As soon as dawn came, Ji Gang woke up from the entanglement of the pink arms and jade legs of the petite girl in his arms.

In the past few days, with the non-stop patrols of the Ming naval fleet, the atmosphere in the entire Izumo country, including Iwami country, has become more and more tense.

Today's Minbu Daisuke, Daizen Doctor, and Jibu Daisuke Kyogoku Takamitsu served as the head of the Izumo Kingdom, and served as the guardian of Izumo, Hiki, Iwami, and Missile.

But since his father, Kyogoku Takatsu, Iwami has only been a nominal domain for them, and most of Iwami's control has been concentrated in the hands of the Yamana family.

However, since Iwami Ginzan is on the border between Izumo and Iwami, Kyogoku Takashu, who is not in harmony with the head of the family, still has a huge influence around Iwami Ginzan.

At this time, Iwami Silver Mountain had not yet been discovered, and this mountain had not been taken seriously, so whether it was the Yamana clan of the Yamana family or the Kyogoku Takashu, they didn't care that the Ming people were cultivating tea here.

During this time, Kyogoku Takamitsu recruited samurai from the four regions and eight towns, for more than 600 people, to protect the perimeter of Izumo Castle.

However, although the Ming fleet occasionally tested the depth of the water not far from the coast, it had no intention of attacking, which also made it a little easier for them.

In their opinion, even if the Daming fleet attacked Toei, it would not start from Izumo Province, because there was nothing here except iron weapons.

Because of several small iron mines, it has always been the production area of Toei's high-quality Japanese swords. But the scale is not large, in their opinion, Daming will not look at their industry at all.

Because of the frequent haunting of the Daming fleet, now whether it is the Kyogoku family or the Yamana family, including the Niko family, which belongs to the same branch of the Sasaki family as the Kyogoku family, they all treat this batch of Daming tea merchants with great courtesy.

In their opinion, Izumo, who only has a few hundred samurai, is not qualified to fight with the Ming fleet, and they are better to the Ming people now, and when the Ming Dynasty fights, they can also have some more talismans.

It is precisely for this reason that although today's Ji Gang and their small life are not good, they are definitely not bad.

Many local households, who have beautiful women in their families, have paid filial piety to these Ming people.

Their purpose is not primarily to build over relationships, partly for this reason, but more importantly because they are tirelessly seeking racial improvement.

Most of today's Ming men are more than 1.6 meters tall, but the Japanese are only 1.5 meters, and the height difference is about ten centimeters.

The purpose of borrowing seeds now is to make their offspring taller, as long as they are born from their own daughter's womb, they don't care who the father of the child is.

This kind of atmosphere did not start at that time, as far back as the Tang Dynasty, the favorite thing of the Dongying people was to transport beautiful girls to the mainland by boat, and then transport them back to Dongying after pregnancy.

The women here are not ashamed of this, but feel that it is an honor to dedicate themselves to the stronger Mingren.

Ji Gang has tasted a lot of fresh buds during this time, except for the monotony of life and the fact that he has eaten a little, he has enjoyed all the blessings in this regard.

"This is just the beginning...... Ji Gang touched the window, poured a cup of herbal tea, looked at the orient that was gradually lighting up outside, and muttered to himself.

The Dongying girl behind her also woke up, looked at Ji Gang's burly body, and asked in half-baked Da Ming words: "Lu Liangren, won't you sleep for a while?" ”

Ji Gang looked back at her and said with a smile: "Miss Yamana, it's time to practice." ”

Liangren is the name of the Dongying woman to the Ming people, and Ji Gang doesn't know where this name comes from, and he hasn't changed it after correcting it several times, so he called it with her.

This Miss Yamana is the daughter of the Yamana family, and although she is young, she has a lot of curiosity. Ji Gang used his identity as a commander to take the lead and keep her by his side.

In her spare time, she taught her some Chinese dialect and recognized some Chinese characters, which can also pass some lonely time.

Of course, what he attaches more importance to is her identity, a descendant of the Yamana family, if he turns her into his concubine in the future, it will be of great help to him to control this place.

Guarding such a silver mountain, and being able to escape the persecution of the civil and military forces of the Kaiman Dynasty, Ji Gang never thought about returning to Daming from the day he came to Dongying.

Although the current Toei is ostensibly under the jurisdiction of the shogunate, even their so-called emperor has become a puppet. But in fact, the central government's jurisdiction over the following is pitiful, which is equivalent to two thousand years ago in the Ming Dynasty, during the Spring and Autumn Period, the major names were the de facto vassal kings, and they had the supreme power of life and death in their own territory.

