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- The words were divided into two parts, but it was said that when Omura Junzhong returned to the shore, he first appointed Xiao Fang as the labor envoy, fully responsible for entertaining the Ming Dynasty fleet. Then he led the team back to his three-city city overnight.
The next day, he summoned a group of retainers to hold a meeting in his residence to discuss whether he should fulfill his promise to the people of the Ming Dynasty.
The retainers felt ashamed and angry that their lord had so shamelessly surrendered to the Ming Dynasty. Even some people said that he should be ordained as a monk to express his apology.
Omura Junchu rolled his eyes when he heard this. He had already been baptized as a Chechidan believer. How would it be appropriate to become a monk again?
"Besides, the Nanman were just careless and will come back in the future." Omura Juntada sat cross-legged on the tatami and analyzed to a group of retainers: "Father Torres was captured, and the Chechidan Church will not turn a blind eye. . How the situation will develop is still uncertain. If I get ordained in a hurry, what should I do if the Southern Barbarians turn defeat into victory in the future? "
The retainers thought to themselves that they should replace the beads with crosses. Of course, this can only be said after thinking about it.
"Then what does it mean, my lord, that we drag the people from the Ming Dynasty first?" asked a retainer named Chaochang Chunji.
"No." Omura Juntada shook his head decisively and said: "I asked about it from the missionaries. The Nanman were greatly restricted by the Ming government in Macau, so the scale of the warships was very limited. This time, two Atlantic ships were captured, and they were short. I¡¯m afraid I won¡¯t have the strength to retaliate within that time.¡±
"I guess the people of the Ming Dynasty also noticed this and caught them off guard!" He paused and said: "But what the people of the Ming Dynasty didn't know was that in Malacca, the westernmost part of Nanyang, there was the main fleet of the Southern Barbarians - it is said In order to deal with the Indians and Japanese coalition forces, the Nanman have deployed dozens of large sailing ships there!"
"So many?" The retainers hissed and gasped. They really couldn't imagine how overwhelming it would be if dozens of large sailing ships like the Duke of Goa appeared at the same time.
"Those missionaries live by their mouths. They won't deliberately brag to deceive the lord, right?" a retainer reminded.
"Even if they exaggerate, more than a dozen ships are not something that the Ming Dynasty fleet can deal with." Omura Juntada said solemnly: "Everyone who followed me to Fukudaura has also seen it. Although the ships of the Ming Dynasty are also very big, Compared with Western ships, they can only be said to be small. When the time comes, the Indian Vice-King of the Southern Barbarians gives an order and the fleet of large sailing ships comes to attack. Let¡¯s see what the Ming Dynasty people can do to resist?¡±
After saying that, he looked gloomy and sighed gloomily: "Unfortunately, the arrival of the Nanman fleet will be next year. If we don't accept the blackmail, the people of the Ming Dynasty will definitely make it impossible for us to survive the New Year."
He was unwilling to mention Goto Takaaki in front of the Omura retainers, but everyone knew that what the retainer was really worried about was the former young master of the Omura clan.
"That's two hundred thousand taels of silver, my lord!" The retainers all felt sorry for him.
"Needless to say, it's better to have people around after the money is gone than to still have people around after the money is gone." Omura Junchu put his hands on his knees and gritted his teeth and said: "Also prepare a generous gift, I'm going to go there Mount Gaoliang.¡±
"Mountain Gaoliang?" The retainers were shocked and said, "Master, do we want to join the Otomo family's expeditionary army?"
Otomo Sorin, who was in a stalemate with the Mori family, had his front line on Mt. Kora in Chikuzen. Now going to Mount Koura to participate in the war will certainly please the Otomo family, but it is more likely that he will become cannon fodder in the fight against the Mori family.
"It's not about participating in the war, it's about being a messenger for the Ming Dynasty." Omura Juntada said in a deep voice what Zhao Hao had ordered:
"They want to help the Dayou family defeat the Maori family. This is good news for Master Zonglin, right?"
