Datang: From exiled prince to eternal tyrant

Chapter 353 Meeting the Emperor
"Let's rest assured, this king has his own plans."

Hearing this, Chou Nuer and Xiang Ling looked at each other and said nothing.

A few days later, the news that a merchant ship from the Tang Dynasty arrived with countless rare treasures quickly spread in the territory of Wa Kingdom.

Li Ke led several people ashore in the name of merchants, while the Shu army and ships he brought were on standby at sea.

Li Ke saw that most of the people in the Japanese kingdom were naked, yellow and thin, and knew that their situation was almost the same as that of the refugees in Shu at that time.

"Does the businessman from the Tang Dynasty live here?" Two people dressed as warriors entered the shop and asked the inn proprietress directly.

The proprietress of the inn immediately nodded and said yes, and led them to find Li Ke with a smile.

"Master Merchant from Tang Dynasty, two lord warriors have come to look for you, so I let them in." The proprietress of the inn opened the door to one side and invited the two of them in.

finally come!

Li Ke looked calm and looked at the two warriors who came in.The two of them are not tall, but the wide and wide samurai uniforms on their bodies give them a somewhat sturdy aura, but it is a pity that the samurai buns on their heads are too ugly.

After sizing Li Ke up, the two knelt down opposite him, saluted and said, "Businessman of the Tang Dynasty, our emperor wants to see you, please."

Li Ke didn't get up, but only said: "Is the emperor planning to do business with his subordinate?"

"Bold!" One of the warriors yelled angrily, revealing the badge on his waist because of his big movements.

Li Ke could tell at a glance that he had seen this thing on the pirates in black before.

From this point of view, the so-called pirates are basically the forces of the Japanese royal family.

During the Sui Dynasty, the Japanese pirates already existed, and there have always been businessmen traveling between the two places. However, after the wars in China and the change of dynasty, they did not get distracted from dealing with the Japanese kingdom for a while, but they grew into wolf ambitions.

Now it's okay, let's clean it up together and bring it into the power of the King of Shu.

Li Ke chuckled, "What? Could it be that the Emperor wants to see me, not for business? But I'm just a businessman, and I only want to sell some items when I come here."

The other warrior was much calmer, stopped his rude behavior, and bowed his head to Li Ke again.

"The Tang businessman is a visitor from afar, and it is a rare honor to be summoned by the emperor. I hope your Excellency will not refuse."

It seems to be polite, but in fact it is extremely rude, and the country of Wa is only mediocre.

Xiangling wanted to follow Li Ke to meet the Emperor, but Li Ke stopped him.Xiangling had a little more innocent temperament and was not suitable for this kind of occasion, so she only took the ugly slave and the other two, and followed the samurai to the palace where the emperor was.

The so-called imperial palace is much, much worse than his father's imperial palace. Even his Shu Palace in Chengdu is much more majestic and gorgeous than this so-called imperial palace.

When the warrior saw that Li Ke and others were looking at each other intently, he actually thought that the other party was very polite, but he didn't know that Li Ke didn't like him at all.

After some palace servants went to report, a maid led Li Ke and others to wait in a room.

Wa country can only sit on the ground, and Li Ke doesn't care.

But within a short time of sticking an incense stick, I heard the sound of doors being opened from far and near.

"Crack" The last door was opened in front of Li Ke's eyes.

Looking around, I saw a woman in complicated clothes sitting on the high platform in front of me.

She is Emperor Tuigu, but she is not too young, and her white hair is scattered behind her head, which looks a bit weird.

An old man was sitting on the right side of the woman, also wearing complicated clothes and a high hat, staring at Li Ke with sharp eyes.

He is Emperor Shuming.

The two people went down, and there were many men sitting on both sides, both old and young, and they were all the courtiers of the Wa Kingdom.

"Are you from Datang?" Emperor Shu Ming asked with an unusually hoarse voice.

Li Ke responded naturally, and said that he had brought a lot of products from the Tang Dynasty, including tea, silk, everything, and a rare treasure in the world.

Tea and silk are the most common goods for merchants, and of course there are things like spices.

That piece of land is rich in products, and it is full of temptations for the Wa country.

Although business exchanges can also exchange for what you need, it is not as comfortable as pretending to be a pirate to grab it.

"Treasures? Since there are treasures, why don't you take them out and let me appreciate them." A courtier said.

"This thing is extraordinary, only the emperor can see it." Li Ke said.

Some of the courtiers said that he was playing tricks and deliberately deceiving the two emperors, so he should be killed directly.However, Emperor Tuigu, who sat at the top, did not agree. Instead, he agreed to Li Ke's request.

Some palace people went to prepare immediately.But Li Ke was taken by the palace people to meet Emperor Tuigu alone.

"You child, why do you want to see me alone?" Although Emperor Tuigu was a woman, she also promoted many reforms with the help of Prince Shotoku, and her vision was naturally not comparable to that of ordinary people.

"It's better not to let too many people know about some things. It's good for you and the country."

"Presumably the emperor already knows that Datang is building ocean-going warships, otherwise you wouldn't have sent people to make trouble."

"You are not a businessman." Emperor Tuigu's eyes darkened a little, thinking about where the young man in front of him came from.

"Yes or no, it's only the emperor's choice." Li Ke said indifferently.

Although he is not a merciful person, he also knows that the hot weapons equipped by the Ocean Squadron are many times more lethal than the cold weapons. Once a weapon like thunder is used in a battle, the ones who will be hurt are naturally civilians in battle.

If it can be avoided, there is no need to do so. After all, in any era, population is the productive force. Since he has plans to bring the Japanese pirates into the territory of Shu Kingdom, he doesn't want this place to become barren.

Therefore, this expedition to the Wa Kingdom did not proceed directly like the previous few times, but adopted a roundabout technique.

Of course, this must be done with the knowledge of the royal family and nobles of the Wa Kingdom, otherwise, why not completely exterminate the Wa Kingdom and re-establish it?
Emperor Tuigu remained silent, staring straight at Li Ke with a pair of cloudy eyes.

She was thinking and hesitating.

Through the information returned by spies, she already knew that there were many ships she had never seen before on the open sea. The flags hanging on the ships were marked with the word "Shu".

Although she is far away in the country of Wa, she has already heard of the name of Li Ke, King of Shu.

She successively regained several countries around the Tang Dynasty that were ready to move. Is it her turn now?

Could it be that the Wa country will also completely dissipate like those forces.

How to make a choice, the Emperor Tuigu was very impressed. The Wa country has a 50 army.

But the young man in front of him dared to come to see him alone, if he was not very sure, where did he get his confidence?
(End of this chapter)