"Ye Chen greets Your Highness the Crown Prince!" Ye Chen said as he knelt on the ground and kowtowed to the Crown Prince.
"Greetings, Your Highness the Crown Prince. May Your Highness the Crown Prince live for a thousand years!" Ye Yun addressed the Crown Prince as a thousand years. He followed Ye Chen and bowed to the Crown Prince.
"Assistant Minister Ye, please rise. Both of you, please rise." The Crown Prince, dressed in a black dragon robe, walked slowly to the three kneeling men and said.
"Thank you, Your Highness the Crown Prince!" The three men slowly stood up with their hands by their sides.
"I met Assistant Minister Ye once when I was seven years old. Do you still remember?" the Crown Prince asked Ye Chen with a smile.
"Of course I remember." Ye Chen cupped his hands and said to the Crown Prince, "That day was Your Highness's birthday. His Majesty held a banquet for all the officials. I remember very clearly that Your Highness even toasted me."
"It's been more than ten years. I didn't expect Assistant Minister Ye to still remember this." The Crown Prince smiled.
"Your Highness is the Emperor Star that descended to the mortal world. How could I forget?" Ye Chen replied respectfully.
The Crown Prince smiled and patted Ye Chen on the shoulder.
"This must be the head of the Ye Clan, Old Hero Ye Yun?" the Crown Prince looked at Ye Yun and asked.
"Ye Yun greets Your Highness." Ye Yun lowered his head and replied.
"Old Hero Ye, I apologize for my lack of manners." The Crown Prince cupped his hands and said to Ye Yun.
"I wouldn't dare." Ye Yun bowed in fear and trepidation.
"Then this must be the successor of the Ethereal Sword Style, the Ye Clan's once-in-a-century genius, the Inverted Scale Sword Ye Kong?" the Crown Prince asked as he looked at the refined Ye Yun standing behind Ye Kong.
"Ye Kong greets Your Highness." Ye Kong cupped his hands and bowed to the Crown Prince in a manner that was neither servile nor overbearing.
"You are indeed a dragon among men, Bufan," the Crown Prince said with a nod.
"You flatter me, Your Highness." Ye Kong replied in a clear voice.
"A dragon is toyed with by a prawn when he is out of the country, and a tiger is bullied by a dog when it is out of the country. The famous three heroes of the Ye family are now hiding in the Mongol Empire. This is the tragedy of the Great Ming Dynasty, the fault of the court, and the death of the people." The crown prince looked at the three people of the Ye family in plain clothes and said emotionally, "Our Zhu family owes your Ye family too much. We have wronged you."
In terms of financial resources, the Ye Family's wealth was comparable to that of a country. In terms of connections, the Ye Family had a respected status in the Jianghu, and no one dared to provoke them. In terms of ability, the Ye Family had many experts, crouching tigers and hidden dragons. In terms of weapons, the Ye Family was even more famous, and they were famous throughout China!
With the strength of the Ye Family, they could definitely establish their own territory and stand up to the Imperial Court!
However, the Ye Clan did not do so.
Removal of officials, seizure of titles, confiscation of property, painting of portraits, wanted everywhere.
The Ye Clan had suffered such great grievances, but the Ye Clan still had the Great Ming Dynasty in their hearts and were loyal to their country. This kind of righteousness was comparable to the Great Song Dynasty's Yang Clan!
If the Imperial Court was filled with such loyal officials, how could there be such a situation?!
Thinking of this, the Crown Prince sighed in his heart.
The Crown Prince's words were like soup splashed on snow, causing the hearts of the three people present to turn red.
They had waited for these words for too long.
"Your Highness, the wind outside is cold. Come in and warm up." Ye Chen, whose eyes were red, used the sleeve of his Mongolian robe to wipe his eyes. As he spoke to the Crown Prince, he opened the curtain of the tent and invited the Crown Prince into the tent.
"Okay!" The Crown Prince laughed heartily and walked into the tent.
The three people followed him into the tent, and the old eunuch entered last.
"Oh, what a fragrant roasted lamb. Looks like I came at the right time." The Crown Prince rubbed his hands against the fire as he smiled and sat down beside it.
