The Daming steamship formation traveled all the way, and by noon it was less than two nautical miles from Kagoshima Castle Town, and the rain and fog on the sea had dissipated a lot.

At the time of the British War, British ships were not familiar with hydrology, and after entering Kinko Bay, it took more than a day to measure the depth of the water all the way to Kagoshima Castle. Before the crossing, the crossing team had already retrieved the charts drawn by the British ships from the British library.

"Stop the ship, stop the ship!" More than a dozen Satsuma Domain's naval vessels flying the blue-bottomed maru cross flag stopped at them, and the deck was full of Satsuma sailors wearing robes and hats."

The Satsuma Domain Garrison Ship is the so-called "Etsudori Ship", and the exterior looks like a traditional Japanese ship, and the rudder is the design of an old Japanese ship, but the interior is a thoroughly Western-style ship. In particular, the laying method of the keel of the ship is completely in accordance with the design of the American whaling ship, and the sails are also Western-style multi-masted double sails.

Although the performance is relatively good, it is a small tonnage ship (about 16 meters long), and it seems to be small in front of the Daming steamship.

On the bridge of the Keelung ship, Wang Tiehammer was still wearing sunglasses, but the corners of his mouth were curved, "Order all ships, stop!" Be vigilant! ”

Communications staff officer Ye Qin loudly repeated the order.

When squad leader Chen Hongfei received the order, he immediately took Zhang Dalu to raise the signal flag on the small signal mast and transmitted the order to the ships behind.

Zhang Dalu tightened the rope one last time and fixed the signal flag firmly. Looking at the small sampan-like Yuetong boat, he whispered to the squad leader Chen Hongfei, "Just these small wooden boats, they can be overturned directly, why do you want to stop!" ”

"The commissar has a political lesson, how did you hear that?!" Chen Hongfei's eyes widened, and he tried his best to lower his voice, "We are a big country in the Celestial Empire, and we didn't come to Japan to fight and kill, but to reason, and to seek justice for the vassal Ryukyus." ”

Zhang Dalu touched his head, "What if Satsuma doesn't pay attention to reasoning?" ”

"If the little hairy boy is disobedient, then it can only be a fight!" Chen Hongfei pursed his lips and said without hesitation.

The four steamers sounded their whistles almost at the same time, and the big chimney spit out thick black smoke, and slowly moored, and the anchor chain was also lowered in a daze.

Wearing a suit of robes and hats, Ichi Chi Masaharu stood on the bow of the first garrison ship, holding clairvoyance, observing the Ming army formation.

Dinghai ship, Dunan ship is a three-masted steam paddle steamer, Iji Chi Masaharu is no stranger to this kind of ship, Nagasaki Port often appears on the sea, and there have been Western sailing ships in Kinko Bay that have broken in by mistake, but the Keelung ship and Kaohsiung ship at the front make him feel very strange, there is no sail mast, there is no paddle wheel, only a thick chimney emitting black smoke, but it is flying fast, which is incredible!

Seeing the shadows of soldiers appearing on the deck of the Ming army one after another, and countless guns aimed at the fleet in unison, the Satsuma Navy suddenly panicked.

Iji Chimasaharu put down his clairvoyance, and while removing the cloak and hat on his body, arranging the feudal warrior dress he was wearing, and inserting two large and small swords at his waist, he instructed the sailors on the ship, "Don't panic! Let's move on! ”

"Hay!"

In the shogunate period, most of the sailors were not samurai, plus they had been living on ships, and the navy could not defeat the samurai in terms of martial arts, and they had an advantage on the sea in the polemic array, so the samurai class looked down on them at all.

The Satsuma fleet was about fifty meters away from the Keelung and was ordered to stop.

Standing at the bow of the boat, Ichi Chimasaharu shouted, "I am the Satsuma Navy. Where are you from and why did you come to Samoba? ”

The navy is the official in charge of the navy, and the governor of the navy has the same meaning.

The tweeter on the Keelung ship immediately broadcast in pure Japanese, "We are the Ming Navy, and we are here to reason in Satsuma. Please go back immediately and get a new high-ranking official. ”

The sound of the loudspeaker echoed on the surface of the sea, and the Samoto sailors on the garrison ship suddenly lost color, how could this sound be so loud.

