Two carriages, escorted by Japanese soldiers, headed towards the Japanese naval camp.
The Yagyu father and son rode on horseback in front of the team, while Shan Wanjing, Xia Xingbu, and Hu Yi rode on horses following the carriage on both sides.
Zhu Yuyan sat in the carriage in front, which was exquisitely crafted, luxuriously decorated, and pulled by four solid white horses.
Ni Kun and Kan Kan sat together in the carriage at the back, which was of inferior workmanship and decoration and was pulled by two white horses.
Japan has a strict hierarchy, and when it comes to receiving "guests", the Japanese people's sense of hierarchy is unconsciously expressed.
Ni Kun didn't mind it.
Anyway, he was impatient with trivial matters, so Zhu Yuyan took the lead.
Kanan sat opposite Ni Kun, her back straight, her knees together, her hands resting on them, quiet and peaceful like a lady.
During this period of time, her physical training progressed by leaps and bounds. Not only did her height grow to 1.7 meters, but her figure and skin also became more perfect.
Even if she is just sitting there quietly, her graceful body that looks like the undulating mountains is enough to make people imagine something impure at first glance.
However, Ni Kun had long been accustomed to her stunning appearance and had noticed her changes day by day. In addition, he was preoccupied at the moment and had no time to appreciate the ladylike posture she had finally put on. He just raised his wrist frequently to check the exchange list.
He wanted to find out the origins of the reincarnation points and origin crystals, and try to see if there would be new reincarnation points and origin crystals arriving when he arrived at the Japanese navy camp.
The reincarnation watch can "blind" others to a certain extent, making it impossible for others to see the reincarnation watch.
And there is a high probability that they will turn a blind eye to the owner of the watch checking the watch.
But this does not mean that Ni Kun's frequent checks on his wrist in front of her will be completely ignored by Kankan.
She endured for a long time, and finally couldn't help asking:
"Sir, you keep raising and lowering your hands. What are you looking at? Is there something wrong with your wrist?"
Ni Kun smiled slightly:
"I'm not looking at my wrist."
Kanan blinked her eyelashes:
"So what are you looking at?"
Ni Kun said casually:
"Something so mysterious that even if I tell you, you won't understand it."
Xianxian curled her lips, looking dissatisfied:
"If you don't tell me, how do you know I won't understand?"
Ni Kun laughed:
"If you could understand, I would doubt your origins."
As he was speaking, there were suddenly bursts of rumbling sounds coming from afar, sounding like thunder.
"Is it going to rain?"
Kanan opened the curtains and looked out, only to see that the sky was clear blue without even a white cloud. How could it be a sign of rain?
Ni Kun listened attentively for a while and shook his head:
"It's not thunder. It seems to be..."
The sound of artillery fire.
He did not say the second half of the sentence, but just raised the corners of his lips slightly, revealing a sarcastic smile.
I never thought that Japan not only had matchlock guns, but even forged cannons.
But what does Japan want to do by firing the cannon at this time?
Declare force and give Zhu Yuyan a warning so that she will cooperate?
"Tsk, the musket is still at the level of the matchlock, how much better can the artillery be?
"With Zhu Yuyan's current martial arts, even if she can't say 'You have science, I have magic' and catch the cannonball with her bare hands and put it back into the barrel, at least it's easy for her to dodge this level of artillery."
Ni Kun sneered in his heart.
The power of artillery is unquestionable.
With the power of Ni Kun's large-caliber artillery in his previous life, the three great masters and even Zhu Yuyan today would be shattered to pieces immediately if they were hit head-on by a single shot.
But the problem is that in the black powder era, ordinary people could see the trajectory of the solid round bullets fired by muzzle-loading cannons with their naked eyes, and could even see the bullets clearly.
Of course, even if ordinary people can see it, even if they are wearing full body plate armor, they will be blown to pieces by this "slow" artillery shell.
