Li Xiao and Mori Terumoto sat opposite each other, and Li Xiao unceremoniously looked at the Japanese Warring States celebrity.

Mori Terumen looks a little old, and it is estimated that he should be about sixty years old. The eagle's nose is hooked, the face is folded, and the eyes are very similar to those of an eagle. A big nose and a big mouth, deep nasolabial folds extend from the wings of the nose to the corners of the mouth. A black samurai suit with the Maori family crest embroidered on it.

It gives the impression that this is a man-eating tiger, squatting there ready to choose a person to eat.

is worthy of being one of the five bosses left behind by Toyotomi Hideyoshi! The coercion exuded from his body made Li Xiao feel very uncomfortable.

Both of them were testing each other with momentum, and Maori Huiyuan also thought that this guy, who claimed to be the chief soldier of Daming Mountain Customs, seemed to be too young.

"Your Excellency came to Hagi Castle for what?" Maori Huiyuan finally spoke, and Ai Husheng hurriedly translated his words to Li Xiao.

"For the future of the Maori family!"

"The future of my Maori family?" Mori Terumoto asked strangely. The future of your own family is your business.

"The Battle of Sekigahara was lost by your Western Army, and Tokugawa Ieyasu became the shogun of the shogunate. Your territory has been cut down again and again, and the ancestral son of your Mori family, Yasui, has also been taken away by Tokugawa Ieyasu and given to the Yoshikawa Hiroshi family who betrayed you.

You are one of the five family bosses left behind by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and I don't believe you can endure such humiliation. So, I'm coming to you. Hopefully, we can work together to bring the Māori home back to life. At the very least, the former sphere of influence of the Maori family should be restored. ”

"Why? Why are you helping me? Maori Huiyuan's eagle-like eyes looked directly at Li Xiao and asked.

"Quite simply, your power is currently the most weakened. Your men are also in a state of hunger, and you used to have many territories. So you have a lot of samurai under your command, but you don't have so many fiefdoms now. What do you feed your samurai?

As far as I know, your finances are on the verge of depletion. You're going to have to raise your taxes to feed the extra mouths. But if you increase taxes like this, the people will become more and more miserable. Your fiefdom in Nagato and Zhou Fangguo is your last turf, if there is chaos here. You won't even have a place to stand in the future, and what face do you have to meet your grandfather underground.

That's why I came to your alliance, and the guys of the Nine Ghosts Jialong are in full swing. Even if I find an alliance with others now, they won't agree. ”

"What do you want?" Maori Huiyuan knew that there was no free lunch in the world, and since Li Xiao put forward the conditions, he would naturally ask for something.

"It's very simple, at present, our current action this time is to severely damage the Nine Ghosts Jialong. Some time ago, they robbed the Jurchens of a lot of gold, and I want to get it back. You'll be counted when the time comes! How is it? ”

"Hahaha!" Maori Huiyuan laughed wildly, almost out of breath.

Now he can almost determine that the kid in front of him is a fake. The Nine Demons Yoshitaka is a celebrity in the eyes of Tokugawa Ieyasu, and he played a great role in the Battle of Sekigahara back then. His Kumano Naval Army, known as the Hachiman Pirates, fought viciously with Kyushu's Tsubo, Goto and other naval forces at its peak.

The naval army of Murakami Buyoshi under Mori Terumoto was wiped out under the blow of the Nine Ghosts Yoshitaka.

Now the Nine Ghosts Kataka Tokugawa Ieyasu took a fancy to it, and formed an alliance with Shimazu, Changzhou and other domains. The power is simply in full swing, and he doesn't dare to underestimate this pirate name. The doll in front of him said that he had snatched gold from him. It's a joke within a joke!

"Mr. Maori doesn't believe me?"

"Grab it!" Before Li Xiao's question could be translated, Kobayakawa Ryukyo immediately roared. The samurai, who had been waiting outside the door for a long time, immediately rushed in. One of them, a tall, well-dressed samurai, drew his katana and slashed it diagonally at Li Xiao's shoulder.

The sword flashed, and Jiang Chaozong didn't even have time to react. The knife had already been chopped down, and Jiang Chaozong was sideways in front of Li Xiao. wants to use his body to help Li Xiao block this knife.

"Smack!" With a crisp gunshot, the katana erupted with dazzling sparks. A bullet hit the sword, directly breaking the katana in half. The broken blade slashed an inch across the tip of Jiang Chaozong's nose and swept almost against his face.

"Bang Bang!" Three more shots were fired in succession, and all the samurai who rushed in were shot in the shoulder. The whole person screamed and fell backwards!

