Warring States Eagle

Arima Harujun never expected that Masara would ask him for advice.His original plan was to keep his tail between his legs and keep silent.After all, as a general who recently entered the Luo family, he had to be more cautious. In addition, he entered the Luo family and sat in the position of representing the internal affairs of the Luo family. His current position in the cabinet is second only to Togo Heiji and Liu Happy.This made him even more cautious.He didn't want to be oppressed by other retainers of the Luo family as soon as he came.

Now that the Patriarch asked the question himself, he immediately had a headache.After thinking about it quickly, he gritted his teeth and finally said:

"My lord, I think Master Dongxiang's words are reasonable. Given the current situation of Higo and Satsuma, I think it's better to adopt a strategy of befriending and dividing the local wealthy families, and try to support some local forces that are close to the family. Compared with It is much better for the main family to enter the local area directly. Moreover, even if the Amakusa Islands are captured and the Nanhigo and Satsuma are successfully marched, it will only attract more enemies for the main family, which is not conducive to the situation where the main family is surrounded by enemies."

Knowing that he couldn't fool Zheng Liang, the young governor, Arima Harujun gave up his heart, and risked being shot out of the head by all the retainers of the Luo family, but also gritted his teeth and told Zheng Liang his true thoughts.

"Are you surrounded by enemies?" Zheng Liang thought about it immediately after hearing the words.

"Hehe, yes, Qingchun's analysis makes sense. The first thing that our family needs to consider is to avoid being surrounded by enemies on all sides, and the north, east, and south of our family cannot quickly ensure safety, so only the southwestern side is left. The Five Islands Islands hang alone in the sea." Zhengliang finally said.

The so-called "If a worker wants to do a good job, he must first sharpen his tools", since the Luo family's next strategy target is determined to be the Wudao Islands.Then be fully prepared.So under the command of Zhengliang.The Luo family immediately put into intense preparations for the expedition.

In the blink of an eye, it was the summer of the 12th year of Tianwen (1543).This year's summer is hotter than usual.In the early morning of this day, on Tanegashima in the east of Satsuma, an interesting thing happened.

Tanegashima is a small island located in the east of Satsuma. It has been named after the territory of Tanegashima, a vassal of the Shimadzu family, since the Kamakura period.On Tanegashima, the most famous scenery is naturally Xizhipu.

Xizhipu faces the sea and the mountains. If you stand on the beach and look far away, you can see the ships coming slowly from the mist on the horizon, bathe in the warm sea breeze and listen to the movement of the waves hitting the reef; The beautiful scenery, the birds in the verdant forest are singing softly.From time to time, small animals frightened by the lynx would rush down the mountain in panic and bump into people's feet in a panic.

On this day, Tanegashima Megumi was patrolling the territory along the coast of Nishi-no-ura.At this moment, several people dressed as local officials rushed over, and the leader was the veteran Harazhicheng. Although he was nearly sixty years old, this level of running did not seem to be very strenuous.

"My lord, my lord!" Harazhicheng shouted as if facing an enemy, "A boat came from the sea!"

Hearing this, Tanegashima Megumi couldn't help feeling a little funny.For a small island in the sea, it is quite normal for a boat to dock on the shore.Why was there such a panic?

"What cargo is on board? How many crew members?"

"Down... come down, two monsters with red hair all over their bodies and blue eyes. They look like ghosts!"

"what?"

After hearing Hara's description, not only Megumi Tanegashima, but also the people behind him were stunned for a moment.Since Tanegashima was inhabited, such strange things have not been seen, but today we can see something new.So they completely ignored Harazhicheng's exaggerated horror description, and instead followed him to watch the excitement.When they ran to the shore, they saw a strange looking boat leaning against the shore as if it had run aground, and the people on board had already walked off, standing on the beach and murmuring, not knowing what to say.The two at the head wore grotesque clothes adorned with lace and embroidery, as if they had pumpkins on them.Both have fluff on the back of their hands, thick and curly hair, crimson beard and hair, reddish white skin, long noses and high nose bridges, just like the legendary "ghost men".

Megumi Tanegashima has seen countless people and boats since he guarded the island, but this is the first time he has seen a person like this.I can't help but feel a little hairy inside the snack.The feet also involuntarily slowed down, and walked slowly towards the two people.

At this time, the people on the boat also began to whisper to each other, which sounded like discussions.After discussing with his companions for a while, one of the two leading weirdos spread his hands and began to speak their babbling language again.

Soon, one of the weirdos bent down, put his left hand on his knee, and stretched out his right hand to Tanegashima Megumin with a smile on his face.

Do not know why.Tanegashima Megumi also extended his hand.Holding both hands together, a group of people not far behind Megumi Tanegashima stopped and looked at them blankly.

"Abrigado (Portuguese, meaning hello)" the weirdo said.

But Tanegashima Megumi couldn't understand what the other party said at all.So he had to look at each other a little embarrassedly.