Being a vassal king here will be more free and enjoyable than being a minister at home.

Of course, he knows very well that there is a premise for all this, that is, to help Taisun cripple Dongying entirely, and only in this way can he gain a foothold here.

And the harder Dongying's ruling class is beaten, the less pressure he will face in the future.

He wants to seek a permanent foundation for his Ji family, but he doesn't want to become the target of public criticism and be attacked by all the people.

So these days, he has also been suppressing his subordinates, not letting them have unnecessary conflicts with the locals, but focusing on good relations with the locals.

Reiko Yamana propped up her body from the bed and said in a coquettish voice, "I'll wait for you...... Dressing. ”

Ji Gang turned around and pinched her towering place, and said with a smile: "You have a good rest, I went home today and got a bow and arrows, and I will teach you archery from tomorrow." ”

Yesterday evening, he had already received information from Taisun that tomorrow the fleet of the Ming Dynasty would attack Osaka Prefecture, as the gateway to Kyoto, Osaka Prefecture was attacked, and it would definitely shock the nerves of the people of Toei as soon as possible.

At this time, finding an excuse to keep this chick by her side is also a pawn to protect the future.

It is rare that the Yamana family has such a petite and delicate beauty, and it is not easy to find a woman he is satisfied with after losing this chess piece.

Ji Gang was able to be valued by Zhu Di at the beginning, and naturally relied on his heroic and extraordinary, literary and martial arts. His abilities in all aspects are beyond mortals, otherwise he would not have been able to go from an outsider to the commander of the Jinyi Guard in just a few years.

And he is not yet forty years old, he is still a talent, and he looks even more masculine with a short beard.

Although he is a little older, his literary and martial arts are extraordinary, which can make the fifteen-year-old Yamana Reiko fan fascinated.

Reiko Yamana was a little shy and wanted to pull the sheets, but she couldn't help but puff up her chest and let Ji Gang be light. "Then you have to send two samurai back with me, otherwise Kameji will be entangled with me again."

Ji Gang's eyes flashed with a hint of fierceness, and he laughed and said, "Don't be afraid of him, I will personally escort you back today." ”

That Kameji was originally an orphan and didn't even have a surname, but in this era, there are still a large number of Dongying civilians who don't have a surname.

As a subordinate samurai of the Yamana family, Kameji is known for his fierceness and good fighting, and he has many lives under his command, and he is also valued by the Yamana clan, and is now one of the samurai's chiefs.

This person has always coveted Reiko Yamana's beauty, but his image in Reiko Yamana's mind is too poor, so he never succeeded.

Now that Reiko Yamana is infatuated with Ji Gang, she looks down on Kameji, who can only kill and fight.

Tomorrow, the Ming army will attack Osaka Prefecture, Dongying is not big, or in a few days, this news will spread throughout Dongying, so Ji Gang doesn't care about the impact of killing Kameji at this time.

Reiko Yamana said worriedly: "Kameji is vicious, he has killed several samurai, and the samurai in the family are a little afraid of him. ”

Ji Gang glanced at the wooden box on the beam of the room and said with a smile: "Don't worry, he can't kill me." ”

Yesterday, along with the letter from the grandson, there was also a short gun. He never imagined that in just over half a year, the original firebolt could be ignited without the need for an arquebus.

According to the messenger, this short fire was not equipped in the army, and only Taisun's guard had a hundred. Now the grandson has rewarded him, and he feels very honored.

And with this firecracker, no matter how high Gui Er's kung fu is, it will be a shot down for him.

He is not a young man who fights bravely, and he also thinks that he is much more noble than Kameji, and it is not cost-effective to fight with him. In order to achieve the goal, any despicable means can be used, not to mention the turtle who only has a knife on the other side with a firearm.

In the morning, he fired several shots in a row with this musket in the mountains and forests, mastered the installation of primers and reloading shells, and also had an accurate estimate of the reaction force of the short gun.

There is not much difference between this short gun and a long gun, and the only thing to note is that the gun is held in one hand, and the wrist needs to be tightened more forcefully.

And using flint to light a fire is indeed much more convenient than using a fire rope.

He couldn't help but imagine, and he didn't know when the fire gun would become popular. If Taisun is willing to give him a thousand firearms, he will have the confidence to face any enemy without having to be cautious anymore.

After lunch at noon, Ji Gang took two guards and followed Reiko Yamana back to Daejeon, the residence of the Yamauchi family.

