Although the Wa Kingdom is now nominally in the Edo Shogunate period, in essence, each feudal domain has established itself as king. If the Satsuma Domain is not located at the southern tip of the island of Kyushu, it borders the Ryukyu Kingdom on the sea.

I am afraid that it will not be the turn of the Satsuma Domain to conquer the Ryukyu Kingdom, and if I will not get the huge wealth of the Ryukyu Kingdom, which is known as the "Wanguo Tsuryo", the Satsuma Domain will most likely be ranked last and the weakest among all the feudal daimyo of the Wa Kingdom.

In fact, when the Satsuma clan conquered the Ryukyu Kingdom, it was extremely worried that the Ming Empire on the other side of the sea would send troops to support its vassal state.

It's just that at that time, the Ming Dynasty had just pacified the coastal rebellion, and the northern Jiannu was gradually rising under the leadership of the old slave slave Hachi. Moreover, the Ming Empire has just finished the campaign of the Three Expeditions to Korea, defeating the famous Japanese general Toyotomi Hideyoshi who invaded Korea, and the military strength has gradually stepped to the bottom.

It is precisely because of this that the Ming Empire at that time did not send troops to the Ryukyus. On the one hand, Ryukyu is far away in the ocean, and on the other hand, the Ming Dynasty needs to recuperate.

Just this delay allowed the Satsuma clan of the Wa Kingdom to take advantage of a huge advantage and become the de facto ruler of the Ryukyu Kingdom. Utilize the power of the Ryukyu Kingdom to support the Satsuma Domain. Taking advantage of the natural geographical location of the Ryukyu Kingdom, it became the only window for foreign exchange after the Japanese Kingdom closed itself to the outside world.

The Satsuma Domain, which has already received great benefits, will not give up no matter what, and the Ryukyu Kingdom is a piece of fat in its mouth.

"Elder family, how many samurai of my Satsuma Domain are there in Ryukyu? Where is that damn son of Ryukyu hiding now? ”

Shimazu Mitsuhisa was a little angry, and the invasion of the Ryukyu Kingdom and the monopoly of the huge amount of foreign trade wealth after the Japanese State Lockdown Decree was the most glorious and proud thing of his Shimazu family.

But now, if the Ming Empire really frees up its hands to support the Ryukyu Kingdom, Shimazu Mitsuhisa's only hope is that the expeditionary army of the Ming Empire, just like the Mongol army back then, was swallowed by the wind and waves at sea.

Shimazu Mitsutsu smiled bitterly and said: "The head of the family, the son of the Ryukyu Kingdom, Shangxian, has been settling on Dayuan Island in the Ming Dynasty since he escaped from Kagoshima. This time, the Ming Empire suddenly sent troops, and it must also be an opportunity for this Shang Xian to beg the King of Pinghai of the Ming Empire on Dayuan Island.

In fact, after learning the news of Shang Xian, the retainers sent fifty ashigaru and ten middle ninja to Dayuan Island of the Ming Empire in disguise. It's just that they don't have a chance to get close to Sanghyun at all, and they can't take action to bring Sanghyun back to Kagoshima.

However, they also got the latest news from the Ming Empire. The head of the family, the retainers thought that our Wa Kingdom had issued a decree to lock the country, so there was no chance to communicate with the Ming Empire. Therefore, the news was not communicated to the head of the house, so as not to make the head of the house lose the interest in enjoyment. ”

Shimazu Mitsutsu glared at Shimazu Mitsutsu unhappily, panting and roaring, "Yaga! Eater! Idiot! Dead, dead, drip! It's all useless!

Old man, don't say anything useless, tell me the situation of the Ming Empire quickly, hurry up! ”

"Hey! The head of the family, the ashigaru and the shinobi sent to the Dayuan Island of the Ming Empire returned, the current Ming Empire, the strength is too strong!

Today's Ming Empire Sailors, oh, no, the Ming Empire is no longer called a sailor, it's called the Navy? It's not right, it seems to be called what kind of fleet? Well, it's called Tai, Pacific Fleet, ......"

