"Sit down." After everyone entered the council hall and saluted Masahiro, Masaliang spoke.

"Honorable lord, I heard that a mine has been found in your territory, I wonder if it is true?" After the representative left by Zhu Qinfeng sat down according to the etiquette of the Warring States period, he immediately asked Zhengliang.

This foreign devil was specially left in Zhengliang's territory by Zhu Qinfeng and was responsible for daily communication with the Luo family. As the trade between the two sides became bigger and bigger, and Zhu Qinfeng himself could not stay here for a long time, so at the suggestion of Zhu Qinfeng's wife, he left behind this foreign devil who could speak the local language fluently.

"Luther, there is such a thing, and I am planning to look for you. Here we may have a new opportunity to work together. Masato said.

"Oh? Honorable lord, please do not hesitate to give us your orders, as long as we can cooperate, we will definitely support you in the future. That's what our boss said when he left. When Luther heard that there was money to be made again, he immediately said respectfully. He turned out to be just a small sailor on Zhu Qinfeng's ship, and if he hadn't happened to learn the local language, he wouldn't have been given the opportunity to stay here, so he knew the importance of making good friends.

"So be it. A new silver and copper mine has been discovered in my territory, but of course, this is only temporary, and more may be discovered in the future. I plan to cooperate with your boss in mining, we will provide resources and manpower, you will need to provide skills, and after most of the minerals are produced, we will also give priority to replacing your gunpowder and muskets. Zhengliang said to Zhu Qinfeng and Wang Hai's envoys who had left in their respective territories.

"In terms of technique, whether it is the Ming Kingdom or the West, the gray blowing method is already quite mature. So I want you to be able to introduce the technique into my territory. And teach my people how to do it. Of course, I will also sign a long-term cooperation contract with you, and in the future, whenever a mine is found in my territory, I will cooperate with you first, and you must ensure that according to the agreement, you will only provide us with things that the other lords here do not have. Although weapons such as muskets have officially appeared in front of people's eyes after this battle, Masara still wants to delay the time for other heroes to obtain muskets as much as possible.

"As you wish. Honorable lords. Luther immediately agreed. He knew a little about the agreement between his boss and the young lord, so Luther agreed without hesitation.

"In addition to silver and copper mines, I have also found porcelain clay mines and sulfur mines here, I hope to be able to introduce some simple porcelain-making techniques from the Ming Kingdom, I hope that your shopkeeper can assist me in building a simple porcelain manufacturing workshop in my territory, and it is best for you to bring some immigrants from the Ming Kingdom who know how to make porcelain."

"In addition, I also hope that you will provide some sulfur purification techniques, and even immigrants who know this kind of techniques, we are willing to exchange minerals for gunpowder and even saltpeter with you." Zhengliang put forward some of his conditions one after another.

"Yes, sir. The villain will notify the shopkeeper in the Ming Kingdom as soon as possible. Wang Hai's envoy said respectfully.

After talking about the most important conditions, Masato put forward some main ideas. Then let Kamiya Shaoce, who had been smiling, be responsible for communicating the specific details with the two of them.

As for Li Hongfei, who came to report, Masahiro asked him to continue to explore within the scope of the territory, and at the same time repaired a letter, and asked him to bring it to Dongxiang Heiji when he returned to Hizen, after all, the mining of the mine and the establishment of related workshops also needed him to organize and arrange.

Just when the Luo family's territory was in full swing preparing to mine ore and build a workshop, after half a month of spreading, the results of the battle between the two overlords in northern Kyushu were finally known to the world.

From the end of the 11th year of Astronomy (1542) to the beginning of the 12th year of Astronomy (1543), if there is anything that attracts the most attention of the powerful people in Kyushu, it is the two major events of Yoshitaka Ouchi himself leading a large army to Izumo and the Otomo family taking the opportunity to attack Hizen.

The former major event, since the place where the war took place is a little far away from Kyushu itself, not everyone may pay attention to it and know the progress of the road in time; The latter thing happened directly in Kyushu itself, and the result even affected the next strategy of some powerful people, so it has attracted much attention.

Although after the war, out of strategic considerations, Mashiro blocked the channels for understanding the situation in the southwest region of Chikugo about the situation in Hizen, but in the Chikuzen, Bungo, and Tohoku regions of Chikugo, Masarashi could not block these three directions. Through the spread of these directions for more than half a month, the results of this battle are finally known to the world. As a result, the whole Kyushu was surging.

In the southernmost part of Kyushu, Heisa Castle on the banks of the Satsuma River Neigawa.

Built in the upper reaches of the Kawauchi River and controlling a large area of fertile fields, Heisa Castle has finally returned to its former calm today.

Just three days ago, the Shimazu family, led by Shimazu Takahisa, and the Ijiin family army jointly attacked Heisa Castle, which was controlled by the Irito family and the Hishigari family. Although the Satsuma Peninsula has been unified for a period of time, and it has deservedly become the guardian of Satsuma Province, it is clear that half of the territory of Satsuma Province is still occupied by other wealthy clans, and the situation in Satsuma is not peaceful.

Traces of blood can still be seen on the clean wooden floor of the council hall, which seems to tell the tragic scene of the battle a few days ago.

"Saburo, what do you think?" Takahisa Shimazu, who was nearly thirty years old, sat on the main seat and looked directly at a ten-year-old boy in the retainer group below.

This young man is the eldest son of Shimazu Takahisa, whose young name is Torajumaru, commonly known as Matasaburo. After the Motofu was named Tadara, and later due to the influence of the bias of Ashikaga Yoshiaki's name, he changed his name to Chen, and later changed his name to Yoshihisa. This is Shimazu Yoshihisa, the eldest of the four tigers of the Shimazu family, who will become famous in the Warring States period in the future.

Although Saburo is only ten years old, he has shown his ability to be good at strategy since he was a child, so Guijiu also intends to take him to participate in the deliberations, and often asks him questions, so as to train Saburo. This time, Guijiu repeated the old trick again.

I saw that Masaburo sat up straight, and after bowing to his father Takahisa, he began to say clearly: "Father, the ambition of this family is to restore the original old territories of the Shimazu clan as guardians (Satsuma Province, Osumi Province, and Hyuga Province), and the northern part of Kyushu is too far away from this family, and the opinion of your subordinates is that we just need to continue to pay attention to the war between the Otomo family and the surrounding powers." However, it was mentioned in the intelligence that the Luo family, who had defeated the Otomo family, had used a firearm similar to that of the Ming Kingdom, and his majesty thought that this could be investigated. ”

The Warring States period was the era of Lori, and it was even more of a boyhood. It's said that it's the Lori era, because the wealthy girls of this era will marry at a very young age because of various political needs, and it's said that it's the juvenile era, because the teenagers of this era start to be in charge of the house at a very young age, and even boys over the age of eight can be regarded as adults. And the now ten-year-old Matasaburo is a good illustration of this fact.

And Masashi, who was far away in Chikugo, didn't know what to do, and the point he was most worried about was actually seen by a ten-year-old child. (To be continued......)