High in the sky, a few white clouds float leisurely, either round like a flock of sheep or long like a ribbon, standing out against the blue background.

"If it's not the Ming envoy who is crazy, it's the Ming Emperor who is crazy!"

"One hundred taels to buy one stone of grain, I don't know how much grain I can buy if I put this silver in Daming!"

"We have nothing to do with Da Ming so far, let's not pay attention to this paper tiger at all!"

……

After seeing Xie Qian leave, the faces of the retainers present showed disdain, so they started to talk.

If it weren't for the conditions, they couldn't help but follow to the gate of the Forbidden City and directly ridicule the whimsical Emperor Ming.

One million taels is only exchanged for 10,000 stone of refined grain, not to mention that there is no such outrageous trade in the world, and their investment in mining silver ore alone is far more than that.

Although they dug up a million taels of silver in less than half a year, only they knew in their hearts that they had paid a lot for this batch of silver.

Even in order to cooperate with the mining progress of Jiangnan Merchants, they even sent some prisoners of war to the silver mine and handed them over to the gang to torture to death.

Japan is a country that pays attention to rules, and although these retainers are noisy, they sit around Ouchi Yoshiko in a proper manner, and they also observe Ouchi Yoshiko's reaction.

"This Ming envoy reminded me, how much grain is still in our granary?" Ouchi Yoshixing thought about his own food, so he asked seriously.

There were not many suitable places for cultivation in the western part of the country, and because they often faced wars in the east, they relied heavily on the northern part of Kyushu Island for food.

At the beginning of the year, the head of the Ouchi family, Masahiro Ouchi, led his army on an expedition, which not only affected the agricultural production of the western country, but also the grain from Kyushu must not be able to be transported smoothly.

Fortunately, they got grain input from Jiangnan Shogun, which solved the food dilemma of the Ouchi family, and even they once had food to support Ouchi Masahiro's conquest and silver mining.

This......

Tao Qiandao and other retainers are all martial artists, and they have always been indifferent to their own food stocks, and they can't help but look at each other.

"Immediately inform Jiangnan Business that we are going to buy 10,000 stone essence grains, and let them send it as soon as possible!" Ouchi Yoshiko had some talent as a leader, so he directly commanded.

Tao Qiandao was responsible for docking with Jiangnan business, and even if he said in a proper manner: "Obey!" ”

The Ouchi family had a hidden route with the Jiangnan Shosho, which transported grain from the southern sea to the southwest of Honshu Island, without passing through the Kansan Strait.

It's just that this route is not exposed, so they have always tried to minimize the transportation of grain.

It is said that the islands of Japan are surrounded by vast seas, and human eyesight is limited.

Even if the Ming Dynasty knew about the existence of the grain carrier, it would not be possible to find the trace of the grain ship, so the grain of the Jiangnan merchant was the biggest reliance of their Ouchi family.

The retainers present saw that the grain matter had been properly resolved through the Jiangnan Firm, and they were not too worried about their own grain stocks, so they dispersed one after another.

"Oops...... Hurt! Sister, it hurts! ”

Ouchi Yoshixing is a playful person, and he was about to slip out of the back door as usual to play tricks, but his ear was twisted by a hand again.

The perpetrator is the first beauty in Japan, Saeko Ouchi is tall, a head taller than the underage Ouchi Yoshixing, and her pretty face has a hint of frost.

The most rare thing is a pair of sturdy and straight long legs, but there is still a proud peak, but those eyes look tender like water.

Because their mother died early, the Ouchi family is the eldest sister as the mother, and Ouchi Saeiko hates Ouchi Yoshixing and says, "Ryudo Maru, you're going to sneak out to play again, right?" ”

"Sister, no...... No, I ...... I'm going to inspect our granary! When Ouchi Yoshiko saw that he was arrested, he quickly weaved a lie for himself.

Ouchi Saeko knew that this inspection of the granary was a serious matter, so she let go of her hand and said suspiciously: "You only know how to play all day long, why do you suddenly want to inspect the granary today?" ”

Ouchi Yixing rubbed his aching ears, but his eyes suddenly lit up, and he said with a smile: "Today, the Ming envoy is here again, this time it's funny!" ”

As he spoke, he put on his shoes and got on the tatami mats, and then told the cause and effect of the matter, and the point was naturally that the Ming envoys actually put forward their ridiculous request to exchange one million taels of silver for ten thousand stone fine grain.

Ouchi Yoshixing looked overjoyed, and took the opportunity to taunt him: "Their Emperor Ming is simply crazy, such a ridiculous thing and sent a messenger to make a request, he probably wants to be the first big joke in our Dongying, right?" ”

"It's not funny at all!" Ouchi Saeko hugged her chest with her hands, but shook her head gently.

