Wang Qiang and Lu Wei settled down in Edo Port, collected enough food from Osaka, and did not worry about eating, but they were just worried that their families in Nanjing were in a hurry.

He had been stationed at the port for a day, and he didn't see anyone from Edo Castle come out to negotiate, which surprised Wang Qiang.

Wang Qiang led people to walk in several directions outside Edo City, these places were all in the countryside, and seeing that the life of the Japanese people was too far behind the people of Nanjing and Yangzhou, Wang Qiang did not have the heart to bully them.

Lu Wei had already asked a lot of Japanese people, there is indeed a river from Edo Bay called Sumida River leading to Edo Castle, and this river is very wide and the water is also very deep, so there is no problem for large ships to enter.

After learning this news, Wang Qiang was about to lead a fleet from Sumida River into Edo Castle and prepare to bombard Edo Castle, but Lu Wei stopped him and said that he would wait another day, and if the Tokugawa shogunate did not send someone to negotiate tomorrow, the fleet would sail directly to Edo Castle.

Wang Qiang thought about it for a while, and agreed with Lu Wei's opinion, but it was extremely uncomfortable for Wang Qiang to wait for this day.

During the waiting time, Wang Qiang had to concentrate the troops again for training, judging from the first battle in Kyoto, the training of the troops was still extremely insufficient, and it was too far behind the first division.

Liu Weimin did not equip Wang Qiang with the same artillery as the artillery brigade, he knew that it was extremely inconvenient to carry mules and horses on the ship, and it was basically impossible to use the artillery without mules and horses, so he gave Wang Qiang 20 mortars and 300 mortar shells loaded with new ZHA medicine.

Wang Qiang is now personally training these mortar crews, and dozens of shells with black medicine are being used as training shells. Wang Qiang also knew that the shells given by Liu Weimin were extremely precious, so of course he was reluctant to use them easily.

When the sun had already set, and there was no one to see from Edo City, Wang Qiang was annoyed.

"Hurry up and send someone to inform Ohki, and ask him to lead the fleet into the Sumida River early tomorrow morning, and bombard Edo when he arrives outside Edo Castle!"

Wang Qiang said to Lu Wei with a blushing face, seeing that Wang Qiang's face was not good, Lu Wei didn't dare to persuade again, and quickly agreed.

Zheng Chenggong received Wang Qiang's order and hurriedly ordered the fleet to prepare.

What Wang Qiang didn't know was that there was already chaos in the Honmaru Palace in Edo Castle, which was the residence of the shogun, and Tokugawa Iemitsu was gathering a large group of subordinates to discuss how to deal with the "invasion" of the Ming Dynasty warships.

Some people proposed to gather the strength of the whole of Japan to destroy these "invading" Ming warships, while others worried that they would not be able to defeat these behemoths with extremely heavy firepower, and Tokugawa Iemitsu frowned when he heard various voices.

"Let's send someone to talk about it first, and if the negotiation can solve the problem, then use the negotiation."

Tokugawa Iemitsu made the final decision, none of them knew that the Japanese emperor was already in the hands of these "Daming" troops.

In fact, Tokugawa Iemitsu was most worried that the arrival of the Ming Dynasty army would directly threaten his rule over Japan, although through the efforts of his grandfather Tokugawa Ieyasu and father Tokugawa Hidetada, the Tokugawa shogunate had firmly controlled the situation in Japan, but once the war broke out, the daimyo in various places would be restless again.

This time, Tokugawa Iemitsu arranged for Lao Zhong (directly under the general, an official who assisted in the management of government affairs) Sakai Tadakatsu to go to negotiate with the "Daming" army early tomorrow morning, and Tokugawa Iemitsu also wanted to know what the intentions of the "Daming" army were.

The next day, the fleet was already busy at dawn, and Zheng Chenggong commanded the ships to make rapid preparations, and according to Wang Qiang's order, they were going to bombard Edo Castle today.

In the barracks in the port, Wang Qiang was also summoning officers at all levels to make a final emphasis, the infantry will also advance to Edo City today, and it has been deployed last night, and the mortars that were reluctant to be used last time may be used today, but Wang Qiang just emphasized it again this morning.

By the time the troops had breakfast, the sun had risen over the sea, and Wang Qiang was about to order the troops to set off, when the guards outside the barracks reported that the Japanese shogunate had sent someone.

The dutiful Sakai Tadakatsu got up very early today, and he had a premonition that the "Daming" fleet would take action again today, so he hasty ate breakfast and hurried towards Edo Port.

Wang Qiang couldn't laugh or cry a little, he didn't come after waiting for a day yesterday, but today everything was just ready here, the boilers on several warships had been burned, and the fleet was ready to leave, but he came.

"Order the troops to suspend operations!" Wang Qiang ordered, and the herald hurriedly ran out to inform the troops, and he had to use the flag to inform the ship.

"Brother Weisheng, you sent an interpreter to ask, who is the official who is here this time? If the official position is small, you can't call the shots, let's not talk about it! Wang Qiang said to Lu Wei, who was rushing over.

Lu Wei turned around and went, and Wang Qiang turned around and ordered the troops to be on alert, to prevent the Japanese army from sneaking attack, and this negotiation had to be arranged on the "Yue Fei".

After a while, Lu Wei hurried to Wang Qiang's tent, "Xiao Wang, the official position sent by the Japanese shogunate this time is not low, and he is an 'old middle'." ”

"Lao Zhong? What is this? Wang Qiang asked curiously.

"Lao Zhong is very powerful in the shogunate, and he specializes in assisting the general in handling government affairs, which is similar to our prime minister." Lu Wei explained.