More samurai rushed in, but Li Xiao pointed his still smoking gun at Mori Terumoto opposite him. And Jiang Chaozong also took out a short gun at this time and aimed it at Maori Xiuzhong, who wanted to pounce.

The samurai were dumbfounded, and the gunfire just now rang out. No one dared to say whether there were any bullets in the strange-looking gun in this kid's hand. If he hurt Maori Terumoto's father and son in order to catch him, no one can afford this consequence.

"Lord, do you think the boy is talking big? You can send someone to inquire about the fact that last month, the Nine Ghosts Jialong went out to sea to attack one of my islands. As a result, after I killed and wounded more than 1,000 people, I took more than 600 prisoners. If it weren't for the cannons at that time, the Nine Ghosts Jialong wouldn't have escaped my hands.

Now I have cast cannons, but I have fewer ships. And there are few equipment for crossing the sea, so I chose to cooperate with you. This time, the gold that the Nine Ghosts Jialong snatched from the Jurchens should be no less than 20,000 taels. I promise you that you will divide the gold equally when the deed is done, and I believe that there is this gold. You should be able to feed your subordinates for a while!

If you need to, I can also put you in touch with King Ri Yan of Joseon. Let him sell you some rice, believing that you need it now.

And we will have more cooperation in the future, and I will help you become the number one daimyo in Japan again. The power is even more than that of Tokugawa Ieyasu, how? ”

"What do you want?" Faced with the muzzle of the gun, Mori Terumen was still able to ask questions. It can be seen that the title of the five guys is well deserved.

"This time I want gold, and next time I want your full support. Because I'm understaffed with sailors right now! Also, I want the Japanese market. I have a lot of goods that need to be dumped throughout Japan through you. Rest assured, I have always done things in line with the principle of win-win.

I have interests, and I definitely have yours. Only when both sides make money will the alliance be healthy and long-lasting. What do you say? ”

Maori Huiyuan was silent, and Li Xiao's conditions were quite tempting for him. If he could really get 10,000 taels of gold after the deed, it would greatly alleviate his poor finances. Precisely, because of the sharp reduction of fiefdoms. Maori Huiyuan's subordinates are almost out of food.

Li Xiao's plan to buy North Korean rice is undoubtedly a relief for Maori Huiyuan. A few days ago, Mori Terumen even had the idea of going to North Korea to grab rice.

Motoharu Yoshikawa leaned over and whispered something in Mori's ear. Mori Terumoto glanced at Yoshikawa Motoharu in surprise, and then ordered: "Xiuzhong! You entertain this distinguished guest well, and I will discuss the conditions proposed by Lord Li with the retainers, and then give you an answer!" ”

At the critical moment, Maori Terumo's indecisive character was once again exposed. At that time, he stayed in the fortified Osaka Castle at a critical moment, and missed the best opportunity to defeat Tokugawa Ieyasu.

Li Xiao has nothing to do about this. This is a personality problem, and there is basically no solution.

Letting the heir, Mori Hidetada, accompany him, is another attitude. It means that it is not good for Li Xiao again, and no one will risk their heir. Especially now, when Mori Terumen is in his sixties.

Li Xiao had no choice but to retreat with Maori Xiuzhong.

Receiving these things is nothing more than eating and drinking, although the Maori family is down. But geisha can still afford it, but Li Xiao really can't enjoy this Dongying culture.

The woman's face was smeared with a thick layer of powder, and her eyebrows were painted into two black balls. His lips were as red as if he had just drunk human blood, and the most painful thing was that his teeth had to be painted black. Three or five people were wrapped in silk cloth and carrying pillows, swaying in circles.

The dancing posture is not graceful, and the figure is not protruding. How awkward it looks!

It's not that there are no beautiful women, Aoi-sensei, Hata-sensei, Ozawa-sensei. There is also the late Muto Sensei, where are these excellent artists who are both virtuous and artistic.

What makes Li Xiao unbearable the most is sake!

This thing says liquor, but it doesn't have as much alcohol as liquor. It's a beer bar, it's a little higher than the beer content. As soon as you drink it, you can drink it by catty, and Lao Tzu is a good drinker. His mother's bladder capacity doesn't allow Lao Tzu to continue drinking!

To drink this thing, you definitely need to have more capacity than the amount of alcohol.

A glass of sake, a form of ash. One thought back and forth, spend the rest of your life without regrets.

