These words are said in the words of the Ming Dynasty.

As soon as the girl waved her hand, they stood up in unison, apparently well-trained.

Kang Lu snorted coldly: "This is to give us a horse!" Also Her Royal Highness the Princess? It's just a small country barbarian, and you still talk about this pomp? ”

Lian Zining just smiled lightly and was silent.

The girl's eyes glanced at Lian Zining and saw Lian Zining, who were surrounded by a group of girls and walked over quickly, she was more than ten steps away from her fists and saluted, and a crisp voice came: "I am the princess of the Tachibana family, the next governor; Tachibana Chiyo, may I ask the two adults. Which of you is Kang from Mingguo? ”

He speaks very fluent Daming official dialect, with some flavor of Fengyang dialect, and there is no arrogance at all.

Sure enough, it's Tachibana Chiyo! Lian Zining's heart trembled slightly, this is the Chikuzen Baimei, Baici Guanyin, and the owner of the early and women's iron artillery team, Tachibana Chiyo, who left a mark that was not a strong color in the Warring States Period, but it was difficult to be forgotten!

"This official is!" Kang Lu took a step forward and reluctantly saluted: "Xiaguan Kang Lu, I've seen the county lord of Pear Blossom!" ”

In the forty-fifth year of Zhengde, the Daimyo of Kyushu Island, Tachibana Daoxue and the Ming Dynasty joined forces to encircle and suppress the Japanese Kou, and then went to the national letter, saying that they were willing to return to the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty liked the scene of the four Yi Dynasty the most, and the court was overjoyed. And Tachibana, who was only ten years old at the time, was also canonized as the lord of Ewha County, and it caused a huge sensation in Fuso at that time, and other daimyo were envious.

Tachibana and pear blossom are homophonic, and the name is also wonderful.

Since then, Chikuzen Hakumei has also been renamed Chikuzen Pear Blossom.

In this way, they are all courtiers of the Ming Dynasty, and they should also show respect.

Tachibana Chiyo also knew his own proportions, and he didn't take it big, so he smiled lightly and let go: "Lord Kang is very polite, a small country is barbarian, and he deserves the title of county lord!" ”

Seeing her like this, Kang Lu felt a little more comfortable, and there was a slight smile on his face.

Tachibana Chiyo's gaze turned to Lian Zining, a flash of surprise flashed in his eyes, and he asked, "What is this adult called?" is a four-rank military general at such a young age, he is really young and promising! ”

Lian Zining smiled faintly, and also hugged his fists and saluted: "In Xia Lian Zining, President Wu Yijun commanded the affairs, and I have seen Chikuzen Baimei, the next governor of the Tachibana family, Miss Chiyo!" ”

He saluted, but not to the Chiyo in front of him, but to the Chiyo in his heart.

"How do you know my name?" Chiyo was stunned for a moment, and then there were ripples in his eyes, and he said quickly: "Are you Lian Zining?" Connecting the city? If you write about life only like Lian Zining who first met? ”

Lian Zining nodded.

There were a few exclamations and screams from the women's team behind Chiyo.

Chiyo took a deep look at Lian Zining, her eyes were full of excitement and admiration, she took two steps back, and bowed to Lian Zining very respectfully, and said: "Chiyo is very lucky, I can meet the great writer of the Ming Kingdom, the great poet, I was rude just now, please forgive me!" ”

Lian Zining was slightly stunned, and said in his heart, in Fusang, he is so valuable as a lyricist in the Ming Kingdom?

But he didn't know that Fusang was actually the country most seriously influenced by China in the entire East Asian cultural circle, and this country learned Chinese characters, spoke Chinese, learned Han poetry, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and it can be said that it inherited almost everything about Han culture. And this inheritance has even reached a pathological level, as a nobleman, if you can't speak Chinese and can't compose a few poems, it is simply an incredible thing. Although most of the poems they make are crooked poems that even China's talents look down on, there are indeed a lot of them.

Fusang has always respected the Han family as the orthodoxy of the world, at the beginning of the Yashan War, Lu Xiufu hugged the young emperor and threw himself into the sea, the queen mother threw himself into the sea, thousands of palace concubines threw themselves into the sea, 200,000 soldiers committed suicide and were buried in the sea, the Song dynasty perished, and the whole country mourned for March, and the sound of mourning was heard in the countryside. The recognition and sense of belonging to Han culture can be seen from this.

