Lin Feng weighed it again and again, and secretly decided to let Tang Jing, Jingming and Shen Mao take half of the silver and accompany Ma Liangbi back to Ryukyu to help him with his errands, and he had to keep Ma Fengwo, Zhu Hui and others by his side as hostages, and it was best to meet Hideyoshi in Hirado.

So, he called Jingming, Shen Mao and Tang Jing together alone, and Lin Feng told them a thousand words and ten thousand instructions, and the silver brought back could be taken away by the people of the Ma family, but Ma Liangbi must be controlled in the Lin family winery until he obtained the pardon and power of attorney from King Shang Yong, these three showed their loyalty to Lin Feng, and they were ready to leave for Ryukyu.

Lin Feng and the others quietly returned to the Chen family in Hirado Castle with the silver, and as soon as they entered the door, they were controlled by a group of robbers under Ishikawa Goemon and robbed him of all the silver.

Since the news of Lin Feng's treasure has long been spread, Ishikawa Goemon threatens Lin Feng and asks him to hand over all the treasures so as not to fall into the hands of Matsuura Takanobu or Shimazu Yoshihisa, Lin Feng is forced to be helpless, claiming that there are only a few hundred thousand taels left, but he must meet Hideyoshi before making a decision.

Zhu Hui judged that the silver in his hand was definitely more than hundreds of thousands of taels, and he had to force it all out like a way, and in the past few days of being detained, he could see that Lin Feng distrusted himself the most, so he thought of a way to get close to him.

On this day, Zhu ∴ ★ Hui entrusted Ishikawa Goemon to send people to help him buy a lot of incense and candle offerings, and set up an altar in the small courtyard of the Chen family, with the names of his mother and Lan Qingyang written on the tablet.

Lin Feng stood behind him and said, "Stinky boy, I heard that you have lost your official position and resigned, and you have been imprisoned by those dog officials in the imperial court for nearly a year, are you still unreasonable?" If you want to get ahead and seal your wife, don't be like your unenlightened father, you still have to go to the Ming Lord, and you will have endless glory and wealth in the future. ”

Zhu Hui turned around, wiped away the tears on his face and gave Lin Feng a deep salute, and sighed: "After the vicissitudes of life, I finally realized, the poor living in the downtown can't attract relatives and friends, the rich live in the deep mountains and have nothing to do with fishing, leisure and swimming, and can't disperse the righteous guests, the dragon is not poor and hungry, the tiger leaps over the Pingchuan and can't get around food, housing and transportation, the hero may not be a hero so far, it is difficult for a rich man and a rich man to be a rich man, not to mention that I am the son of a husband?" ”

"The children can be taught!"

"Uncle, what are your plans to be trapped so far?"

"Let's wait for the news from the Ryukyu Kingdom, if there is no news for a month, you will kill that Ishikawa for me, and my uncle will take you back to Ryukyu to pull the flag and rebel, so that you can capture the Ming Dynasty in the future and realize the world's military deployment, what do you think?"

"However, my father and Uncle Xu are still suffering in Satsuma......"

"What's there to worry about? Nobunaga defeated Japan, the Shimazu family is just a retainer, Yushiba Chikuzen Mamoru will be the general of the expeditionary force, and I will be the king of the Ryukyus at that time, you will be my generalissimo of soldiers and horses, and let Hideyoshi send the Shimazu family to your account to listen to the order, and their Shimazu family must not treat your father and Xu Shenyi as ancestors, hehe, what are you afraid of? ”

"But my uncle's orders are obeyed."

At this time, they found out that Ishikawa Goemon had brought someone over, so they stopped talking.

The imposing Ishikawa Goemon grabbed Lin Feng's collar and asked hatefully: "More than half a month has passed, when will Ma Liangbi get a letter?" ”

Without waiting for Lin Feng to speak, Zhu Hui hurriedly bowed down and replied, "Lord Ishikawa is angry, it will definitely take a lot of effort to do such a big thing, don't worry." ”

"Lord Wasuka has made meritorious deeds in the former enemy, but we can only serve you here, I'm so angry, if you don't believe it for three days, I'll kill you all!" As he spoke, Ishikawa Goemon pretended to be angry and roared.

