Warring States Eagle

Zheng Liang asked Li Huamei about his next step on the Ming Guofu ship near the Dangjin Bay Navy Harbor in Matsuura County, Hizen Country, Kyushu.When she heard that Li Huamei planned to avenge her adoptive father who was framed and died, she was almost overwhelmed by lightning.

"I want to drive out all the Japanese pirates, so as to cut off the money of those damned officials who are greedy for business, and then completely control the maritime trade routes between the Ming Dynasty and this place, and use the wealth here to expand my fleet. "But Li Huamei suddenly changed her voice, and said with twinkling eyes, "This time, after selling the family property, part of the money was used to buy this lucky boat, and part of it was to partner with Wang Dong's family, Shitou and the others. In order to expand the scale of our business route. Moreover, Shitou and the others have already helped me figure out a way to deal with those dog officials who are greedy for business."

Zheng Liang understood as soon as he heard it, Li Huamei planned to cut off his overseas financial resources, and then combined with secret attacks and other means to retaliate against those dog officials who corrupted businessmen.But that's good too, at least Li Huamei won't return to that rotten Ming country.It's just that if Li Huamei plans to gallop in this sea area in the future, it is very likely that he will encounter another group of Ming pirates who just came to this sea area.Once the two sides conflict, just relying on Li Huamei's current lucky boat may not be the opponent of the other party. Now both this ship and Li Huamei are treasures in Zheng Liang's eyes, so in order to prevent them from getting into danger, Zheng Liang is here. After a little deliberation in my heart, I said:

"From my point of view, the attack power of this ship is not very good because it doesn't have a large cylinder. Look at this, wait until the end of the year when the several large cylinders of our family are cast, and install enough large cylinders for this warship. You How about going to sea again?"

Li Huamei immediately became thoughtful after hearing the words.

"During this period, this warship can patrol the coast of my territory. While familiarizing myself with the terrain along the coast of my territory, it will also boost the morale of the navy of the family, so that the navy of the other lords will not dare to easily How about making an idea of ​​the coastal waters of my territory, and you can also take the opportunity to visit around in your own territory?"

"I heard that the navy in your family has a general. What kind of position do you plan to give me?" At this time, Li Huamei did not immediately agree to Zheng Liang's arrangement, but asked instead.

"Eh!" Zheng Liang was speechless for a moment.Nima's.Including the situation of her own house in the city just now, why does Li Huamei know so clearly?It must have been revealed to her by Shitou and Wang Hai (this can't be blamed on Shitou, Wang Hai and others, in order to persuade Li Huamei to come to Zhengliang's territory, they had to introduce the situation of Luo's family and Zhengliang to Li Huamei in detail ).

"Why, don't you plan to give me an official position? It seems that all the wives and concubines in your family can run commercial houses and even serve as high officials in your territory?" Li Huamei said again.

"How about a navy general? How about a navy general who can command a navy fleet?" Zheng Liang finally said under Li Huamei's compelling and alluring eyes.

"Okay, since that's the case, let's listen to your lord's arrangement for now." After receiving Zheng Liang's appointment, Li Huamei immediately agreed to Zheng Liang's previous arrangement.

Seeing that Li Huamei finally agreed to his arrangement, Zheng Liang couldn't help secretly heaving a sigh of relief.Although on the surface Li Huamei looks easy to talk to.But inside, Li Huamei came from a stubborn person.This kind of character is very different from Nong Ji.Nonghime is naive with stubbornness.But Li Huamei is a bit more complicated. During the period of getting along with her, Zheng Liang has seen several characters in her, such as gentleness, coldness, boldness, and stubbornness. She is really a complicated woman.Seeing that such a woman with her own opinions agreed to her arrangement, Zheng Liang naturally breathed a sigh of relief.But Li Huamei's next sentence made Zheng Liang nervous:

"I heard that there is an army composed of all women in your territory, and your daughter is the commander of this army, is it true?" Whether it is in the local Wa country or in the Ming country, in the background of women's low social status Now, it is a novel thing that such an army can appear.

