Great Tang Southern Emperor

"Let's go." After everyone came down, Li Zhen took the lead to leave here. Hundreds of people walked together in a dense area. In addition, whether it was clothing or demeanor, it proved that this group of people in front of them was extraordinary. The origins of Li Zhen and the others can be seen as high-ranking people, so a large number of passers-by stopped to watch, guessing the identities of Li Zhen and others.

Of course, most people can't guess their origins, but there are also some people who are interested in them, especially those with ulterior motives. They lurk here to wait for Li Zhen to appear, but Li Zhen has been floating in the sea before. , they didn't know Li Zhen's location.But today Qin Huaiyu and Yuchi Baoqing rushed to the pier with a group of people grandly, which had already aroused their speculation, whether it was Li Zhen who came back, now it seems that it is so...

For a time, the sky above Dengzhou City was almost dominated by carrier pigeons. One after another, carrier pigeons were released by their respective owners, carrying information about Li Zhen's return to different places.

This abnormal phenomenon naturally attracted the attention of Li Zhen's subordinates, but when the information was passed to Li Zhen's ears, he did not show the slightest expression, because this was something he had expected, for which he had already He made enough preparations and didn't take it seriously. He even let the water leak through these carrier pigeons on purpose. Otherwise, with the marksmanship of his sharpshooters, there wouldn't be many carrier pigeons in the past—speaking of which, the group of enemies should have already started. Are you in a hurry?I don't know if they are still in the mood to find trouble for themselves?

Thinking of the news she released, the corners of Li Zhen's lips curled up slightly. This news should be enough to make her enemies panic for a while. Before they figured out the news, they definitely didn't have the mood to assassinate herself. ...

In fact, Li Zhen stopped in Dengzhou for another reason besides waiting for Wu Meiniang. He also wanted to see Locke. It is guarded to ensure that not even a fly can fly out. It can be said to be absolutely safe.

Therefore, after the banquet, Li Zhen couldn't wait to bring a few confidants, led by Qin Huaiyu, to the interior of the Dengzhou Shipyard - let's say the Dengzhou Naval Base, where the guards are the strictest In other words, it is not the naval base, but the Dengzhou Shipyard, especially the database. Since the blueprints were stolen in the Yuezhou Shipyard, Li Zhen has upgraded the defense of all the databases of the shipyard.

If the previous database was heavily guarded, the current database is watertight. Not only is the database itself impregnable, but it is also guarded by 1000 elite marines outside, and there are many agencies inside. Even the underground is blocked with three-meter-thick cement irrigation, let alone a person, even an ant, it is impossible to climb in.

"Your Highness, it's here." Before arriving at a database, Qin Huaiyu opened the heavy door: "In order to detain him, we specially emptied a database, and the air inside is smooth, and there are separate bathrooms and bedrooms. , we didn’t neglect him in terms of food and clothing, it can be said that apart from not being able to see the sun, he was not treated badly, and his life was simply more nourishing than that of small landlords in the countryside.”

"You guys did a good job, so what's his attitude?" Li Zhen was very satisfied with Qin Huaiyu's arrangement. After all, Locke was of royal blood. Although he had a blood feud with Li Shimin, Li Zhen, even for Li Yuan's sake, It won't make Locke suffer.

Speaking of Locke's attitude, Qin Huaiyu's expression became very strange: "This is what my subordinates find strange. After Locke was caught, he didn't resist at all. Instead, he seemed to accept his fate. He should eat and drink. , It’s time to sleep, and I asked my subordinates to find some books for him, saying that it’s to relieve boredom when he’s free... It’s not like living in a prison at all, but like staying in a hotel, it’s as chic as you want... Logically speaking, with his personality, he shouldn't have such a reaction from the shore, right?"

"Anyway, let's go and have a look first." Li Zhen stepped into the gate, and there was a small wooden door behind the steel gate. Standing in front of the small gate, Li Zhen stopped Qin Huaiyu who was about to push the door, but reached out He knocked lightly on the door.

"Please come in." Locke's voice was calm and without any emotion. It was impossible to tell his attitude from the voice alone.

"Squeak." The wooden door was pushed open, and Li Zhen saw Locke sitting on the edge of the table at a glance. He was also looking at this side, holding a book in his hand and wearing a white Confucian uniform. A scholarly aura rushed towards his face, if Li Zhen didn't know what he was like, he would really have regarded him as a scholar with no power to restrain himself.

"You're here." Perhaps it was because he hadn't basked in the sun for a long time, Locke's face was a little unhealthy white, but other than his face, everything else was fine.

