On the way to the private residence of Tokimune, the ruler of the Kamakura shogunate, Hojo asked a question that he had not been able to understand.

How did the "Liuqiu Times" print the black letters that were smaller than the fly's head?

Mitsui Ohara knew something, so he said that it was a method of casting lead characters, and then printing with a special ink.

Hojo thought to himself in real time, and when the time comes, send someone to learn it.

As they spoke, they came to their private residence.

Of course, Mihara Koi couldn't get in, so he could only wait outside.

After Hojo went in real time, he met with Tokimune Hojo, who was having a secret meeting.

He handed over the handwritten letter, which was said to be the owner of Liuqiu Zhang, as well as the arquebus and the Liuqiu Times.

Hojo Tokimune frowned, could he just interrupt his secret meeting for such a trivial matter? He hasn't started to appease Shigehiro Ouchi yet.

Hojo immediately bowed down and said, "Lord Ruling Power, let's take a look at the "Liuqiu Times" first, and then try the arquebus------ I heard that the Tatars have begun to use this thing." ”

The three of them were familiar with Song characters, and they quickly took turns to read it.

Then he let Mihara Koi test his gun in the courtyard------ Mihara Koi saw the shogunate himself and his important ministers for the first time, and his hands trembled a little when he loaded the bullets.

But the effect of the shot still frightened them, it was so powerful!

Ouchi Shigehiro also said that he had seen with his own eyes that there were still two cylinders, but they were much shorter, and they didn't seem to be as powerful as it.

At the final meeting, Shigehiro Ouchi was driven to another place to wait for the final orders.

Ping Lai Gang, the inner leader of the royal family, said with a smile: "Haha, this thing is sharp, but it can only fire one shot, and it is troublesome to load, which is not conducive to close combat, if we get close to them, we will kill them!" ”

The leader of the royal family, Anda Taisheng, also agreed that this thing was inferior to a bow and arrow.

Hojo analyzed the overall situation of the world in real time, and he believed that at this time, the Liuqiu Guards had formed a state of death battle with the Tatars, and the reason why the Liuqiu Guards were able to take advantage was only to rely on iron nets and fortresses to defend, and it would not be surprising that they won if they added some ambushes.

Otherwise, why didn't they take advantage of the victory to pursue it?!

Therefore, the Flowing Guards are not as brave as they are rumored------

Anda Taisheng said from another point of view, we are only clearing out foreign people, and we are not explicitly saying that we are only dealing with the merchants of Liuqiu Island.

Ping Laigang did not like to say vague words the most, and he said directly: "We are going to drive away the merchants there, or to confiscate the silver mines there, what can they do?"

How dare you send a letter to threaten us! ”

The young Hojo Tokimune stood up from the tatami mat and said, "We can't refine silver now, it doesn't mean that we can't refine it in the future------ that Zhang Island Master is just a maritime merchant, and he dares to send me a letter, how do you want me, this wind can't rise!" ”

The other three all nodded in agreement.

There is a special reason for this, the relationship between the shogunate and the big merchants in the country has never been very good.

From 1262 onwards, the shogunate controlled the price of commerce and the interest on loans, and by 1270 it was forbidden for the imperial family to pawn and transfer the land they owned, and all the land that had been sold to merchants was taken back to the person, and the money transferred in the first place was not returned!

Later, there were more and more decrees regulating commerce and usury capital.

This was mainly a measure to prevent the pillars of the shogunate, the imperial family, from being exploited by more and more usury.

Ordinary small and medium-sized businessmen also resigned themselves to their fate, and this is robbing them in the name of the state.

However, those big businessmen are deeply dissatisfied!

Of course, they are not yet capable of resisting the shogunate, but they can secretly manipulate some things that cause social unrest, and they can even secretly cooperate with the emperor's court, which has been overthrown!

Therefore, this matter cannot be compromised, no matter how reasonable the other party is!

What's more, he's just an overseas businessman?!

In fact, there are deep social reasons for the shamelessness and arrogance of power.

