Seeing that Bu Fan was trying to persuade him, he said directly, "I came here with an elite group."
Bu Fan, who had been with Liu Che for a long time, naturally knew the strength of the elite regiment. After hearing this, he immediately said, "I don't know where Your Majesty is now, but this island is not very big. Your Highness, please rest for a while, and I will ask you first."
Liu Tan nodded after hearing this: "Okay, the sooner the better."
Although it seems that Liu Che has not suffered any loss now, the problem is that Liu Che... he has never fought a war.
He grew up in the palace and was made the crown prince after being the King of Jiaodong for a few years. Before he ascended the throne and in the first few years after he ascended the throne, he had never even left Chang'an. How could he possibly fight in a war?
He just needs to recognize people and drive them to expand his territory.
Liu Tan guessed that the natives could not defeat Liu Che because the Han Dynasty's equipment was definitely better than theirs. Secondly, from Bu Fan's description, these natives had not yet evolved completely. At least in fighting, they should still follow instinct and do not understand what strategy and tactics are.
So when they met the Han people, they were beaten in a panic.
What's more, the Han people have an advantage in terms of race - he remembered that the natives of Luzon Island have always been relatively short. Of course they have an advantage in the jungle, but that won't work on flat land.
And now the place where Liu Che had seized for his garrison happened to be a flat land.
While Bu Fan asked someone to inquire about Liu Che's movements, he led Liu Tan to Liu Ju's "bedroom".
In fact, as the second-highest-ranking King of Qi, Liu Fuling, in the entire camp, should know Liu Che's movements better than anyone else. However, Bu Fan knew in his heart that this man had made some mistakes, and the emperor was not willing to pursue the matter now because he did not have the intention to do so. Recently, Liu Fuling and his mother had served well, so he was not punished.
Now the appearance of His Royal Highness the King of the Northern Territory means that everything will be back on track. In other words, no one knows what punishment the King of Qi will receive after returning to the Han Dynasty.
Under such circumstances, it is normal that Liu Fuling is unwilling to tell His Royal Highness the King of the Northern Territory some information.
Of course, in Bu Fan's opinion, if the King of Qi was smart, he should cooperate with His Royal Highness the King of the Northern Territory now and try to get the King of the Northern Territory to say good things about him when the time comes.
As a result, as soon as they met, this person started to show his stance like a fighting cock, and Bu Fan gave up the idea of persuading him when he saw it.
During this period, Bu Fan's beloved was also very worried, and he was somewhat blaming Liu Fuling in his heart. How could he still help him with his plans?
Liu Fuling watched Bu Fan ignore him and instead show extra attention to Liu Tan. His expression was almost twisted with anger. "Where are you taking Liu Tan? That's my father's bedroom!"
Liu Tan paused and tilted his head slightly to look at Liu Fuling, but without looking him in the face, he simply said, "What's wrong? Have you been hanging out with barbarians for so long that you don't even have any manners? You can't even call me Fifth Brother?"
Before, Liu Tan always felt that it was disgusting to have such a younger brother, but now... well, seeing Liu Fuling's face flushed and unable to speak, he felt very happy.
Liu Fuling wanted to say something but was stopped by the Queen Mother of Qi again.
Liu Tan just followed Bu Fan without looking away.
After he left, Liu Fuling gritted his teeth and said, "Mother, why did you stop me? He's too arrogant!"
The Queen Mother of Qi looked at her son and sighed, "Why are you getting more and more impatient? His Royal Highness the Prince of the Northern Territory has made great military achievements, and now he has traveled thousands of miles, overcoming countless dangers, to come and fetch Your Majesty. Your Majesty already dotes on him, and I'm afraid he's even more so this time. As long as he has Your Majesty's favor, he has every right to be arrogant. Even the Crown Prince might not be in his eyes. And you and I are now criminals, so why bother confronting him head-on?"
Liu Fuling thought thoughtfully: "Mother means that he and the Crown Prince..."
The Queen Mother of Qi smiled slightly and said, "Don't forget, he is the Queen's legitimate son and is qualified to aspire to the throne."
Liu Fuling's expression changed: "He is not..."
The Queen Mother of Qi raised her voice and said, "He is! As long as Your Majesty and Madam have not denied it, no matter what his background is, he is the legitimate son!"
Liu Fuling closed his mouth somewhat unwillingly. Indeed, they knew in their hearts that Liu Tan's origin might not be that simple. He might be born to a palace maid, but in the end the queen used some tricks to make him the legitimate son.
But since neither the emperor nor the empress mentioned this matter, naturally no one else would mention it either.
The Queen Mother of Qi straightened her son's clothes and said, "You're so used to having the final say in Qi, but you don't even have this little patience? Behave yourself these past few days. No matter what His Royal Highness the King of the Northern Territory says or does, you must accept it and admit your mistakes. That's the only way to put this matter behind us, understand?"
Liu Fuling took a deep breath and nodded seriously: "Son, I understand."