"Huh? Hahaha..." Zheng Liang was startled at first, and then quickly shouted.Damn it, who leaked it this time?It's just that it can't be Shitou and the others this time. After all, when Miji and Nongji created such a female guard, they were still in the Ming Dynasty.Then it could only be Liu Le and the others.It seems that after going back, we have to talk to them carefully.How could he talk to Li Huamei about such a thing?If Mei Ji, Nong Ji and Li Huamei, who is obviously inclined to be a concubine, get together, then there will be a good show in the territory, and it's no wonder Zheng Liang doesn't have a headache.Thinking of this, Zheng Liang immediately changed the subject and said:

"There is also a shipbuilding workshop in the territory of our family, and it is just starting to build a small blessing ship. When you visit the territory of our family this time, you just have to visit it."

"Really? How about I lead all the lucky boats built by the family in the future?" Li Huamei's eyes lit up immediately after hearing the words, and she hurriedly asked.She was trying every means to build a powerful fleet at sea, and now it was time to doze off, but someone sent a pillow. Naturally, she was in a hurry to ask for a boat and power.

"Okay! From now on, you will lead the training of this type of ships." Zheng Liang immediately agreed.In fact, Zheng Liang has seen the operation of this lucky boat before. If it weren't for the sailors who operated it were Li Huamei, Wang Hai, Shitou and others trained by the Ming Dynasty, it is estimated that it would be impossible to change the local navy of Luo's family. manned the warship.Therefore, let Li Huamei and others who are more proficient in the navigation and combat conditions of this type of ships take command, which will be able to exert the power of this type of ships to a greater extent.

At the same time, the Luo family can also use these ships to train other sailors.This was originally Zheng Liang's original idea. Now that Li Huamei proposed it, Zheng Liang naturally agreed.Of course, in order to prevent Li Huamei from only focusing on opening up her business routes and ignoring the protection of the territorial waters, it is necessary to monitor and restrict this fleet, and Li Huamei must be able to understand it.

"By the way, since you plan to hand over the small blessing boats that are under construction to me, then take back the warships that you allocated to me before. I saw that your navy generals were concerned about the captured warships. The boat is also very greedy." Li Huamei said immediately after receiving Zheng Liang's consent.

What Li Huamei was referring to was the three Guan ships and more than 30 Xiaozao seized during the capture of the bay where Gumi Castle is located on Iki Island.Now every navy hopes that the more warships in their fleet, the better.They almost regard the team they are in as their own other home.It was precisely because of the discovery of these circumstances of the retainers that Zheng Liang postponed the plan for the major adjustment of the generals of the various teams that was originally planned to be implemented.This plan still has to wait until the right time to implement it, otherwise it will inevitably cause commotion in various teams.

Since Li Huamei is so considerate now, Zheng Liang immediately decided to allocate these ships according to the merits of the first and second standing navy teams that participated in the expedition.

"Also, there seems to be a letter from another group of pirates to be delivered to you at Dong Wang's house, you should hurry back as soon as possible, as for me, just let Shi Shi and others take me around for a while. I thought that you occupied thousands of acres of land like those squires in the Ming Dynasty. How about you become a small landlord? Now it seems that your territory is much larger than I expected, and I just happened to be walking around." Li Huamei finally said .

"Okay!" When he heard about the letter, Zheng Liang also became serious, and nodded in agreement with Li Huamei's request.It's just that when Zhengliang rushed back to Xuefu City, he found that Wang Hai had just rushed from Hirado Island to Tangjin to meet him, so the two missed it.At the same time, he also received a request from a Southern barbarian who claimed to be a missionary.After getting Zhengliang's permission, the missionary came to the door two days later.There were two people who came, one was Yajiro who claimed to be a local.The other was a Southern Man missionary.

"Master Xiu, this is Father Francis Xavier. He is a Jesuit, and he is also a very educated and talented person." Yajiro obviously had a general understanding of Masara's information before coming here, so he took the initiative Xiang Zhengliang introduced, "I am a small fisherman born in Satsuma. He went to Malacca with a merchant ship a few years ago, and he just returned here this year with Father Francis Xavier's ship."

"It's a great honor to meet you two." Zheng Liang welcomed them in a friendly manner.