But for the three great masters, and Zhu Yuyan, whose strength has now surpassed that of the grand masters, even if they are facing the muzzle of a cannon head-on and the shells are fired, they will dodge whenever they want.
As for whether it is possible to catch it with bare hands, you have to look at the caliber of the artillery to know.
Amid the occasional rumbling of cannon fire, the carriage, escorted by the Yagyu father and son, drove into the Japanese navy camp.
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"Hahaha, the Holy Queen has come to visit. I am so sorry for not welcoming you in person!"
The Japanese navy camp, in front of a three-meter-high platform on the coast.
When Zhu Yuyan, Ni Kun and Kan Kan stepped out of the carriage, they saw a fat man with soft features and fair skin dressed in gorgeous clothes, surrounded by a group of warriors, coming towards them with a smile on his face.
The fat man had a chubby and amiable appearance, and spoke in a low and soft voice. He did not look like a king, but more like a businessman.
There was no sharp aura about him, only a feeling of roundness and harmony, without any sharpness.
But Zhu Yuyan did not dare to underestimate him at all.
Because this person was the Emperor of Japan, a martial arts master who had personally killed the Yijian master Fu Cailin - even with Zhu Yuyan's current strength, she thought it might be possible to defeat Fu Cailin, but she was still unable to kill Fu Cailin.
The Fat Emperor of Japan was able to defeat Fu Cailin in a head-on confrontation, and his strength is obviously superior to that of Zhu Yuyan today.
However, although she was afraid of the emperor's power, Zhu Yuyan had the support of Ni Kun, the "true god", so she did not need to show any respect to a small barbarian ruler.
Therefore, facing the emperor's warm welcome, Zhu Yuyan did not show any fear or trepidation at all, and maintained her noble and arrogant aura like a queen. She only bowed slightly to the emperor and said in a cold tone:
"Thank you for welcoming me, my lord. I am sorry for the inconvenience."
Zhu Yuyan's calm and almost indifferent reaction, especially the title of "Lord", made the Fat Emperor slightly stunned.
Most of the Japanese warriors surrounding the emperor were furious, and were obviously dissatisfied with Zhu Yuyan's indifference to their kindness.
However, the Emperor was a bit shrewd after all, and he did not show any displeasure at all. He just laughed and said :
"Your Majesty has arrived at the right time. Today, our army has forged eighteen cannons, which are powerful weapons that can destroy cities and strongholds. With these weapons in hand, no strong city in the world can stop our army.
"I have come to the navy camp today to inspect this magic weapon. It just so happens that the Holy Queen is here too, so it's a good opportunity for us to watch the power of this magic weapon together! Holy Queen, please!"
After saying this, he raised his hand and motioned Zhu Yuyan to follow him to the three-meter-high platform made of mud and stones.
Zhu Yuyan was not polite either. She walked side by side with the emperor and stepped onto the steps of the platform.
Although she did not grow as tall as Kankan during this period, she was already 1.78 meters tall, taller than many men of that era.
The emperor was of medium height, only about 1.7 meters.
When the two of them walked side by side, Zhu Yuyan's height immediately crushed the emperor.
With her queen-like noble aura, she overwhelmed the emperor, whose aura was gentle, harmonious and introverted, and made the scene seem as if she was the main focus.
All the Japanese warriors looked angry.
Some of those who were extremely emotional could not help but raise their hands to grasp the hilt of the sword, with veins bulging on the back of their hands, as if they were ready to draw their swords and kill people if they disagreed with them.
However, the emperor is obviously very majestic and highly respected in Japan.
Before he uttered a word, no matter how angry the warriors were, they did not dare to take action on their own. They could only suppress their anger and follow behind with gloomy faces.
Of course, Ni Kun also felt the suppressed anger of the Japanese warriors.
But he acted as if nothing had happened, and followed Zhu Yuyan with Kankan on either side, looking at the warriors with a smile on his face.