"Your Excellency Ishikawa, if you're in a hurry, how about I accompany you to meet Mamoru Hashiba Chikuzen?" Lin Feng asked.

Ishikawa Goemon replied confidently: "If you want to go, you must take out at least three million taels of silver as a meeting gift, I know you can take it, this is the order of Lord Wasuka." ”

Finding that Lin Feng was no longer answering, Zhu Hui took the opportunity to pull him aside and asked softly, "Uncle, you should be able to get three million taels of silver, right?" ”

Lin Feng glared at Zhu Hui fiercely, turned around and walked away.

After a few more days, Ma Liangbi finally came to the letter, saying that he spent 100,000 taels of silver, which was exempted from Lin Feng's charge, if he wanted to get the title of generalissimo, he would have to spend another million taels of silver in the palace alone, and the title alone was not enough, because Zhang Gouer resigned from the position of the vanguard officer of the expeditionary force, and was succeeded by Wang Qi, the former Shuri patrol battalion manager, if you want to get the real military power, you have to take out at least one million taels of silver to buy Wang Qi and other officers and soldiers, in addition, there are also the former Shuri Division, the current minister Chen Ping, the long history Zheng Zhen and other old ministers, To say the least, it will cost hundreds of thousands of taels of silver to send it.

After Lin Feng read this letter, he was immediately furious, and scolded angrily: "What a group of dog officials! This generalissimo is not right, and when I win the Ryukyus, I will immediately pull the flag and rebel, so that all these rice buckets will die without a place to be buried. ”

Zhu Hui persuaded at the right time: "Uncle, even if you rebel, you have to have soldiers and horses, your elite soldiers will be trapped in the Ryukyus, it is already difficult to recruit people in Satsuma and Heto, and you have no appeal in the Ryukyu country, according to the following, you take the huge amount of money in your hands to Hideyoshi as a gift, it is better to spend it on the magnates of the Ryukyu country, and when you win the military power, they don't have to return the silver to you honestly." ”

Lin Feng understood that now he was not as good as before, he was about to become a loner, if so much gold and silver continued to sleep on the desert island, I don't know who would be cheaper in the future, he carefully weighed it again and again, and sighed: "Now that I know the year of the destiny of heaven, there is no man under my knees, even if I win the world in the future, I don't know who will inherit it?" If I don't have the art of immortality, why should I do this? ”

"Uncle, you and the dog are like father and son, I have been with him for many years, I know that he is loyal to you, no two hearts, if you have no children under your knees, he can be your heir, if the Lin family has a male in the future, I and the dog and other brothers swear allegiance to the young master, the mountains are not tired of high, the sea is not tired of deep, Zhou Gong spit and feed, the world is in the heart. Please don't worry too much, uncle. ”

After listening to Zhu Hui's words, Lin Feng smiled slightly, he knew very well that according to the attitude of the Spaniards towards Wasuka Xiaoliu, the riot he planned in Luzon Island had very little chance of successfully capturing Manila, at that time, if it were not for Zhu Hui and Zhang Gou'er secretly helping each other, not dying at the hands of Westerners, and having to be coerced by the two Japanese expeditionary forces before and after, once the Japanese occupied Luzon, they would lose their strategic value to Hideyoshi and Oda Nobunaga, and they would definitely try to hand over the treasures in their hands.

For now, if it weren't for Zhu Hui, Tang Jing, Xu Ling'er and others, who risked their lives and took themselves away from Cheongju City, I don't know what the outcome would be, it seems that if you want to gain the trust of Hideyoshi, Oda Nobunaga and others, and conquer the world in the future, you have to fully reflect your own value, and you don't have to count on occupying Luzon for the time being, if everyone really supports me, it should be okay to take Ryukyu.

