Although he agreed to negotiate peace with the Ouchi family, the conditions for peace could not be relaxed. After some bargaining, Ouchi was willing to pay the following terms for the two sides to reach a rapprochement and a two-year truce:

The first is to send the family members of the Ouchi family captives who were captured by the Luo family last year because of the sneak attack on the Luo family's Hakata Port to the Luo family's territory and reunite with these captives. This is tantamount to the Ouchi family sending a population to the Luo family. It's just that the Ouchi family is still unwilling to apologize for last year's sneak attack. Since he can receive benefits, Zhengliang doesn't bother to pursue these nonsense things.

The second is to send the two sons of Takeuchi Hisamori (Takeuchi Hisaharu and Takeuchi Hisakatsu), who assassinated Masayo last year, and the rest of Takeuchi Hisamori's family members and clansmen to the Luo family's territory. The excuse given by Masaliang was to use these people as slaves to vent his anger. The poor Takeuchi Hisamori family was sold to the Luo family by Maori Yuan in this way.

It's just that Mao Liyuan didn't know that after Masato asked these people to come over, he didn't really use them as slaves, but let them reunite with Takeuchi Hisamori, who was still a guest in the Luo family's cell. According to the conditions proposed by Masato to rescue the Takeuchi Hisamomori clan, Takeuchi Hissamori and his two sons will henceforth become retainers of the Luo family, and will also serve as the martial arts teacher of the Luo school (which will also become a famous school among the many martial arts schools of the Luo family in the future). His family will also settle in the Luo family's territory.

In this way, in June of the 19th year of Tenmon (1550), the Luo family signed a peace agreement with the Ouchi family, the Iki Island Hata family, and the Tsushima family to ensure the smooth passage of maritime trade. At the same time, the Ouchi family also reconciled with the Luo family again, and determined a two-year peace agreement, as for whether the two sides would abide by it. It's a different story. Of course. In general, both parties will comply. Otherwise, the party who defaults will be an untrustworthy person in the eyes of the rest of the powerful people. In the future, it will be difficult for the family to carry out diplomacy.

As soon as these two agreements were announced, the most enthusiastic response was received by the various merchant houses and the citizens of Kitakyushu. Over the past few years, Kitakyushu has experienced a lot of wars, which have had a great impact on local commerce and people's livelihood, and now the Luo family and the Ouchi family, as the two overlords of Kitakyushu, have finally reconciled, and they are naturally happy to hear about it.

In comparison, the Otomo family and the Ito family are a little unhappy. At the beginning, your Ouchi family agreed with us to deal with the Luo family together, but now it's good. Instead, you reconciled with the Luo family first, what should we do? Moreover, when Mori Moto temporarily went to support the Hakata family on Iki Island this time, he also sent envoys to the Otomo family and the Ito family, so that they could immediately go to the Bungo territory of the Luo family at the same time, but when they had just begun to mobilize the troops in the territory, they received such a news, which made them not angry.

In order to appease these two powerful names, under the order of Yoshitaka Ouchi, "You can smooth it out for me if you provoke something", Mao Liyuan had to personally send an envoy to these two territories. Maori Yuan's appeasement method is naturally to secretly declare with these wealthy families. This is just a move by the Ouchi family to temporarily paralyze the Luo family, once the opportunity arises. The Ouchi family will still unite the various daimyo to jointly send troops to the Luo family.

Similarly, when the Niko family once again sent Yamanaka Mikawa Moriyuki, who had just returned to Izumo Province at the end of last year, to the Luo family to ask why they had reconciled with the Ouchi family, the Luo family also explained it to their allies the Niko family under the same pretext. And as a hostage who stayed in the Nizi family, Duanmu Kiyomasa also took the opportunity to fight back against the Nizi family, bluntly saying that this time the Luo family had already fought a big battle with the Ouchi family at sea (in fact, it was just a confrontation), and the alliance agreement between the two sides was fully fulfilled, and since entering the astronomical nineteenth year, the Nizi family has not made any moves against the Ouchi family. This counterattack immediately left the Nizi family speechless.

Of course, the most fierce reaction to the result of the reconciliation between the Ouchi family and the Luo family this time was the Tao Longfang of the Ouchi family. In Tao Longfang's view, it was a mistake to tear up the covenant and attack the Luo family in the first place. But since the mistake has been made, then simply make the mistake and make the mistake, we should maintain the confrontation with the Nizi family, and at the same time suspend the attack on Bigo Province and other regions, and concentrate the military strength and resources to suppress the Luo family, after all, compared to the Nizi family, the Luo family is a greater threat to the Ouchi family. If he reconciles with the Luo family at this time, it will be a mistake again.