The warriors all look similar, wearing samurai uniforms embroidered with their family crests, and carrying swords and wakizashi. It is difficult to judge their strength from their clothes.
But Ni Kun has a little trick——
Anyone with a fringe hairstyle can be considered a supporting samurai.
Anyone with a cool hairstyle can be considered a master.
Because the topknot is the hairstyle of samurai in history.
With this kind of hairstyle, the origin may be more realistic, and the person will not have abilities that are too beyond reality. He may just be proficient in military tactics, good at leading troops to fight, and possess relatively sophisticated external martial arts.
If a warrior does not have a topknot but wears a normal bun or even has his hair loose, his origin may be rather bizarre.
Their strength may exceed the limits of ordinary people, or they may possess internal strength and true energy, and be able to perform super-realistic martial arts such as sword energy and saber energy.
Through this little trick, Ni Kun actually found a few warriors who stood out from the crowd besides the Yagyu father and son.
It’s just that their origins and identities are not clear at the moment, and there is no way to judge the strength of those warriors. We can only pay a little attention to them.
Among the crowd, there was a tall woman in black who was only an inch shorter than Zhu Yuyan.
The woman in black had her face covered with a heavy veil, revealing only her forehead, eyebrows and eyes.
However, just by looking at her eyebrows and eyes, which were 70% similar to Zhu Yuyan, and seeing that Shan Wanjing came close to her, Ni Kun naturally knew the identity of the woman in black.
It was Madam Dongming Shan Meixian.
Of course, Zhu Yuyan had also seen Shan Meixian a long time ago, but she did not make any eye contact with her. She just glanced at her calmly, as if she saw a stranger, revealing her cold and ruthless nature as a witch.
Shan Meixian's eyes were a little complicated. Until this moment, she was still in the crowd, staring at Zhu Yuyan's back.
At this time, I don’t know what Shan Wanjing said in Shan Meixian’s ear. Shan Meixian raised her eyebrows, a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes, and finally moved her gaze away from Zhu Yuyan’s back and looked at Ni Kun.
Ni Kun just nodded at her, gave her a somewhat subtle smile, and looked away.
At this time, Zhu Yuyan and the Emperor had already climbed onto the platform, and Ni Kun, Kan Kan, and a group of Japanese warriors also climbed to the top.
The two ninjas, Xia Xingbu and Hu Yi, stayed under the platform.
After a hard-working trip to the Central Plains, he brought back the leader of the Yingui Sect and completed the task successfully and even exceeded expectations. However, after returning, he was not even qualified to go on stage with the other warriors and could only stand on the stage with a group of soldiers.
When they came back, two ninjas, Yashamaru and Hotaru, were missing, and no samurai asked a question.
The other ninjas from Koga and Iga were not even qualified to come to the Navy Camp with the Emperor to participate in the alliance. They were only left in Pyongyang to maintain order in the occupied areas.
This shows the lowly status of ninjas.
However, this also prevented Xia Xingbu and Hu Yi from reporting Ni Kun's extraordinary performance when encountering the monster at sea in time - the Japanese country has a strict hierarchy, and the hierarchy cannot be crossed. This concept of hierarchy even continued to the 21st century in Ni Kun's previous life, and the information society could not completely break it.
In this day and age, even the leaders of the Koga and Iga clans are not qualified to accompany the emperor. It is even more impossible for the two small ninjas, Kasumi Keibu and Hu Yi, to meet the emperor directly and report intelligence.
Hu Yi had long been accustomed to such treatment, and there was no sign of resentment on her pretty face. She only smiled innocently and cheerfully, looking happily at Ni Kun on the stage.
"Why are you grinning like an idiot?" Xia Xingbu asked as he saw her grinning like an idiot.
"Master Ni is so tall!" Hu Yi laughed, "Among all these warriors, no one is taller than him."
Xia Xingbu wondered, "What does this have to do with you?"