"Yes." When the retainers heard this, they felt that the conditions of the Ming Dynasty people were not too excessive - anyway, it was originally King Jinghai who monopolized trade, and then Folangji people monopolized it, so it would be no different if they were replaced by Ming Dynasty people.
"But I'm afraid my lord will be in vain if he goes to Mount Gora." Tocho Junki's elder brother, Tocho Choki, said: "It is said that Master Zonglin has returned to Bungo's home country."
"Oh?" Omura Junchu said in surprise: "There is still fighting on the front line. What will he do when he goes back?"
"I don't know, maybe something happened in the country that needs to be dealt with?" Chao Changji shook his head. He could find out that Otomo Zonglin was not in the army, or it was because the Arima family had joined the Otomo family's coalition. But when the master's brother has a code Oh no, Yoshisada Arima is not a confidant of Otomo Sorin, and the details are unknown.
"Hmm" Omura Junchu thought for a long time before making up his mind: "Just go and don't care what happens."
After saying that, his expression changed and he said: "It's broken, there are still four days left, and I can't even reach Usuki Castle!"
He originally thought that Otomo Zonglin was in Gaoliang Mountain, and he could barely catch up on the time on the road, but Usuki Castle, the home city of Otomo's family, was still more than 200 miles west of Gaoliang Mountain. five daysThere will definitely be no time to reply to the Ming Dynasty people.
In desperation, Omura Juntada had to ask someone to quickly withdraw 40,000 taels of gold from the treasury and send it to Fukudaura as soon as possible. He had been hanging out with missionaries for a long time, and he generally knew that silver was cheap and gold was precious in the Ming Dynasty, so the value of 40,000 taels of gold must be far more than 200,000 taels of silver.
Of course, for Omura Junchu, there is no difference between the two. In exchange for this, the Ming Dynasty people agreed to give themselves some grace.
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The next day, the Second Squadron left Fukudaura and began to fight northward.
When it got dark, the sails and basic rigging of the two Western ships were finally repaired, and the holes in the Duke of Goa were repaired overnight.
Early on the morning of the third day, the Omura family shipped 40,000 taels of gold Japan is rich in gold, and the price of silver is one to five. In order to facilitate transportation, Omura Junchu paid the reward of 200,000 taels of silver in gold.
Zhao Hao naturally couldn¡¯t ask for it, because the price ratio of gold and silver in the Ming Dynasty was about 1:8. If 40,000 taels of gold were shipped back, it could be turned into 320,000 taels of silver!
Of course, the price ratio of gold and silver in Europe is as high as one to more than ten, and people in Forron can make a lot of money just from arbitrage!
How else to say that we must monopolize trade with Japan?
Mr. Zhao readily agreed, gave Omura Juntada more time, and changed the contact point to Yokozeura.
He thought the name Yokozeura was too unpleasant, so he changed it to Dingyuan Port.
Mr. Zhao explained to Wang Rulong and others that the name came from Ban Chao, who recovered the Western Regions, and he even sang a few lines impromptu:
"If you don't see me, the army of the Han Dynasty will be over, and the weak-ranked prisoners will be waiting for long tassels; if you don't see me, the ban will be far away, and the light cavalry of the Jueyu will urge the war clouds! A man should be in a dangerous line, how can he let a scholarly crown miss his life?"
Everyone said, it seems that the young master is still composing a police song.
It¡¯s just that I can¡¯t help but think of the ¡®Zhenyuan Island¡¯ that Mr. Zhao named before. Which ancient person¡¯s name was used? Was it Zhou Dewei? Isn't that young master comparing himself to Li Keyong? I don¡¯t dare to think about it, I don¡¯t dare to think about it¡
¡°If Zhao Hao knew that these guys¡¯ brain-boosting skills were perfect, he would probably still call them Yokozeura.
Since we can't wait for a reply from Otomo Sorin in a short time, there is no need for the First Squadron to wait any longer and pull anchor southward that day.
At the same time, the Third Squadron also left Fukudaura with two captive Western ships and a large sailing ship, escorting more than 700 prisoners, containing 120,000 taels of silver and 48,000 taels of gold. .
