One day in August, the third year of Wenguo.

A sail-powered expedition ship sailed into the capital port. As soon as it landed, more than a dozen crew members on the ship, without even tying the anchor rope to fix the ship, got off the ship quickly, trotted all the way, heading straight to the White House.

The White House is where members of the royal family live. In the White House, except for the royal living area, other buildings such as the Parliament Building, the Capitol Building, the Grand Court, the Museum of Literature and History are all open to the public. Any citizen of the Wen Kingdom can apply to visit. The visitor has a high chance to meet the kind and kind Emperor Wen and talk to him...

After the crew entered the White House, they reported to the butler that they had an urgent matter and asked to see His Majesty Emperor Wen! After the butler confirmed that the urgent matter was indeed high, they immediately sent someone to inform His Majesty Emperor Wen who was taking his family for a walk in the back garden to enjoy flowers and enjoy the flowers.

After a while, Zhou Ming, with an unhappy expression on his face, came to the living room and met these crew members.

Since the founding of Wenguo and the election of the first prime minister, in addition to military affairs, most of the civil and internal affairs in Wenguo are handled by the prime minister. Zhou Ming only needs to scan the briefing and sign and pass it. He is also happy and has plenty of time to live his own life.

Even so, as Queen Wen, Zhou Ming still had very little time to enjoy leisure. He asked him for advice and reports on various matters every day. Others dared not take the initiative. Even if there were some rights, Zhou Ming gave up very thoroughly. Officials were afraid of messing up the matter and could not take the blame.

In addition, after his father Tian Feng passed away, the Tian family's various industries were required to be managed by Zhou Ming, the patriarch. Zhou Ming definitely trusted not many people. Except for his younger brother Tian Jing who could stand alone, among his 42 sons, Tian Sheng, the eldest son, was only outstanding after just 24 years old. However, all sons, including Tian Sheng, would have to be trained for a few more years before he could rest assured and arrange them to a higher position.

So Zhou Ming often laughed at himself: "No matter that life, I have been working hard. If I want to lie down comfortably and gain something, I have always dreamed."

However, today, in the living room, after listening to the reports of these adventure crew members, Zhou Ming's unserious expression disappeared, and replaced by unprecedented surprise and disbelief.

"What you said is true? How could such a thing happen?" Zhou Ming asked repeatedly.

"Your Majesty Emperor Wen, there is no lie that we have said! Your Majesty, you can go with me and witness it with your own eyes!" Tian Yue, a slutty man in his thirties, swore to the sky.

"Okay! You follow me to board the 'Shitman' and set off with 5,000 elite musketeers. If you dare to deceive me, the consequences will be, hum!"

"If you cheat, please take off my head!"

Tian Yue and others were overjoyed. The Virgin was the latest main flagship of the Imperial Navy in recent years and it was also the first giant ship in the empire with a displacement of over 10,000 tons. This warship, which combines the essence of countless technology, is equipped with eighteen high-power steam engines. The ship is also equipped with 128 giant cannons, each of which can fire more than 20 kilograms of cannons... Just use this giant ship to destroy a city.

There were also five thousand elite musketeers, which made Tian Yue and others overjoyed, because there were only more than 30,000 people living on that island, and there was no need for five thousand musketeers, just one thousand, which could be called extermination of the clan!

After two days of preparation, on the third day, a fleet of eight warships left the port and sailed towards the northwest. The fleet sailed at full speed for eight days until it left the periphery of Penglai Fairyland and entered a sea area where the field of vision was limited and was covered by faint sea mist for many years, Tian Yue and others shouted excitedly: "It is in this sea mist, and that island is here, you can't make a mistake!"

However, in this foggy area of ​​only three or four hundred miles in a radius, the fleet searched for many days but failed to find the island. They searched separately and found nothing.

In addition, it may be that there is a large amount of iron ore buried under this sea. The magnetic field here is chaotic, the compass pointer is not easy to use. In the mist, the sun above the head is looming, and it is often impossible to determine the direction of the fleet being sailing.

Therefore, Zhou Ming did not let them be separated too far, at most twenty miles, and contacted regularly by the sound of cannons, so there was no ships trekking.

On the eighth day, the fleet swept back and forth in the sea fog area several times, but failed to find the island. Everyone was discouraged. Rear Admiral Tian Gui asked Emperor Wen for instructions: When he wanted to shoot Tian Yue and other deceivers, a blue dot suddenly flashed in a blue area on the [World Map] in Zhou Ming's mind.

“The island is there.”

Zhou Ming pointed in one direction and asked the captain to stand aside, operate the rudder himself, and adjusted the course backwards. In less than half an hour, an island that became slightly thicker in the sea fog appeared in front of him, like a mirage.

"That's that, that's that!"

Tian Yue and others shouted excitedly and cheered at the island: "Changsheng Island, we have found you!"

Half an hour later, the fleet that had completed the slowing down approached the island with an area of ​​about 100 square kilometers, and found a flat beach, eight warships, and docked one by one.

