Ma Du and Zhu Biao went to the study together, just sat down and heard the sound of the Japanese language outside, the young man of the Japanese country was pushed into the study by Lao Liu, and when he saw Ma Du, he raised his eyebrows and kept talking about the Japanese language as if he was protesting.

Ma Du sneered: "Since you know Chinese, don't say bird language anymore, Ashikaga General!" ”

The young man was stunned, and said another sentence in Japanese, pretending to be ignorant.

"Pretend! Since there is nothing to say to Ben Hou, forget it. Ma Du waved his hand, "Lao Liu sent them back to Honglu Temple!" ”

"Hashito sack (wait a minute)!" As soon as the young man of the Japanese Kingdom stretched out his hand to stop Lao Liu, he said in a slightly unfamiliar Chinese: "Jiang Ninghou is really wise, I don't know how Your Excellency guessed my identity?" ”

"Don't be a sycophant, Ben Hou is not as wise as you think, it's just a casual guess, and I'm also surprised to see His Excellency the General in Daming!" Ma Du pointed casually, "Your Excellency General, please take a seat!" ”

This boy is the shogun in "Clever Brother Ichiyu", Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, a cowman who established a powerful unified Wa country and created the prosperity of the Muromachi shogunate.

"If Your Excellency the General is not used to it, I will have someone bring you a futon."

"No need, I like Daming's Taishi chair very much, it's much more comfortable than kneeling." Ashikaga Yoshimitsu said and sat opposite Ma Du and Zhu Biao, picked up the translucent glass cup on the table and took a sip,

"In this way, there are a few sets of glass cups, and they are regarded as treasures at the beginning, but they began to flood the market within a few years, and the price plummeted, which is not a rare thing. I saw a glass market on the way before, but I didn't expect Daming to sell it cheaper, only a few dozen yuan. ”

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu only saw that the glass was sold cheaply in Fangshan, but he didn't know that the real transaction was about ten taels each, and even dozens of taels in remote places, after all, where was the supply and demand.

This huge profit, of course, can not all be cheap merchants, they sell a piece of glass to the imperial court to pay extremely high taxes, without a tax certificate is not able to get the source of goods again, in the final analysis, Lao Zhu is the biggest beneficiary.

"You have traveled thousands of miles across the sea to sell colored glass, if so, Benhou can open up the supply."

"Naturally not, although my small overseas countries in Japan have admired the Wenhua of the Celestial Empire since ancient times, now there is the Ming Dynasty standing in the Central Plains, and its prestige spreads overseas, so it is in accordance with the will of Heaven so I came here to pay tribute."

"Hahaha......" Ma Du couldn't help laughing when he heard this, if Lao Zhu listened to such words, he was very happy that his vanity should be satisfied, and he probably thought that the Japanese were afraid of his powerful navy.

However, Ma Du knew that the Japanese could not afford to be profitable, and although the navy was strong but limited in number, it could barely protect the trade routes, and if he went deep into the overseas to attack the Japanese country, he might be able to succeed for a while, but it was difficult to gain a long-term foothold in the Japanese country.

The Japanese people were not frightened, when the Mongolian iron cavalry swept the world Kublai Khan was the hero, the Japanese did not bird his holy decree, and even killed the envoys of the Great Yuan.

Kublai Khan sent people to Japan on two expeditions and returned with great defeat, although there were "kamikazes" to help the Japanese slaves, but their stubborn resistance was indispensable. The two big victories gave the Japanese Kou confidence, coupled with the special geographical location and was not afraid of foreign invasion, so when the Ming navy did not have absolute superiority, Ma Du did not have the idea of fighting the main island of the Japanese country.

