Chen Liuzi's eyes were about to fall out, and he exclaimed: "War, it really has to be fought!" ”

"Shhh Li Zhaoji motioned for him not to make a loud noise.

Chen Liuzi patted his mouth and said, "Why, aren't things developing for the better?" ”

"In fact, among all the demands, the punishment of the murderer, large compensation, etc., are all false, only one is real, even if the rest do not agree, as long as they promise us a piece of free land, I will accept it." Li Zhaoji said.

"Concession!" Chen Liuzi said in a lost voice.

Li Zhaoji nodded: "Yes, it's the concession." As you can see, Baba Toshige wants to calm things down, but the problem is that if you promise him, it's hard to guarantee that he won't fight back in the future. What's more, he was only one of the two Nagasaki chasers, and he was also the one who did not have a good relationship with the Zheng family.

Let me ask you, next year another commissioner will come and conspire with the Zheng family, can the trade we want continue? Even if this matter is resolved this year, the trade matter will still be yellow next year. Could it be that I will drive the fleet again next year?

Therefore, we can only accept it if an island in the open sea gives us a concession, this is the bottom line. But the problem is that even the Zheng family doesn't have the ability to get such treatment, what about us? ”

Chen Liuzi nodded slightly, feeling that what Li Zhaoji said was very reasonable.

"Are we going to attack Nagasaki and force it to comply?" Chen Liuzi asked.

Li Zhaoji waved his hand: "Put away the unrealistic idea of letting Japan fail, sixth brother, this is Japan, a big country with a population of 20 million, although the emperor is a vacant position, and the shogun is not a word, but it is not something we can deal with, once the fight starts, Nagasaki will have tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, thousands of enemy ships, how can we be opponents?" ”

In the original history, four years later, two armed merchant ships sent by the King of Portugal broke into Nagasaki to restart trade between Portugal and the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, but they were refused, and in order to drive away two Portuguese merchant ships, Japan concentrated 50,000 soldiers and horses, and 2,000 ships of various types in Nagasaki.

This is the strength of Japan as a country, which is beyond the reach of Lee Zhaoji's Oriental Trading Company.

"However, if, according to you, we are not Japan's opponent, we should not go to war with Japan?" Chen Liuzi asked, but he didn't wait for Li Zhaoji to answer, and said: "But even I can see this clearly, it is impossible for the eldest brother not to know, so where is the secret?" ”

Li Zhaoji smiled: "Guess? ”

Chen Liuzi said: "If it is confidential and it is inconvenient to say, I will not ask." ”

Li Zhaoji stretched out his hand to hold Chen Liuzi's hand and said, "Sixth brother, I have nothing to keep secret from you, you are my only brother." We declared war on Japan in order to seek more benefits and a safer environment.

If you think about it, the biggest enemy of the trading company now is not Japan, but the Zheng family, just because we came to Nagasaki to trade, Zheng Zhilong has arranged so many conspiracies and tricks against us, and as long as we declare war on Japan, Zheng Zhilong will choose to make peace with us, at least in the short term.

You imagine, isn't that the truth? ”

Chen Liuzi fell into deep thought, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that this was the truth.

The reason why the Zheng family was hostile to the Oriental Trading Company was not because of the development of the Oriental Trading Company in Tamsui, nor because of its cooperation with the Guangdong gentry, but more directly because Li Zhaoji regarded trade with Japan as an important maritime action, which directly challenged the best interests of the Zheng family.

As long as Li Zhaoji fought a war with Japan, trade would definitely not be able to take place, and the biggest threat to the Zheng family would be lost, and Zheng Zhilong would have no reason to act against the Oriental Trading Company.

Losing Japan as a trading object, the Oriental Trading Company could only focus on Nanyang, which was the sphere of influence of the Dutch, and the cooperation between Li Zhaoji and the Guangdong gentry was huge, and it was inevitable that there would be a direct conflict with the Dutch in Nanyang, and at that time, Zheng Zhilong could sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight.

"But when we went to war with Japan, this trade failed. Big brother, the future expenses of the trading company are all counting on the realization of the goods in the fleet, how to break this dilemma? Chen Liuzi said.

Li Zhaoji smiled: "The so-called trade is asking for money, gold and silver, and gold and silver are not just for trade. Trading companies do business with swords, and we come to trade with sincerity, but if the Japanese don't let us trade peacefully, we have to use swords. ”

Nagasaki Office.

"This damn Zheng Tai, if he hadn't listened to him, why would the situation have come to this point." The temper of the horse farm is uncontrollable in the past few days, and everything that can be smashed in the room has been smashed, but it is still difficult to understand the hatred in his heart.

He still pinned his hopes on calming things down and keeping his official position, so he didn't dare to ask anyone for help at this time, let alone inform the Edo side, and even he didn't dare to let his subordinates know what was going on, so there were not even many people to consult.

Kawamura Mizugen cautiously walked into the room, avoiding the broken porcelain on the floor, he leaned down and bowed his head, cautiously, not daring to provoke the lord in front of him.

"Kawamura-kun, do you have the courage to look at Li Zhaoji and his people?" Toshishige Baba asked.

Kawamura Ruixian said: "I look at this person, and he is by no means an ordinary businessman. In his room, there are many soldiers and soldiers, and there are many fierce and brave people around him, not so much that he is a businessman, but more like a naval commander.

