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Nobumasa Yamauchi is about to arrive at Ie Island with two sea vessels, which are actually more than 200 tons of fortune ships purchased from Fujian in the Ming Kingdom.

Yamauchi Nobumasa is forty-four years old this year, the Maori family was born with a small surname, at the age of sixteen, he went to Korea with the Maori family's important minister Mori Hidemoto, participated in the first battle of Ulsan, defeated the Ming army led by Yang Ho and Magui of the Ming Dynasty, Yamauchi Nobumasa slashed three Ming troops, so far, Yamauchi with his loyalty, prudence from a low-level samurai Shu out of the identity of the son to today's Maori family ship to the position of the Maori family ship, and awarded 2,500 koku high, you must know that after the defeat of the Battle of Sekigahara, the Maori fief was reduced from one million koku to 360,000 koku, and it was also divided into Nagato and Zhou FangThe original 3,000 retainers of the Maori family were dismissed, and only a few hundred remained, and the head of the Maori family even sat down with the retainers to discuss how to reduce the Shigao for the sake of Ishigao, which was also a rare embarrassment among the daimyo, and even became a joke among the daimyo, in this case, it was not easy for Yamauchi Nobumasa to keep 2,500 Shigao, and it also reflected his status in the mind of the head of the family, Maori Shu.

After the Battle of Sekigahara, the Maori family lost the fertile land in central China, as well as Iwami Ginzan, the income was greatly reduced, Nagato, Zhoufang is the coastal land, the land is slightly worse, the Maori family is becoming more and more difficult, however, after all, the Maori family was the first few daimyo in the world, the unyielding Maori, the poor think about change, Maori Xiu decided to learn from Satsuma, the Japanese learning ability is undoubted, open up maritime trade, buy merchant ships, increase trade with the Ming Dynasty, Southeast Asia, however, as the main force of the Western Army Maori family, Tokugawa Hidetada, The Tokugawa family had to keep an eye open when they were sleeping, which doomed the Mori family to be unable to get the opportunity to send troops to the Ryukyus, and even a larger fleet could not have it, but sea trade could still be carried out.

The Ryukyu trade route that Qinjin's Yamauchi Nobumasa was able to preside over was smuggling, and Nagasaki and Hirado, where the Nagasaki government was located, were the foreign ports designated by the Tokugawa shogunate, and heavy taxes must be paid to trade here, especially the Nagasaki government could test the strength of each daimyo from the trade volume, as well as the hidden **, so, the Maori family, who had never succumbed secretly, opened up a smuggling trade route to the Ryukyus to trade with merchants from all over the Ming Dynasty, and the actual controller of the Ryukyus, the Satsuma Shimazu clan, was also a member of the Western Army back then, although the resistance to Tokugawa was negative, But after all, it is not a Tokugawa family, and moreover, the Maori private fleet to trade in the Ryukyus has a huge attraction to attract the Ming Dynasty, Southeast Asian merchants, Franco, and Dutch merchants, after all, the Maori family is not a small domain, and the Maori family still has to pay taxes, so the Satsuma Shimazu family also turned a blind eye and acquiesced.

In recent years, Nobumasa Yamauchi has traveled back and forth between Nagato and Ryukyu, bringing a lot of money to the Mori family, and it is estimated that the trade route can bring the Mori family more than 100,000 koku.

Over the past few years, the trade route is still safe and smooth, the biggest loss is a few typhoons, overhauled a few ships, as for the pirates, this route is controlled by Japanese pirates, as for the Chinese maritime merchants who are also thieves and merchants understand that the status of the Japanese Maori family, and several sea ships are the second and third class of the Ming Dynasty, which is also an invincible existence in East Asia, there are two large barrels on the ship, which can fire two miles, more than ten iron cannons, a few samurai, dozens of ashigaru, and it is enough to protect everything.

This time, he arrived safely to the east of Ie Island, not far from Naha Port, and Yamauchi Nobu was calculating how much raw silk, porcelain, silk, and cotton silk he could get from bringing 80,000 taels of silver, brass, sulfur, swords, folding fans, etc.