"This lamb will take a while. Your Highness, don't be anxious. Drink a cup of milk tea first to warm up." As Ye Chen spoke, he took out a large iron kettle and poured a large bowl of steaming milk tea. He handed it to the Crown Prince with both hands.
"Hmm, it smells so good!" The Crown Prince took the large bowl and smelled it under his nose.
"I don't know if Your Highness is used to it." Ye Chen smiled.
"Let me try it." The Crown Prince said and took a few sips.
"Delicious, delicious!" The Crown Prince laughed.
"Eunuch, you also have a bowl." Ye Chen poured another bowl and handed it to the old eunuch.
This old eunuch was not ordinary, so Ye Chen did not dare to neglect him.
"This old servant is not thirsty. Thank you, Assistant Minister Ye." The old eunuch, who was standing behind the Crown Prince, waved his hand and smiled.
"Don't just stand there. Sit down." The Crown Prince said to the three people while drinking milk tea.
"Thank you, Your Highness, for granting us a seat." The three people said in unison and respectfully sat across from the Crown Prince.
"I came here in the middle of the night to ask you to return to the Great Ming Dynasty and help me." The Crown Prince looked at the three people and said.
"Return to the Great Ming Dynasty?" Ye Chen asked the Crown Prince.
"That's right." The Crown Prince put down the milk tea in his hand and said, "You have seen the current situation. Zhou Dao is relentlessly pursuing and attacking, and the four countries have turned the show into reality. A war is imminent. Right now, Imperial Father's health is not good and he needs to recuperate. Thus, I am in charge of all the affairs in the court. I am still young and have no experience in war. Once the war starts, I won't be able to deal with it calmly. "
"Your Highness is too modest." Ye Chen cupped his hands and said to the Crown Prince, "Your Highness is wise and wise. Who doesn't know that? With Your Highness's ability, why can't you lead an army to war and command a battle? "
"No, no." The Crown Prince waved his hand and said, "Leading an army to war is an important matter for a monarch. If there is a slight mistake, tens of thousands of soldiers will die on the battlefield. The common people will also be plunged into misery and suffering. I can't joke about the lives of the soldiers and the common people."
Ye Chen slowly nodded after hearing this.
The Crown Prince was concerned about the common people and the life and death of the soldiers. In the future, he would definitely be a wise monarch!
"Your Highness has a lot of talented people in your hands. There are countless capable people. What can we, as martial artists, do to help Your Highness?" Ye Yun asked the Crown Prince.
"I want to ask the Ye Family to help me fight against Matsumoto Takeyoshi's ninja army." The Crown Prince went straight to the point.
"Ninja army?" Ye Yun frowned.
"That's right." The Crown Prince looked around at the three people and said, "I think you know better than me how strong Matsumoto Takeyoshi's ninja army is. Right now, this army is attacking the four countries. Sooner or later, it will turn around and attack the Great Ming. As the saying goes, take precautions. We must make plans early to prevent the Great Ming's soldiers from dying in vain in the future."
"But Your Highness, although the Ye Family has many experts, there are less than a hundred people who can fight against those ninjas. Moreover, in the recent few battles, we have already lost more than a dozen experts." Ye Yun frowned and said to the Crown Prince, "As far as I know, the ninja army has nearly ten thousand people. There is a great disparity in the number of people on both sides. Using a few dozen experts to fight against nearly ten thousand experts is tantamount to suicide."
The Ye Family did have many experts, but it depended on who they were compared to. The ninjas under Matsumoto Takeyoshi were specially trained to kill people. They were completely different from the experts of the Great Ming who pursued their own cultivation. Among the experts of the Ye Family, there were less than a hundred people, including the three of them, who could fight against the ninjas. In addition to the losses from the recent battles and the three people who betrayed the Ye Family and were high-ranking Tibetan officials, there were less than a dozen people who could kill the ninjas.
"Old hero, don't worry. That's not what I meant." The Crown Prince smiled as he rubbed his hands to warm them. "I have other intentions."
The Crown Prince looked at Ye Chen as he spoke.
