The next day, when a ray of warm sunlight shone in from the window, Li Xiao woke up from his sleep.

He quickly noticed the sleeping woman next to him, Makata.

At this time, there was no strand on his body, and there was a moketa like a piece of crunchy stone, piling on his thick arms, breathing very evenly and steadily, and obviously sleeping soundly.

Seeing her sleeping so deeply, Li Xiao's heart suddenly felt pity.

Li Xiao sighed lightly and shook his head vigorously, wanting to wake himself up, but the crazy passion and love that last night seemed to be still vivid in his mind, making him recall infinitely for a while.

By mistake, this Princess Wenzhuang of Gulun of the Qing Dynasty, who married Ezhe, the leader of the Han tribe who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, has become her own woman in the original history.

This fate is wonderful, but who can be said to be?

Li Xiao quickly pulled out his arm and gently placed Makata's head on the pillow. When he was about to get up and get out of bed, he found that Makata had quietly opened his eyes.

Looking at each other, I was extremely embarrassed for a moment.

"You woke up, did you rest yesterday? "A embarrassing smile appeared on Li Xiao's face.

Maketa nodded, half-supported his body with his arms, but gently leaned his head against Li Xiao's strong chest muscles, and hugged Li Xiao's wolf waist with one hand, and stopped moving.

"Maketa, I really didn't expect that one day you will become my Li Xiao's woman." Li Xiao said softly.

Makata didn't say anything, but two crystal tears fell quietly in her eyes.

Li Xiao let her hold her like this, supported her body with her left hand, freed up her right hand, and stroked her black hair like ink. For a moment, both of them fell into silence.

"Maketa, don't worry. Since I have done this, I will be responsible for you. If you are willing, I will take you as my concubine now." Li Xiao said softly.

But Makata shook his head gently.

She raised her head, stared at Li Yu for a long time, and said, "Thank you, Lord Li, for your friendship. You don't have to take me as your concubine."

"Oh, why is this?" Li Xiao was stunned.

"Makata is a chaotic person. If you can take him in and have a way out, you will be satisfied. Besides, Lord Li has been lenient with me again. Last time I was trying to assassinate you, Makata felt extremely guilty about Lord Li, so why did he say that? Now he has inherited the traitors of Lord Li, and he is already very satisfied with him."

Seeing that Li Xiao was still concerned, Makata came over and gently kissed Li Xiao’s handsome face with his wet and red lips.

Then, she smiled bitterly and murmured: "Since last year, I have gone through many disagreements and have taken very little attention to the status of my concubine. Lord Li doesn't have to force him to give him the title of Princess Ingma. Besides, if Lord Li, the maid of Princess Ingma, overnight, Lord Li will bring my name to the same as the princess, I am afraid that Princess Ingma will inevitably be unbalanced. If Lord Li is forced to do this, he is afraid that the princess will be very irritable and will make the house uneasy."

Li Xiao was moved and hugged her tightly in his arms, kissed her forehead several times, and then said with emotion: "Maketa, it's hard for you to have this kind of heart. You are such a good woman with a delicate mind. It's a rare blessing for me to get you. But if you only want to be a maid, it would be too wrong for you."

Feeling Li Xiao’s warm and powerful embrace, two strings of crystal tears fell down on Makata’s face.

"It doesn't matter. As long as I can be with you, I will be very happy and satisfied. I can absolutely not want this concubine's title. Moreover, it is also a blessing for Makata to be able to dedicate my precious virginity to a heroic and heroic person like Duke Tang. In addition, please don't tell me my true identity, otherwise, I really don't know how to face my cousin Zhuo Naxi."

Makata hugged Li Xiao even tighter, buried her head deeply in front of Li Xiao's chest, and said in a low voice.

Li Xiao nodded heavily. "Okay, I promise you."

Makata raised his head and looked straight at Li Xiao, with tears in his eyes: "Mr. Li, Makata just wants to be able to live happily for Lord Li, serve his side and live a peaceful life. I feel really contented. If one day, I can give birth to a man and a half woman for Lord Li, Makata will have no regrets in his life."

Li Xiao's eyes couldn't even feel tears appear.

Looking at each other, I was speechless and choked.

Li Xiao stroked her beautiful face, suddenly growled, picked up the jade-like Maketa, and then pressed heavily under him.

"Maketa, although there are endless wars and blood and fire in this world, I promised you that I will give you a peaceful and comfortable life forever. Just live a good life with me."

Makata nodded vigorously with tears in his eyes.

