treasures for some gunpowder. Heihu decisively refused. I was stupid. How could such a sharp weapon be left in a neighboring country?
Heihu is indeed a lucky man. Others who travel to India by sea often have to risk their lives and go through many twists and turns. However, although he was seasick and vomited all over the place on his first time on a boat, he had a smooth journey.
There was no storm, nor did they get lost. Instead, they encountered pirates twice, which made Hei Hu excited and relieved the discomfort of seasickness.
Not only did they kill the pirates, they also cleared out their lairs and captured some pirates alive to bring back for interrogation about what happened at sea.
In this way, none of the ten ships sank, and they captured two pirate ships on the way and successfully reached the South China Sea. When Heihu was thinking of finding our merchant ship to inquire, he met the patrol boat sent by Hanxing.
Then there was the scene in the letter that Han Xing wrote to Gu Changxiao. At first, I didn't know it was Black Tiger. I only saw twelve ships sailing into our waters, two of which were pirate ships. After receiving the news, Han Xing immediately prepared to fight.
He personally led the navy to fight, and heard cheers from the opposite ship, then the flag of the Black Feather Army fluttering, followed by Black Tiger's shout: "Brother Han! It's me!"
The second urgent letter from Han Xing said that Hei Hu knew that he would attack Japan next, so he did not plan to return to the capital and wanted to stay in the navy and fight Japan with Han Xing.
Because the soldiers he led have become qualified sailors.
Han Xing didn't dare to make the decision, so he hurriedly sent a letter to Gu Changxiao, asking His Majesty to make it clear. Of course, the ten ships of treasures brought back by Hei Hu were sent back to the capital without leaving any.
The East China Sea base was asked to prepare for the reception, but the 3,000 Indian slaves were not sent back, because Han Xing had heard from Jin Sui about infectious diseases, and many sources of infection were brought by people from afar.
He did not dare to bring these dirty slaves to the capital, so he directly settled them on an island in the South China Sea. Fortunately, these slaves were very obedient.
According to Heihu, the lower-class people in India lived a miserable life, but after giving these slaves to him, they were able to have enough food and clothing and not be beaten. Even though they had to leave their homes, they were very grateful to Heihu.
Gu Changxiao immediately agreed to Hei Hu's request and asked him to join the navy to fight against Japan with Han Xing. And the plan to fight against Japan was advanced, and Hei Hu and Han Xing set out to attack Japan from two directions.
At the same time, the ten ships that Heihu brought back from Tianzhu entered the East China Sea Port. Gu Changxiao sent officials from the Ministry of Revenue to reward the soldiers returning to the port and bring these treasures back to the capital.
All the way from Donghai Port to the capital, there were countless people watching. It was the first major event after the capital was moved. Before, the people watched beheadings, but this time they watched treasures being presented.
Countless rare treasures were carried back to the capital in open boxes. The Buddhist scriptures had not arrived yet, so monks from several major Buddhist temples came to the capital and waited respectfully, begging His Majesty to bestow them.
But Gu Changxiao only earned one or two copies from each temple, and the rest were placed in the Capital Library.
What Jinsui was most looking forward to was plants. The atlas was delivered while it was still on the way, and she flipped through it hurriedly trying to find the most important plant.
She was not disappointed, she found it! It was rubber.
What made Jinsui feel blessed by God was that rubber was not cultivated on a large scale in India, but was brought back from other places by sailors as a present to the emperor of India.
It was only planted in royal gardens as an ornamental plant. At first, no one recommended bringing it because it was ugly and it was not an agricultural crop. Since it was to be brought back to the country to present to the queen, of course one had to choose a good-looking one.
But Hei Hu liked it very much, saying that this tree is hardy and will not die in the sea. And who said that the queen only likes beautiful things? Our queen is different and likes all new things.
Take it back! Just this sentence from Hei Hu helped us to successfully obtain rubber. Originally, Jin Sui planned to have the navy go to America to find it in a few years. With rubber, our industrial revolution can be advanced!
Jinsui was so happy that he wanted to kiss the album twice.
Gu Changxiao laughed: "Doesn't Sui Sui like rare treasures?"
Jin Sui nodded repeatedly: "Of course I like it! But I like this more, it is more useful than gold, silver and jewelry, Your Majesty will know it later."
Just like cotton, it was introduced to my country a long time ago, but it was always grown as an ornamental flower in gardens until it was planted on a large scale during the Song Dynasty.