Oh, by the way, Colonel Pinto and Father Torres both stayed on the 101st ship. The journey is long, and Mr. Zhao always needs someone to chat with to relieve his boredom.
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Kyushu Island is mountainous, bayous and hilly, with very limited cultivated land, mainly concentrated in the Kitakyushu region, so Kitakyushu has always been the focus of competition for the overlords.
Western Kyushu is basically mountainous, with the only exceptions being the coastal area in Bunzen and Oita in Bungo. Especially Oita, facing the Seto Inland Sea, has a mild climate and fewer natural disasters. The coast of Bungo Suido in the south is warm and humid due to the influence of the Kuroshio Current, making it very suitable for paddy field farming. It is a rare land of fish and rice in Kyushu, and it is also a good natural harbor.
Therefore, Dayou Zonglin, who was still called Dayou Yizhen at that time, had the idea of ??building a city here after he secured his position as the governor of the family. Finally, Usuki Castle was built six years ago and the main castle was moved here from Nishiyama Castle in the prefecture.
Although everyone said that he was trying to avoid the ghosts of his stepmother and younger brother. But I have to admit that this relocation brought unprecedented prosperity to the Ouchi family. After becoming the lord of Usuki City, Otomo Sorin promulgated nineteen policies, including protecting the property of merchants, allowing Nanman to preach and build churches, and taking in Tang people who had nowhere to settle, etc.
Six years have passed, and Usuki Castle has completely changed.
On the afternoon of late September, the autumn wind blew through the snow-like Ibuki spirea on Mount Usuki. Under the red leaves all over the mountain, Usuki Castle with its white walls and green tiles is particularly grand.
At the foot of the mountain, in the samurai house guarding the castle, the Otomo family's iron artillery team was training.
After the match was lit, the banging gunfire was deafening. However, the vendors and residents in the castle town had long been accustomed to it. Only the pigeons on the Western-style church with red eaves and tall bell tower by the sea were so frightened that they flew up and flew over this prosperous city that was rare in the Warring States Period.
There are dedicated Nanman Town, Tangren Town and merchant town here. It was these merchants from Portugal, Ming Dynasty and Sakai City on Honshu who brought Japan's earliest Western-style hospital and the earliest missionary school to Usuki Castle. The earliest printing bookshops and ceramics shops brought iron cannons, gunpowder, saltpeter, silk, tea making Usuki Castle one of the most prosperous cities on Kyushu Island, comparable to the traditional center of Kyushu - Tachibana Castle in Hakata .
It also gave the Dayou family endless wealth and powerful force, and they were able to fight with the Maori family for many years, and they were evenly matched.
So people in Bungo Kingdom often say that although the governor is a pervert and wife-controller who killed his mother, killed his brother, and forced his father to death, he is actually a good name
Especially since it was no longer convenient for the daimyo to hook up with his subordinates¡¯ wives after he became a monk, everyone supported him even more.
In this regard, I can only say that they are too naive. Who stipulates that once you become a monk, you cannot continue to maintain your hobbies?
At this time, in the residence of the city lord, Master Zong Lin, who was wearing black monk robes and with a shaved head, was dancing with a beautiful woman to the accompaniment of violin music. What¡¯s more, the dance is a southern barbarian court dance, the kind where you hold your arms around the waist and spin in circles (remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com)sp; It also gave the Dayou family endless wealth and powerful force, and they were able to fight with the Maori family for many years, and they were evenly matched.
So people in Bungo Kingdom often say that although the governor is a pervert and wife-controller who killed his mother, killed his brother, and forced his father to death, he is actually a good name
Especially since it was no longer convenient for the daimyo to hook up with his subordinates¡¯ wives after he became a monk, everyone supported him even more.
In this regard, I can only say that they are too naive. Who stipulates that once you become a monk, you cannot continue to maintain your hobbies?
At this time, in the residence of the city lord, Master Zong Lin, who was wearing black monk robes and with a shaved head, was dancing with a beautiful woman to the accompaniment of violin music. What¡¯s more, the dance is a southern barbarian court dance, the kind where you hold your arms around the waist and spin in circles (remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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