"I'm going to go back to the Eastern Domain." Chen Daojian sat cross-legged, pushed away a few cases, and stretched his waist comfortably.

In front of Chen Daojian were several small dishes, including boiled fish, soup boiled in soy sauce, and a small bowl of rice.

This is already a top-notch dish here in the Wa country, with a few side dishes, sea fish, and miso soup.

If Chen Daojian wanted to drink, he would also serve a small pot of wine, and the Japanese would get drunk, but they would always use this small pot to hold wine, and would rather drink a pot and add another pot than use a large pot or a wine jar or the like.

This is the Japanese people, who always live in various disguises.

Chen Daojian has been tired of eating these crooked sea fish recently, and he really wants to have a meal of meat, whether it is pork, beef, mutton, in short, it is a large piece of meat.

But this requirement is also difficult to meet in the Wa Kingdom, because their daimyo eat more or less the same every day.

For more than half a month, Chen Daojian received two letters from Nan'an, and the reason why it was so fast was because there were constantly ships passing by from the Eastern Domain, anchoring, replenishing fresh water, and seeing if there were any goods to buy.

This is a good trend, which shows that the Eastern Domain has gradually become one of the distribution points for sea vessels.

Chen Daojian finally completed the task completely and prepared to return to China.

Prior to this, he had already taken turns to receive the officials here, and the second-class secretary Zhang Bofu had been promoted to the first-class commander for his merits.

Chen Daojian felt that the Eastern Domain's side was deliberately adjusting, and with the conclusion of the agreement, the number of resident staff here would increase significantly, and it was still a little too early to send officials, but it was still quite necessary to raise the rank of officials.

On the Japanese side, they don't know much about the political structure of the Eastern Domain, but a first-class official stationed here should be able to make the Japanese people relatively satisfied.

When Zhang Bofu came in today, he was followed by a short and sturdy man, after entering the house, the two of them hugged their fists together and saluted, Zhang Bofu looked at Chen Daojian, and the man scanned the whole house with vigilant eyes.

This is the usual habit of the people in the Military Intelligence Department, and Chen Daojian even knows that if they are more vigilant, they will also look at the way out and plan the escape route, but they will not do it more obviously.

"This is Director Deng of the Military Intelligence Department."

Zhang Bofu introduced: "The branch of the Military Intelligence Department stationed abroad, in the Japanese country, is presided over by Director Deng. ”

Chen Daojian nodded lightly, indicating that he understood.

Jin Jian, who was sentenced to the Military Intelligence Department, was born as a young general, and at the beginning, people just thought that the prince had put a group of henchmen by his side, but later realized that it was not so simple.

In the past two years, no matter how short of money Xu Zixian has, the amount of money allocated to the Military Intelligence Department has not been interrupted.

At present, the scale of the Military Intelligence Department is quite large, and the total number of officials in the other departments is only five or six hundred, and no one knows about the personnel of the Military Intelligence Department, except that when Kong He takes people to take inventory at the end of each year, he often feels quite distressed by the expenses of the Military Intelligence Department.

Now there are already military intelligence personnel on the side of the Japanese State, and the military intelligence department sent abroad is sent in various roads and prefectures, and the scale of the branch depends on the importance of the local area, and the sub-station sent here in the Japanese State should be a sub-station, and there may be more than ten people, respectively, to make good friends with the high-level and monks of the Japanese State, businessmen, or ordinary wine guys, and divide various channels to collect intelligence.

The expatriates are also quite good in Chen Daojian's opinion, for example, the head of Deng Fang in front of him is a first-class official among the officials according to his rank, one level higher than Zhang Bofu before, but he has always disguised himself as an ordinary official, respectfully served, and has learned the Japanese language, and even understands the Japanese language.

Chen Daojian could only sigh that this department deserved to be an important department that had been established with a lot of money.

