The two businessmen made sarcastic remarks about Shang Xian, and on the other hand, they walked in the direction of Zhang Ergou presumptuously.

"The armor he wears seems to be similar to the style of those flag-book samurai under the command of Lord Guardian and Lord Mino-samaru!"

"Yes. Maybe it's the booty that the adults captured from the Ming army in Korea back then?! ”

The two of them probably talked about mancai in the tavern in addition to business, that is, Japanese cross talk, and the cooperation between each other's words is very tacit, one plays the upper hand, the other plays the lower hand, one pair and one gear, holding Zhang Ergou in front of him to find happiness.

I originally thought that the person in front of me wearing the armor of the Ming State officer would not know Japanese, but Zhang Ergou, who grew up in a pirate family since he was a child, although he can't be said to be a language genius, but he can understand all the languages in the East China Sea and the South China Sea, as long as it is not too obscure, although he can't speak it well. Seeing that the two guys were more and more presumptuous as they talked, Zhang Ergou's hand pressed on the handle of the knife.

"Yo! Look! He pressed his hand on the hilt, I don't know if his knife will be as carefully maintained as our samurai swords, but I heard my predecessors say that the knives and guns of the Ming soldiers are all the same goods, and our katana is not the same grade at all, otherwise there would not be so many samurai swords sold to the Ming country by wealthy merchants every year. ”

"I bet with you, this guy is just as good as a knife! If I don't believe me, I'll go to him and tease him and see if he dares to pull out the knife. ”

The two lowly businessmen have been used to a lot by the Ryukyu group just because they have been in the Ryukyu Fox for a long time. This is so carried away, if they knew that their masters would not dare to be presumptuous in front of the Nanzhong Army, they would lend them ten guts and would not dare to talk such nonsense in front of Zhang Ergou.

"Your Highness, what should we do? Do you want to dissuade it? ”

Shang Xian quietly knocked on the bar on his shoulder, signaling the people around him to wait and see.

The distance between the three parties was only a few steps away, and the two businessmen came to Zhang Ergou while talking, and looked at the Chinese characters on Zhang Ergou's military uniform and the flag behind him, "Nanzhong Army Lecture Wutang Zhang...... What bullshit South Central Army? ”

"Nani?! South Central Army? ”

A guy is also dying, and his unabashed words touched Zhang Ergou's bottom line. Just when the other man was exclaiming at his companion's slip of the tongue. It's late! It's over!

Zhang Ergou's Jeopardy Knife was pulled out of its scabbard, and a beautiful and firm arc was drawn in mid-air, cutting off the entire Tianling Gai, a guy who was not inferior in his mouth, and then fell on the right shoulder of another merchant. Cut off his head by the neck.

People watched in horror at the swing of the knife. A real one-and-two. With a swing of the knife, the lives of two people are over!

Zhang Ergou, who was spilled with blood spurting from his neck, held the iron steel knife that his uncle gave him. There was only one thought in my head, "Nima's!" This knife is really a good knife! It's really possible to cut it in two! ”

Turning his head, he looked at the soldiers of the Guards Battalion behind him, "These two widows are not clean in their mouths, they insulted my Nanzhong Army, and they were beheaded by me." ”

From the words and expressions of those two guys, the surrounding soldiers could already see that what these two people were saying was definitely not a good thing. Are there still a few people we kill?

"What? Two townspeople from the Shimazu family were beheaded by a junior colonel of the Nanchu Army? ”

"Father, the people on the dock saw it with their own eyes at that time, and the sons could see it clearly on their shoulders, and the two corpses stood up slightly for a moment before falling to the ground."

In the palace, everyone below Shangfeng was shocked by Zhang Ergou's knife, it turned out that the merchants of the Satsuma Domain, who were proud of their might in the Ryukyus, were like ants, pigs and dogs in the eyes of a small colonel in the Nanzhong Military Region, and they would kill them if they wanted to?

"So that His Highness can learn that the son-in-law of his subordinates is working in the Nanzhong Army and is one of the important people under General Li to and from Ryukyu." Zeng Lin lost no time in boasting about his son-in-law, "According to him, even the head of the Shimazu family of the Satsuma Domain also depends on General Li's snort. ”

Power comes out of the barrel of a gun, in other words, whose fist listens to whom. Originally, I thought that the Shimazu family was a big fist, and this fist was close to the Ryukyus, so it was natural to look at it differently; I don't want to have a bigger and harder fist today, but Ryukyu inadvertently offended others!