Shimazu Mitsuhisa was furious and shouted angrily: "Yaga! The wave of his hand was a strong slap in the face, and he slapped Shimazu Mitsutsu in the face, and slapped Shimazu Mitsutsu to the ground:

"Baga, this Daimyo doesn't need to know what the name of the sailor of the Ming Empire is now, you drop, you just need to tell this Daimyo what the strength of the Ming Empire is, and whether my Satsuma Domain can withstand the attack of the Ming Empire!" You drop, understand? ”

Shimazu Mitsutsu's face turned pale, and he suddenly remembered the head of the family in front of him, but even his brother-in-law dared to kill, immediately knelt on the ground, nodded his head and replied competently:

"Hey! Ashigaru and Zhongnin reported that the current strength of the Ming Empire is too strong, the warships used by the sailors are all made of steel, firearms can kill the enemy five hundred steps away, and the artillery is even more powerful, several miles and dozens of miles away, can easily hit the target.

If the Ming Empire conquers the Ryukyus, then our Satsuma Domain will not be able to confront the Ming Empire under any circumstances, and must evacuate the Ryukyus as soon as possible......"

Shimazu Mitsuhisa, who was angry, suddenly poured his head like a basin of ice water, and the whole person was stunned, and hurriedly reached out to grab Shimazu Mitsutsu's clothes, lifted it up and asked:

"Didn't you say that there were thieves in the Ming Empire, and there was the rise of the Jianzhou Jurchens in the north, and they all reached Shanhaiguan?"

Shimazu Mitsuhisa opened his mouth and gasped hard, Shimazu Mitsuhisa let go, Shimazu Mitsutsu breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a wry smile: "Family master, this is all the old yellow calendar." The current Ming Dynasty, the thieves and the Jianzhou Jurchens, have become the vanguard army death squad of the Ming Empire to expand its territory.

I heard that the two largest bandits in the Ming Empire, Li Zicheng and his army have reached the Mughal Empire in the west of the Ming Empire, while Zhang Xianzhong has led the army to the southernmost tip of the Ming Empire.

As for the Jianzhou Jurchens, after their emperor Dolgon asked the Ming Dynasty to revoke the national title, they attached themselves to the Ming Empire, and with the Jianzhou Jurchen army, they had already reached the Ural Mountains and were confronting the Rakshasa Kingdom in the west of the Ural Mountains. ”

Mitsuhisa Shimazu gasped, his eyes widened in disbelief, and he gasped for breath. Shimazu Mitsutsu nodded vigorously to Shimazu Mitsuhisa:

"Yes, the head of the family, the retainers heard about it at the beginning, and they didn't believe it very much, and they sent five more Shangninas to confirm the news, and it was indeed true."

Mitsuhisa Shimazu took a few steps back, stumbled and sat on the tatami, and sat starlessly for a long time. Shimazu Mitsutsu didn't dare to disturb, for fear that he would be slapped by the head of the house again.

After all, he is already old, but he can't withstand a few slaps from the head of the family. Not to mention that it hurts on the face, even on the face, it is quite dull to spread out.

After a while, Mitsuhisa Shimazu, who had woken up, angrily pushed all the tea snacks on the coffee table down, and scolded angrily: "Yaga! Damn the Ming Empire! Where did they come from such great strength? ”

Shimazu Mitsutsu quietly took a step back, cautiously glanced at Shimazu Mitsuhisa and said, "Well, the head of the family, this retainer is a little clearer. It is said that the royal ancestor of the Ming Empire, the second emperor of the Ming Empire, Emperor Jianwen, returned from the fairy world and brought advanced scientific and technological weapons to the Ming Empire.

By the way, Ashigaru, who was lurking on Dayuan Island, also risked his life to send back a few firearms used by the Ming Empire's army......"

"Yaga! You drop, your conscience is greatly broken! ”

Shimazu Mitsuhisa angrily kicked Shimazu Mitsutsu and scolded angrily: "Why don't you hurry up and go back quickly, and send the weapons of the Ming Empire over!" Hurry up and drop! ”