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"You're going to recruit a lot of ronin? Do you know that these people are all a group of brave and disobedient people, what are you going to do with them? ”

Echigo Kasuga Yamashiro, Uesugi Kenshin asked suspiciously with a wine glass.

"It's worthy of being the dragon of Echigo, much smarter than Nobunaga's madman, at least a little bit of discipline" silently made a comparison in his heart, Li Rusong said with a smile.

"The Wufeng fleet needs to open up some islands overseas to serve as bases for the fleet, in fact, including some places occupied by the Franco. And my Wufeng fleet is currently understaffed, I heard that all the ronins in Mud Bombardment are kendo masters and are good at fighting, so I plan to recruit a group of ronins to make up for the lack of manpower."

"Actually, I just plan to use your group of devils as cannon fodder" silently added in his heart, Li Rusong carefully looked at the outlier in front of him who was bombarding the Warring States, Uesugi Kenshin, known as the "King of Bishamen".

Uesugi Kenshin (1530.2.18—1578.4.19), formerly known as Nagao Jinghu, inherited the surname of "Uesugi", the Kanto governor, and was called Kenshin after becoming a monk. Because of his high military command ability, he is known as the dragon of Echigo, and is generally known as the god of war. The official position is from the four to the main major and from the four to the guard major general, and after his death, he will return to the second position.

In 1548, Kenshin became the governor of the Nagao family, and with his outstanding ability, he unified Echigo. After that, he worked hard to restore the old order of the Muromachi shogunate, and fought many battles with Takeda Shingen in the south and Hojo Shiyasu in the southeast, including the five Kawanakajima battles with Takeda Shingen, and the Kanto battle with Hojo Shiyasu - the Odawara offensive and defensive battles are famous examples in Japanese military history.

In 1577, as a result of Oda Nobunaga's efforts to eliminate the Muromachi shogunate, Kenshin began an expedition against Oda Nobunaga and defeated the Oda army at the Tetori River (known as the Battle of the Tetori River). However, he died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Kasugayama Castle the following year.

Although Kenshin was invincible and was known as the "Dragon of Echigo" and "the strongest military commander of the Warring States", he believed in Buddhism, which was once very contradictory. In particular, the god of war who believes in Buddhism: Bishamentian, who claims to be the incarnation of Bishamentian, holds high the "Bi" battle flag for holy war. Because of his admiration for "righteousness", his behavior was very special in the troubled times of the Warring States.

This "Bishamen Heavenly King" was one of the few people who still abided by benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, wisdom and faith in the mud bombardment Warring States period, and was the only one who did not have it. This made Li Rusong very fond of Uesugi Kenshin, who could be regarded as a friend, not a trade partner like Oda Nobunaga.

Most importantly, Uesugi Kenshin was the only military general that Oda Nobunaga feared and could not defeat, and his tactics and tactics, as well as his strong military command ability, made Echigo the only daimyo who could compete with the Oda family in the late Warring States period.

"Oh? The Wufeng fleet will continue to expand overseas, which is really admirable. In this way, it can also reduce unnecessary harm to the people in troubled times, and the righteousness of the young ship owner is really admired by Kenshin," said Uesugi Kenshin with a look of admiration on his face.

At this time, Echigo was fighting Kai for many years, and the food and other materials consumed were huge, and Uesugi Kenshin was also eager to get more adequate supplies and defeat Kai's Takeda Shingen as soon as possible. After all, even the "King of Bishamon" has a heart to become a shogun, and he doesn't want to spend time with Takeda Shingen indefinitely like this.

"At the beginning of spring next year, the Goho fleet can provide Echigo with enough military rations for 8,000 men to fight for a month, and now it can give priority to 10,000 men of Kenshin Gong with weapons and equipment, including scimitars, leather armor, and 300 iron cannons. At the same time, we hope to exchange copper coins for silver and gold in Echigo, and buy a batch of sulfur and other ores," Li Rusong thought about it and slowly said his conditions.

Since he intended to support Uesugi Kenshin, and even hoped to cultivate it as an existence that could defeat Oda Nobunaga, Li Rusong also offered quite favorable conditions. It is important to know that the copper coins of the Langdao are currently the circulating currency of the Warring States of the Mud Bombardment, and they are much easier to use than silver and gold. And the iron cannon, scimitar, and leather armor are even more good things that the daimyo can't ask for.

