The reason why Kusunoki Masahide swore in his own name and even in the name of his family was because they were now at an important point for the Kusunoki family and the imperial family, and this batch of spices could win them the support of the temple and the onmyoji forces, so they had to obtain it at all costs.

But Liang En has a very respected official status in the Great Song Dynasty, and he can't use those off-the-board tricks in this case, so he can only try to communicate with Liang En to see if he can get credit.

"That's—that's fine. But you have to make a note." After thinking about it for a while, Liang En nodded slightly, he believed that the other party should not dare to hack his money.

After all, with the relationship network he is now building on the side of Da Song, it is enough to make the other party, and even the family behind the other party, pay a painful price after the other party does not fulfill his promise.

"Oh, by the way, I've got something else here." After seeing that the other party had finished making a note, Liang En began to take out bags of 30kg of kraft paper and white sugar from the space ring and stacked them in front of the other party.

"Unlike the spices that are trophies, these are the best sugars that I can provide for a long time, and we can work together on this if you want."

"It's—"

Looking at the ten-ton modern sugar that was taken out by Liang En in front of him, Nanmu Zhengxiu's eyes widened again, because the era of sugar in Yingzhou is not just an ordinary condiment, but a luxury and tonic.

According to the current market retail price, it costs 150 Wen to buy a pound of sugar in the Southern Dynasties of Yingzhou, and it can even be sold for 250 Wen in the Northern Dynasties, which hardly traded with the Great Song Dynasty.

And the white sugar prepared by Liang En this time was a huge number in terms of quality and quantity, so that the other party had to retire again very rudely and contact the family.

"Dare to ask if Your Excellency is willing to accept our official position?" When Kusunoki Masahide walked into this room again, he looked at Liang En with a serious face and asked.

"If you wish, you can give us all the gold except for the slaves and the white sugar you brought, and we are willing to ask for a guardianship for you."

"You're not kidding?" Liang En's eyes widened, the xenophobia of the Yingzhou people was engraved in his bones, and he didn't believe that the other party was willing to pay such a price.

"I can swear to you." Kusunoki Masahide said with a resolute face, "I have obtained the permission of the family, and I have made this vow to you in the name of the family, and even if it fails in the end, I will return you three times the wealth."

For the Kusunoki family, the next period of time is very crucial, they need to get as much leverage as possible for themselves and win the next court battle.

And Liang En's identity and the wealth he brought are very heavy chips for them now, especially the wealth he brings is enough to play a decisive role.

So they're willing to pay the price they need to get their hands on that chip, even something they wouldn't have paid in normal times.

Although full of suspicions, Liang En finally accepted his suggestion, after all, he now has enough wealth, so it is not unacceptable to gamble with some of his wealth.

So ten days after the ship docked here, Liang En, who took advantage of this opportunity to deal with a lot of things and hoard a lot of things, finally got a title of his own in the Yingzhou Southern Dynasty before he got completely bored: Oki Guardian.

According to the envoy, Liang En, who obtained this title, is now legally the most important member of the Oki Kingdom, one of the 66 countries of Yingzhou, and of course he is just a rogue official.

It is an island country in the northern sea of Izumo, with a total area of 346.13 square kilometers. A volcanic archipelago consisting of four large islands and more than 180 smaller islands. It is mainly composed of two main parts known as the front of the island and the back of the island.

Among them, Nishinoshima, Nakanoshima, and Chifuri Island form the front of the island, and the large island is the back of the island, separated by a waterway behind the island. The islands are mountainous terrain with a scarcity of arable land and a lack of fertilizer in the soil, with only a few areas for grazing.

So this place has been used to exile prisoners before, and even a few unlucky emperors and a large number of important ministers have been

He was exiled here.

The island is only a natural harbour and an abundance of seafood, as well as a small number of cedar and pine trees, but unfortunately the surrounding land is not lacking in these.

Because of this series of unfavorable reasons, this territory is only a thousand Guanwen according to the popular Guangao system of this era, although it is called a country, but it is not even as good as some slightly better cities in size. Look at the book

If you look at it according to the later stone system, this place is only 5,000 stones, and it is a place that has no impact on the overall situation at all, and is often regarded as an appendage of the clouds.

On top of that, the island is still in the hands of the Kyogoku family's Kyogoku Takamitsu, and is now a territory loyal to the Northern Dynasty. Therefore, Liang En only got an empty title this time.

However, it is not worthless to obtain this empty title after paying such a big price: on the one hand, with this title, it will be much more convenient for him to do some things here in Yingzhou.

On the other hand, if he does take these two islands in the future, he will be able to legally own them without being ostracized in any way because of his status as a foreigner.

Especially for Liang En, who was planning to explore, this location was stuck between the Great Song Dynasty and Hokkaido Island, so the island could be used as a transit point.

As for the problem of liuguan, it is easy to solve - anyway, there is still a long time ahead, and there is an opportunity to get more in this area.

Thinking of this, he began to check the information brought by the messenger, and found that it did not seem to be particularly difficult to seize the land.

The archipelago is now controlled by the Sasaki family, a member of the Kyogoku family, and the entire island has no more than 10,000 people, and the army on the island is more than 200 people, scattered throughout the island.

At the same time, because of the reality of poverty, the so-called city on the island is actually just a fenced high ground near the port, not so much a city as a fortress of bandits.

There was no difficulty in capturing this place, the reason why the Southern Dynasties did not attack before was purely because of the chaotic armed forces within them, which made it easy for them to capture this place, but it was difficult to hold it.

After all, the resources on the island can only support more than 200 people to be stationed for a long time, and a village that is no different from a bandit cottage can basically not be held by the army.

But for Liang En, it will not be difficult to successfully occupy and manage the land, as long as it is planned.

So the day after he received the title of Oki Guardian, Liang En took the serf he bought on the ship. Then he set sail and headed north.