After Chen Daojian met Kang Tianqi's father and son, he went to visit Ouchi Shengda.

The Kang family and his son have not changed, they all have a lot of praise for Xu Zixian, and Chen Daojian can faintly feel that the attitude of the Kang family father and son has become more friendly, and even has a little equal attitude towards allies.

The last time I visited Kang Tianqi, Chen Daojian was a junior who was treated well, Kang Tianqi could not see him, or even kill him, but this time it was completely different, Kang Tianqi did not say those mysterious words, but directly told Chen Daojian that Kang Tianqi's subordinates stationed in the Wa Kingdom would shorten the scope of looting at sea, and even no longer rob the merchant ships of the Wei State.

This statement is to completely abandon those small groups of pirates and let the sailors of the Qin Palace's mansion kill them at sea.

Chen Daojian's visit was originally intended to accomplish this goal.

The Eastern Naval Division's Naval Division can kill small groups of evil pirates and escort merchant ships, and can accomplish two objectives at the same time.

The most important goal is to train the soldiers, so that the sailors and soldiers can continue to grow in small-scale battles and conflicts, and the long-term maritime patrol also trains the soldiers, including sailors, captains and five commanders, can get a considerable degree of growth.

The second is to establish a convoy and collect coastal defense donations on a large number of merchant ships.

This would be a huge amount of income, enough to expand the size of the sailors again and again, and then continue to patrol the seas, engage in battles, and gain experience.

This will be a virtuous circle, and the attitude of the Kang family father and son is quite important.

Now that there is a war at sea, of course, the Eastern Naval Division cannot be the opponent of the Kang Naval Division, and the small boat raid is to have the right time, place and people, and all kinds of conditions are indispensable.

If it is tough, there must be a large number of experienced sailors and soldiers, and the current Eastern Naval Division does not have such conditions.

Kang Tianqi's goodwill release was quite obvious, and Chen Daojian finally made it clear that in the future, when the King of Qin had enough power to speak, he would fight for Kang Tianqi's official status as a daimyo in the Wa Kingdom.

This is naturally what he likes, and it is also what Kang Tianqi wants the most.

Fighting for dominance on the sea, or fighting for hegemony on the mainland, is not what Kang Tianqi wants, and his descendants can keep the foundation in front of him, and can incarnate as the official daimyo of the Wa Kingdom, and get the recognition and recognition of the emperor, generals, and many daimyos, which is what Kang Tianqi wants most.

If you go to other countries to operate, compete for hegemony, and compete for territory, Kang Tianqi can't do it. He is a few years older than Wang Zhi, but he is still ambitious, and he doesn't want to go back to Dawei to lie in the shadows of others.

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Ouchi Shengda's attitude is also extremely friendly, in addition to the personal reception, there are many family elders to meet, Chen Daojian changed into clean white socks in advance, the guest and the host are talking in the secret room, the copper incense burner in the room is burning incense, the secret room is impermeable, except for the high-level of the Ouchi family, only Chen Daojian and the general are present.

Ouchi Shengda's gaze is quite resolute, and the tone of his speech is also short and powerful, this person gives Chen Daojian the feeling that he is a powerful political figure, and the goal of this meeting is also quite clear.

"When the Ouchi family was in the Northern and Southern Dynasties of our country, it was strong for a while." Ouchi Katsuda said in a deep tone: "The family controls the three kingdoms of Zhou Fang Province, Nagato Province, and Iwami Province, guarding the two countries of Fengzen and Chikuzen. The second general, Ashikaga Yoshikan, was friendly with my Ouchi family, and handed over the defense of Kyushu to my family, and my family suppressed the Takeda, Mori, Kumagai, and Hiraga families, and fought against the Binyuan, Goto, Mika, and Shimazu families, and fought against the Northern Dynasty at that time. After the general pacified the Northern Dynasty, the north and the south were reunified, and the Ouchi family began to be suppressed by the current general. Iwami Kuni was forced to surrender because of Ginzan, and the betrayal of his former allies, the Otomo clan, made my family even weaker. Now the general is gathering the Shimazu, Otomo, Maori, and Takeda families to squeeze the living space of my Ouchi family from all sides, and this is really the autumn of the family's survival. If it weren't for the fact that Yasuten Kijun's father and son were stationed in Hirado, the shogun would have attacked the Ouchi family a long time ago. Even so, I had to sleep with my eyes open, lest I fall into the enemy's calculations. ”

Chen Daojian suddenly felt that the middle-aged man in front of him was quite pitiful, although his tone was deep and his eyes were resolute, but it was like a drowning wait, the sleeper was drifting, and he had to keep his eyes open even when he slept.

"You and I have made an alliance, and our commercial trade is entrusted to businessmen approved by you, but the great plan of military and political cooperation does not seem to be impossible." Chen Daojian pondered for a moment and said, "I don't know what the family governor means, why?" ”

"Sooner or later, Great Wei will have to use troops against our country." Ouchi Shengda said quietly: "Although Iwami Silver Mountain is large, it can't help the long-term outflow of trade. There are already many daimyo in the country who are worried about this matter, and if the cotton cloth is dumped again, a large amount of silver will flow out, and sooner or later there will be opposition from the daimyo nobles in the country. When the time comes, there will be a war. ”

If modern economics were used to analyze the trade between the Great Wei and the Wa Kingdom, I am afraid that the Wa people would have jumped up a long time ago.

