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Chapter 386
In the General's Mansion in Edo Castle, an arrow pierced the air and hit the bull's-eye of the wooden rake.

"The general is good at archery." The servant boy who prepared arrows for the shogun next to him boasted.

The third shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu did not smile because of the servant boy's flattery.He just casually put the longbow aside, and then sat on the wooden plank, savoring the tea on the tea set carefully.

"The quality of this tea is excellent. It was imported from Daming, right?" Tokugawa Iemitsu took a deep breath, and the tea was fragrant.

"Exactly, this tea was bought from a merchant in Nagasaki Port, and it has been tried by the imperial restaurant. It is indeed the best Longjing tea from the south of the Yangtze River in the Ming Dynasty. When paired with the purple sand teapot from Yixing in the Ming Dynasty, you can have such a fragrant tea." Waiter Tong said.

"Daming is the suzerain country, and there are so many blessed lands rich in fragrant tea. God has blessed them. If the Jiangnan area can be owned by me, it will be a thousand times better than being a shogun in this area." The fragrant tea entered the throat , Tokugawa Iemitsu couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

"As long as the general keeps a low profile, he will be able to replace it when the Celestial Dynasty declines in the future," said the servant boy.

"Haha, this kind of ambition is too big. The monkey Toyotomi Hideyoshi was resourceful and brave in battle. Didn't he still lose under the iron heel of Daming? After the defeat, he was criticized by everyone, and finally died of anger. Even if he is in decline The Celestial Dynasty is still the mountain we look up to. Do you want me to end up like a monkey?" Tokugawa Iemitsu said.

"General, please forgive me, the small one was unintentional, please forgive the small one..." Seeing the anger in Tokugawa Iemitsu's tone, the servant boy was so frightened that he put his forehead to the ground and begged Tokugawa Iemitsu for forgiveness.

"Forgive your innocence." Tokugawa Iemitsu continued to taste the tea from the Celestial Dynasty.

A servant boy hurried into the courtyard, bowed his head and came to Tokugawa Iemitsu: "General, Banner of Yokohama Village is asking to see you, and he has something important to report."

"Yokohama Village is a small fishing village in the southwest, right? Is there anything important there?" Tokugawa Iemitsu frowned, "If it's not important, I will punish him severely."

"It is said that it is related to the Liao Army of the Ming Dynasty. It is urgent." The servant boy said.

"Let him go to the guest room of the executive office and wait for my interview." Tokugawa Iemitsu put down his teacup and became mysteriously solemn.

The shogunate and many retainers jointly decided to issue an expulsion order, which was notified to the Liao Army not long ago, and the Liao Army left Nagasaki Port within a time limit.This is a very difficult decision, because the Fuliao Army is a force from the powerful Celestial Dynasty and possesses inestimable strength.In Nagasaki Port, two warships of the Liao Army have been moored for a long time. The surrounding daimyo are afraid of the iron cannons of these two warships, and have been afraid to say anything.

After Iemitsu Tokugawa tasted the precious West Lake Longjing, he ordered his servants to dress up and left Zhongao to meet Banner, who governs Yokohama.

These banners were originally the direct servants of the Tokugawa Army. They had their own army and managed a large area of ​​land for the Tokugawa family.Although the salary of each banner is less than 3000 shi, there are a large number of people. The Tokugawa shogunate claims to have "[-] banners".Of course, in fact, there are at most two to [-] people, which is equivalent to landlords working for the Tokugawa family.

"Honorable General, our Yokohama Village has suffered a disaster. The fleet from the Liao Army asked the servants to send a message to His Royal Highness the Shogun... Otherwise, the servants' territory will be bombarded..." the miserable Banner said aggrievedly.

"How did the Liao army break into our Edo Bay without anyone noticing it in advance!" Tokugawa Iemitsu was furious.

Edo Bay is the hinterland of the Tokugawa shogunate, and the fleet of the Liao Army broke in so recklessly, and no one has notified it in advance.If the Fu Liao army is determined to overthrow the shogunate, then the Ming army will be sent to the outskirts of Edo Castle by this fleet, and it may even directly attack Edo Castle!

This Banner could only lie on the ground in fear, waiting for Iemitsu Tokugawa's questioning.

"How many ships did they come? How many people?" Tokugawa Iemitsu was shocked, but he suppressed the anxiety in his heart and asked coldly.He must remain calm in front of his retainers.

"There are thirteen artillery ships, nine merchant ships, seven or eight hundred soldiers and merchants who have landed, and some people are worried that our samurai will attack them, so they are as cunning as foxes, hiding in the sea, and dare not Go ashore," said Banner.

"Then what are the words they asked you to convey to me?" Tokugawa Iemitsu asked.

"They asked the shogunate to send envoys to negotiate with them..."

"Is there anything to negotiate? Could it be about the Nagasaki Port? Are they going to use force to force the general to revoke the deportation order?" Tokugawa Iemitsu's tone was already a little annoyed.

"Your Majesty General, you can predict things like a god. There is indeed such a requirement in the Liao Army's request..."

"Is there another one?" Tokugawa Iemitsu's face was as dark as a pot lid.

"They also demanded...to open Edo Bay to the merchants of the Ming Dynasty, so that the merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty and the Liao Army can freely enter and leave the Edo Bay, and lease Yokohama Village to them..." The unlucky little Banner said tremblingly.He could already predict that the aloof shogun would be furious when he heard this almost humiliating request.

Boom!Sure enough, Tokugawa Iemitsu slammed down on the coffee table so hard that the teacup, teapot and other utensils fell to the ground, scaring Hatakemoto to lie on the ground in fear.

"The Fu Liao army is really deceiving people too much. I really regret not killing them when they were weak!" Tokugawa Iemitsu ignored the etiquette and stood up directly. Call into the city to discuss important matters!"

For a time, there was a turmoil near Edo Castle, and almost the entire Dongying Kingdom, more than a hundred famous names and thousands of banners, focused their attention on Yokohama Village, a little-known fishing village.In just one or two days, the news that the Liao Army's troops had arrived in Dongying Kingdom swept across Edo Bay, Kanagawa and other places.A large number of surrounding farmers, samurai and daimyo gathered in the outskirts of Yokohama Village.Some people were curious to watch the fleet appearing in the waters near Yokohama Village, some people had never seen Chinese troops land in Edo Bay, and some people wanted to see how the shogunate would respond to this earth-shattering change.

Since it was the iron-clad ship Yongchang of the Liao Army that shocked the surrounding people the most this time, no one had ever seen this special steam iron-clad ship.Because the Yongchang used black paint to prevent the steel from rusting, this incident was called the "black ship coming" incident by the daimyo.This incident had an earth-shaking impact on the shogunate system created by the Tokugawa shogunate. Maybe even Tokugawa Iemitsu himself has not realized the seriousness of the problem.

(End of this chapter)