In a blink of an eye, Li Mu has been in Yangzhou for half a year and has been separated from his family for a long time, saying that he doesn't want to be a lie. However, due to some concerns, he still couldn't let Bai Qiaoqiao and others come over, but he couldn't stand it anymore, so he took the opportunity to send a letter to Li Chongyi and asked someone to send a letter to Bai Qiaoqiao, wanting her to bring her family to reunite.

According to the rules, important officials were outside, and relatives were not allowed to leave Beijing. This was not an explicit rule, but a hidden rule, which had been done in all dynasties. Seeing the Marquis's mansion packing his luggage, the Dongchang mansion did not dare to be good at it, so he directly reported to the palace. Li Shimin hesitated for a little while, and didn't know what he thought, he actually agreed. Just a few days ago, Li Mu came back from writing a memorial and asked a group of students to be transferred from the martial arts hall to train several generals for naval battles. Li Shimin asked the Ministry of War to allocate three ships to allow these students to guard Li Mu's family to reunite.

At the same time, Li Mu was ordered to temporarily take over the position of Yangzhou Grand Governor and make every effort to build the Tang Navy.

There was no doubt at all.

Li Mu was grateful when he heard the news. He knew that Li Shimin knew that the only thing he cared about was his family. If Li Shimin was willing to let Bai Qiaoqiao and others come over, Li Mu would take the boat and leave. There was no way for him to do anything about the vast ocean.

But Li Shimin didn't do that, this was his mind. After thinking about it, Li Mu gave up the idea of ​​going out to sea immediately and asked Gu Sizhi to help him buy a garden for a while. The best garden in Yangzhou City is Gu Garden of the Gu family. The next day Li Mu opened his mouth, Gu Sizhi vacated Gu Garden, which made Li Mu feel a little embarrassed.

However, he accepted it, because if he didn't accept it, Gu Sizhi would be even more anxious. Besides, he was not here anymore. He stayed for a short time and took care of other things and found some repairs.

Li Mu originally wanted to wait for Bai Qiaoqiao and the others to arrive, but the situation did not allow it. A few days ago, he asked Manager Xiao to send someone to find the waterway from Mingzhou to Japan. Combined with the experience of many old sailors, he finally concluded that according to the backtracking cycle of ocean currents, it is the safest time to set off for Japan. If you miss this half month, you have to wait another three months, and the risk will be greatly increased.

In order to move forward, Li Mu decided to set off. He took Li Chongyi and fifty Jinyiwei, two disciples of Ikkyu and Gem, and the Chang'an, which was loaded with 150 sailors, as the flagship, led a frigate composed of ten thousand stone ships and twenty-five cargo ships, and chose a zodiac auspicious day and went out to sea in a mighty manner.

His purpose in this trip was to the silver mine in Japan. By the way, he also wanted to solve some small problems for his disciple Ikkyu.

...

Aarnaba Island (Okinawa).

During the Tang Dynasty, Okinawa was already popular, but no one usually settled. There were fishermen who also came from Japan or the coast of the Tang Dynasty. At the same time, they were used as a place for Japanese exiled criminals.

Fishing boats in Yangzhou basically know the waterway here. If you want to go to Japan, you will usually turn around here.

When catching up with the storm season, there are no people on this island. After all, if there are no special circumstances, who would be willing to face the storm here?

There are only a dozen people on this island. They were all exiled here by the Suwo clan, who is now in power in Japan. They have very few supplies and no ships, so they usually cannot survive this autumn.

All they can do is to be trapped on this island and wait for death. Day after day, all hope has been worn out.

The only possibility that they can survive is that a lost fishing boat was docked and replenished, but this hope is too slim. Now is not the season for fishing. Besides, even if it is fishing, few fishing boats will come so far. There are better fishing grounds to the south, and no one likes this useless place.

No matter how slim the hope is, if there is only one choice, there is nothing to do. Every day, these people will come to the coast and look to the west, hoping to see a boat coming.

Day after day, my eyes had hallucinations. Sometimes, I seemed to see a boat, but I ran over with screams, but there were only waves. After being disappointed for a long time, I became numb, but I had to come. What if there was a boat really came?

Boat……

When will it come!

Suddenly, someone shouted: "There is a boat! Look, west!"

