I, the Ming Dynasty, can still save me

"Master Governor, this is not allowed!"

As soon as Shimazu Tadahashi finished speaking, Shimazu Longbo immediately spoke to dissuade him.But as soon as he said this, everyone present looked at him, and Shimazu Tadahashi's face became more and more livid, but Shimazu Longbo didn't care about him at all, and quickly explained:

"Master Governor, you are the head of our Shimazu family. This time to suppress the Ryukyu rebellion, you can directly send Kaguyama Hisaka and Hirata Masumune to go out. These two people have outstanding abilities and are the generals of our Shimazu family. They conquered the Ryukyus that year. When it comes, it's just the two of them. You just need to stay in Kagoshima and don't take any personal risks. Otherwise, if something happens, what will you do?"

Shimazu Longbo didn't say it was okay, but when he mentioned Shimazu Tadahashi, he became even more disgusted with him.

When the Ryukyus were conquered, although he was the governor of the family, all orders were given by his father Shimazu Yoshihiro and Shimazu Ryūpaku. He could only watch and could not participate in it.

And he has not really held power for a long time now, and his reputation is not enough. It would be best if he could use this opportunity to conquer Ryukyu to become famous.But Shimazu Longbo, an old man, actually wanted to stop him.

"Uncle, I have made up my mind, don't say any more. Back then, you and my father made a plan to annex Ryukyu, but it was finally stopped by Tokugawa Ieyasu. This time I must make it a reality and let Ryukyu become my island from now on. The territory of the Jin family.”

"But~"

"Don't say any more!"

Shimazu Longbo also wanted to explain the situation, but Shimazu Tadahashi waved his hand and refused. He then looked around at all the Shimazu retainers present and said coldly:

"The conquest of Ryukyu has been decided. We will gather troops from today and send out troops to conquer Ryukyu in half a month. At that time, my uncle Shimazu Ryuubo will be in charge of Kagoshima affairs."

"Hi!"

Seeing Shimazu Tadashiro's determination, Shimazu Longbo shook his head helplessly, but he had no choice but to obey the order.

After the discussion was over, Shimazu Ryūbo returned to his residence and was still thinking about Ryukyu. The more he thought about it, the more something was wrong.

Ryukyu's military strength was weak and it was impossible to resist Satsuma Domain. Even if they resisted, they would not kill all the Zaibanshou in Ryukyu at once.Therefore, there was definitely Ming's support behind such a clean and tidy matter, so he was silent for a long time, and finally called his son Shimazu Iehisa to come to the room to discuss the matter.

"You told me before that you were doing maritime trade with a merchant from Ming Dynasty. How strong is that merchant from Ming Dynasty? Why didn't you do business in Ming Dynasty? Instead, you went to Japan to do business."

Shimazu listened to his father's inquiry for a long time and was confused. Since doing business with the Ming Dynasty businessman last year, his father had never asked about this matter. Why did he suddenly have time to care today?

"Father, the Ming merchant is called Yan Siqi. He is from Fujian in the Ming Dynasty. When he was young, he committed a murder, so he fled to Japan to do business. A few years ago, he had a conflict with Li Dan, a merchant from the Ming Dynasty in Nagasaki. Very big.

But after Li Dan was recruited by the Ming Dynasty, Yan Siqi's strength expanded rapidly, and he can now be said to be the largest merchant in Changzhou Domain.After we got in touch with my son last year, we said that we had frequent business dealings with Nanman, so we wanted to use this opportunity to do further business with Nanman. In just a few months, we have made a profit of several thousand taels. "

After hearing what Shimazu Iehisa said, Shimazu Ryūbo lowered his head and thought for a while, and then said silently:
"Then is he in Kagoshima?"

"Now, since this year, he said that the Choshu Domain has been targeting him for a long time, so he has always wanted to transfer his business to our Satsuma Domain. Therefore, during this period, he has purchased a mansion in Kagoshima, opened shops and It's in the warehouse." "Then you ask him to come over tomorrow, I have something to ask him!"

After hearing this for a long time, the Shimazu family became even more confused, but he did not dare to disobey his father's order and immediately took the order and left.

So at noon the next day, Shimazu took Yan Siqi to his home.

Yan Siqi looked at the decoration of Shimazu's home with vigilance. After he heard that Shimazu Long Bo wanted to see him yesterday, he had already roughly guessed what was going on.

According to the news he has received now, the Ming Dynasty has already taken action in Ryukyu. Yesterday, the head of the Satsuma clan, Shimazu Tadahashi, ordered a personal expedition to Ryukyu.Things have been half successful at this point. Now we can only wait for Shimazu Tadahashi to be eliminated by the Ming Dynasty, and then wait for the opportunity to take action.

"Yan Siqi, a businessman from the Ming Dynasty, has met the boss!"

In the main hall, Shimazu Longbo looked at Yan Siqi who was kneeling on his knees and asked quietly:

"You are that Ming Dynasty businessman, and I have often heard him talk about you. He said that you are very business-savvy, even that Li Dan was not as good as you. I only earned thousands of taels by doing business with you in just a few months. silver."

Upon hearing this, Yan Siqi immediately sat upright and pretended to be frightened:
"I dare not take it seriously. The person who runs sea trade in Japan is still Li Dan. This person's fleet is engaged in business in Japan, Ming Dynasty, Nanyang and other countries. Even Westerners have to respect him. If he hadn't defected to Ming Dynasty, I would still respect him. He is a person. As for making money, the main thing is that your young master is very talented, and I also rely on many of his connections."

Seeing that Yan Siqi's words were very straightforward, Shimazu Longbo nodded with satisfaction.He knew what the Shimazu family was capable of. It was impossible to make so much money through business, and more of it was specially given by Yan Siqi.

"Well, I heard that you came out to escape after killing people in Ming Dynasty. It seems that you are determined not to go back, so I called you here. The purpose is to ask you something about Ming Dynasty. If you are truthful Tell me, I will definitely reward you generously."

When Shimazu Longbo said this, Yan Siqi immediately became confused, so he quickly said:
"It doesn't matter if you tell me, I will tell you everything I know!"

"You must already know about the Ryukyu Incident. They don't respect my Satsuma clan, so I, the head of the Shimazu family, am going to personally lead an army to attack them.

But I suspect that the Ming Dynasty is definitely behind this turmoil in Ryukyu. However, my head still doesn’t believe it and still wants to conquer Ryukyu himself. Therefore, I want to send someone to Ryukyu to investigate the truth with the Ming Kingdom. Otherwise, my Shimazu family will It's dangerous. "

Yan Siqi was immediately elated upon hearing this, secretly thinking that even if he fell asleep, he would give him a pillow.So he pretended to be calm and said with a slight hesitation:

"What does that old man mean?"

Shimazu Longbo knew that he was a smart man, and when he saw what he said, he must have understood what he meant, so he immediately showed his cards.

"Well, you are right. You and your caravan are mostly from the Ming Dynasty. Is it most appropriate to go to Ryukyu and investigate the situation with the Ming Dynasty?"

"But you also know that I, Yan Siqi, had a murder case in the Ming Dynasty, otherwise I would not come to Japan to do business. What's more, I and Li Dan were sworn enemies before. The caravan has been remembered by the Ming Dynasty officials. As soon as it shows up, it will immediately Arrest, this is really dangerous." (End of Chapter)