The town was located in the later Osaka City, and the official construction of the castle was not until a few decades later, when Toyotomi Hideyoshi gained power. On the first day of the fourth year of the Lunar New Year in Zhengde, it is also the largest free port in the Wa Kingdom.

Because they belong to the same Chinese cultural circle, the Japanese people also celebrate the Spring Festival, and their customs are closer to Fujian, and there are things like rice cakes, firecrackers, and Spring Festival couplets.

Today, however, there is no festive atmosphere in Kaimachi, there are no pedestrians on the streets, the doors of houses are closed, there is no sound inside, and the whole town can only hear the rustle of wind and snow, and there is no one to breathe.

On the other hand, there are villages to the east, where every house is overcrowded, and an atmosphere of panic and anxiety envelops the villages, and the atmosphere is extremely oppressive.

Occasionally, there would be a few whispers, and sometimes some urchins would run into the yard and look curiously at the sea to the west, but soon adults would run out, and in spite of the children's complaints, they would hurriedly cover their mouths and pull them back. While entering the house, I will look around, for fear that the small movement here will attract the attention of those demon gods on the sea and cause a catastrophe.

Yesterday's shelling really frightened them.

The target of the shelling was a wasteland in the northern part of Kaimachi, which had been turned over and was full of potholes, and the snow was flipping, revealing the reddish-brown earth below, which was so dazzling in the snow-white that there was a faint smell of gunpowder in the air, and even the sea breeze blowing from the Seto Inland Sea could not dispel it.

In the coming year, it may become a good piece of farmland, after all, the intensity of ploughing is far from what a Japanese farmer can do with simple farming tools.

However, no one thought of this now, and the hearts of the Japanese people were already filled with fear, and if it wasn't clear that the other party's next target was Kaimachi, they would definitely flee farther, and the farther away from the sea, the safer they were, and everyone thought so.

"Little Four, you say, do we have a chance to do it again today?" The battleship fluctuated with the waves, but the people on board didn't notice it at all, Wu Yongjian's bull's eyes just looked at the boundary town fixedly, rubbing his hands, and looked eager to try.

"In the past six months, from Lushun to Jiangnan, and then to the Japanese country, you haven't had enough fun?" Lu Xiaosi said with a smile: "Although the shells fired yesterday are basically recovered, but the gunpowder is really consumed a lot, do you think it is very cost-effective to hit such a dilapidated fishing village with such a valuable thing?" ”

"I also know, but I don't know why, as soon as I see those widows, I feel like I want to clean up, but I can't help it!"

He took a deep breath and sighed: "There is also this new type of gunpowder and artillery, how to use it, I can't get tired of it, this is cleaned up in the country, and I don't know if there will be a chance in the future, so I am also reluctant, it is best that the emperor of the land of the country does not come, in that case, I can have a good time." ”

"How could you not come?" Lu Rending said: "Hou Ye has always been clever, if he didn't know that he would definitely come, what kind of wasteland would we fight, King Ning's 100,000 army was wiped out, how could a small Japanese country withstand our gunboats?" Don't worry, it's been these two days. ”

"That's just as well." Wu Yongjian nodded, glanced back at the cabin, and said a little uncomfortably: "Come on, why do we have to take that old man Lin and his disciples, what kind of national letter do you write, just bring that king of the widow here?" Didn't Master Hou say that the rules of the Ming Dynasty to the outside world are that the fists are big, and it makes sense? ”

"I really know a little bit about this......" Lu Xiaosi smiled, and asked instead of answering: "There have been no civil officials here in Jinzhou, and I don't know very well, but, Brother Wu, you used to be an errand boy in the capital, and you should have dealt with those civil officials a lot, do you think those civil officials are unreasonable?" ”

"Of course, uh......" When the words came to his mouth, Wu Yongjian was stunned, this question seemed simple on the surface, but in fact it was a little difficult to answer.

Of course, they are very reasonable, but the result of quoting the scriptures is a little bad, every time they make their own profits, no matter what they do, it is so righteous and awe-inspiring, because they have a theoretical basis.

Thinking of this, Wu Yongjian suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and suddenly said: "Master Hou just wants to let the scholars use what they are good at dealing with the Japanese people?" Fighting poison with poison, that's quite interesting, but it doesn't seem to be necessary, and the Japanese people aren't very powerful, isn't it more refreshing to fight directly? ”

"I can't tell you the specific reason," Lu Xiaosi scratched the back of his head, and his tone was a little uncertain.

"When I was in Lushun, Hou Ye explained once, what to say to deal with the Wa Kingdom, to boil frogs in warm water, I didn't understand at all, but Mr. Wang nodded again and again, Hou Ye and Mr. Wang agreed, then it should make sense, but what does the Wa Kingdom have to do with frogs, I really don't know, could it be that it looks like a frog?"

"Well, it does look like ......" Wu Yongjian nodded stunned, he could only understand from this perspective.

