"Your general sent you?" It's still the same island we met last time, Liu Xiang asked absentmindedly as she glanced at the envoy sent by Tokugawa Iemitsu.

"Back to General Liu, I was ordered by the general to come to visit General Liu." The messenger said with a smile, and after speaking, he pointed to a large pile of boxes behind him, and spoke again without waiting for Liu Xiang to speak.

"Mr. Liu, this is a gift specially brought to you."

"Oh?" Liu Xiang moved her eyelids.

"If it's not a festival, what kind of gift do you give?"

"Our general said that since you were in charge of our business in Japan, we have not had a chance to contact you. No, I just happened to come to tell you about Nabeshima Katsushige, so I brought the gift together. It's nothing special, just some silver. It's not much, it's only 500,000 taels. ”

"Five hundred thousand taels? Nothing more? Liu Xiang glanced at the person in front of him with some surprise.

"When did you become so rich?"

"Hehe, Mr. Liu, it's Japan, not the Japanese country." The messenger corrected with a smile.

"It's good, it's good, it's Japan, it's good, it's so good, it's so good, I have to call it Japan. Could it be that all of you like Japan itself, so it's called Japan? Liu Xiang's two words made the messenger's face blue and white for a while.

Day itself, how can there be such an understanding.

"Mr. Liu, Japan means the country of the rising sun. Because Japan is located in the east, you can see the sunrise first every morning, so it is called Japan. ”

"Oh." Liu Xiang nodded noncommittally, no matter what you guys call it on the street, the Wa Kingdom is the Wa State.

"Let's talk about silver, why are you generals so generous? Something? He was pretending to be clear, so that the messenger didn't know how to speak, and after thinking for a long time, he held back a sentence.

"Mr. Liu, isn't this still a matter of your losing a soldier on the territory of Nabeshima Katsumao. Our general felt sorry for you, so he sent me to apologize to you, hoping that your men would be merciful. This business has been suspended for some days, and the losses are not small. ”

"Oh, that's it." Liu Xiang suddenly realized.

"I want to show mercy to my subordinates, but this matter has been reported layer by layer, and our Emperor His Majesty has already known about it, and he is very angry, and he ordered that no matter what, he must find out the results, and said that none of my Ming soldiers should be missing. If you live to see people, you have to see corpses when you die, and if you can't see corpses, you have to know why there are no corpses! If it were you, what would you do if your general ordered this? And what kind of pot and what island, with the silver, you want me to give up the pursuit, what? Haven't I seen money Liu Xiang? Not to mention a mere 100,000 taels of silver, even if it is 500,000 taels, if I am not happy, I will not even look at it. What the hell! ”

"Yes, yes, Mr. Liu is high-spirited, and Nabeshima Katsushige's kid is not sensible. I'll ask our general to punish him well. The envoy secretly scolded Liu Xiang's sanctimoniousness, but his mouth was echoing.

"General Liu, to tell you the truth, when my general learned about this, he was furious and immediately reprimanded Nabeshima Katsushige severely. He was ordered to investigate the matter thoroughly, and the general felt that it was not enough, so he sent me to offer his condolences. This 500,000 taels of silver, General Liu must accept it, regardless of whether the soldiers of your department can find it or not, this silver should be his pension! We don't know the soldier's family either, and it's not convenient to go to Daming, so we have to trouble Mr. Liu to help for the sake of the close proximity and trade between the two sides for many years, so as not to let their family life be ruined. Moreover, I also ask General Liu to mediate with His Majesty the Emperor and restore trade between the two sides as soon as possible. Otherwise, every day of stopping, it will be a big loss for both sides, right? "I have to say that this envoy is quite level, and he has grasped the elements of negotiation at once.

I'm going to give you money, but I don't say I'll give you money directly. You want my money, because I beg you to help me do things, so that you can receive it with confidence and comfort.

Sure enough, under his words, an unconscious smile finally appeared on Liu Xiang's face. At this time, the messenger knew that he had guessed correctly.

Let's just say, there are no people in this world who don't want money, either they don't think they have enough money, or their reasons are not enough.

So in order to strike while the iron was hot, he continued to speak: "General Liu, our general also said. As long as General Liu is willing to help facilitate this matter, after the matter is completed, the general will be thanked. And in future business dealings, I will also give the general some... Hey, hey...", and at the end, the messenger smiled meaningfully.

Liu Xiang glanced at him, and then showed an expression that I understand.

"What do you call a brother?" Liu Xiang's face began to smile, and he seemed to be interested in the messenger in front of him.

"My name is Taro Guard."

"Good name!" Shit, what a bullshit name.

"Betel nut brother, if I think about it carefully, what you said is not unreasonable, but I really can't make the decision on this matter. In this way, I will present a letter to Your Majesty, and tell you the ins and outs of this matter again, and I think his old man will definitely know about it! ”

"Then thank you Mr. Liu! Mr. Liu just calls me Taro Guard. ”

"Okay, betel nut."

“......”

"Betel nut, you bring everything back. Before the thing was said, it was not appropriate! ”

"Huh? How can you say that. said that it was a pension for Liu Zongbing's subordinates, how could he bring it back? It's in Mr. Liu's place! Taro Bei waved his hand and said proudly.

"Then, since you believe in me so much, let this silver be here. Let's go, I'll send you! ”

"If you don't send it, you don't dare to work with General Liu."

"Then, I won't send it?" Liu Xiang pretended to stop his feet, which had not yet stepped out.

"Mr. Liu, please stay." Taro Bei walked away, and he was in a much better mood than when he came.

The task assigned by the general has finally been completed, as for the 500,000 taels of silver sent out, is it about him?

Anyway, it's all from Nabeshima's family. Liu Xiang watched Taro Bei leave, and the false smile on his face gradually froze.

"Commander, you are... Your Majesty's side..."Chen Hualong, a henchman beside him, asked puzzled.

He wondered why Liu Xiang's behavior was so abnormal, completely contrary to the orders of his superiors.

"These people always think that they can get things done with money. But they don't want to think about it, there are some things that can't be solved by any amount of money. But then again, if I hadn't understood His Majesty's plan, maybe I would have been really moved. If he sends it, he will give it away, and when the time comes, he will give it to His Majesty. Now the time for all the troops and horses to assemble and start a war is approaching. But Hualong, do you know why I am not moved by so much silver? ”

"I don't know."

"Because in this world, no one gives more than His Majesty!"