Suddenly, a horn came from the mainmast lookout, which indicated that there was a ship nearby, and if there was an enemy ship, it would be three horns, and Yamauchi Nobumasa walked out of the aft cabin with a mother-clothed Yoshio Hida and two attendant samurai, yes, and then trust, the large amount of gold and silver every year is tempting, and every time he sails, two people come together, of course, mainly Yamauchi.

Yamauchi saw two masts exposed in the distance to the northeast, Yamauchi picked up a single telescope from the hand of the attendant, looked at the ship, only to see the ship slowly showed, only to see that the ship was not big, only half the size of his own ship, however, the main mast of the ship rose on the blue background of the sun and moon flag, is the flag of the Ming Dynasty, Sannai did not care, to the Ryukyu Ming sea ships more.

Just when Yamauchi wanted to put down the binoculars, the ship suddenly turned around, and saw that the speed of the ship was much faster than his own, only to see the ship return the way it came, and went straight away, Yamauchi jumped in his head, put down the binoculars, and also just put down the binoculars, and a pair of eyes with Hida, who had just put down the binoculars, both saw the surprise in the eyes of the other party, which had never appeared, and Yamauchi did not discuss,

"Order, the whole ship is ready for battle." Yamauchi gave the order.

The two attendants, one told the deck sailors and ashigaru, and the other entered the lower deck to inform Ashigaru, and soon Ashigaru, who was fully draped in bamboo armor, walked out of the lower deck one after another, and under the leadership of their respective samurai, some operated cannons, some sorted out iron cannons, and some sorted out three guns, swords, ribs, and armor on their bodies. For a moment the deck was busy.

Yamauchi Nobumasa is not the first brother of the battlefield, returned to the cabin, and unhurriedly put on the foot under the clothing of the two attendants, Yamauchi is clothed with Nanban foot, of course, it is imitated by the Maori family, because it is fighting on the ship, this set is enough to protect the upper body, Yamauchi is draped in a brown cuirass, with a head pocket, and finally inserted a sword, ribs, and the attendant walked out of the cabin, to the deck, only to see that all the subordinates were finished with a bunch, the military appearance is upright, Yamauchi nodded, however, when Yamauchi saw Hida Yoshio, he was in a good mood, He found that Feitian's face was pale, his eyes flickered a little, and Yamauchi pouted, the reason why Feitian was chosen was not because of his bravery and good fighting, but because he was obedient, and he studied Chinese from his father who was proficient in Sinology, although he stumbled, but after all, he could understand and know some of the domestic situation of the Ming Dynasty, and he could talk to Ming merchants in the Ryukyus. But, this guts, uh-huh, Yamauchi is too lazy to touch him again.

At this time, the lookout sounded three horns, the atmosphere on the ship was tense, Yamauchi Nobu hurriedly picked up the telescope and looked forward, only to see five ships sailing ahead, first two small boats, followed by two smaller than their own fortune boats, divided into two columns, and finally one of them was a fortune ship that was about the same size as himself, the five ships gradually approached, the people on board gradually became clear, only to see that the sun and moon flags were raised on the five ships, and the personnel on board were all wearing uniform attire, dressed in short clothes, and could not see the calendar, etc., Yamauchi Nobumasa was suddenly shocked, there were armored soldiers on the last three ships, and several generals wearing red jackets on the last big boat, the Ming Army, how many years, Yamauchi was in a trance for a while, and for more than 20 years, he saw the Ming Army again.

Yamauchi Nobumasa thought for a while, and immediately ordered the Maori family crest to rise, when the three-star pattern of the word rose on the seven hands and feet of the ashigaru, Yamauchi flashed all kinds of thoughts in his mind, always to the Ryukyus to do business Yamauchi knows how much the situation of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Wanli expedition to Korea, can be said to be a defeat with Japan, exhausted the family funds, recently heard that the north is not very peaceful, for the surrounding Korea, Ryukyu, Chenla, Hanoi and other dependent countries are powerless, try not to provoke, what is the situation today?.

