Chapter 1261: Confession, cohabitation, benefits
Su Mingzhe had planned long ago to build provinces in Goryeo, Ryukyu and Wa.

After becoming the crown prince last year, Su Mingzhe had been planning this.

Now, after more than a year of planning, the rulers of Goryeo and Ryukyu are both sincere and have submitted petitions requesting submission.

To this end, Su Mingzhe established the Goryeo Province and the Ryukyu Province, and at the same time implemented the "Enfeoffment Order" on the royal families of the two countries to carry out sinicization.

Only the Japanese island of Wa was unwilling to give up the title of "Emperor" and was only willing to pay tribute as before, and at most allow the Qing navy to station troops there.

Seeing that he could not reason with the people, Su Mingzhe could only send people to build a city near Iwami Silver Mine and explore for silver mines to provoke the nobles of the Qing Dynasty.

When Kangxi and other powerful people such as the Eight Iron-hat Princes learned that there was a silver mine in the Japanese island that produced 50 million taels of silver annually, they immediately became anxious and asked Su Mingzhe to send more navy.

The Qing nobles who were blinded by silver had already secretly discussed and agreed that if Japan dared to refuse the Qing's request to establish a province again, the Qing would send a large army to invade Japan.

Originally, these things were secrets among the powerful people in the court and were not known to outsiders.

It just so happened that General Maertai, the father of the sisters Ruolan and Ruoxi, had just learned of the news and mentioned it in a letter to the sisters.

Ruoxi also learned that the Qing Dynasty had already incorporated Goryeo and Ryukyu into its territory, and was preparing to "recapture the Japanese islands":
"…So, you are also a time traveler, and you are a time traveler from the future, right?"

"Just because I set up provinces in these three countries, you draw such an inference?"

Su Mingzhe looked at the girl in surprise.

He really doesn't think there is any causal relationship here.

However, the girl really deduced it, and he didn't want to think otherwise.

As a Hunyuan Golden Immortal, I am now a great saint, so I would not cheat on a woman.

Seeing that the man did not deny it, Ruoxi felt a little happy about meeting someone of her own kind, but also a little shocked by the difference in their identities:

"In fact, if you simply set up a province in Goryeo, I would not have any doubts. However, in the eyes of the orthodox dynasties in the Central Plains, Ryukyu and Wa Islands have always been places that refuse to obey the king's rule. They are chicken ribs that are tasteless to eat and a pity to throw away!"

Ruoxi was a liberal arts student in school, otherwise she wouldn't have remembered the time when Yinreng was deposed and enthroned twice. Now she analyzed it for the man:

"If we hadn't experienced World War II, most people wouldn't think of setting up a province in a place like Wa Island..."

"It's a bit embarrassing to set up a province in Wa Island, right?"

Su Mingzhe directly said what Ruoxi had not yet said, then chuckled and admitted:
"Yes, your guess is correct. I am also from the modern era."

"Which year did you travel from?"

"What about you?"

“I’m in 2011.”

"I am... ten years later."

"Year 2021?"

"Correct."

"..."

"So...how many years have you been here?"

"Actually... this is my second time traveling through time!"

Su Mingzhe thought about it and decided not to hide the identity of 'Emperor Gaozu of Han'.

Facing Ruoxi's surprised look, Su Mingzhe slowly explained that he traveled back to the Qin Shihuang period, where history was accidentally corrected and he became Emperor Gaozu of Han. He was then trapped somewhere for nearly two thousand years. Now that he was out of trouble, he became the Fourth Prince Yinzhen. He told her a bunch of true and false news.

Ruoxi was immediately shocked by the man's words:

"You traveled through time 2,000 years ago and became Emperor Gaozu of Han?" "Yes, I traveled through time as a soul. There were two other people who traveled through time with me, but they traveled through time in their physical bodies. One of them was General Meng Yi, and the other was Zhao Gao!"

Su Mingzhe briefly recounted the events that happened two thousand years ago.

When Ruoxi heard that there were actually three immortal people in this world, she was second only to when her soul traveled to the Qing Dynasty two years ago.

Su Mingzhe slowly recounted some of the things he had encountered:
"In fact, there are many time travelers. I speculate that Wang Mang, who usurped the Han Dynasty, and Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu are both time travelers... In addition, during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties..."

"In the five thousand years of Chinese history, there have been at least ten time travelers. It can be said that you and I are not alone!"

"It's just that this time and space seem to have the power to correct the plane. Some of the things I invented and created at the end of the Qin Dynasty and the beginning of the Han Dynasty that were ahead of their time disappeared in the subsequent wars... This is the rule of the cycle of time and space. Big trends cannot be reversed, but small trends can be changed!"

Ruoxi felt sympathetic after listening to the man's story:
"That is to say, in history, Yinreng was destined to be deposed, and the Eighth Prince's party was destined to achieve nothing, so you can imprison them in advance..."

After comforting the girl, Su Mingzhe stood up and prepared to leave.

However, before leaving, Su Mingzhe thought for a moment and said:
"I know that after being spiritually baptized by the modern culture of female independence, it would be a bit of a psychological resistance for you to join the royal family and share a man with other women."

"However, you can't resist this kind of thing, so just follow the local customs. I will compensate you after you enter the palace!"

"Compensation? What compensation can you give me?"

After the man admitted that he was also a time traveler, Ruoxi wanted him to cancel the engagement.

As a result, the man's words were like a hammer hitting him on the head.

Sure enough, these men are not good people.

After sending the man away, Ruoxi returned to her previous decadent and discouraged state.

Ruolan tried to persuade him several times, but seeing that it had no effect, she stopped caring.

After all, ever since Su Mingzhe had his "confession" with Ruoxi, the frequency of his visits has suddenly increased.

From visiting once a month, Su Mingzhe now comes every five or six days.

What is different from before is that now when Su Mingzhe comes, he will stay overnight.

Ruoxi resisted at the beginning.

However, the power of women compared to men is really not worth mentioning.

After her skirt was torn into more than a dozen pieces, Ruoxi finally chose to compromise.

As someone who had experienced this, Ruolan naturally realized what had happened between her sister and the man.

However, the two of them were already engaged, so Ruolan didn't say much.

In the blink of an eye, it was already October.

Although in ancient times, news spread very slowly.

However, because it was ancient times, the methods of blocking information were very backward, and almost all the powerful people were related to each other.

Therefore, after half a year of preparation, the news that the Qing Navy had discovered a huge silver mine on the Japanese island had finally spread to those who should know.

Fortunately, Su Mingzhe acted quickly and sent 50,000 naval forces in advance to build a city and fortifications at Iwami Silver Mine.

If he had acted a little slower, the Jiangnan salt merchants who colluded with the Japanese pirates would have unified Japan and fought against the Qing Dynasty for the sake of the silver mines.

Now that the imperial court has occupied the silver mines, those salt merchants simply colluded with local nobles and turned to Kangxi, hoping that Kangxi would consider their past friendship and share the profits from the silver mines with everyone.

(End of this chapter)