Thinking of this, Lin Feng patted Zhu Hui on the shoulder and said emotionally: "You and the dog are not too young, I heard you in Nanjing Peach Blossom Luck and good things have happened, but I don't know if the dog has a crush now?" ”

Zhu Hui nodded and replied, "He is engaged to the daughter of the Xu Kun family. ”

Speaking in my heart, Lin Feng originally intended to marry his daughter A Ying Xu to Gou'er, but Zhu Hui's words immediately dispelled this idea, if he recognized Zhang Gou'er as a righteous son, then Zhu Hui might be loyal to assist him, if he was as old as that Liu Bei in the future, then, wouldn't the dog end up with Liu Feng's tragic fate?

Seeing Lin Feng's worries, Zhu Hui complained: "Uncle is really confused, I think that Asai Nagamasa and Mrs. Ashi have been childless for many years, it was Uncle Xu who cured their infertility and gave birth to three girls and two men in a row, if Uncle Xu is by his side, why worry about these things?" ”

"Hehe, if there is the art of immortality, even if there is no child under the knees, what does it matter?"

"As the saying goes, it's hard to buy old and pretty people with money, I don't know what the Elder of the Moon Sky and Xuande Zhenren have to do as the master?"

"Yes, I heard that these two have reached the end of their lives, virtuous nephew, do they have any secrets to longevity?"

"Uncle, I have a plan, if you can become the generalissimo of the Ryukyu Kingdom, you can abolish the Shang Dynasty and establish yourself as the king, and invite the two masters to worship as the national teachers, and then you can ask them for advice."

"Aren't the two of them going to cross the ocean to the New World to explore, to compete with the Western missionaries, can it be said that they have retreated?"

"Hehe, if you want to compare with Western missionaries, in fact, you can compare anywhere, if you can compare with them in Luzon, why bother to go far?"

"It's a pity that you and the dog, the two stinky boys, are bad for me, if you win Manila, why is this now?"

At this time, Zhu Hui was very clear about Lin Feng's situation, and he had completely figured out his mentality, no matter what he said now, it was to let him dig out the huge amount of money quickly, so as not to fall into the hands of the Japanese Invaders, and in his heart, he would never want Lin Feng, who was cut off from the Japanese Lotus Roots, to occupy or Luzon, once that situation occurred, the southeast half of the Ming Dynasty would be in danger.

Thinking of this, Zhu Hui asked: "Uncle, what are your chances of winning when you return to Ryukyu to pull the flag and rebel?" ”

"I will make you the generalissimo of the expeditionary force as the king of the Ryukyus, and the dog will continue to be the vanguard officer, and with the help of those loyal and brave men who have lurked in Luzon Island, I will drive the Xiyang devils out there, if you have to explore the New World in the future, you might as well use Manila as a base, I don't know what you think?"

Listening to Lin Feng's answer, it seemed that he was ten percent sure, Zhu Hui said without worry: "Uncle, I don't know if you have thought about it, the Shang Dynasty is loyal to the Ming Dynasty, and now it is not easy to forgive your mistakes, King Shangyong and Queen Ma can be regarded as kind-hearted people, if we take the liberty of raising troops and punishing the royal family, will it lead to the retaliation of the Ming army, not to mention, if you do this, the hearts of the people will be lost, and it is indispensable to have to kill, in view of the frequent exchanges between Naha Port and Tsubo Town, Many merchants have something to do with the Shimazu family, and once Satsuma sends troops, they will be much faster than the Ming army, don't you make a wedding dress for someone? ”

Thinking of the experience of being burned by Shimazu Yoshihiro in Kinjiang Bay, the whole family almost died in the belly of the fish, Lin Feng had already regretted it, and secretly vowed never to deal with these tenacious Satsuma people again, and now that Zhu Hui and Xu Ling'er's father fell into the hands of the Shimazu family, he could use them again, so he had confidence in his heart.

"It makes sense." Lin Feng smiled and patted Zhu Hui's shoulder, and said seriously: "Listening to your words is better than reading for ten years." My nephew suddenly enlightened me that no matter who the Ryukyus fall into, I will not let the Shimazu family get involved, and once such a situation occurs, I will have no place to stand. ”

"Uncle, my father and Uncle Xu are still in the hands of the Shimazu family, what should I do?"

