After Lu Shaowen left by boat, he did not immediately go to Takeda to meet, but cruised more than 20 miles away from the mouth of the Yangtze River. After a few setbacks, he gradually matured, at this time he had an extra mind, and now if he found Takeda to join, with his more than 300 people, and with more than 3 million taels of silver, I am afraid that it will be more than auspicious.

If Che Guihai repelled the officers and soldiers, then he could go back and pack his things, calmly evacuate in four large ships and take two or three thousand people to join Takeda, then the situation would be completely different. At that time, Takeda Hisasashi is afraid that he will nod to him and be respectful, after all, strength determines everything, and even he can directly abolish Takeda Hisasato and be the boss himself.

However, if Che Guihai is defeated, then he can only make another plan.

Two days later, Lu Shaowen ordered the family to put down the boat and go to Nantousha to investigate the situation on the island, but the news he brought back made him very disappointed, a fire on Nantousha Island was burned to the ground, the island was empty, it was obvious that Che Guihai and they were defeated, either captured or killed, anyway, the Nantousha he worked so hard to manage was in vain. All that remains is the ship and everything on board.

Then he sent people to the shore to inquire about his father's news, and the news brought by him made him even more sad, disappointed, angry and frightened, his homes in Yangzhou and Qidong were raided, and his father was arrested and imprisoned. Hearing these news made him completely desperate. There are even plans to land with hundreds of people to find Zhou Fu and die together. Fortunately, he was stopped by the people around him, and after calming down, he still had no idea what to do next.

In fact, he was lucky, except for his father's arrest, almost all of his relatives escaped, of course, his father's concubines were not his relatives. His relationship with these aunts is very weak. My father didn't care what happened to them, so why should he bother?

Thankfully, he had prepared for it, and the ship was a five-thousand-gauge ship, with plenty of food and fresh water to keep them on board for three months. But it was also very dangerous at sea, and the East China Sea at the beginning of the 16th century was an era of piracy, and typhoons had already begun to blow during this season, and if you were not careful, you could be in danger. He had to make quick decisions about where to go. Takeda Hisamasa can't go there, and he can't go to the mainland. The only places you can go now are the islands near the mainland or go directly to Japan.

He couldn't decide on such a big matter, and finally he went to ask his mother's opinion, his mother Ouyang was not an ordinary woman, she had read books when she was young, and she was also a very knowledgeable woman. When he saw his mother, he told his mother about his current situation, and finally said to his mother: "Mother, my father is in trouble, and now you are the backbone of this family, so you can make up your mind." ”

Ouyang thought for a while and said, "I heard your father say before that Japan is very chaotic now, and there are many people who can't eat. If we go to Japan with the silver, find a small island to settle down, recruit some Japanese, and then trade in the Ming Dynasty, I believe that in a few years from now, my family will still be a big family. ”

Lu Shaowen said viciously: "Mother, I don't want to just forget it, I want to avenge my father, I want to sweep away the He family, the Zhou family, and Liang Wensheng in Juzhou!" ”

Ouyang sighed and said: "Child, if you want to take revenge, you must have the strength, just like we are now, it is difficult to protect ourselves, how can we talk about revenge?" ”．

Mother said this, and Lu Shaowen stopped talking. He knew that what his mother said made sense, and the most rational thing to do now was not to take revenge, but to protect himself, and then try to develop, and he understood this truth better than anyone else.

Ouyang saw that his son stopped talking, and continued: "Child, listen to my persuasion. Go to Japan now, you still have a dozen Japanese loyal to you, go there and gain a firm foothold with your current strength, and then make other plans. As for revenge, as the saying goes, it's not too late for a good gentleman to take revenge for ten years, and when you become strong in the future, you can take revenge at any time. "Actually, the Ouyang clan doesn't want to think about what their family is doing, is it worthy of the word gentleman?

Eventually, he listened to his mother's advice and sailed in the direction of Japan.

In the original history, the period of more than 100 years from the Zhizheng period to the early years of Jiajing was the trough period of the raids of the Japanese in China's coastal areas, and the 17 times of the attacks of the Japanese invaders were recorded in the past 100 years. But because of Lu Shaowen's decision, it greatly changed the history of the Ming Dynasty and also changed the fate of Japan.

Takeda's largest smuggling partner was the Lu family in Yangzhou, and for this reason, he did not hesitate to send people to train his family and private soldiers. Over the past few years, the two have cooperated very well, and Takeda can hardly go ashore to rob while staying on the island, and can make a lot of profits through smuggling trade. You can earn a lot of silver through trade, and you can live a nourishing life, who wants to risk robbing? This is Takeda's most basic idea, because at heart, he is a businessman, and robbery is just his part-time job or side business.