"How many men did General Lee bring to the Ryukyus?" Lord Shangfeng unconsciously grabbed the crown in his hand again.

"Returning to His Highness, according to his son-in-law, the general's entourage of the first battalion of personal guards is about 1,000 people, and there are six large and small ships, and the shipwrights and sailors are not under this number. Carry at least 200 large and small artillery pieces. Don't dare to hide it, please decide! ”

Zeng Lin's words were very humble, but the threatening flavor outside the words could even be heard by the servants who were waiting for Prince Shangfeng to change his clothes. Because of the relationship between his son-in-law and the appearance of the Southern Central Army on the dock, Zeng Lin has become a hardcore pro-Southern Chinese military faction in the Ryukyus.

In the face of the pro-Yugoslav centrists, who seemed to have the upper hand at the moment, the 15 members began to quarrel and abuse each other, accuse each other, and shirk responsibility.

"Yaraza Mori Castle and Mie Castle!"

A captain of the Kuli Guard, who was himself a pro-cloud player, ran from the courtyard to the prince of Shangfeng with a roll, panting in his mouth, kneeling in front of the prince Shang, as if he had something to say, but he was a little out of breath because he was running, and he just pointed his finger outside.

"Panic what!"

Prince Shoho, who was forced to be calm, only reprimanded the captain, but he couldn't help but stand up and walked into the courtyard to look in the direction of the two gateways to Naha Port and Ryukyu Castle, and the two forts of Yaraza Morijo and Mie Castle.

In this era, there is no industrial pollution, haze weather, air quality and visibility, atmospheric transparency and other observation indices are excellent, although there is no telescope of the Southern Chinese Army, Shang Feng can clearly see the situation of the two batteries in the distance.

Faintly fluttering on the fort was no longer the royal flag of the Ryukyus, but a huge large flag with a character of Li and a flag of the sun and moon.

The South Chinese Army had already occupied these two batteries.

Shang Feng suddenly felt dizzy. When it is dark, he will fall backwards.

Several servants and guards hurriedly stepped forward to help Shang Wangye, helped him back to the bedroom, and ordered someone to bring tea, and called someone to invite Langzhong, so it was a rush.

Looking at the crowd around him, Shang Feng felt a burst of disgust, and waved his hand to let this group of people who were in the way of the eyes withdraw, leaving only the prime minister, the prince and others in front of him. He wanted to consult with these cronies and important ministers on how to deal with this aggressive General Li of the South Central Army.

"Manager Zeng, don't step back quickly! Didn't you see that Your Highness is going to discuss matters with me?! "The prime minister has put on the pretense of holding the power of a country. It's going to get out of this eye-catching guy who doesn't know how to live or die.

"Your Highness. Just now, his subordinates came to the house to look for their subordinates, and they were assigned by their beloved sons-in-law to convey the meaning of General Li of the Nanzhong Army. If I don't want to do it, they will definitely not force it. ”

This sounds a bit clueless. couldn't help but signal Prince Shangfeng to move a chair for Zeng Lin. Motioned for him to sit down.

"How can you say such a thing to a widow?"

"Your Highness. That's right. The subordinate son-in-law said. A few days ago, the Shimazu family and the Nanzhong Army were sealed, and the two opened commerce. Complementarity. As a sign of sincerity, the Shimazu family returned the Amami Islands in the northern part of the Ryukyus, which had been ceded to his family by the former king, to the Nanchu Army. General Li came this time with the intention of discussing with the prince to see if the prince was willing to accept these places. ”

I do!

Lord Shangfeng almost shouted!

To be able to recover the land lost in the hands of his father, no matter what means he uses, in front of the domestic people and officials, it is a great achievement to leave a name in history, and in the future, when he sees his ancestors under Jiuquan, he can also comfort his ancestors!

I didn't expect that the Nanzhong army was so strong that it could make the Satsuma Domain, which had always been brave and savage, obediently serve the fat meat that had been eaten in his mouth. It seems that the fists of the South Central Army are bigger and harder! It is far better to take refuge in the Nanchu Army than to swallow your anger under the barbarians of the Satsuma Domain!

