Yan Song's gray hair is getting more and more.

Now he is the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty and has reached the pinnacle of his life.

But he, the first assistant, is actually very tired.

The main reason is that the emperor is angry, when he thinks of this, he gets angry.

Since the last big outbreak, which made the ministers tie their hands and no longer dare to oppose Jiajing's cultivation, now he is becoming more and more unscrupulous, and even began to take the so-called "elixir".

God knows what it was made of!

Now even Shao Yuanjie is dead, but the emperor still does not repent, and even believes the nonsense of his successor Tao Zhongwen, saying that he will ascend to heaven if he does not practice enough, so he continues to cultivate under Tao Zhongwen's guidance.

What's wrong with the emperor, he usually looks quite smart!

And when he thinks of cultivation, he thinks of his ancestors again.

Yes, he had already met Yan Ling. As a person who has reached the pinnacle of the power of the Ming Dynasty, he is finally qualified to meet his ancestors.

I just don't know why, this ancestor of his own, always looks at himself with an inexplicable meaning, and specially instructs himself not to be corrupt, but also to be optimistic about his son?

Yan Song thought about it for a moment.

The family has always given them a considerable subsidy for those who are officials in the court, coupled with the ban of the Chen Guogong Mansion, so their Yan clan members are basically relatively honest, not without being impeached, but no one has been engaged in corruption because of corruption.

As for his own son, Shifan? Well...... It's true that there's something wrong with it, it's, but man, this one doesn't hurt.

And he is very smart, especially this year, he is only twenty-eight years old, but he has already passed the Gongsheng examination, and he will take the fifth place in the examination, just waiting for the palace examination, Yan Song believes that he will definitely be able to get a good ranking.

But since Zu said so, he must have calculated something, so he must have to discipline his son strictly.

Yan Song patted his head, he was old, and he was always distracted recently.

At this time, a little eunuch walked in front of Yan Song:

"Lord Shousuke, Your Majesty wants you to write a green word."

Alas, green words!

Yan Song nodded, sent the little eunuch away, and then unfolded the rice paper.

I didn't expect my talent to be used here in the end.

No way, who makes the emperor like it.

After so many years of political career, he already knows the key rules of mixing in this Jiajing court, and he can't go against the emperor anyway.

Over the years in politics, he has become very slippery, and the integrity of the past has been buried in the depths of his heart......

……

At the same time, Japan, Hirado Island.

At this time, near the harbor, the unrelated ships had been emptied, and heavily armed soldiers were standing on the shore, as well as bands and people in bright costumes, apparently a welcome ceremony.

A merchant ship slowly docked on the shore, and their captain stepped down from it, greeted by everyone on the shore.

Wang Zhi looked at all this in front of him, and his heart was full of emotion.

Unexpectedly, he, a smuggler businessman, could be warmly welcomed by a local daimyo in Japan. But when he thought about it, he couldn't help but smile.

Who allowed himself to smuggle something that was a strategic material such as sulfur?

Even those Japanese princes, for these things, can only lick their faces and befriend themselves!

His heart could not help but feel smug, and by this time, the welcoming messenger had already greeted him and led him to the residence of the daimyo Matsuura Takanobu.

The two sides soon reached an agreement that Matsuura Takanobu would provide Wang Zhi with a piece of land as a base, and in return, Wang Zhi's future trade of sulfur, muskets and other items would need to be given priority to Matsuura Takanobu.

When the deal was reached, the banquet began, and when the wine was hot, the two sides chatted more and more enthusiastically.

When it came to doing business, Takanobu Matsuura laughed:

"Wang Jun! To do business, you have to be with you! ”

"Then the people in the Governor's Mansion of Luzon are a bunch of profiteers! No, it's still a bunch of villains. ”

"The Governor's Palace of Luzon? How are they villains? Wang Zhi blinked his eyes, of course he knew about the Luzon Governor's Palace, which dominated the South Seas, and also knew that the Governor's Mansion had a piece of land in Japan and did business with the Japanese there, but what does this have to do with the villain?

"The Governor's Mansion of Luzon occupies Yamaguchi Prefecture and Shimane Prefecture, you know?" Takanobu Matsuura said with red eyes, and seeing the other party nodding, he continued:

"There is the largest silver ore in the whole of Japan, and the surrounding daimyo are all blushing...... However, it wasn't theirs at all, it was the Ouchi family! ”

"A few decades ago, they came from far and wide to occupy Shimane Prefecture, and reached an agreement with the daimyo at the time, Daiuchi Masahiro, to only need a part of Shimane Prefecture, but later the Ouchi family found out that that part was actually where the Iwami Silver Mine was located!"

"He was unwilling, so he naturally sent troops to take it back, so a big battle broke out, and as a result, he was defeated, and all the territory was annexed by the Governor's Mansion of Luzon! The Ouchi family was kicked out. ”

"You say, isn't it a villain!"

Wang Zhixin said that what kind of villain is this, it was the people who signed an agreement with others in a daze, and then repented, but they couldn't beat it and were pushed back, who is to blame?

But now it was clear that it was not appropriate to speak of this, so he coped and said:

"It's not a gentleman's doing!"

"yes!" Matsuura Takanobu's voice was a little intermittent, and he became more and more drunk:

"The most infuriating thing is that there is so much silver, unexpectedly, there is no point, not a point is mine!"

"The three of us daimyo organized a coalition army, and agreed to break through Nashimane County and share the wealth of this sky, but we obviously have twice as many troops, but we can't beat them at all!"

"Their iron cannons are too powerful, and there are large barrels, like thunder, and the rate of fire is fast, we are not opponents at all! They even counterattacked into our territory, if it weren't for the surrounding daimyo uniting to exert pressure, I'm afraid that my territory would have been gone! ”

"You know why I'm so desperate for your brimstone and those razor-iron cannons, right? It's because that war was so terrible...... It's like hell, that's not fighting, that's slaughter! Tens of thousands of warriors lost all of them! ”

Speaking of which, this man with a strong figure, five big and three thick, but only as tall as Wang Zhi's chest, his eyes were full of pain, and his voice was a little choked.

Wang Zhi had a good amount of wine, and his mind could still remain clear at this time, listening to Matsuura Takanobu's words, of course he would not have any empathy, and his mind was thinking about something quickly.

Of course, he also had his own subordinates, but after dealing with the Japanese so many times, he clearly realized that he would never be an opponent of any of the daimyo.

The strength of the Governor's Palace in Luzon was so strong that it was difficult for the three daimyo coalition forces to fight the enemy......

He was already doing the work of a half-merchant and half-bandit, often robbing some passing traders, and just after he had his own territory, he was even more arrogant in his chest, and felt that he had torn the earth and sealed the king.

The mind of robbing the Luzon caravan also hovered in his heart, after all, there was a wave of opportunities to get rich.

It's just that this remark, like cold water on his head, extinguished his ambitions.

I can't afford to provoke it.

Let's continue to loot those petty traders and expand our strength first......

As for the after......

He glanced vaguely south.

There, it's Daming.

(End of chapter)