Chapter 79: Kawaguchi Aven admits intimidation

With only a few rounds of shelling, the Wantong Chamber of Commerce scared away the Japanese soldiers on the dock. Without bloodshed, they occupied the entire dock.

Zhao Chongyang ordered that 50 soldiers be left with 1,000 pirates to guard the docks and ships, and the rest of the 10,000 people went to surround Nagasaki City.

On this afternoon, the defeated Miyamoto Takenari reported the battle to the Nagasaki lord Kawaguchi Aven.

As soon as Kawaguchi Awen heard that the two sides did not engage in a short battle at all, he was released by the Celestial Empire for a series of thunderbolts, and more than 1,000 casualties were imposed. He asked Miyamoto Takenari and Matsuoka Tokuichi, "What kind of spell is this?" I actually have to use the thunder to hurt people. ”

Both shook their heads, unable to answer at all. The three of them were silent for a while, and Miyamoto Takeshi suddenly said: "It shouldn't be a spell, because when I saw them make a thunder, I didn't see the mage doing it at all. This iron bullet and iron sand are things to ward off evil spirits, whether it is a thing that people who make spells or witchcraft hide from it, how dare they use it when they do it? I listened to the sound, which was sometimes dull, similar to the sound of a cannon fire, and the smell of gunpowder smoke after they had let go of the thunder. Therefore, this kind of thing must be a hurtful weapon related to artillery battles. ”

Kawaguchi Awen said: "It seems to make sense for you to say that. By the way, when we set off the cannon during the festival, if the cannon falls to the ground and explodes, it will also blow up some stones, sand and paper. It seems that the mysterious weapon is really something related to firecrackers. Things related to firecrackers must be related to gunpowder, but unfortunately these are all things made by the people of the Celestial Empire, and we Japanese people know very little about these things. ”

Just when Kawaguchi and Awen were making various analyses and speculations about Zhao Chongyang's artillery, Zhao Chongyang had already taken seven or eight hundred soldiers from the Wantong Chamber of Commerce and 10,000 newly collected slaves to completely surround Nagasaki City.

The walls of Nagasaki Castle are not particularly high, and there are four gates in total: south, south, and north. Luda and Zhang Shun were at the north gate with two hundred soldiers and two thousand slaves, Wu Song and Zhang Heng were at the west gate with the same men and horses, Fang Tianjie and his wife were at the east gate, and the rest of the generals and main forces were at the south gate.

There were more than 4,000 people in Nagasaki City, more than 4,000 people who had returned from the docks, plus more than 1,000 people and 1,000 slaves left behind in the city, and Kawaguchi Awen still had 7,000 people in the city. So now he wants Miyamoto Takenari and others to stick to the four gates and the city wall, and wait until two or three days later, reinforcements from all over the country will come one after another, and then he will be able to defeat the people of Middle-earth.

It's just that Zhao Chongyang didn't give him time, and Zhao Chongyang decided to attack from the four gates of the southeast, northwest, and west at the same time. Ten artillery pieces were placed outside each gate, and at about five o'clock in the afternoon, the arrows were fired, and the gates were blasted open with artillery.

At about 5 o'clock in the afternoon, Pang Wanchun shot arrows into the sky, and the artillery pieces outside were ignited at the same time. Only the south gate was slightly stronger, and it was completely destroyed after two rounds of shelling, and the remaining three gates were gone in the first round, and then the cannon muzzle was raised, and in the rumbling cannon, the arrow tower on the city was destroyed in an instant like paper paste. On each castle tower, there were soldiers who had fallen back from the docks, knowing the power of the artillery, and in a terrible scream, they ran out, and the fortifications that Kawaguchi Abun and Miyamoto Takenari thought were impregnable disappeared in an instant.

This time Miyamoto Takenari did not have the luck of last time, he supervised the battle at the south gate, when the city gate was destroyed by the second round of artillery, he hid on the city tower and commanded the archers to block the city gate, as long as the men and horses of the Celestial Empire rushed to the firing range, they would shoot with bows and arrows, even if they could not prevent the enemy from entering the city, they would be selected to suffer certain casualties. Who knew that they didn't give him a chance to save any face, and the third round of shelling came, and a solid cannonball was rushing into his chest, instantly blasting him into several large pieces, and all the stumps and broken arms were buried in the collapsed city tower.

"Rush!" Shi Jin, Pang Wanchun and his wife, Li Jun, Qian Xiaobo, Zhou Qing and others rushed in with thousands of people, only Qian Xiaoan took fifty guards to protect Zhao Chongyang and four little beauties and Zhou Dong's old knights, and stayed at the south gate with more than 30 artillerymen.

The battle was soon over. Half an hour later, Li Jun sent someone to invite Zhao Chongyang, Zhou Tong and others to the lord's mansion in Kawaguchi Awen to discuss the aftermath.

Zhou Tong and Zhao Chongyang and others came to the richly decorated lord's mansion, and walked into the Yin'an Palace, which was similar to the king of Middle Earth, Zhou Tong sat down at the head of the guest seat, and Zhao Chongyang was pushed to the main seat by everyone and sat down. Li Jun roared: "Lord Nagasaki of Fusang Country, why don't you come and ask my little master for guilt." A side door of the main hall opened, and a Fuso nobleman in his forties, dressed in sergeant-printed silk, walked out tremblingly and fell to his knees at the foot of the steps. Originally, he sat on the high lord's throne and cleaned up his subordinates and disobedient slaves, but today he has become a prisoner who can be slaughtered.

