Chapter 1699
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"Let's go. The eight of you follow us. Don't let the others surround us."
Lan Bao instructed sternly. The Winged Knights reacted quickly and brought them to other places.
"What's wrong?" Inayu Minada asked softly when he saw his son-in-law's serious expression.
"We can't act immediately. Both sides are in the dark now. Let's wait until we catch more people from the Jishou family and get enough evidence before we announce it."
Lan Bao looked at the eight people who were rescued and said to his father-in-law.
"What's the difference?" Inayu Minada had never experienced such a battle. He could fight, but not war.
"We'll get rid of the Jishou and Yoshimura families at once, including the officials from the Jishou family in Ping Cheng. We'll swallow up the two families and make them our own. "
Lan Bao knew that the families in the Japanese Empire didn't have much fighting power now. They could only gather a few hundred people.
It was easy to annihilate others, but difficult to find an excuse. Unless they agreed to wage a huge war against the Japanese Empire.
Dongzhu obviously didn't plan to conquer the Japanese Empire now. Dongzhu didn't seem to care about the Japanese Empire.
The Tang dynasty's focus was on the Turks and Tubo. It seemed that Dongzhu valued the Abbasid Caliphate more and wanted to train many naval forces to bypass them.
"Keep it a secret?" Inayu Minada understood and looked at the eight people who were rescued.
"Father-in-law, don't kill them. Keep it a secret and ask them to stay for two days." Lan Bao felt that his father-in-law wanted to silence them.
"Don't kill, don't kill!" Inayu Minada smiled.
Inayu Minada said, "They saved a lot of ironware and want to send it to the officials from the Jishou family in Ping Cheng to pave the way for promotion."
"Hmm?" Lan Bao suddenly turned to look at his wife. "You …"
"In the Tang dynasty, I used to talk to Princess Yongmu, Empress Wang, Wu Jieyu, and the others." Inayu Minada smiled shyly.
"Ah!" Lan Bao understood. Those women, even if they didn't deliberately study anything, they would casually talk about open strife and hidden strife.
His Majesty had many women, but why were only a few of them allowed to live in the Li Family Zhuangzi?
Especially that Xiao Lan. Other women had palace maids and eunuchs to keep each other in check, but Princess Yongmu only had Xiao Lan to manage everything.
"Kazuko, you should learn more from Princess Yongmu and not scheme against Li Dongzhu." Lan Bao said to Minamida Kazuko helplessly.
Minamida Kazuko still had that shy look on her face. "I know!"
"There's also Xiao Lan. Learn from her cleverness. She treats Li Dongzhu just as well. She doesn't scheme against him." Lan Bao reminded again.
"She doesn't dare to scheme." Minamida Kazuko was no longer shy. She smiled.
"Don't touch these ironware. Put them away and don't move them. There are fingerprints on them. If necessary, we can retrieve them."
The leader of the Winged Knights who had returned pointed out that there were so many iron weapons. He must have his ways.
The Winged Knights needed to know how to do reconnaissance. Under certain circumstances, it was normal for them to quickly obtain someone's fingerprints.
Everyone moved the weapons carefully. Those who were caught were locked up and those who were injured were taken care of.
Jiang Chuan threatened the Jishou family and told them that they would definitely beat the Jishou family and torture their family members to death unless they cooperated.
Those who would rather die than say anything were afraid. If their family members were gone, who would they keep the secret for?
"Many lives have been sacrificed for these things."
Minamida Inayu sighed. Lan Bao knew how to forge and smelt iron, especially silver and copper. He was very capable.
"That's why we have to develop productivity. Only when productivity is improved will people stop fighting over ironware and use them for other things."
Lan Bao joked. Fights never happened because of specific things.
"You don't want iron? Is this iron not good?" Minamida Inayu wanted to use iron to exchange for money.
"It's not worth much. Li Dongzhu helped find many iron and coal mines in the Tang dynasty. Even people in remote areas can exchange five catties of eggs for an iron kitchen knife."
Lan Bao shook his head. If they didn't want iron, they would have to refine it again.
The iron in the Japanese Empire was not good now. It was difficult to melt iron and even more difficult to smelt iron. They had to use bellows to blow the iron until it turned red.
If they wanted to melt iron, they could use it to burn firewood …
On the other hand, copper, silver, and gold had low melting points.
If they wanted to smelt iron, it was best to turn the firewood into charcoal and blow the wind.
As for the smelting technology in the Tang dynasty, they didn't need charcoal anymore.
Minamida Inayu revealed an envious look. The Tang dynasty didn't even want to exchange iron. It was very difficult for them to get iron.
Who didn't know that iron plows were better for farming? Bronze plows were also good, but they didn't have them.
"There are many ironware in the family." After lamenting, Minamida Inayu found something to be proud of.
Now, the Minamida family had iron kitchen knives, iron sickles, and iron pots.
There were even more iron weapons sent by the Tang dynasty.
They couldn't bear to use those good bows and arrows. The iron arrowheads were better than the iron of kitchen knives.
There was also a steel knife. Look at his own iron knife. Every time he cut the iron knife, there would be a gap.
The 20 people of the Winged Knights started to pack things for the people in front of them. Most of them were hardtack.
They also took a break. After a while, they would have to force the army to hurry on with the journey.
"What's the use of the cloth strips on the legs?" Minamida Inayu didn't understand the situation.
"It reduces the varicose veins on the legs. It won't be so tiring to walk. We can also bring two more sets of ropes. The cloth used to bind the legs is of good quality. It's strong and durable."
Lan Bao had learned it before. When he explained it to his father-in-law, he couldn't bear it.
When the Winged Knights wore leg bindings, it meant that they had to hurry on with the journey. It was tiring!
"Horses. Bring our horses here." Minamida Kazuko shouted. How could they not provide anything when they saw others rushing on with the journey?
"Yes, yes, yes. Horses. We have many horses. Let's exchange." Minamida Inayu reacted.
16 horses were brought over. These were the so-called many horses. There were also two old horses that couldn't be entrusted.
For the Minamida family, 16 horses were enough to look down on the other families in the whole country.
14 of the horses could be ridden. They were cavalry. Cavalry was very powerful.
"If the situation permits, we will directly deal with the Yoshimura and Yoshimura families. We will carry the arrows and supplies."
When the Winged Knights saw the 14 mountable horses, they were very happy.
The saddles and stirrups were all equipped. Obviously, Lan Bao had taught them a lot.
Including the two mountable horses in front, 16 horses for the Winged Knights … to fight against the Japanese Empire …
"Next time, bring over 100 horses. We will flatten the surrounding area." Lan Bao joked again.
If the Winged Knights were equipped with horses, it would definitely be the enemy's nightmare.
"You want to fight?" Minamida Inayu took it seriously.
"The Tang Dynasty also lacks horses. They won't bring them over. But here, if we have the chance, we can exchange for horses and raise them."
Lan Bao waved his hand. The people of the Tang Dynasty couldn't even afford livestock. How could they send over 100 war horses?
"It's not easy to exchange. It takes a lot of iron to exchange for a horse. When we exchange for a horse, it will be thin and weak. The family will also provide good food."
Minamida Inayu felt regretful. The 16 horses at home were treasures.
"Use food and fish to exchange. As long as we can exchange for a horse, it's worth it!"
Minamida Kazuko had an idea. The fish could be caught while the Tang Dynasty's ships were out at sea. The horses were in the sea … They were seahorses and couldn't be ridden.
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