"It seems that Qin Huaiyu didn't lie, he treated you quite well." Li Zhen went straight to Locke's side: "It's just that you don't look very good-looking, you should spend more time in the sun."

"I'm already very content. A person like me deserves to go to the [-]th floor of hell. Now that I can still be treated like this after being captured, what else do I have to be dissatisfied with?" Locke smiled lightly. , raised the book in his hand: "It's you, this book is really good. If we had a book like this earlier, we wouldn't be so slow in developing Nanyang."

Li Zhen fixed his eyes and found that he was reading "Jungle Survival Guide". How Tang immigrants survived in the jungle, and also described the properties of some Nanyang poisons and detoxification methods, etc.

Because it is a popular science book, the circulation of this book in Datang is very large, and it is given away for free. Not only do people who cultivated Nanyang have a copy, but even people from the government and even people from the government and the public read it. On the one hand, it increases the content of knowledge. Expanding knowledge, on the other hand, is also preparing for the future. Who knows what the future will look like?In case I go to Nanyang or other jungles one day, with this knowledge, I can live more comfortably in the jungle.

However, as the development of Nanyang by the Tang Dynasty matured, and a large number of Tang people with living experience in Nanyang appeared, the role of this book has actually been greatly reduced, and even the imperial court has prepared to stop publishing it.But Li Zhen doesn't think so. He thinks that the "Jungle Survival Guide" will be expanded. On the basis of telling how to survive, it will also record the topography, landforms, customs, customs, history and culture of Lingnan, and become a book dedicated to Nanyang. An encyclopedia of geography, this is the best home for this book.

And Li Zhen is not satisfied yet, because the territory of the Tang Dynasty is getting bigger and bigger, so in addition to Nanyang, Tianzhu, Borneo, Luzon, even Turkic, Goguryeo, etc., which have become new territories of the Tang Dynasty, are also given record it……

So, just like that, as Li Zhen's ambitions grew, this book became more and more comprehensive. Although the name is still "Jungle Survival Guide", compared with the previous "Jungle Survival Guide", today's "Jungle Survival Guide" is completely different. On the same day, the content recorded above is no longer limited to the area of ​​Nanyang, but almost covers the entire East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, North Asia and a part of Central Asia. It is an encyclopedia that specifically tells the geographical features of these places. This book should be called "Geography of Asia" or "Datang Geography Encyclopedia" to be more appropriate.

But at present, Li Zhen has no intention of changing the name, because his ambition is doomed that this book is far from being completed. This book will accompany Li Zhen's ambition to conquer the ends of the world That's when he actually changed his name.At the same time, this book will also become the witness of Li Zhen's conquest of history, and pass on Li Zhen's reputation forever.

"This is indeed a good book. As long as you have this book, even if you have never fought a war, as long as you have a little military knowledge and follow the description in the book, you can fight a smooth battle." Locke's compliments were not modest, but he accepted all of them without hesitation, because even he himself thought so.

And what he said is not an exaggeration at all, because this book describes the geography very clearly, especially the places where price comparison is important, such as Yumen Pass, which has been an important military base since ancient times, and almost every alien invasion has Let's start a fierce battle here.And the staff under Li Zhen who was in charge of recording Yumen Pass, in order to describe everything in Yumen Pass in more detail, was so careful that almost every stone had to be recorded.Therefore, although the book does not record any strategies and tactics, nor does it specifically record the method of conquering the pass, it is already so clear, and even more detailed than the marching sand table. As long as the leading general has a little bit of military common sense, hold the This book can find the loopholes in the pass step by step, and then win the war?

Of course, because the newly added knowledge in this book covers almost all the landforms in all the territories of the Tang Dynasty, the military strategy is of great value. It was impossible, not only did the government and the public disagree, but he himself would not do it - once someone with ulterior motives gets this book, it will definitely bring a lot of trouble to Datang.Therefore, under Li Shimin's suggestion, Li Zhen castrated this book. The real original is only hidden in the Datang Royal Library, under the strictest guard, and those who are eligible to read this book must hold the book. The emperor's warrant is not allowed, otherwise no one will be able to see it.

As for the version circulated among the people, it is a castrated version. Of course, castration does not mean that the content of the book is wrong, but that all the knowledge points with military secrets are simply mentioned or not written at all.But even the castrated version has aroused great popularity after being circulated among the people. The Confucian students who are not pleasing to the eyes are silent after reading the contents of the book. Even if they hate Li Zhen very much, the way of a gentleman also restricts them from saying unconscionable words. This book is really good. Classic enough to be listed among the classics handed down from generation to generation.

