Later, Toyotomi Hideyoshi unified Fuso and sent troops to Korea, and the Goto family was the vanguard of the Fuso invasion army, and was the first to capture Pusan with a team, and then fought until Seoul, Kyoto, North Korea, and the Goto clan was also the first to rush into the Korean royal palace, and burned Gyeongbokgung Palace with a fire.

In this time and space, the Goto clan took advantage of the internal strife of the Ukita clan, the original head of the four vassal states such as Hizen, to raise an army, and he actually won the ruling power of the four countries, occupying more than a quarter of the entire Kyushu. Although the entire Kyushu is only more than 500 miles long from north to south and more than 400 miles wide from east to west, a quarter of Kyushu is equivalent to the size of a prefecture-level city in the later dynasties, and now there are three or four counties in the Ming Dynasty, but after all, it is also a number of famous names in the entire Fuso.

Lian Zining had already known about the strength of the Goto clan before he came, and the Goto clan had a total strength of about 25,000, of which there were about 3,000 samurai, and the rest were ashigaru, that is, the so-called peasants who took up arms, and their combat effectiveness was very poor.

And three thousand samurai, this is already quite a terrifying number. The samurai of Fusang are the same as the generals of the Ming Dynasty, they are all elites in the army, and in war, they are all arrow figures. In Lian Zining's original time and space, in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the generals fought wars, and few relied on soldiers, and most of them relied on their own generals. For example, Wu Sangui, when he was young, dared to rush Huang Taiji's Huang Gai with fifty generals, and almost scared Huang Taiji to death. The general soldier of Liaozhen slept with Nurhachi's mother, and Nurhachi gave him Li Chengliang, a general in the late Ming Dynasty who was his godson for 20 years, had a family of 8,000 generals, and the Ming Dynasty thought it was a barrier for decades. Even Nurhachi dared to jump out and stab him after he died.

These 3,000 samurai are really a very strong force, and this is also the basis why the Goto clan was able to gain a foothold on Kyushu Island, where the heroes rose together. And the reason why Lian Zining didn't do it immediately was also because he was afraid of these warriors. However, raising these 3,000 samurai is already the limit, and in Fuso in this era, all the samurai are nobles, just like the knight class in Europe, and you also have a noble status. They are all military nobles canonized by the lord, and since they are nobles, of course they must have fiefs! The Goto clan is only a daimyo of 300,000 koku, and a samurai needs at least 50 koku to feed, which means that half of the Goto clan's stone height is gone.

If it weren't for the feng shui treasure land of Hizen, he would definitely not be able to raise so many samurai.

Lian Zining was still worried about how to clean up the Wudao clan, but he didn't expect that they would send it to the door by themselves.

He was overjoyed in his heart, and his hand was cleaned up towards Shi Dazhu behind his back, and his face was full of smiles: "It turned out to be the governor of the five islands in person, and before he came down to Fusang, he heard the words of the country's business travelers, and the governor of the five islands clan was able to do it, and he ran a large port in front of the city such as Ningbo, Quan*zhou. I can be greeted by the governor of the five islands, and I am really scared! ”

This is said beautifully, Godao Cunxuan is most proud of his own military exploits in his life, but his own cultural governance, often pretending to be a complete martial arts officer, Lian Zining is talking about his itch, and he can get praise from people from the Ming Kingdom, and the brilliance on his face is even more three. He laughed: "Even the adults are exaggerating, and the most desirable thing is to go to Mingguoquan * Zhou * City to do a six-grade promotion, although it is not so lucky, but after all, it is the same way." ”

Lian Zining almost didn't laugh when he heard his great dream, but he was also relieved when he thought about it, although a promotion of the Bo Division of Quan*Zhou*City was only a six-grade official, but the oil and water were extremely fat, and he was dressed in silk and satin, and he ate seafood and mountain delicacies.

