Chapter 152: Deceiving each other
Li Ling met with Yoshihito Ouchi, and he felt that his situation was a little worse. There were people who were staring at their own fleets and trying to attack them.
Perhaps the Ouchi clan, the big families of the East Ying, have long colluded with the Japanese Kou, and it is even possible that these people are secretly supporting the Japanese Kou.
No wonder Ouchi Yoshihito actually asked about Da Ming's situation in such detail, it seems that he has long wanted to find a way out for the Japanese bandits!
The Lu family also has its own wharf here, although it is shared by several maritime families. The courtyard there is very spacious, which can fully accommodate these people brought by Li Ling.
When maritime merchants were doing business, they naturally had to deal with local officials, and their most common method was naturally gift-giving.
Later, the network became bigger and bigger, and their influence in Dongying became bigger and bigger, and finally they sold their own wharf and house in the port.
The pier is shared by several families, while the surrounding yards are unique to each family.
After Lu Xiang settled a few people, he took Li Ling to the Lu family's warehouse. Everything you need for sale is here.
Silk, porcelain and even Western glass mirrors are on the list!
Every time the Lu family transported goods from the Ming Kingdom, they had to stay for a rainy time, which was the rule left by the ancestors.
"Li Ling, with these things, we will be able to open up the situation in Hizen Country and even the entire Dongying!" Lu Xiang said happily, as long as she can help the other party, she doesn't mind the value of these things!
"What a stupid girl, but that's fine, presumably the kid surnamed Li shouldn't suspect her anymore!". After the two left, the warehouse manager said to himself.
With no one nearby, he tore a human skin mask from his face. In an instant, this person changed from a young man in his twenties to a middle-aged uncle.
He continued in a deep voice: "More than ten years have passed, I don't know if you still remember me? ”。
The storekeeper threw away the human skin mask and walked towards the Lu family's courtyard.
Early the next morning, Li Ling found that Lu Xiang's eyes were red, and he thought that he was not used to life in a foreign country like himself, which affected the quality of sleep, so he didn't take it to heart!
Truckloads of goods were transported from the Lu family's warehouse and handed over to the hands of the three major families, and their favorability towards Li Ling, the envoy of the Ming Kingdom, rose sharply.
The governor of the Chiba clan didn't know where to get the news that Li Ling wanted to lease the wharf, so he took the trouble to buy a huge wharf from a merchant and sublease it to Li Ling.
The relationship between the three major families and Li Ling gradually improved. There is no problem between them!
Ouchi Saburo is a confidant of Yoshihito Ouchi, and he receives a new mission from his master, who asks him to thoroughly investigate the movements of the warships of the Qingming Army.
This is another test for him by the master, Ouchi Saburo is looking forward to it, if he completes this character, how will the acting family governor reward him?
Quietly coming to the port, he found that there were no other Ming ships except for the three-masted warship on which the Ming envoy was riding.
"Something is wrong!" Ouchi Saburo didn't think that the Ming army would care so much about the diplomatic relations between the two countries that it would not fatten the attention of the territory of the former country.
"To say that you are guarding the Fat Front Country, to say that you are going to be big, the entire Dongying people are waiting for the news you bring back!" He remembered his master's advice to him, and looked more carefully for the traces of the Ming ships.
Saburo Ouchi found a small fishing boat, disguised himself as a fisherman, and went out to sea in the small fishing boat.
The Ming army was really very sinister, and he sailed the boat out of the coast for more than 20 miles before he saw the Ming army's warship.
Ships docked side by side on the sea, there were a hundred and ten large ships, the smallest of which was also two masts.
Ouchi Saburo couldn't help but gasp, how is this battle going to be fought?
Even if the three families are full of strength, they are only a few thousand soldiers, which is comparable to the strength of the Ming army, what do they use to resist the artillery fire of the Ming army?
Ouchi Saburo was unwilling, he didn't believe that the Ming army had no weaknesses, and quietly approached the fishing boat towards the Ming army's fleet, at this time he was able to see all the Ming troops on the ship clearly, and their activities were clear.
Someone was drying fishing nets on the deck;
There are people who make fires directly on the deck for cooking;
There are even people fishing with a rod in the bow of the boat!
Ouchi Saburo's lungs are blown up, is this the legendary invincible Ming army? With such loose discipline, how much combat power can they have?
He drove forward for a while, and made sure that there were no shells and other lethal weapons on the Ming warships.
There are just a few clutters piled up on the deck!
It was already their luck to be able to defeat some pirates!
Be sure to tell the master about the situation here, this is a great news, Ouchi Saburo thought in his heart, without the strength of the other two families, he only needs to mobilize the soldiers of the Ouchi family, and a charge can defeat all the Ming army!
Ouchi Saburo hurriedly turned the bow of the ship and quietly moved away from the Ming army's fleet.
After dark, Hachi ordered the soldiers to clean up the debris on the deck, and when the show was over, it was up to the fish to bite the hook!
"Everyone be careful, there may be a sneak attack at night, so don't fall for their tricks!"
Although the eldest young master said it well, Xiao Hachi was not sure that someone would really come to attack them at night.
After returning to the shore, Ouchi Saburo carefully confirmed the location of the Ming army, and then went back to report to his master.
Ouchi Yoshihito, who got the exact news, fell directly into excitement, one hundred and ten warships, if this huge fleet was defeated by them, what a great feat!
With the merit of destroying the Ming army this time, his brother can go sideways in Beijing/Dudu!
I just don't know what the attitude of the Shaoji clan and the Chiba family is? Although the attack on the Ming army was first proposed by the two of them, there was no guarantee that the two would do their best.
"Brother Ouchi, don't worry, as long as the Ouchi family is willing to send troops to fight with us, I guarantee that all three families will do their best, let us defeat the army of the Ming Kingdom together and carry forward the Hizen Kingdom!"
Chiba Tsutomi, the governor of the Chiba clan, suddenly came to Ouchi's house, and he once again patted his chest and assured Ouchi Yoshihito.
Sure enough, the Shao Er clan also agreed to send troops, and the opinions of the three families finally reached an agreement.
They hurriedly gathered their respective fleets and set off in the direction where the Ming army was!
More than a hundred ships, thousands of soldiers.
Although they did not have a fighting advantage in numbers, they occupied a geographical advantage.
These people are full of confidence, and this time they will definitely be able to destroy the Ming army.
The group was in high spirits and finally arrived at the place pointed by Saburo Ouchi before dark.
This time, we must destroy the Ming army!