At this moment, a man about 30 years old, who was dressed somewhat like a Tang painting, slowly walked out from the crowd on the boat.The appearance is not much different from that of Tanegashima Megumi and others. The yellow skin that has been slightly tanned by the sea breeze has facial features that are not prominent in outline and traces of the sun and rain and the passage of time. The eyes and hair are black, and there is a faint smile on the corner of the mouth.He brushed past the strange guest and said something softly, then walked straight towards Megumi Tanegashima and his party.

"Hello, this is Wufeng from the Ming Dynasty," the man said.

As soon as the man's words came out, everyone was shocked again.The mysterious visitor from the other side of the sea - Wufeng, a native of the Ming Dynasty, can speak Japanese that is not very fluent, but can still make people understand the meaning clearly.

Now that we can communicate, things will be much more convenient.Thinking of Tanegashima Megumi, he took a step forward and said, "This is the lord of this place, Tanegashima Megumi. I don't know what is the purpose of your visit to this place?"

"This is really a last resort," Wufeng said. "I encountered a big storm at sea and deviated from the course and drifted here. I had to borrow Guibao Island to repair the ship. I don't know that there are people living on the island. I really don't want to offend. Haihan, the owner of Wanwang Island. I will wait until the rain is over and the sky clears." Set off immediately and never stop longer."

"Since that's the case, please don't be too polite. Stay here for a while longer, and if you need to repair the ship, you can just ask." After knowing the purpose of the other party's visit, Hui Shi immediately said with enthusiasm and gestured to his subordinates, "Father Next, help the guests from afar to prepare a place to rest."

As the owner of the island, you will encounter shipwreck drifting at sea or people who come to ask for help.Not only will Huishi not persecute, but he will treat those who come here graciously, because this can exchange them for a lot of good things.

Shang Wife Jiaji agreed to leave in a hurry.But after a while, Huishi was rewarded that food and shelter were ready.A group of strange people set up camp in Tanegashima and stayed there.After Wufeng's introduction, the people on the island finally understood that the two strange men were not the incarnations of evil spirits, but traders from a distant country called Portugal in the South.

On this day, Huishi saw a Portuguese take out two dark iron rods from the cabin.At the back of the iron rod is a slightly curved handle, and at the front is a hollow iron pipe, which looks as weird as its owner.

"What is this going to do?" Hui Shi immediately asked in confusion.

"This thing is called a fire dragon gun in our Ming country. Just fill it with gunpowder and bullets. You don't need great martial arts skills to pull the trigger. Even women and children can easily kill the enemy." Wu Feng took one of the edges from the Portuguese. While gesticulating, he said, "Pour in gunpowder and lead pellets like this, and use the stick below to poke them in..."

As he spoke, he held up the front half of the gun stock with one hand, tilted his body slightly, and aimed at the raised part of a huge reef twenty paces away.With the mechanical sound of pulling the trigger, everyone only heard a loud "bang", and a puff of gray smoke drifted in front of them.Look at that reef again, where are there any uplifts!Where it was originally raised, now there is only a blue-gray scar that has just been exposed.The people of Tanegashima couldn't help being dumbfounded, all of them stared, their mouths were wide open, and even the well-informed Keishi was stunned.

"How is it? It's really a good thing." Wufeng clapped his hands and smiled, "Does the island owner also want to take a shot?"

"...Could it be that Your Excellency wants to give it to me for nothing," Hui Shi swallowed a breath and said, "There will never be such a beautiful thing in the world?"

"Haha, since the island owner has said so, please ask the island owner to set a price. It doesn't matter how much it is, it should be regarded as a thank-you gift for taking care of you for a few days."

"One thousand taels of gold, what do you think?" Hui Shi narrowed his eyes and stretched out a finger.

After all, Wufeng is a businessman, so he passed the words back calmly: "This price is also..."

"What, is it because the bid is too low? If it's not right, please feel free to offer the price." Hui Shi said with a look of determination, "My family has been warriors for generations. Based on my vision, The value of this thing called Fire Dragon Spear on the battlefield in the future will far exceed the current price. Besides, there is a saying in your country that it is hard to buy what you like. Of course, what we warriors love is weapons It's..."

"Then, it's a deal." Wu Feng interrupted Hui Shi's tirade.So, in the end, Huishi spent a total of 2000 taels of gold to buy two muskets.

After buying the musket, Huishi wanted to make some more iron cannons.So he immediately ordered his retainer Ogikawa Koshiro to learn how to smash and sieve ammunition and legalize it.After that, Tanegashima began to study the casting method of iron cannons, and then refined sand iron for forging and casting. However, in the end, although the manufactured iron cannons looked the same as the real ones, they were still unusable.Later, in the second year, another group of Nanban merchants came, and fortunately, there was a blacksmith on board. Shi Yao ordered Baban Qing, a knife worker, to learn the technique of making gun barrels from him. Qing decided to send his 17-year-old daughter Wakasa Married to the captain of a merchant ship, only then did he get the true tradition of making iron cannons.

And the Nanman ship that sold two muskets also set sail again, targeting the territory of the Hizen Roche family.

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