Ever since something happened to the Lu family, he had lost his trading partner, which made him very annoyed! In recent months, Takeda Hisashi can be said to have had a bad year, first the people sent to assassinate Zhou Fulai were almost all wiped out, only seven or eight returned, and then more than 50 people sent to Nantousha did not return, so his strength was greatly weakened. And now he has lost the opportunity to smuggle trade, and his profits have been greatly reduced, and if this continues, he can only go ashore to rob. Otherwise, it may fall apart and end up being eaten by other gangs.

Takeda Hisamasa's Japanese army was not all Japanese, and some fugitives and hooligans who could not survive in the Ming Dynasty would also join the Japanese team.

Chu Ying and Niu Erdan fled all the way east to the sea after fleeing from Ma Qi Mountain. In fact, what he knew was not the real Japanese Kou, but a Han Chinese who colluded with the Japanese Kou. When the two of them came to the beach, they went out to sea by boat with the help of the traitor, and finally found the Takeda Hisamasa Japanese gang a few months later, and became a Japanese as they wished.

The two of them had just joined the team of the Japanese Kou, due to the language barrier and the sparse martial arts, so they were not taken seriously under Takeda, and they only played soy sauce. And the two of them are full of confidence in the cause of the Japanese and have always demanded positive progress. So I've been looking for opportunities to stand out and show my ambitions. What's more, they are still thinking about where they fell and where they want to get up, and revenge on He Jiazhen has become the unanimous goal of the two.

The restless Takeda Hisashi gathered his subordinates to discuss the next step, and Chu Ying, who was making soy sauce, was not eligible to participate. When they heard the news, they immediately recommended themselves to Takeda Hisamasa to offer advice. Now the two of them have learned a few words of Japanese in the team of Japanese pirates, and they can barely talk. First of all, Chu Ying opened his mouth and said to Takeda: "Mr. Takeda, we know that a place is very rich, and the coastal precautions are not strict, if you go to grab it once, it is easy to get it, and the harvest will definitely be great." ”

When Takeda heard this, he hurriedly asked Chu Ying, "What kind of place is that?" ”

Chu Ying replied: "About a thousand miles north from here, there is a place called Hejia Village on the coast, the local people are very wealthy, there are many workshops in the village, and every family has silver. ”

Takeda shook his head and said, "No, your idea is not good, it's too far away from here." ”

Chu Ying continued to persuade: "Mr. Takeda, although it is far away there, the coastal defense there is lax, and it is easy to get it." Although Jiangnan is rich here, the coastal precautions are strict, and our number is small, so if we don't get it right, we will be surrounded and suffer great losses, so it is better to go to the north. ”

When Takeda heard this, he felt that there was some truth and asked, "How far is that place you are talking about from the sea?" ”

"It's about a hundred miles, and it's not very far. It doesn't take more than a day to ride a horse. Niu Erdan immediately said that he was in a hurry.

Takeda was disappointed when he heard this, and continued to shake his head and said: "It's too far from the sea, and it's so far into the inland road, and it's easy for us to be surrounded." ”

Chu Ying's eyes rolled to the idea, and he immediately said: "Mr. Takeda, as far as I know, there is an Anton Wei who is mainly responsible for the coastal defense over there, but there is a serious shortage of soldiers, the training is too poor, and the combat effectiveness is very weak, and everyone is afraid of death. And I heard that a few years ago, there were some generals who secretly smuggled supplies overseas, and I knew one of these generals before I came. ”

"Oh, that's great. Why didn't Chu Jun say this good news earlier. When Takeda heard the news, his attitude changed dramatically. He was still willing to earn silver through smuggling trade instead of robbing, and then he asked Chu Ying: "Chu Jun, tell me, what commodities can be traded over there?" ”

In order to achieve the goal, Chu Ying began to fool around: "There are raw silk, cloth, and cotton over there, and I heard that there is also a thing called soap in Hejia Village, which is a scarce product, and it will definitely be popular when shipped to Japan." ”

"Hello, that's great. These are all good things. Takeda was in a good mood after listening to Chu Ying's words, as long as he found a cooperative smuggler, he would make a fortune in the future. Then he asked: "Chu Jun, you go and contact the general immediately, and say that I will cooperate with him, as long as he can get these goods, silver is not a problem." ”

"Okay, I'll help Mr. Takeda do it." Chu Ying heard that Takeda was going to let him go to trade with him, he did know such a person, but that was a few years ago. Now that he has been arrested by the imperial court, he has long been returned to the West. Chu Ying thought to herself, let's do things step by step, if I can find someone over there who dares to do this business, I can make a fortune like that, as long as I get in touch with that side, I will slowly find a way to do things in Hejia Village.

After thinking about it, he came up with the idea again. He said to Takeda: "Mr. Takeda, it seems that the general has been transferred now, but his subordinates are still there, so things will have some twists and turns. ”

"It's okay, I'll send twenty samurai to protect you to Antonwei and find his men!" Takeda said generously.