"Your Highness means …" Ye Yun asked doubtfully.
"Bronze men." The Crown Prince spat out two words with a smile.
Bronze men!
When the three of them heard these two words, their expressions instantly changed!
Ye Yun's eyes widened, Ye Kong looked shocked, and Ye Chen's pupils constricted!
He finally understood why the Crown Prince was looking at him.
The Bronze Man Atlas was one of the most powerful secret mechanisms in the Crouching Dragon Manual passed down by his Ye Family bloodline. Moreover, this atlas was listed as a supreme secret together with the Ye Family's secret weaponsmithing manual, the Weaponsmithing Manual!
Other than the person in charge of Ye Chen's branch and the previous heads of the Ye Family, no one knew the secret of the Bronze Man Atlas's creation!
Now, the Crown Prince was personally asking for this Bronze Man Atlas!
"Your Highness wants our Ye Family's Bronze Man Atlas?" Ye Yun asked the Crown Prince with a frown.
"It's not that I want it, but I want you to work day and night after returning to the Great Ming Dynasty to build a Bronze Man Army for the imperial court specifically to deal with Matsumoto Takeyoshi's ninja troops." The Crown Prince said solemnly to the three of them, "As for the Bronze Man Atlas, that's your Ye Family's secret. I definitely won't covet it."
Bronze Man Army!
When Ye Chen and Ye Kong heard these four words, they were shocked!
They did not expect the Crown Prince to use this method to deal with Matsumoto Takeyoshi's ninja troops!
Ye Yun's expression was solemn and unperturbed.
This was not the first time he had heard of the Bronze Man Army.
Back when he was in Tibet talking to Ye Lan, who had betrayed the Ye Family, Ye Lan also wanted to obtain this Bronze Man Atlas and build an unparalleled Bronze Man Army!
"Of course, if you don't agree, I'll think of another way. Everyone, there's no need to force yourself." When the Crown Prince saw the expressions of the three of them, he said, "To be honest, I already have a way to deal with the ninjas. It's just that I thought of your Ye Family's bronze men to be absolutely safe."
"I can agree to Your Highness's request, but I have three requests." Ye Yun pondered for a moment before speaking.
"What request? Feel free to speak." When the Crown Prince heard that Ye Yun had agreed to this request, his eyes immediately lit up as he asked.
Ye Chen and Ye Kong were also shocked as they looked at Ye Yun at the same time.
"Firstly, the bronze men can only be used to fight against Matsumoto Takeyoshi's ninja troops. They cannot be used to fight against ordinary troops. If that's the case, it will harm the heavens and the Ye Family will not be able to bear this sin." Ye Yun said.
"Old hero, don't worry. I can absolutely guarantee this." The Crown Prince said to Ye Yun.
"Secondly, the bronze men will be controlled by the Ye Family. After they are used up, they will all be handed over to the Ye Family to be smelted and destroyed. Not a single component can be left behind." Ye Yun continued.
"Yes," the Crown Prince replied. "After the bronze men are used up, they will all be handed over to the Ye Family to be destroyed. Not a single one can be left behind."
"Thirdly, the structure of the bronze men is extremely complicated. There are many types of materials needed. If you want to create a Bronze Man Army, the imperial court must send someone to prepare the necessary materials and be available at any time." Ye Yun said as he looked at the Crown Prince.
"No problem." The Crown Prince replied. "I'll allocate three thousand craftsmen to the Ye Family to help. Then, I'll send someone to prepare the materials. Everything needed will be satisfied."
"How many bronze men does Your Highness need?" Ye Yun asked the Crown Prince.
"In old hero's opinion, how many bronze men do you need to fight against Matsumoto Takeyoshi's nearly ten thousand ninjas?" the Crown Prince asked Ye Yun.
"Matsumoto Takeyoshi's ninja troops have been surrounded and annihilated by nearly a thousand experts from the four countries. There are only nine thousand left," Ye Yun said calmly. "In my opinion, we need to create nine hundred bronze men."
"Nine hundred bronze men?" the Crown Prince said in shock. "One bronze man can fight against ten?"
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