Zhang Shenyan, the secretary of the Nanjing Ministry of Officials, sat cross-legged in the palace of the Tokugawa family, looking left and right at the Japanese-style house. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 Info Finally, a katana placed in the corner of the palace caught Zhang Shenyan's attention. The katana was simple in shape, with almost no decoration on the scabbard, but it was placed in the most prominent position in the entire palace, and it was obviously not ordinary.

This Japanese man is really a reckless soldier, and the only decoration in the entire palace is a katana.

How strong is the combat effectiveness of Li Zhihu's army, and how strong is it to defeat such a martial Japan?

Zhang Shenyan was pondering there, but saw a sliding door at the back of the palace being opened, and a samurai dressed in featherweave walked in and knelt on the ground. The four high-ranking samurai who sat on either side of the palace bowed in unison. Then a tall Japanese samurai walked in. Behind him, there was a middle-aged samurai with a sinking face and a thin body.

The translator in front of Zhang Shenyan turned around and said, "The one walking in front is the Japanese general Tokugawa Iemitsu, and the one in the back is the big man who is actually in charge of the business. ”

Two Japanese rulers walked in and sat down on the front of the palace. Tokugawa Iemitsu was silent, and Doi Toshikatsu asked loudly: "Ming officials from Nanjing, what are you looking for us for?" ”

After listening to the translator's translation, Zhang Shenyan bowed slightly towards Doi Toshikatsu and said, "I came to Japan to buy firecrackers. ”

Doi Toshikatsu asked loudly, "Aren't you Daming able to produce your own fire guns?" ”

Zhang Shenyan touched his beard and said: "It's too slow to make guns by myself, my Jiangbei No. 2 Town in Nanjing collected 4,000 bird guns craftsmen in the whole south, and only got 10,000 qualified bird guns in four months. I've heard that Japanese guns are called iron cannons, and they are so well made, so I just came to Japan to buy them. ”

Doi Toshikatsu thought for a moment and asked, "Why do we sell you an arquebus, this is a good firearm." ”

Zhang Shenyan said: "We can afford the price. We are willing to buy them from the shogunate for 30 kan a handful. ”

Doi Toshikatsu did not answer this sentence, and looked at Zhang Shenyan expressionlessly. The price of Japan is more expensive than that of the Ming Dynasty, and the price of 30 times is only the cost price, and Doi Toshikatsu is obviously unmoved.

Zhang Shenyan looked at Doi Toshikatsu with a smile, stroked his beard and said, "Doesn't the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan hate Li Zhi?" Sell it to me, and you can avenge Li Zhi's occupation of Osaka. ”

Doi Toshikatsu's face changed, and there was a trace of unnaturalness on his face, which was sensitively captured by Zhang Shenyan.

Zhang Shenyan saw that Doi Toshikatsu was interested, and said with a smile: "I don't know if the Japanese shogunate knows about the two towns in Jiangbei." This time, our southern scholars raised money to organize the second town of Jiangbei to attack Li Zhi. Now we have raised 80,000 strong soldiers, led by two generals, and they are quite combative. ”

Doi Toshisheng obviously knew about the affairs of the second town in the north of the Daming River, shook his head and said, "You 80,000 people are not Li Zhi's opponents. ”

Zhang Shenyan laughed and said, "We have 80,000 people, and we really can't beat Li Zhi." But now Li Zhi has offended too many people, whether it is the Jurchens outside the Guan, or Li Zicheng in Henan, or even you overseas Japanese, and the Hongyi people in the West, they all hate Li Zhi. If we exert some strength in all aspects, Li Zhi's fists will be invincible to his four legs, and he will definitely be beaten down by us. ”

Doi Toshikatsu thought for a long time, but still said: "You are not Li Zhi's opponent. Li Zhi's cannon is not something you can stop. ”

Zhang Shenyan frowned, pondered for a moment, and said, "I shouldn't have told this secret, but if I don't tell it, I'm afraid you won't sell me the iron cannon." ”

After a pause, Zhang Shenyan said: "Hongyi, that is, the Dutch, you are talking about, has promised to sell us six hundred heavy guns. Now that the first batch of 300 has arrived from Taizhou, our soldiers have begun to practice their artillery. ”

"The range of these heavy artillery is as far as Li Zhi's cannon. When we meet Li Zhi's cannon, we won't suffer a loss! ”

Hearing Zhang Shenyan's words, Doi Toshikatsu lowered his head suddenly, as if he was moved.

Zhang Shenyan struck while the iron was hot and said: "You were beaten so badly by Li Zhi and lost so much money, don't you hate Li Zhi at all?" If you don't dare to fight against Li Zhi, then sell us the iron cannon and let us take action! You guys can just wait in the back! Is there anything better in the world than this? ”

After thinking for a long time, Doi Toshikatsu asked, "How many iron cannons do you want?" ”

Zhang Shenyan was overjoyed when he heard this, and said, "We want 60,000 iron cannons!" ”

Doi Toshikatsu shook his head and said, "Sixty thousand is too much, Li Zhi will definitely find out." If Li Zhi gets angry and attacks the Tokugawa family, the Tokugawa family will be finished. ”

Zhang Shenyan sneered, very dissatisfied with the cowardice of the Japanese.

"As far as I know, the Tokugawa family has at least 100,000 iron cannons, and I'm afraid there are 30,000 in the warehouse. You can rest assured, if Li Zhi sends troops to attack Japan, our Jiangbei Second Town will definitely take the opportunity to go north to attack Shandong, so that Li Zhi will lose one and the other! ”

Doi Toshikatsu shook his head and said, "We also want to defeat Li Zhi, but the shogunate will sell you a maximum of 30,000 iron cannons!" I hope that your martial arts will be prosperous and you can really defeat Li Zhi. ”

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In the third hall of the Jinguo Mansion, Li Zhi listened to Han Jinxin's report and was silent.

Han Jinxin arched his hand and said: "Grandpa Guo, this time the entire Jiangnan scholars are in battle, and those who have money have contributed and made powerful contributions, and the two towns in Jiangbei that have been built cannot be underestimated. These officials and gentry did not know where to get hundreds of cannons, and they practiced every day in the north of Yangzhou City, and the sound of cannons spread for miles. ”

Li Zhi nodded and asked, "How many cannons did these gentry get in?" ”

Han Jinxin said: "There are at least more than 200 doors, and the specific number is not clear. ”

"What kind of cannon?"

"According to the informant, the cannon was very long and cast in bronze. The cannon projectile can hit ten miles, and it is regarded as a treasure by the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River. ”

Li Zhi snorted coldly and said, "To be able to fight so far, this must be a kind of European cannon." The forces that can equip the two towns of Jiangbei with more than 200 cannons at one time in the Far East must be the Dutch. These red-haired are not willing to fail. ”

The Dutch were in their heyday at this time, with fifteen thousand merchant ships around the world, known as the coachmen of the seas. Although the stronghold in Taiwan was uprooted by Li Zhi, the Dutch still had the ability to transport hundreds of cannons from other regions to East Asia.

Only the Dutch had the determination to transport hundreds of cannons to make it difficult for Li Zhi.

Han Jinxin said worriedly: "Grandpa Guo, our campaign against the Tartars this time is known to everyone in the imperial court. If the two towns of Jiangbei of the gentry attack Shandong and Tianjin when our army goes north, I am afraid it will cause us great trouble. ”