The home of Kayama Kuriten is a typical Japanese garden, with a curved stream, a delicate cloister, gravel, broken wood and moss.

Xiao Lotian strolled in the old courtyard of the Huashan family, stopping from time to time to pay attention to the beautiful scenery in front of him. Whenever this happens, Huashan Liyuan always stands quietly beside him, not saying a word for fear of disturbing Xiao Letian's contemplation.

"I'm sorry, I don't see much of the Japanese garden, please forgive me for being a little distracted......"

"Where, where, if Mr. Xiao likes this mansion, I am willing to offer it with both hands......" The old man of the Huashan family said respectfully.

Xiao Lotian smiled slightly, did not answer his words, he strode in front and enjoyed the courtesy that the people of the upper kingdom could get in the vassal country, but it was a pity that this courtesy could not be maintained for a few years.

Although Xiao Letian was not an official of the Qing Dynasty, Xiao Letian's prestige definitely reached the famous Cheng Dù of Jinghua, and such a scholar could already be called a peerless national scholar in Japan.

This is a very high honor, and it is a fame that even the emperor will respect. Coupled with the influence of Chinese civilization on Japanese culture for thousands of years, Xiao Lotian can also be respected by everyone as a cloth cloth, and the main seat of kaiseki cuisine deserves to be his.

Only Shi Dakai and Xiang Shaolong accompanied Xiao Letian, and Kayama Liyuan only followed Yamamoto Kiyoshi and Takenaka Inoue, two important courtiers. For the kaiseki cuisine for six people, Kayama Kurigen actually used Japanese money for sixty kanwen, which was already the top level in the Japanese banquet standard at that time.

Hokkaido's king crab is made from only the tender meat of the crab's feet, tabby shrimp caught in the deep sea is made into tempura, and it is a top-notch delicacy with plum wine, not to mention the exquisite and picturesque sashimi, this meal basically encapsulates all the essence of Japanese cuisine.

This is a banquet that has nothing to do with eating, everyone is accumulating love in the greetings, everyone knows that the confrontation will be very fierce for a while, no one dares to slack off, even the most greedy Yamamoto Kiyoshi is just taking small sips of sake.

The dishes changed four or five times, and several kinds of Japanese unique sake were drunk, and it was not until this time that the old man of the Birch Mountain family, who had been polite for a long time, shifted the topic to serious matters.

"I have read Mr. Xiao's "Journey to the West" many times, and now this book is also widely circulated in Japan, in the process of Western learning to the East, few Oriental scholars can say Western culture so thoroughly, and now our Japanese scholars have regarded "Westward Journey" as the first classic of Western learning, if Mr. is interested in going to Japan as a guest, I think he will definitely receive a higher standard of reception......

"Ah? Is it true that the Birakayama family is telling me? Let me go to Japan as a guest? I always thought that I was stepping on Japanese soil now? Isn't this Japan......" Xiao Letian's cynicism made the three Japanese in the room unable to hold their faces at that time, and Yamamoto snorted coldly and put the sake cup on the wooden table.

Kayama Kurigen endured the embarrassment, "Mr. Xiao is joking, this is Ryukyu, naturally under the jurisdiction of the Ryukyu King, and we Japanese are just guests here." Perhaps the presence of our Japanese troops here has misled Mr. Xiao, but here I would like to clarify that these troops were all invited by the King of the Ryukyus, and we are only here as guest troops to protect the Ryukyus......"

"Hahaha, protection?" Xiao Letian smiled extremely arrogantly, "Yes, it is protection, it has been protected for two hundred and fifty years, when the ancestors of your family came to Ryukyu with three thousand troops, who came to invite you? Two-thirds of the tax revenue of Naha Port has gone into your pockets, of course you have to protect it well......"

"Now that I'm here, do you also think I'm not very safe, and want to protect me? Otherwise, how could that group of Japanese ronins find me in the morning?

Speaking of this, Xiao Letian pointed to his head and sneered, "It's not tofu scum here, do you really think that you can fool me in front ......of me?"

Xiao Letian's sarcasm made Huashan Liyuan's face red and white for a while, and in the morning, Evil Hachiro's actions were just as Xiao Lotian guessed, he arranged them, it was just a trick to throw stones and ask for directions, but he didn't expect Xiao Lotian to see through it in an instant.

In the end, it was the unique Japanese cheekiness that worked, and it only took a glass of sake for Kayama to restore the love as before. He stood up and stretched out his hand to ask Xiao Lotian to walk to the back hall, "The wine is a little strong, can you please Mr. Xiao enjoy the night view of Naha together?"

Kayama Kurigen was placed in the Ryukyu Kingdom by the Shimazu family, and the head of the family expected him not to be a simple military general, but to hope that he would become an excellent political officer, and for the political family, the face skin was a very useless thing, Xiao Letian's ridicule could make Yamamoto Kiyoshi angry, but it was ineffective for the elder of the Kayama family.

In the Kayama family's mansion, there is an observation pavilion in the backyard, and the terrain is open and high, so it is the best place to see the whole of Naha. In Xiao Lotian's eyes, the port of Naha is completely as beautiful as a fairyland.

The candlelight from the buildings, the hazy beauty of the fog woven into Naha Castle, this is the era of no electrification, the dazzling incandescent lamps have not yet appeared, and the light of the candle flame makes the human eyes very relaxed and soothing. The candlelight outlines the harbor of Naha, and even the sailing merchant ships in the harbor in the distance can be faintly visible.

