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Chapter 1459: The General in Japan

"I really envy you guys! I've been here for more than half a year, and I still haven't made it out!"

Sun Li sighed a little. He stayed here just to go out into the battle as soon as possible.

"Haha, General Sun, there's no rush for a big battle, you will be the vanguard!"

Han Shizhong smiled and said, everyone knows Sun Li’s idea, he is willing to guard the border alone in the severe cold, who would compete for the position of vanguard?

"What's funny is that I was too impatient. My cleverness backfired! Yelu Dashi is already on guard. There's a large army on guard at Puchanghai. If there's a large army gathering at Yumen Pass, they'll get the news right away!"

Sun Li took a sip of wine and sighed. He had thought that he could get the position of vanguard by making merit here, but he underestimated the terrible oppression that Qi State gave to Yelu Dashi. After knowing that Qi State's army was stationed at Yumen Pass, he began to be cautious and alert. After conquering the western territory, he even moved the capital westward.

"It doesn't matter. Once the Qi army arrives, all these people will die!"

Ma Lin smiled and said that it didn’t matter how alert Western Liao was, because Qi would conquer this place anyway.

"I hope we can march west soon!"

Sun Li said with a smile.

After the conversation, Han Shizhong and Ma Lin rested for a night and then headed west with a caravan.

……

On Jinghu North Road, Sun Lei had already taken his men on a boat and was sailing on the Yangtze River.

"Wu Yong is such a talent!"

Sun Lei looked at the intelligence in his hand. Wu Yong alone had actually caused the entire Japan to enter the Warring States Period ahead of time. Several major families rose up in arms, and the so-called emperor of Japan was unable to resist in an instant.

Japan was suddenly torn apart, and various forces began to secede and become independent. The war stretched from north to south, and hundreds of battles of varying sizes broke out in just one month, with over 50,000 deaths.

"Your Majesty is indeed a man of wisdom. Wu Yong is a man of great intelligence, and he is just the right person to deal with a group of Japanese slaves!"

Zhu Wu smiled and said that Wu Yong had once asked him for advice on military tactics and military formations. He knew that Wu Yong wanted to improve himself, so he did not keep anything to himself and told Wu Yong everything he knew.

But some things cannot be achieved by hard work alone. The art of war and the art of military formations require talent and one's own serious understanding, and Wu Yong obviously does not have this talent.

Later, Wu Yong went to Xiao Jiasui to learn how to be an official, and went to Xu Guanzhong to learn diplomatic and geographical knowledge, but the results were not good. Wu Yong could only learn superficially and could not make his own breakthroughs.

This made Wu Yong very frustrated for a while. He didn't know what he was suitable for. Later, he became the intelligence chief of Liangshan City, and he did a good job. Now he is like a fish in water, relying on conspiracies and tricks to harm other countries.

“Hehe, it also depends on his hard work!”

Sun Lei waved his hand. It was Wu Yong's credit that brought disaster to Japan. He had never thought of this.

"Your Majesty, Japan is in chaos, so mining silver should be going smoothly?"

Zhu Wu asked about the things they were most concerned about. The only thing that interested them in Japan was the silver mines. As for the small island country, they, who were rich in Middle-earth, were even more dismissive of it.

"It's going very smoothly. We have already brought back dozens of ships of silver ore. They are all smelted silver bricks. They can be made into silver coins by heating and melting them!"

Sun Lei nodded. Silver mines were also what he cared about the most. Judging from the memorials from various places during this period, business had recovered very well and prosperity was everywhere. However, the problem was that there was not enough currency, which meant that many places were still practicing barter.

“Dozens of ships!”

Zhu Wu was shocked. He knew that Japan had silver mountains, but he didn't expect the mineral content to be so high. There were dozens of ships full of silver bricks in such a short time.

"I've made a fortune again!"

Sun Lei smiled and said that having more money was a good thing, as it allowed him to do anything without any scruples.

The ship sailed eastward along the Yangtze River, turned north at the canal, and returned to Liangshan City.

As the ship entered Liangshan City, snowflakes began to fall from the gloomy sky.

"What horrible weather!" Lu Zhishen muttered as he looked at the drifting snow. When he was in Guangnan East Road, it was so hot that he had to wear only thin clothes. Now it's freezing and snowy here in just one month.

"Erlang, let's go have a drink!"

Lu Zhishen looked at Wu Song and said that when they returned to Liangshan City, they would naturally go to his small temple to have a good gathering.

"Master, wait until I send Jinlian and the child home, and then I'll go to see my brother!"

Wu Song agreed, but he had something to do before drinking.

Lu Zhishen nodded in agreement, and the others naturally also clamored to go. Lu Zhishen liked the hustle and bustle and he accepted everyone who came.

Sun Lei also wanted to go, but when he thought of the mountains of memorials, he knew that he would not be able to be idle for the next few days.

The emperor's return to the city was a big event, but this time the people were not stopped from welcoming him. The fleet sailed directly into Liangshan Lake and docked at the Golden Sand Beach.

"His Majesty!"

Xiao Jiasui, Wen Huanzhang and others greeted them in front of Jinshatan.

"Thank you for your hard work!"

Sun Lei looked at everyone and smiled, saying that he could travel around with his family so freely thanks to these officials handling government affairs, otherwise this newly established country would have been in chaos long ago.

Xiao Jiasui and others went to the palace to meet Sun Lei.

In the imperial study, Sun Lei's face turned pale when he looked at the memorials piled up on several bookshelves. There were probably thousands of them.

"Mr. Xiao, Mr. Wen, just deal with what you can. There's no need to keep everything!"

Sun Lei said.

"Your Majesty, most of these are related to the appointment and dismissal of officials! I am also in charge of the Ministry of Personnel, which is responsible for the appointment and dismissal of officials. The country has just been stabilized, and officials in various places must be re-elected..."

Xiao Jiasui pointed to two rows of bookshelves and said, there are more than 300 states and more than 1,000 counties in the world. Even if only a few officials are appointed in each place, this is a scary number.

Sun Lei was speechless, he knew that these things could not be done by others, he had to look through all the appointments and dismissals of the personnel in the Ministry of Personnel, and then sign and seal them with the imperial seal.

Sun Lei could only sit at the desk and begin to review the memorials. However, Xiao Jiasui was very discerning in selecting people. Most of them were Sun Lei's subordinates in the army. Sun Lei knew these people's personalities and habits very well, so he did not delve into some details too much.

Xiao Jiasui, Wen Huanzhang and others also sat down at the table below. They were not idle and were also dealing with memorials while waiting for the emperor to ask questions.

"Hmm? Appoint Wu Yong as the general to fight against Japan?"

Sun Lei frowned as he looked at the appointment memorial in his hand.

"Your Majesty, Wu Yong did a great job in Japan. The General of the Japanese Expedition is just an honorary title, just a formality, and he has no right to command the army!"

Xiao Jiasui said that Wu Yong provoked conflicts in Japan, plunged Japan into war, and mined a large amount of silver mines, so he needed to be rewarded.

"If it is the general who conquers Japan, it will put pressure on all the forces in Japan. They are likely to unite against the enemy and end the war ahead of time!"

Sun Lei shook his head. He didn't want Japan to have an easy time. Even if he didn't kill them now, they would have to kill each other.

"I have not considered it carefully!"

Xiao Jiasui was stunned for a moment, then he realized that he used the term "General of the Japanese Expedition" in accordance with the ancient system, but he could not use the term "conquest" entirely to attack the outside world.

"Appoint him as the general stationed in Japan!"

Sun Lei picked up a pen and made some revisions before signing and stamping his document.