Masara knew something about Father Francis Xavier introduced by Yajiro.He was one of the founders of the Society of Jesus, and first spread Catholicism to Malacca and Japan in Asia.The Catholic Church called it "the greatest missionary in history" and "the patron saint of missionaries".Xavier is the patron saint of the two dioceses of China, Japan, Goa and Macau, and the celebration is scheduled on December 12 every year.

He was born in 1506 in a prominent Basque family in Fort Xavier, Navarra (Navarra), northern Spain today. When the Spanish invaded Navarre in 1512, the castles of many local families - including those of the Xavier family - were destroyed at this time, and their territories were lost since then. In 1515, Francis' father died. In 1525, at the age of 19, Xavier went to France to study philosophy at the Santa Barbara College of the University of Paris. Five years later, he received a master's degree and began to work as a lecturer.In Paris, Ignatius Loyola, a fellow countryman who was 15 years older than him, rented a house with him.What this fellow countryman pursues is the glory of God. He often said to Xavier a golden verse in the Bible: "Even if a man gains the whole world, if he loses his soul, what good is it to him?".After Ignatius' long-term nurturing, Xavier's thoughts gradually changed, and he joined a group of people who followed Ignatius.

On August 1534, 8, seven people, including Loyola and Xavier, jointly swore a vow of poverty and chastity in Montmartre in Paris, and founded the Society of Jesus. They originally wanted to go to Jerusalem, but they were saved by the Pope. Lu III stopped. On September 15, 1540, Pope Paul III officially approved the establishment of the Society of Jesus and appointed Loyola to be the first president.Xavier was ordered to become the first missionaries of the Society of Jesus, and went to the east to preach in India and other places. On May 9, 27, Xavier arrived in Goa, the center of Portugal in India. From 1542 to 5, Xavier went to Malacca and the Moluccas to preach. On August 6, 1545 (the day of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary), he arrived in the country of Wa to preach (now that history has changed slightly, he came to the country of Wa a little later).According to historical records, he left Wa in 1547.Back to Goa. Arrived in Shangchuan Island, China in August 1549.But due to the Ming government's lock-up policy.Xavier was never allowed to enter the interior to preach.In December of the same year, Xavier died of illness on the island.His body was not buried until 8 in the Cathedral of Jesus in Goa, India. Xavier was listed as a saint by the church in 15, and his tomb has also become a holy place of worship.At the same time, some of Xavier's relics are preserved in Malacca, Rome and Macao's St. Joseph's Seminary.

What Zhengliang didn't know was that before visiting Zhengliang, Francis Xavier had already visited Takahisa Shimadzu of Satsuma and Yoshitaka Ouchi of Zhou Fangguo.After Francis Xavier and others visited the Shimadzu family in Satsuma, they passed through the Bungo Waterway along the Osumi Strait and Hyuga Nada, and learned that the land along the waterway is the most powerful daimyo in Kyushu. After the territory.Francis Xavier once planned to visit, but because of the sea ban imposed along the coast of Bungo Kingdom at this time, they had to temporarily divert their route and go to Zhoufang first.

When I met Takahisa Shimadzu, in addition to presenting a lot of Nanban gifts to Takahisa Shimadzu, and reached an agreement with the Shimadzu family, one is that Francis Xavier can be in the territory of the Shimadzu family The second is that the church represented by Francis Xavier will start trading with the Shimadzu family, such as iron guns and gunpowder.Similarly, when meeting with Yoshitaka Ouchi, Francis Xavier handed over letters from the Governor and Bishop of India in Goa, and presented a large number of gifts.Successfully obtained its missionary license, and at the same time reached a trade agreement with the Ouchi family.

"It's really a great honor! Please sit down, both of you!" After expressing the welcome.Zheng Liang immediately sat on the main seat of the Xuefu City Council Hall.

Hearing Masara's answer, Yajiro quickly translated it for Father Francis Xavier.Francis Xavier nodded, then imitated Yajiro and sat down cross-legged, then took out the gift he had prepared and gave it to Masara.There are four gifts in total, namely a huge glass mirror, a black velvet hat, a Bengal cane and a beautiful peacock feather. These items are very rare in Japan today, which is enough to show his sincerity.

