Wang Mingao didn't explain his plan to them, and the group of people waited quietly in front of the gate of Shuri Wangcheng.

Two quarters of an hour later, surrounded by hundreds of naval officers and soldiers, You Degao, dressed in the uniform of the big red capital overseer, walked slowly.

"The prince is polite, the governor of Pontus is the governor of the navy of the Luzon General's Palace, You Degao, and he came here to save the Ryukyu officials and people from fire and water."

Shang Xian couldn't help but rub his palms, "Dare to ask the envoy, I don't know what to do with my Ryukyu?" ”

The smile on You Degao's face was even worse, "My general has a life, my Luzon and Daming are both in the same Chinese vein, and if Ryukyu can be loyal to the Ming Dynasty, he will also be loyal to my Luzon, and treat the Ryukyu office with courtesy, and the prince does not have to worry." ”

"Whew~~"

The group of high-ranking officials such as the Ryukyu press division and the relatives who followed were all relieved.

Everyone is afraid that these Luzon people are more ruthless than the Japanese people, and there are really jackals in front of them and tigers in the back.

Seeing this, the corners of You Degao's mouth raised slightly, "Come on, arrest all the officials in the Ryukyu Domain who are placed by the Satsuma Domain." ”

"Whoa"

Behind Shang Xian and the others, several Ryukyu officials immediately fell down on the soles of their feet.

No one expected that the Luzon people knew so much about the situation in the Ryukyus.

The Satsuma Domain's control over the Ryukyus was very comprehensive, not only did it occupy all the important islands such as Amami, where black sugar was produced, but it even forced the Ryukyus to sign the "Fifteen Articles" to control all the political, commercial, and religious powers of the Ryukyus.

Now that Luzon has come, it is natural that these Satsuma comrades should be eliminated as well.

Triumphantly watching several officials of the Third Division behind him being tied up by the Luzon sergeants, Shang Xian hurriedly invited You Degao to go with him to meet Shang Feng, the king of the Ryukyus.

As for the palace guards, naturally the Luzon people took over, and the Ryukyuan people did not dare to say or ask.

In the middle hall of the Shuri King City, Shang Fengqiang, who was already terminally ill, supported his body to meet You Degao and his party.

After a salute, Shang Feng also asked the Ryukyu royal family the most concerned question, "I don't know what to do with my Ryukyu if I don't know the kingdom of Luzon?" ”

You Degao already had a draft, "King Mingjian, Ryukyu connects my Taiwan and Japan, which can be described as an important place for soldiers, such a treasure land, I must Luzon in my own hands." ”

In the palace, Shang Feng, Shang Xian and others all had dark faces.

You Degao smiled and comforted: "As the governor just said, the Ryukyu royal family has a meritorious service with me in China, and I should protect it, and I Luzon means to protect the Ryukyu royal family, but I must give up the Ryukyus, and on this basis, I Luzon will provide the Ryukyu royal family with several times the income of previous years as compensation." ”

"Really?"

Shizi Shangxian couldn't help but cry out all of a sudden.

God pity how harsh the Satsuma people were when they were in the Ryukyus.

Shang Feng glared at Shang Xian, who was unproductive, and coughed a few times and asked, "What about the rest of the Ryukyus?" ”

"As far as I know in Luzon, the current Ryukyu is still practicing a feudal system, and the land of each island is controlled by various localities, so in order to promote the civilization of the Ryukyus, I, Luzon, have decided to set up a Ryukyu firm in the Ryukyus to manage Ryukyu commerce and trade in a unified manner.

"The Ryukyu royal family can occupy 20% of the dry shares, and then sit and wait for the share. As for the Ryukyu islands, they must all be taken over by our Luzon General's Office, and officials at all levels in the Ryukyus, if they meet the conditions of my family, can also serve as officials in my family. ”

"This, this ......"

Shang Feng's face was as pale as he heard it, this is even more ruthless than the Satsuma, the Satsua people only need money, and you still want the throne.

"Absolutely not, never allow", the prince Shangxian also came back to his senses now, and knelt down and kowtowed while crying, "My Ryukyu is a Ming vassal domain, but I can't lose the country." ”

In the middle hall of the Shuri King's Castle, a group of palace people also knelt down and wept bitterly.

You Degao hurriedly helped Shang Xian up, "You don't have to be nervous, the governor of Pontus will tell you, right now, there are rogues inside the Ming Dynasty, and there are Jianjiao outside, and the day of the death of the country is not far away." ”

"I, Luzon, am located overseas, and I will definitely enter the Central Plains, and my general promises that by that time, the Ryukyu royal family will be able to obtain at least one marquis, which will be passed down from generation to generation, so wouldn't it be much better than R and other isolated islands based on this?"