"Stop yelling, Mr. Matsushita, you must be dazzled again. Don't disturb me when I wake up and get hungry, will you give me your meal?"

Li Bingwei heard the quarrel between the two and slowly opened his eyes. The sunlight was a little dazzling, which made him a little uncomfortable!

"I would never think of it as a ship... My God, such a big ship must be more than ten feet!"

More than ten feet? Li Bingwei, who was about to open his eyes and look at him, suddenly lost interest. It must be an hallucination again. How could such a big ship be there? He was about to close his eyes and continue to sleep, but suddenly, the quarrel stopped. People ran up and down like crazy, shouting loudly: "There is really a ship, really there is a dragon flag, is it the ship of the Emperor of the Great Sui Dynasty?"

"It's already the Tang Dynasty!"

"Every dynasty is good. I am willing to be a slave and a servant, just leave this place!"

Li Bingwei turned over and sat up. He looked into the distance, one...two...three...four...

Thirty-six ships...

Li Bingwei couldn't believe his eyes, how could there be so many ships? Even the largest port in Japan does not have so many such large ships, especially the most exaggerated flagship, which is really as wide as ten feet!

In this era, the ten thousand stone ship has exceeded people's imagination.

Not to mention the ten thousand stone ship, even the thousand stone ship is extremely rare. Because controlling a larger ship means more labor and more money. Moreover, there is another disadvantage of large ships, that is, if something happens, the loss will be too great.

What Li Bingwei is even more difficult to understand is that with such a huge fleet, what are they doing in this place where birds don’t shit?

Unless... encountered an enemy attack?

It is impossible, who can be his opponent with such a large fleet? Even if you pull all the Japanese ships over, you may not be able to beat that flagship, and it is not of the same order of magnitude.

Could it be that you are lost?

It’s impossible. How can such a large fleet not have a good guide? Besides, if you get lost, they have to stick to it. Where will such a large fleet go to get lost?

None of them, then there is only one possibility.

This is here to attack Japan!

But it is impossible. Is there anything in Japan worthy of attack? As a Japanese, Li Bingwei could never have imagined that there is something in Japan worthy of attack.

Although he couldn't figure it out, it did not hinder his will to survive. Before he could figure it out, his feet were already running wildly with him.

I couldn't see clearly on the mountain, so I ran to the coast and finally saw clearly.

This is an extremely huge ship. Even if it is parked, it is still far from the shore. Its visual impact is very strong and scary.

The Wanshi Shibo was too deep to draw water and there was no port built on the shore, so the Chang'an ship could not reach the shore, so Li Mu and others could only take a small boat to dock. In fact, it would be fine if they didn't dock. They brought enough supplies, but since they passed by, it would be better to add some fresh water. Especially compared with the map, Li Mu had the intention to dock. He wanted to build a stone tablet and bury it under the ground. In this way, who would dig it out after a thousand years, and leave a "has since ancient times" for future generations.

I didn't expect someone to be here, and even Ikki didn't expect it.

When he saw people, he had to dock. Li Mu himself formulated the law of the sea, so he could always lead by example. He ordered people to dock on a boat and brought some food.

On the shore, Li Bingwei stared at him with his eyes wide open, and his heart almost jumped out. Suddenly, he seemed to have seen something, and his body shook.

That's...Ikyu?

Although he grew taller and older, he would not admit his mistake. The young man sitting on the boat in front was the one he knew, who was lying and talking.

It turned out that Ikkyu had invited the rescuers back! With such a huge fleet, coupled with the huge dragon flag on the mast, did he invite all the navy of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty?

If this is true, Li Bingwei dared not think about it anymore. He was afraid that his heart would pop up when he thought too well.

Li Bingwei felt that his breathing had stopped.

There was a buzzing sound in his mind.

Just like the huge waves and the tides clattered, it suddenly stopped.

His chest was undulating, and suddenly the tears at the corners of his eyes were blurred like broken beads. The scene in front of him was something he dared not even imagined when he was dreaming!

He was afraid that all this would be fake, Li Bingwei widened his eyes, rubbed his eyes hard, and continued to look in that direction. It was indeed him!

"Iki!"

He let out a wow and started crying.

"Ikki Son-ku!"

He shouted louder!

Li Bingwei slammed and knelt on the beach. The sharp sand cut his knees, but he had no sense of consciousness and just held his head and said, "Ikyu, you are still alive, it's great!"