Godao Cunxuan said: "Actually, the Ming Kingdom and the Celestial Empire are excellent, but the scenery of the Kingdom of Fusang is also very impressive. I don't know how many times the adults are here? ”

Lian Zining said: "This time it is for some business at home, and I want to do it here for a long time in the future, so this time I want to stay here for a few days, and then I will go to the island and open the business there." ”

Everyone in the Godao clan suddenly realized that the powerful and powerful merchants of the Ming State really liked to take this path, and they were not willing to sell their goods directly here to Fuso merchants. They don't really care, anyway, as long as the goods pass here, they have to pay taxes. Godao Cunxuan was overjoyed in his heart, and said: "Since this is the case, why don't you even go and go to the lower mansion for a few days?" I am also a person who admires the Ming Kingdom and the Celestial Empire, and I am even more obsessed with poetry, I wonder if I can have the honor to have a joint night talk with Lord Lian? ”

The abacus in his heart is that if he can invite a big celebrity like Lian Zining to his mountain town as a guest, firstly, it will be a very face-saving thing, and secondly, he can use this as an excuse to invite several other big names in Kyushu to come over, and it is impossible to reduce the pressure on his reading power to face the Tachibana family.

Lian Zining pondered in his heart for a moment, but he was thinking, is it better to capture them here now, or take the opportunity of his invitation to kill in the mountain city?

After thinking about it, he looked up at the majestic mountain city again, and finally made a decision, and laughed: "It's better to be respectful than to obey your fate, then you will be disturbed below!" ”

At this time, on several large ships of Fushan, there were countless soldiers walking down with sonorous voices, all holding spears and halberds.

Lian Zining immediately saw the capriciousness and irritability in the bones of the Fusang people, Godao Cunxuan's face immediately became extremely gloomy, his body sank slightly, and his right hand pulled out the katana at his waist with a sonorous sound, stared at Lian Zining deadly, and shouted: "Baga! What do you mean, Lord Lian? ”

Around him, all the samurai took out their weapons, and they instantly became murderous.

Lian Zining's face was first surprised and puzzled, and then a kind of anger appeared after being offended, and he sneered: "Governor of Wudao, do you have something wrong with your ears?" I just said that you Fusang people are despicable and aggressive, but they are only a small country, but there are many countries, and the most chaotic is endless, if you don't bring some troops, how can you protect yourself? Although you Fusang are barbarians outside the Saiwai, but you have been educated by the Heavenly Dynasty for a long time, and the boy can always understand one or two of the truth of holding gold in the city, right? ”

"Or?" Lian Zining turned around, stretched out his hand and circled Feiqian Gang, his face full of undisguised contempt: "Do you think this official will covet your inheritance?" It's really a joke, my Ming Dynasty is dying, what is there not? You are a wild man, you are given to this official for nothing, and this official still dislikes it! ”

In Lian Zining's words, he was barbaric and despicable, full of contempt. If it is replaced by another nationality and is insulted like this, I am afraid that I will draw a sword against each other, but the Fusang people just eat this set!

The national habits of this country, respecting the strong and surrendering to the strong, do not dare to resist even if they are oppressed to death, but they play with their lives to bully the weak. If you show the slightest weakness or cowardice in front of them, they will immediately pounce on you like hungry wolves and bite you to death. And if you kick them in the face with an irresistible force, they will kneel in front of you and obediently add mud to your boots!

To put it bluntly, just one word: cheap!

What's more, Lian Zining's words and words, the meaning revealed, and the temperament revealed, are like the shape of a Ming bureaucrat who has no one in his eyes and is arrogant. This kind of performance also made Godao Cunxuan feel at ease, a traditional bureaucrat of the Ming Kingdom should be like this, and it is indeed impossible to seek his own inheritance.

And it is also very common for the nobles of the Ming Kingdom to use the army to escort their own selfish interests.

He winked, and Goto Katsushige bowed deeply and said respectfully, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm really sorry." It was just a misunderstanding, and I sincerely apologize to you! ”

Goto Cunxuan also changed his smile and said, "It's really a misunderstanding." ”

Lian Zining also borrowed the slope to get off the donkey, and a few words of sarcasm were not salty or light, and the superficial article was sufficient, which was to expose the stubble.

