Li Yao had just become Zhang Wuji's woman, and this kind of thing could not be kept secret, and Zhang Wuji had no intention of hiding it. Li Yao was not a Japanese woman, unlike Longze and Aoi. Even if Zhou Zhiruo knew about this, at most she would just have a quarrel with Zhao Min. But now, Zhou Zhiruo was not here, so Zhang Wuji naturally became more presumptuous and blatant.
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Zhang Wuji held Li Yao in his arms and simply kicked the huge ship twice before climbing onto the deck of the treasure ship.
Zhao Min was already waiting for them upstairs.
Seeing that Zhang Wuji was willing to treat his maid like this, she was naturally happy.
"Yao'er, how is it? Do you feel sweet in your heart?"
Li Yao didn't reply, but her cheeks blushed.
Seeing this, Zhao Min laughed and said, "Are you shy? What's there to be shy about? It's something you will have to experience sooner or later. Slowly, you will get used to it."
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Zhao Min was making fun of Li Yao, but Zhang Wuji and the other women felt indescribable emotions in their hearts after seeing this scene. They couldn't tell whether they were happy or not. For a woman, it was definitely not a good thing to have a vixen around her man. However, their man was already the emperor now, and having another woman around him was not a big deal.
After thinking it over again and again, Zhu'er spoke first: "Yes, that's good. It just so happens that there are not many sisters among us who can serve the emperor in bed recently. Miss Li joining in now will be a great help to us."
Yu Fei also said: "Indeed, Miss Li has really helped us a lot. Recently, many of our sisters have been afraid of getting pregnant and not daring to sleep with the emperor. I just don't know if Miss Li's belly is the kind that can carry a baby."
After hearing this, Li Yao immediately lowered her head in shame. Seeing this, Zhao Min secretly cursed Li Yao for being so disgraceful, and then looked at Yu Fei: "Miss Yu, Yao'er is mine. You are not allowed to bully her in the future. If I find out, I will not forgive you."
Zhao Min's tone would be very serious, and what she said would sound like the truth.
Seeing this, Yu Fei said with a smile: "Sister Min'er, you look so nervous. Don't you know what kind of people the sisters here are? At most, we were just gossiping a little, and at most, Miss Li was just joking, just like we usually do?"
"If you are so serious, be careful that we, her sisters, will not talk to her in the future. If we do that, we will be really bullying her."
After hearing this, Zhao Min gave Yu Fei a fierce look and said, "You have become more and more annoying recently. It was better when the Queen was here. If she were here, she could at least keep you in check."
"Listen carefully, Yao'er has been with me for many years. She never left me when I was the most helpless and downtrodden. So, on the surface, she is my maid, but in fact, I treat her as my sister. You are not allowed to bully her or isolate her. Just think of it as giving me face."
After hearing this, Yu Fei smiled and said, "Sister Min'er, I can't believe that a strong woman like you would say such things. But your worries are completely unnecessary. Don't worry, we know what to do."
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At this moment, Li Yao was very touched. She really didn't expect that Zhao Min would defend her so much in public.
Just because of what Zhao Min said just now, Li Yao's heart was wiped out by the fact that she had let him bear Zhang Wuji's affairs alone a few days ago.
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Set sail.
Zhang Wuji's navy consisted of a total of eighty-eight warships. Behind each warship, there were two small boats slightly larger than fishing boats. Most of these eighty-eight warships were built by Queen Zhao Linger using her own private warehouse.
However, even so, Zhang Wuji and his Ming Wang Chao also made great efforts. Zhang Wuji handed over the entire Ming silk business to Zhao Linger, his own family, and even saved the tax. In five years, Zhao Linger evaded taxes and donated a total of tens of millions of taels of silver to Gong Yu.
Eighty-eight warships, plus the largest treasure ship, a total of eighty-nine ships, were operated by more than 20,000 soldiers and slowly sailed towards the waters near Tokyo, Japan.
"Your Majesty, is the scene before us quite spectacular?"
Zhang Wuji laughed and said, "It's spectacular, even more spectacular than the scene of hundreds of thousands of soldiers going to war. But why do we have to tow two small boats behind our big ship?"
Gong Yu smiled and said: "The big ship is the key to defeating the Japanese navy, but the small boat towed behind is also our trump card."
"Once the war starts, if the situation is unfavorable, I will order the soldiers to tie explosives to the small boat and then charge directly towards the Japanese fleet."
After hearing this, everyone was stunned. Zhao Min said, "It's cruel enough. There's nothing wrong with using any means to win. It's just a pity that the soldiers who carry out this kind of mission will be in danger of death."
Gong Yu smiled and said, "That's true. However, there's nothing we can do about the risk of death. The sea is different from the land. Once the battle situation becomes unfavorable, we won't even have a chance to run away. So when it really comes to that critical moment, we can do anything as long as we can win."
Zhang Wuji smiled and said, "Yu'er is right. This is a national war. Compared with the destiny of the country, if it really comes to a critical moment, even if I personally drive a small boat full of explosives to rush towards the Japanese fleet, there is nothing wrong with it."
As soon as Zhang Wuji finished saying this, Gong Yu quickly spoke out to stop him, "You absolutely cannot do that. The lives of the soldiers and our sisters are gone. If they are gone, they are gone too."
"Your Majesty, you know, actually I didn't want you to come with me to this decisive battle with the Japanese navy, but there was no way. I knew I couldn't stop you, so I could only let you do it."
"But don't forget what you promised me. You must obey my orders. If the situation really comes to that, you must leave first."
Looking at Gong Yu's determined eyes, Zhang Wuji gave up the desire to argue with her about this matter.
But at this moment, Zhang Wuji thought of Longze and Aoi.
"Yu'er, let's not talk about these things for now. I never believed that there would be a possibility of us losing the war. How could a small country like Japan, a group of monkeys that have not yet evolved completely, be our opponent? In this battle, we must win, and a great victory. However, we still have to know ourselves and the enemy."
"Call out Ryuzawa and Aoi."
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