In the Ming Dynasty, whenever there were any good articles, poems, and words, these famous nobles in Fusang often knew about it very early.

If Lian Zining's life was as first seen, a lifetime and a couple, it would have already spread throughout Fusang, making the entire Fusang famous, noble, and noble ladies fascinated, and during that period of time, if you don't quote a few sentences from these two poems when you are gathering and drinking, it is really unacceptable, and people look down on it!

At this time, Chiyo saw Lian Zining himself, just like the star chasers of later generations saw their favorite stars, and they were so excited that they couldn't wait to scream. In this way, it is already very forbearing.

Kang Lu said on the side: "Princess Chiyo, Lord Lian, let's talk in the cabin!" ”

Both of them nodded, and the group entered the cabin and sat down separately, and Chiyo suddenly stood up again and bowed deeply to Lian Zining: "Lord Lian, I don't know if I will be lucky enough to be able to discuss poetry with you later?" ”

The beautiful girl's big eyes were full of expectation, Lian Zining couldn't bear to refuse, and nodded: "Naturally." ”

Chiyo smiled happily and apologized to Lian Zining: "Lord Lian, please allow me to talk to Lord Kang about this business first, and then ask you for advice later." ”

Lian Zining was a little uncomfortable with such complicated etiquette of this nation, and nodded: "Your Royal Highness the county lord, please." ”

Kang Lu waited for them to finish, and then he said: "Your Royal Highness the County Lord, didn't we say that we would arrive at the territory of the Tachibana family, and our people would send a signal, and then you would pick up the goods in the coastal sea?" How did you get here? ”

Chiyo smiled bitterly: "Lord Kang, we don't want to either, but the matter is urgent, and we have to do this!" ”

"You don't know yet, the Tachibana family and the Goto clan have been at war, and they have been fighting for more than a month."

"War? You mean? Kang Lu asked.

A strange color flashed in Lian Zining's eyes, and a thought suddenly appeared in his heart, at this moment, those iron cannon guns of the women's iron artillery team appeared in his mind. Maybe this is a great opportunity for yourself?

"Yes, Lord Kang, after the start of the war, our Tachibana family has consumed a lot of materials, especially in terms of feather arrows and bows and crossbows, which are already very scarce, and our army is also very short of powerful giant crossbows, so I am in such a hurry to come here, hoping to find your ships. This is the only way to get to Hizen, and you will definitely pass by here. ”

Kang Lu nodded: "That's fine, but this time there are so many goods, can your ironclad ship be loaded?" ”

"You don't need to load them all." Chiyo said: "We only need to load the urgently needed bows and arrows, crossbows, and cotton armor and horse armor, and the rest can be discussed when you get to the near sea." ”

"The silver?"

"Master Kang, rest assured, we have already brought the silver, and there will be no shortage of money. What do you think about the silver for this shipment delivered first, and then paid for the rest of the goods when they arrived offshore? "It doesn't seem that this is the first time that Tachibana Chiyo has done this, and his tone is very skillful.

Kang Lu nodded: "This also makes it!" ”

He stood up suddenly: "His Royal Highness the county lord is so refreshing, let's go, let's go and hand over the goods now!" That's a lot of that. ”

He looked at the girls of the women's iron artillery team and shook his head: "I'm afraid that these girls under your command will have to move for a day." ”

Chiyo smiled: "Don't underestimate them, they're not weak!" ”

The two were about to go out, when Lian Zining suddenly spoke: "Slow down, two!" ”

Both of them turned their heads in surprise, looked at Lian Zining, and said that Chiyo's big eyes were shining: "What advice does Lord Lian have?" ”

Lian Zining said: "Lord Ewha County, just now you said that your Tachibana family is at war with the Goto clan?" ”

Chiyo nodded, and Lian Zining asked again: "Then now, where are you two deadlocked?" Chikuzen or Saga? ”

