"Qiyu Palace, now that the five islands of the Ryukyus have been recovered by them, this time I came to ask the Shimazu family for the military expenses for this dispatch!" , the samurai knelt on the ground, and his head was embarrassed to raise his head in shame, "That saffron will say that we have a day to think about it, today's bombardment is just a warning, and if we don't send compensation at this time tomorrow, we will officially go ashore to attack the city!" ”

Shimazu Takashi wanted to cry without tears, I don't know how long it has been since the five northern islands belonged to the Satsuma Domain, why did he come to ask for debts now, "How many cannons will there be in the red flower?" My Shimazu family may hold on this time! I don't have to think about it now, let's figure out the strength of the other party first, Shimazu Takami hurriedly asked.

"When I came, Honghua would take me to visit the black ships, and counted them carefully in my heart, and there were eighty cannons on the largest black ship alone, and I am afraid that there were no less than four hundred cannons on the other ships!" This figure is too exaggerated for the Satsuma clan, and all the cannons in their family are taken out without even a fraction of this.

"Ships can't go ashore, as long as we stay away from the sea, those black ships won't find a chance and will retreat!" , Shimazu Takaki continued to ask, "How many samurai are on board?" ”

"The Red Flower Society once organized an army on the five islands, and it did not shy away from being under it when the army was reorganized!" The little dog immediately replied, "Not counting those who stayed on the ship, there are more than 2,000 foot soldiers lined up on the island alone, and all of them are armed with iron cannons with swords!" ”

Speaking of this, the little dog subconsciously swallowed a mouthful of saliva, as if frightened by the previous situation, "When the iron artillery team marched, a hundred people were the same, and when it was fired, the bullets rained down, and the target in front of it turned into fragments in an instant. It's really not really unstoppable! ”

"Yaga! Coward! Lost the face of my Shimazu samurai! Someone next to him immediately shouted.

"A few years ago, the Mito Domain trained an iron artillery team of hundreds of people, and they defeated several daimyo in the surrounding area one after another!" , Shimazu muttered to himself. "Now that there are 2,000 people coming to the door, I'm afraid it's not our Shimazu family who can be low-grade, so let's send someone to ask their requirements first!" What he didn't know was that the muskets of the Mito Domain were the same ones that the Red Flower Society sold them.

Shimazu Takatsu is now the head of the Satsuma Domain, and after careful discussion, the old man in charge of foreign affairs hurriedly went to the port with gifts.

In less than an hour. The old man came back with a pale face, and the samurai who followed behind him also looked indignant, it seems that what he brought back this time is not good news! Shimazu thought to himself.

"What! Compensate the Red Flower Society for military expenses of 200,000 taels of silver, and compensate Ryukyu for 100,000 taels of silver! Ceded land outside Kagoshima Castle to the Red Flower Society as a commercial port! The important ministers of the Shimazu family were frightened by this number.

"These are really not something that our Shimazu family can come up with!" , Shimazu Guiyu smiled bitterly, aren't they just five small islands! The Satsuma clan has only made much money from those islands over the years! They even asked for 300,000 taels at once!

"Now it's only time to prepare for battle!" , The general of the Shimazu family immediately knelt up straight, "Let's go and gather the samurai in the domain." Fight to the death with the Red Flower Society tomorrow! ”

The next day, when the appointed time came, the Shimazu family still did not send a messenger, and the cannons of the Red Flower Society were fired again, and under the cover of the cannons, groups of infantry began to land on the beach by boat; The samurai of the Shimazu family hid far beyond the range of the shells, and the beaches were almost undefended, and the 1,000 troops who had advanced quickly landed in the whole group.

It turns out. Since the martial arts masters of the Central Plains can't fight against the platoon guns, there is no reason why the Japanese samurai will win in the confrontation with the platoon guns. The army that the Shimazu family had managed to put together was quickly routed under the platoon of guns.

This is a team that was put together from his grandfather's frugality! It was these horses that the Shimazu family was able to bully the Ryukyus, occupy the northern five islands, and seize the tributary revenues of the Ryukyu and the Qing Dynasty, with which the Shimazu family's financial situation improved day by day; But before the Shimazu family could turn their ambitions into reality, the arrival of the Red Flower Society shattered their dreams. After this battle, the Shimazu family is afraid that they will not even have the strength to hold their own territory!

"The Great Hall! Can't wait any longer! An old man knelt on his knees and shouted, "Send someone out to negotiate immediately!" If you wait any longer, the samurai of the Shimazu family will die! ”

"Well, it's my responsibility to fight this battle, and when the negotiations are over, I'll apologize to the ancestors of the Shimazu family. You have to assist Chonghao well! The foundation of the Shimazu family will be handed over to you! Shimazu Takatsu turned the Buddha ten years old at this moment.

"Grandfather!" , the short Shimazu Shigehiro cried into tears at the moment.

The messenger was quickly sent out, and the soldiers on the front line checked it, took off their sabers and brought them to Wu Sihua and Su Changquan in the rear camp, "Hey, you people, don't cry when you don't see the coffin!" Su Changquan looked at the messenger kneeling in front of him and said, "What, Shimadzu Shigehao has thought about it?" Is the silver ready? ”

"Lord Qiqi, my lord has fully agreed to the conditions you proposed, but this 300,000 taels of silver is not a small amount, and it will take some time to transfer, please give you a few days!" The messenger knelt on his knees and pleaded.

"300,000 taels, that's yesterday's price!" , Su Changquan took out the momentum of robbery when he was a pirate and said, "Today we have used so many troops, and we have consumed so many shells and bullets, don't we need money?" ”

"Please give me a number!" , The messenger gritted his teeth and asked, I don't know how much it will become if it is delayed any longer!

"Count you cheaper, 50,000 taels is good!" , Su Changquan stretched out five fingers, "Also, it's not impossible to postpone the payment, when do you get the money together, when will we leave, of course, the military expenses of our garrison here will also have to be paid by you, even if it is five thousand taels of silver a day!" ”

"I'll go back and ask for instructions!" , the messenger rolled back to Kagoshima Castle.

The Shimazu family scavenged their own territory and finally scraped together the money, and the next day, the Shimazu family was represented by Shimazu Takatsu and Shimazu Shigeo, and the Red Flower Society was represented by Wu Sihua and Su Changquan, and the two sides signed the "Kagoshima Treaty".

In addition to the silver, the Red Flower Society also occupied a large area of land in Kagoshima, but a hundred years later, the Japanese not only did not hate Su Changquan and Wu Sihua, but erected statues for them on the beach where the black ship landed, praising them as benefactors who promoted Japan's opening up and reform, enriching the country and strengthening the army, and the day the black ship landed also became a major festival in Japan. (To be continued......)

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