Ming Dynasty: Tanks blocked the door and you said to me, "Long live Ming Dynasty"

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Guo strode forward and grabbed Ichiro Matsumae by the back of his collar.

Then he dragged him towards the window.

Sachiko, Ichiro Matsumae's mother, who was at the table, had never spoken a word, but when she saw this scene, she finally screamed.

"Yamete...Yamete..."

She shouted while looking at Ichiro Matsumae.

But he didn't dare move his body at all, as if he was afraid that the food would fall off his body.

Seeing that Li Guo had no intention of stopping, Sachiko seemed to have thought of something and quickly spoke in broken Chinese.

"I, I do...I, I do..."

"Don't, don't kill my Ichiro..."

As he spoke, two lines of tears welled up from his eyes.

Li Guo turned around and looked at Li Zicheng: "Uncle, are you still going to kill me?"

"kill!"

"Wait!"

The voices of Li Zicheng and Wei Liangqing sounded almost at the same time.

Li Guo was stunned for a moment, not knowing who to listen to.

Li Zicheng looked at Wei Liangqing and asked, "Do you have any ideas, sir?"

Wei Liangqing smiled and waved his hand: "I don't have any ideas."

"It's just that the Matsumae family has been entrenched in Hokkaido for decades, so keeping him here will be more or less useful."

"grown ups!"

When Ye Zi, who had followed in, heard this, he knelt down immediately.

"Please, sir, make a decision for the Ezo people!"

"Ichiro Matsumae is definitely not a good person. If we keep him, there might be trouble!"

"What's more, the Matsumae clan only occupies a small part of the Ezo land. Even if the Ming Dynasty wants to retake it, it will be enough to have my help!"

Ezo is another name for Hokkaido. Compared with the name Hokkaido, it appeared earlier and the Ainu people are more accustomed to this name.

At the same time, they would not call themselves Ainu, because the word Ainu means people in their language.

They prefer to be called Utali, which means companion.

What Ye Zi said is not without reason.

But Wei Liangqing did not change his mind after hearing this.

Li Zicheng wanted to ask more questions, but was stopped by his eyes.

It's just a dog. It doesn't make much difference whether it is killed early or late. It will be killed sooner or later anyway.

Li Zicheng didn't say anything else.

Looking at Ichiro Matsumae's mother at the table, he shook his head with some disdain.

Barbarians are barbarians!

Such behavior is truly despicable.

"In that case, then eat it and don't waste these ingredients."

As he said this, he walked to the low table, kicked the cushion away, and picked up a piece of fish from Sachiko's leg.

After thinking for a while, he dipped it in the soy sauce on her belly button again, then brought it to Sachiko's mouth and motioned for her to eat it.

Sachiko was horrified and could only do as she was told.

Chonglou came closer, stared at Sachiko carefully from head to toe, and finally shook his head and said.

"Don't worry, my Lord. I didn't poison you."

"Fresh meat is delicate, and if there is any poison in it, it can be seen at a glance."

Hearing this, everyone felt relieved and came to the table one by one to surround Sachiko.

There are no chopsticks and no need for them.

He used his hands to feed on her.

The ingredients still have their original taste and have not changed at all due to this special arrangement.

It's just another experience that always makes people imagine things unconsciously.

A meal that took a long time...

On that day...

The next day.......

The next day........

Taking into account that the Qin army had been drifting on the sea for ten days and most of the soldiers were not in good physical condition, Li Zicheng ordered the entire army to rest for three days.

It was not until the fourth day that the top leaders of the Qin army gathered together again to discuss what to do next.

Outside the courtyard of the Matsumae family, there is a plaque with five big characters "Beihai Command Office" written on it.

The three-story wooden building was also modified by the craftsmen who brought with them.

The most obvious thing is that the first floor has been changed into the style of Juyi Hall.

Two chairs covered with bear skin were placed in the middle of the hall, which were the seats for Li Zicheng and Wei Liangqing.

From these two chairs to the door, there are five chairs covered with dog skin on each side, which are the seats for Gao Yigong and others.

Everyone gathered together again and looked at the furnishings here, and they all felt that they liked it.

Li Zicheng pointed to the main seat on the left and bowed to Wei Liangqing.

"Sir, please take a seat!"

Wei Liangqing smiled and walked to the right and sat down.

"I am just an observer. The Marquis has to make the final decision here."

Seeing this, Li Zicheng had no choice but to sit down on the left, and then asked everyone to take their seats.

The left is superior. The Qin army was very satisfied with Wei Liangqing's attitude.