However, just as soon as the landing board was put down, dozens of crew members stood on the beach. The island seemed to be in an uproar. Countless "buzzing" conchs sounded. In a short while, a group of men, women, young and old, holding sticks, farm tools, and fish-skin short clothes rushed towards the beach.

When these crowds on the island saw the eight giant strange ships docked by the beach, they seemed to see the end of the world, all of which were frightened and as if they were ashamed.

There was a timid man who had a stick in his hand "clang" and then knelt on the ground, kowtowing like pounding garlic, and chanting scriptures in his mouth, as if he was scared to death.

But there were also hundreds of brave men who rushed towards these giant ships under the command of a middle-aged man, and rushed to the dozens of outsiders who had stood on the beach, trying to drive them into the sea.

"Bang bang bang bang bang!"

After a messy riot, the brave men on the island fell into pools of blood and screamed in death.

"Bang!"

A blood flower suddenly burst out on the middle-aged man's head, but he saw Zhou Ming, who was holding a primitive sniper rifle in his hand, shot him to death with one shot from about a thousand meters away.

When they saw the residents of the island who had killed and injured hundreds of tribes, they screamed and retreated. No one dared to come forward. They could only watch that more and more outsiders came down from the eight giant ships, and finally covered the entire beach. In their hands, each outsider was holding a magical artifact that could spew out thunder. After installing a shiny bayonet, they arranged neatly and forced them to come.

"Dongdongdongdongdong~"

Amid the sound of the snare drums, the musket soldiers stepped forward a hundred meters like a wall. The residents of the island kept retreating, and more than a dozen people who were not afraid of death were all shot into sieves by the muskets.

"Is it a pleasure to have friends coming from afar? Friends who come from afar, don't be so irritable. How about discussing what to do if you have something to do?"

Among the residents of the island with a desperate face, an old man with a long hair and a young face finally stood up and said hello.

The reason why this old man is described as "chubby-hair and childlike" is because the old man with all white hair and long eyebrows and chest has his skin like a young man in his twenties and thirties, radiating rosy and rosy, his tight skin and no wrinkles. His steps are vigorous and his voice is like a bell, like an old god in a TV series, and he is whispering. The business words that most people present can understand are very friendly.

Not only this old man, but also the other residents on the island, young people may not be very obvious. Any older person, gray hair, skin care is quite good, average appearance is very high, and body looks very tough... In Zhou Ming's eyes, these phenomena can no longer be explained by the saying "use too much cosmetics can achieve this effect", because there are no cosmetics on this island at all!

These old men with crane hair and baby faces are all pure natural without makeup!

"It turns out that immortality is not a myth. There is really a 'elixir of immortality' on this island."

Zhou Ming murmured to himself, a wicked smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. His eyes looked at the residents of the island, like hungry wolves, with naked greed!

Not only Zhou Ming, but also Rear Admiral Tian Gui, 5,000 elite musketeers, Tian Yue and others, all of them were like this. Some of them could not control their inner excitement and gave a creepy grin.

“Wow~Wow~”

Bathed with these fierce and fierce eyes, a few of the residents on the island were so scared that they cried.

The old man panicked and walked up to the front two steps: "Dear friends, heroes! If you have something to say, everything can be discussed and everything can be said clearly. Can you have someone who is serious about speaking? How about I want to ask him to sit in the humble house and make friends?"

Zhou Ming walked over and was about to negotiate with the old man. Tian Yue reminded him a few words in his ear. He nodded, walked to the old man, and asked in a straightforward manner: "If I guessed correctly, you should be Xu Fu's descendant, Xu Tong, right?"

Hearing this question, the old man's face became even more panicked. After thinking about it, he bowed and said, "That's right, I am Xu Fu's 37th Great-grandson, Xu Tong..."

"It seems that the legend that the First Emperor of the Shang Dynasty sent Xu Fu to take three thousand boys and girls overseas to look for the elixir of immortality should be true? But I didn't expect that you really found it..."

Zhou Ming murmured and asked the old man: "Xu Tong, let me ask you, how old are you this year?"

"This... I have a memory decline. I don't remember how old I lived." Xu Tong said with a careless eyes.

"For the last chance, tell me a exact number, or I will shoot you!" A revolver pointed at his forehead, as if it would open fire in the next second.

"I am already 148 years old..." Xu Tong felt cold and had to tell the truth.

Zhou Ming also asked the musketeers to catch several middle-aged men from the crowd. After shooting one, the others said: "The clan leader just celebrated his birthday last year, but he was one year old, and his birthday was premature. The clan leader was indeed 148."

One hundred and forty-eight, no wonder I became a human being, and the expedition fleet almost fell into a fight in your hands...

Zhou Ming asked another question: "Xu Tong, how many years can you live? How old is the longest-lived person on this island now?"

Xu Tong's tone began to feel sad and replied: "I am the longest-lived person on this island. I don't know how long I can live. I only remember that my grandfather died at the age of 167. According to this calculation, I may be able to live for five to ten years..."

Hearing this, Zhou Ming screamed in a commotion and scream.

"Oh my God! One Hundred and Sixty-seven..."

"I can live for eighty years and I will be considered a long one hundred and six..."

"Enthirst medicine, there must be an immortal medicine on this island!"

