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Chapter 339, 340 Can your knees bend?(1/2)

On the first day of the twelfth lunar month, heavy snow in Guanxi was coming. Three thousand coolies worked hard for half a month and transported millions of kilograms of ore to the beach.

The open-pit ore was swept away by Li Luo. The ore was transported back and refined slowly, and millions of taels of silver must be included.

Li Luo was not afraid of the Gaoli soldiers saying nonsense after they returned. Who would not generate income when the Yuan army went to war? If you lead troops to war and don’t make money, are you still the Yuan army general? Are you embarrassed to say that you have been the commander of the East?

Besides, silver ore is still a stone after all, and the Korean soldiers don’t know how much silver they can be refined. According to the general, there is still a profit of 200,000 taels, but it will take two years to practice.

Li Luo asked for an order to escort the Japanese monarch and ministers back to Dadu to offer prisoners, which should be almost at Dadu. The Yuan court would definitely agree to him return to Dadu to offer prisoners. Kublai Khan, who was very happy with the merits, could not be inaccurate.

In the memorial, Li Luo said that after a hard battle, the soldiers were bleeding and finally pushed to the capital of Japan, and used the power of the saints to force the king and ministers of Japan to surrender.

Now, the army is suffering heavy casualties, seven or eight out of ten soldiers, the soldiers are exhausted, and the morale of the army is fluctuating, so it is not appropriate to fight again. I beg the court to choose another talent and replace the position of General Zhengdong and Riguo Pingzhang.

In fact, with Kublai Khan's suspicious personality, even if Li Luo did not take the initiative to ask for an order, the Yuan court would replace Li Luo at most for half a year. Kublai Khan could not allow the "Goryeo" to take control of the Japanese government.

Li Luo took the initiative to ask for an order, which was of course a manifestation of "sensibility".

In short, it is estimated that he will be able to leave Japan in the middle of the twelfth lunar month.

All the silver ore was transported to the ship, filled with five large ships. The Japanese coolies who had worked hard for more than half a month were finally able to take a breath. More than 10,000 soldiers and horses were rewarded with a few taels of military pay each.

After loading the ship, Li Luo did not leave Kansai, but led the fleet north to Izumo Kingdom to find the jade-making hot springs of Izumo Kingdom and enjoy it.

Yuzai Hot Spring is an ancient hot spring that has been around for more than a thousand years. It is the Emperor's "Yu Tang". Just like Emperor Minghuang of Tang Dynasty, you can soak in hot springs in a snowy day. Haha, the taste and mood, don't be too excited.

Such enjoyment is actually gone in modern society. Because most of the modern natural hot springs are "dead" and become cold springs. Many so-called hot springs are artificial.

On the second day of the twelfth lunar month, Li Luo led his army to land in Qiulu County, Izumo Kingdom, and along the shore of the famous Kodao Lake, to Shimae County, east of Kodao Lake.

Izumo Kingdom is also known as Yunzhou. It is said to be a country, but it is actually the territory of a large county in the Central Plains. However, Izumo Kingdom was once the most advanced area in the history of Japan, and once established the "Izumo Dynasty" to compete with the Yamato court.

Li Luo knew that the legendary Yamata Orochi (Eight Heads and Eight Tails) belonged to Izumo's "special product". Moreover, Izumo Kingdom is also a place where eight million gods gather.

Every October, eight million gods gather in the Izumo Club. In other words, eight million gods designate the Izumo Country as the exclusive resort on earth, which is considered a land of gods.

There are ten counties in Izumo Country. The so-called counties are equivalent to a large town in the Central Plains.

However, Shimaone County, which is only thirty miles away, is very informative. Shimaone County has a Tamazo Hot Spring, one of the famous springs in the Japanese Kingdom, and Izumo Daishe, one of the major shrines. It is also near the beautiful and charming Kodo Lake, producing unique Kodo clams.

So, Li Luo is here.

Li Luo's troops appeared in the mountains, and immediately scared the people in the plains of the east of the lake. The first thing he saw was a few woodcutters.

"Hey, Ala...Na Enki? Samurai?" The old woodcutter Matsumaro pointed at Yamaguchi in surprise and said to his companion Izumiro.

Izumioro was older, but his eyesight was better than Matsumaro. When he looked closely, he thought it was a large army of samurai at first, but he soon realized that it was not.