At this time, Wu Yijun's soldiers had already disembarked from the ship in units of 100 households and floated on the sea for a few days, and this down-to-earth feeling made them very down-to-earth.

Soon, two thousand households and nearly 3,000 soldiers lined up in the open space of the port.

The forest of spears, the halberds in the forest, the muskets in the hands of the soldiers, the hard-dressed soldiers, two large phalanxes, dozens of small phalanxes lined up, and the murderous aura rose to the sky.

After everyone in the Goto clan saw it, they couldn't help but change color.

They are all people who have been fighting for many years, and they are naturally knowledgeable about military affairs, and when they see that these are soldiers, they know that these are not only elites, but most of them are veterans who have fought and have seen blood on their hands, otherwise, they must not have such momentum.

Goto Cunxuan asked in a low voice to the pen head minister on the side: "Pen Lao, according to your opinion, what are the odds of victory between these soldiers and our soldiers?" ”

He is better at conspiracy and calculation, diplomacy with people, but he is good at fighting, and most of the great foundation of the Goto clan is fought by Goto Katsushige and other important ministers, so he is also very dependent on him.

"If it's the same number, except for the samurai, the rest of the soldiers will have no chance of winning, and I'm afraid that one round will make people scatter." Goto Katsushige tilted his head and looked at the long spear phalanx like a forest, his eyes were full of envy that could not be concealed: "Their weapons are too good, and the Ming people are also tall, and the soldiers are more than four inches taller than our soldiers, but if we mobilize all the troops to fight against it, the samurai will resist its attack, and the remaining more than 20,000 people will be surrounded by light heels, and then bombarded with longbows and crossbows and Datong iron cannons, it will not be difficult to kill them." ”

Wudao Cunxuan was determined when he heard what he said, and he was also relieved, and said with envy: "This lord seems to be a very powerful nobleman in the Ming Kingdom, and in order to protect his business, he has mobilized so many elite troops. ”

Wudao Shengxing nodded: "This is normal, there is a popular poem in the Ming Kingdom, called 'Raise your head to look at the monarch's door, and take the minister's fingers', in the Ming Kingdom, as long as you can write a good poem, you will immediately be a famous Son of Heaven, and if you want to be a high-ranking official, it is as easy as a snail." ”

At this time, the goods have been moved, and the records are sorted out and redistributed on the wharf.

Fusang has been fighting all year round, and the people have long been accustomed to fighting, but they are not very afraid of the army, and even in Fuso, there are two daimyo fighting, and the strange scenes of the surrounding people watching are not uncommon.

Seeing the many goods, many merchants from Fusang, Daming, Luzon, and even Francos and Dutch flocked to the city, and surrounded the men of the Lian family, asking the price, and some even immediately quarreled.

Cheng Yu rushed over in time, she was very handy in doing these things, even if she explained to the merchants, thirty percent of these goods were to be sold in front of the fat, but it was thirty percent, and the amount was also very large, but it was not very convenient here. Therefore, all merchants who are interested in buying should go to a designated place this evening and conduct an auction, and the highest price will be awarded.

Don't think that the ancients were stupid, the auction move has appeared as early as the Qin and Han dynasties, when the aunt of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, that is, the eldest princess, the mother of Queen Gillian, auctioned 500,000 acres of high-quality mountains and forests on the shore of Weishui, and bid in this auction way. These merchants of Da Ming and Fusang were not surprised, and at this time, Cheng Yu ordered someone to send a list to everyone, which was the type and number of items to be auctioned this time.

is so intimate, but the surface work is full of work, showing full sincerity.

In the chaos and crowding, several boxes of goods were squeezed over, and the goods inside overturned out, but they were iron needles, furs, silk and other things, not only those merchants, but also Goto Cunxuan's eyes lit up, these things are all scarce goods in Fuso.

He was relieved that they were indeed here to do business.