"Oh, that's okay, let's talk to them, you go and tell them, let them go to the 'Yue Fei' to talk." When Wang Qiang heard this, he was basically satisfied with the attitude of the shogunate.

Sakai Tadakatsu waited a long time outside the Wehrmacht barracks before someone came to inform him that he should come to the warship parked in the harbor to negotiate.

Sakai Tadashi had no choice but to take a dozen followers and follow the soldiers sent by Wang Qiang towards the outside of the dock.

When he arrived at the dock, he looked up and saw the "Yue Fei" parked in front of the pier, and Sakai Tadashi immediately stood in place.

When the soldiers came and urged him to leave, Sakai came to his senses.

Holding back the horror in his heart, Sakai pretended to be calm and followed the soldiers to board the "Yue Fei", and when he reached the main deck, he walked onto the dark steel plate, looking at the huge main gun, Sakai was in a trance, and his heart had become extremely nervous.

Several folding tables and two rows of chairs had been placed on the main deck of the "Yue Fei", and Wang Qiang, Lu Wei and Zheng Chenggong were already seated on one side of the table, and Shi Lang and the interpreter were sitting next to them.

Sakai Tadashi led a few people to the table, bowed ninety degrees to Wang Qiang and the others, and then pulled out the chair and sat down.

"Look, his legs are shaking." Wang Qiang whispered in Lu Wei's ear, Lu Wei turned around and glared at Wang Qiang, as if complaining that he was not serious at this time.

Wang Qiang turned his face back, straightened his face, and stared at Sakai with both hands on the table, waiting for him to speak first.

The short Sakai was stared at by Wang Qiang, and he groaned for a while, and then he mustered up the courage to say a lot, but Wang Qiang didn't understand a word, but Zheng Chenggong's face next to him changed a little.

After the interpreter translated Sakai's words, Wang Qiang understood what Sakai meant, probably that the "Ming" army "invaded" Japan for no reason, which brought great losses to Japan, and the Japanese shogunate demanded that the "Ming" fleet leave Japan immediately, and there was no need to compensate for the losses.

Wang Qiang didn't wait for the interpreter to finish speaking, and slapped the table with his right hand, making Sakai tremble.

"You tell him, this nonsense doesn't need to be said, what is the shogunate's plan?"

The interpreter probably hasn't done this job, Wang Qiang's words were translated by him word for word, and when Sakai heard it, his face immediately turned red, as if he had been greatly insulted.

Jiujin Tadashi wanted to stand up, but the person next to him pulled his shirt from under the table.

Endured and endured, Sakai took a deep breath, and then suppressed his anger and said to Wang Qiang again.

"Ohki, what did he say?" Wang Qiang couldn't wait for the translation, and turned to Zheng Chenggong and asked.

"He said that the Ming Dynasty sent such a huge fleet to Japan, what was it for?" Zheng Chenggong hurriedly said.

"Then you ask him why the last treaty was torn up for no reason?" Wang Qiang said coldly.

Zheng Chenggong acted as a translator and told Sakai what Wang Qiang said, and it was another chatter.

"He said that the last treaty was signed with the Ming court, and now that the Ming court no longer exists, the treaty will of course be automatically annulled."

", this treaty was not signed with any imperial court, it was a treaty between countries, how could it be abolished because of the change of power in a country? You tell him that it's okay if they don't recognize it, and that's the end of today's negotiations, let's drive the fleet outside Edo Castle to talk! ”

Wang Qiang slapped the table again and simply stood up, and Sakai realized that Wang Qiang's figure was too tall compared to them.

When Zheng Chenggong translated Wang Qiang's words to Sakai again, Sakai finally couldn't hold his breath and stood up.

Although both of them were standing, Wang Qiang, who was one meter eight tall, and Sakai, who was more than five meters tall, had a completely different momentum, Wang Qiang looked at Sakai condescendingly, and a disdainful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, which made Sakai feel even more humiliated.

"Order the fleet to get ready, and immediately set off into the Sumida River!" Wang Qiang ignored Sakai anymore, pulled out his chair, took a few steps outside, and ordered Shi Lang.

Shi Lang responded, stood up, summoned the flag soldiers on the "Yue Fei", and began to give orders to the other ships to prepare for battle.

Sakai also has a translator, and when the interpreter translates Wang Qiang's order, Sakai feels that he is going crazy, what kind of general is this sent by the Ming Dynasty, don't you understand bargaining?

Sakai was so anxious that he hurriedly said a lot to Zheng Chenggong, and Zheng Chenggong said to Wang Qiang:

"Sakai begs you not to do this, he said things can be discussed slowly." Zheng Chenggong said with a smile.

"There's nothing more to talk about! You told them that, first, the last treaty signed must be fully fulfilled, and on this basis, Japan will open up ten more coastal cities to Chinese merchant ships; 2. The lease of the port of Nagasaki is extended to 500 years, and the Chinese in Nagasaki have full immunity; 3. Compensate the Chinese government for economic losses totaling 2 million taels of silver; Fourth, Japan must abolish the title of 'Emperor' and let them change their name to King. Otherwise, we will bring him to China for trial in order to investigate the great harm and losses caused by the Japanese pirates to China for more than 200 years. ”

Wang Qiang was talking, Zheng Chenggong was translating for Sakai, and when he talked about the Japanese "emperor", Sakai changed color, and he heard something from Zheng Chenggong's translation of Wang Qiang's words.

Seeing the sudden change in Sakai's face, Wang Qiang was a little amused, he knew that although the "emperor" had no real power, as a symbol of Japan, he still had an extremely important position.

"You tell him we've been to Kyoto!" Wang Qiang said to Zheng Chenggong with a smile.