Two days after the sacking of Akimeura Castle, just after dawn, inspirational monkeys and a group of children pulled spring plows and sang songs in the farmland south of Kiyoshu Castle in Owari Province, and their laughter woke up Lin Yiguan and Luo Amin, who had not yet gotten up.

A fast horse galloped from afar, Wasuka Koroku grabbed the reins of the horse, stopped on the ridge, shook his fat body and turned over and dismounted, and shouted loudly: "Kinoshita-sama, we have succeeded." ”

The monkey was credited with helping Oda Nobunaga purchase a new arquebus, and he had just become a samurai of Oda Nobunaga's family, and now his name was changed to Kinoshita Hideyoshi.

It turned out that Lin Yiguan lost Yan Shifan's big backer, and because of the slaughter of his own uncle, which led to a turn against his own brother, Akimeura was already facing a fire, when he learned that the Shimazu family was going to send Wentao to Honganji, he immediately realized that Akimepo might have a big incident, in order to find a new backer as soon as possible, he set his sights on the ambitious, and willing to pay a lot of money to buy a musket Oda Nobunaga, so he took Luo Amin to Owari Province quietly to find the monkey.

Kinoshita Hideyoshi knew that Lin Yiguan had a channel to sell muskets from Nanyang, so he placed them in his own home and entrusted his wife Ning Ning to give them warm hospitality.

After staying for several days, Hayashi Yiguan seemed very anxious every day and couldn't wait to show his loyalty, but Hideyoshi always smiled and didn't answer, never mentioning introducing him to Oda Nobunaga.

Thinking of Lin Yiguan's assassination in Sakai Town, the monkey judged that he must be in big trouble, so he secretly entrusted the robber-turned-Wasuka Koroku to inquire about the news about Akimeura.

Without much effort, Wasuka Korokuda heard that Akimeura Castle actually hid countless gold and silver treasures, and hurriedly came back to tell Hideyoshi.

Hideyoshi wanted to inform Oda Nobunaga of this and go to rob these treasures, but for the sake of prudence, he first made a test of Lin Yiguan, but found that he could not hold the castle? Lin Yiguan didn't care at all, so he dispelled that idea and immediately sent Bee Suga Koroku to monitor Akimeura.

On the night of the sacking of Akimeura Castle, Koroku Wasuka and others followed Miyoshi and the others to Chikuzen, and when they were about to attack, they suddenly found that a group of people were faster than them, they stole the cloth bag full of treasures, and fled to Echizen Hiei Mountain without stopping.

At this time, Wasuka Koroku understood that it was a chaotic wave sent by Asakura Yoshikei, and when they arrived at the door, they were a little carried away, and just as they were about to return to their stronghold, the robbers of Kisogawa launched a surprise attack, killing them by surprise, and only one of them was wounded and fled.

The robbers of Kisogawa snatched the bag and began to search around for the chaos of escape, and the two sides struggled for a long time before finally letting him escape.

When he saw that Wasuka Koroku had returned, Hideyoshi the monkey hurriedly threw down the iron plow, ran to him with a smile, and asked, "Who the hell robbed Akimeura's treasure?" ”

Koroku Beesuka grinned breathlessly and told the monkey these stories in detail.

Hideyoshi knew that the treasures smuggled by the son of Guan Bai of the Ming Kingdom had indeed been transferred by Lin Yiguan in advance, and he didn't know where he hid them, Takeda Shingen, Asakura Yoshikei and Shimazu Yoshihisa and others all pounced, and only the three of Miyoshi grabbed a bag of treasures.

Having poured the bag on the ground, a Buddha shrine caught Hideyoshi's eye, and under the influence of his mother's worship of the Buddha, he bowed to the Buddha statue again and again, and then began to appreciate the treasure with great interest: there were several wine plates with Song carvings and lacquer, several scrolls, a large stack of ancient books, and many beads, many ivory wat pieces, more agate plates, glassware, and many small pieces such as wine gourds and snuff bottles, and finally picked up a bronze mirror.

Looking at this pile of valuable treasures, Hideyoshi smiled, picked up the bronze mirror, and took a picture of his monkey face, and suddenly felt a wave of dizziness, as if the sky was shaking......