Unfortunately, Yoshitaka Ouchi did not listen to Tatakabo's advice or agree to Morimoto's proposal to strengthen his penetration into Bigo Province and other regions when he reached a settlement agreement with the Luo family, but intended to maintain the status quo of the Ouchi family. The reason why Yoshitaka Ouchi made such a decision was that on the one hand, he considered that he wanted to avoid intensifying the contradictions between the various factions in the family, and on the other hand, he thought that he could force the Luo family to reconcile with him at this time, which could be regarded as a bad breath. Besides, he's been performing with the down-and-out ministers who are keen on a few Noh performances from Kyoto. It's just that Yoshitaka Ouchi's reaction made many retainers in the family feel extremely disappointed.

Of course, all of this happened after the negotiations in the waters near Iki Island, but now Masaro is facing another headache.

"Well, you believe it now, right?" Zhu Zining, who was a little out of breath and his clothes were also wiped by the mast, said. No, now it's not called Zhu Zining, but Li Huamei. Well, when Zhengliang heard that Zhu Zining had changed his name to Li Huamei, his mood at that time was like thousands of grass and mud horses galloping past in front of your face.

It's not scientific, it's really unscientific! Zhengliang really can't accept that the gentle and elegant Zhu Zining has become what he is now, and he is still the legendary Li Huamei?

I once remembered that when Masa-ra first saw this woman, her eyes were like water, but with the coldness of talking, she seemed to be able to see through everything; Ten fingers are delicate, the skin is like clotted fat, and the snow white is pink, which seems to be able to wring out water; A pair of red lips, smiling and smiling, every move seems to be dancing; The long hair hangs straight down to the ankles, untie the hair, and the green silk dances with the wind, emitting a fragrance; The waist is slender, the limbs are slender, and there is a fairy-like temperament; Dressed in white, with rusty butterfly dark lines. A green silk is shallowly raised with butterfly tassels. A butterfly carved from a pearl in the middle of the night. Radiating a faint light, Emei swept lightly, no powder was applied on the face, but still could not hide the stunning face, a crystal necklace around the neck, more and more clear collarbones, the white jade bracelet on the wrist lined with snow skin, and a pair of gilt shoes on the feet were decorated with gemstones. Beautiful eyes flowed, like a pale butterfly that had lost its breath in the dark, her expression was indifferent, like a fairy who did not eat fireworks in the world, and the corners of her mouth hooked up a smile, like fireworks ethereal and gorgeous. Such a beautiful woman has now become a neat and short haircut, over the ears but not shoulder-length; A beautiful woman who wears a gorgeous black brocade dress all over her body, and wears a big pink peony on her chest, and covers one side of her shoulder with a red satin. Although there is an alternative beauty. But because of the big changes before and after, it was unacceptable for Masato for a while.

What surprised Masahiro even more was that. Zhu Zining told her the reason for changing her name. It turned out that Zhu Zining did not grow up in his own home when he was a child, but grew up in the home of a Ming Navy general surnamed Li (it is said that he was sent to this biological father's friend for foster care due to changes in the family at that time). So under the influence of her adoptive father, she has been exposed to a lot of knowledge about the navy since she was a child, and she is also very clear about how to control a navy. It may also be that such an environment has also formed her kind of character that is gentle on the surface but persistent and even stubborn on the inside.

Soon after, Zhu Zining's biological father was old, but there was no heir, so he took her home to prepare to inherit the family business. It is extremely difficult for a woman to support such a business family in such an era. But the stubbornness in Zhu Zining's heart was stirred up at this time, she didn't believe that a woman could support a business family, so she devoted herself to the family's business.

However, with the death of his biological father, the family business, which had lost the support of the official background, immediately became fat in the eyes of local bureaucrats and wealthy businessmen, who used various methods to constantly try to get their hands on the wealth that Zhu Zining represented behind him. And Zhengliang also appeared in front of Zhu Zining at this time. After getting the support of Zhengliang's power behind her, she barely stood on her heels.

But just when she saw a glimmer of hope, her original adoptive father was also framed for offending the powerful in the army and colluded with the Japanese invaders, and was imprisoned, and was even about to be executed. With the help of Shi Shi and Wang Hai, she urgently rescued her adoptive father's family and others, but her adoptive father was eventually killed in prison. In order to avenge her adoptive father, she changed her name back to the name she used to have when she was in her adoptive father's house, and this name was Li Huamei. In the process of rescuing her adoptive father, her beauty and the wealth she represents behind her are targeted by those powerful.

Under the persuasion of Wang Hai and others, in order to avoid getting into trouble, she was forced to sell the family industry one by one through Wang Hai and others, and was ready to invest her money in the smuggling business of Wang Hai and others. However, those who coveted her beauty and wealth were still unwilling to let her go, and even tried to frame her as a member of the same party as her adoptive father (because she had taken in his adoptive father's family), intending to persecute her in the same way as they had done with her adoptive father. In the blink of an eye, she found that there was no place for her to stand in a large Ming country. In the end, she gritted her teeth and dismissed all the servants before these corrupt officials and wealthy businessmen became troubled, bought the family wealth scattered, and bribed some local officials and craftsmen through Wang Hai and others, and bought a fortune ship without weapons in the Fujian shipyard under the cover of these people, and took her adoptive father's family members and some of her loyal servants to go to sea to join Zhengliang.

