In the middle of January of the 14th year of Hongxing of the Ming Dynasty, Nagasaki, Japan.

The streets of Nagasaki have never been as lively as they are now, and the people of China and Japan, dressed in their respective national costumes, are rubbing shoulders with each other in this port city of Japan. There are also many samurai, with two katanas pinned to their waists, wandering around, but they don't dare to cause trouble, let alone be rude to the common people - this is the princess's Royal Highness Tang Muyi, "rude" (at this time there is no term for cutting the imperial exemption) is not feasible here, and will be beheaded if caught by the police patrol samurai guarding the Nagasaki market!

Outside the Chinatown houses near the port of Nagasaki, on the newly opened Zhonghua Long Street, at this time the Ming marines stationed in Nagasaki had been on alert, five steps and one post, ten steps and one sentry, all carrying flintlock pistols with bayonets on them, standing straight as a stone pillar. Outside the gate of the archway of the Tang Dynasty house, there are more than a dozen "guards" dressed in gorgeous costumes, wearing official hats, and hanging Xiuchun knives on their waists, and the two heads of the Ming Dynasty stationed in Nagasaki City are also standing there, all wearing official uniforms, stretching their necks and looking at the end of Chinatown, as if waiting for someone to arrive.

On both sides of Chinatown, it has been crowded with ordinary people watching the excitement, looking at their dress and size, most of them are people of the Celestial Empire, and many of them still have a bitter face, it is estimated that they are unlucky stock refugees! I don't know if there are any creditors of the king of Chongqing? These depraved people in a foreign land got together and soon began to talk to each other.

"Is there really a prince coming to Nagasaki?"

"You can't be wrong, otherwise how would the Duke of Wakoku come from such a distant Kokura to pay a visit?"

"What is the prince doing all the way to Nagasaki?"

"What else can I do? It must be to go to the Americas to lead troops to fight......"

"Is the House of the Americas at war?"

"Yes! If it weren't for the war in the Americas, how would we be where we are now? ”

"We're not speculating in stocks...... What does it have to do with the war in the Americas? ”

"You don't know! How did this stock market fall? It's not because of the large increase in the issuance of shares in the United States, which has circled tens of millions of taels at once...... Why is there a large increase in the issuance of United States stocks? It's not because the Americas is going to war, and it's going to spend a lot of money on the military! ”

"Is this true?"

"Of course it is...... You don't even know this, you deserve to be an American! ”

"If there is going to be a war, can the Americas still go?"

"What if you don't go? A large family is here in Nagasaki, and they spend every day......"

"Alas! But it's hard to call the stock! ”

"Look, look...... The cavalry of the Wa Kingdom is coming! Hey, why is everyone carrying a big burden? ”

"It should be luggage, right?"

"Luggage? Why bring luggage? ”

"Of course, I voted for the prince's army...... You don't know, the samurai of this Japanese country rely on fighting to eat, and they have no domestic fighting, so they naturally have to go abroad to fight! Follow our Ming prince to send troops, and you will definitely be able to win the battle! ”

"Can you really win?"

"Absolutely! It's tens of millions of taels of military spending, how can you not win? ”

It's really brain-filling, even the prince army has it! If Zhu Cihuan heard their discussion, he would be frightened.

He went to America to hide from debts, not to fight! Are you kidding...... If you speculate in stocks, you can still avoid debts, and if you lose a war, you will die!

But he can't tell the truth to Kogura in Japan! The king of Daming County, who speculated in stocks, lost all the pension money of the emperor, and also controlled a lot of debts, so he had to flee to the Americas to avoid debts, how faceless this is! And it also damaged the national character, and Zhu Cihong knew about it, so maybe he would let King Zhu of Lu come to Nagasaki with kelp poison......

So he had to make up a nonsense to fool Xu Zhengzhi (Bao Ke Masayuki). What nonsense can you make up? He was alone, and there was no one to discuss, so he could only find Yao Daqiao.

And Yao Daqiao is quite clever, and he immediately thought of rhetoric.

"This king is for the Americas Army."

In a large Japanese-style hall, Zhu Cihuan used a vague statement about the visiting Kogura Gongfang.

