"Smack, smack. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info "Xiang Jing Zhongsheng swept all the things on the table to the ground, and then split the table with a knife.

Unrelieved, Xiang Jing Tadasheng continued to swing his knife and slash the table to pieces, completely ignoring the objects on the table that he usually loved.

The Tai Blade created by his hundred golden judgments has a fight with the sawtooth, but he can't care about the distress anymore, just because he is really depressed in his heart.

The general of the Ministry of Finance told him that a patrol team rushed back from the direction of Kyushu, and only two ships came back, still two ships that were in a dilapidated state, and only one of the two mainmasts remained, but fortunately, the waterline was not damaged, so it was not easy to run back.

These were the two pieces of bad news he received in three days, and other small pieces of bad news continued, such as the battle with the Ming, how many artillery crews, how many sailors, and five ships were so badly damaged that they would have to be repaired for two months, and almost all of them were won by the Mingren.

In the past three days, it has become two and two ships damaged in battle, and there are only twenty-six Galen warships under his command of Mukai Tadakatsu, and now four are damaged in battle, and five are seriously damaged.

It was simply unbearable, and Mukai Tadashi immediately fell into madness, so his table case and Taidao became a scapegoat and bore his anger.

Of course, if he had been insane, he would have been unable to sit in this position for a long time.

After venting, he threw the half-crippled sword on the ground, and led the escort to the dock to see the battle-damaged warship, without seeing it with his own eyes, and not understanding the fierceness of the battle.

As soon as Mukai Tadashi stepped on the dock and saw the dilapidated fleet, he immediately felt sad.

The majestic Nanban fleet, which had set off in two groups, was now moored at the dock in tatters, floating weakly.

Accompanied by his generals, he boarded a ship that had been badly damaged in battle. Accessible to the lower deck. I saw blood stains everywhere on the artillery deck. Now it has become black and purple.

The deformed and broken artillery that was hit fell to the ground, and more than half of the entire artillery deck was damaged, and there was basically no value in repairing, which made Mukai Tadashi feel great pain, this was all piled up with gold and silver, and he had to fight hard for this Inaba Masakatsu.

"Lord Hon, this is the projectile of the Akito." The bow of the ship bowed to the ground and offered three kinds of projectiles. There were twelve-pounder cannons the same size as their ships, some one circle larger, some two circles larger.

These were all Ming projectiles left in the cabin, which became the basis for them to judge the caliber of Ming artillery.

Looking at these projectiles, he also understood why the warships under his command were defeated, and it was not a crime of war.

Today's shogunate's cannons were eighteen pounder cannons, which were sold to them by the Dutch for a small price of 2,000 silver, and finally Nagasaki was reduced to half. A small sentence of 1,000 silver, this is also an expensive smack. But there was no way, the self-made iron was not up to par, and it was blown up without thirty or forty bombardments.

For this reason, the navy only ordered fifty of the five largest warships built, which was really unaffordable.

Now it seems that it is not helpful, because the cannon of the Akito is obviously one size bigger, and the power is more than double.

Of course, with this as an excuse, he finally had some face and excuse to meet the general to Jing Zhongsheng, which is not a crime of war.

Mukai Tadashi immediately went to Uchimaru to meet the general, and presented these three kinds of Mingren projectiles, crying that it was not because the navy did not do its best, but because the Mingren artillery was sharp and the battleship was huge, and it was not a crime of war.

Tokugawa Iemitsu waited for a month, and when the news came, the tyrannical factor immediately exploded, and he punched Mukai a few times on the spot, and he was also mad.

Moreover, Xiang Jing is his genealogy retainer, what happened to the beating and scolding, he should be divided.

In the end, it was Inaba Masakatsu who couldn't see it, and stepped forward to dissuade Tokugawa Iemitsu.

"So, the shogunate, which patrols the hunt on behalf of the emperor, can't protect the trade routes of Japan?" Tokugawa Iemitsu stumbled.

"Your Highness is angry, and Weichen is guilty of death." The blue nose and swollen face kowtowed to Jing Zhongsheng.

"What I want is not a capital crime, what this pavilion wants is to defeat the Ming sailors, they blatantly collect taxes, where do they use these money and food, not to build more warships, when will our department defeat them." The Tokugawa family's phosgene lips trembled.

"The general is angry, this matter can't be better done by other retainers," Inaba Masakatsu bowed deeply, "Our sailors only have more than twenty new warships, and the Ming people had more than forty Nanban warships three years ago, which is not as good as the other party, which is understandable." ”

"Then we can't wait for the enemy to collect taxes, and then build warships and cannons to fight back at our naval division, isn't this falling behind step by step." Tokugawa Iemitsu's anger rested for a while, "Can you ban the sea, if you don't go to the sea, I won't let him get anything." ”

The Tokugawa family was extremely light and wanted to follow the example of the Ming Dynasty emperor to forbid the sea.

"No, General," Mukai Tadashi raised his pig-headed head, "Your Highness, if the sea is sealed, the daimyos, especially the daimyo of Kyushu Shikoku, can still smuggle and trade privately, our country has many islands and dense bays, how to deal with it, in the end, it is just that the general loses his taxes." ”

"The minister seconded the proposal." Inaba Masakatsu hurriedly agreed, joking, Japan bans the sea, so how to deal with the private smuggling of big businessmen and daimyo from all over the world.

