Chapter 589: A backer who is too capable

I almost forgot to say it, friends, Happy Children's Day~――――The ventilation report is also a kind of nomination, but most of Wang Hai's news is guessed, and there is no real evidence, so he has little confidence in the reaction of the Governor's Palace, and if he doesn't pay enough attention to it, he will be blind. [No pop-up novel network]

And on the way to Goto, Wang Hai also docked at Kyushu Island for a while, and said to the rest of the fleet that he was spying on intelligence. In fact, he did want to find out the bottom of it, so that he could have a good idea of what he had gained from this trip before he met Maang.

The results naturally surprised him, and in just a few months, the island of Kyushu had undergone earth-shaking changes, and the change was first reflected in the attitude of the Japanese people.

In the early days, the Japanese were quite polite to maritime merchants, but that kind of politeness was superficial, and there were not many examples of people being robbed along with ships. Because of this, maritime merchants are reluctant to open up shipping routes, but have maintained relationships with several permanent business partners.

Nagasaki's prosperity is not only due to geographical reasons, but also because of security concerns.

Whether it is because he has seen the scale of the maritime business, he is afraid of it; In short, the Matsuura Party is quite particular about doing things, understands the principle of not drying up and fishing, and upholds the principle of fairness in the process of trading, so the maritime merchants have always had a soft spot for Nagasaki.

Although in recent years, many daimyo have also understood this truth, but, in their bones, the attitude of the Japanese people has not changed much, Wang Hai can feel that the eyes of the other party looking at his maritime merchants are still the eyes of wolves looking at sheep, but they are just rational wolves.

But this time when he arrived at Shimazu's house, the other party's attitude changed dramatically, the fierceness in his eyes was gone, replaced by humility and flattery, if it weren't for Wang Hai's several dealings with the head of the Shimazu family, Zhongchang, he almost thought that he had gone to the wrong place, and he was not to the Wa country, but to somewhere else.

In fact, after so many years of dealing, Wang Hai knows very well the surnames of the Japanese people, although it is also a branch of Chinese civilization, but it is different from the Chinese people's respect for neither humility nor arrogance, they are fierce, but also very cowardly, and they will behave extremely deferentially to the strong, especially the strong ones who have made them suffer.

In the final analysis, the respect of the Wa Kingdom for the Tang and Song dynasties was due to the fiasco of the Battle of the Baicun River, which gave them a blow to the head and made them grovel for more than 800 years. If it weren't for the failure of Kublai Khan, the chief of the Yuan and Mongolian dynasties, there would have been no Japanese robbers in the early years of the Ming Dynasty, let alone the later battle of Jiashen to aid the dynasty.

Therefore, Wang Hai was very uncomfortable with the changes in Shimazu Tadamasa.

He didn't know what the attitude of the Japanese people towards the Central Plains was during the Tang and Song dynasties, but he knew very well that this kind of deferential performance would probably only happen when the old people said that the Three Treasure Eunuchs were crisscrossing the ocean, and he never dreamed that he would be able to enjoy this kind of treatment one day.

Although he had already taken refuge in Xie Hong, Wang Hai had no contact with the maritime merchants in the north, and of course he would not know that those people also enjoyed similar treatment in other parts of the country. However, the feeling in his heart was not something that those northern maritime merchants could experience, after all, those people were dealing with the Japanese people for the first time.

With Wang Hai's shrewdness, of course he would not rashly ask back, but under the side knocks, he quickly understood the reason.

Just when the Maori family was relying on Liu Qi's Mongolian cavalry, Kyushu Island did not stop. After learning the news that the port of Shimonoseki was burned down and the Guanmen Strait was blocked, Yinrong of Ryuzoji Temple jumped up and changed the previous situation of being pressed and beaten by the Ouchi family, and quickly launched a counterattack.

The Ouchi family's army was larger, but their roots were in Nagato and Zhoufang, and after the news of the blockade of the Kanmon Strait spread, the morale of the army became extremely low, and in the face of the attack of the Hizen coalition, they could only retreat step by step.

And the final solution to the problem,It is more than 1,000 cavalry led by monkeys,Morale is low,There are iron cavalry prominent,Ouchi's army quickly collapsed,Following the Maori family,The originally unknown Ryuzoji family has become the second rising star,Ryuzoji Yinei is also known as the bear of the fat queen,Become a strong man who dominates Kitakyushu。

In addition to the daimyo of Kyushu, he is naturally extremely envious, among which the Shimazu family is the worst. Because Xie Hong had already sent someone to contact him before, but due to Shimazu Tadamasa's hesitation and the geographical location being too southern, the cooperation between the two sides did not develop.

Seeing the scenery of Ryuzo Temple, Shimazu Tadamasa's mood can also be imagined, regret tortures his soul all the time, shame and courage, regret and then respect, so, the attitude towards Mingguo, he also came to a 180-degree turn, becoming like Wang Hai saw.

After figuring out the cause and effect, Wang Hai's mood was also complicated.

Joy is certain, Hou Ye's means have the ability to turn the rain and clouds, in just less than a year, half of the Wa Kingdom has been cleaned up and obedient, and the wolf has become a sheep, this kind of means has been beyond the scope of Wang Hai's understanding, and can only be attributed to the talent of the heavens, the gods and men descending to earth and the like.