The Queen Mother of Qi said, "Don't worry. You didn't do this on purpose. His Majesty is in a good mood right now and won't take his anger out on you. Besides... the most terrifying thing in this world isn't being remembered by His Majesty, but being forgotten by Him. As long as he remembers you, there will be another chance sooner or later."
Liu Fuling nodded thoughtfully and began to think about how to get along with Liu Tan.
At this time, Liu Tan felt speechless. He had thought that Liu Fuling should have made some progress over the years as he grew older, but he didn't expect that he was even worse than before.
At least he had some scheming and tactics in the palace before, but now he seems like a reckless man, who doesn't care about anything and has to argue about right and wrong.
Liu Tan asked directly, "Has Liu Fuling been in this mood recently?"
Bu Fan turned around and said with a smile: "Your Highness is a little bit honest now, Your Highness, don't worry too much."
Liu Tan understood. He thought that in Qi, no matter how he wanted to fight, no one would fight him. His skills would become rusty over time. In addition, he might not be able to figure out what Liu Che was thinking now, so he was at a loss as to what to do.
Liu Tan asked again, "Does he have the right to mobilize troops? I mean... here in the camp."
Bu Fan led him into a room and said, "Your Highness, you are joking. The Sixth Prince has neither the tiger talisman nor the imperial edict, so what can he mobilize? The people he originally led, alas, all died in the shipwreck."
Liu Tan's heart tightened after hearing this: "Shipwreck? Did the emperor encounter a shipwreck again?"
Bu Fan sighed, "Your Highness, think about it, if it weren't for an accident, the fleet would never have gotten here."
Anyway, he was waiting for news. After knowing that Liu Che was fine, Liu Tan had already let go of his tense mind. He quickly said, "Tell me what happened."
Bu Fan hesitated a little: "Your Highness, you are tired from traveling. Would you like to take a rest first?"
Liu Tan shook his head and said, "No need. I have to take people to find my father after I get the news. Let's talk about it when I get back."
Bu Fan had no choice but to have food brought in while he said, "Since that's the case, I'll tell His Highness about it."
Liu Tan nodded and said, "First, send some people over to watch over the ship and prevent those local monkeys from damaging our ship. Then replace the elite regiment."
Bu Fan immediately went out to give orders, and Liu Tan raised his eyebrows when he saw this.
He had asked Bu Fan to do this with some tentative intentions, mainly to see who had the final say in this place when Liu Che was not around.
Unexpectedly, Bu Fan is actually the chief steward here, and Liu Fuling... seems to be treated well only because of his noble status, but he has no real power.
After Bu Fan gave his instructions, he came back and began to tell Liu about the trip.
Originally, their goal was indeed the 32 islands overseas, because it was said that someone witnessed many immortals holding a banquet there. Not only were there immortals shuttling back and forth, but one could even faintly hear bursts of immortal music coming from there.
It’s just that because of the misty fairy fog, I can’t see clearly where I am.
But since so many people said so and it sounded true, Liu Che naturally wanted to go and see for himself.
As a result, after going out to sea, they did encounter fog - not fairy fog but sea fog!
When sailing on the sea, encountering sea fog is the most terrifying thing. You may get lost in it and never come back.
Liu Tan couldn't help but frown when he heard this: "Where's Si Nan? Didn't you take Si Nan with you when you went out?"
He had worked so hard to modify the Si Nan Car to be much smaller in size. It's fine if you dislike the Si Nan Car because it's heavy, but he would be so angry if you didn't even bring a compass!
Bu Fan smiled bitterly, "Why not? We were planning to return, but halfway through, we ran into a strong wind and a huge whirlpool formed on the sea!"
When Bu Fan said this, his face, which usually did not easily show emotions, actually showed a hint of fear. It seemed that the scene was indeed frightening enough.
Liu Tan was also frightened when he heard this. Even though he knew that Liu Che was fine, he also knew that there was a whirlpool on the sea and the ship could easily be swept into it.
This was actually the case. At least half of the team's small boats were swept away, and the fate of those people was unknown.
Well, although we don’t know whether they are alive or dead, everyone knows that those people basically have no hope of survival.
The main ship that Liu Che was on was big enough, so it managed to withstand the wind and rain and avoid the huge whirlpool. After the danger passed, the fleet had shrunk by half.
They had to go back at this time, but for some unknown reason, the previous storm had damaged all the Si Nans, and they could only continue sailing with the help of the sun.
I don't know how I ended up here.
It was also thanks to Liu Che that he brought Wei Guan with him, otherwise he might not have been able to find the correct direction. However, even so, the map drawn by Wei Guan was more of a guess, because he himself was not sure whether it was correct, so the map became less detailed.
Liu Tan felt that Liu Che was really lucky. If it were an ordinary person, he would have been in danger of death.
At this moment, news about Liu Che really came, and the messenger even brought Liu Che's verbal message: The King of the Northern Territory stays to rest, and his elite regiment will go to support!
Liu Tan: ...
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