As a traverser, Li Tu knew that Zheng Zhilong started as a pirate. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoThis big pirate not only robbed the waterways, but also went directly ashore to rob the rich, and was a complete robber. As long as Zheng Zhilong lives for a day, the route between Fujian and Xiaoliuqiu will not be safe for a day.

Li Tu wants to take down Zheng Zhilong in a battle, take down this sea thief who dominates the East Asian seas, and take down the biggest threat to his trade.

Pointing to the largest lucky ship among the pirate ships, Li Tu guessed that Zheng Zhilong was on that boat, and shouted, "Catch up!" Let's capture that Zheng Zhilong alive! ”

Seeing that Li Tu's tactics were successful and defeated an enemy several times his size, Li Tu's crew was highly motivated. Hearing Li Tu's order, the crew sang loudly. Amid the cheers of the crew, the helmsman turned the rudder slightly, and the fleet chased at full speed towards the largest pirate ship.

This lucky ship has already been left alone, and it is not at all the opponent of the six boats of Li Tu.

After chasing for half an hour, Li Tu's fleet surrounded the lone lucky boat. A hundred paces away, the Shouyi and the Huoyuan drove on the left and right of the pirate ship, spraying scattered bullets at the pirate ship with their cannons, causing the pirates on the ship to cry wolf and hide in the tail tower and dare not come out.

Seeing that the pirates had not yet come out to surrender, Li Tu asked the gunners to replace them with solid bullets and go to the stern of the Fu Ship.

"Boom" "Boom! "Boom!"

It was so close that all eight shells hit the target, shattering the aft tower of the pirate ship to pieces. The planks of the tail tower were blown apart by the kinetic energy of the cannonballs, and large pieces flew up one by one. Many of the pirates hiding in the tail tower were hit by shells and injured alive by flying wood fragments, some of them had their hands and feet cut off and some were killed on the spot, and flesh and blood flew everywhere on the ship.

The living pirates didn't dare to hold on any longer, and crawled out one by one and knelt down to beg for mercy.

Li Tu asked the Huoyuan to lean in first, and asked the crew of the Huoyuan to tie up all the living pirates one by one, so that the Shouyi also leaned in.

Li Tu jumped onto the pirate ship and looked around for Zheng Zhilong's figure. But when he walked around the terrace, he didn't see anyone dressed as a leader.

Grabbing a pirate whose hand had been discounted by a cannonball, Li Tu asked aloud, "What is your leader's name?" ”

The pirate was caught by Li Tu and touched the wound, his face turned pale in pain, and he screamed, and reluctantly replied: "Grandpa spare his life!" Grandpa spares his life! Our big leader is called Zheng Zhilong! ”

Sure enough, it was Zheng Zhilong's fleet.

"What about others?"

"He's not on this ship, he's on another fortune ship, and he's fled east!"

Li Tu secretly scolded for failing to catch Zheng Zhilong and let him escape.

However, now his fleet is getting stronger and stronger. It won't be long before Li Tu believes that he will be able to walk sideways in the East China Sea, and he is not afraid of this Zheng Zhilong making waves.

"Isn't this ship the biggest? Why is Zheng Zhilong not on this ship? ”

"This ship is Yang Qi's ship, although Zheng Zhilong is the big leader, he can only subdue the people with virtue, and he can't seize the property of other small leaders. Yang Qi is the little leader, and this ship belongs to Yang Qi, so Zheng Zhilong is not here! ”

"What about Yang Qi?"

"Yang Qi was killed by your cannon in the tail building!"

The tail building had been blown into ruins, and Li Tu didn't bother to go in to look for it, so he threw the pirate in his hand to the ground.

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At the end of September, led by two Daifuku ships, Leetu's huge fleet slowly sailed into Kagoshima and Tsuga. The shape of the lucky boat is hung with Western-style soft sails, and there are so many black holes and heavy guns on the boat, no one has ever seen such a boat, which attracts the local people to crowd on the pier to watch the excitement.

This time, it was not Naomitsu Miyagi who greeted Li Tu on the dock, but Shimazu Tadatsu, the lord of the Satsuma domain.

The Satsuma Domain's finances were tight, and the funds that could be spent every year were only a few hundred thousand kan, excluding the retainers. Li Tu's fleet came with six ships, and he brought him 200,000 or 300,000 yuan of goods at once, and he could make a huge profit by slowly selling them, so how could he not pay attention to it?

Not to mention that he also invested in a ship in Li Tu's fleet, owning half a stake in the Fuku. Li Tu arrived safely in Hong Kong, and the income of this half of Fuchuan shares is also very considerable.

Last year, Li Tu did not come to Japan, and some ignorant retainers commented that Li Tu ran away with the silver, and was severely reprimanded by Shimazu Tadashi. Now that Li Tu has come to Kagoshima again, he has shattered the retainers' doubts about Li Tu's credibility and Shimazu Tadashi's vision with facts.

Hurrying up, the lord of the Satsuma domain rushed from Tsurumaru Castle to Watsubo. The gray-haired Shimazu Tadashi stood on the dock with dozens of retainers and more than 100 soldiers, welcoming Li Tu's arrival.

A pot of sake, talking about the landlord's welcome.

Surrounded by samurai and ashigaru, Shimazu Tadashi rode a tall horse and welcomed Li Tu to the Japanese-style castle of Wazubo, where he sat down with Li Tu and his party in the palace.

After a few pleasantries, the conversation got to the point.

"Master Li, how is the profit of a lucky ship I invested in the year before last?"