Ouchi Yoshihei was immediately stunned, and said in great confusion: "Sister, why isn't this request funny?" ”

"I heard that the Ming Emperor is not the emperor who pampered the old woman, and the current emperor is still very young, after succeeding to the throne, he did not favor Wenchen, but strengthened the Ming army, not only repelled the Mongols, but also recovered Jianzhou, the current king of North Korea was held in Beijing City, is a very powerful emperor!" The martial arts training uniform on Saeiko Ouchi reveals a proud career line, but it is very serious and authentic.

Ouchi Yixing's brows furrowed, and he still said puzzledly: "Sister, what does it have to do with us whether the Ming Emperor is doing well or not, it is a big joke that he wants us to buy a million taels of grain this time!" ”

"Since Emperor Daming is not a stupid person, then he dares to make this request, and you are in a hurry to check the granary, which proves that our Da Nei family may really be short of food!" Although Saeko Ouchi is equally martial and disgusting, she is a smart woman.

Ouchi Yoshixing suddenly realized that this seemed to be the truth, and shook his head seriously: "No, how can we have no food!" Even if there is really no grain in the granary now, I have already ordered the Jiangnan business to send grain over, and it is impossible for us to get stuck in his neck with grain! ”

"You can't trust those Ming merchants too much! Not to mention the profiteering of businessmen, can they really fight the Ming Emperor? I've heard that the Ming Emperor killed a lot of people who opposed him after he ascended the throne, so everyone called him a tyrant! Saeko Ouchi shook her head slightly, straightened her waist and seriously dissected her brother.

Because she has been practicing martial arts since she was a child, she has always disliked weak scholars, so her mate selection condition is that her future husband cannot be a weak person.

Because there is a more stereotypical impression of the men of the Ming Dynasty, I learned that the Ming Emperor wanted to forcibly accept himself as the imperial concubine, and I was very disgusted with the emperor I had never met.

It's just that after some understanding, the Ming Emperor may be a weak scholar, but from the Ming Emperor's various deeds, it is no worse than the famous Daming who is famous in Dongying.

Especially at the court meeting this year, because Tao Qiandao instigated the stupid guy of the Dayou family to provoke Daming, he directly asked her, the daughter of the Da Nei family, to marry and accept punishment, which also proved that she was an extremely domineering man.

As the understanding of the Ming Emperor gradually deepened, he was even more lost in his future, and once dreamed that the Ming Emperor climbed on his body.

Ouchi Yixing also realized that things were different from what he thought, and when he left in a hurry, he said: "Sister, how can you help Emperor Daming, he doesn't want to bully our Ouchi family!" I won't tell you, I'll go and inspect the granary at once! ”

Saeko Ouchi looked at her younger brother leaving in a hurry, but shook her head gently.

Although the younger brother is now in charge of the house, many things cannot be considered as well as the father, and such an important matter as food is still unclear how many grains of grain he has.

Now she only hoped that she was too worried, their granary was still full, and the Jiangnan merchants could easily transport grain, and the Ming Emperor who wanted to take her as a concubine and buy millions of silver was just a megalomaniac.

In the middle of the night, the entire island of Kyushu seems to be dead silent.

Suddenly, a flash of fire from the north pierced the night sky, illuminating the entire barracks.

It was the direction of the Ouchi family's garrison granary in Kyushu, and the raging fire was like the karmic fire of hell, mercilessly devouring everything.

The samurai of the Ouchi family woke up from their dreams, their faces full of horror and despair. They rushed to the fire, trying to save the food that was about to turn to ashes, but the fire was so fierce that all efforts seemed futile.

They fetched water from the tank, but the water in the cup had no effect. In the firelight, their moon generation heads and the sea of fire reflected each other, and their figures looked so lonely and helpless.

They looked at the burning granary, and their hearts were filled with endless sorrow and despair.

Due to the delay in the arrival of the grain ship of the Jiangnan Sho, this batch of military rations was the lifeline of their Ouchi garrison and the hope for them to continue fighting, but now it was ruthlessly taken away by the fire.

The air was filled with the smell of burnt grain, the smell of the heavens as if they were trying to get them out of Kyushu.

On a new day, the golden sun shines on Yamaguchi Castle.

"News has just come from Kyushu, requesting that we are about to transport grain over!"

Because the military rations on Kyushu Island were burned, and the grain ship of the Jiangnan Sho did not arrive as scheduled, the Ouchi retainers there had no choice but to send a letter of help to the main family.