"What's more, you can still occupy a dry stake in the Ryukyu firm, with my Luzon business, the Ryukyu firm will definitely prosper, besides, if you still have my Luzon guaranteed offering, it's better than what you are now......"

In order to successfully master the Ryukyus, Luzon can be said to be racking their brains.

The bureaucratic system of the Liu family has not been educated by the Ming Dynasty's set of ideas of the Heavenly Empire, and the people of Luzon do not want to let go of any of the land that can be controlled in their own hands.

It was under the guidance of this ideology that Luzon put forward such a condition for the Ryukyus, which later seemed to be a big loss of blood, and the Ryukyu firm later profited a lot because of its geographical advantages, and the Ryukyu royal family also became a domestic noble.

However, Liu Ximing felt that this deal was worth it, after all, there was the first island chain complex, and it was worth the price spent in such an important place.

At this time, Shang Feng and Shang Xian and the others naturally didn't know what would happen in the future, and when they saw You Degao's attitude, they were all looking like mourning.

In fact, it was useless for them to oppose it, and Luzon was not more than a little stronger than the Satsuma Domain.

If it weren't for the idea of controlling the situation as soon as possible, according to the meaning of the naval officer You Degao, it would be better to bombard it all.

With the rapid intervention of the Luzon soldiers, the Satsuma forces on the islands of Kitayama, Nakayama, and Nansan in the Ryukyus were quickly swept away, and Ryukyu officially entered the Luzon period.

After staying in the Ryukyus for half a month, and after sweeping the Satsuma samurai on the Amami and Osumi islands one after another, You Degao left a cruiser, two frigates and 500 soldiers to control the situation in the Ryukyus, and continued to go north with the remaining fleet.

On February 24, Shimazu Mitsuhisa, the current lord of the Satsuma Domain, was so angry that he summoned many of his family elders and important ministers to Kagoshima, the residence of the Satsuma Domain.

Due to the decree of one country and one castle issued by the Tokugawa shogunate, the center of gravity of the Satsuma domain was now concentrated on Kagoshima Castle.

In the open but very simple assessment room, Shimazu Mitsuhisa, who was short in stature but had a dark, thin and resolute face, couldn't help but scold his family, Shimazu Hisatsu and others.

"Damn the Luzon people, gentlemen, according to the report from the defenders who fled back from the Ryukyus, the newly established Luzon General's Mansion brazenly attacked the samurai of my Shimazu family in the Ryukyus, Hogo and others have all been killed, I intend to send troops to attack the Ryukyus again, what do you think?"

"The General's Mansion in Luzon?"

The Japanese are not well-informed at the moment, because they are closed off from the country, all trade is concentrated in Nagasaki, and Satsuma is located in the middle of nowhere, and if it weren't for the samurai who fled to Amami, Osumi and other islands to report, they might not even know about the Luzon General's Palace.

As soon as he heard that his house had been attacked by an unknown force, and that he had seized a key place like the Ryukyus, the important ministers of the Shimazu family, who were already fierce among the people, suddenly boiled.

"Please give the order of the lord to immediately counterattack the Ryukyus, and kill all the Luzon people, and the ministers are willing to be the first battle."

"I'm willing to be a pioneer!"

"The lord, the minister also thinks that the Luzon people should be killed, but the finances of my domain are no longer able to start a large-scale war, please think twice."

The old Shimazu family usually manages the Shimazu family treasury for many years, so he is not like a group of stupid Satsuma samurai who only know how to fight and kill.

Seeing that Shimazu Mitsuhisa was about to change color, Shimazu Hisatsu hurriedly bowed his head again.

"My lord, the minister is indeed not a lie, now this domain has owed 350,000 taels of silver to Nagasaki, Osaka and other wealthy merchants, if there is a war, we will not even be able to support the samurai in the domain."

"Now the untouchables in the domain have been levied according to the five princes and five peasants, and if it goes on like this, even the untouchables will not be able to live, and please ask the lord to learn from it."

"Yaga, didn't you say that Nagano discovered the gold mountain, as long as it is mined, the finances of this domain will immediately improve, what are these debts now?"

Shimazu Hisatsu knelt down and moved a few steps forward with a sad face, "My lord, it is still unknown what the reserves of Nagano Gold Mountain are, and even if there is, the shogunate has always been eyeing this domain, and it will not let me wait for easy exploitation." ”

Shimazu Mitsu stood up suddenly, and the folding fan in his hand suddenly fell on Shimazu Hisatsu's face, "Yaga, is this domain going to sit back and watch the Ryukyus be snatched away by the Luzonians, that is the knowledge of 120,000 stones, and it is also related to important trade such as black sugar." ”

"Hey, why is there thunder?"

The elders of the Shimazu family assessment room were still arguing when they suddenly heard a rumbling sound from outside the house.