Nowadays, India regards rubber as an ornamental plant, so let's wait for us to plant it on a large scale! The first thing needed for the Industrial Revolution was the steam engine, and the steam engine must have a rubber ring.
Jinsui set a 15-year cycle for the Industrial Revolution: destroying Japan, dominating the world, finding America, bringing back rubber, and improving industry...
Now it seems that this cycle will be greatly shortened to six years. Within six years, she will definitely train a group of excellent technical workers and make steam engines.
What's funny is that the court argued for several days over whether the treasures brought back by Hei Hu should be put into the national treasury or the emperor's private treasury. The Ministry of Revenue of course wanted to put them into the national treasury, and the reason given was that they were considered spoils of war captured after the war.
Gu Changxiao refuted this, because the Black Tiger Expedition did not spend a penny from the national treasury, and all the food and weapons used were from the emperor's private treasury. And this was not the spoils brought back from the extermination of the Hu.
The spoils of war from defeating the Hu people were the thirty-six kingdoms in the Western Regions, all of which were part of the territory of Daxia. He brought this back from India and presented it to the emperor and empress.
The final decision was to divide the treasures into four parts: one part would be given as a reward to the expeditionary soldiers, one part would go into the national treasury, one part would go into His Majesty's private treasury, and the other part would be given to the Queen.
The officials of the Ministry of Revenue were very dissatisfied. They said that you two took half of the money and gave it as a reward to the expedition soldiers. The money should have been paid by the emperor. In other words, the Ministry of Revenue only took one-quarter.
But they were powerless to refute, because General Black Tiger's expedition was when Your Majesty rescued Chang'an from the siege. At that time, Your Majesty had not yet ascended the throne, and Black Tiger was completely King Li's private soldier.
Don’t think that the dispute over whether to put money into the national treasury or the emperor’s private treasury is a small matter. It’s a big deal! Previously, the Ministry of Revenue did not support the expansion of the navy because of the high military expenditure.
This money went into the emperor's private treasury. Even if it was all used for military expenses, the officials would have nothing to do with it.
Some people think that the money in the national treasury is the emperor's money and he can spend it however he wants. That is totally impossible. If an emperor wants to build a garden, he will be scolded by the censor and recorded in history.
Even for small matters, if the emperor had a midnight snack, someone would ask the palace for the bill. If the empress made an extra skirt, the censor would keep an eye on it.
In other words, there is only Jinsui in Gu Changxiao's harem, and up to now, there has been no censor reporting that the harem's expenses are too high.
In addition to the emperor's rewards to the expeditionary soldiers, the empress also gave a portion to their families. In addition, Jinsui specially entertained Baozhu and gave her ten sets of headwear, a cart of high-quality silk, a box of precious pearls worth a thousand gold, and a longevity lock made of a hundred taels of gold for her son.
She sincerely said to Baozhu: "Black Tiger is pure and true. If it were any other general, he would definitely keep a copy for himself in advance. This is also an unwritten rule in the army, and it is tacitly approved by the higher-ups.
Only our Black Tiger probably didn't keep any good things for himself, at most leaving a gold bracelet for you and your child. This reward will not be recorded in the official account, it is given to you by this palace out of personal interest.
After Hei Hu returns, His Majesty will definitely confer a title on him. You will be the Countess in the future. Before that, learn more from Madam Yan about the management and rules of the Earl's Mansion."
Baozhu was touched and frightened at the same time. She turned to look at Twelve Lady and called her as before: "Miss."
Twelve Lady held her hand and said sincerely, "Don't be afraid, I'll take care of everything."
Baozhu's eyes turned red. How could she have deserved to become a countess when she was just a slave maid?
But she thought of something that had been keeping it in her heart and she had no one to discuss it with, so she decided to ask the queen and the young lady today.
"I heard from others that Hei Hu will marry another noblewoman when he comes back." Bao Zhu said hurriedly, "That's as it should be! My status is not worthy of Hei Hu, but my son is Hei Hu's legitimate son."
Jin Sui frowned: "Who told you this?"
Baozhu lowered her head and said, "I heard some ladies say this when I attended the banquet."
Twelve Lady said angrily: "These people should be ripped off their mouths! They can't send their daughters to the harem, so they want to send them to the backyard of the generals trusted by His Majesty.
Humph, there were also people who treated Han Xing like this in Chang'an, and I kicked them out.
Baozhu, don't listen to their nonsense. They are deliberately suppressing you and trying to sow discord between you and Heihu.
