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There were also a few strange people in the banquet hall, dressed in wide kimonos, and even in winter, they wore geta on their feet. Fortunately, the weather in Guangzhou is hot, and even if it is December, it is not cold. They were envoys from Japan, led by the old middle of the Japanese shogunate. This time, Long Yufei, the king of Xinhua, ascended the throne as emperor, and Japan and Korea were also invited to administer. Tokugawa Iekei, the shogun, in order to show respect for the Chinese Emperor Long Yufei, specially sent Mabe Kankatsu to represent him to participate in Long Yufei's enthronement ceremony.

"My lord, the people of Xinhua Kingdom are so rude, they don't pay attention to us at all!" A young Japanese man, a little angry, said that they had been left out.

"Onodera-kun, give me some peace, this is not Edo." Mabe Kankatsu scolded. A few years earlier, the Manchus had been defeated by the Western power, Britain, much to the shock of Japan. Many Japanese believe that the powerful neighbor to the west is beginning to decline. However, this time he came to participate in the enthronement ceremony of the king of Xinhua, but he was even more shocked. Guangzhou is more than ten times more prosperous than Edo. The powerful military strength of the Xinhua Army is even more difficult for Japan to match. Especially after coming to Guangzhou, they learned about the great war between Xinhua and the Manchus and the British, which made Mabu Quansheng even more worried. In today's Japan, the emperor is just a decoration. All political power was in the hands of the shogun. Japan, like the Manchu Qing Dynasty, pursued a policy of closing the country to the rest of the world. A powerful Chinese empire. This is not a good thing for Japan.

"Yes, sir!" The young Japanese who was reprimanded hurriedly bowed his head and apologized.

"My lord, there are two senior generals of the Xinhua Army there, should we talk to them, those pirates have been invading our coastal areas more recently. Behind these pirates. There must be the support of Xinhuaguo, and if Xinhuaguo can restrain them, then our life will be much better. A middle-aged Japanese man said.

"Hmmm! You are waiting here. I'm going to visit them! He straightened his clothes and wanted General Niu Meng, chief of the General Staff of the Xinhua Army, and Major General Liu Zhongming, deputy director of the Operations Department, to go.

Admiral Niu Meng and Major General Liu Zhongming were eating and drinking the delicacies on the coast, and the two of them were soldiers. It's different from those civil officials who want to save face. Others in such banquets. Mainly to communicate feelings, and the two of them are purely here to eat, the soldiers are upright, and they don't have so many ghost ideas like civilian officials. The two of them were also very conspicuous in the banquet.

"Two generals, the old middle of the Japanese shogunate has seen two!" A slightly hoarse voice sounded behind the two, so that both Admiral Niu Meng and Major General Liu Zhongming had to put down the knives and forks in their hands.

Saw. A short, middle-aged Japanese man stood behind them, hunched over. and he that buries his head low, salutes them. The Japanese shogunate was greatly influenced by Chinese culture, and both the written and the spoken language respected Chinese characters and Chinese. It is also very normal that Mabe will be fluent in Chinese. Of course, these Japanese are all people who hide a wolf's ambition under a humble appearance.

"Hello, what's the matter?" Major General Liu Zhongming frowned, and then said. There was not much exchange between Xinhua and Japan, and of course, helping pirates there sell stolen goods did not count. In addition, because of the dislike of Japan that Long Yufei, the king of Xinhua, often revealed, the high-level leaders of Xinhuaguo did not have a good impression of Japan. Otherwise, they would not have connived at the pirates to rob Japan.

"Two generals, for the defeat of the powerful British by the Xinhua Army, which has made the entire East Asian nation extremely excited, please allow me to express my highest respect to you!" The posture of the matte is very low. After all, in state-to-state interactions, the strength of a country determines its status. Xinhua was able to defeat even the British, and Japan was not even qualified to carry shoes for Xinhua.

"Hmm!" Major General Liu Zhongming nodded and didn't say anything more. He really couldn't find anything to say to this Japanese man. As for Admiral Niu Meng, after glancing at Mabe Quansheng, he directly picked up the knife and fork again and concentrated on dealing with the food in front of him. It seems that the food in front of you is much more attractive than the high-ranking officials of the Edo shogunate.

Seeing the contempt of the generals of the Xinhua Army for him, Mabe Quansheng was very angry in his heart, but he suppressed the anger in his heart very well. He knew that because the country was weak, the generals of the Xinhua Army did not look down on them at all. No matter how rude he was, he could only endure it. Otherwise, it will be a disaster for Japan.

