Arima Harumi didn't expect Masara to consult him. His original plan was to clamp his tail and be a man without saying a word. After all, as a new general who has recently entered the Luo family, he has to be cautious, plus he has entered the Luo family and has sat in the position of representing the Luo family's internal affairs ministers, and his position in the internal affairs cabinet is now second only to Dongxiang Pingji and Liu Le. This made him even more cautious. He didn't want to be suppressed by the other retainers of the Luo family as soon as he came.

Now that the head of the family asked the question himself, he immediately had a headache. After thinking about it quickly, he gritted his teeth and finally spoke:

"My lord, my lord thinks that Lord Togo is reasonable, and with the current situation in Higo and Satsuma, my lord thinks that it is better to adopt a strategy of friendship and differentiation with the local wealthy families, and try to support some forces close to the family in the local area, which is much better than the family directly entering the local area. Moreover, even if he took the Amakusa Islands and successfully marched into Minamihigo and Satsuma, it would only attract more enemies for the family, and it would not be conducive to the situation where the family was surrounded by enemies. ”

Arima Qingchun, who knew that he couldn't fool Masahiro, the young family governor, took his heart sideways, and risked being shot in the head by the retainers of the Luo family, and also gritted his teeth and told Masayo his true thoughts.

"Surrounded by enemies?" After hearing this, Zhengliang suddenly thought about it.

"Hehe, yes, Qingchun's analysis is reasonable, the first thing that the family needs to consider is to avoid the situation of being surrounded by enemies on all sides, and the north, east, and south of the family cannot quickly ensure safety, so there is only the Goto Islands in the southwest that hangs alone in the sea." Zhengliang said later.

The so-called "if you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools", since the Luo family's next strategic goal is determined to be the Five Islands. Then you have to be prepared. So under the command of Zhengliang. The Luo family immediately threw themselves into the intense preparations for the expedition.

In the blink of an eye, it was the summer of the twelfth year of astronomy (1543). The summer was hotter than usual. In the early morning of this day, on Tanegashima Island in the east of Satsuma, an interesting thing happened.

Tanegashima is a small island located in the eastern part of Satsuma that was named after the Tanejima clan, a retainer of the Shimazu family, from the Kamakura period. Tanegashima Island is naturally known for its most famous scenery in Nishioura.

If you stand on the beach and look into the distance, you can see the boats slowly coming from the mist on the horizon, bathing in the warm sea breeze and listening to the music of the waves crashing against the reef. Turning around, there was another beautiful view, and the birds in the verdant mountains and forests were singing in low voices. From time to time, there will be small animals frightened by bobcats that panic down the mountain and crash into people's feet in a panic.

On this day, Tanegashima Metoki was patrolling the territory along the coast of Nishioura. At this moment, several people dressed as local officials rushed all the way, and the leader was the old minister Yuan Zhicheng, although he was nearly sixty years old, this level of running did not seem to be very difficult.

"Your Excellency, your Excellency!" Yuan Zhicheng shouted as if he were facing a great enemy, "A ship has come from the sea!" ”

Hearing this, Metoki Tanegashima couldn't help but feel a little funny. For a small island in the middle of the ocean, it is normal to have a boat on the shore. Why is there any need to be so alarmed?

"What's on board? How many people are in the crew? ”

"Next...... The next two were covered with red hair, and their eyes were glowing blue. A monster that looks like a demon! ”

"What?"

After hearing Haranojo's description, not only Tanegashima Metoki, but even the people behind him were stunned for a moment. I haven't seen anything like this since Tanegashima was inhabited, but today I can see something new. So they completely ignored Yuan Zhicheng's exaggerated horror description, and instead ran after him to see the excitement. When they ran to the shore, they saw a strange-looking boat leaning on the shore as if it had run aground, and the people on board had already stepped down, standing on the beach and muttering at some point. The two of them were dressed in strange-looking clothes decorated with lace and embroidery, as if they had a few pumpkins on them. Both of them have fluffy hair on the backs of their hands, thick and curly hair, their beards and hair are crimson, their skin is white and red, and they have long noses and high nose bridges, like the legendary "ghost people".

Since Keitoki Tanegashima has been guarding this island, he has seen countless people and encountered countless boats, but this is the first time he has seen a person with this appearance. I can't help but feel a little hairy in my heart. The feet also involuntarily slowed their pace, slowly walking towards the two men.

At this time, the people on the ship also began to talk to each other. One of the two leading eccentrics, after a moment of discussion with his companion, spread out his hands and began to mutter their muttering language again.

Soon, one of the weirdos bent down, propped his left hand on his knee, and stretched out his right hand towards Keitoki Tanegashima with a smile on his face.

I don't know why. Metoki Tanegashima also held out his hand. The two hands were clasped together, and a group of people not far behind Tanegashima Keizi stopped and stared at them blankly.

"Abrigado (Portuguese for hello)" the weirdo began.

But Metoki Tanegashima didn't understand what the other party was saying at all. So I had to look at each other a little embarrassed.

At this moment, a man about thirty years old, dressed in a costume similar to that on a Tang painting, slowly walked out of the crowd on the boat. The appearance is not much different from Tanegashima Etoki and others, the yellow skin slightly blackened by the sea breeze is depicted with unprominent facial features and traces carved by the sun and rain and the passage of time, the eyes and hair are black, and there is a faint smile on the corner of the mouth. He brushed past the stranger and whispered something before heading straight for Tanegashima and his party.