Chiyo was surprised by Renzining's understanding of Fuso, and replied, "Now in the vicinity of Saga, it has been a stalemate for more than a month. ”

Lian Zining asked again: "I heard that your Tachibana family has inherited the power of the Otomo family, and its strength is very strong, but since the Goto clan occupied Hizen, it is said that the soldiers are well-armored, and they are not easy to mess with, right?" ”

Chiyo was silent for a while, then nodded: "My lord is right, our Tachibana family occupies Chikuzen, Fukuoka, Nagato, Zhoufang and other places, but the Goto clan also occupies Nagasaki, Saga, Hizen, and Chikugo, and they are more financially powerful and well-equipped than us. And our Tachibana family, in the past few years, continued to conquer, make enemies everywhere, the consumption of troops is also very large, and the follow-up is weak, although we have 35,000 soldiers, they only have 20,000, but if we fight with them, it can only be an outcome of both defeats. ”

At this time, Fusang's army, that is really not counted, the army she is talking about, in fact, is just those farmers who picked up spears, they are usually farmers, and when it comes to wartime, they will be issued extremely rudimentary weapons - bamboo guns, and then used as cannon fodder to fight. The combat effectiveness of these armies was extremely poor, and the fighting will was almost non-existent, and they would be defeated by almost a single charge, leaving few corpses and bamboo guns in one place to flee.

Anyway, at this time, the distance between the territories of the two daimyo in Fusang was only a few dozen miles, and the feet were fast, and it didn't take long to run back. Then after going back, I continued to play with my wife, give birth to children, farm the land, eat pig food, and live tenaciously. Otherwise, the farmers of Fusang at this time are the best in the world to feed, and their food is similar to that of the pigs of the Ming Dynasty, but they are still living well, making villains to play all day long.

This is also the reason why during the Warring States period there were wars every day, but the melee between the various daimyos was still the reason why the population continued to grow - it was simply wonderful!

According to the military law of the Ming Dynasty, these soldiers would have to be killed by the warlords in a single battle.

The 35,000 soldiers of the Tachibana family are estimated to be against Wu Yijun, and they will have to be defeated and lost in one round!

The real force of the daimyo is the direct samurai of the family governor, as well as the samurai under the command of the major ministers, as well as the regular army belonging to the family, and the number of these regular armies is not very large, a few thousand is good.

Lian Zining looked at Chiyo, smiled lowly, and asked, "Then His Royal Highness the County Lord, do you Tachibana family want to completely defeat the Goto clan and occupy Chikugo, Hizen, and Nagasaki, which are fat and oily areas?" ”

"What?" The reverence and admiration in Tachibana's Chiyo eyes had been replaced by vigilance and vigilance, and a pair of eyes flickered: "What do you mean, my lord?" ”

Lian Zining didn't answer, but said leisurely: "Think about it, if the Tachibana family defeats the Goto clan and occupies those areas, then, they own more than half of the land on Kyushu Island, and they are the most economically developed and fertile areas, then, the Tachibana family will immediately become a top daimyo of more than one and a half million stones, and become the first in Kyushu Island. ”

If Qi Wei was here, he would definitely whisper that there is a devil hidden in his words!

There is no doubt that Tachibana Chiyo was tempted, and her big beautiful eyes flickered a few times, staring at Lian Zining thoughtfully.

She is not a lady who is raised in the depths of the boudoir, but a famous Ji military general in the Warring States Period, the master of the women's iron artillery team, and a general who once led the army to resist the invasion of hostile forces for many years after his husband Tachibana Muneshige accompanied Toyotomi Hideyoshi in the official history. It was a strange woman who dared to go to see Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the first person in the book at the time, and told him that if you dare to insult me, I will chop you up with a knife!

Inheriting the position of the governor of the Tachibana family as a female streamer, this is also rare in the entire history of the Warring States period. And don't forget, she has been taken by her father Thor to fight in the army since she was nine years old, and she has cultivated her military talent since she was a child, so as soon as she heard Lian Zining's words, she immediately had some plans in her heart.