Because he saw things quickly, abandoned the darkness in time, and got such a magical backer, Wang Hai was of course very happy.

However, the greater the ability and strength of the backer, the lighter the significance of his refuge, and the smaller the role he can play. From the initial expectation of sending charcoal in the snow to a ventilation message, now it seems that maybe the ventilation message is of little value, even if it is the power of Jiangnan, no, even if it is the power of the world, how can it hurt Hou Ye in the slightest?

Therefore, when he left Satsuma and came to Fukue Island again, Wang Hai was stunned to see the prosperous scene of ships coming and going outside the port, and when he saw this old acquaintance who was sitting with him in the governor's palace, his sense of loss was even stronger.

"Hehe, Haizi, I really didn't expect it, when you ran so fast, I thought you had returned to Jiangnan and would never see you again, but I didn't expect you to abandon the darkness and turn to the light. In the past, some people said that you were clever, and I was still a little unconvinced, but now it seems that your eyesight is indeed beyond my reach. ”

said admiration in his mouth, but Zheng Long's red face was clearly very complacent, and the reason for his complacency was also obvious, Wang Hai noticed the color of his clothes for the first time.

"Lao Zheng, are you being promoted? Could it be ...... Is it a thousand households? Wang Hai asked hesitantly, he was not very familiar with military affairs, but he could still distinguish one from the other.

"The great blessing of the Lord Trust, the great grace of the Governor, for the sake of my little hard work, gave me the origin of a thousand households, and let me be in charge of the trade routes in the Echigo area, as well as maintain the relationship with the local daimyo, with my little talent, to be responsible for such a heavy task, it is really a little trembling." Zheng Long said beautifully, and he couldn't see where he was trembling at all.

"Lao Zheng, you are a shrewd person, Wang's little bit of rat eyes, really, really...... Alas! The more Wang Hai looked at it, the hotter his eyes became, and then he began to regret it, and finally sighed deeply.

Maybe he really shouldn't go back to Jiangnan, if he quietly stayed in the Wa Kingdom, with his own navigation skills and familiarity with the Wa Kingdom, plus the dozen or so ships he carried at that time, how could his status not be lower than the current Zheng Long, right?

After all, what this old acquaintance did was just to do a childcare and then run to the back, compared to the errand he took on, whether in terms of risk or difficulty, it was completely different.

However, he is only a hundred households, but he is already a thousand households, looking at this momentum, which is still rising, how can Wang Hai not be hot?

To make meritorious contributions, now that I think about it, this choice is really whimsical, and I don't look at who is taking refuge, it is the champion Hou who has known for 500 years and 300 years after it! Even a remote place like the Wa Kingdom, he knows it well, is there anything in this world that he doesn't know? Where is the use of what internal responses!

His choice is really stupid, following Hou Ye's men, he just needs to obey his orders and make meritorious contributions, why do you want to think about it!

As for the family, hey, after you have settled here, you just need to send someone to quietly take the family out, you are just a small person, and who will keep an eye on the family?

The more Wang Hai thought about it, the more he regretted it, at this moment, he completely realized the psychological changes of Shimazu Tadamasa, missed the opportunity, regretted it, and even diluted the apprehension in his heart, and even didn't listen to Zheng Long's words too much, until the other party mentioned a familiar name again.

“…… Haizi, don't be discouraged, the Governor and the Hou Ye are both particular about meritorious service, just take that Yang Min as an example, although he didn't see things as fast as me, let alone your shrewdness, but now he has also been given a heavy responsibility, and is in Iwami in charge of the mining of Yinshan, as well as the strategy of the entire Shanyang region. ”

"Iwami Silver Mountain, is that the legendary Silver Mountain?"

"No, I heard that the silver mines there are all exposed, and they can be mined without even digging the mines, and I heard that the new mining methods handed down by the Hou Ye are still used......

Zheng Long sighed in admiration, shook his head and said: "Tut, we people have been running the sea for so many years, but we don't know, but the Hou Ye sits in Liaodong but can know things thousands of miles away. ”

"Brother Zheng is right......" Wang Hai also nodded again and again.

Iwami has the legend of the Great Silver Mountain, and he has heard some of it before, but there is no big port near Iwami, and the local daimyo is strictly controlled, and he has only heard it as a legend, and there is no confirmed news, but who would have thought that the Hou Ye, who had never been to the sea, actually went there directly, this is not a prophet what?

While seizing the Great Silver Mountain, it also stirred up the situation in the Wa Kingdom.

Now, even if the Jiangnan side goes all out to counterattack and repel the fleet of the Governor's Mansion on the side of the Wa State, it is impossible to recapture the route of the Wa State, unless they don't go ashore, otherwise, with the cooperation of these local snakes, it is not easy for the Hou Ye to clean up a few pirates and maritime merchants.

Thinking of this, Wang Hai's heart suddenly moved, and a very good idea slowly came to mind, and it became clearer and clearer, and the confused look on his face gradually disappeared, replaced by a smile.

At this moment, he suddenly heard a commotion outside, and then Zheng Long stood up with a happy face.

"The Governor has returned."

(To be continued)