He didn't hang the flag of the Rolling Sea Dragon King, he hung the flag of Wufengtang, in order to make it easier to clear the card. No matter what the actual situation is, after all, Ryuo Island and the Ouchi clan have already torn their faces, and the flag of Ryuo Island is too eye-catching, and he hopes that this meeting will be hidden from everyone, and few people in the headquarters of the East China Sea Merchant Group will know about it.

Now the ships that are officially under the name of Longwang Island are only a 300-material foreign boat sent by Hong Dizhen, which is also the ship of Chongwen now. If you want to cross the Shimonoseki Strait and enter the Seto Inland Sea, you must go through the necessary modifications, but you can't completely change it into a gunboat, which is too eye-catching, and it is inevitable that there will be a person who eats the heart of a bear and a leopard.

Chongwen cut the upper deck and the aft terrace into a movable deck that could be pushed and pulled, and built an inclined track to lead directly to the cabin. He hid the 6 doors and 2 and a half pounds in the cabin, which looked no different from ordinary Dakang merchant ships from the outside, and opened the upper deck during the battle, and pushed the big guns along the track, and the upper deck became the battle deck.

The firepower of the 6 guns is enough to run rampant inside and outside the horse pass, of course, do not fire unless you have to.

The real security threat is inside Yamaguchi Castle, and no one knows what Ouchi is thinking, in case the father and son have one virtue, Chongwen will be really dangerous. Xu Hai was worried about Chongwen's safety, so he must go with him, so Chongwen agreed, and Wu Zhi sent more than 20 gunners to the ship in case of an emergency.

On the 6th day of March 2 of Dakang Yongji, in the drizzle, Chongwen set off. The ship left Hirado Port and headed for the northeast coast, which was the territory of the Matsuura clan and was unimpeded by the Gominedo flag. On the second day, the ship sailed to the Shimonoseki Strait and began to enter the control area of the Ouchi Naval Army, and the people on board became nervous.

The Shimonoseki Strait is a major communication pass linking Honshu and Kyushu, but it is only a narrow waterway, with a maximum width of only more than 1 li, a length of 7 li, and a central channel with a depth of 2-4 zhang. Although the water is turbulent, there is no reef undercurrent, just like a river, but the bends are steep and narrow, and there is the old fire chief of Wufengtang to navigate, and this sea area is unhindered.

This waterway not only connects the two major landmasses of the country, but also connects the throat of the inland sea and the outer sea, so there are many ships coming and going, in addition to the merchant ships coming and going from east to west, the ferry boats coming and going from the north to the south, and there are also many fishing boats.

The cargo ships of the Ouchi Navy wore the Ouchi clan's family crest, and one by one sailed to the port of Hakata in Kyushu, which was in the direction of Dazaifu. The ship was loaded with military supplies, and it made people realize that it was still a time of war, and not far away in Matsuura County, the people of Kyushu were encircling and suppressing the Matsuura Party.

When we arrived at Kakudojima, the ships were crowded, and it turned out that we had arrived at the Sekisho of the Ouchi Naval Army. This is the narrowest part of the strait, only less than 100 steps of water, there is a huge reef on the Kyushu side, and the channel that can be used by 300 large ships is only 20 zhang wide and narrow, which is really an excellent place to set up a water gate.

It was really boring to queue up to get through, Chongwen and others braved the drizzle to come to the wooden corridor of the stern tower and enjoy the scenery on both sides of the strait. The climate of Maguan is warm and humid, and the scenery on both sides of the strait is picturesque, which makes Xu Hai admire, he pointed to Shimonoseki Castle on the coast of Honshu and said: "No matter what kind of country is fought in the future, this city must also be our Longwang Island." ”

Chongwen silently looked at the Maguan Strait in the drizzle, and said for a long time: "It's not difficult to get Xiaguan City, the difficult thing is to keep her." At that time, the Taira clan was also the master of Shimonoseki Castle, but as a result, the Battle of Tanura was defeated by Genji, and the whole clan perished, and it was here that Emperor Antoku jumped into the sea. ”

The high-spirited Xu Hai choked suddenly, couldn't help but glance at the sea under the boat, and said in surprise: "There is an emperor lying in this sea?"

Chongwen said: "There is also the whole Ping clan, up to the 70-year-old lady, down to the 5-year-old child, bouldering into the sea, aren't you afraid that your children and grandchildren will also end up like this." ”

Xu Hai shuddered, he was a mother, there were such tragic things in such a beautiful place. It took a long time to react, looked at Chongwen and said, "I don't want to die like this, but what?"

