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

"Hey, wake up." A magnetic voice sounded in my ears.

Li Che squatted down and patted Dekavo's cheek with his scabbard.

Dekavo swallowed, then his body shook violently: "You...you?"

Li Che shook his head. He couldn't understand this guy's accent at all. He stretched out his hand to call his personal guard and asked him to call the pirate over.

With the pirate's translation and explanation, Dekavo was finally able to understand the situation.

It turned out that this group of people were not guards of the gods, but came from a distant country called Daqing.

The outpost was bombarded by the ship-borne artillery of the Daqing fleet. These soldiers wearing exquisite armor were all marines of Daqing.

And that beast was not a mythical beast, but a ferocious beast called a tiger.

What surprised him most was that the young man in front of him was the owner of the terrifying beast and the king of Daqing.

Dekavo was born in a poor family and was at the bottom of the society among the soldiers. He had never seen someone in such a high position, and he felt even more uneasy.

Li Che said, "Tell him not to be nervous. I only want to know the garrison situation on Luzon Island. I am not interested in his life."

The pirate repeated it, and there was an obvious struggle in Dekavo's eyes.

Xiaosong was a little impatient and walked back and forth behind Li Che, his small steps making a creaking sound on the deck.

Dekavo's eyes instantly cleared up, and he asked timidly, "This...this guy doesn't eat human flesh, right?"

After listening to the pirate's translation, Li Che smiled kindly and said comfortingly:

"Don't worry, it won't eat today."

Dekavo finally breathed a sigh of relief and was about to say something when his expression suddenly became dull.

"What do you mean by not eating today..."

Li Che replied: "It means exactly what it says. It's full today and will definitely not eat people. Don't worry."

Dekavo: ???

If you don’t eat today, why not eat tomorrow?

The fact that a king who raised a man-eating monster spoke to him so kindly made him even more terrified.

Li Che looked at the terrified Portuguese in front of him and patted his shoulder kindly: "Are you worried about something? Are you afraid that the so-called admiral will retaliate against you?"

"Think carefully. Is that admiral, or governor-general, a match for me? Even if he manages to defeat me, can you, a captured lowly soldier, earn his trust?"

"Be a smart person." Li Che pinched the other person's shoulder, and the smile on his face became colder and colder. "Of course, be a living person first, not a piece of meat in the tiger's mouth..."

Dekavo trembled all over. Li Che's seemingly gentle words were more powerful than countless warnings and threats.

Without hesitation, he spilled all the information:

"There are two locations on Luzon Island where heavy troops are stationed. One of them is a dock with four large sailing ships, eight medium-sized sailing ships, and over a thousand soldiers."

"The other is the Admiral's residence, three kilometers from the dock. It houses eight hundred of the Admiral's personal guards, who control most of the island's firearms. They are the elite of the elite."

"In addition, in order to control the indigenous people of Luzon Island, the admiral also established more than 20 garrisons in various places, each garrisoned with soldiers ranging from a dozen to several dozen."

"There are thirty-six guns at the dock, six of which are rusted due to moisture, but the remaining thirty are still able to fire, and there is plenty of ammunition..."

Li Che listened silently, then asked someone to bring paper and pen, and asked Dekavo to write down his previous words again.

Then he looked at Li Sheng standing beside him and said, "As expected, the other party does have firearms in their hands, but I don't know how powerful they are."

"And the enemy's sailboats, which can cross such a long sea, may be better than our ships."

Li Sheng said, "Your Highness, two soldiers were bitten to death by Xiao Song earlier. I have already sent people to seize their boat. I have also sent marines to search the outpost. Perhaps one or two firearms can be found."

Li Che nodded slightly.

Soon, several small boats caught up with the Dingyuan, and sailors used ropes to lift up several marines.

Li Che looked up and saw that the leader was carrying a stick-like object on his back, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

"Your Highness, we searched the garrison and found only a few strange-looking knives. We did find a musket on that clipper ship."

Li Che first took a look at the knives. They were typical Western-style hand-guard knives. The steel and shape were completely inferior to the standard weapons produced by Feng State.

His eyes fell on a musket held in the hands of a soldier.

The musket was pitch black, with a long and thick barrel and a slightly clumsy structure, but it emitted a strange metallic luster.

He motioned to the soldier to hand over the musket, which felt heavy and had a nice texture.

This is a typical Spanish arquebus, and it looks almost exactly like the picture I remember.

It is also an early firearm that uses a matchlock to ignite gunpowder to launch projectiles, but the manufacturing process of this matchlock gun is much better than that of the Fengguo Gunpowder Bureau.

It cannot be said that the Portuguese technology was more advanced than that of the Feng State, but at least they had been making muskets for some time, which is why they had honed the craftsmanship to such a level.

Fengguo's technology tree is climbing very fast, but a little too fast.

Industry and manufacturing cannot keep up with the pace of technological development, resulting in

Li Che opened the matchlock and checked the hammer and powder pool, and found that the internal structure was also very precise. Although the gun body was a little worn, it was well maintained and could still be used normally.

He called the gunpowder craftsman who had sailed with the ship and threw the musket to him: "Take care of this gun and bring it back to Fengguo so that the craftsmen can study it carefully."

The craftsman held the musket in his hand and couldn't let it go: "Yes, Your Highness."

Through this musket, Li Che roughly deduced the overall picture of this world.

It is around the Tang and Song dynasties because the climate and geographical environment match.

Daqing's technological level is higher than in the previous life, almost at the level of the late Song Dynasty and early Yuan Dynasty.

The level of science and technology overseas is much higher, and in some aspects has reached the end of the Renaissance and the beginning of the Age of Exploration.

The enemies overseas are stronger than I imagined.

Li Che's heart became heavier.

It was thought that after unifying the areas outside the Great Wall, the Fengtian Army would have no rivals. But now it seems that the road ahead is long and there is still a long way to go.

The Age of Discovery marked the beginning of an era of great contention, and Daqing must participate in it; this is the general trend.

It seems that I need to speed up my actions.

"Your Highness?" Li Sheng, who was standing by, saw that Li Che had not spoken for a long time and reminded him in a low voice.

Li Che came back to his senses and looked at Li Sheng with a smile: "I'm fine."

"Let's go, let's go to Luzon Island first. I have something I want to discuss with the Luzon Admiral from Portugal!"