So, he hurriedly blinked his eyes, and suddenly found that the mirror was like a volcanic eruption, and streams of hot magma were coming towards him, so he hurriedly put away the bronze mirror and looked to the east, only to see a round of red sun rising, then he calmed down, sighed, and handed the bronze mirror to Bee Suga Xiaoliu.

"Take it to Kuroda Kanbei to see where this mirror comes from." Hideyoshi preached.

Wasuka Koroku put away the mirror and leaned into Hideyoshi's ear and said, "My lord, now that the Shimazu family, Xianru, Takeda Shingen, Asakura Yoshikei, Matsunaga Shu, Miyoshi and others are all arresting Lin Yiguan, what should we do?" ”

Hideyoshi immediately became serious and replied, "Be sure to keep it a secret for me." Now, even if we can find that huge fortune, it may not necessarily fall into our hands, waiting to put a long line to catch a big fish, and in the future, Lord Oda Kamisuke will unify the world and send me to wait for the Ming Dynasty to conquer and descend to India, and then it will not be too late to get it from the hands of Lin Yiguan, understand? ”

The robber-turned-wasuka Koroku has an inexplicable admiration for Hideyoshi, who was born as a merchant, and follows him before and after the saddle, just to become a samurai in the future, so he obeys his words and promises to keep a secret for him.

Wasuka Koroku took away the bronze mirror and put the pile of treasures back into the cloth bag, Hideyoshi didn't have the heart to plow the field, so he sent the cloth bag home and handed it to his wife Ning Ning, and he hurried to see Lin Yiguan.

At this moment, Zhang Sanguan was crying about the tragedy of Akimeura, and Hideyoshi stood outside the door and listened for a while, unable to understand a word of the official language of the Ming Dynasty they spoke, and suddenly, he heard that the husband and wife had a dispute.

At this time, Hideyoshi pushed the door open, and the three people in the room stopped.

A smiling Hideyoshi walked in, sat cross-legged in front of them, and said, "Your Excellency, I've heard that Shimazu Yoshihisa, Takeda Shingen, Asakura Yoshikei, Matsunaga Shu, Miyoshi Sanren, and Ishiyama Honganji are all looking for you everywhere, but please rest assured, we are brothers in life and death, and we have an obligation to ensure your personal safety. ”

Lin Yiguan hurriedly knelt on the ground and prayed, "Please help Kinoshita-sama, let me meet Oda-sama as soon as possible." ”

Hideyoshi waved his hand and replied reservedly: "I heard that Your Excellency's former lord was Yan Shifan, the son of Guan Bai of the Ming Kingdom and the squire of the Ministry of Works. ”

"Hideyoshi-sama, help! Now I am like a lost dog, and I only hope that I can be loyal to Lord Oda Kamisuke as soon as possible, assist Lord Sosuke to unify the world, and assist you in conquering the Ming Dynasty and surrendering ......to India in the future."

Before he finished speaking, Hideyoshi smiled and said: "Your Excellency's ambition is very admirable, may I ask Your Excellency, how do you help Lord Oda unify the world, and how can you conquer the Ming Dynasty and surrender to India?" ”

"I have an industry in the Ryukyu state, and I can use it as a base to buy fine muskets from Westerners in Manila, and the energy will continue to be delivered to Sosuke Oda-sama......"

So, Hideyoshi waved his hand, motioned him to stop talking, pondered for a moment, and said seriously: "With these muskets, I believe that it is not a problem for Lord Oda Kamisuke to achieve reunification, but, may I ask Your Excellency, how can it be so easy to conquer the Ming Dynasty and surrender to India?" ”

When Lin Yiguan heard this, he replied with a smile: "In order to raise an army to rebel, Yan Shifan used us to introduce Yixiangzong to the coast, and he had already laid a net of heaven and earth. ”

Hideyoshi suddenly smiled, shook his head reservedly, and said solemnly: "Yan Shifan has fallen, and it is not known whether those strongholds have been destroyed. ”

At this time, Luo Amin, who was still crying, was like a tearful man, Lin Yiguan gave Zhang Sanguan a look, and he hurriedly got up and persuaded Luo Amin to avoid it with him.

