"Huh? Didn't Mr. Liu just say that you slaughtered Fukuoka too? Luo Jian asked strangely.

"Governor, we didn't do it, we only heard about it after we returned to Nagasaki, it was the work of those Japanese defeated soldiers, and it was a little unfair for Mr. Yuyama to put this account on our heads, right?" Lu Wei said.

"Okay, I know, you can tell me more about the rest of the matter." Luo Jian nodded and said.

"Governor, we'll all be back on the ship after Nagasaki is burned," Lu Wei said.

After the three of them returned to the ship with their troops, they discussed it carefully, but there was no solution to the problem in Nagasaki, which made Lu Wei and Zheng Chenggong a little discouraged, the detained merchant ships still don't know where they are, Japan is so big, where to find them?

Both of them wanted to go back to Yangzhou and report the situation to the Metropolitan Governor, and ask the Metropolitan Governor to decide what to do next.

"Didn't you say that? Shall we go directly to Edo to find the Tokugawa shogunate? Why are you cowardly now? Wang Qiang heard what the two of them meant, and said very unhappily.

"Be careful, we only have more than 2,000 people, and we are facing one country." Lu Wei said.

"Be careful? When we arrived in Edo, we no longer landed easily, so we negotiated with them with artillery until we were able to subdue them! Wang Qiang said without hesitation.

After listening to Wang Qiang's words, Zheng Chenggong thought for a while, and then said: "I think this method is good, we can advance and retreat freely, and we have a lot less scruples, but how to replenish the coal on the ship?" ”

"I'll send someone ashore tomorrow to look for it, I don't believe that such a big Nagasaki can't even find coal, and we have to replenish some freshwater vegetables, and the distance to Edo is not short, so we must be fully prepared."

Wang Qiang made up his mind, and Lu Wei and Zheng Chenggong could only prepare around his intentions.

Coal was found in the port of Nagasaki, vegetables and fresh water were quickly replenished, and the three of them led the fleet in a large circle and headed straight to Edo.

"Chief, we kind of took a free trip to Mt. Fuji." When Lu Wei said this, Wang Qiang interjected again.

"Oh? How did you get to Mt. Fuji? "Luo Jian is a little strange, the terrain of Fuji Bay is still very different from Edo Bay or Tokyo Bay, and it is unlikely that he will go on the wrong route.

"Governor, that's right, after we crossed Shikoku Island, we traveled very smoothly, and we didn't encounter Japanese warships coming to intercept us, all the way to Hamamatsu..."

When the fleet arrived in Hamamatsu, it wanted to replenish some fresh water and vegetables, because it had been traveling along the coastline of Japan, and the fleet did not use vegetables and fresh water sparingly.

The arrival of the fleet caused the small town of Hamamatsu to panic, but Wang Qiang and the others had no intention of landing here, but after replenishing some vegetables and fresh water, they continued to advance towards Edo, and encountered Japanese warships outside Fuji Bay.

"There are so many Japanese warships that I panicked when I saw them." Wang Qiang said.

More than 200 warships of various kinds surrounded the fleet, but most of these warships did not have artillery, and only a few slightly larger warships had a few guns, and these warships became the primary target of Zheng Chenggong's attack.

None of the larger ships were able to get close to the fleet, but some of the smaller ships rushed to the vicinity of the fleet through the barrage of artillery fire, ready to begin the broadside battle.

The soldiers on the fleet had already prepared for battle, and they were holding Yangzhou rifles one after another, lying on the side of the ship and preparing to shoot.

The smoothbore guns on the three battleships played a big role at this time, and in the face of the small Japanese warships, it was almost "one shot to death", and the soldiers had almost no chance to shoot.

More than a dozen small ships finally approached the battleship, but in the face of tall battleships and merchant ships equipped with artillery, these small boats seemed to be facing mountains, wanting to bite but unable to put their mouths, the soldiers on the Japanese warships were so anxious that they screamed, even Wang Qiang heard very clearly, but they didn't know what they were shouting, at this time the rifles on the fleet had begun to fire.