Hu Yi crossed his arms over his chest and laughed:
"If I could obtain Master Ni's seed and give birth to a child, it would definitely be a tall, strong, handsome and great hero!"
The corner of Xia Xingbu's mouth twitched slightly:
"Wake up, we are ninjas. The children of ninjas will only be ninjas, and ninjas can never become great heroes."
Hu Yi pouted and said bitterly:
"Can't I think about it? Anyway, Yashamaru and Hotaru died at sea. What should we do if Iga asks us for accountability?"
Xia Xingbu snorted coldly:
"Just tell the truth. They died while protecting the guests on the mission assigned by His Majesty the Emperor. If they died on the mission, His Majesty the Emperor will provide compensation. Do you dare to blame us for this, Igali?"
Hu Yi scratched his chin:
"I'm afraid Iga won't give in. Yakushiji Tenzen, that monster, always speaks ill of us Koga in front of Hattori Chikun, and has been trying to persuade Hattori Chikun to assign all the most dangerous missions to us Koga..."
Hattori Senjun is a swordsman under the Emperor who is in charge of ninja affairs. He is a martial arts expert, only slightly inferior to Yagyu Jubei.
When he heard the name "Yakushiji Tenzen", a hint of hatred flashed in Xia Xingbu's eyes.
Because his father was murdered by Yakushiji Tenzen.
He wanted to kill Yakushiji Tenzen more than once, but unfortunately the monster's ninjutsu was the "art of immortality". Even if his head was cut off, it would grow back again, so he could not be killed at all.
As the two ninjas were talking quietly in the audience.
The Emperor on the stage raised his hand and pointed to the eighteen bronze cannons lined up on the shore not far away, and said with a smile:
"Holy Queen, please look, that is the cannon, my battlefield weapon! In the future, we will march into the Central Plains, destroy cities and strongholds, and unify the world, and we will rely on them!"
"Unify the world?" Zhu Yuyan frowned slightly and said leisurely:
"What your Majesty means is... that our alliance will be led by your country?
"Do you think, my Lord, that the people of the Central Plains will accept your rule?"
The Emperor smiled amiably, but his words were no longer polite:
"Our country and Huaxia are of the same race and have the same writing system. Even though the languages ​​are different, there is little estrangement between us. Why are the people of the Central Plains unwilling to accept our country's rule?
“Furthermore, the emperor is the one who has the strongest soldiers and horses.
"I have 100,000 armored soldiers, 10,000 elite cannon soldiers, and now I have 18 cannons. In the future, I will build more cannons - hundreds, thousands, hundreds of cannons...
"With such a mighty military might, even if we ignore the people's hearts in the Central Plains and subdue the world with military might, what's wrong with that?"
Zhu Yuyan snorted:
"The Qin Dynasty swept across the six kingdoms, unified the world, and dominated the four barbarians. However, it ruled the world purely by force and punishment, and thus perished in the second generation. Your ruler boasts about the military might of your country, but how does it compare to the Qin Dynasty?"
The Emperor laughed:
“Although the First Emperor ruled the country with force and punishment, he never cleansed the country by slaughtering people.
“When the First Emperor swept across the six kingdoms, he did not massacre a single city, and he did not even wipe out the old nobles of the six kingdoms.
"This is how the seeds of disaster were sown for the nobles of the six nations to revive and rise up against Qin!
"Therefore, I should learn from the lesson of the First Emperor. Anyone who dares to block my army in the wild will be slaughtered. Anyone who dares to rely on the city to block my army will be slaughtered after the city is broken. If even one person from a noble family participates in the resistance, all nine generations of his clan will be exterminated!
"If we continue to kill like this, I don't believe there are many brave enough to resist my mighty army!
“After pacifying the world, we must also launch a major purge every three to five years, killing people and making a lot of heads roll, to deter the world from being disloyal!