"Yaga! What's the panic, the left and right are just tricks and tricks. ”

Komatsu Kiyoyu, who was dressed in a dress, snorted coldly and stood out of the cabin, and the sailors on the ship immediately lowered their heads, "Hai! ”

"I am the elder of the Satsuma family, Xiao Matsu Qingyu, and I am here to talk to you on the orders of the lord of the domain."

After negotiations, a small Viet Tong ship approached the middle of the Keelung ship. The Ming army lowered the rope ladder and allowed only two people, Masaharu Iji and Kiyoyu Komatsu, to board the ship.

Masaharu Ichi was the first to climb the rope ladder, and as soon as he reached the middle deck with his hands and feet, a soldier with a loaded gun and ammunition came to him.

The soldier said in Japanese with a thick Kansai accent: "My lord, please surrender your weapons!" ”

Nima, who turned out to be a non-national who couldn't live and ran out of the country without permission, spoke to the high-ranking samurai without respect and fear, and a look of annoyance flashed in the eyes of Iji Chi Masaharu, "You are Japanese!" ”

The soldier's face was expressionless, "I am one with Huaben, although I am Japanese, I am also Chinese." ”

Yaga! This bastard actually used a foreign gun, Iji Chi Masaharu glanced at the soldier with contempt, and said proudly, "I'm very sorry, the samurai ~ saber is the soul of the samurai, and the sword is in the people!" ”

With a bang, the soldier immediately took a half step back, pulled the hammer of the M1873 rifle to the waiting position, and aimed the muzzle of the gun at the chest of Masaharu Iji.

Ichi Masaharu also subconsciously put his hand on the handle of the knife on his waist, and lifted the knife halfway out of the sheath.

"Put your weapons down!"

Ping Chongsheng, who was wearing a Ming official uniform, immediately flashed between the two, he first waved his hand to signal the soldier to put away his gun, and then turned to Yiji Zhizhengji, "Don't be impulsive!" I am the secretary and translator of the Ming Dynasty in Japan. ”

Masasharu Ichi snorted and pushed the sword back into its scabbard with a click. The soldier watched Masaharu Iji's movements and put his rifle back away.

Ping Zhongsheng had a calm face, "Your Excellency, do you want to unload the sword when you go to see the feudal lord?" Can you go to see the shogun with a sword and return it to the sheath? ”

This is also a Japanese, speaking Japanese in the sound of Eguchi, Komatsu Kiyoyu, who was standing on the side, was not surprised, turned around and looked at Ping Shigesheng coldly, "Lord Ping, we are the envoys of Satsuma, and we came over today to negotiate on an equal footing!" ”

Kiyoyu Komatsu put the negotiation of equality very seriously.

"What to do, what to do! Don't be rude to the Samoto envoys! Lu Yao was also dressed in a Ming official uniform and appeared on the middle deck, "I, the Ming Dynasty, am the upper kingdom of the Celestial Empire, so I have to pay attention to my bearing, just forget about some trivial things!" ”

Lu Yao waved his hand lightly, and the soldier who had confiscated the martial ~ sword immediately retreated to the side, but his eyes were still firmly fixed on Yidi Zhizhengji's every move.

"Welcome, welcome! This is Lord Lu Yao, the minister of the Ming Dynasty in Japan. "Ping Shigesheng spoke in Japanese, his hands were clenched into fists, but he was practicing the etiquette of the Celestial Empire.

Heishige Mori is just a ronin in Japan, at the lower end of the samurai class. After joining the Ming Army, he, like all the Japanese who surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, conscientiously studied the theory of the Chinese rejuvenation revolution, and was completely convinced of the "unity with China", the Chinese orthodoxy, and the Yixia cultural theory, and became a desperate belt ~ road party.

Komatsu Kiyoyu and Iji Chimasaji hurriedly bowed deeply, "Lord Lu, Lord Ping, be polite!" ”

"Luck, luck!" Lu Yao was also dressed in a Ming official uniform, and he hugged his fists without smiling, "Please here!" ”

A negotiation table had already been placed on the middle deck, and Lu Yao, Taira Shigemori, Komatsu Kiyoyu, and Iji Chimasaharu sat at opposite ends of the table.

