On a sunny morning after the end of that influential secret meeting, Ashikaga Yoshitoki got up as usual to exercise his muscles and share a rich breakfast with his wife and children, and had no time to sit down at the Tsunekosho to inquire about the handling of government affairs, when he learned that a large English fleet had docked at Edo Port yesterday evening, and when the Edo Castle Gate was opened at dawn, an envoy had been sent to deliver the news that the English York Chamber of Commerce had come here for overseas trade.

Hurriedly explained and rushed to the port to receive guests, and sure enough, I saw Claudia, a woman who had not been seen for a long time, in the Nanban Museum in Edo Port, and the men and women who had been reunited for a long time hugged each other warmly again, and immediately had a long French deep kiss, and Ashikaga Yoshiri, who had regained his sanity for a long time, noticed that Christine was also in the room.

"I wonder how the fleet that came here a few years ago was still the Agotic Chamber of Commerce, and in the blink ......of an eye, it became the York Chamber of Commerce," Ashikaga Yoshitoki pretended to be relaxed and said: "What a good name, I knew that you were here as soon as I saw this name, how have you been doing in the past few years?" ”

Claudia snuggled into his arms and whispered, "When my son grows up, ask me where my father is?" I told him that my father was in the far east, and that he could only see it if he became the greatest lord of the seas, and he believed it. ”

Ashikaga Yoshitoki was a little caught off guard: "What's the child's name?" Is he doing well? ”

"His name is Edward. Joseph. York, seven years old, is healthy and lively, has curly brown and black hair, a nose and mouth that look very long like you, and I can't help but remember you when you smile so well, he has a hunting dog, a cat and a talking parrot. He enjoys swimming, hunting, and fishing. It's also like you when you're quiet and meditating. Claudia pulled out a scroll. Unfolded are portraits of Claudia and Edward.

With the Caribbean Sea in the background, golden sand beaches and exotic coconut groves in the background, Claudia sat in the courtyard of a certain villa, combing her hair in the exact same bundle as today, with a happy smile on her face, and next to her snuggled was a cute little boy with a snow-white complexion, with long brown curls and blue eyes, and the corners of her mouth slightly curled up like Ashikaga Yoshitoki's smile.

Ashikaga Yoshitoki sighed, "What a lovely child. ”

Only then did I notice that the woman in front of me had pulled up her long hair high and coiled into the shape of a woman, her waist was still as slender as ever, and the fullness of her chest seemed to be more spectacular than back then. The slightly cold expression added a bit of loneliness and pride, and Ashikaga Yoshitoki praised: "You are more beautiful than before, and your temperament seems to have changed more like a duchess, Christine also tied her hair, are you marrying a nobleman as a lady?" ”

Claudia gave him a blank look and said, "Christine Nicole thinks badly, how can she marry while she is pregnant with your child?" A few years ago, when I was a few months pregnant, I begged Francis to give up seeking revenge on you, so I gave up the opportunity to return to London and stayed with me on the American continent to take care of the children and cultivate the plantation. ”

Ashikaga Yoshitoki sighed and said, "Sure enough, it's still my fault, I shouldn't have treated Christine like this a long time ago, did I give birth to a boy or a girl?" ”

Claudia covered her mouth and chuckled, "It's a boy." The name is Alfred. Joseph. Drake, little Alfred Jr. is much more miserable. Since she was a child, she had no father and only depended on Christine, but fortunately I was magnanimous and gave her a good salary, otherwise it would have been unimaginable. ”

Ashikaga Yoshitoki was dissatisfied: "This is too much, isn't it?" Did Francis just ask his sister? ”

"Of course I won't ask, my sister's birth of a child out of wedlock is a very dishonorable stain, which will have a great adverse impact on the Drake family, in order to make Francis give up her revenge on you, Christine voluntarily gave up everything in London, including inheritance, in exchange for the peace of your life." Claudia glanced at Christine again, who came over in confusion.

Ashikaga Yoshitoki snorted coldly: "Threaten me? A ship or a sword? I'm not afraid of a trainee sailor. ”

"He's not a trainee sailor for a long time, he's now the captain of the Golden Deer, in charge of the naval privateers in the North Atlantic, and Francis Drake's name is already quite famous at sea." Claudia smiled and took Christine's small hand and gently pushed it into Ashikaga Yoshitoki's arms.

