Although the front of the Wehrmacht phalanx was already filled with the corpses of Japanese samurai, there were still many samurai who pounced like moths to a flame, and these samurai were obviously much stronger than the Japanese soldiers.

Lu Wei couldn't bear to look at it, and turned around.

Wang Qiang became more and more excited, and loudly ordered the troops to shoot these Japanese samurai without stopping, and in his eyes, these samurai seemed to have become Japanese ronins who later entered Shanghai and Nanjing in another time and space.

A large number of Japanese soldiers had already run backwards, and as the number grew, the Japanese army had completely lost its formation, and the samurai on both sides had stopped advancing and turned around and ran towards the back.

"Order the artillerymen, fire two more salvos, send them off!"

Wang Qiang ordered the troops to stop, turned to the herald and said.

Dozens of shells again fell into the fleeing crowd of Japanese troops, making them run faster and faster.

Lu Wei roughly calculated that in the battle just now or the one-sided massacre, more than 2,000 Japanese soldiers and samurai were killed.

"Let's go, let's go back and wait!"

Wang Qiang ordered his troops to return to the camp in the port.

Wang Qiang and the others did not know that this short battle had caused far more shock to the shogunate and officials than the capture of the "emperor", and that Tokugawa Iemitsu was almost stupid when he learned the news that the land army had been defeated, and he had a stutter even more when he spoke to his subordinates.

Only then did Tokugawa Iemitsu realize that Sakai Tadakatsu's report that the Ming army would help the "emperor" ********was not a threat, and that they were fully capable of doing so, and this alone made Tokugawa Iemitsu completely abandon the idea of driving the Chinese army out of Japan by force.

Tokugawa Iemitsu has thoroughly understood that the army that came this time is no longer the army of the previous Ming Dynasty, as for how to call it, Tokugawa Iemitsu no longer cares about it, and now all he can consider is how to bargain with the Chinese army and strive for fewer losses.

Looking at the conditions proposed by the Chinese army recorded on paper by Sakai Tadakatsu, Tokugawa Iemitsu was in a trance.

Shaking his head, Tokugawa Iemitsu called Sakai Tadashi and the generals who had gone out in the afternoon to the front, and once again carefully inquired about the situation of the Chinese army.

"Is it really impossible to fight?" The Tokugawa family seemed to ask and talk to themselves.

Sakai and the generals both shook their heads.

"If the Chinese army is really ready to support the emperor, Japan will soon be plunged into endless wars, and I am afraid that there will be no peace in the future." Sakai Tadakatsu said bitterly.

"Then we can only agree to their conditions?" Tokugawa Iemitsu asked, staring at Sakai Tadakatsu.

"It's... I think we can talk about it. Sakai said hesitantly.

"You're saying they're particularly powerful?" Tokugawa Iemitsu ignored Sakai Tadakatsu, but turned to the general and asked.

"Yes, very powerful, their artillery is also very powerful, not only can it hit far, but it is extremely fast to reload, and the armor can't defend it at all." The general bowed his head and replied.

Tokugawa Iemitsu closed his eyes, and it took a long time to open his eyes and say to Sakai Tadakatsu:

"Tomorrow you go and talk to them, we can agree to most of their conditions, we also have conditions, the first point, they must provide us with some of their cannons and guns, if it is not possible, we can buy them for money. Second, they have to agree that we send students to study in China. ”

When Sakai Tadakatsu heard this, he lowered his head and thought for a while, then he looked up and said to Tokugawa Iemitsu:

"The general is far-sighted, and his subordinates admire! I'll talk to them early tomorrow morning. ”

"By the way, you must ask to see the emperor, and if you don't, you can't agree to any conditions. On the other hand, as for the title of the emperor, you told them that this is something that the shogunate cannot decide, and the emperor must make his own decision. Tokugawa Iemitsu glanced at Sakai Tadakatsu and added.

Sakai Tadakatsu stood up and nodded repeatedly, "Hi! Hi! ”。

In the afternoon, there was a battle on land, and Wang Qiang and the others slept very soundly at night, and now all they needed was to wait.

Like a clockwork alarm clock, Tadakatsu Sakai arrived at the port on time the next morning.

Still on the main deck of the "Yue Fei", after they all sat down, without waiting for Sakai to speak, Wang Qiang first slapped the table vigorously, startling Sakai and a few Japanese.

"You Japanese don't talk about credit, obviously in the process of negotiations, why did you send troops here?"

Waiting for the interpreter to translate Wang Qiang's words, Sakai squeaked for a long time before saying a long list, and when the interpreter translated, Wang Qiang understood that what he said was that this was the spontaneous behavior of the generals under the shogunate, and the generals had already punished them.

Sakai then asked to see the emperor, and Wang Qiang discussed with Lu Wei and Zheng Chenggong for a while, agreed to his request, and asked Shaoren to be brought up from the cabin on the second floor.

Sakai Tadakatsu once accompanied Tokugawa Iemitsu to Kyoto to visit Shaoren, of course he knew him, seeing that Wang Qiang did not lie, and the emperor was really in their hands, they hurriedly stepped forward to meet the emperor, but their hearts were cold.

After Shaoren was taken down again, Sakai, in despair, continued to bargain dutifully, although Lu Wei and Zheng Chenggong were a little loose, but Wang Qiang insisted on not letting go.

The helpless Sakai Tadashi put forward the last two conditions, and when he heard the interpreter translate the two conditions, Wang Qiang and the three of them all showed strange looks on their faces.