Yuan Zongde quietly put the dagger back into the sheath with the hand behind his waist, looked at the ten chairs in front of him, walked to the third chair on the left and sat down.

Chapter 551 Heading south, fight!

As Yuan Zongde took his seat, the others also went to their own seats.

Over such a long period of time, it has become clear who holds what position in the Qin army.

However, as Chonglou's identity was revealed, the second position on the left changed from Li Guo to Chonglou.

Li Guo then moved to the right.

Then, it is Niu Jinxing second from the left, Gao Yigong second from the right, and Yuan Zongde third from the left.

After him, there were several men who had been promoted due to their merits in the past year.

After everyone took their seats, Niu Jinxing took out a notebook from his arms and reported what he had gained in the past few days.

Although Japan had huge reserves of gold and silver, not much of it had been developed at this time, and there was not a single drop of it on the island of Hokkaido.

Wei Jie under Li Guo's command guessed correctly. After taking Fushan City, the Qin army's total gains were only more than 8,000 taels of silver, which was still a long way from 10,000 taels.

However, in order to take credit, Noko of the Ainu tribe reported an exciting news.

There is a mountain called Tategyu-dake, a little west of the center of Hokkaido. Legend has it that someone once found gold sand there.

The presence of gold sand means that there must be gold mines there.

Mr. Matsumae had also heard of this legend, but it could not be confirmed.

One reason is that their high-pressure policy made the islanders always have an attitude of hypocrisy towards the Matsumae family. Without a guide, it is not easy to find gold mines in the vast mountains.

At the same time, although the Matsumae family has been operating in Hokkaido for decades, they have not been able to occupy the entire island of Hokkaido so far.

Strictly speaking, the Song family's sphere of influence is less than one-third of Hokkaido.

And that Li Niu Yue is outside their sphere of influence!

Everyone was extremely excited to hear the news.

Yuan Zongdi was the first to stand up, patting his chest and promising: "I request to lead my troops to Liniuyue to search for gold mines!"

Gao Yigong also wanted to express his opinion, but before he could say anything, he was interrupted by Li Zicheng.

"There is no rush to find minerals. After all, we don't have anyone who understands mining."

"But this is an opportunity for us."

After saying that, he turned and looked at Wei Liangqing.

"Li is going to write a letter to the court to offer this gold mine. What do you think, sir?"

Wei Liangqing was greatly surprised: "My Lord, this is a gold mine!"

Li Zicheng waved his hand nonchalantly: "Of course I know it's a gold mine, but, there must be an opportunity to recruit, right?"

Wei Liangqing thought for a moment, as if he understood something, and immediately burst into laughter.

"My Lord, this is a good idea!"

"In that case, I will go back and write the memorial now!"

Before he finished speaking, he stood up and walked out.

He is just a duke without real power, and is just a mascot here.

Therefore, this meeting would not have any impact whether he is there or not.

Just after he left, Niu Jinxing asked again.

"My Lord, the Japanese prisoners we captured on the day we landed, plus those we found in the city over the past two days, total 1,120 people."

"How should we deal with these people?"

As a representative of the indigenous people of Hokkaido, Noko was also present, sitting in an inconspicuous corner at the door.

Hearing this, he jumped out, knelt down in the middle of the hall, and asked excitedly.

"My Lord, those Japanese deserve to die! Please give the order to kill them and avenge my people!"

Li Zicheng frowned: "Killing them with one blow is too easy for them!"

"I have other uses for those captives. Don't worry, they will experience what it means to live a life worse than death."

After saying this, he looked at Chonglou.

"Have you found out everything about Japan's situation?"

Chonglou nodded: "Ichiro Matsumae has confessed everything he knows."

"According to what he said, the so-called emperor of Japan is now called Masahito, also known as Emperor Go-Mizunoo, but he is actually just a puppet."

"The one in power is the Tokugawa shogunate. The person in power is Tokugawa Iemitsu, the grandson of Tokugawa Ieyasu."

"Because the Tokugawa shogunate was established in Edo, it is also called the Edo shogunate."

"Almost all the official appointments in the entire country of Japan came from the Edo Shogunate."

"There are more than 200 daimyo families under the Edo Shogunate, and the number of military forces varies from family to family."

"But all together, the number of troops will not exceed 100,000 at most."

"These names sound nice, but they're just that."

"A bigger one, about the same size as our Qianhu."

"He's almost as good as a centurion in the Ming Dynasty."

"There are samurai under the daimyo. It's just a title. The more powerful ones can have three or five obedient soldiers under their command. Most of them are just empty names, with no power at all."