Yamauchi Nobumasa raised the telescope and looked at the big ship again, he was convinced that the commander of the army was on the big ship, sure enough, Yamauchi Nobumasa looked through the telescope one by one and found a Ming army general with a full body of fish scale armor around several attendants, and at this time this person also looked at him with a telescope, Yamauchi took a closer look at the Ming general, only to see that this person was tall, more than half a head taller than most of the people around him, his face was not clear, the bulky figure of the telescope blocked the face, and the mountain saw three big ships, and there were at least five big barrels on the big ship, of which the bow of the ship was a huge cannon, At least two sizes larger than the big barrel on his own ship, and the other two ships also have at least five cannons of the same number as his own big barrel, Yamauchi, who has seen the Great Ming Naval Division, understands that this is the Great Ming Naval Division's warship, that is to say, it is not carrying goods, it is much faster than his own ship, and the firepower is too strong. Big trouble.

At the same time, Zhao Lie was also handing over the telescope to Su Jianshan, the interpreter, who Zhao Lie had asked for from Zhao Haiming's merchant fleet to Japan.

Zhao Lie received a report from the Canglong, and several warships went to one place, opposite to the incoming ships, Zhao Lie has been observing the enemy ships, one of the tonnage is equivalent to the Fuhai ship, the other is the Haicang level, two cannons, the deck is lined up for battle, there are iron cannons, there are spears, the focus here is on the big barrel and iron cannons. No matter how good your martial arts are, you are afraid of being shot. Although Zhao Lie felt that his force value was extremely high, he did not intend to take a shot. Seeing the other party raise the flag, Zhao Lie handed the telescope to Su Jianshan, who picked up the telescope and looked at it, "My lord, it is the family emblem of the Maori family of the Choshu Domain of the Wa Kingdom, it won't be wrong." ”

"Oh, the Choshu Domain," if Zhao Lie may not know other domains, as one of the major promoters of the future Shogun Movement, Zhao Lie is like thunder.

Zhao Lie roared, "Do as planned." Huang Han announced the whole ship, and the lookout raised a flag to inform the ships.

Yamauchi Nobumasa watched the enemy ship approach to a distance of two miles, all the ashigaru, and the samurai all looked at him, if it was an engagement, this distance could be tested, as for the accurate hit in the waves, only God decides, however, this is an attitude, a deterrent.

At this time, Yamauchi found that a Ming soldier on the bow of the small boat in front of him kept waving two blue flags with both hands, "My lord, the other party seems to have something to say, and besides, the other party has not fired a cannon." ”

Yoshio Hida said on the side.

Well, indeed, no matter how inaccurate the sea shelling is, the opponent's more than 20 guns have the upper hand on their poor four big barrels.

Yamauchi Nobumasa is also mainly worried about this, he has fought with the Ming army, he is most worried about the Ming army's sailors, artillery, guns, and the most terrifying thing for him is the cavalry of the Ming army, the Ming cavalry riding Mongolian horses is tall and large, the impact is strong, and the threat to the armies of the Japanese daimyo is the greatest. As for Ashigaru's hand-to-hand combat, it seems that he has won three heads. Well, you don't shoot, but when you get close, I'm not afraid.

Yamauchi gave the order not to fire artillery, so the two sides approached strangely.

Finally, when the two sides approached a hundred paces, they saw that the Ming army continued to move forward, so far, Yamauchi believed that the Ming army had something to discuss, because according to his experience, the Ming army would rarely be in danger, so close to the enemy ship, it would not be desperate, there should be something to talk about.

Sure enough, someone on the big ship shouted in stiff Japanese: "The samurai of the Maori family listen to the truth, the master of the Matsue Navy, the king of the thousand households, is going to board the ship to talk." ”

Yamauchi Nobumasa and Hita Yoshio looked at each other, this prince is bold enough, you must know that after the fierce war between Japan and Ming Korea, it was still an enemy country, and there was no diplomatic relationship, and the Tokugawa shogunate had planned to restore diplomatic relations with the Ming Dynasty, but the Ming refused.

This general is really bold, but Yamauchi is even more fearless, board my ship, and you can do anything about it then.

"Okay, only five people are allowed on board." Yamauchi responded.