On the third day of the third month of March, Li Zhi welcomed three special guests in the palace. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

When Li Zhi led his generals into the second hall, the Dutch envoy Kuyt and two Dutch retinues were already standing there. Seeing Li Zhi, the tall Dutchman Kuyt stopped talking to his entourage and looked at Li Zhi with some nervousness.

For now, it should be said that there is no truce between Li Zhi and the Netherlands, and the two sides are still at war. Li Zhi robbed the Dutch fleet and even captured the treasure island of Taiwan from the Dutch. Although many years have passed since the war, relations between the two sides show no signs of easing.

What's even more sinister is that Han Jinxin deduced from the intelligence he had deduced that the reason why the Jiangbei Army was able to create a new rifle was because of the technical support provided by the Dutch. If this inference is true, then the Dutch are clearly intent on bringing down Li Zhi.

At this time, Li Zhi did not know what the Dutch envoy was doing in Tianjin.

Li Zhi shook off the four-clawed golden dragon king's robe and slowly sat on the throne. Li Zhi's generals stood on both sides of the second hall, surrounding the Dutch envoys from the left and right, and they didn't say a word.

The scene is really not very harmonious.

The Dutch envoy Kuyt looked at Li Zhi's face, and said in a wise manner: "We came to Tianjin this time to provide secret information to His Royal Highness the King of the County. ”

One of the Dutch envoys' entourage translated Kuyt's words into the Ming official dialect.

Li Zhi looked at Kuyt and motioned to the Dutchman.

Kuyt said loudly, "Does Your Highness know? The Japanese Tokugawa shogunate once sold 30,000 arquebuses to the Jiangbei Army, which constituted the main combat strength of the Jiangbei Army. In the first war between His Royal Highness and the Jiangbei Army, the Jiangbei Army relied on the Japanese arquebuses to quickly become an army. ”

Hearing the words of the Dutch envoy, the generals under Li Zhi's command were all a little surprised. The generals talked about it in twos and threes.

Li Zhi frowned when he heard the Dutchman's words.

Putting his hand on the armrest of the throne, Li Zhi asked coldly, "What do you Dutch mean by talking about this now?" How did you know about the deal between the Jiangbei Army and the Japanese? ”

The Dutchman didn't seem to be prepared to say much, and with a shocking word, he had the intention of leaving.

Throwing his hand at Li Zhi again, Kuyt smiled: "I believe that this piece of information will be of great help to His Highness." We're quitting. ”

Without waiting for Li Zhi's men to see off the guest, Kuyt cautiously took a few steps back. Seeing that Li Zhi did not mean to take him by force, the Dutch envoys were overjoyed, turned around and strode out of the palace.

Looking at the Dutch who were gradually moving away, Li Zhi asked Han Jinxin: "Han Jinxin, according to your intelligence, what the Dutch said is there any basis?" ”

Han Jinxin arched his hand and replied: "Lord Wang, before the first great war between us and the Jiangbei Army, the armament of the Jiangbei Army did suddenly increase by tens of thousands of guns. At the time, we didn't know where the guns came from. Nowadays, the Dutch say that it was provided by the Tokugawa shogunate, which is indeed very likely. Because looking at the surrounding forces, only the Wa Kingdom can come up with so many firearms at once. ”

Li Zhi frowned and was silent.

Li Laosi arched his hand and said: "Lord Wang, I'm afraid that the Dutch are talking about this at this time, and it is a plan to sow discord." ”

"Hongyi knows so much about the affairs of the Jiangbei Army, I'm afraid he has long colluded with the Jiangbei Army. Now that North Korea has been destroyed by us, we no longer have any worries in the north, and Hongyi may not be able to sleep at night. Therefore, they threw out the affairs of Japan at this time in the hope that we would go to war with Japan again and fall into a siege. ”

When Zheng Kaicheng heard Li Laosi's words, he snorted coldly and said, "Lord Wang, I think Hongyi is such an abacus!" ”

Li Xing groaned and said: "It's true that Hongyi is sowing discord, but if we know that this matter is not punished by Tokugawa, I am afraid that the samurai of the Japanese Kingdom will gain an inch." ”

When everyone heard Li Xing's words, they were silent for a while. Now that Li Zhi's 100,000-strong army is pinned down everywhere, he really doesn't want to fight another war with Japan at this time.