"Mr. Xiao, directly in front of you is Shuri Castle, which is the capital of the Ryukyu King. How is it, isn't it a bit of a surprise?" In the direction pointed out by the old man of the Birch Mountain family, Xiao Lotian saw the outline of a castle, but the fire of that castle was not as bright as the gathering area of the port merchants.

"Mr. Xiao, the Ryukyu Kingdom is already in decline, and as a weak island country, it is difficult for him to maintain the dignity that a country can have, and there are too few resources......"

"Everything in the world is relatively surviving, for the Qing Kingdom, Japan is small, but for the Ryukyus, Japan is big. In your "Journey to the West", you have mentioned more than once that the law of the jungle is that the weak will be conquered by the strong, isn't that what you have always advocated?"

Kayama Kurigen gradually found the feeling of negotiation, and he politely said to Xiao Letian, "Of course I know that the kings of the Ryukyus in the past have bowed to the mainland, but in fact, not only the Ryukyus, but also our Japanese country is also humble to the Chinese state. But this does not prove anything, in the history of more than 250 years, can the mainland civilization set foot on the territory of the Ryukyus?"

At this point, Xiao Lotian was very depressed, and he found that once the Japanese began to face the law of the jungle, his sophistry skills were suddenly useless.

Yes, the Ryukyu Kingdom is weak, in this era without the United Nations, the end of weakness is to be conquered by others, do you think that the Japanese conquered the Ryukyu is very immoral, so where is your military strength? Why did the Ming and Qing dynasties of mainland civilization not send a single soldier?

Huashan Liyuan respectfully bowed to Xiao Letian ninety degrees, "You are a peerless national warrior, I am just an ignorant general, please give me an explanation." Why can't we in Japan want the land that China doesn't want? Is it just because the Confucian scholars shouted a few words of morality that we should give up the Ryukyus?"

Having said that, Xiao Lotian no longer has the meaning of sophistry, and it is the best choice to open the skylight and say bright words. Xiao Lotian did not answer the question of the elder of the birch mountain family, but went straight to the point, "Today's temptation is over, there is still half a hill on the dock, I have already shown my strength, how do you feel?"

The elder of the Huashan family nodded, "It's very powerful, every soldier under your command is extremely powerful, we are ashamed of ourselves...... However, it is too little, the number is too small, and if there is a real conflict, you are not my opponent......"

"Oh, you look confident, huh?" Listening to Xiao Letian's rhetorical question, Huashan Liyuan nodded, "Yes, I am very confident in our army, and I am also very confident in our navy, even if you have dozens of American foreign guns in your hands, but they are not as good as the three thousand elites in my hands, and there are too few of you......"

"Aha......" Xiao Lotian suddenly laughed wildly, "No wonder people say that the Japanese are tactical geniuses, but they are strategic fools, and it's true, your eyes can only see this little Naha Port......"

Xiao Lotian suddenly reached out and patted Kajiyama Liyuan's shoulder, and the Japanese subconsciously shrank his shoulders.

"If I have a way to deal with you, you don't even have a chance to fight back. You keep talking about Japan, do you really think you can represent Japan? Remember your identity, you are just representing your Shimazu family, an ordinary name......

"Do ......you want to play with me? You have secretly stolen the control of the Ryukyu Kingdom, and you can deceive the Tokugawa shogunate, but you can't deceive me, how much wealth have you Shimazu family made in the past 200 years? Do you need me to repair a letter and send it to the Tokugawa governor in Edo Castle?"

Just this sentence, Huashan Liyuan's face was white at that time, and his waist was still bent at ninety degrees, but his face had already been raised. Unexpectedly, the latter words frightened Huashan Liyuan even more.

"Are the Satsuma Domains and Choshu Domains plotting a military alliance? Are there also the Tosa Domains and the Hizen Domains, do you also want to get involved? The Emperor is already boring, do you want to try military adventures now? What about you Satsuma Domain's Atsuhime? What do you want to do when you marry into the Tokugawa family? Do you use beauty as a shadow?"

At this time, Xiao Lotian was like Ali, the boxing champion in the boxing ring, stepping on butterfly steps, left hook, right hook, and straight punch...... It's dazzling, an old man of the little Shimazu family is not the best talent in Japan, where can he stand this?

"Nani, Nani...... How do you know? Are you human or ghost......

Xiao Lotian finally made a gorgeous blow: "You idiot, the shelling of Shimonoseki by the combined fleets of Britain, France, the United States, and the Netherlands has only subsided for a few months last year, and you have forgotten it? Now the Tokugawa shogunate hates you people, and you dare to rap in front of me! Yaga ......"

With Xiao Letian scolding angrily, Huashan Liyuan knelt directly on the wooden floor with weak legs, and the sweat on his forehead was dripping down.

Xiao Letian gave him a blank look, turned his head and left, "Shi Ye, Master Long, let's go back to sleep, these idiots are not worth our trouble......"

"Mr. Xiao...... What exactly do you want?" said Kayama Kurpien with the courage to ask aloud.

Xiao Lotian didn't look at him, just looked at the lights of Naha Port in the distance, "I want to know, at noon the day after tomorrow, I will arrange a Chinese meal at Sakura-no-yaku to repay you for this meal, and then you will know what I want......" After speaking, he strode out of the courtyard with the Wing King and the Dragon Master. K