Toei is just a small country, and the Yamauchi family is now nominally the owner of Iwami, but the entire country of Iwami is not as big as a county in the Ming Dynasty.

The Yamana family also took back the management of Iwami from the Kyogoku family more than ten years ago, and the strength of the entire family is relatively small among the major names of Toei.

Daejeon is a hilly area of the sea in the middle of the mountains, located to the west of Iwami Ginzan, and the two places are separated by about seven or eight miles.

They ride dwarf horses from Jeju Island, which may not go fast, but they are faster than people and require less effort.

In today's Dongying, being able to own a pony is already a status symbol.

Many samurai did not even have a pair of shoes except for their own swords. They are not the poorest people, because the poorest people don't even have a piece of clothing to protect them from the cold, and they can't even afford a knife.

As for ordinary people, it is unimaginably poor. Many young men and big girls who have reached adulthood have no clothes to wear, and they have to work naked when they work, and they can only put on clothes when they are done, for fear of damage, and they will have no clothes to wear.

However, it is precisely because of such a bitter living environment that the people of the entire Dongying have a natural jealousy and hatred towards the mainland. They thought that robbery was a matter of course, and many people who couldn't get by joined the ranks of the would-be robbers.

By the time the silver mountain is developed, only sufficient food and clothing are needed, and it is expected that it will be able to recruit inexhaustible labor.

As for women, if they can marry Daming, it is also their dream.

Thinking of the task assigned by Taisun, Ji Gang couldn't help but be a little distracted, but he heard the guard shout: "What person!" He jumped off his horse.

Ji Gang didn't dare to be sloppy, and immediately jumped off the pony and pulled out the short gun on the saddle.

Because of the lack of iron weapons, the Dongying people like to use bows and arrows and hidden weapons, and when they sit on horses, they will only become the target of the other party.

There was a loud laugh, and immediately after, nearly seven or eight samurai came out from behind the woods surrounded by a middle-aged man on horseback.

Behind them, there was a group of people, pushing simple wheelbarrows.

"Commander Ji's men and horses are really alert, and they have noticed us from so far away."

Seeing the visitor, Ji Gang breathed a sigh of relief, inserted the short gun into the saddle again, and said with a smile: "Your Excellency Yamana, is this to deliver military rations?" ”

The person who came was the patriarch of the Yamana family, and now the controller of Iwami, the head of the servant, the Yamana clan. At the same time, he is also the father of Reiko Yamana.

His attitude towards Daming belongs to the neutral faction, which is neither good nor bad, because of his limited strength, he has not sent anyone to be a widow.

In terms of strength, in addition to the territory he controls, his income is not necessarily as high as that of a landlord or businessman in Daming, that is, a slightly better life haha.

For Da Ming, he yearns for and admires, but he can't help but be jealous.

However, he is very active in learning from the experience of the Ming Dynasty, and Ji Gang and they contract to grow tea in the mountains and forests here, and he also provides a lot of convenience.

For example, last winter, Yang Zhangde commissioned him to hire hundreds of farmers to dig holes all over the slopes of Iwami Mountain to prepare for planting tea.

However, because of the blockade of the Daming fleet, if you want to transport tea seedlings from Daming this year for transplanting, you will have to wait until winter at the earliest.

Of course, this is what the Yamana clan is looking forward to, and Yang Zhangde asked someone to dig the pit, just so as not to make people doubt his purpose. When the Ming army comes, it will be impossible to plant tea trees, and this place will become a big mine.

The major names of Dongying and the small families who sent troops to fight wars all provided their own food, and the central government had no ability to provide nationwide grain transshipment.

Yamana nodded with a smile, glanced at his daughter, and said with a smile, "Reiko's service is satisfactory?" ”

Ji Gang nodded and said: "That's right, when I return to Daming and know my mother, I will marry Lingzi as a concubine." ”

A cold snort came, and the turtle stood up with the handle of the knife. "Minggou, it's your honor to give Reiko a son, and it's impossible to let Reiko marry you."

Ji Gang pulled out the firearm under the saddle again, pulled up a cap with his hand, and shot Gui Er in the head.

No one knew what kind of weapon he had brought out, saying it was a firebolt, but it didn't light the string, so he didn't care.

When a loud bang came, Kameji covered his face and fell down directly, stunned everyone.

Only then did Ji Gang blow the white smoke coming out of the barrel of the gun, and said lightly: "Noise, don't you see me talking to your master?" ”