Deng Fang knelt opposite Chen Daojian and said in a deep voice: "In recent days, we have suddenly discovered that the Japanese are hoarding grain and grass, and are arranging long bases in Hizen, Izumo and other countries, and the Ouchi family is mobilizing troops and horses, there are about more than 100 cavalry, more than 1,000 samurai are camping on the edge of the long fortress built by the sea, and under several of their key mountains, a large number of ashigaru are gathering, according to our observation, there are about 10,000 people. ”

Chen Daojian's face was calm and resolute, and he was not moved when he heard the news at first glance, and only nodded at the end: "In this way, it is impossible for the Japanese to be bluffing, which side is defrauding?" ”

"Yes." Deng Fang and Zhang Bofu nodded together, and both said: "If you bluff like this, the price is too great." ”

Zhang Bofu added: "The Ouchi family dispatched a large army to give an account to the surrounding feudal states, and the Muromachi shogun, the Hosokawa family, and other daimyo would be notified. So if you want to confuse us or any of them, it's too big and stupid. ”

"So it's really the Ouchi family that is threatened?" Chen Daojian nodded, thought for a while, and said, "What is the movement of Kang Tianqi's fleet now?" ”

There was a touch of appreciation in the depths of Deng Fang's eyes, and the posterior in front of him was indeed quick-thinking, and he considered things from a very thoughtful angle, and there were no omissions.

No wonder at his current age, he will serve as the envoy to the Wa Kingdom, and represent the Nan'an Hou Mansion with full powers.

And Chen Daojian has also lived up to his trust, and has reached an agreement with the Ouchi family and Muromachi, and has also signed a commercial cooperation treaty with many Japanese giants.

Deng Fang quickly lowered his eyelids and said: "We don't have manpower on Kang Tianqi's side yet, in order to get accurate news, I took someone to sneak to the cliff by the sea last night, and saw with my own eyes that the port over there was gathering warships, the sails were raised, the bed crossbows and trebuchets were opened, and many pirates were sharpening their knives and guns, and it seemed that they were preparing for battle." ”

"Understood."

Chen Daojian got up and said to Zhang Bofu: "Arrange it for me, send someone to submit a letter first, and I will go to see Kang Tianqi." ”

"Yes, listen to the arrangement of the envoy."

Zhang Bofu didn't say much, although it was quite inappropriate for the people of Nan'an Hou Mansion to meet Kang Tianqi, one of the pirate kings, but at this point, it was obviously not okay not to meet.

The people of Nan'an Hou Mansion also understood that Kang Tianqi still had good intentions towards the Eastern Domain.

In fact, if it were not for Yasuten's consent, it is unlikely that the Wato, whether it is the Muromachi side or the Ouchi family, will agree to negotiate an agreement with the Nanyasu Hou Prefecture.

This matter is obvious, the Japanese people understand it in their hearts, and Chen Daojian also knows it.

"Hope is a false alarm." While waiting for communication, Chen Daojian sat cross-legged and prayed silently in his heart.

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Kang Tianqi is older than Chen Daojian imagined.

His beard and hair are all white, his face is furrowed and horizontal, and although he is trying to straighten his waist, his old age is already quite obvious.

"Kang Shuai Wan'an." Chen Daojian raised his hand, as a junior, the number of courtesies still has to arrive.

As for the title, of course, there is no need for Kang Tianqi and others.

"Prison forgiveness." Kang Tianqi showed a happy look on his face, and said with a smile: "The night you led people to attack and kill the Heavenly Mission, after the old man found out, there was only one sentence, my generation is already old, and now the world is for children." ”

"Kang Shuai is too modest." Chen Daojian was neither humble nor arrogant, and hugged his fists and said: "When Kang Shuai ruled the world, he didn't know where he was, and now he dared to be arrogant in front of Kang Shuai." ”

"It's a fake." Kang Tianqi said with a smile: "But when it comes to the seven seas, the old man deserves such praise." ”

Chen Daojian smiled but did not speak.

Kang Tianqi paused, his face showed a leisurely expression, and said slowly: "Talking about the seven seas is not my own ability. You are a junior, I'm afraid you don't know what happened back then. When the old man was young and strong, the Great Wei coastal defense was strict, and the sailors often went to the Eastern countries to catch thieves, and all pirates who were arrested when they reached the age of 16 were immediately beheaded, and they would not be lenient. Once, the old man and more than 200 accomplices were arrested in Guangzhou, and were escorted to the beach by the deputy envoy for punishment. I was unwilling, but there was no way, surrounded by soldiers and horses from the Arrest and Robbery Battalion of the Criminal Division, guarding with long bows and strong bows, it was impossible to escape. In the distance, there are thousands of lively people, cutting off a head, it is roaring and applauding. The old man thought at the time, doing our business is really notorious, even if he is not caught and beheaded, he will not be able to return to his hometown if he is rich and noble in this life, and it is very boring to think about it. Later, the old man got out, how are you? Suddenly the weather was dark, the wind was strong, people couldn't even open their eyes, many people took the opportunity to escape, the archers shot arrows in the back, but the arrows could not go far and were blown crooked by the wind, the old man was tied with his hands by the reverse scissors, and actually trampled all the way to the desert island dozens of miles away, and broke the rope with sharp stones, and there was no food or water on the island, so he caught the poisonous snake to eat meat and drink blood, and lasted for more than ten days, and met a passing boat, and was saved. After that, the old man hid in the Oriental countries and mingled with the Japanese state, and never returned to Great Wei. ”

Kang Tianqi is an old man, and his words are indeed entangled, which is not very refreshing. As he spoke, he was talking about the events of the year, but Chen Daojian did not show impatience on his face, but continued to listen with interest.