The battle ended quickly without any suspense, and most of the Japanese ships fled towards Fuji Port, and Wang Qiang ordered the fleet to pursue them, and then pursued them into Fuji Port.

In the ensuing pursuit, the fleet sank more than a dozen small Japanese warships, and by this time the tall Mount Fuji in front was already in full view.

The fleet did not land at Fuji, and Wang Qiang was mainly worried that the time would be delayed for too long.

Wang Qiang and the others did not know that the arrival of the Yangzhou fleet had caused a panic in Japan, and at this time the Tokugawa Iemitsu shogunate in Edo was already restless.

After a few more days of sailing, the fleet finally reached Edo Bay (Tokyo Bay), and along the way there were still many Japanese warships coming to intercept them, but there was no longer the size of Fuji Bay, and there were only about 20 warships at a time.

This small-scale battle continued without the slightest suspense until Edo Bay, and when the fleet approached Edo Bay, there were no more Japanese warships to intercept it, which made all three of them a little strange.

The question was quickly answered, and before the fleet could approach the port, ships sent by the Tokugawa shogunate to negotiate arrived.

The negotiations were held on the "Wei Qing", which was Wang Qiang's idea, and he intended to deter these Japanese.

The shogunate sent Tokugawa Hideyoshi, Tokugawa Iemitsu's younger brother, to negotiate this time, which made the three of them feel that the Japanese shogunate was quite sincere.

Tokugawa Hideyoshi and the three Japanese negotiators were frightened enough by the tall and majestic "Wei Qing", especially when they saw the rows of thick cannon barrels erected on both sides of the "Wei Qing", Tokugawa Hideyoshi's legs trembled a little.

Despite being afraid, Tokugawa Hideyoshi expressed his indignation at the brazen invasion of Japan by the Ming army during the negotiations, and the two sides began to argue for a long time on the issue of the ownership of the sulphur, Tokugawa Hideyoshi still asked the Ming to return the sulphur before agreeing to return the merchant ship to the Daming, Wang Qiang, who was already very impatient with the negotiations, was furious on the spot, pointing at Tokugawa Hideyoshi and telling him to get out, and the negotiations on the day were terminated.

After Tokugawa Hideyoshi and the negotiators left, the three of them discussed for a long time, Wang Qiang always felt that he had not hurt Japan, and insisted on continuing to bombard Edo Port, although Lu Wei and Zheng Chenggong were a little reluctant, but Wang Qiang had the final decision, so he had to follow him.

Early the next morning, the fleet continued its march towards the port of Edo, and soon approached the port.

At Lu Wei's request, the fleet did not open fire immediately, and after waiting for a long time, no Japanese ships came, and Wang Qiang gave an order, and the guns on the three battleships opened fire again as if they were shelling the port of Nagasaki.

After firing more than a dozen salvos one after another, Wang Qiang did not give the order to stop, Zheng Chenggong ran to Wang Qiang's side and shouted: "We can't fight anymore, we don't have many shells anymore!" ”

Only then did Wang Qiang order the shelling to stop, and the port of Edo was also shrouded in thick smoke at this time.

"How many shells are left?" When Wang Qiang heard that there were not many shells, he was also a little anxious.

"There are only thirty rounds left in each cannon, and we can't run out of them all." Zheng Chenggong said.

"Okay, let's stop fighting, wait, if these bastards don't send someone to talk about it, we'll send all 30 shells to Edo Port." Wang Qiang gritted his teeth and said.

After waiting for nearly an hour, the smoke slowly cleared.

It wasn't until the afternoon that a warship came out of Edo Port, and Zheng Chenggong recognized it through the binoculars as the one that had come to negotiate yesterday.

The negotiator sent by the shogunate was still Tokugawa Hideyoshi, and at this time, Tokugawa Hideyoshi's face was no longer as calm as he pretended to be yesterday, and the panic could be seen from his steps.