"Hello, down there are five peaks of the Ming Kingdom." The man said.

As soon as the man's words came out, everyone was stunned again. The mysterious visitor on the other side of the sea, Wufeng, a native of the Ming Kingdom, can speak Japanese that is not very fluent, but can still make people understand the meaning clearly.

Since you can communicate, things are much more convenient. Thinking of this, Tanegashima Metoki stepped forward and said, "In the lower one, the lord Tanegashima Mezuki, I wonder what is the purpose of your Excellency's visit to the place?" ”

"This is really a last resort," Wufeng said. "We encountered a strong wind and waves at sea and drifted off course. It was necessary to use Guibao Island to dock to repair the ship. I didn't know that the island was inhabited. No offense. The main sea culvert of Wanwang Island. When the rain has passed, we will set off immediately, and we will not stop again. ”

"In that case, please don't be polite. If you want to stay in the house for a longer time, you can also open your mouth if you need to repair the boat. After knowing the other party's intention, Hui Shi immediately said with great enthusiasm and motioned to his subordinates, "Jiaji, help the guests from afar to prepare a place to rest." ”

As the owner of the island, you will encounter shipwrecked ships and people who come to ask for help. Huishi will not persecute them, but will be hospitable to those who come because they can exchange a lot of good things from them.

The wife agreed and left in a hurry. In a few moments, Huishi was rewarded, and the food and shelter were ready to stop. A group of strangers set up camp on Tanegashima and stayed. After Wufeng's introduction, the people on the island finally understood that the two strangers were not the embodiment of evil spirits, but traders from a distant country called Portugal in the Southern Barbarians.

On this day, Huishi saw a Portuguese man take out two swarthy iron rods from the cabin. Behind the iron rod was a small-angled curved handle, and in front of it was a hollow iron pipe, as odd as its owner.

"What's going to be done?" Hui Shi immediately asked puzzled.

"This thing is called the Fire Dragon Spear in my Ming Kingdom. Just fill it with gunpowder and projectiles. Pull the trigger, no need for great martial arts. Even women and children can easily kill and damage enemies. Wu Feng took one of them from the Portuguese and said, "Pour in gunpowder and lead pellets like this, and poke them into it with a small stick below......

He held up the front half of the butt of his rifle with one hand, leaning slightly, aiming at the bulge of a huge reef twenty paces away. With the mechanical sound of pulling the trigger, everyone only heard a loud "bang", and a puff of gray smoke drifted in front of them. Look at that reef again, where is there any rump! The original bulge now left only a blue-gray scar that had just been exposed. The people of Tanegashima couldn't help but be dumbfounded, their eyes widened, their mouths opened wide, and even the well-informed Megumi was stunned.

"How? It's a good thing, indeed. Wufeng stroked his palms and smiled, "Does the island owner also want to take a shot?" ”

“…… Is it impossible to give it to me for nothing," Hui Shi said, taking a breath of air, "There will never be such a good thing in the world, right?" ”

"Ha Luha, since the island owner said so, please ask the island owner to make a price himself. Regardless of how much it is, it should be regarded as a thank you gift for the hospitality and care of the past few days. ”

"One thousand taels of gold, what do you think?" Hui Shi narrowed his eyes and stretched out a finger and said.

Wufeng was a businessman in the end, and quietly handed back the words: "This price is also ......"

"Why, is it because the offer is too low? If it's not right, please pay the price. Hui Shi said with a look of ambition, "My family has been a warrior for generations, and with my vision, the value of this thing called the Fire Dragon Lance on the battlefield in the future will far exceed the current price." Besides, there is a saying in your country that it is difficult to buy the best in your heart. Of course, the things that we and other warriors love are weapons......"

"So, it's done." Wufeng interrupted Mezuki's tirade. So, in the end, Huishi spent a total of 2,000 taels of gold to buy two muskets.

After buying the musket, Huishi wanted to build a few more iron cannons. So he immediately ordered his retainer Ogigawa Koshiro to learn the pounding and legalization of ammunition. After that, Tanegashima began to study the iron cannon casting method, and then mined sand iron to refine and forge it, but when it came to the end, the iron cannon made was never usable, although it looked the same as the real thing. Later, in the second year, a group of Nanban merchants came, and fortunately, there was a blacksmith on the ship, Shi Yao ordered the knife worker Yabanqing to learn the art of making a gun, and Qingding married his seventeen-year-old daughter Wakasa to the captain of the merchant ship, which got the true inheritance of iron cannon making.

And the Nanban ship, which had sold two muskets, also set sail again, and the target was the territory of the Hizen Luo family.

(Dear book friends, Diandian will be at the end of this month to the beginning of next month (2013-09-28-2013-10-07-24)There is a double monthly ticket activity, one vote is equal to two votes, Diandian now has an author level, and the author's treatment is related to the monthly pass to a certain extent.) I don't expect to make money from this book.,But recently I resigned and lost my job due to illness.,I also hope to earn a few dozen yuan a month to subsidize the electricity bill at home.,After all, driving the computer code word also consumes electricity.,Hey,It's enough for dicks.。 If you can, please give you a little more commuter pass during this time. Thank you. (To be continued......)