Komatsu Qingyu hadn't sat down yet, and spoke first, "The Ming Dynasty is the Heavenly Empire, and it should pay attention to etiquette. According to Japanese law, Nagasaki is the place to receive foreign ships. Therefore, please set sail for Nagasaki immediately. ”

After Ping Chongsheng finished translating, Lu Yao raised his eyebrows, "What are you doing in Nagasaki!" I am looking for you Samobon. Our Ming navy sent an envoy to the Ryukyus, and on the way to Naha, but was subjected to unprovoked shelling by the Satsuma Vassals, you must give an explanation and compensate accordingly. ”

"The Satsuma clan deeply regrets the attack on the Great Ming Naval Division in the Ryukyus! However, what happened in Naha is probably the wanton behavior of some people with ulterior motives, and it has nothing to do with my Samosa, so please believe in our sincerity! ”

Most of the Japanese elite are fluent in Chinese. In a hurry, Komatsu Kiyoyu couldn't wait for the translation, and spoke Chinese, with a very humble attitude, that is, he tried his best to clear up the relationship between the shelling and Satsuma.

Lu Yao smiled contemptuously and gave Ping Chongsheng a look. Ping Shigesheng immediately asked the soldiers to invite Mao Hengde, Makton and Saigo Takamori over.

Looking at the dejected Saigo Takamori and the witnesses on the Ryukyu side, Komatsu Kiyoyu immediately defended that although Saigo Takamori was the mission of Satsuma to the Ryukyus, this shelling was completely someone else's act and not Satsuma's intention, but Satsuma would definitely restrain his subordinates and give some compensation to Daming.

Komatsu Kiyoyu is also helpless, four black ships are murderously across Kinko Bay, and Kagoshima can't deal with it. He said in his heart that it would be cost-effective to give a little money to let the Ming Navy withdraw from Jinjiang Bay, so as to avoid a military robbery.

"Willing to compensate, right?"

"It's not compensation, it's compensation!" Komatsu Kiyoyu hurriedly corrected it, he was unwilling to admit that there was any mistake on the part of Samosa.

Lu Yao's expression immediately became serious, and he asked Ping Shigesheng to give Komatsu Qingyu a credential.

Komatsu Kiyoyu opened the letter of state, and immediately became angry, and the above sternly protested against Satsuma's bad behavior of shelling the Ming Navy, reprimanded Satsuma for bullying the Ryukyu Kingdom of the Celestial Empire for two hundred years, and made a formal request to Satsuma.

First, the Satsuma Domain announced to the world that it had unprovoked the shelling of the Ming Navy, and made a deep reflection and solemn review of this erroneous act, and punished the main party who launched the attack.

Second, the Satsuma clan formally apologized to the Ming Dynasty, expressed deep remorse for the crime of violating the Ryukyu Kingdom, and compensated the Ryukyu Kingdom with 1o thousand taels of gold as a compensation for the crime and military expenses for this incident

Third, the Satsuma Domain officially renounced its illegal occupation of the Amami Islands in the northern part of the Ryukyu Kingdom, ceded the Osumi Islands to the Ryukyu Kingdom as territorial compensation, and promised that the Satsuma Domain would never again seek any territorial claims to the Osumi Islands and the areas south of it, and at the same time renounce all interference in the internal and foreign affairs of the Ryukyus.

After reading it, Komatsu Kiyoyuki froze and said, "We definitely didn't bully Ryukyu!" Satsuma controlled the Ryukyu Islands only for trade with China, and had absolutely no intention of annexing the Ryukyus.

As soon as Mao Hengde heard this, he became angry, and directly opened fire to denounce Samosa's various crimes in the Ryukyus.

Komatsu still wanted to continue to distinguish, but Lu Yao ignored it at all, and directly drove Komatsu Kiyoyu and Ichi Chimasaharu back.

"This is a letter to Samosa, and you are just vassals. Please reply within one day, don't be unpredictable! ”