Looking at Shang Feng, who was silent with his head down, Zeng Lin's heart was bright, but he deliberately came out with a look of being at a loss, "Your Highness, my subordinates will go to tell the Sù family, go back and reprimand my son-in-law, my land of Ryukyu, don't work for you, the Southern Chinese Army will come to show kindness, Amami islands, we will take it ourselves!" ”

Is this still worth it? As soon as I say this, I am afraid that the father and son of the Shang family will go to Hue to live for a few days again! Before Shang Feng could speak, the prince Shang Xian had already handed a cup of tea to Zeng Lin. "Lord Zeng, don't be impatient, your loyalty to my Ryukyu and my father's fists and fists is naturally obvious to all and well-known. Regarding the return of the Nanchu Army to the Amami Islands, I think my father is also happy. It's just that it's a big matter, but it has to be considered in the long run! ”

"I'm afraid it's a long night and a lot of dreams!"

Zeng Lin continued his hardcore pro-Nan centrist role.

Continue to use sentence after sentence of heart-piercing words to destroy the psychological defense line of the Shang family's father and son, the state minister, and the fifteen people.

"My son-in-law ordered someone to spread a message with me, this time the Nanchu army came with enthusiasm, but unexpectedly encountered such a cold eye, the army was in a raging mood, some advocated waving troops into the city, and punished a lot, and some advocated turning the rudder to Amami Islands, and returning to Nanchu after resting on Amami Island, and never again had a penny of trade with our Ryukyu, and ordered all parts of the South Seas not to have a penny of trade with our Ryukyu, and sent boatmen to take Yonaguni Island and Amami Islands as their home ports to patrol back and forth, and strictly inspect our Ryukyu merchant ships to go to sea. Some people say that it is more mild, saying that there will be no more sugarcane and rice trade with our Ryukyus! ”

As soon as these words came out, they couldn't help but exclaim loudly, "Please ask Lord Zeng to say the item on your behalf, you can't do this, you definitely can't do this!" ”

No matter which of these three methods is implemented, it will be the end of the death of the Ryukyu king and the destruction of the country.

Not to mention sending troops into the city, it was the most gentle of the three methods of disposition, and Nanchu would no longer trade with Ryukyu for sugar cane for rice, which would be enough to make Ryukyu starve and be full of bones.

"What if the sugar cane and rice trade is stopped? The losses of his Nanzhong army are much greater than ours! Anyway, we won't starve to death! ”

One of the fifteen people in the table had just attacked the object to carry out his next official rank of minstrel service, and he didn't know how serious he was. Immediately, the colleagues around him looked at him with hygienic eyes.

Table 15 people, who are specifically responsible for various administrative affairs in the Ryukyus, similar to the officials of the six departments of the Ming Dynasty, as a Yinwei servant, said such things that he didn't know what to do and didn't know about the people's livelihood, how could he not be despised by his colleagues?

"You! You! ”

Lord Shangfeng pointed his finger at this guy who didn't know what to do, and he was speechless with anger.

"Get out of here!"

Shang Wang Ye held back for a long time, and threw the teacup in his hand at the minstrel along with a hard word.

Ever since the Shimazu family conquered the Ryukyus, they forcibly destroyed rice fields in the Ryukyus to grow sugarcane, a high value-added cash crop, and squeezed sugar from sugarcane in exchange for money. However, for ordinary people. Sugar is just a condiment, a luxury. It's not a necessity like rice. Beginning with the destruction of fields to grow sugar cane, the so-called three provinces and 36 islands of the Ryukyus have been starved to death from time to time due to lack of food rations.

Today, a large amount of sugar cane is still cultivated in the Ryukyu islands, but the buyers of the sugar cane have been replaced by Nanchu merchants who seem to be very talkative. Rice from white flowers is traded for sugar cane. Also exchange those jaggery that have been extracted. So that the islanders of the Ryukyus can get food and clothing.

Now, just because of the problem of etiquette, the Nanchu Army wants to sacrifice this magic weapon that makes Ryukyu almost no room for resistance. It seems to be an understatement, but it kills people without seeing blood.

"How much grain and rice are there in the treasury of various parts of the country? Including grain and rice brought in by merchants? Shang Feng felt as if his spinal cord had been taken away, and he had no strength in his body.

Several people glanced at each other and exchanged their information in a low voice, and the prime minister stepped forward and reported the amount of grain and rice stored in the Ryukyus to King Shangfeng.

"The amount of grain and rice in the treasury, the village community, and the shops is only enough to support the sugarcane harvest, and the difference between before and after is at most half a month."

