Chapter 129: The Problem
As for the pirates' handling, Mader didn't pay much attention to it.
He didn't think that the Qing court would do anything ruthless!
Maybe Brom, Drake, and that Asano Yoshida who took the lead will be severely punished, but in his opinion, Kangxi may not be a killer for these guys. β¦β¦ This is not a speculation, but an intuition. An intuition about the policies of the Qing court over the years. Moreover, he himself believes that the best way to deal with these pirates is to "send Ningguta and armor people as slaves", although there are not many armor people in Ningguta now, but Sabusu has just issued an order, and all the Jilin garrisons have been moved to Ningguta. Therefore, the current Ningguta can already contain more "minions".
Of course, if Kangxi wants to kill someone, he won't care. β¦β¦ It's just a bit of a pity! One of the two pirate ships he captured actually belonged to the old man in Brom, or this old man bought the retired warship of the British Royal Navy and repaired it himself, which shows that this old man is very rich! β¦β¦ It would be a pity if this old man was killed by Kangxi before he knocked out the old man's money. β¦β¦ It costs a lot of money to raise so many pirates.
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"Your name is Kusunoki Shinsei?" In the villa, Mader sat on a chaise longue made of a fine shirt tree, looked at the half-bald man kneeling in front of him with only one hand and garlic braids, and asked lazily.
"Hey!" Kusunoki replied tremblingly. He had his arm cut off by Sunrise in that battle, and although he lost a lot of blood, he was lucky enough to survive it.
"I heard that you are the samurai chief of the Asano Yoshida?" Stretching, Mader asked again.
"Your Excellency, in fact, Asano Yoshida did not have any samurai entourage, and it was only after gathering these people that he made me the so-called position! I...... There are actually no one under me. Through Naoki's translation, Kusunoki Masei already knew that the young man in front of him, who didn't seem to be very strong, was a "big name" with absolute power in Jilin, so he was very humble.
"According to you, this Asano is also a light pole? Who the hell is he? I've heard he doesn't seem to be a high-status guy......"
"Asano Yoshida's status in the Asano family is actually not very bad. His grandfather was the head of the Asano family and the brother of His Excellency Yoshiishi Asano. However, the current Asano family has gone into decline. Because they had previously worked for Oda Nobunaga and later for His Excellency Toyotomi Hideyoshi, they had been suppressed since General Tokugawa Ieyasu unified Japan. More than 20 years ago, when the fourth shogun, Tokugawa Ietsuna, was in power. One year, the Asano family had a funeral, and they sent a seal to Edo, stating that they could not participate in the Hajj that year; Shogun Tokugawa Ietsuna said that the Asano family was disloyal, and removed the seal of the Choshu Domain of His Excellency Yoshiishi, the head of the Asano family at that time. β¦β¦ Therefore, by now, the children of a family of Asano Yoshida's status have rarely been able to get the help of the family's power and become a real nobleman. Nanmu Zhencheng lay on the floor, feeling the smoothness of the wooden floor, and bent lower.
"I heard that the kid's ambition is not small......" Mader asked with a smile again.
"Hey! Asano Yoshida has always set Toyotomi Hideyoshi as his goal! Nanmu Zhencheng kowtowed in response, which was an answer.
"Toyotomi Hideyoshi? Hum! β¦β¦ Why are you following this guy? Aren't you afraid that following him to the Qing Dynasty to rob will be wiped out? The news leaked, not to mention a small Asano family, even your Tokugawa shogunate or the so-called emperor, I'm afraid they won't dare to protect you, and you don't look stupid, don't you know this? Mader asked again.
"Your Excellency, it's none of my business. All of this was planned by Yoshida Asano! Nanmu Zhencheng knelt on the ground with one hand and kowtowed again.
"Planning? I heard the pirate leader say that kid doesn't have any skills? Why, is that Asano Yoshida still a little bit brainless? β¦β¦ However, since he dares to trouble me Daqing, I'm afraid his brain is enough to choke, Naoki, what do you say? Ma De set his sights on Naoki, who was acting as the translator.
"What your lord says is very true." Naoki bowed and replied, his face naturally translated for Kusunoki Shinsei. Due to the timely notification of the news, the charge of their smuggling has been temporarily let go by Ma De, but the final result is still to wait for Yu Zhong and Mo Jing, who are far away in Nebuchu, so he, Kurata and Yu Yilang are working hard for Ma De, hoping to get one or two good words from Ma De and escape the catastrophe.