After all, the Japanese aristocracy has an endless demand for raw silk and porcelain from the Ming Dynasty, and if you cut off their luxurious life, how to end the situation, it will give birth to smuggling.

Tokugawa Iemitsu got up and paced depressedly.

"These battles are all between my shogunate navy and the Ming people, the Dutch and the English and the Spaniards sit back and enjoy the success, and the Ming people also collect their taxes and threaten their trade routes, and they must also contribute." Inaba Masakatsu said.

When Tokugawa Iemitsu heard this, he looked at Inaba Masakatsu, and couldn't help but sigh, who said that the cabinet appoints a private person, then see who can be as loyal and wise as Inaba Masakatsu, and the cabinet will be reused immediately.

In the corner of the outer city of Ogijo, in the courtyard of an inconspicuous three-entry house, a black-clothed man in a cloak entered the door at night surrounded by more than a dozen people.

Nobumasa Yamauchi saw the visitor and hurriedly bowed to the ground, "Meet the lord." ”

"Faith is not necessary. Get up and speak. Maori Xiu said with a trademark smile on his face.

"Yes." Shin Zheng hurriedly got up.

"Xinzheng, this place must be kept secret and not let too many people know." Xiu looked at the silence around him and nodded his head in satisfaction.

"Don't worry, my lord, no one knows about it except your subordinates." Yamauchi said respectfully.

"It's not that I'm suspicious, but the shogunate recently sent two masters of the art of war, hehe, a hairy boy in his twenties, sent a teacher for this domain." Mao Lixiu sneered again and again, "It's not in the way, it's just to spy on this domain." ”

Maori Xiu took off his cloak, and Maori Xiu hurriedly took it.

"My lord, the Jeju Ming people began to collect taxes from passing merchant ships in Kyushu and Shikoku and the waters of Xiaoliuqiu, one out of ten." Nobumasa Yamauchi said in a low voice.

Mori Shu looked at Yamauchi Nobumasa suddenly, "The shogunate will not approve of it, and the army will fight back." ”

This is an offense to the dignity and interests of the shogun, and the shogunate will certainly not give up.

"What the lord said is very true," Nobumasa Yamauchi slapped a small and untraceable one, "the shogunate ship commander Xiang Jing ordered more than 20 newly built Nanban warships to attack and drive away the warships of the Jeju Mingren, but they were defeated and lost. ”

"Oh," Mori said with interest as he motioned to Yamauchi to continue.

"Four Nanban warships were sunk by the Jeju Mingren, five were heavily damaged, and six or seven had to be repaired, which can be said to be more than half damaged." Yamauchi Nobumasa gloated and smiled, seeing the old enemy Tokugawa family sailor deflated, Nobumasa was really happy.

"Hehe," Maori Xiu smiled heartily, to relieve the depression and grievances of the past few days, is there anything more enjoyable than seeing the sworn enemy anxious now, no.

"My lord, some time ago, my subordinates stole Jeju and said that the Jeju Ming people and warships are constantly going into the water, and they are also determined to win Japan and the Ryukyu Seas, so the subordinates judge that the two sides are fighting fiercely." Nobumasa Yamauchi whispered.

Listening to this, you can see the ambition of the Akito, of course, this is also what the Ogi clan hopes to use.

"Alas, the loss of several warships cannot shake its foundations." Maori Xiu shook his head helplessly. He has about a few of the shogunate's families, and if there are dozens of warships, the battle damage is about the same.

"My lord, the shogunate has decided to continue to increase the construction of Nanban warships, so to speak, all the wealth has been invested, and if the battle is defeated, hum." Nobuyobu Yamauchi gritted his teeth.

Mori Shu nodded when he heard this, if the navy army was wiped out again, hehe, the shogunate would have a lot of fun.

This is not just the loss of money, food, men and ships, but will make many foreign daimyo see a kind of ambition to replace it, and cracks will appear in the shogunate's now rock-solid rule.

This is the opportunity of the Choshu Domain, and there is no other way, and the strength of the Choshu Domain cannot be achieved without external forces.

"Nobumasa, how is the newly formed Ashigaru?" Mori looked at Yamauchi inquiringly.

"With the 10,000 gold judgment given by the lord and the sea trade proceeds of several sea ships, the minister has formed a reserve army of 800 people in Ushido, all of which are selected from the homeless people, and the Jeju Ming people will train them on their behalf. As soon as the time came, the Akito would send a ship back to the Ogi Domain. Yamauchi's voice became vague.

It's a head-off thing, and you can't be too careful.

"It's a pity that the number of people is too small, alas, there is no money and food to support it." Mao Lixiu shook his head and smiled bitterly, for 80,000 banners, 800 foot soldiers are enough to do.

"My lord, only when the Tokugawa family is defeated, there is a place to play, and besides, Fang Yu said, even if you borrow troops to help, it's just 。。。。。" Yamauchi said this, his voice low and inaudible.

"Just what..." Maori Xiu looked at Yamauchi with hope.

Yamauchi looked at the lord with great hesitation, and his expression was extremely embarrassed.

"It's okay, if you have anything to say, my father is not to blame." Maori Xiu knew that the conditions were a bit harsh, or Yamauchi would not be like this.

"I'm afraid the Jeju Myeongs will ask for some island mortgages." Yamauchi's words flickered.

Maori Xiu is such a person, as soon as he hears it, he understands that this is to cede some islands, hum, promise them how, anyway, some barren desert islands. (To be continued.) )