"Looking at Jieshi in the east, to see the vast sea..."

Li Mu stood by the cliff and looked at the turbulent sea surface, his heart surging.

He can understand a little now, why some people always want to write a poem? Some scenery, you can't control it even if you see it!

The strongholds and fortresses are all under construction. After two ate, Su and my son never tried to destroy them again. The Tang army took a step further, so they took a step back. Li Mu guessed that he wanted to wait until the Tang army withdrew and then slowly approach it. Because everyone knows that the Tang army, or Li Mu, cannot stay in Japan forever.

In fact, as people expected, Li Mu really had to leave. There were too many places to need him. He had been in Japan for a long time. Moreover, everything in Japan was on the right track. There was no big difference if he stayed here or not.

He left behind Li Chongyi and the 200 Jinyiwei, 30 secret guards, responsible for training the Japanese here. By the way, he also made a "Tang Imperial King of the Japanese" seal with gold, which left it to the eldest brother of the Shanbei. Considering the emotions of the Japanese people, Li Mu removed the word "Slave" and added the word "Tang Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imper

Originally, the emperor had a name, but the eldest brother of Yamabe was no longer the emperor, but the king of Japan who was granted by the Tang Dynasty, so he could not give the name like the emperor in the past. Li Mu was the master, and according to the Tang Dynasty system, he appointed Yamabe as the "Donghai Prince" and Ikkyu as the "Criminal Prince of Donghai Prince". The king of Japan was hereditary to the "Donghai Prince" in the Tang Dynasty.

Li Mu's rewards were not a mess. The Tang Dynasty's ritual system inherited the Sui Dynasty, and there were a series of vassal states. The highest level was to be granted the title of the princes. If it is well documented, there were deeds of Emperor Yang of Sui to be granted the title of the Tubo King Xihai Prince. Tubo was located west of the Tang Dynasty and was named the title of the Prince of Xihai. The Kingdom of Japan was located east of the Tang Dynasty and was also an island, so it was appropriate to be granted the title of the Prince of Donghai Prince.

After doing all this, Li Mu boarded the ship and returned. He agreed that after winter, he would come to Japan again in the spring of the next year. He hoped that the sphere of influence of the prince of Donghai could be expanded to half of the territory of Japan. Even if this could not be done, the four terminals along the coastline would be built. This is the minimum requirement. Because in the coming year, the Tang Dynasty would likely take action against Goguryeo and have arranged it in Japan for a year, at least it would have to meet the strategic needs of water encirclement.

Li Chongyi stayed in Japan, and in addition to training the Japanese to fight against Suwo, his son, he also had to train a Japanese army that could fight. When the Tang Dynasty fought against Goguryeo, the Japanese would also have to join the war. Otherwise, would Li Mu have done all this for the Shanbei eldest brother King? He had to pay something.

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When I returned, I followed the ocean currents and shortened nearly half of the time. After several months, when I arrived at Yangzhou Port, the port in front of me had changed a lot.

There are almost no old buildings to see, and they are replaced by brand new streets, shops, and ports that have more than doubled. This is only a phase one project. There are still three phases of projects in the future, and all the projects will be completed, and the port's breathing capacity will be increased several times.

Li Mu was very pleased with this because all of this was done without him. And it seemed that it was done well, at least it means that even without him doing it himself, as long as he pointed out the direction, people of this era can do things well.

Bai Qiaoqiao took the children, Li Zhien and Wang Ou, and waited for Li Mu at the dock. Li Mu always stayed home for half a year. Although he was used to it, longing could not deceive people. Seeing the Chang'an from afar, the tears of the girls could not stop flowing. The mother's crying made the children who originally came to the dock with fun were also panicked. The big eyes were full of question marks. They didn't understand why the mother, who had been out happily, came to the dock and saw the big ship and cried instead?

The people also gathered at the dock. Yesterday they had already received the news that the Chang'an was back today. With the Chang'an, there was also a whale. The whale was also unlucky. It just happened to have a collision with the fleet, and the sailors who were itchy were caught by itchy sailors.

It was just like twice before, and I was dragged back at the back of the boat. It wasn't that I couldn't be divided and put it on the boat and pulled it back, but there was really no place in the cabin.

All cabins are full of silver ore. They are all silver ore with very high purity. They are of low purity and are not qualified to occupy a place in the precious space of the cabin. The fate of those ores can only be piled in the mountains next to the pit, waiting for when resources are poor and they will be exhausted to refine them.

Now that resources are abundant, who doesn’t pick up rich mines to dig?

These silver ores are all excellent in the score given by the system. That is to say, one ton of ore can extract two kilograms of pure silver. This is already a very high proportion. One ton of ore can extract forty taels of silver, excluding all costs, and the pure benefits will be at least more than thirty taels of gold. This is just the most basic value. Silver is money, and the real value of money is in circulation. When these silver becomes ingots and circulates in the Tang Dynasty, its value will increase.

Li Mu brought these silver ores back to the Tang Dynasty for smelting, hoping that the technology of refining silver would be transmitted to Japan later. Otherwise, the Japanese would not be willing to be miners if they obtained the technology of refining. At that time, even if they could suppress it, it would be unnecessary trouble.

Moreover, silver ore has more than just a metal, silver ore, and there are many associated metals, such as copper, gold, lead, zinc, etc. No matter which metal, it has its own effect on the future of the Tang Dynasty, and it is a rare resource.

It was winter as well, and this winter, Li Mu planned to stay in Yangzhou, the south of the Yangtze River, and not return to Chang'an City. He wanted to find a place in Mingzhou and saw a metallurgical factory, which would be responsible for refining silver ore transported from Japan in the future. The refined silver will be used as bank reserves.
Chapter completed!