Ashikaga Yoshitoki pursed his lips and smiled disdainfully: "The sea privateer of the Golden Deer, it looks quite powerful to grow from a small trainee sailor to this point, and in my eyes, it is nothing more than that, he is no longer the little sailor of a few years ago, and I am no longer the little lord of a few years ago." ”

Spread out a map of Japan that is approximately accurate, draw a large circle on the territory of the Eastern Kingdom, point to the map and say: "These are all mine, a huge territory covering more than 100,000 square kilometers, almost the size of England, with rich resources and millions of people, I am the ruler here, and I will be an even stronger ruler in the future." ”

"It's amazing! I have so many islands and not so much land, and it seems that I will have to work harder in the future, but I can't let Edward grow up to be looked down upon by his half-brother. Claudia rubbed her chest a few times on his chest, and said with a grin, "If you want to talk about this again, I'll take Christine back to the ship." ”

"You're such a goblin." Ashikaga Yoshitoki slowly walked to the depths of the room with his willow waist in his arms, and in a short time a fierce attack horn sounded in the sultry curtains, just like a bright spring morning outside the window.

The former Argotic Chamber of Commerce, now known as the York Chamber of Commerce, is one of Claudia's several fleets, mainly taking the East Asian trade routes, and steadily sailing every two years to trade, making money is on the one hand to support her men on the other hand, of course, it is not excluded that there is the possibility of exploring and collecting information on the islands of the Asian sea routes, leaving enough space for future colonial expansion.

Everyone has their own secrets, Claudia's secrets belong to the more one, her secret should not be at the level of physical cheating, from words and deeds it can be seen that she has been hungry and thirsty for many years, and as soon as she arrived, she was planning to squeeze this man dry, but from his loyalty to England so that he could not grasp the vein of this woman.

Claudia's loyalty to Elizabeth I was deep. Just like her attachment to Ashikaga Yoshitoki is deep. The former is definitely faithful, and the latter is not necessarily called love. The fact that a woman can endure for seven or eight years and raise her children alone without coming to see him shows that this woman is very forbearant and that she has some purpose, and she does not hesitate to break the price of enjoying family life.

Ashikaga Yoshitoki couldn't grasp her, and a few years ago he tried to draw her attention and change each other's senses, but the effect was not very good and did not have the desired effect, but by mistake Claudia used a little trick to pull Christine, an outsider, into it, making him very suspicious that Claudia might have planned to take advantage of this stupid and stupid woman.

Claudia really admitted her thoughts, and she was very optimistic about John Hawkins and Francis Drake early on. And he didn't want to condescend to use his body to hook up with a little captain, so he hit Christine's body with the idea, as long as he pulled his only sister into the water, he didn't have to worry about Francis Drake being able to fly out of her palm, as long as he tied up the Drake brothers and sisters, he could use these two chess pieces to involve the cousin John Hawkins of the two brothers and sisters.

Ashikaga Yoshitoki pondered for a moment to digest this incredible story, and suddenly reached out and patted Claudia's buttocks, and said angrily: "You woman is really bold, in front of her husband, she said that she was unwilling to sell her body to be someone else's mistress, should I smack you to let you know the power of the Oriental family law?" ”

Claudia said proudly, "Giggle...... You're not my husband! Just my mistress. ”

"You want a formal wedding? That's no problem, there is a Protestant church in the port. I can give you it all. Ashikaga Yoshitoki said seriously.

Claudia tilted her head and suddenly smiled: "No, I don't want to compete with other women." And please do not forget that we are monogamous and do not allow bigamy in any form and by any means, will you give up all the ladies for me? ”

Ashikaga Yoshitoki immediately dismissed his temptation to Claudia and cursed, "This cunning woman is really difficult, you must find a way to restrain her." ”

There really was no better way to deal with Claudia, this woman was always invulnerable in front of him, and this time she didn't even say a word about England, it was all about how big the sea was, how many sharks in the Caribbean Sea, how many gold and silver treasures were plundered, and how many islands were plundered.

This is a defensive heart and a means of protecting secrets.,The same Ashikaga Yoshitoki never talks about his emotional life.,Don't say what earth-shattering things he's done over the years.,Wantonly boast about the hostile lord who fought invincible and cry dad and call his mother and flee in embarrassment.,Anyway, that's the general situation.,It's impossible to expect a foreign girl to remember the difference between Yuuki Haruhuna and Yuuki Haruhuna.。

The dishonesty of each other does not affect the continuation of cooperation, not only to continue but also to make the degree of connection closer, the two sides through the physical war to complete the convergence again and again, but also continue to test out their own strength growth line, the two are very satisfied with each other's achievements, and then determine the purpose of further strengthening the bond in the future.