Although Li Zhen only made an opinion and invested a little money from the beginning to the end, the real author of this book is actually Li Zhen's staff, but China's rules have always been like this, no matter who actually edited the book Who is the person, but as the superior, it will always be the one who signed it.Isn't Li Tai's "Kuo Di Zhi" the same?Although it was Li Tai who signed it, how much work did he really participate in?And who was the one who ran around in the Tang Dynasty to survey, map, and collect materials?Isn't it the result of the hard work of the literati in his Wei Palace?

What's more interesting is that those storytellers, I don't know who came up with the idea, they actually adapted the contents of the book, customs, history and culture into storytelling jokes, which attracted thousands of people, and the business of the teahouse was booming again, even surpassing The grand occasion when newspapers appeared a few years ago reached a whole new level, and unlike newspapers, this "Jungle Survival Guide" is a true geographical masterpiece, divided into different regional records, each with dozens of Thousands of words, the whole book adds up to at least 300 million words, plus the jokes can be repeated, this book alone is enough for those me storytellers to talk about for a lifetime.

After all, this is millions of words. You must know that this is not a future generation. With printers, the fastest printing method in this era is nothing more than movable type printing-this is definitely a huge project, if it is not for Li Zhen's huge It is absolutely impossible for the investment to be completed in just five years, and Li Zhen's investment during this period is in the millions, so it is not easy to put the author's name on him. It's not a lie, after all, without Li Zhen, this book would never have been born.

Chapter 1242 Locke's Condition

Chapter 189 Locke's Condition

The book in Locke's hand is naturally a castrated version, but even the castrated version of "Jungle Survival Guide" is enough to amaze him. It's because of his admiration beyond measure - it's not that he has convinced Li Zhen, but that he is shocked by Li Zhen's courage, and even more amazed that Li Zhen's financial resources are so strong.

You must know that if such a book is compiled, the financial and material resources consumed will be astronomical, and if the resources for compiling the book are used to expand the army, it will be enough for Li Zhen to train tens of thousands of young soldiers.

And if the money is given to him, the only purpose he will use it for is to expand Cheng Jianxi's strength, but while Li Zhen directs his subordinates to fight with Cheng Jianxi, on the other hand, he can still support Cheng Jianxi. Such a large project also supports the expenses of the Boys' Army and Wentian Shuyuan, and will make some big moves from time to time to win the attention of the world...

How much money does he have?It seems that the inferences of those people in the staff department are not reliable at all. The money Li Zhen earns every year is definitely not only tens of millions, but he has probably touched more than ten million units...

"You really don't know how to be humble." Reining in his mood, Locke laughed and said, "How can you be so boastful?"

Li Zhen also smiled and said, "But I think my book deserves this praise."

"That's true." Locke nodded in approval, and changed his tone: "I know what you want, and I can give it to you, but I need you to promise me a condition."

"What conditions?" Li Zhen quickly asked, even he lost his composure at this moment, because what he asked for was very important - that was the intelligence network that Cheng Jianxi had built up across Asia for more than 20 years.

In the previous siege, although Li Zhen captured a large number of Cheng Jianxi's high-level personnel, the problem is that many of Cheng Jianxi's intelligence networks are connected by a single line. , it is really difficult and difficult.After all, every intelligence officer has more than one offline. If the investigation continues like this, it will be like a dead sheep on a wrong path, advancing according to the law of the second power. .

Therefore, if you want to find out all of this intelligence network, you can only start with Locke, because only he will have a roster of all his intelligence personnel. I found it, but the roster was missing, presumably it was stored separately by Locke.

Of course, Li Zhen never thought of capturing Cheng Jianxi's intelligence network and then destroying it. His real idea was to hold it in his hands and use it for his own use.After all, although Li Zhen also has his own intelligence network, and it is no worse than Cheng Jianxi's, if several major intelligence networks are united, even Cheng Jianxi will have to kneel down, but who would dislike something like an intelligence network? Are there many?Cheng Jianxi has been able to rule the world for so many years, so he naturally has his own unique features. Among the information they have in their hands, there may be some that Li Zhen's intelligence organization has not detected, especially in Central Asia and West Asia. Zhen's tentacles are not deep enough, on the contrary, Cheng Jianxi develops better there, and these are exactly what Li Zhen needs most at present.

The only question now is, what are Locke's conditions? It would be fine if it were simpler, but if he wants to kill Li Shimin himself... please forgive Li Zhen for absolutely not being able to do it.