"Hehe, you don't have to worry about this, didn't I tell you earlier? As long as I become the king of the Ryukyus, I will definitely be one with Oda Nobunaga's soldiers, and you will fight a family, and you, as the generalissimo of the Ryukyu country, will let Shimazu Yoshihisa listen to your orders under your account at that time. ”

"It's all up to you, uncle."

"Send a message to Ma Liangbi and Tang Jing, just do as they say, let them send a ship, and I will transport all the silver to Ryukyu, but I must first get the letter of appointment of the Generalissimo of the Ryukyus, and I must let Zhang Gou'er personally send it to me."

"However, whether you can get the power of attorney or not is not said for the time being, Brother Dog is now in Yuegang, and Mr. Ishikawa only gave you a month, otherwise he will hand you over to Wasuka Koroku to dispose of, what should I do?"

"You don't have to worry about this matter, Lord Yushiba Chikuzen Mamoru has a broad mind and great ambitions, in the current situation, he will not forcibly ask for the silver in my hand In the case of not being able to control the overall situation, too much money in hand, it is easy to breed an arrogant mentality, not to mention, it may also lead to unprovoked disasters, if you do this, it will not do him the slightest benefit, but it may fulfill others, but as long as I say that I have the ability to occupy the Ryukyus, I believe he will be happier than anyone else, if this Mr. Ishikawa is really sent by them, As long as we make sense and ask them to send someone to communicate with Hideyoshi, I believe that even if we wait a few more days, they will not be embarrassed for us. ”

Sure enough, everything was not unexpected, but Zhu Hui also knew that Lin Feng was good at opening his mouth, being two-faced, and adapting to changes, and calculating his own gains and losses in everything he did, so until the last moment, it could not be regarded as a success.

Through the discussion between Hayashi Kaze and Ishikawa Goemon, Ishikawa pretended to send someone to deliver a letter to Hideyoshi, and quickly replied to Hayashi Feng that as long as he had the ability to occupy the Ryukyus, Hideyoshi would support him at all costs.

So, Lin Feng had a bottom in his heart, and immediately wrote a reply to Ma Liangbi, because Ishikawa and others looked at him very closely, they had no choice but to wait patiently in Hirado City.

Zhu Hui's heart was secretly anxious, seeing that it was about to be the August Festival, and the weather was starting to get cooler, if he didn't do it to get the silver out of the sea, it would not be suitable to go to the sea in a few days.

He still served as a pioneer officer of the Ryukyu Expeditionary Force, but pretended to be a merchant, personally led three large merchant ships, and hundreds of officers and soldiers pretended to be sailors, accompanied by Jingming, Shen Mao and others, and took the "letter of appointment" of King Shangyong to Hirado, and Ishikawa Goemon and others saw this, so they took the opportunity to "release" Lin Feng and others.

Lin Feng agreed very happily to Zhang Gou'er and Zhu Hui, and immediately organized the excavation of this treasure, based on the uninhabited men's and women's islands, and spent half a month to quietly build a wharf in Zhenpu Bay in the men's island, which was personally commanded and trained by him, and let Jingming and Shen Mao go into the water to open the mechanism, and the officers and soldiers from the Ryukyus were responsible for transporting them from the sea, starting from Kuroshima Island, passing through the Uji Islands, Koshijima Islands, and Men's and Women's Islands to Sagajima, and they were busy for nearly a month, and they were busy from more than 20 islands, large and small. Nearly four million taels of silver and nearly 100,000 taels of gold were dug up, and in order not to alarm the Shimazu family and the Matsuura family, most of them were carried out at night, but these two stupid boys were frozen.

The sea surface of early winter is filled with a light veil of morning mist, the howling cold wind makes people shiver, a round of red sun rises from the sea, three large ships are ready to set off from Zhenpu Bay, suddenly, found that there are dozens of warships blocking the harbor, some people began to shout loudly, they claimed to be ordered by Matsuura Takanobu, came to search the goods on the ship, so, Lin Feng did not say a word, ordered Zhang Gou'er and Zhu Hui to lead the Ryukyu officers and soldiers to meet the battle......

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