But even after boarding the ship, she found that it was not so easy to go to sea. A ship of this size sailing along the coast is easily spotted by patrolling sailors. Fortunately, at this time, a Kinmen Qianhu surnamed Yu in Fujian turned out to be his adoptive father's old department, and he also knew that his adoptive father was framed.

Today, because Zhengliang still doesn't believe that she is a good sailor, Zhu Zining, who has changed her name to Li Huamei, personally performed a mast climbing trick for Zhengliang (of course, it was only when the two of them did Li Huamei start to perform). To tell the truth, when he saw Li Huamei climb the mast two or three times, and climb the truss on the mast that swayed from side to side at a height of more than ten meters, Masaliang, the person watching from below, also felt a little scared, so he immediately shouted for Li Huamei to hurry down. And Li Huamei's first sentence after landing was naturally to ask Zhengliang if she believed her words and skills.

"Okay, I believe it, but what are you going to do in the future?" Masarashi asked again. At this time, after leaving the occupied Ishida County on Iki Island to the temporarily summoned retainers of the Cabinet and the Hidaka family to take over, the Luo family's navy on this expedition had already returned to Karatsu Bay, and the huge fortune ship immediately became the most high-profile ship in the area.

"Hmm." Li Huamei also frowned after hearing this, but even if such a beauty frowned, it was intoxicating, although Zhengliang had a decent and gentlemanly expression on the surface, he was secretly amazed.

"My adoptive father's family and his people, as well as the servants I have brought with me, will depend on you." Li Huamei's first thought was to settle the people she had brought with her escape.

"I've already settled this, and on the way back, I've ordered someone to return to the territory in advance and notify the Internal Affairs Pavilion to place them in a settlement of Ming immigrants in the town outside my city, and I'll send someone to build some Ming courtyards for them to resettle according to your requirements." What about you? Zhengliang said immediately. Unconsciously, Zhengliang and Li Huamei have removed those honorific titles such as 'girl' and 'childe' in their mutual conversations, and changed them to "you" and "me" to show that they are familiar with each other.

"Me?" Li Huamei only now thought about the question of how she should be placed.

"If you don't dislike it, why don't you move to my city, which is completely built according to the style of the courtyard you originally had in Ningbo Mansion, and it is very suitable for you to live in." Masato suggested.

"That seems to be where your wives and concubines and children live, right?" Li Huamei said suddenly. There seems to be an allusion to the bad intentions of Zhengliang in the words.

"Huh! Hehe! was directly pointed out by Li Huamei with his bad intentions, and Zhengliang was immediately a little embarrassed. Yes, Zhengliang has always had a plan to leave a pure Chinese blood in this world. And Li Huamei is the most beautiful Ming woman he has ever met, in the past, because the two sides were far apart, Zhengliang naturally had no special ideas, but now that Li Huamei is in front of his eyes, he naturally has to grasp it tightly.

Li Huamei also saw something from Zhengliang's embarrassed expression at this time, so her face turned red at this time, and she even turned away shyly.

"That? So it's decided, let's stay in the city for the time being. Zhengliang immediately came to a bully and made a decision on Li Huamei's arrangement, and then felt that he wanted to save some face for other girls' families, so as not to let other girls leave in shame, so he hurriedly added, "In addition, I will also build a courtyard outside the city as soon as possible, if you are tired of living in the city, you can move to this courtyard to live." "It's just that when this courtyard will be built, only God knows.

"Hmm!" Li Huamei, who had her back to Zhengliang, agreed to Zhengliang's arrangement with a mosquito-like voice. Then, the atmosphere between the two suddenly quieted down. In order to break this awkward atmosphere, Masahiro immediately continued:

"So what do you do when you settle down? And how is this ship arranged? ”

After hearing Zhengliang's words, Li Huamei was really diverted, and her face slowly returned to calm. I saw her take a light lotus step, slowly walked to the side of the boat, looked at the bay in the distance, and said quietly:

"I want to avenge my adoptive father!"

"Huh?" Masato was almost knocked down by thunder. This is far from the Ming Kingdom, and the Ming Kingdom is still implementing a policy of banning the sea at this time, how can she take revenge? Is it to return to the Ming Kingdom? It's just that even so, how can she, a woman, fight against those dirty officials and wealthy businessmen who are powerful but increasingly corrupt?

(PS: Here is a fabrication of Li Huamei's origin, there is a special post about her in the book review area, in general, this is a character who seems to have existed in real and seems to have never existed.) (To be continued......)