Your Majesty will never reward a military commander with a beautiful woman! And Black Tiger will never marry another noblewoman. You will always be Black Tiger's legal wife!"
Baozhu cried, "But I come from a humble background."
Jinsui sighed softly. She hadn't noticed that Baozhu must have been under a lot of pressure recently.
Maybe someone told her that she should be virtuous and propose to give Hei Hu a co-wife, so that she would appear generous and that this was what a noble lady should do...
If Baozhu really believed these words and decided to take concubines or beauties for Heihu, Heihu would think that Baozhu didn't like him and pushed him to other women when he got home! Jinsui said seriously: "Birth is determined by heaven, we can't choose it. My father was just a county magistrate, but he became the queen!
So what if you are born in a humble family? You can still be a royal lady! Others have their own mouths, and we have no right to control what they say, but we must not look down on ourselves!
Have you forgotten that Hei Hu carried you on his horse in front of so many people at the polo match? You are the woman he truly loves. Don't let other people's words affect your relationship."
Twelve Niang said it more directly: "You are really letting it go. You marry a noble lady as your equal wife or concubine. She has a strong family to support her. Sooner or later, she will harm you and your child.
Do you think you can keep your son's status as the legitimate son by taking a step back? Only by not letting these demons in from the beginning can you keep your son's status and future!
Silly girl, if you don’t think about yourself, you should think about your son.”
A mother must be strong. Baozhu's eyes lit up instantly, and she was also sobered by Jinsui and Shi Er Niang. She didn't want to be a virtuous lady. What if she was called a shrew? I just want to be strong to protect my son and my status! Who said I don't have a family or backing? The Queen is my backing, and the young lady is my family!
In June of the same year, Han Xing was the first to land in the southern part of Japan. With the help of Huo Zian, a battle began that caught Japan completely unprepared and without any signs.
In July of the same year, Hei Hu landed on the east side of Japan, and attacked from both sides together with Han Xing, all the way to the capital of Japan.
In October of the same year, the Emperor of Wa burned himself to death in the palace. Han Xing sat in the capital of Wa, while Hei Hu led his troops to quell the rebellions of the princes and kill the Wa warriors.
These good news were sent to the capital, and letters from Han Xing and Huo Zian were also sent back.
There is no doubt that the Japanese were powerless against our gunpowder. Their navy was completely routed by the gunpowder. Their warships were sunk by our warships.
Moreover, there is no unity within Japan. According to Hei Hu, this tiny country is divided into hundreds of vassal states. They are not even as big as our village, but they dare to call themselves vassal kings! But it is not so easy to destroy Japan. Although their weapons are not good and they are not united, many people would rather die than surrender.
But they were not like the northern frontier, where they could run away on horseback. Japan was an isolated island, and they could only flee into the mountains. Han felt that if they did not kill all the fleeing troops, it would not be considered the destruction of the country.
They also had a group of powerful people who protected the emperor's son and fled to Baekje.
Han Xing is preparing to send troops to Baekje. Either the King of Baekje hands over the remaining Japanese troops, or we declare war on Baekje. I would like to ask Your Majesty for instructions.
Gu Changxiao immediately approved Han Xing's request and allowed him to send troops to Baekje. The naval battle was prolonged, and it would take time to completely destroy the Japanese.
News kept coming back from the sea that the Yan family's merchant ships were used as food and fodder ships, providing Hanxing Black Tiger with a steady supply of supplies and weapons.
The war finally came to a complete victory in the spring of the following year. The branch of the Japanese royal family that had fled to Baekje was completely strangled.
Because Baekje was accused of harboring the Japanese royal family, the king of Baekje paid tribute in the form of ten ships. In March of the same year, Heihu returned home with the spoils of war that he had plundered from the Japanese royal family.
Han Xing stayed in Japanese territory to do post-war cleaning and silver mine surveys.
All adult Japanese warriors were killed, the emperor's ancestral temple was razed, the royal family was exterminated, and the princes were also beheaded. Only civilians survived.
Han Xing requested His Majesty to send a hundred civil officials to redivide the Wa territory and make the Wa people speak Chinese, follow Chinese customs, and respect the Xia Emperor. As for learning Chinese, it would be easier because the Wa people now use Chinese characters.
On the day when Shuo'er was two years old, Wa was officially destroyed and became a county of Daxia, which Gu Changxiao named "Nanyang County".
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