was interrupted to complain, but the unhappiness in Taketaro's heart didn't dare to show even a little bit on his face, and hurriedly returned to Cai Dao's question: "Xiao naturally knows." There are many forces in the Matsuura Party, so their nest is not concentrated. It was mainly divided into four large gangs, the first, Iki Island, the second, Tsushima Island, the third, Hirado Island, and the fourth, the birthplace of the Matsuura Party, and the largest of the four gangs, the old nest of the Matsuura County, north of Nagasaki. ”

"Is there any big city here in Hizen Province? Which force on Kyushu Island has the strongest troops, and which city has the strongest troops? Do you know all of this? Tell me quietly! Cai Dao deliberately walked up to Taketaro, leaned in front of his ear, and asked these three questions in a low voice.

Taketaro thought about it, and answered Cai Dao's question in a whisper: "Back to the adult, the little one happens to know." The largest city in the vicinity is Nagasaki, which is directly under the jurisdiction of the emperor, and is now directly managed by officials selected by Genji, and I heard that this guardian is still a blood relative of Genji. The most powerful force is naturally the thieves of the Songpu Party, but the strongest force in the city is Jifu City. ”

It stands to reason that Taketaro's answer should be no problem, and the most powerful nature should be those pirates in Matsuura County.

You must know that the central government of the Wa Kingdom is about to enter the era of imperial administration, and the current Emperor Shirakawa is also an ambitious man, and he has been trying to weaken the power in the hands of his relatives Fujiwara since he came to power. Nagasaki is under the direct jurisdiction of the emperor, and the guardian is Genji's people. However, the most powerful force in the castle was not Nagasaki, which was directly under the emperor's jurisdiction, but this fortress.

There must be something strange in this, either Taketaro is ill-informed and deliberately fools Cai Dao, a foreigner, or the lord of this Jiyi City has a problem himself.

So, Cai Dao thought about it for a while, and immediately asked, "Oh! Speaking of this base city, who is his city lord? ”

Cai Dao asked this, in fact, he wanted to see if the city lord of this base city was suitable to be his puppet.

In fact, Cai Dao had already thought on the way to Nagasaki that if he wanted to really control the islands around Nagasaki, it was not enough to support only one puppet, but two puppets should be supported, so that he could justifiably intervene in Kyushu Island.

The first puppet has to be a person who is not the same as Emperor Shirakawa, but has a certain ambition, ability, and prestige. This person is the best relative of the Fujiwara clan, because of the imperial system that Emperor Shirakawa is about to implement, which directly leads to the weakening of the Fujiwara clan's power, and with the rise of the two major samurai groups of the Taira clan and the Genji clan, the Fujiwara clan gradually loses the ability to compete for the central power of the Japanese kingdom.

And the second puppet, as Cai Dao originally envisioned, is best to be a poor person at the bottom, it doesn't matter whether he has the ability or not, the most important thing is to be loyal enough to him, and his life should be harder. Cai Dao didn't want to worry about finding a successor for this puppet for three days. For example, the Taketaro in front of him is more in line with the standards of the second puppet.

Next, it is necessary to see if this Taketaro can accept the test in the future. If he's just a short-lived ghost, then there's nothing, who made him a kind of Japanese fever?

Taketaro recalled it seriously before replying: "Lord Hui, the castle is built on the mountain, surrounded by mountains on three sides, and facing the sea on one side, the terrain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack. It guards the main transportation route between Hizen Province and Chikuzen Province. The lord of the castle is called Fujiwara Michinobu, and I heard that he is a nobleman from Heiankyo. I don't know how I came to Jiyi County and became the guardian of Jifu County. ”

Sure enough, as Cai Dao expected, the other party's real surname is Fujiwara, and this guardian of Kifu County is indeed more in line with Cai Dao's first puppet candidate.

"Taketaro, there are two things that I want you to do."

"But by your lordship's orders!"

"Well, you remember.

First, tell your big boss that this time the fleet belongs to a big sugar merchant in the Great Song Guofu Jianlu.

This sugar merchant is called Qian, and he is quite famous in the area of Fujian Road. The ship was full of goods, as long as it was white porcelain, tea, silk, and sugar. Naturally, there were guards on the ship, and this sugar merchant named Qian was very afraid of death, so he was accompanied by many strong men. However, according to your observation, most of these guards are also some people who are guarding the homes and homes in the Song Kingdom, and you don't see anyone in the army on the ship anyway.

Second, after the report was completed, he went to Kishi Castle and reported it to the Fujiwara Michinobu, saying that the poor Dao wanted to visit him, whether it was at sea or outside the Kishi Castle. Of course, you can go in person or send someone, and I don't force that.

After the matter is done, the poor road will naturally not treat you badly. Give you two choices, first, one hundred copper coins of the Great Song Kingdom, and second, Poor Dao will naturally not tell you now, there will definitely be a more precious reward waiting for you than the hundred copper coins. As for the reward, it won't be revealed until the day the mission is successfully completed, but it's up to you to have the guts to get the reward of the poor path.

By the way, I almost forgot one thing. Taketaro, before you leave, draw me a rough map of Matsuura Prefecture based on your impressions. Poor Dao will find someone to verify. Do you remember? ”

Cai Dao said such a big list, he really felt a little thirsty, so he asked people to serve two cups of tea, he took double it himself, and the cow drank it in a few seconds. The other cup of tea was given to Taketaro.

Taketaro carefully took the white porcelain teacup that was as white as beautiful jade, with a grateful look on his face, and he didn't know if it was sincere, or if it was deliberately pretended, he took a small sip of the tea in the teacup.

"Bring pen and paper!" Cai Dao commanded again, and said to Taketaro: "Since you like this tea set so much, Poor Dao will reward you." After drinking tea, remember to draw the picture. ”

Cai Dao's words were like a thunderbolt, which suddenly woke up Taketaro's sweet dream, he hurriedly drank the water in the teacup, took out a relatively clean handkerchief in his underwear and wrapped this set of tea sets, carefully stuffed it into his arms, and said to Cai Dao, "Thank you for your reward, I will draw the picture for you." ”

After speaking, Taketaro turned to the charcoal and white paper handed over by Cai Dao's subordinates. At first, he was not suitable for charcoal painting, but after trying it a few times, he found that the strange pen in his hand was actually better than a brush, so he immediately drew a sketch of his impression of Matsuura County without thinking. After the painting was finished, he didn't even look at it, and handed it directly to Cai Dao's subordinates.

I didn't expect Taketaro to be so confident at the moment, otherwise he didn't ask himself again after listening to so many words he had just said, it seems that his memory is quite good.