The Ming Dynasty took an unconventional approach

Yamana Mochitoyo met her gaze and felt a chill in his heart.

"To avenge our blood, that's one," Pan Yun said. "Second, this spring, the Da Nei clan sent people to sneak into our Daming, seriously injured a Daming knight, and snatched a map from him. That knight is our friend and a very good brother. We came here to help him get the map back."

The friend and brother standing nearby lowered his head silently.

Yamana Mochitoyo asked curiously, "What is this picture?"

Pan Yun: "It's a priceless map. It's a map of our Ming Dynasty. Mr. Yamana shouldn't be interested in it."

"Third, the Ouchi clan monopolizes the maritime trade between the Ming Dynasty and Japan and Korea with pirates. Our Ming Dynasty merchant alliance cannot stand this and wants to operate a route of their own. In the future, the transportation of ships and goods will be safe and cheap. If we can cooperate with Mr. Yamana, it will also be beneficial to the Yamana clan, right?"

Yamana Mochitoyo was very excited, but he also knew that this was impossible. He shook his head and said, "The coastal areas are controlled by the Ouchi clan. We can't rob them. Besides, we don't have large enough ships."

No matter how blindly confident Yamana Mochitoyo was, he knew that it was impossible for them to defeat the Ouchi clan and seize the port to the west of the Ouchi clan.

Pan Yun: "I heard there is a place called Onsenjin Town in the east."

Yamana Mochitoyo subconsciously looked at Masuda Shinta.

Masuda Shinta: …

He quickly said, "It is indeed by the sea, but there are only fishermen fishing there, and the boats going in and out are all small fishing boats. I have never heard of a place where large ships can dock."

Pan Jun raised his eyebrows, looked him up and down, and asked, "What's your name?"

Masuda Shinta quickly bowed his head and introduced himself: "My name is Masuda Shinta, I am a retainer of the head of the Yamana family, and I am from the Masuda clan."

Jia Ge smiled and said, "The area that Miss Pan mentioned has been handed over to the Yitian family for management."

Pan Yun's eyes flickered slightly, which meant that the Yitian family was a wealthy family in that area.

It's like the Ouchi clan was the local tyrant in the Suo area, so the Yamana clan initially handed the Suo area over to the Ouchi clan to manage, but the Ouchi clan managed it better and better, and their power was deeply rooted, and it was difficult for him to shake it...

Isn't this a struggle between imperial power and local nobles for local power?

Pan Yun became friendlier to Masuda Shinta and paid more attention to him.

Pan Yun smiled and said, "That's because no large ship has ever docked there. As long as the first ship goes there, won't it be used by large ships? If it's inconvenient, then build a port to make it convenient. Yamana-kun, do you know why the Ouchi clan developed into a powerful family in just a few decades? Even the Ashikaga clan and the Oda clan in Kyoto had to be tolerant of them."

Yamana Mochitoyo: "He had an army and a large number of samurai."

Pan Yun: "It takes a lot of money to support the army and warriors. Don't the Yamana clan have people?
In terms of background, the Yamana clan is far superior to the Ouchi clan, but they lack money. If they have enough money, why worry about talents not coming? With talents and money, no matter how many troops and samurai there are, the Yamana clan can come with a wave of his hand! "

Yamana Mochitoyo's blood boiled with excitement, and even the serious and steady Jia Ge couldn't help but feel excited.

Shinta Masuda on the side lowered his head and rolled his eyes. If a port was really built in Onsenzu Town, the direct beneficiary would be their Masuda family.

After all, that was the Masuda clan's territory.

His heart also became excited.

Xue Shao watched silently from the side, and seeing that Pan Yun's words excited the three people, he couldn't help but curl his lips slightly. When they returned to the hall, the three people were much more enthusiastic.

Yamana Mochitoyo felt that they were guests coming from afar, so how could he let them stay in the inn?
He warmly invited them to live in Yamana.

Pan Yun said that they were knights, equivalent to the warriors here, who yearned for freedom, were used to being at ease and were not bound by any constraints.

Yamana Mochitoyo immediately said, "You won't be restricted. I'll have someone give you two houses next door to live in. You can go in and out through separate doors, so no one will disturb you. It will also be convenient for us to discuss matters in the future."

Pan Yun thought for a moment and agreed: "But it's getting late today, it's too late to move, we'll move tomorrow."

Therefore, more in-depth cooperation issues, such as how to take back the land taken away by the Ouchi clan, how to build a port in Onsenzu Town, how to snatch a few ships from the Ouchi clan, and how to cooperate with the business alliance on the Ming side, will all be discussed after tomorrow.

Yamana Mochitoyo returned to the meeting room excitedly and asked Jia Ge and the others, "Do you think what she said is true?"

Jia Ge said: "It should be true."

Shinta Masuda also judged it to be true.

Yamana Mochitoyo was confused: "Does she really have the ability to achieve this?"

Jia Ge: "She is a very smart and strategic person, and the people around her are also very capable. Such a person can be a national hero. Unfortunately, she is from the Ming Dynasty, so we should be cautious."

Masuda Shinta has a different view: "She is very smart, but no matter how smart she is, she is still a pirate. The merchant alliance she mentioned is just the merchants smuggling in the Ming Dynasty. The imperial court of the Ming Dynasty has banned the sea, and law-abiding citizens cannot leave. She came here, perhaps for revenge as she said, but more for profit, right?"

Jia Ge's mind moved, and he said, "Maybe we should send someone to find out the map they are looking for."

Yamana Mochitoyo was unimpressed: "Those people in Kyoto just like Ming Dynasty paintings and calligraphy. A book that can't even be flipped through can be sold for a hundred taels of silver. A painting that is said to be an ancient painting without a single word on it can be sold for a hundred or a thousand taels of silver. The Ouchi clan also likes to pretend to be cultured, so they might have really stolen a real ancient painting. I heard that in the Ming Dynasty, some solitary paintings could be sold for a thousand or even ten thousand taels of gold, and they were worth a fortune."

Shinta Masuda on the side seemed to be hesitant to speak.

Jia Ge glanced at it and urged, "If you have something to say, just say it."

Masuda Shinta then whispered, "I heard a businessman from Shikoku Island talking about something a few days ago, and it seemed to be related to the picture."

"what's up?"

"The Kikuchi family often robbed Ming merchant ships and fishermen. They hid the stolen money on an island and drew a treasure map. Some time ago, the Kikuchi family was in internal strife, and all the legitimate descendants died. The traitor Yoshimura Shunye came to power, but before his death, Kikuchi Ninth burned the treasure map in his hand. All those who knew about it died in the internal strife. Only Kikuchi Takehoku still had a map in his hand, but Kikuchi Takehoku was captured by the Ming court, and the map disappeared."

Yamana Mochitoyo and Jiage's hearts couldn't help but jump, and they became excited: "You mean..."

"I heard that the Kikuchi family sent many warriors to the Ming Dynasty in order to find the map, and they also provoked the Ming Dynasty warriors, who are currently harassing them. The Ouchi family took advantage of the situation and found the person who took the map earlier than the Kikuchi family and snatched the map away..."

"No wonder, no wonder," Yamana Mochitoyo walked back and forth and said excitedly, "What revenge? We are here for the treasure map. They want us to deal with the Ouchi clan and then find the treasure map!"

Masuda Shinta hurriedly said: "The port of Onsenzu Town..."

"The port should also be real. The treasure map is only temporary after all. If we can build the port, it will be like having a hen that lays golden eggs. She must want both, just like us. Revenge is probably the reason to do it!" (End of this chapter)