"I believe that as long as my butcher knife is sharp enough and I kill enough people, even millions or tens of millions, the Central Plains will be flooded with blood, all the tough ones will be killed, and the remaining people will be silenced. The Central Plains will be filled with my obedient subjects, who will worship me respectfully and shout "Long live my country", so that my rule will last forever!
"I have the Japanese Empire as my base, so I am not afraid of killing too many people and having no subjects. Even if I kill nine out of ten houses in the Central Plains, there are still Japanese people who can fill this land and serve my country!"
These words fully reveal the emperor's ambition and cruelty.
There are three reasons why he was not afraid to reveal his true thoughts in front of Zhu Yuyan:
First, this place is the Emperor's base camp, with many experts and a large army at the side. Zhu Yuyan's side has only three people. Even if she is dissatisfied with his words, she can only keep it in her heart.
The second reason is that the Yingui Sect has no bottom line and is a group of cold-blooded, ruthless, selfish demons.
As long as the interests of the Yingui Sect can be guaranteed, even if he threatens to cause a bloodbath in the Central Plains and leave nine out of ten houses empty, the Yingui Sect will not oppose him out of compassion for the people and the interests of the country.
The third and most important point is that the emperor boasted about his military power. Not only did he boast about his own military power and the strength of his subordinates, he also boasted about the powerful army he had built up over ten years in Japan, as well as the technological weapons that were ahead of their time, which were enough to sweep the world with a magnificent formation.
With this support, even if the Yingui Sect suddenly "finds its conscience" and spreads its ambitions throughout the Central Plains, what is there to fear?
Who would believe the one-sided statement of the Yingui Sect?
It is impossible for the Central Plains, where many heroes are fighting for supremacy and the country is in disarray, to unite and fight against his Japanese army.
By the time he leads his troops to the Central Plains with unstoppable force and gathers a powerful momentum, even if the remaining Central Plains heroes suddenly wake up, it will probably be too late.
not to mention……
Zhu Yuyan came here with only two boys and girls, which was so unwise. With the power of the Emperor, how could he let her leave Liaodong calmly?
It is necessary to control her and force her to truly surrender before allowing her to return to the Central Plains, integrate the forces of the Yingui Sect, and cooperate internally and externally to meet the Japanese army.
The emperor's true colors were revealed. He was no longer the harmonious and peaceful aura he had before. Instead, he became murderous and domineering, like a sky-devouring tiger or wolf.
Even though his stature did not increase as a result, he was still more than two inches shorter than Zhu Yuyan, but his aura had already suppressed Zhu Yuyan in one fell swoop.
Seeing the Emperor showing off his might and a domineering aura that could conquer the world, the warriors shook off their previous depression and shouted excitedly:
"Your Majesty the Emperor is terrible! The Japanese Empire is terrible! Your Majesty the Emperor is terrible! The Japanese Empire is terrible!"
The Emperor had no expression on his face and said calmly:
"By the way, before the expedition to Xiandao last year, I changed the name of our country to the East Ying Empire when I swore my troops to fight.
"'Wakoku', a humiliating name imposed by the Han Dynasty in the Central Plains, will no longer be used in our country..."
"His Majesty the Emperor is great! The Great Empire of Japan is great!" The warriors' faces turned red and they shouted loudly.
The soldiers of the Dwarf Country below the platform were also infected by this passionate emotion. Their faces flushed red and they shouted at the top of their lungs:
"His Majesty the Emperor is great! The Great Empire of Japan is great!"
The sound of cheers continued to spread from under the high platform, and soon the entire navy camp was filled with waves of cheers, one louder than the other. The sound was so powerful that Zhu Yuyan, Kankan, Shan Meixian, and Shan Wanjing all changed color.
In this fanatical atmosphere, even the air seems to be constantly expanding and heating up.
Ni Kun, who was standing behind Zhu Yuyan, suddenly clapped his hands and exclaimed:
"Good! Very spirited! As expected of the Great Japanese Empire, as expected of a nuclear-armed man!"