"There have been twenty-five thousand four hundred taels of profits. Does the feudal lord take out the profits? ”

Hearing that he had made so much profit, Shimazu Tadashi laughed happily and said, "Don't be in a hurry to take it out!" I will use the 25,400 taels of profits as the funds for upgrading, and upgrade the share of half of my small fortune ship to the share of half of the big fortune ship. How is it? ”

Li Tu nodded and said, "Yes, this money is just enough for the cost of upgrades." ”

Shimazu Tadatsune nodded with satisfaction, and then said, "I heard that Lord Li saved the young lady Shimazu Sakura of the Kajiki branch of the Honshu Domain in the Kumamoto Domain. ”

Li Tu replied lightly: "The effort of raising your hands is not enough to worry about!" ”

Shimazu Tadashi laughed a few times and said, "However, I heard that Shimazu Sakura is very grateful to Master Li and will never forget it. ”

Shimazu Tadashi has to find a way to make Li Tu have a special dependence on the Satsuma Domain.

Rito had a seal issued by the Tokugawa shogun, and could trade in any port in Japan. The price of goods in the northern part of Japan was even higher, and if Li Tu transferred to the north, the loss of the Satsuma clan would be huge. Shimazu Tadashi needed to find a way to get Li Tu to continue to choose the Satsuma clan as a trading partner.

There is no shortage of money and things. Shimazu Tadashi can think of it, and it is a human being. If the Satsuma clan marries Shimazu Sakura to Li Tu, it will give Li Tu an extra bond, and the chances of Li Tu continuing to come to Satsuma Domain to do business in the future will be greatly increased.

"Shimazu Sakura is the beauty of my Satsuma Domain, and it is not easy for Master Li to get her favor! I think it's up to me to take the lead, and Lord Li Bo will marry Shimazu Sakura! ”

Hearing Shimazu Zhongheng's words, Li Tu was a little stunned, and said, "I have already married a wife in Zhangzhou." ”

Shimazu Tadashi asked: "Dare to ask Master Li, how much money do you have a year?" ”

Li Tu replied honestly: "Now there are more than 100,000 a year." ”

Shimazu Tadashi said loudly: "Such a large amount of income is enough to compare with the daimyo of hundreds of thousands of stones. Kajiki's Shimazu family is just a separate Shimazu family, and Shimazu Sakura marries Li Bozhu as a side room, which is not disqualified. Shimazu Sakura didn't go to Zhangzhou, but stayed in Kagoshima after marrying Li Bozhu, and they could meet every year when Li Bozhu came to Japan. ”

After a pause, Shimazu Tadashi asked, "Master Li, how is it?" ”

The samurai class in Japan rarely fell in love freely, and marriages were appointed by their parents, often political. Of course, Li Tu knew that Shimazu Tadashi was using a woman to pull a relationship with himself. However, it was also in the interest of Li Tu to deepen relations with the Satsuma Domain. What's more, Li Tu saw Shimazu Sakura twice, and he knew that it was indeed a beauty that was one in a thousand.

If you marry Shimazu Sakura as a side room in Japan, it will indeed be a beautiful thing for Li Tu.

After thinking about it before and after, Li Tu agreed: "May you wish!" ”

Shimazu Tadashi laughed, waved his hand and said, "Master Li is a cheerful person!" ”

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After Shimazu Tadashi informed the Kajiki family of the arrangements for Shimazu Sakura, the head of the Kajiki family and Shimazu Sakura quickly agreed. Everyone set a date for the wedding and began to prepare.

In October of the fifth year of the Apocalypse, the wedding of Li Tu and Shimazu Sakura was held in the shrine of Watsubo.

On the day of the wedding, Li Tu wore a black Japanese dress with a small black hat leaning forward, and next to him stood Shimazu Sakura, who was dressed in white and wearing a white hat. Li Tu took his eyes to see the Shimazu cherry blossoms, but felt that the beauty was even more incomprehensible under the white clothes, just like a cherry tree blooming, extremely bright.

found that Li Tu was peeking at himself, Shimazu Sakura was smiling and groaning, and his phoenix eyes were slightly bent.

Behind Li Tu and Shimazu Sakura was a long line of relatives and friends, including Shimazu Sakura's own father and feudal lord Shimazu Tadashi. Under the leadership of the presiding priest of the shrine and the shrine maiden, everyone slowly walked into the front hall of the shrine.

After entering the front hall, Li Tu and Shimazu Sakura sat on the top, and other relatives and friends sat on the sides. The two shrine maidens alternately toast the newlyweds with "three-three-nine" cups. Shimazu Sakura took a small sip with a red light sake glass, then changed to Li Tu to drink, and Shimazu Sakura took the last sip. Repeat this three times for a total of nine degrees.

After a glass of wine, the formal part of the wedding is over. This was followed by the feast, in which everyone sat in the front hall to eat and drink, and to say something festive. There were also geisha and Noh entertainers performing programs, and it took a long time for the people to disperse.

The samurai house in Watsubo had already been given to Li Tu by Shimazu Tadashi. After eating the disclosure banquet at the shrine, Li Tu and Shimazu Sakura returned here.

Sitting in the room, Shimazu Sakura knelt in front of Li Tu, silently, smiling and waiting for Li Tu's action.

After being silent for a long time, Li Tu walked up and kissed Shimazu Sakura's mouth. As if touched by electricity, Shimazu Sakura moved up and reached out to hug Li Tu's neck. Overnight, that Shimazu Sakura was born very entangled and begged a few times. Li Tu was attracted by the charm of the beauty, and was busy until the second half of the night, before he hugged Shimazu Sakura and fell asleep.