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It was another boring day, and Sakai Muneyo sat alone in the big room to deal with official business. The ninja didn't have any news, and he felt that it might not be good news.

Suddenly, a samurai rushed in from the outside, and as soon as he entered the gate, he fell and his sword flew away. "Black Ship!" He exclaimed, "Black ship! Black Ship"

"Pull it down," said Sakai Muneyo, "and give him ten lashes first, so that he can sober up." ”

The poor warrior was dragged down and whipped ten times, until his skin was torn open and he was dying. But even so, he muttered the words "black ship" in his mouth.

Samurai came to report one after another, and it was not until the third group of samurai that Sakai Muneyo finally figured out what was going on.

A steel giant ship, flying the flag of the Nanjia Fleet, openly broke into Edo Bay. The shogunate sailors guarding the sea were routed almost without resistance. I don't know what I was beaten by at all. I saw that the fire on the big iron ship flashed, and the ship exploded. In just half a day, the elite sailors were wiped out.

Why?

Sakai Muneyo couldn't figure it out at all. It was an elite unit of naval divisions directly under the shogunate, equipped with ironclad ships and the latest Western Hongyi cannons. Compared with them, the sailors who came to the island could only count a few small shrimps.

That's an ironclad!

He hammered the table in front of him, and the pen holder jumped. It doesn't make sense! He thought that the samurai who had come to report must have made a mistake. Battles at sea are changing, and it is not uncommon to fail to see the flag clearly. Perhaps, it was the shogunate navy that sank Li Huamei's ship. Li Huamei killed Laidao, and there must be a captured ironclad ship in his hand. Those fools thought it was the shogunate sailor when they saw the ironclad, and they couldn't recognize it clearly.

Well, that's a reasonable explanation. The shogunate sailors were extremely elite, how could they be defeated?

At this moment, there was a sudden boom, and the entire house of Ohiroma collapsed. Sakai looked up in surprise and saw the huge beams of the burning roof pressing down on him, followed by darkness in front of him

There is no such good thing as crossing, and Sakai Muneshi hangs.

"Enemy attack!"

"Enemy attack!"

The samurai guarding the surrounding area were running around like flies, completely unaware of where the attack was coming from.

For no reason, Ohiroma suddenly exploded into a ball of fire. The samurai patrolling under the porch were blown up to a height of eight feet and fell into a pond dozens of meters away.

Someone hurriedly reported to the shogun, Tokugawa Iemitsu. Less than an hour after the bombing, he rushed to the scene.

It was too late, and when the young general arrived at the scene, he only picked up half of Sakai Muneyo's right hand. He was still holding a tube of brushes in his hand, and the ink had not yet dried, probably writing something.

The young shogun looked around with a confused expression. "What's going on?" He asked.

No one could answer his question. No one could figure out why the location of Ohiroma suddenly exploded into a big crater.

"Perhaps...... Gunpowder in it? Someone ignited the gunpowder? A very young samurai guessed.

Tokugawa Iemitsu glanced at him and shook his head: "Sakai Qing is not so stupid, put a pile of gunpowder in the usual office place. ”

There was a strong smell of gunpowder smoke in the air, which was indeed very much like a gunpowder explosion. However, this does not make any sense at all. According to the shogunate law, the gunpowder used in the firearm must be stored away from important institutions, and there must be a pool of water around it. An important minister like Sakai Muneyo has countless guards around him. Who can avoid countless pairs of eyes and secretly send a pile of gunpowder to his office?

In all fairness, Tokugawa Iemitsu was not a stupid shogun. He once went into battle with his grandfather Tokugawa Ieyasu and saw bloody battlefields. However, a 200-kilogram cruise missile flew in from the sea of Tokyo Bay, dozens of kilometers away, and accurately hit the place where Sakai Muneyo worked. It was too mysterious, and it was not something he could imagine.

It was a weapon ahead of its time, and he couldn't be blamed for his lack of knowledge.

On board the Red Cossack, the Red Vanguard impassionedly declared his victory, saying that he had just "severely punished the capitalist villains." It repaired the largest horn on the ship with some parts from stock, and has since used it as its propaganda machine.

Most of the people on the ship have long been accustomed to the shouting of "red ghosts", and they will shout casually, and their faces will not change.

Just now, a team of patrol waterproof divisions approached, and the red vanguard was not polite at all, so they broke away.

Looking at the burning ironclad ship on the sea surface of Edo Bay, Nan Xiao shook his head. The ships were too slow and were simply fixed targets in front of the double-barreled guns of the Red Cossacks. The aim of the Red Vanguard was impeccable. Wind deviation, advance amount, sea surface wave fluctuations...... All ballistic factors were taken into account, and the explosive bomb was specially replaced. One shot, one ship, never slips through the net.

Many battle-hardened shogunate sailors are now dumplings in Tokyo Bay, struggling desperately on the sea.

"Bring a few people up, and ask for a higher status," Nan Xiao instructed, "write a letter and ask them to bring it to Tokugawa Iemitsu." Tell him how Sakai Muneyo died. Tell him why Sakai Muneyo died. Then tell him...... Surrender as soon as possible. ”

Standing in the middle of the deck, looking out at the smoke-rising Edo Castle, he said, "Tell them that if Tokugawa Iemitsu still refuses to sign a peace treaty by this time tomorrow, the shogunate will have to change his shogun." ”

Half a day later, a written pleadings were presented to Tokugawa Iemitsu with trepidation.

As the beloved grandson of the first shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu and the eldest son of the second shogun Tokugawa Hidetada, Tokugawa Iemitsu received the best Sinology education from an early age. He could see the pleadings in front of him clearly, and he didn't need to translate them at all.

"Bastard, rude!"

He slammed the table hard, his eyes blazing, staring at the writing in front of him.

The brief pleading, only a few hundred words, is extremely demanding.

The shogunate gave the power to issue the seal to the Nanjia Naval Division. From now on, Nanke Saishi has 100% exclusive trading rights to all ports in Japan. All foreign merchant ships must receive seals from the Nanjia Naval Division before they can dock at the port to replenish supplies and buy and sell goods.

This is also too harsh, it is literally going to make the shogunate die.

Is it tolerable, or is it intolerable? Why don't you gather the samurai of Qiben and fight hard against the Ming Sea Kou?

Not long after the end of the Warring States Rebellion, the smoke of gunpowder has not yet dissipated, is it time to start fighting again?

No, if you can't win it, it's an unequal war at all. The Ming Sea Kou has mastered a terrible weapon, and once they choose to go to war, their destruction is at hand.

Death?

Yes, Tokugawa Iemitsu was very sure that the shogunate army could not win.

The death of Sakai Muneyo is an extremely ominous omen.

The destruction of a patrol division on Edo Bay is the best example of this war.

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