"Three conditions, one is to return the detained Ming merchant ships and compensate for the loss of 200,000 taels of silver, the second is to open up the Ming trade with Japan, and no more obstacles must be erected, and the third is to lease the port of Nagasaki to the Ming Dynasty for a period of five hundred years, and after agreeing to these three conditions, the Ming fleet will leave immediately, otherwise, Edo will be turned into a ruin."

After Wang Qiang finished speaking, he asked the interpreter to translate the words to Tokugawa Hideyoshi, and when Tokugawa Hideyoshi heard it, he immediately cried and said with a sad face that he couldn't do this, and he had to go back and ask for instructions.

When Tokugawa Hideyoshi left, Zheng Chenggong asked Wang Qiang curiously, asking why he was renting Nagasaki for so long.

"You and the Metropolitan Governor are both from heaven, can you really live for five hundred years?" Zheng Chenggong asked curiously.

"Hahaha, I said Brother Damu, don't you understand bargaining?" When Wang Qiang heard this, he almost laughed and his stomach hurt.

After Tokugawa Hideyoshi left, Wang Qiang and the others waited for more than a day, which made Wang Qiang so angry that he ordered the fleet to fire another volley at Edo Port the next morning, which only urged the Japanese negotiators to come.

In the end, the result of the negotiations was just as Wang Qiang said downstairs, except that the lease period of Nagasaki Port became 100 years, and Japan opened a port to Daming on Honshu Tori, Kyushu Island and Shikoku Island, and Wang Qiang set up the port of Honshu Island in Fuji Port, because this is the main source of Japanese saltpeter mines.

The next day, the silver and merchant ships were sent to the fleet, and it turned out that the Japanese had already sailed the merchant ships to Edo, so where could Wang Qiang find them in Nagasaki?

The officials sent by the Tokugawa shogunate also went to the port of Fuji and the port of Kochi and the port of Zota to announce the opening of the port, because Wang Qiang wanted to exchange all the goods on the merchant ship for saltpeter, and he was very delayed in the port of Fuji for a few days, but Fuji did not have so much saltpeter, so Wang Qiang simply asked them to load the saltpeter mine.

The Japanese were also extremely happy, and they were a little surprised that these ores were exchanged for so many exquisite goods.

The subsequent delivery in Nagasaki was also delayed, and after the three of them discussed, they left 500 soldiers and 100,000 taels of silver, and the silver needed for the construction of Nagasaki Port after the lease was not a small amount.

After being delayed all the way, the three of them calculated the time, and it had been three months since they came out, and they were worried that their families in Yangzhou were worried, so they hurriedly set off from Nagasaki and returned to Yangzhou.

"Are you saying that the merchant ships that came back this time mainly brought saltpeter mines?" Luo Jian asked.

"Not all, there are several ships of copper ore, didn't the chief say last time that this thing is also urgently needed by us? I also bought a few boats, and in a hurry they didn't have that much saltpeter. Wang Qiang said.

"How does the number compare to the first time you went to Japan?" Luo Jian is most concerned about this issue.

"Governor, it's definitely only a lot more than that time, twice as much, and we've almost scavenged all the saltpeter in the Fuji area." Lu Wei replied.

"Good! In this way, we will have the confidence to fight with the Manchu Qing Dynasty! By the way, what do you three think of the Japanese combat effectiveness? Luo Jian said very happily.

"No, it's far worse than the Qing soldiers, and the weapons are backward and I'm afraid of death." Wang Qiang said very simply.

"The Grand Governor, but we can't be careless, I heard that the Tokugawa shogunate is not convinced, let's be careful of their counterattack." Lu Wei reminded cautiously.

"Weisheng, you reminded you well, we will be careful." Luo Jian was very happy to see that Lu Wei was still keeping a clear head.

The anger he received downstairs just now was swept away by the good news one after another, Luo Jian slapped the table and stood up.

"Let's go, let's go down, please have a drink tonight!"