I saw that after he knelt down, like the Emperor Toba who had met them, he bowed three times respectfully, and cried while knocking: "The sinful people of Fusang Kingdom pay a visit to Zhao Gongzi, a noble man of the kingdom. This morning, when your merchant ships entered my port, it was my people who misinformed me that I thought that pirates were going to go ashore to burn and loot, so I ordered an army to rise up to fight against the merchant self-defense forces of the upper country. Everything is due to the fault of Saigo Yokoichi, the leader of the port guards, and he has already ordered his entire family to be beheaded. The big mistake has been made, please Zhao Gongzi see my sincere repentance on my face, let me go this time, I am willing to double the reward for all losses. ”

Zhao Chongyang raised his right hand slightly, sat on it and said, "Since you sincerely repent, I won't embarrass you, get up and sit and reply." Matsuyama plank, for the lord of Kawaguchi to sit. ”

Blackstone Weathering moved a chair from a distance: "Report to the master, the steward of Matsuyama has been ordered to bring people outside to maintain order, so that I will obey the master's call here." ”

"Okay, go ahead."

"Kawaguchi Awen, let me ask you, are you willing to be friends with our Wantong Chamber of Commerce sincerely, or do you continue to play yin with us?" Zhao Chongyang asked sternly.

Kawaguchi Awen said: "I am willing to be friends with you, and I will never dare to play yin in front of you." As I said, I am willing to compensate you for your losses this time. If you have any requests, as long as I can do it, I will do my best to do it. ”

Fang Tianjun said: "Lord Kawaguchi, you said that you are willing to compensate us for our losses, I am afraid that even if you have the heart, you may not be able to compensate in full." Do you know how expensive the shells we used this time were? When you heard this muffled thunder, we lost a shell of the Heavenly Thunder God Cannonball, the material used for this cannonball was obtained from a very distant place by the Persian Hu merchants, just to make the raw materials of these cannonballs, our young master spent hundreds of thousands of yuan, after the materials were returned, it took hundreds of workers to spend 64 processes, it took a year to make 1,000 grains, this time in order to deal with you and reduce casualties, we used more than 300 grains. The cost of each grain is 10,000 yuan, and you say that if you taste it according to the price, these more than 300 grains will be discounted by more than 3 million yuan. I think that in the entire country of Fuso, only your Emperor Toba can get such a huge amount of money. ”

When Kawaguchi Awen heard Fang Tianjun say this, he was immediately a little confused, is this a deliberate blackmail? I felt a little like the six gods in my heart, and I was sweating profusely.

When Zhao Chongyang saw his expression, he knew that he was frightened by Fang Tianjun's words. Xin said: "This Tianjun is strange enough to bluff people." In order to ease the atmosphere, Zhao Chongyang said again: "Of course, Tianjie just said that those shells are worth more than three million yuan, which is a bit exaggerated, but it is indeed the truth that they are worth about one million yuan. Otherwise, such a powerful weapon, referring to that and that, you said that your Fusang Kingdom would not have been incorporated into the territory of the Great Song Dynasty long ago. It is precisely because the cost is so high that even the royal family cannot afford it. Although the cost of this war is so high, I have no intention of making you pay for it in full. In this case, you can compensate me for this pier outside Nagasaki Castle, and in the future, your ship will not be charged for the use of the pier. Sell me your Nagasaki Castle and the surrounding 100 miles of territory, and you will sell hundreds of thousands of slaves for one or two thousand. I know that there are many female slaves and few male slaves, and I want fourteen thousand female slaves and six thousand male slaves, all of whom are under thirty years old and over twelve years old. The price shall be according to the price of your Fuso country, and after all these prices have been obliged, you can settle the account in cash or pay for it with goods. I have a batch of high-end playthings made of the best water jade here, and you will definitely make a lot of money when you bring them to Jinghu. After speaking, Zhao Chongyang asked Qian Xiaoan to send someone to bring a suitcase, Zhao Chongyang used the key on his body to unlock the lock, opened the lid of the box, Zhao Chongyang took out a few mirrors made by his mirror factory from the box and put them on the wooden frame, and asked Qian Xiaoan to take it and let Kawaguchi Awen see it himself, this new style mirror of five water jade, I bought it from Hu Shang, the purchase price is 100,000 yuan, and now I don't make your money, only 500,000 taels of silver are worth you, plus this water jade Guanyin Bodhisattva is worth 200,000 taels, this box has a total of ten water jade jade pei, It is also discounted by 200,000 yuan, this bottle of perfume, only the water jade glass bottle is discounted by 100,000 yuan, and the perfume inside is almost free for you, and some things are discounted by a total of 1 million taels, is it enough for Nagasaki City and slaves and territory just mentioned? ”

Kawaguchi Awen said excitedly: "In the early years, there were also Persian Hu merchants who came to our Fusang country, a water jade bead was sold for 30,000 yuan, a water jade jade pei and the weight of the bead is about the same, but this is obviously not turbid, no blisters, good light transmittance, at least worth 30,000 guan, you only fold 20,000 guan I did earn a lot, and my land and slaves are obviously not worth a million guan, in this way, I will give the territory to one hundred and fifty li, and the slaves on this part of the territory will add another 10,000 people, and then some old people and children in Wanjiang will also be given to you, So that the whole family of slaves would be together, and as long as there was something to eat, they would not run away. ”

"Okay, just do as you say. Anyway, you have two other lord cities, so it's been a long time to move the family here, give up the city, and then draw the boundaries of the territory, and give you the things. ”

In this way, after the grace and power of Zhao Chongyang and others, Kawaguchi Awen was convinced, and the two sides turned their rivalry into jade silk and reached an understanding......