"No, you can still negotiate by sending students and sell them rifles, this is absolutely not okay!" Lu Wei was the first to speak, and Zheng Chenggong also nodded while echoing Lu Wei's words.

Sakai heard that neither of them agreed, and a resolute look appeared on his face.

Wang Qiang smiled and said to the interpreter: "You ask him, how much silver is a rifle?" ”

"Xiao Wang, what are you going to do?" Lu Wei said anxiously.

"Brother Weisheng, don't worry, we'll talk about it later." Wang Qiang patted Lu Wei's arm and told him to calm down.

When Sakai Tadashi saw that there was a door, his face eased a lot, and he hurriedly asked Wang Qiang how much the rifle would sell.

"Tell him that one is less than five hundred taels of silver, and don't talk about it, and the number cannot exceed two hundred."

Although Sakai Tadashi couldn't understand Wang Qiang's words, he could still hear the tone, and Wang Qiang's words were very resolute.

Sakai Tadashi knew that the general did not buy these rifles to win the Chinese army by relying on these rifles, but to learn the technology, so that 200 would be enough, too few and afraid of arousing the suspicion of these people.

Wang Qiang, who sells guns, does not resist, he knows that when Liu Weimin's chemical plant is completed and put into operation, Yangzhou will soon be eliminated, if it is not for the fear that the Japanese will get the rifle and start to calculate themselves, Wang Qiang still wants to sell more, you must know that the cost price of these rifles does not exceed ten taels of silver at most.

Wang Qiang is worried that Japan has sent students to China, which is not easy to arrange, if only some Confucians are arranged to teach them alone, they will definitely not do it, let them study with Chinese students, but it is not Wang Qiang's wish, in another time and space, the technological blockade of China by developed countries, Wang Qiang remembers it clearly.

However, if they are not agreed, I am afraid that it will be difficult to negotiate the negotiations, and Nanjing is now in a hurry, and the matter here must be resolved as soon as possible.

Wang Qiang thought for a while, thinking that it would be better to leave this problem to the chief, Sister Liu Lan also has a lot of ideas, and the two of them may handle it well.

The shogunate couldn't get two million taels of silver at once, and through negotiation, the shogunate had to pay off the two taels of silver within three years, and the three agreed.

Although Lu Wei and Zheng Chenggong were reluctant, Wang Qiang still agreed to Sakai Tadakatsu's two conditions, so that the negotiations finally reached a successful agreement.

Regarding the issue of the title of the emperor, Wang Qiang also knew that the shogunate really couldn't be the master, and he was not in a hurry to talk to him on the way back to Kyoto, which was just Wang Qiang's personal preference, not a problem that had to be solved, and the three of them put this matter down.

The two sides had negotiated that the silver taels and guns would be delivered at Edo Port early tomorrow morning, and Wang Qiang knew that the shogunate was eager for the fleet to leave Japan as soon as possible, and it was understandable that he was in a hurry.

When the fleet left Edo, it took with it 500,000 taels of silver and thirty Japanese students who were specially selected for seventeen or eighteen years old and who knew Chinese.

When the fleet arrived at Fuji Bay, Lu Wei sent a small boat to contact the people who had been sent ashore to contact the saltpeter before, and the fleet stayed in Fuji Bay for three days, and two troop carriers were removed to load saltpeter ore, and even the spare hold of the "Yue Fei" was full.

The saltpeter mine still cost tens of thousands of taels of silver, and everyone has no objection to this, after all, the mineral deposits were mined by the Japanese, and if they still want to continue to supply them in the future, it will definitely not work to rob them.

Wang Qiang talked to Shaoren many times along the way, and although Shaoren was young, his personality was extremely stubborn. No matter how hard and soft Wang Qiang is, Shaoren just doesn't agree, and Wang Qiang is really helpless.

Although Wang Qiang does not have a good impression of the Japanese nation, the huge harm caused by Japan to China will happen in the future.

After thinking about it for a few days, Wang Qiang finally released the arrested emperor and his entourage in Osaka.

When the fleet arrived at the port of Nagasaki, it was still delayed for a week, the port of Nagasaki was repossessed by the Japanese shogunate, and now it was to be leased again, and after the handover with the shogunate officials who came with the fleet, Wang Qiang still left a team of 1,000 people in Nagasaki.

Calculating the time, it has been many days since the fleet came out, and I am worried that Nanjing will be in a hurry, and when the matter of Nagasaki is dealt with, the fleet will immediately set off and return home.

After more than ten days, the fleet finally returned to the temporary port of Jiangyin.

Mr. Liu Zongzhou finally did not survive the summer of 1647, and a few days before the fleet returned, the old man left.

As if an appointment had been made, more than a month after Mr. Liu passed away, Gao Hongtu also passed away due to illness.

Except for Luo Jian and Shi Kefa, who went to mourn in person on behalf of the provisional government, the death of the two old men of the Southern Ming Dynasty did not attract many people's attention in Nanjing.

The most talked about in the city of Nanjing now is the first railway to be built by the provisional government. After the hard work of Song Yingxing, Fang Yizhi and others, the steam locomotive head has been manufactured, and now it can be put into trial operation when the railway is repaired.

The engineer corps, which had been reorganized from the Ming army in Guangxi, had been transported directly by the Fujian Navy Division to Nanjing by water, and after a short period of training, the construction of the railway began immediately.