This is his dream name.

Unexpectedly... Ikkyu, he is back.

"What's the matter!" Li Mu frowned when he saw a savage house on the shore. Because this person was not speaking Chinese but Japanese, he was so awkward to hear it. But seeing this person was excited, Li Mu couldn't help but not curse. Just as Ikkyu was about to let Yikyu translate Ikyu, but I saw Yikyu burst into tears. He stood up, jumped into the sea, and swam towards the shore with all his might.

"Is this a little short? I'll reach the shore after a few more strokes, hey!"

It was useless for Li Mu to shout, and Ikkyu had already swam over.

"Uncle Li Bingwei!" Ikkyu rushed into Li Bingwei's arms, excited to speak faster, and nonsense: "Uncle Li Bingwei, I thought I would never see you in my life! It's great that you are still alive!"

"I am very happy to see you!" Li Bingwei stroked Ikkyu's head and said, "It's great that you are alive. I found out that you went to the Heavenly Kingdom with Master Huiri, and there was no news coming back. I thought something happened to you. I was really happy to see you jumping around now." He glanced at Li Mu and others who had just arrived on the shore and whispered: "Did you find these noble people? Are they here to help you?"

Ikkyu shook his head and said, "I just asked my master to help rescue my father, Uncle Li Bingwei, I plan to live in the Tang Dynasty in the future."

"How can this be done!" Li Bingwei was excited and said, "Your father, Yamabe's eldest brother, is the heir designated by Emperor Tuigu. You are his child and the future emperor. It's a pity that Su I, the traitor, tampered with the will of the emperor. Now that you have received the help of the nobles of the Celestial Empire, you should take revenge. How can you escape?"

At this time, Li Mu also came to the front. Li Bingwei did not bother with Ikkyu and quickly bowed to the ground, not daring to look up at Li Mu's face. He considered himself a lowly person, and it was a very disrespectful thing to look at the noble person's appearance.

Seeing that Ikkyu was a little depressed, Li Mu raised his eyebrows and asked, "What's wrong? Who is this person?"

Ikkyu did not dare to hide it and told the truth to Li Mu: "Master, this is Li Bingwei, an uncle who has taken care of me since he was a child."

"What are you arguing about?"

"This..." Ikkyu hesitated for a moment, sighed, and simply said it all.

The emperor of Japan is called Emperor Shuming. But originally, the emperor shouldn't have done it. The last emperor named Emperor Guigu because he was a woman, and appointed a nephew as the crown prince, called Prince Shengto. Prince Shengto was short of life and died before Emperor Tuigu. Therefore, when Emperor Tuigu died, he appointed Prince Shengto's son, Prince Yamabe's eldest brother, as his heir.

But when it comes to inheritance, something went wrong. The Suwo clan was in charge of the government. Suwo clan leader Suwo clan Suwo Ei, in order to consolidate his power, he actually changed the will of Emperor Tuigu and lied that she wanted to pass the throne to another prince Tamura who also had the right to inherit, which is now Emperor Shuming. The original heir, Yamabe, was under house arrest because he was afraid of the power of the Suwo family and did not dare to stand up and speak out.

Ikkyu is the son of the eldest brother of the mountain. When he was about to be under house arrest, the dead soldiers under his command sent the child out and hid in the temple.

This Li Bingwei was one of them. He opened a small grocery store at the foot of the temple and silently protected Ichikyu.

Later, Su I, Eki, discovered the traces of Ikki and sent someone to kill him. Just as Master Huiri was about to go on a mission to the Tang Dynasty, he passed by. Li Bingwei entrusted Ikki to Master Huiri, which was considered to have escaped a disaster.

After traveling to Japan for several months, it was still unsafe. In the end, Master Huiri decided to take Ikkyu to the Tang Dynasty. No matter how arrogant Su I, the Hokki, would never be able to take care of the ground of the Tang Dynasty.

After Ikkyu left, Li Bingwei gave up the grocery store and hid for more than a year, but was still caught by Su Iei. Together with the subordinates of the eldest brother of Yamabe who had been caught before, he was exiled to fend for himself on Aarnaba Island.

Unexpectedly, by chance, he met Yikyu again here. He also brought back the navy of the Tang Dynasty. In the eyes of Li Bingwei, this was simply favored by God.
Chapter completed!