She asked, "You, what do you mean by that?" ”

"This time I brought 3,000 troops, all of whom are the most elite soldiers of my Ming Dynasty, to put it mildly, these 3,000 troops, even if you have 20,000 people, are not opponents." Lian Zining smiled faintly and said word by word: "Feiqian is a very open port, and the Wudao clan has seen a lot of Ming merchants with army guards, so they will definitely not have any defenses!" I can lead the army to land in Hizen, help the Tachibana family, and flank the Goto clan in front and back! Think about it, if that's the case, what will happen to the Goto clan? ”

Chiyo's breathing immediately became heavy, and he stared at Lian Zining deadly, with a glint in his eyes.

After dealing with the Ming Dynasty for so many years, she naturally knew that the strength of the elite soldiers of the Ming Dynasty was indeed not the same level as the peasant army of Fusang.

With the help of these three thousand Ming elites, it is naturally not a problem for the Tachibana family to defeat the Goto clan, and with such a foundation, then Kyushu Island after that will not be a four-legged stand, but the Tachibana family is dominant!

However, doubts also came to my heart, why did this adult help the Tachibana family?

"Say, what conditions do you have!" Chiyo's words undoubtedly endorsed Lian Zining's proposal, and now it depends on how big Lian Zining's appetite is.

Lian Zining didn't answer, but said to himself: "Your Royal Highness the county lord, if you remember well, the temple house is in the north of the Tachibana family, right?" ”

Chiyo didn't know what kind of medicine he was selling in his gourd, so he had to follow his train of thought: "Yes, it's only a few dozen miles away from our Tachibana family." ”

"As far as I know, the Terauchi family occupies the three places of Izumo, Hakuki, and Oki, and their power is not small, and there are many conflicts between the two of you in order to compete for Iwami Ginzan, right? Quite a few people died too? ”

Chiyo nodded again.

"Then I'm going to make a request!" Lian Zining smiled slightly: "First, after laying down Hizen, I will open a lot of shops there, and in the future, I will also open shops in the territory of the Tachibana family and other daimyo, you have to guarantee that these shops, at least in the territory of the Tachibana family, cannot be taxed." ”

This requirement is nothing at all, and Chiyo nodded without hesitation: "This, I can guarantee it!" ”

"The second point, after fighting the Goto clan, I'm going to attack the Terauchi family, and when the time comes, your Tachibana family will send troops to help! There must be at least two thousand or more regular troops! ”

"You're going to attack the Terauchi family? Could it be that the Ming Kingdom is going to war against Fuso? Chiyo was taken aback and hurriedly asked.

Lian Zining smiled faintly: "You think about it, this is just a personal grudge between me and the family in the temple, and it has nothing to do with my Ming court." ”

Hearing this, Chiyo was relieved, his eyes lit up, and he almost couldn't wait to agree.

Lian Zining knew the abacus in their hearts, and he didn't break it, and continued: "Fuso is still making a large number of iron cannons, and it just so happens that my soldiers are in urgent need of iron cannons, so I want the Tachibana family to give me five hundred iron cannons as a deposit now." As for after the war, fifteen hundred more iron cannons! ”

"In addition, I know that you have a replica Franc cannon here, and I want a small Franc cannon, which is what you call a hundred big guns! In the future, I will send someone to buy a big gun from you, and of course, that will pay. ”

This condition proposed by Lian Zining made Chiyo a little embarrassed, and she hesitated: "But Lord Lian, you must know that our Tachibana family is now at war with the Goto clan, and the demand for iron cannons is also very large, if it is given to you now, what should we do?" As for the Franc cannon, we don't have many of them, and it's impossible to sell them to you! ”

Lian Zining smiled faintly: "With our help, the war between you and the Godao clan will end soon, what do you want so many iron cannons for?" ”

"And!" He leaned forward slightly: "The Tachibana family is the one who attaches the most importance to firearms in the entire Kyushu and even Fuso, and there are countless iron cannons made by themselves over the years, I don't believe it, I can't come up with the number I want!" ”

Chiyo thought for a while and said: "Five hundred iron cannons, I can give them to you now, and after defeating the Godao clan, I can also give you the remaining five hundred, but there are only so many, the temple family has very good iron cannon craftsmen, and their territory even has Franco, I can promise that after the temple family is defeated, all the craftsmen will be left to you!" ”

(To be continued)