Ma Shiying looked at Zhang Qianfang, Zhang Qianfang stood up and said to Yan Siqi: "Uncle Yan, this is a messenger sent by the emperor, specifically for our business. “

When Yan Siqi heard this, he immediately knelt on the ground: "The sinners have seen Lord Qincha. “

Ma Shiying breathed a sigh of relief, since Yan Siqi recognized this Qin Mission, it would be easy to say it later, and stepped forward to help Yan Siqi and said: "The Holy Lord admires Mr. Yan very much, and he has said it to General Zhang before. “

Yan Siqi looked at Zhang Qianfang and said, "It turns out that you are still a general, and you have been hiding from me so hard." “

Zhang Qianfang said: "Uncle Yan, I don't want to deliberately hide it from Uncle Yan, the saint has already had a strict order not to reveal his identity, and my uncle doesn't know." “

Yan Siqi was a little satisfied, and suddenly he remembered something and said: "When you first came to Quanzhou, Jinshang had not yet ascended the throne, and then Jinshang knew the little cheap name?" “

Zhang Qianfang said: "At that time, the saint was still the emperor's grandson, and when he sent me, he focused on mentioning the names of Uncle Yan and Mr. Li, and asked me to learn from the two seniors. “

Yan Siqi knew that Zhang Qianfang would not lie, and he was secretly surprised in his heart, which could only be attributed to the omnipotence of the saint, and at the same time, he also had some awe for the emperor.

As soon as his mentality changed, he had already put himself in the position of the people of the Ming Dynasty, and he bowed down and said: "Please ask Lord Qincha to instruct you how to do it, and the grass people will obey everything." “

Ma Shiying invited him to take a seat and said: "The idea of the saint is indeed imaginative, and I can only admire it." Shengshang said that Mr. Haizhan Yan should be able to be on par with Matsuura, and Lu Zhan is only afraid that he will not be able to catch it. But if the shogunate were to be added, there should be no chance of victory on both land and sea. “

Yan Siqi nodded and said: "Indeed, so the grass people originally wanted to support Matsuura Nobuzhen, if the two of us combined, the naval battle can be won safely, but the land battle is still a little inferior to Matsuura Zhenxin, so I asked for some powerful firearms." “

"As for the shogunate, the conflict between their brothers, the shogunate generally does not interfere, as long as it supports the winning side after the final result is in. Matsuura Nobusada said that afterwards I was named the old man of the Hirado pen head family, and I led one side alone, so the grass people would be moved. “

The old man of the pen head is already the highest-ranking retainer under the big name, no wonder Yan Siqi is tempted. Ma Shiying secretly despised it in his heart, is a famous retainer so obsessed with this? However, I am also more sure of the persuasion Yan Siqi in the back, as long as you want to be an official, then following Daming, isn't it much stronger than following a big name?

Ma Shiying said: "Mr. Yan can cherish his homeland, and Ben Qin is so admired that he has a holy will. “

Yan Siqi immediately knelt down to receive the order, and Ma Shiying said: "The emperor's edict said: Yan Siqi is the governor of the East China Sea Navy of the Ming Dynasty, and he admires this." ”

Yan Siqi took the holy decree, a little confused, Ma Shiying said: "The navy and the navy are different, like General Zhang is the navy, as for the navy, the emperor said that it is the navy of the open sea." All the sea areas that our Ming Dynasty does not actually control now are the places where the navy fights. The jurisdiction of the governor of Yan is all the seas east of the Ming Dynasty to Japan and Korea, and the emperor hopes that these places will eventually become the territory of my Ming Dynasty. ”

Yan Siqi was excited, his own pattern was still too small, and the emperor actually wanted to turn the entire sea into a place for the Ming Dynasty. Ma Shiying said: "You and your subordinates only need to know about this appointment, we will not invent a purpose." You get the idea. ”

Yan Siqi nodded, Japan is a country that is not to be conquered, of course, it can't be made clear as the governor of the East China Sea Navy, otherwise it won't be announced that it will take action against Japan and Korea, and Korea has always been a very obedient vassal state.

Ma Shiying continued: "What you do cannot be regarded as what I mean, you are still a maritime merchant. However, the emperor has prepared a brigade of part of the troops for you to use, all of which are army forces, about 5,000 people, this is not the Ming army, but your army. ”

Yan Siqi asked, "Are all the five thousand people taking the kind of new-style firecrackers?" ”

Zhang Qianfang smiled: "Uncle Yan, not only are they all flintlocking guns, but also new artillery. The emperor will also send me four lucky ships, which are more powerful than the Dutch warships. ”

Yan Siqi laughed and said, "Please rest assured, Lord Qincha, with so many troops, the minister can conquer the whole of Japan for the emperor." ”

Ma Shiying smiled: "Don't worry, the emperor expected you to say this, but the emperor means that as long as you occupy the place near the Ming Dynasty in Japan first, you can guarantee our exclusive right to do business with Japan." ”

Yan Siqi said: "Xiaguan heard that the Japanese shogunate seems to be going to break off diplomatic relations with the Francophiles, and will only trade with the Ming Dynasty, North Korea and the Dutch in the future." ”

Ma Shiying said: "This news is very important, I want to report it to the emperor." We've beaten the Dutch to the ground, and there's probably no way for them to trade with the Japanese in the near future. Then we can monopolize the trade with the Japanese. ”

Yan Siqi naturally understood the benefits brought by a single business relationship, and Ma Shiying introduced Wu Mengming to him: "Wu Siqi will be stationed in Japan in the future and be responsible for Japan's intelligence affairs, and the two of you should have more close exchanges." I still have to do business in Quanzhou, and I will send a letter immediately if there is anything. ”

In this way, Yan Siqi became the highest-ranking officer in the Ming Dynasty in Japan (Jin Yiwei is also an officer), and the four of them discussed their future behavior together. Yan Siqi first said: "Tomorrow Lord Qin will return to Quanzhou, please bring the dog back to his hometown, he has been wandering with me, only once a year when he worships his ancestors, this time let him go back to live at home for a long time, support my Yan door." ”

Ma Shiying frowned: "Governor Yan, the emperor said a sentence: don't use suspicious people, don't suspect people, please rest assured." ”

Yan Siqi insisted: "It's not a hostage problem, but living here for too long, I'm afraid that he will forget his heels and think of himself as a Japanese is not good." ”

Ma Shiying understood that he was going to send hostages, but he was a little disappreciative of the emperor's over-belief in Yan Siqi, since he had to send hostages, then send them, so he nodded and said: "Ben Qin is responsible for sending your son to the governor's hometown, and I can't control other things." ”

The reason why Yan Siqi wants to send his eldest son back to Daming is indeed because he doesn't want him to forget his roots, and the most important thing is to win the trust of the imperial court, even if he knows that he will not betray the imperial court, but there is a hostage in the hands of others, at least others will be easier to believe in him, and he will not start to be suspicious at the slightest fuss.

After discussing this matter, Yan Siqi began to show his strength to Qincha: now he has made friends with more than 20 maritime merchants (pirates), with a total of about 200 merchant ships, of which about 50 can be used for combat ships (equipped with artillery), and other merchant ships are not equipped with artillery, but they still have weapons. There were more than 200 ships with a total of about 4,000 sailors, most of whom were able to wield knives and guns.

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