The day before yesterday, I carefully observed this fleet, not only the guns were sharp, but also the armor was complete, and there were many barbarians on the ship, and I even saw Chezhidan. ”

"Chezhidan, you can see clearly, why didn't you say it earlier." Toshishige Baba asked.

Mizuken Kawamura said cautiously, "I'm really not sure, but I just watched those people use katanas and seemed to understand our language, but they didn't talk to them. ”

As if grasping a life-saving straw, he paced back and forth in the room excitedly, and said: "If you can catch a Chezhi Dan, then this conflict can be regarded as famous." ”

"For today's plan, we still have to replace Zheng Sengongzi back first, only by ensuring his safety, it will be convenient for adults to act. As for the statement of Che Zhi Dan, we may not believe it completely, but we have captured a lot of Li Zhaoji's subordinates, and whether there is Che Zhi Dan under his command, we will know as soon as we ask.

What's more, I see that there are many foreigners in its fleet, and the Hongmaoyi alone has a ship, and the prisoners know this. "Mizuken Kawamura has given everything he has for the benefit of the racecourse.

But he is also an honest person, and he has not told Wei Zhiyu and Li Zhaoji about knowing each other.

"Li Zhaoji is really ruthless and deceitful, and asking for a letter of explanation is really a conspiracy, that is, he knows that Zheng Tai and I will guard against each other." Ma Ban Li gritted his teeth and said.

"But this is also a conspiracy, you can see through it, and you have to do it according to his wishes." Mizuken Kawamura said.

"Damn!" Ma Ban Li stomped on the floor fiercely, and said to the little surname guarding outside, "Go and call Zheng Tai." ”

Early the next morning, a customs ship carried Zheng Sen to the port of Nagasaki, and Zheng Tai personally greeted him at the pier.

Zheng Sen got off the boat, but he didn't pay attention to Zheng Tai at all, and went straight to the Zheng family's two dhows, until he reached his own boat, he asked Zheng Tai: "Zheng Tai, where is Shi Lang's thief, hurry up and arrest him, I will cut him with a thousand knives." ”

Zheng Tai knew that Zheng Sen would act like this, but he couldn't really hand over Shi Lang to Zheng Sen.

Although Shi Lang is acting behind his back, and because of a small loss, but in the end, he is wholeheartedly for the Zheng family and Zheng Sen's safety, this kind of person will inevitably be appreciated by Zheng Zhilong, if he is killed by Zheng Sen, it will inevitably cause resentment from the Zheng family, so when Zheng Tai learned that Zheng Sen could come back, he immediately notified Shi Lang to leave early, so as not to kill Zheng Sen.

"Childe, Shi Lang heard that Childe returned safely and knew the evil of Fengjun, so he left early, and I don't know where he is." Zheng Tai said helplessly.

Zheng Sen's chest rose and fell, obviously he couldn't let out this evil breath if he didn't kill Shi Lang, Zheng Sen said to Zheng Tai: "This is Japan, you shelter him, I naturally can't kill him, but you also tell him that I, Zheng Sen, will kill him!" ”

After speaking, Zheng Sen jumped directly on his own ship and ordered to pull the anchor and set sail, Zheng Tai didn't expect Zheng Sen to be like this, and asked, "Eldest prince, where are you going?" ”

"Of course, I went to the open sea and met with Li Zhaoji. I came here to kill Shi Lang, I can't kill him, it's useless to stay here. Zheng Sen responded.

Zheng Tai hurriedly stopped him: "Childe, you finally got out of the tiger's mouth, how can you go to the net?" ”

"Do you really think that Li Zhaoji is holding me hostage, joke, what kind of person he is, how can he be so bad." Zheng Sen threw down a sentence and ordered the fleet to set sail, but the people on both ships were Shi Lang's subordinates, and they could not trust Li Zhaoji, so they threw pleading glances at Zheng Tai.

"Why don't you hurry up and carry Childe to the shore to rest, and you also have to accompany Childe to mess around?" Zheng Tai could never accept Zheng Sen to go back again, and yelled at his subordinates.

Immediately, the boat and the boat moved together, dragged Zheng Sen ashore, and hugged him to rest.

On the second floor of the teahouse next to the pier, Baba Toshishige witnessed the farce created by Zheng Sen with his own eyes, his face was cold, and he sat there motionless.

Kawamura Ruixian said: "Lord Pursuer, this son of the Zheng family is really messing around. ”

Baba Toshishige said: "Li Zhaoji is a hero. ”

"How so?"

Ma Chang said: "As a businessman, he cultivates more soldiers, and as a civilian, he has the trust of the Zheng family, the two should be mortal enemies, but Zheng Sen trusts him so much, which shows that this person has a generous mind." It's a difficult person, it's really a bad year, and I'm in trouble with such a difficult person. ”

Kawamura Ruixian is also helpless, he also sees Li Zhaoji's extraordinary, but what can he do, in the negotiation, his attitude is too tough, and the asking price is too high.

"What are you going to do, now Zheng Sen is back."

There is really no way to do it, he also thought for a long time, and said: "Li Zhaoji is tough, maybe bluffing. Let's see how he behaves, and then I can't say that he will think about it in five days, and set a five-day period, but I have to delay it for five days, but I want to see what bold things he can do. ”