For the craftsmen of the mud bombardment, letting them work meticulously to create a small number of high-quality things is a strong point and the workmanship is absolutely first-class. But if it is in large quantities and in batches, it is almost more difficult to produce something in a short period of time than to ascend to the sky. This is also because of the fact that many daimyo ashigaru troops can only fight with sharpened bamboo, on the one hand, they can't afford to buy so many weapons, and on the other hand, the time to produce weapons is really unaffordable.

"And I hope that Kenshin Gong can help me recruit a large number of ronin, and my Goho fleet will arrange manpower in Echigo to assist Kenshin Gong in recruiting ronin. At the same time, Kenshin Gong can use these ronins as money to buy weapons, armor and food" Seeing the excitement on Uesugi Kenshin's face, Li Rusong threw out the last "killer feature" - human trafficking.

"Oh? If that's the case, it's great, Echigo has been fighting for years in recent years, and since the young ship owner is willing to exchange the ronin for supplies, he is really grateful for his modesty" Sure enough, Uesugi Kenshin showed a happy look and took the initiative to salute Li Rusong and said.

"Hehe, I have heard for a long time that Qianxin Gong is a famous drunkard in the Warring States, I am a little unconvinced, is Qian Xingong willing to compare with me?" After talking about business, Li Rusong easily challenged Uesugi Kenshin.

"Oh? Do young boat owners also like to drink? Good! Humility will sacrifice his life to accompany the gentleman today and have a drink with the young shipowner! Hearing this, Uesugi Kenshin was also overjoyed, and agreed without hesitation.

"Hehe, but well, this bucket of wine must have a color head, if this competition is lost. So how about Qian Xin Gong will no longer drink alcohol for the rest of his life, if I lose, I will tell Qian Xin Gong my real name, what do I think of Qian Xin Gong? Seeing that the other party had agreed to test the amount of wine, Li Rusong smiled and threw out his goal.

"Oh! You have the confidence to be able to drink more than modesty. Okay, it's a word" Uesugi Kenshin, who was extremely confident in his drinking, agreed without hesitation when he heard this.

"I've tried my best to save your life, the rest depends on your own humility, you are indeed the only mud bomber I can't bear to kill" said silently in his heart, Li Rusong smiled and took a drink of the wine glass.

Uesugi Kenshin died of a cerebral hemorrhage in history, and the most feared thing about this disease is heavy drinking, and Uesugi Kenshin himself is an out-and-out drunkard, and even invented the drinking method of "squatting immediately". If Li Rusong wants to prolong the life of Kenshin Uesugi, he must help him quit drinking!

Poor Uesugi Kenshin still doesn't know that in the eyes of a person like Li Rusong, who has been drunk by Liaodong spirits since childhood, muddy wine is no different from water......

In this way, the first large-scale human trade in the history of the Dark Treaty, as it was called, was finally officially launched after Li Rusong visited Owari and Echigo, and Mao Haifeng sent someone to inform the various lords of the mud bombardment.

In the past, the ronin, who was treated as a poop and avoided by everyone, instantly became a "fragrant bait", and countless daimyo and lords sent troops to search for and capture the ronin all over the mountains, and once they found the ronin, the group immediately pounced on them with red eyes, captured them alive and sent them to Hirado in a prison car. Trade your own weapons, armor, food, or luxuries from the Five Peaks fleet, and all ronins are as miserable as the slaves in the slave trade.

After the professional steward of the Wufeng fleet will screen these ronins, the old and infirm will be used as cannon fodder in the first echelon, and they will be the first to be driven to launch a charge during the battle, so as to consume the gunpowder of the Franciscan. The young and strong will be equipped with a certain amount of armor and given enough food to charge as a second echelon.

In order to get what they need, some daimyo who are anxious and crazy simply use captives, bandits, pirates, and even poor residents of the territory to pretend to be ronin, although the price is greatly discounted, not an income.

By 1585, when Toyotomi Hideyoshi became the new shogun, nearly 100,000 people had been sold overseas by the Goho fleet, most of whom had died in the colonial development of the Goho fleet, and the few remaining were secretly executed when the Mud bombardment invaded Korea!

The mud bombardment of this nation is going to perish step by step under Li Rusong's plan!