And Goto Qingchi beside him, his eyes were glued to Qiwei who was following Cheng Yu, and a pair of eyes were constantly searching for her body, full of possession and greed.

Lian Zining glanced at the truth, and felt a little inexplicably uncomfortable in his heart, and sneered slightly in his heart.

He turned his head and gave a few orders to Shi Dazhu, who took the order and left, and after a while, two carriages were pulled by dragoons, which were full of goods.

Lian Zining said to the five islands: "I pay attention to a meeting in the Ming Dynasty, the official and the five islands governor met for the first time, and the time to deal with them in the future is still long, I heard that in Fusang, my Ming Dynasty's brocade silk is very popular, so I prepared some, just a thank you, not a tribute, but also hope that the five islands will be smiling." ”

"How embarrassing is that!" The smile on Wudao Cunxuan's face was even more victorious, Lian Zining's actions dispelled the last trace of concern in his heart, stretched out his hand, and said: "Lord Lian, come with me, yesterday there was a goddess prediction, and today there will be a snowstorm at noon." Haha, yesterday there was just a high-grade woman in the house, which is the best material for making living tea. ”

Lian Zining naturally didn't know what the living tea was, but it was his wish to enter the Wudao Mountain City, so he immediately gave up his hand: "I don't dare to ask for ears!" ”

Lian Zining and a group of dragoons got off the horse, Lian Zining led the horse and the three of the Wudao clan walked together, talking and laughing while walking, Wudao Cunxuan and Wudao Shengzhong are both people with deep Chinese attainments, and their speech is also very elegant and interesting.

More than fifty dragoons followed by Lian Zining, and on the periphery, there were nearly a hundred samurai. The Fuso Assassin culture was extremely prevalent, with countless ninja genres of all kinds, and countless daimyo were assassinated and killed.

The topography of Hizen Port, the side closest to the sea, is a narrow strip of more than ten miles long, from north to south, there are a series of trestle bridges and small wharf harbors, countless small workers shuttle in between, solicit business, merchant ships dock, and handle countless goods. On the side near the wharf, there are a large number of international style restaurants, hostels, warehouses, wine shops, records and other entertainment facilities, and then behind, there are large areas of residential areas, commercial areas, countless wooden houses constitute a huge city, long and narrow from north to south, there are fifteen or sixteen miles, that is, the east and west are also four or five miles wide, more than twice as large as the county seat of Le*ling*.

Behind this area, there are many roofs and various mansion courtyards, and here is the residence of all the powerful people in Hizen Province and even the entire Goto clan, which belongs to the noble area. And in the middle of these stretches of mansions is the mountain castle of the Goto clan.

The group crossed the wall that separated the civilian area from the powerful area, and Lian Zining suddenly felt as if he had entered another world.

There are many mansions here, the houses are continuous, the kind of building that is unique to the style has only one floor, but the eaves are high and the corners are high, the walls are built with white stone, the eaves are black or blue, and the wind chimes are hung, and a gust of wind blows, and the wind chimes are resounding throughout the city. The ground is paved with bluestone slabs, and if someone sprinkles water to clean it, it is very clean and dusty.

Walking in the meantime, it is also refreshing.

The rules of the Fuso people are very great, not only the status of the nobles and commoners is very different, but also between the nobles, there have long been samurai of the Goto clan in front of the road, and the gong in his hand is striking loudly, which is to inform those nobles that the lord is passing by and wants to come out to greet him.

Soon, the high-ranking families were separated from each other, and the aristocratic men in kimonos and clogs and the noble ladies whose faces were covered with thick white* powder and whose faces could not be seen clearly came out in brightly colored long dresses, and knelt at the door of their houses, their heads buried deep in the ground, and their foreheads touched the ground. And Wudao Cunxuan and Lian Zining just talked and laughed, didn't look at them, and passed by with their heads held high, and didn't dare to get up until they were far away.

Behind the port of Hizen, in fact, it is already a good land, and the terrain slowly rises, getting higher and higher, and at the end of the aristocratic district, there is a stone mountain that rises abruptly.

(To be continued)