"Give the wild and the wild! Baga, they are Yuan bandits! Not warriors! Run away quickly, Matsumaro!" Izumio shouted, not even caring about the firewood on the ground, and ran into the village with deep and shallow steps.

"Hey! Yuan Kou is here, run away!" Several woodcutters rushed into the village at the foot of the mountain and shouted.

Immediately afterwards, the gong for warning sounded, and the village suddenly became chaotic, with people coming out of Japanese styles, such as water trucks, stilt houses, etc., with women carrying children on their backs, old people holding cows, and the cows carrying poor food and bedding.

However, it is rare to see young and strong people. Almost all the young and young women and children. The young and strong people were forced to go to Guandong for war by the local tyrants.

Everyone had a look of horror on their faces, and the villagers rushed out of the village in a very noisy way, trying to escape into the nearby mountains.

"Baga! Don't be messed up! Hey! Let the women and children go first...Baga!" An old warrior with one arm, holding a broken sword, shouted loudly.

This place is close to the Izumo Dashe, which is famous all over the country, so it is densely populated. There are one or two hundred families in this Shebei Village alone, but the roads in the village are narrow, and the people, cows and so on are all congested on the road, and the disabled old warriors are cursing.

"Akasan..." A little girl fell to the snow and cried and stretched out her little hand.

But her mother carried one on her back and held one in her arms, and didn't care about her anymore. She just shouted, "Kucaozi, get up and run by herself, hurry up!"

Izumi Soro, who was carrying an iron pot, staggered and fell into the snow, and could not get up for a while.

"Forget it, I won't leave. I'm old...just die." Quan Shenglang simply couldn't get up. He just returned to the village to report the news. He ran for several miles of mountain road in one breath, hurting Lao Lung and unable to run.

As the brigade of troops appeared in the west, the people in the village fled to the mountains to the east regardless of their own efforts.

"Hey, old guy, are you not allowed? Haha." Matsumaro walked to Izumiro and kicked him, and he was so tired that he was panting like a cow.

Izumi Soro smiled terrified, "Old guy, I can't run anymore. Hey? Baga, why don't you run!"

Matsumaro also smiled bitterly and sat in the snow, "My old woman is about to die, I will not go anywhere. If Yuan Kou wants to kill, just kill him and don't run away."

"Woooo~Akasan..." A heart-wrenching cry came not far away. Kuai Caizi, who was only seven years old, had tears on her face. Her ankle sprained, and it hurt so much that she couldn't escape.

"Hey, isn't that Krautakako? The little guy is so pitiful." Matsumaro had no choice but to walk over, pick up Krautakako, and then support Izumi Sora, and return to the simple and shabby home.

"Oh, old guy, why are you back... Cough cough..." The weak old woman on the tatami saw the appearance of Izumi and coughed in a hurry.

"I won't run away. Old lady, I can't leave you alone." Matsumaro said.

The three elders and the middle ones stayed in the house just by fate. Although the fire in the house was very strong, everyone felt very cold. Especially Kuai Caizi, with deep fear in her crying and her little face turned pale.

"Don't cry, I'll hide you, don't make any more noise!" Matsumaro had to hide the Kuai Caizi in the vegetable cellar.

As soon as the villagers fled, Li Luo's troops arrived in Shebei Village.

"The Japanese people here are running fast." Li Luo riding on the horse and laughed at the messy footprints. He was wearing the "black fox fur and good clothes" awarded by Kublai Khan. He was luxurious and anyone who saw him knew he was a noble general.

"Okay, now the snow is strong, so let the soldiers avoid the wind and snow in the residential houses in this village and rest." Li Luo ordered.

The soldiers surrounded Li Luo and entered the village, and found that the huge village was empty.

But soon, the only person in Matsumaro's family was finally discovered.

The one who found them was a group of Goryeo soldiers. When the Goryeo soldiers saw a few Japanese people, they smiled and wanted to kill people with a grim smile. Since they landed in Japan, the Goryeo soldiers were second only to the Mongolian Seijing soldiers.

The three old men closed their eyes together with a look of dirt.

"Slow down." With a majestic voice, Li Luo came in surrounded by a group of personal guards.

The Goryeo Soldier immediately got her sword in the sheath and saluted respectfully, "General!" For this period of time, the Goryeo Soldiers have been very arrogant. Because the Goryeo Side is a Goryeo Sidea, who really gives Goryeo Sidea.

