A two-finger-wide note with only one line on it: "You are under the surveillance of the shogunate's secret agents, please do not act rashly." "There are three words, "Kinoshita Maru".

Frowning, Chu Fan put the note on the bright fish oil candle and lit it, watching the burning paper twist and roll in the flames, and did not let go until it was about to burn in his hand.

This is the large side hall in the inner courtyard of Hoshitori Villa, and now there are a lot of people sitting in it - in addition to Liu, Chen, and Ge, the eight members of the escort team have arrived, and Fan Zhenglong, who has just been promoted to the director of the office, in addition to Zhao Hai and Ling Ming, there are also seven or eight people who Chu Fan thinks are the most outstanding in the queue.

Seeing Chu Fan's trouble, Chen Shangren glanced at the pillar, and the latter quickly stood up and reported, "Childe, I have seen this farmer from the Japanese country who delivered the letter." ”

"Oh? Where is it? Chu Fan raised his eyebrows.

"I can't remember where I saw it," the pillar scratched his head awkwardly, "I just remember I saw it when I went out with you." ”

Chu Fan's heart moved, this was also a clue, he quickly recalled which Japanese people he had seen when he went out with the pillar, and after thinking about it, he couldn't imagine who else he had seen except those brothel owners and shopkeepers.

Could it be that this guy named "Kinoshita Maru" is one of these brothel owners?

"Childe Qiyu," Fan Zhenglong also read the note, then stood up and arched his hand, "As far as my subordinates know, this Kinoshita Pill should not be a personal name." ”

"Oh?" Chu Fan was a little unexpected, raised his eyes to look at Fan Zhenglong and asked, "Zhenglong has something to say, but it's okay to talk about it, if you want to hear it." ”

"According to rumors, Taiko, ah no, Toyotomi Hideyoshi has a group of diehards, and they still serve Toyotomi Kunimatsu, the son of Toyotomi Hideyori, and want to be unfavorable to the Edo shogunate...... His behavior is quite secretive, and he often uses 'Kinoshitamaru' as a pseudonym to the outside world, and he is known as this 'Kinoshitamaru'...... However, there are still rumors in the market that this Toyotomi Kunimatsu has been beheaded in Edo, and some people say that they fled to Kyushu Island. Fan Zhenglong told the rumors he had heard.

Toyotomi's widows?

The corners of Chu Fan's mouth couldn't help but curl up slightly.

If Fan Zhenglong heard a bit of a rumor, then this was another force against the shogunate, and this force was estimated to be more powerful and secretive than the Chezhi Dan disciples.

And judging by the fact that they reminded themselves to be careful with the spies, it was clear that this force was full of kindness to themselves - interesting! It's getting more and more interesting!

Since the other party had no malicious intent, Chu Fan didn't plan to think about it any further, and now he had more important things to plan.

"Brothers, if you invite everyone here today, there is a big matter to discuss with you," Standing up and clearing his throat, Chu Fan glanced at the people in the room and said. "That is, I'm afraid we'll have to go to the Sankeidai camp in the south of Nagasaki City."

Seeing that everyone in the room was unclear, Chu Fan had to speak more clearly, "To be exact, I plan to rescue a few people from the Sanjingtai camp, uh, and a little more things." ”

Sure enough, as Chu Fan expected, the room was fried all at once.

There are doubters, frightened, and panicked, but in the end, everyone's attention is focused on one point, and after some eye contact, Chen Shangren brought it up.

"Yixian, why do we do such a risky thing? So what are the people in the barracks who deserve to be robbed? ”

Chu Fan had already thought of this, and at this moment, he was unhurriedly following his own train of thought to persuade everyone, "Shibo, brothers, the reason why Fan has to work so hard is for our immortal grass to roll cigarettes!" ”

As soon as he said that he was rolling cigarettes for the fairy grass, the house immediately fell silent - the white flowers and silver and yellow and clear copper ingots earned by the fairy grass cigarettes a few days ago had already hung everyone's appetite high, and everyone was dreaming of making a fortune.

"Everyone knows that to do business, especially big business, you must have a strong back-office...... Our fairy grass cigarettes are now gaining momentum so well that even the blind can see how much money they can make...... Because of this, I dare to assert that if we don't seize this opportunity, sooner or later our cigarettes will be stopped! ”

Speaking of this, Chu Fan paused, he knew very well that if he continued to buy like this, one day the shogunate would make the same choice as the Qing government in the eighteenth century - no smoking!

But he couldn't say this clearly, so he had to explain it from another direction, "Everyone may think that I, Chu Fan, am alarmist, the Kato family that cooperates with us is so powerful, will they stop such a profitable business?" …… What I want to say is that there was something far more powerful than the Kato family in the Wa Kingdom, and that was the shogunate...... Brothers, now that we are just getting started, you can think about it, and when the shogunate sees the white flowers and silver flowing onto our ship, will the Edo shogun still be able to sit still? …… So sooner or later one day he will intervene! And what was the result of his meddling? …… Everyone has been in the Wa Kingdom for so long, and they must know that this general is actually the emperor of the Wa Kingdom. ”

Chu Fan stopped, slowly swept over everyone's faces who were listening attentively, and said slowly, "Imagine if we were doing business with the emperor of the Ming Dynasty......

The faces of everyone in the room turned completely white - most of them were people at the bottom of society, and the emperor was too powerful and completely irreversible for them.

"The shogunate will never watch us make a lot of money, he will definitely try his best to push our price!" Chu Fan suddenly raised his voice.

"If he lowers the price, if we don't sell it to him, won't it be over?" The crowd muttered.

"Yes!" Chu Fan turned around abruptly, pointed in the direction of his speech and said, "This brother is right, we can not sell it to him...... Then who else can we sell this country to? ”

At this time, everyone finally suddenly realized and understood what Chu Fan meant when he said that the fairy grass cigarettes would be stopped sooner or later, which made everyone anxious.

"Yixian, speaking of which, isn't our cigarette business simply not going to last long?" Chen Shangren asked with a frown.

"No, no!" Chu Fan responded with a smile, "If we want to do the cigarette business for a long time, we have to make the shogun anxious, in that case, won't he care about the trouble with us?" ”

Seeing that everyone seemed to understand or not, Chu Fan finally threw out his purpose, "That's why I went to the camp of Sanjingtai to rob the prison." ”

Next, he told everyone what he had learned from Amakusa Shiro Tokisada about the actions of the Kiritan sect, and explained the importance of Saemon Yashiro Yoshinomaru and the Golden Cross.

"Wonderful! Wonderful! Chen Shangren was the first to react, and couldn't help but smile and praise, "What a trick to fish in troubled waters!" …… If this island of Kyushu is full of wolf smoke, then the shogun really has no intention of dealing with us. ”

Chu Fan smiled proudly, "This wolf smoke will not be extinguished for a day, and our fairy grass cigarettes will not be sold for a day!" ”

As Chu Fan and Chen Shangren looked at each other and laughed, everyone in the room breathed a sigh of relief and laughed loudly with them.

It took a while for the room to calm down again, and Chu Fan saw that the time was ripe, so he took out the painted topographic map of the Three Scenic Platforms and spread it on the table of the Eight Immortals.

"Now that we understand everything, let's see how to act."