Soon, the man's roar and the woman's moans rang again, and the bed frame was shaking. In this quiet and cool morning, all the sounds and movements were blown away in the silky morning breeze.

Li Xiao was in Dengzhou and after staying for more than a month, he rode a navy ship and a group of guards to Taiwan.

He had calculated the itinerary and could arrive from Dengzhou to Nanxiong Prefecture, Taiwan at the latest in 25 days. By this time, Taiwan's new recruits should have basically completed their training, so the plan to attack Luzon can finally officially begin.

On the second day of August of the 12th year of Chongzhen, Li Xiao boarded the Navy's flagship Shenglong and led more than 30 ships at Dengzhou Port, heading south in a mighty manner.

Before Li Xiao set out, the musketeers, artillery troops, etc. who had drawn from Xingzhong Town had already gone to Taiwan in advance to receive management and training from Li Dingguo.

Now, on the ship that followed Li Xiao south, in addition to a large amount of grain and weapons, there are tens of thousands of new forged breastplate produced from Tielong City.

This forged breastplate was developed by Li Xiao's hydraulic forging hammer after the popularization of Li Xiao's hydraulic forging hammers. Under the guidance of Li Xiao, the craftsmen in the workshop finally developed and produced after repeated experiments.

The breastplate that Li Xiao asked for was completely different from the common armor types in the Ming Dynasty.

It is a two-piece combination breastplate that craftsmen have never seen before. It consists of two steel plates in front and back, forged with 2.5 mm thick euthanized tempered steel stamping and forged by exquisite barbs, which can be freely disassembled and combined, so that there is no need to put such troublesome wear from the head.

Specifically, the breastplate at the back is ergonomic, slightly arc-shaped and can be attached to the back of a person, while the breastplate at the front is slightly chicken breast shape and bulges along the thoracic vertebrae. In this way, when stabbed by an enemy weapon, it is not stabbed in the vertical normal, but has an angle with the normal, which can easily cause the enemy's weapon to slide away and avoid direct damage to the chest. Even if it does not slide, it will increase the difficulty of breaking the armor.

Originally, Li Xiao wanted to make all-round transformations of the existing Tang army equipment, but considering the tight time and in Southeast Asia, because the weather is hot and humid, soldiers should not wear too many and heavy armors. Therefore, Li Xiao finally decided to improve only one breastplate and postpone the distribution of the remaining armor.

Li Xiao did this and was inspired by real events in history.

In the fifteenth century, the Spanish invaded Central and American states. The local climate was very hot and downpours were common, making the Spanish army wearing medieval armor very uncomfortable. There were many soldiers who were sick with heatstroke because of the stuffy armor.

Therefore, the Spanish colonists were forced to improve their existing armor. After some experiments, they only retained their breastplate and helmets, and all the armors in the rest of the areas were omitted, thus greatly reducing the load on the soldiers and making their movements more convenient and faster.

In fact, thanks to the protection of breastplate and helmet, the important organs of the human body are basically properly protected, which can greatly reduce the chance of death and injury of soldiers in the army. However, those native Americans were helpless about these Spaniards who were only equipped with breastplate and helmets, and were defeated thousands of miles away.

Of course, Li Xiao also planned to wear this way of dressing, only for the Pingnan Camp troops that were fighting for a long time in tropical areas like Southeast Asia. For other troops who would be on the domestic battlefield and in the future, Li Xiao would still make their equipment as comprehensive and firm as possible, so as to improve the chances of soldiers' survival on the battlefield.

In addition to bringing these tens of thousands of breastplates, Li Xiao's fleet also brought the latest 10 heavy dragon-killing guns with 32 kilograms of shells produced in the past two months.

In this way, with the original 70 dragon striking cannons, Li Xiao's heavy dragon striking cannons in his entire army have reached 80, and the power of siege has increased greatly.

Li Xiao's fleet traveled southward and first arrived in Jeju. After joining the local fleet in Jeju, he then headed southward.

After another sixteen or seventeen days, Li Xiao's fleet, which had traveled south, successfully arrived in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

When approaching Hexu Port, Li Xiao was delighted to see that on the sea near Hexu Port, there were already merchant ships from all over the country, driving in and out of Hexu Port, and it was a busy scene.

Taiwan’s current economy is prosperous and its population is dense, which can be seen from this Hequ Port.

A huge fleet bypassed Hesu Port and moored and stayed at the special military port of Kaohsiung Port.

Li Xiao saw that there were hundreds of naval vessels in this Kaohsiung Port, large and small, anchored in the natural deep water port of Kaohsiung Port, with no sight at first sight, and its momentum was very grand.