The old man in front of him now looks at his eyebrows and teeth are shaking, but he is a giant thief who has washed the Japanese kingdom and Luzon in blood, and now he still has more than a thousand ships, and his direct subordinates, together with pirates, sailors, shore personnel, merchants, men, miscellaneous workers, and all kinds of subordinates have more than 100,000 people, and they are also an inviolable force in the Japanese country.

Kang Tianqi's direct subordinates should also be more than 30,000 people, excluding some fishing boats, small boats, and merchant ships near the shore, and there should be as many as three or four hundred large and small warships that can be used to engage the enemy.

This is quite a considerable sea power, even if it was the heyday of the Great Wei Naval Division, it was almost this scale.

In the early and middle periods of the Great and Wei Jian, and the state of Wei Jian, tens of thousands of people of sea power were enough to suppress everything, and now, hundreds of warships and tens of thousands of subordinates, that is, a sea area where they can live, if they want to deter the Japanese kingdom to Luzon, the countries of the East and the West, the coastal countries of Southeast Asia, including Malacca and the periphery of the Indian Ocean, and can also carry the European and celestial forces, there are not more than a thousand warships. It is impossible for a force of more than 100,000 or 200,000 sailors to do such a thing.

The reason is very simple, Kang Tianqi, Wang Zhi, Yan Qi, Li Dan, Pu Xingfeng, add up to more than 2,000 sail warships, more than 100,000 pirates.

From Japan to Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Burma, Vietnam, Cambodia, India and other countries, these pirates are now in the scope of their activities, even larger than this circle, in terms of the current country, it is more than 20 countries, together with the coastal areas of the Great Wei, the sea and land area is more than 10 million square kilometers, and the population is more than 100 million people.

This is the early age of the Age of Discovery, the Tianfang people, the indigenous people of various countries, the Great Wei people, and the Europeans, the countries are already grabbing the territory from the Indian Ocean to the Pacific Ocean, the Europeans have landed in South America, defeated the Inca Empire, and are colonizing South America.

Their robbing of wealth in South America and reaping handsome rewards led to the rapid development of the early colonial states, and in this era, it was also the era of rapid accumulation of European countries after they let go of their hands.

In a hundred years, smoothbore guns, artillery, and larger sail warships will appear one after another, and stronger, more willed, more determined, and more skillful colonists will appear in North America and Africa, the Middle East, West Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia, and they will occupy all the places in the world that can be occupied, and plunder the wealth of various countries.

Later generations blamed the colonizers, but in fact, this is not at all to blame.

Any country and nation is strong, it will definitely rob other people's territory and rob wealth, and the territory of China is not given by God, it is the ancestors who defeated one hostile tribe after another, and they also used knives and swords, shields and plows to slowly open up.

And Chen Daojian knew that Xu Zixian's goal was to focus on the sailors, and gradually gain the first opportunity in this struggle to seize the colony and maritime territory.

Within a hundred years, whoever gets the ocean will be in control of the future.

Before going to sea to the Wa Kingdom, before seeing the real pirate power, Chen Daojian was still a little skeptical about such words.

Wang Zhi is also a pirate giant, but he finally chose to return to the annex.

At this time, Chen Daojian faintly felt in his heart that Kang Tianqi seemed to be telling the old things, but in fact, he was talking about analyzing the mentality.

Unlike Wang Zhi, who thinks about returning to his roots, a giant thief like Kang Tianqi has never thought about returning to his hometown since the day he went to sea.

If it weren't for the fact that the roots of the Huaxia people were difficult to cut off, Kang Tianqi would not take more care of the people on the side of Great Wei at all.

He was almost beheaded by the officials of Great Wei back then, how could he have a deep affection for Great Wei?

There is pride in this kind of self-report, and there is also a faint analysis of the heart, Kang Tianqi and Wang Zhi are indeed quite different.

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Barely catching up with the update, I'm afraid it's going to break tomorrow, sorry.