The number jointly put forward by the Appraisal Office, which was the highest organ for the administration of state affairs in the Ryukyu Imperial Palace, and the specific agency for execution, and the office of the 15 members of the Table "Shimo-Throne", caused King Shoho to collapse on the throne like a puddle of mud.

"People are planning and then acting! Knowing that we are at this juncture, they have come to treat us like this! ”

"Father! Let's go to the Fujian governor's yamen to sue him! Sue him Li Shouhan for abusing the clan and plotting against him! "Shang Xian is young and vigorous, and he actually came up with such a way to deal with it.

Everyone present was looking at Sanghyun with a foolish look. Now that the soldiers have been transported under the city wall, the gunboats are on the dock, and they have taken over the two forts that they rely on to protect, but you are going to Fujian to complain at this time? Not to mention whether you can get to Fujian, even if you have good luck against the sky to Fujian, the official document is delivered, and so on, because of this and so on, I am afraid that the lawsuit has not yet been fought, and the people of Ryukyu have been replaced!

In the distance, from the street outside the palace, there were suddenly bursts of noisy shouts, from small to large, from far and near, the sound became louder and louder, mixed with panic and fear, and the cries of many people.

"What's going on out there?!"

Captain Kuri, who was on duty, went out for a spin, and returned to King Shangfeng with a panicked expression on his face.

"Your Highness, the people outside have said that there are two gunboats of the Ming Dynasty, carrying hundreds of soldiers, heading in the direction of Kume Island!"

At this moment, the Minister of State, the Three Law Divisions, and the fifteen people collapsed to the ground!

Nakume Island is home to the 36 surnames, and in the Ryukyus, it is considered to be a residential area for the upper class. From the prime minister down, almost all the officials and families of all levels of the royal palace are there. With only a few hundred militia members on the island, how can they be the opponents of the wolf-like officers and men of the Nanzhong Army? What's more, there are two gunboats there to help, and you can figure out how the next shape will develop with your heels.

"Father!"

"Son!"

The adults in the palace began to weep bitterly.

The shape under Ryukyu's eyes is like a thin teenager, who is held to the head by a powerful man with a fire hammer, but there is a plate of exquisite food in front of him, and a sharp knife under his crotch is dead to the root of his life, so weird, so dangerous.

Cutting off the trade in sugarcane and rice is a firearm on the top of the head, although it is dangerous, but you can still gamble on whether the Nanzhong army really dares to do this, and then bet on whether the firearm is filled with gunpowder and projectiles. At the very least, the adults here will not lack food, and when the sugarcane on the island was purchased by the Shimazu family, I didn't see any adults starve to death!

The return of the Amami Islands is the delicious plate of food that is placed in front of the Ryukyus, and if you eat it, you can not only get benefits, but also earn yourself a reputation for recovering lost land in history.

The invasion of Kume Island was to hold the ruling class of the Ryukyu Kingdom or the superstructure in their hands, and to make the inhabitants of Kume Island hostages in the hands of the Nanchu Army.

"Your Highness has made a decision early!"

From the prime minister down, the three law divisions, the fifteen people, together with the Kuli guards on duty, knelt down in front of King Shangfeng.

Is it to eat the exquisite food of the Amami Islands and gain fame and fortune, or to categorically reject the goodwill released by the Nanchu Army for the sake of etiquette disputes?

If the latter is chosen, I am afraid that without the help of the Nanzhong Army, the group of people kneeling in front of them will rise up and tear the Shang family father and son to pieces, and then go out of the city to meet Li Shouhan.

Looking at Zeng Lin who was standing alone, Shang Feng wanted to kick this guy to death, but he didn't dare. The current situation forced him to make a decision early, otherwise, he was afraid that his death would be a matter of breathing!

"Mr. Zeng, please go and talk to your son-in-law, Xiao Wang will immediately go to the dock with a robe to make a pilgrimage to the general!"

"The whole city, from the widow father and son down, to all the people above the scholar clan, must go in full costume!"

"All streets in the city are all loess mats and water purification streets, and high color sheds are set up to welcome the general into the city!"

"Obey the king's orders, and my subordinates will go to the southern army to convey His Highness's will."

The dark clouds that hung over everyone's heads disappeared in an instant with King Shangfeng's edicts, and people began to see smiles on their faces.

However, what is not quite harmonious is that when Zeng Lin walked to the door, people clearly heard a sentence.

"If you knew today, why bother in the first place! It's really holding on and going backwards! (To be continued......)

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