"Before recruiting these people, Asano Yoshida didn't say that he was coming to your Qing country, he just told these people to rob a large smuggling caravan. His plan is to wait until he has attacked you, and then launch a surprise attack to kill the pirates. Then take those ships and return to the country. In this way, after this incident, he was killed for fear of the revelation of the attack on your Qing Kingdom, and those who were summoned had to follow him and become his personal soldiers. In this way, it won't be long before he becomes a real nobleman because of the strength he has, and then he can start to realize his ambition step by step......" Kusunoki Shinsei didn't seem to hear Made's comments on Asano Yoshida, but simply said Asano Yoshida's plan.
ββ¦β¦ It's a bit of a brain. But he is too naΓ―ve, not to mention whether those Western pirates who have gone through many battles can be killed by him, just after the last battle with us, how many soldiers and horses can he remain? Ma De was stunned for a moment, then sneered. It's really a ghost fight, but, it sounds like Drake's gang has the upper hand, after all, Drake didn't think about anyone at all, he just wanted to leave Asano Yoshida and his gang behind.
That's exactly what the villain thinks. Asano Yoshida, however, insisted on his opinion...... He believes that as long as we grasp the timing and launch it suddenly, we will definitely be able to succeed! Also said...... Wealth and danger are sought! Nanmu Zhencheng said again.
There is some truth in words, but people are not very good! β¦β¦ Well, let's talk about you! What you just said is tantamount to revealing the bottom of your master, this kind of behavior is not like the legendary 'samurai', I heard that they all like to seppuku after defeat, why don't you do it? ......" Ma De asked with a smile as he looked at Kusunoki Masei.
"No, no, no, Your Excellency, you have misunderstood, I, I am not a samurai! Asano Yoshida's status is not qualified to be canonized as a samurai......" Kusunoki said anxiously.
"You're really messy here, you're not a samurai? So who are you? "Mader was feeling a little bored.
"I used to be a ...... A ronin! I drank once and didn't have any money, I fought with others, and I injured someone, and I happened to be seen by Asano, and he thought that my martial arts were good, so he ......" Kusunoki Manari's head lowered again.
"Ronin?" Isn't that just a bunch of hooligans or something? β¦β¦ Ma De secretly pondered for a moment, and felt that the two should be about the same.
"My lord, Kusunoki really hopes to be able to work for you in the future!" Ma De was thinking about it, Kusunoki Masei said a few more words, and Naoki immediately translated.
"Serve me? Why? Even if you're not a samurai, you're a little too disloyal, aren't you? Staring at the bald man with one hand in front of him, Ma De said with some mockery. Compared to this guy's performance, Ma De thinks that some Japanese who used to cut their stomachs at every turn are a little more acceptable. However, since Kusunoki Zhencheng admits that he is a ronin, it shouldn't be too much to have this kind of performance, right? Ronin, isn't it just bullying the soft and afraid of the hard? It's true that I've never heard of a ronin seppuku.
"Your Excellency, it is our Japanese tradition to follow the strong! ......" Kusunoki Masei's face was already on the floor, and the trembling of his body showed the panic in his heart at the moment.
"Don't give me this set, if you Japan really have this tradition, why don't you invest the whole country in our country?" Ma De snorted twice from his nose, and he was a fart at Nanmu Shinsei's words.
"My lord, Nanmu Zhencheng was bullied by others and beaten by several people when he was sent to work. Perhaps it was because I felt humiliated that I asked to come to see you. I think the reason why he wants to be loyal to you is to find an opportunity to take revenge after obtaining your permission! Naoki didn't translate the sentence, but just said to Mader on the side.
"Oh? Get you back? The kid is quite vindictive, so will he take revenge on me in the future? Secretly smiling, Ma De took a closer look at Nanmu Mayo's body, and indeed found a few bruises, so he said to Naoki again: "I don't accept waste here, you ask him what qualifications he has to be loyal to me!" β
"Your Excellency, Asano Yoshida has a younger sister, very beautiful, the most beautiful woman in the entire Choshu Domain, as long as you agree, I can go and get her for you......" Kusunoki Shinnari suddenly changed his face, a turtle princess.
"Wait!" Stretching out his hand to interrupt the words of the guy in front of him, Ma De looked at Nanmu Zhencheng with a smile and asked, "Why do you think so?" Am I? β
"Pavilion...... Your Excellency, I saw it when I came, and there are hardly any women in this part of yours...... That's why I'm ...... I promise, you won't be disappointed! β
"Got it! ......" nodded, and Ma De stood up and shouted to his side: "Naoki!" β
"Your Excellency!"
"Pull it and cut it!"
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Kusunoki was pulled out. However, inside the villa, Ma De also fell into deep thought...... Although this Nanmu Zhencheng is a villain, what he said is indeed a problem, Ningguta has now become a garrison in Jilin, and with the gradual increase in population, this yang and yin decline are indeed a problem.
"What to do? What to do? β¦β¦β
As he pondered, Madder felt dizzy. β¦β¦ That's a real problem!