If Chu Fan was with Alfonso at the moment, he would definitely be able to recognize that pariah.

Ah Ping!

Passing by Alfonso was Pastor Henk's assistant Aping, who had contracted typhoid fever a year earlier and had been cured by Pastor Henk.

Ah Ping followed the two samurai and walked quickly through the streets and alleys of Nagasaki to a small courtyard of the commission.

Ah Ping, who was sweating profusely, didn't have time to catch his breath, so he rushed into the main room of the small courtyard and threw himself in front of the gray-haired middle-aged man who was reading a book.

"Lord Shaofu, they've already decided on the time to do it!" Ah Ping didn't care about the dust on the ground, and crawled deeply on the ground.

"Oh?" The middle-aged man put down the book, slowly stroked the long beard under his chin, and muttered, "Count it, it should be this time...... What day is it set? ”

"Ten days later!" Ah Ping raised his head, a cold light flashed in his eyes, "The people of Chikuzen, Chikugo and Hyuga have basically arrived, and now they are waiting for the people of Nagato and Satsuma, and it is said that they will arrive in these two days." ”

"Oh?" The middle-aged man raised his eyebrows, "And Nagato's people...... Could it be Yasuhei Fujiwara Kido? ”

"Hay!" Ah Ping nodded heavily, "It's this genji's scum." As a branch of Genji, Ah Ping naturally hates the scum of Genji.

"What about the fattened people?" The middle-aged man frowned slightly and asked, "Is that Saemon Yashiro Yoshinomaru here?" ”

"Returning to Lord Shaosuke," Ah Ping said, "He just arrived yesterday, and as soon as he arrived, he met Henk, and it is said that he lives in the Tsukinokan in Hakkeicho. ”

The middle-aged man squinted and nodded, as if pondering something.

"My lord? Shosuke-sama? Seeing that he didn't speak, Ah Ping couldn't help but urge—he had to hurry back to Henk to avoid the latter's suspicions.

"Hmm~~" The middle-aged man came back to his senses at this time, bowed to Ah Ping and said, "I'm sorry, I was rude...... Mitsufu-kun, may I ask if their plans have not changed, right? ”

"Hay!" Ah Ping nodded, "It hasn't changed!" It's still five places at the same time, and the location hasn't changed. ”

The middle-aged man solemnly bowed to him again and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Guangfujun...... Please bear with me for another ten days, and after ten days, you will be able to live under the name Mitsuo Takeda again...... His Royal Highness the General knows this name, please take care! ”

Ah Ping, or Mitsuo Takeda, prostrated deeply again, got up with a little imperceptible tears in the corners of his eyes, and flashed out the door.

Watching him disappear outside the door, the middle-aged man's face showed a contemplative expression again.

His name was Matsudaira Hironobu, and he was the criminal department of the Edo Shogunate, and he was a distant brother of the shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu, the current third shogun. (Crab note: Tokugawa Ieyasu was originally named Matsudaira Motoyasu, and the Matsudaira family was also from Genji.) ）

As one of the three junior assistants of the Criminal Department, Matsudaira Hironobu has a large area of jurisdiction, but now his number one task is to kill the increasingly restless Chezhi Dan cultists!

Mitsuo Takeda was a pawn he had planted in the Kiritsu Sect, a very important pawn that was so important that in order to obtain the most critical information, Mitsuo Takeda, who came from Genji, had to hide his noble lineage and disguise himself as a pariah, whom he had never looked down upon.

However, it was all worth it!

Ten days later, the Cheshitan cultists of Kyushu Island and even the Nagato area will gather in Nagasaki and be wiped out by him!

After several years of deliberate arrangement, all kinds of means have been used, and finally wait for the day when it will blossom and bear fruit, how can Matsudaira Hironobu not be ecstatic?

Turning back to the back room and changing into a solemn official uniform, Matsudaira Hironobu suppressed his excitement and walked towards the official residence of the Nagasaki Town Commissioner, which required the full cooperation of the Nagasaki Town Commissioner.

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In the inconspicuous house of the Kato family.

Chu Fan and Kato Tsunazaburo knelt face to face on the thick tatami mat - although it had been almost two months since they came to the Japanese country, Chu Fan was still very uncomfortable with this uncomfortable kneeling sitting, but he could only pinch his nose and endure it.

"Brother Yixian, there is no problem with the copper ingots, but the quantity you want is too large, and our warehouse in Nagasaki is empty, and we can't make up enough," although Tsunasaburo spoke the Ming dialect, he still habitually bowed slightly, "I hope Brother Yixian will give Saburo some time, so that Saburo can be transferred from other places." ”

The tobacco had already been delivered, but Chu Fan did not accept the Kato family's silver, but instead sent his remaining more than 30,000 taels of silver to the Kato family, just to exchange all of them for copper ingots.

"Then please Saburo," Chu Fan said politely, "If it's too reluctant, forget it...... We plan to set sail in half a month, so let's count as many copper ingots as we can load...... There are still 50,000 cigarettes to be delivered before June, and the time is very tight and cannot be delayed any longer. ”

Tsunazaburo lowered his head and pondered for a while and said, "No problem!" We have a lot of copper ingots in our warehouse in Hiroshima, and I have already sent a letter to Hiroshima, and ten days is enough time to ship it over, please rest assured. ”

The matter of copper ingots was finalized, and Chu Fan breathed a sigh of relief in his heart - in this era, the shogunate has very strict control over copper, and idle merchants are not qualified to buy and sell copper ingots, otherwise Chen Shangren would not have run away for so long, and only purchased 7,000 taels of silver copper ingots.

But the Kato family is different, more than 100,000 taels of silver copper ingots, listening to Tsunazaburo speaking, is just a matter of a letter.

"San Lang, there is still something to ask for." Chu Fan then said the second purpose of coming today, that is, he wanted to ask Tsunazaburo to help him buy two three-bow bed crossbows and build a hundred special crossbow arrows.

Holding the sketch of the crossbow arrow drawn by Chu Fan, Tsunazaburo didn't see the name for a long time - it's no wonder that it is indeed too difficult for a person who has never been exposed to industrial drawing to understand the three-way view.

In the end, it was Chu Fan who explained with a gesture that made Tsunasaburo suddenly realize, "It turns out to be a hollow iron arrowhead...... After figuring out the purpose of the hollow arrow, Tsunasaburo's eyes lit up suddenly.

Japanese warships of this era were also equipped with a small number of heavy crossbows, but they all fired ordinary crossbow arrows, so their power was very limited; If you can equip this special crossbow bolt that can both explode and burn...... Kinoshitamaru's warship, can the shogunate still resist it?

Thinking of this, Tsunazaburo was so excited that his whole body trembled, and he said continuously, "Brother Yixian's whimsical ideas are really jaw-dropping!" …… Saburo is writing a letter, oh no! I immediately sent someone back to Kumamoto Castle and called the best blacksmith of the Kato family, and asked Brother Yisen to teach him how to make this hollow arrowhead, please! ”

After speaking, Tsunazaburo prostrated deeply onto the tatami mat.