Even if you want to blame Japan, it will be after defeating the Jiangbei Army.

Li Zhi took a breath and said, "That's the end of what Hongyi said. Don't make a public announcement about it, just as if you haven't heard the news. ”

At this moment, what Li Zhi said is undoubtedly the best way.

The generals bowed down to Li Zhi and took the order with a bang.

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On the castle tower of Edo Castle in Japan, Tokugawa Iemitsu, the "Great Shogun of the Tokugawa Shogunate", and Toshikatsu Doi, the "Great Elder", sat in a cubicle and met the Dutch envoy Kuyt.

This cubicle is a dark room in Edo Castle. In fact, Tokugawa Iemitsu allowed the Dutch to enter the city through the side door, which was very low-key.

Today, Li Zhi is a one-handed man in Northeast Asia, and the Dutch, as Li Zhi's enemies, are not popular with the Tokugawa shogunate.

However, the Dutch had their own way of dealing with the Tokugawa shogunate.

Kuyt looked at the expressionless Tokugawa Shogun and the slightly frowning Doi Toshikatsu, and said with a smile: "Tokugawa Shogun, Your Excellency, the Tokugawa Shogunate is in danger. ”

Hearing the translator's translation of Kuyt's words, Tokugawa Iemitsu and Doi Toshikatsu glanced at each other.

Doi Toshikatsu said unhappily: "Your Excellency Kuyt, you have something to say!" ”

Kuyt said directly: "The Tokugawa shogunate's sale of 30,000 iron cannons to the Northern Army of the Ming River, Li Zhi is already fully aware of it. The Japanese army in Tianjin will soon be slaughtered under Edo Castle. ”

Hearing Kuyt's words, both Toshikatsu Doi and Tokugawa Iemitsu opened their eyes and were speechless.

Toshikatsu Doi's face turned pale. He stared at Kuyt, his eyes reddening.

"How did Li Zhi know?"

Kuyt smiled and said, "I'm afraid it was Li Zhi's intelligence officers who broke into the interior of the Jiangbei Army and obtained information. ”

Doi Toshikatsu didn't believe Kuyt's words, and asked coldly, "Why did you tell us this?" ”

Kuyt laughed and said, "Don't panic, Your Excellency. ”

Looking up at the cubicle he was in, Kuyt smiled and said, "We Dutch have come to Japan thousands of miles to form an alliance with the Japanese. ”

Hearing Kuyt's words, Doi Toshikatsu's body became weaker and weaker, and finally he needed to support his body with his right hand so that he barely fell on the tatami mat.

The Dutch and Li Zhi are enemies, and everyone knows about this. The Dutch wanted to ally with the Tokugawa shogunate in order to draw Japan into the camp against Li Zhi. Then the Dutch, in order to drive a wedge between Japan and Li Zhi, would definitely tell Li Zhi the information that the Tokugawa family was selling iron cannons to the Jiangbei Army.

Since Kuyt was sitting here to form an alliance with the Japanese, Li Zhi knew 120 percent about the 30,000 iron cannons.

According to Li Zhi's character, will he be kind to the Tokugawa family?

The Tokugawa family is in ruin!

Doi Toshikatsu's body shook and he was speechless. At this time, he really regretted selling iron cannons to the Jiangbei Army.

Kuyt looked at Doi Toshikatsu's face, smiled, and said, "Don't panic, Your Excellency! The East India Company will not harm the Rising Sun. ”

He pulled out a Formosa rifle from the hand of the attendant behind him.

The rifle had a long copper tube on top of it, and it was a scope.