"Two generals, Japan admires the strength of your country and hopes to import a batch of advanced weapons from your country, I don't know if it is okay?" Mabe asked. The weapons of the Japanese army are still mainly cold weapons, and only a small number of firearms. Moreover, these firearms are all backward old-fashioned firearms, with a short range and low power. The pirates who harassed Japan were equipped with advanced breech guns and breech guns, and the Japanese army was miserable. If it weren't for the small number of these pirates, Japan would have paid an even greater price. If we can import a batch of advanced weapons from Xinhua, we may be able to reverse this unfavorable situation. The most important point is that they can use these weapons to imitate when the time comes. In this way, Japan's military strength will be able to rise to a higher level.

"Imported weapons? No, that's not going to work. We have no plans to export weapons to the outside world at the moment! Major General Liu Zhongming neatly refused.

"General, we are very sincere. We can buy 10,000 rifles from your country. Mabe said. He thought that the generals of the Xinhua Army thought that they bought too little and were unwilling to sell.

"What's the matter with you? Didn't we tell you that we wouldn't sell weapons to the outside world? Major General Liu Zhongming said coldly.

"Yes, General!" A trace of shame flashed on his face, but he still relented and hurriedly apologized.

"General, there is one more thing. In the past few years, a large number of pirates have harassed the coast of Japan, which has seriously threatened the trade between Japan and Xinhua, and Japan hopes that Xinhua will be able to exterminate these pirates and ensure normal trade between our two countries. Mabe asked.

"Are there pirates? How did I not know? Admiral Niu Meng finally had his fill, and after putting down the knife and fork in his hand, he asked with a surprised expression.

"General, how dare I deceive you? There are indeed pirates, and those pirates are very ferocious, and they often land in Japan, attack Japanese towns, and plunder Japanese people, causing us huge losses. Please also help us for the sake of our two countries being friendly neighbors separated by a strip of water! After Mabu finished speaking, he bowed 90 degrees.

General Niu Meng and Major General Liu Zhongming couldn't help laughing. It seems that Cui Apu's gang of pirates did a very good job, and they beat the Japanese unspeakably. This is a great thing for Xinhuaguo. According to the agreement between the Xinhua Army and Cui Apu's gang of pirates, half of the things they looted belonged to the Xinhua Army. The more Cui Apu's gang of pirates robbed, the more the Xinhua Army earned, so why not? As for helping the Japanese exterminate Cui Apo, how is this possible?

"We don't know anything about pirates, who didn't attack our merchant ships or raid our coastal areas. Therefore, I doubt what you are saying! Admiral Niu Meng said coldly.

Mabe Quansheng's face suddenly became gloomy, although they had guessed that behind those pirates, it must be Xinhuaguo who was supporting, but they had no evidence. The attitude of the senior generals of the Xinhua Army now undoubtedly confirms their suspicion that those pirates really have the support of the Xinhua Army. In this case, it seems impossible for Japan to exterminate those pirates!

"Yaga! It's clear that you colluded with those pirates, and now you deny it, you are so shameless! An angry voice rang out. I saw that the young Japanese surnamed Onodera pointed at Admiral Niu Meng and scolded. Previously, Mabe asked to buy weapons from the new army in a low voice, but he was refused, which hurt Onodera's self-esteem a lot. Now, the Xinhua Army flatly denied that they had any connection with those pirates, which made him even more angry. He was young and vigorous, and he was impulsive, so he broke out on the spot.

At this moment, the music in the banquet hall had stopped, and everyone's eyes were focused on it. Some of the ministers of the Cabinet of the Interior of Xinhua also realized that there was a problem here and hurried here.

General Niu Meng, Chief of the General Staff of the Xinhua Army, his face was gloomy as water, he was in Xinhua Kingdom, he could be described as a high authority, in the powerful Xinhua Army, except for King Long Yufei, he was the highest-ranking general, and no one dared to point at his nose and scold him for a long time.

Mabe Quansheng was even more frightened half to death, Onodera didn't know the strength of the Xinhua Army, but he knew it very well. If they offend the Xinhua Army, then if they want to return to Japan safely, it will be almost impossible, and it will even bring a sorrow to the whole of Japan!

"Onodera-kun, what are you doing? Don't apologize to the general yet. You and your family will bring disaster because of your rudeness! Mabe Kansheng hurriedly scolded.

"Adult, I'm not wrong, it's these Chinese who deceive people too much!" Onodera Sannori said with his neck tilted.

"Very well, boy, what's your name?" Admiral Niu Meng asked in a deep voice. (To be continued......)