Although the construction of the United City has not yet been completed, many houses of Ming workers have been built in the city, and the city lord's mansion in the center has already been built.

Under the awe-inspiring gaze of those who worked, the group entered through the city gate and went straight to the council chamber.

The three of them do not have an absolute subordinate relationship, each has its own division of labor, but it is inevitable that there will be a situation of talking about seniority. Since Liang Yi has not yet been officially appointed as the lord of the new city, Hai Batian sits on the top spot.

Li Guozhi was not disgusted by Hai Batian's actions, and even secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

The situation in the East China Sea is even more complicated than in the South Sea, especially in the face of Japan, which is complicated and advocates force, it is inevitable to use force to solve some thorny problems, so they need a captain with a strong personality to help him open up the situation in Japan.

Judging from the current situation, the headquarters is probably also out of this consideration, so it will transfer the chief captain of the Second Fleet, Hai Batian, from the South Seas to the East China Sea.

Hai Batian sat on the chair with a butt, looked at Li Guozhi straight to the point and asked, "Manager Li, what's the situation over there now?" ”

Liang Yi actually knew the situation in Japan, but at this time, he also turned his head to look at Li Guozhi, wanting to see how Li Guozhi would answer.

In fact, he and Hai Batian can only be regarded as co-followers, and many things are decided by Li Guozhi, the business manager of the East China Sea, and Li Guozhi is the key person in whether the joint business group can open up the situation in the East China Sea.

Li Guozhi had already done enough relevant intelligence work, and responded with neither humility nor arrogance: "Captain Hai, the emperor of Japan has existed in name only, and now he is in a period of separation between princes, which can be compared to the end of our Eastern Han Dynasty. Due to the large number of islands in Japan, although a period of chaos has passed for 100 years, the power of the shogunates is still scattered. At present, the relatively strong forces are all on Honshu Island, including Ryuzoji, Otomo, Shimazu, Niko, Miyoshi, Oda, Takeda, Asai and so on. ”

"This Japan is really messy enough!" Liang Yi heard that there were so many big forces, and he also sighed slightly.

Hai Batou nodded slightly, and couldn't remember so many forces for a while, so he asked directly: "Which is our first target now?" ”

"Maori family!" Li Guozhi already had a goal, and immediately responded firmly.

There were also several captains who followed Hai Batian here, and they had been standing behind Hai Batian in an orderly manner, and at this time they looked at Li Guozhi suspiciously.

Haiba is relatively straightforward by nature, and when he asked, "Where?" ”

Li Guozhi didn't answer in a hurry, but asked his subordinates to bring a table, and then took out a map that had already been drawn and spread the map on the table.

Hai Batian and several captains stepped forward to watch, and their faces also became solemn. It took a lot of effort to depict this map in great detail, and even to indicate the location of each family on it.

"Japan is known as the country of a thousand islands, but they are all very small islands, much smaller than our Donghai Island in Guangdong. Among them, the only islands that can be compared with our Qiongzhou Island in Guangdong Province are the three islands of Japan: Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. These three large islands can face each other across the sea, Kyushu and Shikoku are relatively small, and the largest is Honshu Island! Li Guozhi pointed to the map to introduce, and then pointed to a red punctuation point: "The shape of Honshu Island is like a worm crawling eastward, and from here we can go directly to the territory of the Maori family, Nejima Prefecture, through the Korean Strait and bypassing Kyushu Island, which is equivalent to the distance from Leizhou to Chaozhou!" ”

Because the map is marked in detail, the situation of Japan's Mishima can be said to be clear at a glance, and it makes Hai Batian and others see their targets very clearly.

"So, our target this time is the Iwami Silver Mine?" Hai Batian also did some homework, that is, he guessed Li Guozhi's strategic goal.

"Not bad! According to the latest information we have obtained, the annual production of this silver mine has reached ...... Hundreds of thousands of taels of silver! Li Guozhi met Hai Batian's gaze and nodded solemnly.

With the discovery of the Iwami Silver Mine and the introduction of the "ash blowing" technique, the production of the Iwami Silver Mine was staggering, and the Mori family relied on their financial resources to gain a large position.

In the face of such attractive wealth, even the United Business Group, which was already rich enough to rival the country, naturally hoped to get a piece of the pie.

"Hundreds of thousands of taels a year? No wonder these Japanese are so rich that they can always trade with the Portuguese, but it's just ...... I didn't hear any instructions to take this silver mine! Hai Batian nodded thoughtfully, and immediately looked at Li Guozhi vigilantly.

Li Guozhi understood that there was no order from the headquarters, and he simply commanded the immovable sea to rob the silver mine, so he explained with a wry smile: "The output of this silver mine is not a secret in Japan now, the Iwami Silver Mine has long been the target of various shoguns, and we have to hold it now to seize the Iwami Silver Mine, and the cost is too great, so I will not propose this combat goal to the headquarters now!" ”

"And what is our goal?" Hai Batian glanced at Li Guozhi appreciatively, and then asked curiously.

Li Guozhi looked up at Hai Batian and his party, and said solemnly: "If there is a chance, we will naturally occupy the Iwami Silver Mine." It's just that now all parties in Japan are staring at the Iwami Silver Mine, and we now set our goal as: to become the largest trading partner of the owner of the Iwami Silver Mine, and to exchange our goods for silver with the owner of the Iwami Silver Mine! ”

The goal of their joint merchant group is to be the overlord of the sea, and although the Iwami silver mine is very tempting, it can easily become the target of public criticism, so they cannot easily seize all the benefits.

According to Lin Haoran's strategic layout, they wanted to completely cut off the trade between the Maori family and North Korea, forcing the Maori family to finally trade with them with silver.

All in all, they were different from the pirates who robbed openly in that they traded goods for silver from the Maori.

"Okay, tomorrow we'll head to the Maori family's territory!" Haibatian knew the strategic goal, and immediately decided.

Chen Zhixiao's mouth rose slightly, and he smiled expectantly: "No, according to Lord Lin's meaning, we are going to visit the Nezi's house, the sworn enemy of the Maori family, this time!" ”

Hai Batian's brows furrowed slightly, but he just listened to what Master Lin meant, and nodded silently.

In the early morning of the next day, the Combined Fleet departed from Jeju Island and headed for the Japanese island of Honju.

If Luzon's United Cities are based in the South Seas, then Jeju Island's United Cities are a springboard to the East China Sea, and their targets are already war-torn Japan and the eye-catching Iwami Silver Mine.