After all, except for some seafood and a small number of fans and knives, there are hardly any competitive commodity exports. A large number of maritime merchants came, in addition to selling goods to the Japanese state, but also to trade with each other, but at this time there was no financial service industry, no logistics, tourism and other benefits, entrepot trade to the Japanese country has no benefit, only a small number of merchants benefited, most of the Japanese people did not take the slightest benefit.

The Daimyo, who were located inland, only saw rising prices and inflation, and the benefits they had gained from the silver mountain were taken away by trade, which led to considerable resentment and resentment.

Everyone couldn't help but think that if there was no foreign trade, there seemed to be nothing wrong with it.

The people lacked some money, copper coins, cotton cloth, and there was nothing to worry about.

Shrink the port, only buy a small amount of fine porcelain, fine raw silk, tea, to meet the needs of wealthy merchants and nobles.

Chen Daojian frowned and groaned, according to Ouchi Katsuda's meaning, the Japanese people were not too happy with the current booming trade, and they were also worried that the situation of the outflow of silver mountains was too serious, and the territory was the ports of southern Kyushu, and the Ouchi family, who controlled Tsushima Island, was of course the beneficiary of trade, and it became a thorn in the side of the daimyo and a thorn in the flesh.

In order to stabilize its rule, the Ashikaga shogunate of course also wanted to reduce the scale of trade and suppress the overly rich and powerful Ouchi family, so it reached an agreement with the rest of the daimyos.

With such an analysis, the situation of the Ouchi family is indeed precarious, because it is not a personal grudge that can be resolved, and the crisis of the Ouchi family is derived from the evolution of the general trend of the Japanese country, and the situation is so that it can be recovered by non-human beings.

Ouchi Katsuta's worries were due to the fact that his family had a maximum of 10,000 samurai at his disposal, and Ashigaru was able to mobilize an army of tens of thousands, which was far from the strength of the shogun and the daimyos.

If it weren't for Kang Tianqi in Hirado, the situation would have changed a long time ago.

Chen Daojian hugged his fists and said: "I can get it in the lower province, if this is the case, my Qin Wangfu and the Da Nei family are one in one interest, and they share honor and disgrace." ”

Ouchi Shengda nodded lightly, he felt very satisfied, he did not mistake the young Wei man in front of him, he was really a smart person, he was thorough at all, and he was quite decisive, and he was quite decisive to be able to say such a thing now.

If there is a change of seniority, it will definitely be vague, and it is impossible to have a clear statement without waiting for the Eastern Domain to have an order.

Unexpectedly, Chen Daojian said again: "Even if the Ouchi family is in danger of being attacked, as the governor said, it will not take a day or two for your country to close the port and ban trade." We can be deterred by the naval division, as long as we continue to trade, and it is impossible for the shogun to risk the danger of war and suddenly close the door. In this way, it is not very fair for our side to cooperate with the Ouchi family to fight the shogunate, and those who receive less will pay more. ”

Ouchi Katsuda was silent for a long time, and Fang said slowly: "There is Ezo Island in the north of our country, thousands of miles from east to west, more than 800 miles from north to south, and its land is three times that of the Eastern Domain. The place is bitterly cold in winter, very short in summer and autumn, not suitable for rice planting, only a small number of Ezo people live on the island, hunting, fishing, and killing deer for a living. Our country traded with them, and obtained pearls, pickled fish, deer skins, venison and other goods, and the shogun sent the Matsumae clan through Ezo and built Matsumae Castle, but the force was weak. I heard that the King of Great Wei and Qin was in charge of horse administration, and it was not suitable to raise horses on a hot island like the Eastern Domain. If the King of Qin comes to the aid of the Ouchi family and defeats the shogun, I am willing to send troops to help the naval division of the Zhongshan Prefecture and seize Ezo Island as a horse breeding land. ”

The horse pastures in the Eastern Domain were already very large, but they were still not enough to meet the needs, and the pastures in the central and northern parts of the country would not accommodate too many horses.

The King of Qin had been looking for more suitable land for horse breeding and opening up larger pastures, and his eyes ranged from the coastal islands of Zhejiang, to Fujian, Liangguang, and even Jingnan, and it was quite difficult to open up pastures in these places because his power had not yet expanded.

Fujian is a place with many mountains and little land, and if a pasture is opened up on Fujian Road, it will be like a situation of fighting for land with the people, which will greatly damage Xu Zixian's image.

And there are more and more war horses, breeders and horses, and the demand for horse breeding land is also quite urgent.

The Ouchi family should have sent many people to the Eastern Domain to inquire about information, and the Military Intelligence Department of the Eastern Domain did not restrict the superficial actions of these foreign widows, and the news of the horse breeding land should be the news sent by the Ouchi family.

Chen Daojian clasped his fists again and said: "The stakes are very high, and I can't agree at this time, so I have to wait for the reply from the Eastern Domain to visit the governor." ”

"Of course." Ouchi Shengda picked up the teacup with his hand, his hands actually trembled slightly, trading with the Wei people and betraying his country, of course, it was not a simple matter for Ouchi Shengda, and inner conflicts were inevitable.

However, according to the customs of the time, in terms of the country and the family, Ouchi Katsuda of course paid more attention to the interests of the family, and the current crisis was not only the weakening of the Ouchi family, but also related to life and death, and betrayal of the shogunate became an inevitable choice.

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