He had strong internal organs and abundant blood and energy. When he spoke, his chest and abdomen resonated and his voice was loud and clear, like thunder, which immediately attracted the emperor's attention.
"Who is this?" The emperor stared at Ni Kun and asked in a low voice.
"I am Ni Kun, the Grand Elder of the Yingui Sect." Ni Kun smiled and said, "Your Majesty the Emperor has great military power, and I admire him."
"Grand Elder?"
In the eyes of the Emperor, although Ni Kun was tall, he looked like a teenager of seventeen or eighteen years old. How could he be of such a high generation?
But on second thought, the Yingui Sect's martial arts originated from the "Heavenly Demon Strategy", which is said to be able to break the void and ascend to become an immortal, which is quite mysterious.
Zhu Yuyan and Shan Meixian, the mother and daughter who practiced this technique, looked like a pair of sisters in their twenties. So it was not surprising that Ni Kun looked young.
Therefore, the emperor did not think much about it, and just asked expressionlessly:
"I wonder what 'recruiting nuclear men' means?"
“That’s the highest compliment in my hometown dialect.”
Ni Kun smiled and said, "It's like a man's passion, which can move heaven and earth, call the sun to come down, sprinkle thousands of feet of golden light, make a good man bathed in the scorching glory, and sublimate into a god..."
The emperor's mouth twitched slightly: "It is indeed a good compliment."
As he spoke, he waved his hand, and his palm shook the air, making a sound like thunder, suppressing the cheers from the high platform and nearby mountains.
As the shouts from the mountains stopped here, the shouts from other parts of the military camp also gradually stopped.
The Emperor then smiled and said to Zhu Yuyan:
"I invited the Holy Queen to the stage to watch the artillery, but I have strayed off topic without realizing it. Now, please join me in watching the power of the artillery."
After saying this, he nodded slightly to a warrior, who immediately raised a large black flag and waved it twice at the eighteen cannons lined up on the coast.
Seeing this, the crew of the eighteen artillery pieces immediately became busy.
Clean the barrel, load the powder bag, place the shells...
When everything was ready, the gunners from each gun crew poked the powder door with a long iron rod with a red-hot tip, and the eighteen cannons fired one after another, making thunder-like noises and spewing out flames and smoke.
Eighteen bullets were fired one after another, leaving a faint trail of smoke and making a sharp whistling sound. They flew across the sky for more than a mile and landed on the sea surface, splashing high columns of water.
The eighteen cannons fired three rounds in a row, and then the Emperor smiled and said to Zhu Yuyan:
"This cannon is just a small infantry cannon, with a caliber of only two inches, and can move with the infantry. The maximum range can reach more than one mile, far exceeding all the bows and crossbows of the time, and at the maximum range, it can still blow armored war horses into pieces.
“Even if it was a top-notch martial arts expert from the Central Plains, or even a master-level martial arts expert, if he was hit by a cannon, his bones would be broken, or even shattered to pieces.
“In the future, I will also forge cannons with larger muzzles, heavier shells, and longer ranges, enough to destroy city walls.
"May I ask the Holy Queen, with this magical weapon, can my army sweep across the Central Plains and unify the world?"
Before Zhu Yuyan could answer, Ni Kun stretched out his left hand, tapped his palm with four fingers of his right hand, and said with a smile:
"Yes, it's a big and interesting toy.
“From now on, setting off fireworks and salutes during festivals will add some liveliness to the occasion.
"It's a pity that the Qingming Festival has passed. Otherwise, the fireworks would have been set off during the ancestor worship ceremony, and our ancestors in the underworld would have been very proud. They must have been very happy with the grand ceremony.
"Well, good job, it's a reward!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the warriors were suddenly in an uproar.
The emperor also frowned and looked at Ni Kun, his eyes were dark and cold, with a fierce look of choosing someone to devour.