Yajiro acted as the translator of Francis Xavier. At this time, he said: "We are very grateful to Mr. Xiu for meeting us this time. These gifts are gifts from Father Francis Xavier for the first time. , please accept it."

"Then I'll be ashamed to accept it." Zheng Liang responded with a smile, and then asked two surnames Yamanaka Yukimori and Cheng Fu Maoan who were kneeling in the corridor outside the hall to carry the gift down.Cheng Fu Mao'an became Zheng Liang's surname at the beginning of this year after fulfilling Zheng Liang's condition to become the best boy scout near his village.

Seeing that Zhengliang was completely different from the surprise expressions of other local daimyos when they saw those gifts, even Zhengliang's expression was still very calm.Father Francis Xavier couldn't help being taken aback for a moment, and then said something with a smile on his face.Yajiro next to him immediately translated: "It turns out that Ling, your lord has seen these gifts in the morning, so you must know the source of these gifts?"

"Hehe, not bad, so I am very grateful for your generous gift." Zheng Liang nodded and said.

Yajiro once again translated Masara's words to Father Francis Xavier.Father Francis Xavier thought for a while, and then said a few words to Yajiro again.Looking at the situation, the other party is about to talk about business next.

Sure enough, Yajiro then turned to Zheng Liang and saluted: "Master Xiu, I am here to visit this time because I hope that Mr. Xiu will allow me to preach in your territory, and allow me to build a building on your territory." Church. Hope to get your permission."

As for the purpose of Father Francis Xavier's visit this time, Zheng Liang knew after receiving their request to see him.It's just that Zheng Liang has concerns about allowing them to preach in their territory.We must know that in history, the famous Amakusa Islands and Shimabara Peninsula church riots occurred in Kyushu.Zhengliang didn't want another Yixiangzong to appear in his territory.

However, by allowing them to preach in the territory, on the one hand, the influence of temples and shrines in the local area will be divided; Shipbuilding technology is also very good.

In addition, Zhengliang generally adopts a policy of coercion to deal with the temples and shrines in the newly occupied areas, but this process often consumes a lot of manpower and material resources in the territory, which also causes turmoil in these newly occupied territories. The future rule of the family will bring obstacles.If every territory implements this method in the future, it will only delay the speed of the Luo family's rule.It is better to use the method of infiltrating and dividing the local temples and shrines by the temples and shrines controlled by the Luo family and the church.This method appears to be more gentle in the process of disposal, and the final effect is similar.

So after another quick thought in his mind, Zheng Liang decided to agree to the other party's request.But for these churches, there are some restrictions.

First of all, the church must not be allowed to preach in the three countries of Hizen, Chikugo, and Higo. After all, the power of local temples and shrines in these three countries already belongs to the Luo family.There is no need to let the church in again.However, the church was allowed to enter the Chikuzen and Bungo countries where there were still many local temples and shrines, and the newly occupied territories would also allow the church to enter.

Secondly, all churches that enter the territory must abide by the laws of the territory. If land is found to be encroaching (the people do not have land ownership, even if there are believers in the territory who voluntarily donate land in the future, the people and the church will regard it as an illegal territory) Behaviors such as inciting believers, etc., regardless of whether they are the leaders of the Luo family, will be dealt with in accordance with the laws of the Luo family.In this regard, the intelligence cabinet will strengthen the monitoring of the church.

Finally, for the building of the church, the land construction must be approved after the joint approval of the Luo family's intelligence cabinet and the cabinet.Each ecclesiastical building is given a small amount of land to allow the clergy in that building to be self-sufficient (the land given is usually small to limit the number of its clergy and the size of the local church).Generally speaking, Zhengliang is going to adopt a dual-track policy of supporting and restricting the church.

Thinking of this, Zheng Liang immediately agreed to the other party's request.Afterwards, the official party of the family and the officials of the cabinet came out to work out a detailed missionary and bilateral trade agreement with the other party.

(Thanks to "1381722451" for becoming a deacon fan of this book; thanks to "drgaonfire, messy otaku lyp" for the monthly pass; thanks to "theendoff, Lumia" for the reward. In the last few hours of the double monthly pass, I rolled all over the floor to everyone Ask for a monthly pass.) (To be continued..)