Luo Amin glared at Zhang Sanguan angrily and said loudly: "It's best to send me back to the capital now, otherwise, it will be too late to participate in the May Palace draft!" ”

Lin Yiguan replied helplessly: "Amin, this matter will be discussed later, I have something important to discuss with Lord Kinoshita now." ”

"Miss Luo, now that we are facing a life-and-death situation, don't delay the discussion between Lord Yiguan and Lord Kinoshita, please come out with me." Zhang Sanguan persuaded.

"Please rest assured, Amin, I will definitely enter the Forbidden City in the future, skin and cramp Jiajing Lao'er, and avenge your father's murder." Lin Yiguan also persuaded.

Luo Amin wiped away his tears and asked seriously: "Wen Jun, I want to be that Xi Shi, I hope you can also learn from that Yue Wang Goujian to lie down and taste the courage, understand?" ”

Hideyoshi couldn't understand what they were saying, but he could see that it seemed that Luo Amin wanted to leave Lin Yiguan's side, but Lin Yiguan was a little reluctant.

After Zhang Sanguan and Luo Amin left, Hideyoshi asked, "Your Excellency, what are you arguing about?" ”

Lin Yiguan smiled bitterly and replied: "Amin is the daughter of Yan Shifan's retainer Luo Wenlong, and her father was executed by the imperial court Ling Chi. In order to take revenge, Amin wants to participate in the palace draft in May this year, and after entering the palace, she will assassinate Emperor Jiajing, how can I watch her jump into the fire pit? ”

"Miss Amin is so sure that she can enter the palace? Are you so sure that you can assassinate Emperor Jiajing? Hideyoshi asked, puzzled.

"Alas, this matter is a long story, her father Luo Wenlong was a student of the Hanlin Academy, and he had a very good relationship with Prince Yu (Zhu Zaigao, Emperor Longqing), Amin grew up in the capital since childhood, and studied in the palace of King Yu, saying that she can do these things, I don't doubt it." Lin Yiguan replied.

Hideyoshi hurriedly stretched his neck and asked with interest, "Your Excellency, does Miss Amin have a sister?" ”

Lin Yiguan was stunned for a moment, then nodded hurriedly and replied, "She has a younger sister who is still young. ”

Hideyoshi pondered for a moment, smiled slightly, and said: "I don't know if Your Excellency has thought about it, assassinating Emperor Jiajing can't shake the Ming Dynasty at all, if you send Amin's sister to the prince's mansion, and wait for the prince to succeed to the throne in the future, I believe that at that time, Lord Oda has unified the 'world', you and I join forces to conquer the Ming Dynasty, and the emperor of the Ming Dynasty has Amin's sister in the palace as our internal response, isn't the great country at your fingertips?" ”

In fact, this is the second set of plans prepared by Lin Yiguan, listening to Hideyoshi's words, he pretended to be inspired, and replied: "It's really the same as the hero." ”

"Now, the daimyo everywhere are arresting you, let me ask Your Excellency the Official, do you have any other place to go besides going to Oda Kamisuke-sama?" Hideyoshi asked.

Hayashi Ichikan could see that Hideyoshi didn't want to introduce himself to Oda Nobunaga at all, and it wasn't necessarily a good thing for him to continue to stay here after losing Akimeura, and there was really no good place for him to go, although Shuri Castle in the Ryukyu Kingdom had a share of his property, there were also people there who hoped that he would die early, so he would never want to return to Ryukyu unless he had to.

Thinking of this, he replied insincerely: "Nanyang has my own uncle Lin Daoqian, who can be regarded as a wealthy businessman, and there is still a share of my industry in Ryukyu, and when I return to Ryukyu, we will continue to do the musket business." ”

Hideyoshi persuaded: "Now that you are being arrested everywhere, let's stay in my house for a few days, and think of a way to quietly send someone to send Amin's sister to the prince's mansion, otherwise, Miss Amin will take her sister with her in the future, and it will be difficult for you to do this again." ”

Lin Yiguan knew that the Luo sisters had a deep relationship, and Amin would rather sacrifice himself than his sister, so he thought deeply of Hideyoshi's words.

While Ning Ning was chatting with Luo Amin, he hurriedly brought Zhang Sanguan over, and the three of them discussed together and made a plan to send Aping to Beijing.

In order to stabilize Luo Amin, Hideyoshi used the excuse that the samurai everywhere were arresting Lin Yiguan, and let them stay at home for a longer time, and then send them to Ryukyu after the turmoil passed.