An audience that is not entangled is a good listener, Lu Rending wiped a cold sweat and concluded: "In short, it is a meaning of using people for the sake of people, in the future, there will be many scholars in the Governor's Mansion of the Japanese Dynasty, and they will not be in charge of business and military affairs, let them be responsible for educating ......"

"What about the Nanyang side?" Wu Yongjian knew that if there was a battlefield for gunboats to display in the future, it was likely to be Nanyang, so he was also very concerned about it.

"The situation in Nanyang is different from that of the Wa Dynasty, there is a court here, and it has lasted for many years, and there is a normal order. And the Nanyang side is said to be tribes or something, the so-called kingdom, but some tribes are united, the people there are more ignorant than the Tartars, and they can't use scholars to educate or something, so they have to use another method. ”

Unlike Wu Yongjian, who is relatively silent and has been specializing in artillery in his spare time, Lu Xiaosi was originally an idle surname, but his popularity was good, but these secrets that were not confidential were all inquired by him.

"The other way, privateering or something?"

"It's not just that, slaves have to be caught, people have to be killed, but these alone, but there is no way to empty the natives there, the local area always has to be developed, and those hard work must be done by someone, you can't keep tossing back and forth, right? Therefore, local order also needs to be maintained, and the local people must also be educated. ”

"I said Xiaosi, don't sell it, it makes my heart itch, tell me quickly, what is the solution?"

"Hehe," Lu Xiaosi said with a smug smile: "That is the high-end means formed by the old bureaucracy after it has developed to a certain extent, and if it is used internally, it is enough to close the family and stop the children from crying at night; Externally, it can also shock the Quartet and make Zhuyi bow down...... Hou Ye named that institution, and it was called: Chengguan Brigade. ”

“…… What's that? "As the commander-in-chief of artillery, Wu's ability to resist attacks is quite strong, but he is still smashed by the new term, and his eyes are full of gold stars, and he is dizzy.

"Specific ......"

"I know you don't know, just say you know." Wu Yongjian interrupted Lu Xiaosi's words angrily.

"That's ......" Lu Xiaosi smashed his mouth and explained what he knew.

"You can smash and rob in the name of the yamen, and the dog fights the power of the people or something...... Sound familiar, huh? After thinking about it, Wu Yongjian slapped his thigh and said, "Isn't that similar to the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses?" However, it seems to be a little more specialized than the Five Cities Terracotta Division, and it sounds very powerful. ”

"That's what it is, anyway." Listeners who can comprehend themselves are good listeners, Lu Xiaosi looked at Wu Yongjian with great satisfaction, and said with a smile: "There are even candidates, that is, those people who were arrested last year, those people are now detained in Tianjin, and by the end of this year, the elite can almost be selected and put in Luzon......"

"It turned out to be those scourges!" Wu Yongjian shook his head and nodded again: "Tsk, it is indeed used by people, there is nothing more harmful to people than this gang of scourges, just to deal with those barbarians in Luzon, and we are not distressed if these scourges die, in one fell swoop, Hou Ye is worthy of being Hou Ye." ”

"Isn't it!" For Xie Hong, Lu Rending has long admired him.

He couldn't understand the national letter written by Lin Han and others, but the content was very clear, if it wasn't a Confucian like Lin Han, who could mix those specious histories of the two countries and make it look like that?

Fortunately, the history of China is good, since the Spring and Autumn Period, the degree of civilization in China has been very high, even if it has been repeatedly turbulent, the recorded history is still very clear. However, the civilization of the Japanese Kingdom was quite late, and their historical records were also a mess, and normal people didn't even want to understand it, let alone sort out those things, corresponding to the same period in China.

But Lin Han did it, and the Confucians' ability to sort out the classics was already extraordinary, so the father-son relationship between the two countries was determined, and people couldn't find flaws.

"Bell ......" was in full swing, when suddenly a crisp bell sound came from in the distance, and a line of black shadows slowly appeared on the snow-white horizon. Lu and Wu raised their binoculars one after another, but they could see clearly.

It was a group of people, there was a person wearing a high hat and holding a bell at the front of the procession, the people in the back were waving long flags, and the people in the middle of the group carried several long boxes like coffins, and the atmosphere was very solemn.

"This is a funeral?" Wu Yongjian asked his well-informed companion.

"Maybe?" Lu Rending's tongue turned, and he didn't understand what was going on.

The governor's palace sent a guide, but this man was a knowledgeable person, and hurriedly explained to the two: "Ahem, two generals, that's the king of Wa is here...... The coffin-like thing they were carrying was not a coffin, it was a sedan chair, and the long flag was not a flag, it was a flag. ”

"You can only travel by this kind of honor guard, and you dare to call yourself the emperor? The Japanese are really frogs, and their tone is much bigger than their ability! Wu Yongjian was amazed beyond measure, his mouth was wide open, if someone stuffed a frog into it, I am afraid he would not notice.

(To be continued)