At this time, Li Dingguo Luo Zheng and other generals, along with the commander of the Taiwan Breeding Group Ding You, deputy commander Ma Huaxing and others, had already arrived at the port to greet him. Accompanied by a group of guards, Li Xiao walked down from the gangway of the ship.

"My name, Li Dingguo, mayor of Pingnan Town, pays homage to the Duke of Tang."

"I, Luo Zheng, deputy mayor of Pingnan Town, pays homage to Duke Tang."

"My teacher, Ding You, the head of the Taiwan Breeding Group, pay a visit to Lord Li."

"My name, Ma Huaxing, deputy head of the Taiwan Breeding Group, pay a visit to Lord Li."

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A group of generals and officials from Taiwan, both big and small, knelt in front of Li Xiao, and were crowded with darkness.

"Everyone please get up quickly and go back to Kaohsiung Prefecture to discuss matters." Li Xiao made a gesture of helping others. All the talents stood up one after another.

Afterwards, Li Xiao, surrounded by officials, turned over and galloped towards Kaohsiung Prefecture.

Walking on the wide and flat cement avenue, Li Xiao looked around and saw the late rice green, the cane fields were like forests, and the cotton and tobacco fields that were decorated with it. The endless new acres of land were like a vibrant green ocean, spreading to the sky.

After listening to the report of Ding You, the leader of the Taiwan Breeding Group, Li Xiao looked even more happy.

He told Li Xiao that there are more than 4.8 million refugees on Taiwan Island, and all kinds of land have been basically opened up, so the immigrant population is basically saturated.

According to Li Xiao's request, more than one million refugees were temporarily placed in Taiwan. After Luzon was taken down, they would all immigrate to Luzon and settle down in Luzon and the entire Philippines.

After listening to Ding You's introduction, Li Xiao was very satisfied with the current situation in Taiwan. He praised Ding You and others a few words, which inspired Ding You and Ma Huaxing and other Taiwanese officials.

Soon, the tall, magnificent, magnificent atmosphere, with a circumference of twenty-four miles. It is the largest and most magnificent Kaohsiung City under Li Xiao’s rule. It appeared in front of Li Xiao and others with a majestic momentum.

Li Xiao saw that the city of Kaohsiung was extremely large in scale. Standing outside the south gate, you could hardly see the end of the city wall at a glance.

In the moat that is several meters wide, the river water drawn from the nearby Zengwen River passes around the city. On the city wall, protective measures such as the urn city, the city tower, the corner tower, the cannon position, the female wall, the siege, etc. have been fully constructed, with patrol troops and the armor on it.

At this south gate, there are many cars, horses and pedestrians, shoulder to shoulder, noisy and noisy, and a bustling scene.

Li Xiao, surrounded by everyone, entered the south gate of Kaohsiung City, passed through the long moon path, and entered Kaohsiung City, Li Xiao saw that in this Kaohsiung city, the streets and markets were planned in an orderly manner, and there were noisy scenes everywhere in the outer city. Immigration from the mainland, merchants and slaves from various countries, and a large number of local natives in Taiwan, were all walking through the city and purchasing goods. It was busy. The entire Kaohsiung outer city was full of a strong atmosphere of the city and prosperity.

Then Li Xiao and others entered the inner city, and Li Xiao was quickly attracted by the soldiers of Pingnan Town who were trained here.

When Li Xiao saw these soldiers, whether veterans or new soldiers, they could train and cooperate neatly and orderly under the leadership of officers at all levels.

At this time, Li Dingguo came over without any chance and reported to Li Xiao: "Mr. Li, our new recruit training has been completed now. Just wait for Lord Li to make sure that he can immediately send troops to Luzon and attack the Spanish."

Li Xiao nodded, patted Li Dingguo's generous and strong shoulders, and exclaimed: "Okay, I originally planned to be able to train in March, but I didn't expect that you would finish training in Dingguo in two months, but it is worthy of praise."

Li Dingguo bowed excitedly and said, "I am grateful to the Duke of Tang, and I dare not be afraid of it. But please give Lord Li the instructions, whether it is a mountain of swords or a sea of ​​fire, the last general will definitely ignore it."

Next, the group walked and looked around, and soon passed the military camp and arrived at the official office.

At this time, from a house next to him, a man with disheveled hair and covered in dirt suddenly jumped out of a house with a scattered smile, jumping out of a house with a crazy smile, jumping and shouting, crying and laughing on the streets where people were coming and going.
Chapter completed!