Li Luo walked straight to the edge of the fire pit and sat down. He leaned on a straight knife and glanced at the three dumb old men. He suddenly said in Japanese, "Can't run anymore, right?"

Izumi Sora and Matsumaro trembled. They never expected that this guy like the Yuangang could speak kindly.

Fear and surprise, the two of them subconsciously knelt down and replied in a crying voice, "Sir, we are old and can only stay here."

The old woman on the tatami mat exuded another severe asthma. She was holding her gray head, trying to say something but couldn't say it.

Li Luo reached out to roast the fire, squinted his eyes and smiled, "Then don't run away. Don't worry, I won't kill you."

Although the two old woodcutters were half-believing and half-doubted, they still felt a surprise and hurriedly kowtowed and said, "God of General Xie, please spare me, please spare me!"

The old woman on the tatami also struggled to turn over and kowtowed to Li Luo, thanking her for not killing her.

No one wants to be killed if he can live. No matter whether the Yuan army generals are playing tricks on them, it is impossible to be wrong to kowtow and thank him first.

Li Luo plucked the fire in the fire pit and asked casually, "There is a jade soup nearby, where is it?"

Matsumaro quickly replied, "Do you want to go to Yuzuo Tang? Go out of the village and go south, you can see a Yuzuo River twenty miles away. Yuzuo Tang is right next to the river. There is a Yuzuo Temple there, and you can enter Yuzuo Tang by entering the temple."

Li Luo nodded. Do you have to walk twenty miles? It is already dusk and the snow is getting heavy. Let's go again tomorrow.

"Well, then Ben Shuai will camp in your village today. Don't be afraid. Since I said I won't kill you, you will be able to survive."

The three old men kowtowed again to thank him, and finally believed it this time.

But at this moment, a cry suddenly came from the corner of the room, which immediately aroused Li Luo's alertness.

"Who!" Several Gaoli soldiers walked over and soon found the vegetable cellar, picking out the trembling bitter plant.

"Report to the general, I caught a hidden baby." Gorye Bing reported.

The three old men's faces immediately turned like earth, and they were so scared that they kowtowed, afraid that Li Luo would regret killing others.

"Smimase, Smimase..." Izumimase and Matsumase's heads were bumping on the ground, and they said sorry. The old woman was so scared that she burst into tears.

"Haha, what is a little girl worth?" Li Luo smiled and thought to himself that if it were a Mongolian soldier, he would definitely be killed without saying a word.

"Then the sect! (Let's go)." Li Luo ordered in Goryeo. The Goryeo soldiers were all lower-class people in Goryeo and did not understand Chinese, which was different from the Goryeo clans.

"Bon Pentatoha to Smida! (Abide by the order)" The Goryeo soldiers took the order and let go of the bitter plant.

As soon as Kurako was released, she immediately rushed to Matsumaro and hugged his arm tightly.

Matsumaro smiled bitterly and said, "Kao Caizi, kowtow to the general!"

Ku Caizi did not kowtow, but just buried her head in Matsumaro's arms, and did not dare to look up, and she couldn't help sobbing.

"It's okay." Li Luo said lightly, "Have you all gone to Kanto to fight?"

Izumi Soro quickly said, "Yes, General, the young and strong have gone to Kanto to fight."

"Why are you so obedient and sending your nephews to Guandong to fight?" Li Luo asked again.

Matsumaro replied nervously, "The land and the warriors forced me to go! The young and strong people left, and the food, iron and salt were taken away." His face was full of sadness, sadness, and full of the vicissitudes of the old farmers at the bottom.

Li Luo nodded. The farmers are at the bottom of society and lack organization. How could they disobey the orders of the warriors and the manor owners?

"Let's go." Li Luo roasted the fire for a while and then stood up. "Send an order, don't bother this household."

He was purely sympathetic to these people. He was not a bloodthirsty maniac, so how could he kill people randomly? If a person had no sympathy, he would have really fallen.

"Great send to General!" Two old woodcutters kowtowed to Li Luo by pressing Kucaozi.

It was not until Li and others walked away that the three elders and the young men breathed a sigh of relief and even broke out in cold sweat.

"I thought I was going to be killed, but I didn't expect to save my life. This Yuangang General is a kind-hearted person." Matsumaro said with emotion.
To be continued...
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