However, this statement is not completely unfounded, Zhu Cihuan came to Nagasaki on Yao Daqiao's ship, and Yao Daqiao's ship was full of iron, copper, and lead - these things were not used to produce weapons and ammunition?

"...... Xi" Xu Zheng thought: This king is really going to do military affairs - military supplies are also military affairs! This king is in the army, and he can't carry a musket to the battlefield and play with people to shoot, right? It's time to start with munitions......

"Zhenghui!" Xu Zhengzhi called.

"Hay!" Behind Xu Zhengzhi, a short and handsome young warrior immediately responded, and then knelt beside Xu Zhengzhi on his knees.

"His Royal Highness, this is the nephew of this official, Hoshina Masaki, who is just 18 years old this year, missed the war against Toyotomi's rebellion, and wants to follow the king to the American battlefield to show his skills!"

It turns out that Ogura's gift is not for free, he is paving the way for his children and nephews!

Who let him have too many sons and nephews? The position of the prince of Ogura and the 1.1 million stone seal are for the inheritance of the world, what about other sons? If the territory is to be divided, then the territory of the Ogura Gongfang clan will become smaller and smaller, and to a certain extent, it will be powerless to suppress Kyushu and fight against the royal court.

So Zhengzhi wanted to send his sons and nephews out, and now Xu Zhengjing, who is now the general of the Ming Dynasty, has several sons of Xu Zhengzhi under his command.

But Kokura not only had a son, but also a nominal brother and nephew - Xu Masayuki was the illegitimate son of Tokugawa Hidetada, adopted by Hoshina Masamitsu, and also inherited the Hoshina family. But Hoshina Masamitsu has a son, not only a son, but also a brother Hoshina Masatada. Masamitsu's sons are now all retainers of Xu Zhengzhi, and Hoshina Masasada was originally the banner of the Tokugawa family, and later became a small daimyo under the promotion of Masayuki. When Masayuki Baoke became Xu Zhengzhi, Zhengzhen was no longer there, but his children and grandchildren were still there. This Masaaki is the grandson of Masada Hoshina, and he was transferred to Kyushu with his father, and his family was the lord of Omura's 27,000 koku domain, and his fief was near Nagasaki. However, he is not hereditary, and he has no family business to inherit, so he can only act as a retainer of Masayuki.

"In Xiadacun Baoke Zhenghui, see His Royal Highness the King of Chongqing!" Masaki Hoshina speaks fluent Chinese.

"Good!" Zhu Cihuan nodded and said with a smile, "Then you will follow this king!" This king is in a hurry, and before you can recruit guards, you are the first guard of this king! ”

Zhu Cihuan lied, he actually had a guard, and he wouldn't dare to go to Shanghai without a guard! However, his guards are not raised by him at his own expense, but belong to the jurisdiction of the Xiaoling Wei New Army, and they actually have the responsibility to guard him!

If Zhu Yihai, the king of Lu, was really ordered to take him, then his guards would be ordered in advance to take care of him first.

However, when Luo Zhichen came to cover his escape that day, his guards were all missing......

"What? You don't have a guard? Xu Zhengzhi was stunned, and then glanced at Xie Xun, who was accompanying Zhu Cihuan.

Xie Xun said with a smile: "According to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, when all princes and county kings are in Beijing (not that they are in Yingtianfu, but in Beijing), they will all be guarded by the new army of Xiaolingwei. After leaving Beijing to take up a foreign post, they can recruit guards on their own. The king of Chongqing was in a hurry, so he didn't have time to recruit guards. ”

"Then let's recruit here in Nagasaki!" Xu Zhengzhi laughed, "The specialty here in Kyushu is samurai...... The king wants to recruit, and one or two thousand people can be recruited very quickly! ”

That's for sure!

The Xu family, the Hoshina family, the Kuroda family, the Hosokawa family, the Tachibana family, the Nabeshima family, the Mune, and the Takeda family (after Umino Nobuyo, because Hoshina Masayuki was raised by Takeda Shingen's daughter until he was seven years old, the Takeda family was rebuilt after the transfer to Kyushu), and the Otomo family all had relatives and friends who needed to be arranged......

"One or two thousand ......" Zhu Cihuan's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said in his heart: Even the prince has a ...... This seems to be the third brother's way! With Wang Yejun, don't you have to pay back?

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