Li Xiao now dies of fucking regret, and he never wants to drink this sake again in his life. The liver did not protest to the body, the bladder protested.

was really worried about his bladder, and Li Xiao could only say goodbye to Maori Xiu. and resolutely rejected Maori Xiuzhong's attempt to enthusiastically send several geisha to Li Xiao.

It's not bad enough to get a few of these things back. It's awkward to look at!

Where are all those artists who are both virtuous and artistic?

With a wine burp, he returned to his ship under the escort of Mori Hidetada. As soon as he returned to the boat, Li Xiao felt a pain in his head, after determining that this was the first symptom of alcoholism, not the symptoms of poisoning.

Li Xiao fell asleep!

In the middle of the night, I woke up in a daze. Seeing that Li Hu was still by his side, he just wanted to speak. As soon as the mouth opened, the sake in the stomach squirted out.

Li Hu hurriedly pushed the prepared wooden basin to him, and vomited half of the basin before he could be regarded as spitting out the sake in his stomach. It's so uncomfortable to have this thing in my stomach, and I can't get stuck or not. Now that I'm comfortable, my dizzy head seems to have come to my senses all of a sudden.

"Big brother! Rinse your mouth with a cup of tea! Li Hu brought a cup of tea and brought it to Li Xiao's mouth.

I rubbed my head and felt comfortable in my stomach when I stood up. The half-baked food of the Japanese people is uncomfortable to eat!

took the tea in Li Hu's hand, drank it, rinsed his mouth, and drank most of it. When the stomach is empty, it is easiest to get hungry when drinking tea, and the stomach that has just been empty immediately "gurgling" and "gurgling" screamed.

"Huzi! Look at what's in the kitchen and get some. Fuck this god-horse thing eaten by the Japanese people, and a bird can fade out of the half-baked mouth. ”

"I knew that my eldest brother would be hungry, and I have prepared it for you. It's wrapped in cotton cloth, and it's still hot! Li Hu actually took out a fat chicken with butter and yellow from the cage drawer holding the quilt.

I was really hungry, so I tore off a chicken leg and started eating. Li Hu took out a bowl of gruel from the cage drawer again, and Li Xiao, who was eating greasy, couldn't care about praising Li Hu. With a thumbs up, I started sucking and drinking.

This is a brother, and it is impossible for the two surnames to be so thoughtful.

Li Xiao suddenly stopped eating chicken and looked at Li Hu in a daze for a while. That's not right! The single-celled Li Hu actually has this brain, when did he have such a good brain?

"Big ......! Big brother, what are you looking at me doing, eat quickly! ”

"Wait a minute! Who did you learn this from? ”

Li Hu rubbed his hands and was a little embarrassed: "Yanyun Sect, say that you have drunk too much and have to prepare tea." And chicken, porridge or something......! ”

Li Xiao nodded, knowing why Li Hu didn't sleep so late and waited for him. It turned out that it was still for the sake of his daughter-in-law's regularization, and it could be seen that Li Hu and Yanyun had really come together. Otherwise, Li Hu, who is a single cell, would never listen to Yanyun's words like this.

"The third! Your second brother is also for the good of our family, Yanyun's reputation is really ......! Can't get on the table! As soon as the will of the imperial court came down, the second child became the captain of Zhaoxin. You're also a seven-grade boss now!

Don't look at me as a big brother, some things are not just said and forgotten. There was a system in the court, and the family was against it. My head of our family, I said that I was biased towards you in this matter, and if there is something else in the future, what will you let me do.

I think you will let Yan Rong be a side house first, and give an explanation to everyone left and right. If you are really good, you will not marry, and it will be the same! Maybe we will ...... in the future! ”

"Big brother! My tiger is an old man, and if I can't give my beloved woman a name, what is it? It's always a broken official, I don't want it. I just want to give Yanrong a name, and I can't just follow me so inexplicably. Li Hu said angrily.

Li Xiao has two big heads, and Li Hu is a strong seed. If you identify a door, you won't change it!

But the second Li Xiu is also a person who admits death, and the kiln sister who has been identified as a lowly cannot enter the door of the Li family.

"It's not impossible, if you make military achievements. In the future, when Your Majesty receives you, you can ask Your Majesty for marriage. In this way, not only can those officials in the court no longer chew their tongues, but it is estimated that your second brother will also accept it. Li Xiao had no choice but to drag it back.

"Military merit!" Li Hu's eyes lit up suddenly.

ps: The things and characters of the Japanese daimyo in this book are all fictional, and the old dragon is just quoting the name, please do not sit in the opposite seat. Don't think that if you know some of the history of Japan's Warring States period, you will show it off in front of the old dragon.