Zhang Daoist thinks so deeply, he can't even understand the history of Japan, so it is just an imagination to use the letter to explain the facts and reason.

Ping Laigang knelt down and said, "Detain the messenger and the ship that sent him, and you don't need to reply to them at all!" ”

Well, it's best to ignore it, and don't let the businessman think that anyone can talk to the ruling party!

Poor Mihara Koi, before he understood what was going on, he was taken by several samurai and thrown into prison!

The samurai who captured him also said that if it weren't for the fact that you were a retainer of Sanyuan, he would have killed you Sandan a long time ago!

At this time, the captain of the flying scissor communication ship was leading a few boatswain on a tour of Kamakura Castle.

At this time, Kyoto Castle and Kamakura Castle were the "megacities" of the whole country, with a population of over 500,000.

However, they are not as large as a single Lin'an city.

It can only be said that it can be compared with Badaohe City------- of course, Badaohe can't compare history with it.

After Minamoto Yoritomo entered Kamakura Castle, he built the castle as a municipal administration, and planned the layout of the samurai political city with the Tsuruoka Hachiman Shrine, Wakamiya Oji, and the Shogunate Government Office as the framework.

The samurai of Kamakura Castle lived mainly near Hachimangu Shrine and the shogunate government office, as well as on both sides of major roads such as Wakamiya Oji and Komachi Oji, where numerous imperial family residences were built.

The Hojo clan mainly lived in the Naetsu area, southeast of Kamakura Castle.

Some vendors and craftsmen live mainly in the vicinity of Yuhihama, which runs east-west along Omachi Street.

That's the shopping street of Kamakura Castle.

The captain led his sailors to stroll around the shopping street with great interest, admiring the exotic customs.

The people here are very short, and the women are even more petite, but they are very polite, and sometimes they can smile at a samurai with a sword, and if they meet a Japanese woman, they can stand sideways and wait for them to pass first.

Captains, when they arrived at the shops, they were greeted with great hospitality.

Combined with the excellent performance of those Japanese laborers on the island of Liuqiu, the Japanese left a good impression on the captain.

To the captain's delight, many of the merchants here were able to speak a word or two of the Great Song dialect, so they could communicate with each other by gesture.

However, they believe that compared to the status of Kamakura Castle, there are too few shops here, and it seems that it is just an ordinary commercial street in Hachido River or Rin'an Castle.

Of course, they didn't know that the Kamakura shogunate did not support the development of merchants from the bottom of their hearts, and if it wasn't for the objective need, they would have wanted to ban merchants a long time ago!

When they get tired of walking, they want to find a restaurant and have a little sake, but they haven't drunk Japanese sake yet.

On the way to the sea, they heard from Mitsui Ohara that this place produces some of the best sake in Japan.

However, they couldn't even buy alcohol at one of the biggest restaurants in the area!

As soon as I inquired, I found out that the Kamakura shogunate had already promulgated the "Prohibition of Alcohol", destroyed hundreds of breweries, and smashed tens of thousands of wine urns!

The captain muttered in his heart, this is not good, how can it be against human nature?

Don't let the trade, let's drink what we bring, okay?

As soon as they go ashore, the sailors have a saying, "If you have food or no wine, turn around and leave".

So they sent someone to the boat to fetch coconut blossom wine, and the group called a private room, drank it, and listened to the introduction of the shopkeeper, and called a team of ape and kabuki to help the fun.

Although I can't understand what they sing, and the dancing is ugly, after all, it's a foreign thing, so I'm not picky.

Those people danced very hard, the captain just wanted to pay for the reward, and the people here even recognized the flow and begged for paper money, which was really good------ at this time, suddenly, the door was opened, and more than a dozen samurai rushed in with bright katanas!

The captain was shocked, how can you say that you will turn your face when you turn your face?!

He casually reached behind him, and there was a short firecracker!

However, with a brush, a knife slashed down from mid-air, but it paused steadily, the tip of the knife aimed at the tip of his nose, and the tip of the knife exuded a merciless chill.

The captain knew that the other party was a good knife hand, and he didn't dare to move.