"Super the elixir quickly!"

Someone couldn't wait to shout.

Zhou Ming pressed his hands back to stop the noisy, and then went straight to the point and said to Xu Tong:

"Xu Tong, we are here today for three explanations."

"First, the First Emperor ordered you to come overseas to find immortal medicine. It doesn't matter if you didn't find it. It's not a big deal that you can't blame when you hit the reef and sink. The question is: Since you have found the immortal medicine, why don't you bring it back to the Central Plains and offer it to the emperor? Instead, take the immortal medicine yourself and live forever? Should you give the First Emperor an explanation? One of these."

"Second, you people are living in seclusion and living a blissful life on this island. Everyone is over 100 years old, everyone dies of sleep, and they have a lot of children and grandchildren, completely ignore the sufferings of the people outside. On this isolated island, you have enjoyed all the blessings that should not belong to you. The so-called cycle of reincarnation and causal cycle, should you give the heavenly way an explanation? The second one."

"Third, my expedition fleet found this island and after they got ashore, you pretended to be entertained and were very enthusiastic, but they were attacked late at night. Fifty-eight crew members were killed by you forty-four people, and only the twelve guards of the ship were spared only. Should you also give an explanation for these forty-four lives? Third."

"If you can't explain these three explanations today, I will order: slaughter all this island without leaving any grass!"

It turned out that more than a month ago, after Tian Yue and other expedition members found the island, they accidentally heard familiar words on the island. After seeing the ancients who fled here more than two thousand years ago, they were very excited, so they let go of some wariness. Some of the team members stayed on the island for guest. During the visiting several days, although Xu Tong tried his best to conceal, they were still discovered by the expedition members. For example, those old men with silver hair and grandsons said that they were only in their thirties and would have doubts.

Until that day, captain Tian Yue accidentally met an old lady catching fish by the beach. When asked how old she was, a number of "123" almost shocked him. Then Tian Yue found several other old people and asked about their age. Some told the truth and some told lies, but what he could be sure of was that the elderly on this island had very long lifespans and looked very young.

That night, the expedition team was surrounded and attacked. In the afternoon, if Tian Yue had not seen several people dig the bottom of the expedition ship with stones and wanted to sink their ship, they would have brought people on the ship and taken precautions, otherwise no one would have escaped...

"Explanation? What can I explain? Are you greedy for? Isn't it just the elixirs on this island? If you want to kill, just kill. Even if I die, I will not hand over the elixirs!"

Seeing Zhou Ming's picture, Xu Tong's bones became harder, and his eyes were red and he glared at Zhou Ming.

"Haha, it's very tough! General Tian, ​​arrest all the men, women, young and old on the island first! Draw five and kill one! See if this old guy is still tough!"

"Yes, your Majesty!"

"Bang bang bang bang bang!"

Gunshots kept ringing on this small island.

...

Three days later.

After killing about one-third of the island's population, Zhou Ming finally got his wish and obtained more than 50,000 soybeans the size of green and crystal clear. I don't know what method it was to refine the "Unold Pill". He put it in front of his nose and smelled it with a fragrance.

The reason why these immortal pills have the magical effect of extending life and maintaining a childlike face is also related to the growing of a grass plant called "Eternal Grass" in the north of this island. These grass plants contain a substance that can maintain cell activity and extend cell life. This substance has magical effects after entering the human body, which is shocking and has great medical value.

However, even if we know that "Eternal Grass" has great medical value, people will not be able to live long after eating this grass directly. They still have to undergo a series of craft refining, fused with other substances in the alchemy furnace, and undergo chemical reactions to refine the "Unold Pill" that has the effect of making people live long.

However, the pill recipe of the Unold Pill, some craftsmanship during the alchemy process, Xu Tong and others on the island claimed that even if Zhou Ming killed the tribesmen on the island, he would not hand over it, because the pill recipe and alchemy craftsmanship were the fundamental guarantee for their lives. The fool understood: if these things were revealed, the people on Changsheng Island would lose their value and their life and death would probably be entirely based on the words of others.

Zhou Ming finally softened his position and reached an "agreed" with the island owner Xu Tong. The agreement stipulates that overseas Chinese countries provide security protection and some material assistance to Changsheng Island, while Changsheng Island pays 50,000 "Unold Pills" every year, and no additional requirements are required.

After all, 50,000 pills are already 70% of the elixir production on the Island of Changsheng, which is enough for 5,000 people to maintain immortality.

At the end of this matter, some Virgin Mary may raise objections, saying that Zhou Ming used all means to kill so many innocent people in one go, which is too unreasonable, too cruel and shameless!

Zhou Ming sneered:

"I am shameless? If the emperor of the Central Plains dynasty knew that there was an immortal pill on the Changsheng Island, he would let himself live fifty years more, and he would probably do his best to build a sea ship the next day, and send a million troops to cross the sea to find it. How much financial and material resources will be spent in the middle? How many people will die? The so-called crime of possessing a treasure, as long as there is an immortal pill on the Changsheng Island, once it spreads and is known to others, this island will never be able to avoid a catastrophe!"
Chapter completed!