After lunch, Lin Yiguan and Luo Amin were taken away by Ning Ning, and Hideyoshi got a cage of pigeons, quietly handed it to Zhang Sanguan, and asked him to start acting immediately.

For the sake of safety, Ning Ning found a secluded courtyard for Lin Yiguan and his wife, and just after settling down, a group of children ran in.

Luo Amin touched a child's head and said with a smile, "It's a blessing that Mrs. Ning Ning and Lord Hideyoshi have so many children. ”

Ning Ning's face turned red, and he lowered his head and replied: "These are all relatives and neighbors' children, they are looking forward to fighting the world with Lord Hideyoshi and becoming samurai in the future. ”

Looking at this group of children with big snot, Lin Yiguan shook his head contemptuously.

Ning Ning glanced at Lin Yiguan and asked loudly at the children, "What will happen to you if someone dares to come over and arrest Lord Yiguan?" ”

The group of children immediately straightened their backs, stood in front of Ning Ning, and replied loudly: "Swear to defend Lord Yiguan to the death!" ”

Ning Ning smiled and introduced: "This is Kato Toranosuke (Kato Kiyomasa), this is Katagiri Sukesaku (Katagiri and Yuan), look, how cute this little fat man is, his name is Fukushima City Katsura (Fukushima Masanori), and this kid, look, Ishida Yoshikichi is so smart, haha, in the future, you will assist Lord Oda to unify the world, and then follow Lord Hideyoshi and Lord Lin Yiguan to conquer the Ming Dynasty, descend to India, and enter Europa, can you be confident?" ”

"Hey!" The group of children stomped their feet and replied in unison.

Just when Lin Yiguan and his wife were hiding in the monkey's house for refuge, Shimazu Yoshihiro and others dug three feet into the ground in Akimeura, but they couldn't find those treasures, so they had to send someone to take care of Wen Tao and others, and returned to Kameyama Castle by themselves.

On this day, Ah Ping handed over the decoction medicine to Xu Ling'er, and then went back to the kitchen to cook. When it was time to eat, she found that Ah Ping was missing, Xu Linger hurriedly searched around, and suddenly saw an old man running in in a panic.

"Miss Xu, this morning, I saw that Master Zhang Sanguan was back, Miss Ah Ping, Miss Ah Ping, ...... "

"Old man, where did Miss Ah Ping go?"

"Miss Ah Ping may have been picked up by Lord Sanguan."

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Off topic

The originator of the Chaoshang overseas Chinese leader - Lin Daoqian

Also known as Lin Daogan, Huilai people in eastern Guangdong, and also said Chenghai people. When he was young, he was a small official in Chaozhou, good at change, and resourceful. Because of the smuggling trade, it was not tolerated by the imperial court, so it gathered people to resist the official army, Jiajing forty-five years (1566 AD), led more than 50 warships from Nanao Island to attack Zhao'an, trapped Shannan and stables and other villages, was defeated by the governor Yu Dayou, retreated to Beigang, Taiwan (now the lower reaches of Beigang Creek, Taiwan), supervised the construction of warships, and returned to Chaozhou.

From December of the first year of Longqing to March of the following year (1568 AD), Chenghai Xidongzhai was besieged and the village fell. Later, he was appeased and placed in Chaoyang County, but he was attached to the public. In the first year of Wanli (1573 AD), the general soldier Zhang Yuanxun and other troops encircled and suppressed, he led the crowd to break through the siege, arrived in Cambodia, and was appointed by the king of Cambodia as the water envoy.

The Ming Dynasty made Liu Yaozhi heard that Lin Daogan was located, and ordered him to be arrested, but at that time, Lin Daogan had sneaked back to Chaozhou, excavated the gold and silver treasures buried in the past, and recruited more than 100 Chaoren, brought them to Siam, renamed Lin Wuliang, and after allied with the blood of the King of Siam, he settled in Pattani Port (now southern Thailand) and served as the guest chief in charge of the port. The port of Danian is therefore known as the port of Daogan.

Doing business is inseparable from the sea and big ships, the wind and waves have created a superhuman temperament of tide businessmen, dare to be the first in the world, Mr. Li Ka-shing, the richest man in China, is one of the leaders of tide businessmen.