In the practical conversation, Ashikaga Yoshitoki is also constantly thinking: "This is the process of political investment, I feel that we are satisfied with each other and invest more capital operation, compared to me, I am more advantageous, get two women and two sons plus the goods needed for maritime trade, and the other party pays so many things just to get some trade goods, since I have always earned, why bother to control it or not?" ”

Nowadays, Ashikaga Yoshitoki has a lot of fist products in his hands, silk and linen fabrics, porcelain, silver, iron cannons, plate armor, tea, dyes, and the trade goods that they cannot obtain from the Ming Kingdom can be satisfied from here, Claudia's trade goods are also very rich, and the wool trade goods in England, spices, coffee, cocoa, rubber, palm oil, cotton, iron ore and other trade goods, because the initial output is relatively low, can not dominate the whole process of trading for the time being.

Claudia was also able to provide a lot of supplies from the privateers, including the Clark galleon, the Galen galleon, some half-snake cannons, mortar cannons, and a large amount of gunpowder saltpeter and other practical supplies.

This exotic couple has no scruples about the fact that the children can already play soy sauce, and argues endlessly all night for the sake of profit, sometimes the battle between men and women does not let go of many verbal confrontations, and when they are in love, they don't know how many people they envy.

The two of them are both great nobles with titles, and they are both at the top of their respective worlds, and their similar ways of thinking and similar intelligence and acumen make them make the decision to form an alliance with each other, this is not love or that there can be no love between two rational monarchs of equal status, and anything beautiful seems so pale under the cold gaze of the two.

A cold king may have a beloved woman, that woman can be anyone but not the same cold queen, the same height of thinking makes it impossible for them to linger and compassionate, a woman with a strong desire for power and a man with the same lust for power come together like a lion meets a tiger, and the powerful opposite sex makes them involuntarily try to remain strong in front of each other, which will not produce love after all.

Looking at the long and detailed list of transactions, Ashikaga Yoshitoki was dissatisfied: "Are you trying to use me as a scrap dumping point?" Artillery, gunpowder, saltpeter, iron ore and the like, and more than 100 tons of Dutch bow ships were also thrown to me, and only one Galen sailing ship of fifteen ships exceeded 300 tons, which was much worse than the last 500-ton Galen sailing ship, and the asking price was even higher than the last time, so can't you give a 50% discount on the friendly price? ”

"This is already the most favorable handling price, each ship is given a discount of 7% to 9% according to the age of use and damage, this price will be coaxed out in any port in Europe, didn't we just have a long friendship war? Do I look like a noble knight? Claudia's long hair was quietly put down, and her long hair was slightly curled to her waist, looking charming and sexy.

"Yes! Thou art a noble knightess, and I am thy brave mount, ride me through the wilderness! Ashikaga Yoshitoki shrugged helplessly, there was no way to take this crazy woman, Christine, who was lying next to her, snickered in a low voice, and was dragged up by Claudia to play the scene of one horse and two horses.

The good life always flies by, in addition to the blending of love and lust in a month, and the most important trade exchanges are also completed during this time, the York Chamber of Commerce brought a fleet of Western trade goods in exchange for foreign goods and returned with a full load of silver, the equivalent value of silver traded is about two million taels, and the actual silver currency transaction is less than 200,000 taels, most of which are reached by exchanging handicrafts with each other.

The unprecedented big deal added another shot of strength to the rapid development of the Kanto Ashikaga family, and also made Ashikaga Yoshitoki deeply feel the oppression of England's rapid rise, and in less than twenty years it will transform into a great maritime empire, and Claudia's path will go further and further, and whether he can catch up is still a huge question.

The short trade ended one day in early April, and Claudia kissed him in front of the port of Edo, turned to the deck, and waved as the galleon slowly sailed out of port: "If all goes well, our second child will be born, and next time I will come with a larger fleet, and I hope that when I come to see you again, I will become the master of the country, and do not disappoint me." ”

Ashikaga Yoshitoki looked at the fleet, which was gradually moving away, and said meaningfully, "What an interesting woman......" (to be continued......