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After dark, everyone was still in high spirits and even had a late night chat by candlelight.

"It's a pity that there are no Epiphyllums here."

Someone said with regret that since it was a night talk under candlelight, how could we miss the Epiphyllum which blooms only at night.

Sun Lei was a little tired at this time. He got up at dawn to greet the children, and after sending them to school, he started working, then went to the restaurant, and finally came here. He was busy all day.

Everyone first talked about the examination papers of the Spring Examination, then talked about all the interesting stories from various places, and then talked about the past and the present, and even began to discuss Qi's foreign wars.

Although Sun Lei dozed off after listening to this, he also wanted to see if these people dared to say, "Are kings, princes, generals, and ministers born with different species?"

It was not until midnight that everyone dispersed with reluctance, and Sun Lei also left, yawning.

As soon as they left the street, the guards waiting outside surrounded them immediately.

"Your Majesty, please return to the palace!"

The guard looked at Sun Lei and said.

"Well, let's go back!"

Sun Lei nodded. He had gained a lot today and learned a lot of secrets among the candidates.

It was already late at night when Sun Lei returned to the palace, and he went straight to bed.

……

"What? Drowning the Seven Armies? You are kidding me!"

In the cabinet, Li Zhu looked at Zhu Wu and asked, Zhu Wu had just brought news that Zhang Qing from the Persian Gulf had sent news that the enemy was preparing to flood the seven armies in one move.

Li Zu didn't quite believe this. How could those stupid Arabs come up with such a plan?

"It should be correct. All signs indicate that the enemy is blocking the river and preparing to release a flood."

Zhu Wu said.

"This is not easy to deal with. There is no way to control the flood for the time being."

Li Zhu frowned. Floods were different from other things. The power of this natural disaster was not something that could be resisted by human power.

"They have already started to think of ways to evacuate, but you know the terrain over there, a huge river valley plain with a dense population, so they can't publicize it too early."

Zhu Wu said that premature publicity would allow the enemy to take action in advance.

"Hey, this matter also needs to be reported to His Majesty. Let's discuss it after daybreak."

Li Assistant spoke.

"Lord Li, His Majesty didn't go to sleep until the latter part of the night, I'm afraid it will be a little later."

An official looked at Li Zhu and said.

"That's it, there should still be time!"

Assistant Li nodded and said that the convenience of telegraph made it easy to transmit information. There was still at least one month before the enemy released the flood, so they had time to think of countermeasures.

Sun Lei slept until noon.

By the time he finished washing up and had lunch, Li Zhu and Zhu Wu arrived.

"Have you eaten? Sit down and eat together!"

Sun Lei looked at the two of them and asked.

"Your Majesty, there is a situation in the Persian Gulf, Saladin..."

Zhu Wu reported the whole thing in detail and expressed all his guesses.

"Flooding seven armies? Where did you learn this?"

Sun Lei was stunned for a moment holding the chopsticks. How come the enemy had also learned this move?

"Zhang Qing's method is good. Slowly moving people out of low-lying areas can minimize the losses."

Sun Lei looked at the two of them and said.

"Your Majesty, what about those who don't want to leave?"

Zhu Wu asked.

"Let them go. If they don't, it means they are choosing death! Also, let the navy leave the river immediately and dock in the Persian Gulf. The fleet cannot suffer any losses." Sun Lei reminded that the naval fleet is the key for Qi to gain a foothold overseas. With an invincible navy, the army can advance and retreat freely.

"I know!"

Zhu Wu saluted.

"Also, since Saladin is so shameless, we should not leave him idle. The Mediterranean fleet should go to Jerusalem to conduct a sweep of the coast."

Sun Lei gave another order, saying that Qi's invincible fleet was now in the Mediterranean, right at the gate of Saladin's Jerusalem, so if Saladin dared to cause trouble, there was no need to be polite.

That's the end of the discussion.

After finishing his meal, Sun Lei came to the imperial study. He began to look through the papers to see if there were any candidates that suited his taste. It would be better if there were more people like Yu Yunwen.

……

Byzantium.

Constantinople.

The ironclad warships of Qi State slowly approached.

The horns on the high towers in the city kept sounding, warning the people inside the city.

Dozens of warships sailed out of the port and headed towards Qi's ironclad ships.

"Sir, they are just here to take a look. They are not your enemies!"

Theodore looked at Xu Guanzhong and said.

"Haha, we have a saying in Qi that goes 'No friendship without fighting!'"

Xu Guanzhong smiled and looked at Theodore and said that Theodore didn't even understand what he said in Byzantine.

Li Jun understood what he heard and immediately asked the ship's anti-aircraft guns to aim.

With an order, the ship's anti-ship guns opened fire, and the main mast of the oncoming Byzantine warship was directly broken. The explosion of the shells blew away half of the ship's deck.

The Byzantine navy was stunned; they had never seen anything so terrifying.

The anti-ship guns showed no sign of stopping, and more than a dozen warships kept firing. Those Byzantine warships soon sank or escaped.

"grown ups……"

Theodore looked at Xu Guanzhong, his eyes full of fear. If the man in front of him was going to kill people, the Qi fleet would arrive soon, and Constantinople would be reduced to ruins.

"I have deliberately slowed down. We have also attacked the Dardanelles before. The people in the city should have known that the Qi army is coming. Even so, they still dare to send a fleet to stop us. They are courting death!"

Xu Guanzhong looked at Theodore and said that the main purpose of his trip was to draw a nautical chart. The terrain here was complex and there were many islands, so some time was wasted. It was during this period that the news that the Qi Navy had annihilated the Byzantine Navy also spread.

Theodore didn't know what to say. He knew that the emperor and nobles in the city were unwilling to accept this and wanted to try to fight back.

But these people were wrong, very wrong. They underestimated the combat effectiveness of the Qi army and overestimated their own combat effectiveness.

"Shoot at those towers!"

Li Jun commanded the army. Constantinople was built by the sea and there were many tall towers on the seashore.

"Boom boom boom!"

The ship's anti-ship guns bombarded the tall towers, which collapsed with explosions, causing chaos in the city.

"The Celestial Empire's army has arrived. If you are smart, kneel down to welcome them. Those who resist will only die!"

Xu Guanzhong said in a cold voice.

"Sir, I am willing to go to the city to persuade them. Please stop fighting!"

Theodore was panicking. Although there were not many ships this time, if the fighting continued like this, the city would suffer heavy losses.

"Go ahead, I'll give you an hour!"

Xu Guanzhong nodded, and as soon as he raised his hand, the ship's anti-ship guns immediately stopped bombing.

Theodore thanked him profusely and left in a small boat.

"Master Xu, is this enough of a deterrent?"

Li Jun was still a little unsatisfied. He thought it would be nice to bombard the city a few more times. He even wanted to drive the ships into the strait and bombard the inner city. The enemy didn't have any weapons that could threaten them anyway. (End of this chapter)