"What are you kidding, if we don't ask him for food, why do they reach out to us for food?" The biggest reaction was Ouchi Yoshixing, who said loudly in disbelief.

"Even if there is a fire, then there should be no food, right?"

"That's right! Kyushu is the granary of our Ouchi family! ”

"Isn't that Jiangnan firm with great powers one to transport grain to them?"

……

When they learned that Kyushu stretched out their hands to ask them for food, the retainers' minds couldn't turn for a while, but they asked suspiciously.

Tao Qiandao realized that their granary was really almost bottoming out, and he didn't sleep all night last night, and at this time he seemed to have figured it out: "The reason why Kyushu can hold the territory is that it is Jiangnan, and it is Jiangnan!" The grain of the Jiangnan merchants cannot be delivered, and their grain is exhausted, if they don't look for us, who can they find? ”

The reason why the Ouchi family was able to mediate with Daming for so long was not because of how deep their background was, but because Jiangnan Firm continued to send food to the Ouchi family, who were trapped in half of Kyushu Island.

Although the food problem was solved, the Ouchi army on the island of Kyushu lost the support of the Ouchi family on the island of Honshu, but it faced an attack by large and small forces in Kyushu.

After they accepted the grain from Jiangnan Merchants, they soon made another wrong decision.

War and production are actually contradictory, but it is impossible to grow crops and go to the battlefield with a knife at the same time. Because they had plenty of food, they voluntarily liberated large numbers of people from the fields in order to suppress the resistance.

At present, the grain of the Ming Dynasty is not allowed to reach Kyushu Island, and the grain of North Korea cannot go south, and as for the other forces on Kyushu Island, it is impossible to sell grain to them, and they are already in a situation of food shortage.

As the Ouchi family freed the peasants from the land and pushed them to the battlefield, other daimyo had to follow suit, and eventually the entire island of Kyushu had fewer and fewer people engaged in agriculture.

Originally, they had been relying on the grain ships of the Jiangnan Firm, but when the grain ships of the Jiangnan Merchant could not come, they realized that they had made a fatal mistake.

It is precisely because of this that the Ouchi army in Kyushu is now facing a food dilemma, and can only pin their hopes on the Ouchi family.

Ouchi Yoshixing thought of the empty granary he saw that day, but he said hatefully: "They came to me when they didn't have food, but where can I get food for them?" ”

"Those bunches are all straw bales, why are there no food, let them all starve to death!" A retainer of some age, Ishibashi Kuro, hates iron and steel.

Tao Qiandao had calmed down, but he said in the face of the problem: "Don't say such angry words, now we have to raise food as soon as possible, and we must help Kyushu solve the food problem, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable!" ”

"What else can be done now? If you really buy grain from Daming, I am the first to disagree, our Da Nei family must not give in to Daming? Ishibashi Kuro immediately took a stand.

Tao Qiandao glanced at Ishibashi Jiulang, but said bitterly: "I'm afraid it won't help us to give in now!" The Ming Dynasty is not what it used to be, people ignore our words, what can we do? ”

At this moment, he had also realized why the Ming army had not attacked, and even connived at the Jiangnan merchants to continue to send them grain and iron.

The dare lover family has already deployed everything, and just as they are becoming more and more dependent on Chinese grain and North Korean grain, they only need to cut off their grain lines, but they can only wag their tails and beg for mercy from the Ming Dynasty.

"Which of you did that? Even if there is no Ming army in the Iwami Silver Mine, you shouldn't cut off my military rations, right? Kurada asked as he strode in, looking angry.

Originally, he didn't believe that the Ming Emperor would be able to give up mining the Iwami Silver Mine, but he led the mining personnel of the Ming Dynasty in the past, not to mention the Ming Dynasty, even if he didn't even have a dog.

It's just that they never expected that the food supply of their army would be cut off, and they simply wanted to let their 2,000 people starve to death in Iwami Province.

The retainers present couldn't help but smile wryly when they saw that Kurada was returning and begging them for food.

At this moment, they suddenly realized that the most precious resource was not gold and silver mines, but food that could sustain human life.

A few days ago, they laughed at Emperor Daming for asking them to earn 10,000 stone of grain with one million taels of silver, but now that I listen to this joke, I find that this big joke is really not funny at all.

It's just that they don't intend to do such a humiliating thing, they would rather starve to death with the silver that fills the warehouse, and it is impossible to use it to buy grain, not to mention that the powerful Jiangnan merchants may be able to send them grain soon.

It is precisely because of this that Jiangnan Firm has become the last straw for the Ouchi family, and I only hope that Jiangnan Firm can keep its promise to send them a steady stream of food. (End of chapter)