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"Haha, isn't it good to be in Liangshan, keeping me company!"

Lu Zhishen said with a big laugh.

"That's all well and good, but I still want to go out and try my luck. My brothers are all taking turns going out! I feel like a freeloader!"

Wu Song said.

"Erlang is just thin-skinned! What's the point of eating for free? Erlang is dealing with the military camp affairs every day!"

Lin Chong smiled and said that he had become thick-skinned over the years, but Wu Song was becoming increasingly thin-skinned.

"I'll let you lead the troops out for a walk some other day. Train for a few months and then come back!"

Sun Lei looked at Wu Song and smiled, Wu Song probably wanted to go out and relax.

"Your Majesty, where can I go?"

Wu Song asked immediately.

"It's not a good place, you know Liaodong. It's already snowing, and it was the heaviest snow when you went there! You couldn't see anything if you dived in."

Sun Lei said with a smile.

"The harvest in Liaodong this year is very good, but the weather there is bitterly cold. Heavy snow immediately blocked the mountains after the autumn harvest, making it difficult for vehicles to travel on the roads. It was difficult to transport food out and it was also difficult to transport supplies in."

"Now all the cities and forts in Liaodong are full of food. The barbarians hiding in the mountains will have evil intentions if they can't survive the cold winter. Although there are garrisons in Liaodong, the soldiers and horses are all in various cities. It is difficult to support the distant mountain forts. At this time, we need to send troops over to deter them! It's just right for you to go to the Tiger Roaring Forest!"

Sun Lei looked at Wu Song and said with a smile.

"Haha, don't worry, brother. I will make sure those villains in the forest dare not touch my fiery tiger whiskers!"

Wu Song was overjoyed and immediately bowed.

"Brother, I want to go too. I also want to go to the mountains and forests to hunt some game!"

Lu Zhishen's eyes lit up when he heard this. He also wanted to go out for a stroll. Liaodong was a good place where he could train soldiers, suppress bandits and hunt.

"Okay, you guys go then! And bring some supplies with you!"

Sun Lei nodded. The thing that Liaodong lacked the most was salt. Because of the shortage of salt, people even ate wood salt, earth salt, colorless salt, etc.

"Haha, no problem! I'll bring you some tiger skins when the time comes! Liaodong is a place that breeds giant insects!"

Lu Zhishen patted his chest and promised.

The fleet went south along the canal into the Yangtze River, then went out to sea along the river and entered the port.

Hundreds of warships covered the sea, with no end in sight.

"Oh, it's really spectacular!"

Sun Lei laughed as he looked at the scene of hundreds of boats competing with each other. Among these boats there were steam ironclad ships as well as traditional sailing ships.

"I'll give you a message! Among a hundred boats racing, the one who paddles hard will be the first; among a thousand sails racing, the one who advances courageously will win!"

Sun Lei smiled as he put his learning into practice. He had seen this sentence when he was reading the Doctrine of the Mean a few days ago, and it was very appropriate to read it out now.

"We will surely move forward bravely and return victoriously!"

Everyone saluted in unison.

"Haha, I just like the phrase 'return triumphantly'!"

Sun Lei also burst into laughter.

Without any unnecessary words or formalities, everyone boarded the ship, and Sun Lei and the officials saw them off on the shore.

As the whistle and horn sounded, the ship slowly weighed anchor and hoisted sails, heading south.

On every ship, generals, soldiers and other accompanying personnel all bowed to the emperor on the deck. It was a great honor for them to have the emperor personally see them off for thousands of miles.

Sun Lei kept watching the fleet disappear and had no intention of leaving.

"This time I'll be gone for two or three years!"

Sun Lei murmured. …

The west.

Rome.

Vatican.

"Your Holiness, something bad has happened!"

A bishop hurried into the hall and shouted.

"But there's another outbreak of the Black Death in the city?"

Pope Eugene III's face changed slightly and he asked, what he feared most now was the Black Death. This thing was like a demon from hell, leaving corpses everywhere wherever it went.

When the Black Death broke out in Rome, Eugene III ordered the Vatican Guard to kill many people and completely closed the city of Rome to maintain peace in the city.

But the good times did not last long. The Black Death broke out in the outer city soon after. Countless civilians were killed and injured, and many high-ranking Vatican officials also died. The church's prestige was destroyed. They had no choice but to hide in the inner court, where things only got better.

"No, there are rumors outside the city that the gods from the East have arrived and will drive away the demons and save the people! They are now preaching!"

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The Bishop spoke.

"The gods of the East?"

Eugene III frowned and asked, in the West there are only the Holy See, God, and Jesus, and at most Greek gods and Nordic gods, where do the Eastern gods come from?

"Tell me in detail, where did the Eastern gods come from?"

Bernard frowned and asked immediately.

"It was spread by refugees outside the city. They said that the Leper King Baldwin IV has converted to the Eastern Imperial Religion and has become a messenger of God. He is preaching in various places. As long as you convert to the Imperial Religion and believe in it, you will not be threatened by the Black Death! There are already many believers outside the city now!"

The bishop said that he didn't know the specific situation and he had only heard it from others.

"Baldwin IV converted to the Imperial Religion? Who said that?"

Eugene III was furious. Baldwin IV was a believer who had been forgiven by God, and it was proof of a miracle. How could such a person convert to the Imperial Religion? Wasn't this a slap in the face of the church?
"It's spreading outside the city. The refugees have seen it and confirmed it's Baldwin IV."

The Bishop spoke.

"Sure enough, there's something wrong with this guy!"

Bernard said with gritted teeth that he had always suspected Baldwin IV and thought there was something wrong with the recovery of leprosy, but he had no evidence. Now he understood that Baldwin IV must have colluded with the East for a long time.

"Bernard, what do you mean by that?"

The others looked at Bernard and asked.

"Everyone, Baldwin IV's recovery from leprosy is a hoax, a hoax that he colluded with Qi. Leprosy cannot be cured. They must have used some means to conceal it!"

Bernard said.

"That's impossible. We have all seen Baldwin IV. His leprosy was indeed cured!"

A cardinal spoke up.

"Then how do you explain his betrayal of the Lord? He left Rome immediately after the Black Death broke out. It is said that he sailed to the Red Sea. Wasn't he going to trade with the State of Qi? Now he has apostatized and is spreading the Eastern cult, claiming to be the messenger of the Eastern Evil God. Do you still believe him?"

Bernard was a little annoyed. Even after all this, these people still believed in Baldwin IV.

"We are not believing him, but judging the facts. He betrayed the Lord and will be punished by the Lord!"

A group of cardinals spoke up.

"The Lord's punishment is too slow. We will punish him on His behalf and nail him to the cross and burn him to death!"

Bernard said that only in this way can those who have ulterior motives be completely deterred.

"Punish him for the Lord? We can't even leave the city now!"

Someone objected, saying that it was not easy to get the inner city to safety, and going out now would be courting death. (End of this chapter)