Mado's inexplicable laughter made Ashikaga Yoshimitsu begin to bristle, and he arched his hand and said, "What comes out of the bottom is the heartfelt words, why is Your Excellency laughing?" Well, although there were Japanese people who caused chaos along the coast of Daming before, they were traitors from the Southern Dynasty led by Shiqing Murakami, and they had nothing to do with our Northern Dynasty. ”

"Naturally, I believe what the general said!" Ma Du got up and walked in front of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, "Your state has come from afar to call the minister, my Emperor Hongwu of the Ming Dynasty is not very happy, but the government affairs have been busy recently, I believe that I will be summoned soon, this marquis is afraid that there is nothing that can help, Ashikaga General please, don't send it!" ”

Madu stretched out his hand and pointed out the door as a send-off, but Ashikaga Yoshimitsu hesitated and refused to get up, "This ...... Hou Ye, don't worry, the small state of the lower country does have some urgent matters to ask for the Heavenly Empire, and please ask Hou Ye to help me so that I can see Long Yan as soon as possible. ”

"It's not enough, if you have something to say, say it quickly." Madu sat back in his chair.

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu looked at Zhu Biao, who had not spoken, "The matter is big, and I ask the Hou Ye to step back." ”

"If the prince is not here, I don't dare to meet with the general, and I may be charged with a crime."

The Japanese envoys hit a wall everywhere, not only because of Lao Zhu's attitude, but also because there is a general crime in Daming, but the big crime of losing his head, if he dares to see them, it is strange, and the nature of Zhu Biao is different.

When Ashikaga Yoshimitsu heard that it was the crown prince, his face couldn't help but be happy, and he hurriedly got off the chair and puffed in front of Zhu Biao, and bowed down with his five bodies, "The foreign minister doesn't know that His Royal Highness is here, and I ask Your Highness to forgive me." ”

Zhu Biao smiled and helped him up, "Those who don't know are not guilty, get up and sit down." My uncle said to take me to meet a ...... The big man, Ashikaga Shogun is really a young hero. ”

"Your Highness has praised it falsely, and the foreign minister is young and has not accomplished anything, so he should not be called a hero."

Zhu Biao asked again: "Since General Ashikaga has come to the Ming Dynasty, why did he hide in the mission and not reveal his true identity?" Otherwise, no matter how busy the father is, he will take the time to summon him. ”

"The foreign minister has admired China since he was a child, and when the envoy of our country came, he secretly came to see the customs of the Central Plains, and he was afraid that his identity was inconvenient, and he did not want to publicize it, and he was not honest and deceived the Ming Dynasty, and asked His Royal Highness to forgive me."

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu is three years younger than Zhu Biao, and his answers are polite and courteous, neither humble nor arrogant, which is good for his age, and Zhu Biao showed a little appreciation. Ma Du couldn't help but be anxious when he saw it, it was no big deal for Mu Ying to be fooled, anyway, he would go to Yunnan, Zhu Biao was different, he was the prince, and the death of Lao Zhu was related to Daming's future policy towards widows.

Ma Du hurriedly interrupted, "General Ashikaga, let's get down to business." ”

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu took a sip of tea and said: "My emperor sent an envoy to the Ming Dynasty this time, in addition to calling the ministers and paying tribute, he also wanted to buy something. ”

"Did you really buy glass? Hehe...... How much and how much to have. ”

"Nope! It's about buying firearms! ”

Hearing this, Ma Du smiled and looked at Zhu Biao, "What does Your Highness think?" ”

Zhu Biao refused, "This matter is absolutely impossible, firearms are the foundation of my Ming Dynasty, not to mention foreign countries, even the generals in the army don't want to easily mobilize firearms." "Zhu Biao has a gentle personality, but there are still principles.

Zhu Biao is prince naturally has weight when he speaks, he said that if he doesn't sell it, there will be basically no way, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu sighed in disappointment when he heard this.

Ma Du smiled: "Ashikaga general, don't worry, Benhou wants to ask why you are so good why you buy firearms?" ”

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu replied: "Your Royal Highness and the Hou Ye must still know something about the affairs of our country, and decades ago, Emperor Daigo, the queen of our country, left Kyoto with three major artifacts, and it was divided into two dynasties in the north and south that confronted each other for decades......"

"What are the three major artifacts?" Zhu Biao interjected curiously.