"What I want is very simple..." Locke pointed to himself: "I want to ask for my life from His Royal Highness..."

"Begging for life?" Li Zhen was very surprised. He thought of countless possibilities, but he never thought that Locke would propose such a condition. How could Locke propose such a condition?This is not the Locke I know. Since he has embarked on the road of rebelling against Datang, he must have been prepared to die long ago?Could it be that I have a high opinion of Locke?

"...I thought you were a smart person at first...but now it seems...forget it...since you said that, let me tell you the truth...in fact, with your ability, you should be able to guess Come out, I guess it’s just not sure...Then let me tell you the truth, since I kept you until this time, it means that I don’t intend to kill you.” Although Li Zhen was disappointed, she still answered him My question: "The most I can do is to exile you... The emperor has regretted it all these years, so he told me a few years ago that I can spare your life if necessary... Otherwise, in Sanqing Guanzhong, why do you think I let you go?"

Li Zhen actually lied about these words, Li Shimin did say such a thing at the time, but soon he regretted it, because Cheng Jianxi's actions became more and more serious, causing chaos several times, which made Li Shimin regret I can't help but regret not letting Li Zhen kill Locke at that time. Fortunately, it's not too late. He has changed his order to Li Zhen, that is, once Locke is caught, he will be killed on the spot without any consideration for affection. up.

However, Li Zhen could still see that Li Shimin actually wanted to spare Locke's life, but in his opinion, the threat of Locke's life to Datang was too great, and the two could hardly coexist, or Locke would die Tang Anwen, or Locke was alive and brought a little trouble to Datang from time to time. You can't have both fish and bear's paw, so for the sake of Datang, Li Shimin had no choice but to kill him.

But in Li Zhen's opinion, there may not be a solution to this matter. Li Shimin only wants Locke to live, so it doesn't matter how he lives.So exile is the best choice. As long as Locke is exiled to a place that no one knows and left to fend for himself, isn't this just the solution to this dilemma?

Some people may ask, with Cheng Jianxi's intelligence capabilities, I am afraid that no matter where Locke is exiled, he may be found, right?This problem may have been a problem in the past. Even if Li Zhen found Cheng Jianxi's intelligence network in the end, there might be many people who were loyal to him immediately and rescued him.

But at this time, this problem is not valid-you must know that Datang has now opened the age of great navigation, and in the vast sea, there are endless small islands. Even if these small islands are placed The later generations have not completed the investigation in the 21st century, let alone the current seventh century?You only need to choose an island at random, and then block the mouths of the escorts. I am afraid that no one in the world will know Locke's traces again.

As for what will happen to Locke's life after being exiled, that's none of Li Zhen's business—the two sides have been fighting for so many years, and the hatred is already as deep as the sea. It is already magnanimous for Li Zhen to forgive Locke's life. It's been so good, don't even think about it.

"Of course I know what you said, you underestimate me... I never said that I want this life for myself." Locke sighed: "I have roughly met my fate." You guessed it, even if you don't kill me, I will definitely be exiled by you to a place that no one knows... The biggest possibility is that I will be exiled by you to an uninhabited island to fend for myself."

"You guessed right, that's what I really planned." Li Zhen didn't deny it either, it seemed that he had misunderstood, and he had even thought about the place of exile, which was the North Pacific Ocean.

There are countless small islands distributed in the North Pacific Ocean. Although these small islands are too small to leave their own traces on the map, so that the North Pacific Ocean is almost blank on the map, but in fact the North Pacific Ocean There are not a lot of islands on the island, but these islands are too small and sparsely distributed. Except for some of them that can be used as a forward base for people to live in, the rest are basically worthless for development, and most of the living conditions It's also very bad, but it's the best choice to use as a place of exile.

"Besides, just now you said that the life you asked for was not for yourself, what do you mean?" Li Zhen looked at Locke curiously: "Could it be that in this world, there are still people worthy of your concern?" ?”

"Ordinary people are naturally not worthy of my sacrifice, but what if this person is my child?" Locke asked back.

"What? You still have a child." Qin Huaiyu was shocked, and immediately suggested to Li Zhen: "Your Highness, please order to eradicate Locke. We must not let the tiger go back to the mountain just because of a little bit of kindness."

Li Zhen ignored Qin Huaiyu, looked at Locke and said, "This is really strange, you still have children. Logically speaking, with your character, you will never leave yourself a child until you reach your goal. What shortcomings and burdens, I have not heard the news of you marrying a wife and having a child... It seems that the appearance of this child was an accident... No wonder you are so resigned to fate."