We have fought to the Arctic Circle, and you want me to inherit the throne?

"Hahahahaha!"

Li Che laughed heartily and pointed at Li Sheng, saying, "You do have some quick wits, indeed, I am King Li Che."

Seeing Li Sheng's puzzled face, Huo Duanli said:

"My prince was enfeoffed last year and successively defeated the Mohe, Khitan, and Goryeo tribes. His Majesty then bestowed upon him the title of King of Daqing!"

Li Sheng suddenly understood.

It turned out to be the Prince of Ninggu, the current Sixth Prince.

He had been in prison for almost a year, and all he knew was that Li Che had been exiled.

At that time, Li Che seemed to be demoted, but now it seems that he has turned things around?

As expected, things in this world are unpredictable.

Li Sheng bowed his head without hesitation and said, "Student Li Sheng is willing to serve His Majesty the Prince of Feng!"

He surrendered without hesitation, and made no pretense of wanting to die.

There is no point in saying this in front of a powerful prince.

The prince values ​​me as a person. If I die, I will be of no value to him.

He can take care of his brothers, but he can also kill his entire family.

One should be discerning. If a prince comes to this filthy place to recruit me personally and I don't give him face, it would seem that nine clans are too many.

"Okay, okay." Li Che smiled from ear to ear. "Qiubai, take the badge His Majesty gave me and go to the palace to invite an imperial physician."

Qiu Bai bowed in agreement and turned to leave.

Li Sheng hurriedly thanked him, but Li Che waved his hand nonchalantly, "Come back home with me today and take good care of yourself. I'll be heading back outside the Great Wall in less than ten days or half a month, and you can't handle the bumpy ride in your current state."

"Your Highness is so kind to me, I am ashamed of my kindness."

Li Che smiled and said, "You are worthy of my special attention. Work hard. I am optimistic about you."

Not long after, Qiu Bai came back with an imperial physician.

The Minister of Justice on the side gave Wu Liang a wink, and the latter hurried forward and opened Li Sheng's cell.

The imperial physician hurried into the cell, not caring about the filth, and examined the prisoner.

"How?" Li Che asked nervously.

Wu Liang and his group of scum have no sense of restraint. Don't cripple my naval commander.

The imperial physician frowned slightly: "They are all external injuries, but the injuries are not light, and the bones are also broken."

Li Che glanced at Wu Liang, who felt a biting chill in his face and quickly knelt on the ground with his butt raised high.

"Can it be cured?" Li Che asked again.

The imperial physician nodded gently: "Your Highness, rest assured. With the palace's secret recipe and a few months of rest, you will be back to normal."

Li Che frowned and said, "Once the New Year is over, I will return to the border. How can I wait that long?"

The imperial physician was adamant: "A broken bone takes a hundred days to heal, and his condition is more than just a broken bone. Unless Your Highness doesn't want him to reach Fengguo alive, we absolutely cannot proceed immediately."

Li Che had no choice but to ask the imperial physician to help Li Sheng treat the wound first.

Anyway, the construction of the navy cannot be so fast. Even the ships have not been built yet, so there is no need to rush in the next few months.

"Your Highness," Li Sheng suddenly said, "I have a question. Could Your Highness help me solve it?"

"Just tell me."

"Your Highness wanted to form a navy. Why didn't he seek out commanders from the navy? Instead, he chose a student, a criminal?"

"Navy?" Li Che shook his head. "They can't control my navy."

There was a maritime ban in Daqing, and the navy's activities were limited to rivers, lakes, and were not taken seriously.

The navy's ships were all left over from the previous dynasty, and their tactics were all outdated.

Fengguo's navy must be a modern navy, with strong ships and powerful guns, and must abandon backward naval tactics such as ramming, shooting, and boarding.

In the future, this navy will sail to the other side of the ocean and blast open the door to that rich land.

Then go to Africa to get some of the best-selling commodity in the 16th century - black people, and ship them to overseas colonies to serve as labor.

This series of ideas and plans require strong military support, but Daqing’s navy does not have this strength now.

After settling Li Sheng, Li Che walked towards the next cage.

Like Li Sheng, the few people recruited by Li Che personally were all talented people picked from thousands of miles away.

This honest official, who had a great reputation, embezzled hundreds of thousands of taels of silver within a few years without being discovered.

In the end, he was betrayed by his "filial son" at home, and the incident was exposed after he was reported, shocking the entire court.

This guy knows how to make money very well. Li Che thinks it would be a pity if he died, so he might as well bring him back to Fengguo and let him help him make money.

There was also a serial killer who had killed hundreds of people. He left a special mark after each kill and had been killing for eight years in a row, but the government had no way to catch him.

In the end, he voluntarily surrendered himself, and he was caught and sentenced to death.

However, after an in-depth investigation, Li Che learned that the people he killed had insulted his mother in front of him, leaving a great trauma on his young mind.

When they grew up, no one knew where they learned some skills, but they came to our house one after another and wiped out our entire family without mercy.

This guy is also a ruthless character, a natural killer, and Li Che will find him very useful.

There are also ruthless bandits who specialize in robbing wealthy families, and a brilliant scholar who mistakenly writes a rebellious poem while drunk...

In short, the prison is full of talented people, and Li Che gained a lot this time.

It is not easy to make these people surrender, but Li Che's status is incomparable, and most people can only obey.

Li Che also used some tricks to deal with those who refused to cooperate.

After all, criminals like Li Sheng who value loyalty and righteousness are a minority. It would be more accurate to say that Li Che is exploiting them rather than recruiting them.

When the work was done, it was already afternoon.

When Li Che walked out of the Sky Prison, he could smell the blood and rotten smell on his body, as if he had been pickled.

He sniffed his collar and frowned immediately: "Let's go back to the mansion. I need to take a bath and change clothes."

Just as they were about to mount their horses and head back, a figure suddenly came running over in a hurry: "Your Highness, we finally found you."

Li Che looked in the direction of the voice and found that the person looked familiar.

"Are you... Fourth Brother's personal guard?"

The personal guard said respectfully, "It is I."

"What does Fourth Brother want from me? Are you trying to trick me into drinking wine again?" Li Che asked jokingly.

"My prince asked me to find you, saying that there is something extremely urgent to discuss. Please ask Your Highness to move to Prince Yan's Mansion." The guard looked anxious, and it didn't seem like he was faking it.