Chongwen smiled slightly and said: "If you want to be here forever, there is only one way, and that is to set up a set of rules, so that there will never be a strongman like Gen Yorichao and Qingsheng, which is why we must go to Yamaguchi City." ”

Xu Hai didn't understand, he asked, "Then what should I do with these strongmen in the country now?"

Chongwen smiled coldly and didn't speak, but Xu Hai saw endless killing intent in Chongwen's gaze.

At least for now, the Hirado Merchant Gang has not started a war with the Ouchi clan, and the Goho Flag is still useful. The ship paid a large amount of money for sails, and successfully passed through the Kakushima Sekisho, and the sea suddenly opened up, and the Seto Inland Sea was in front of it, and the mood was also smooth.

The ship sailed northeast along the broken coast of southern Honshu, which, according to the country, was China. From the sea, the shore is a large area of mountains and hills, covered with dense forests, and very little arable land.

The Ouchi clan rose here, not by agricultural prowess, but by maritime trade. In addition to the east and west markets of Yamaguchi Castle, it is the gateway along the way, which provides a steady stream of money for the Ouchi clan.

The ship passed through the Senzhu Island Customs, Matsuya Honseki, Wakayama Cape Seki, Nagato Motoyama Seki, Ube Cape Seki, Iwaya Seki, and Kusayama Seki, and then entered Yamaguchi Bay, basically 2 or 30 miles of sea distance on a water pass, and the extortion of the Ouchi family was very visible.

Yamaguchi Castle is located in Yamaguchi Bay, with the magnificent karst plateau landscape in the background, and the Saba River rushes out of the mountain pass to form a fertile impact plain, which is a rare piece of fertile soil in southern Honshu.

Yamaguchi Castle was not built on a hill like a regular castle, but on the Yamaguchi Plain on the east bank of the Saba River. Like Kyoto, it is a boxy castle that looks exactly like the Dakang Castle. The city walls are tall and strong, and the neighborhoods in the city are horizontal and vertical, due south and north. The capital of the city is in the north of the city, and outside the city is a continuous castle town that stretches all the way to the port of the Saba River.

Yamaguchi Castle is almost a copy of Chang'an Castle thousands of years ago, of course, much smaller in scale. There are also the East and West markets in the city, and these two huge markets are the trade centers of the entire West Castle, linking Sakai Castle with Dakang and Yuli bulk cargo relay stations.

The sky is beautiful, the day of the rain to Yamaguchi City is clear, Chongwen took Xu Hai and Laicai Niu to stroll through the streets of Yamaguchi City, and seemed to smell the breath of the Tang Dynasty thousands of years ago.

However, the people in the city do not have such a deep nostalgia as Chongwen, although the people of Yamaguchi have seen a lot of Dakang maritime merchants, and they are not hillbillies who have not seen the world. But the three of them are really majestic, especially the same figure as Cainiu Mountain, passers-by all look sideways, and many children are scared and crying, which makes the three of them a little embarrassed.

Chongwen was not in a hurry, and first wandered around the east and west cities for a long time. He found that there were very few merchants here, but there were many merchants in Zhili, mainly selling ginseng, Qili cloth, Qili bow, leather goods, Qili kimchi and other goods, and he also saw here the Hui merchants who dealt in felt carpets and the barbarian merchants who dealt in all kinds of spices, which surprised the three of them.

used miso soup in the Xishi restaurant, and the three of them walked around for a while, the sun was already westward, Chongwen and the others left the Xishi, and they only turned to two cities and less than three percent.

The three of them walked north along Suzaku Street and walked to the Beicheng Zhou Visiting Mansion, where the samurai on duty blocked the way and shouted loudly. Chongwen smiled slightly, took out a string of Buddhist beads, handed it to the samurai, and said, "Please let this lord report that a friend from Sakaijo Shitennoji Temple is visiting." ”

The warrior took the bead and looked at it, knowing that this thing was not ordinary, and his face was surprised. Raising his head, he looked up and down at the three strong Kang people, and finally his eyes fell on Chongwen's one-word saber. This is the Saburo of the Ouchi family, and everyone in the Ouchi samurai knows about it, and I don't know why it fell into the hands of this person.

However, the samurai was very calm, and did not ask questions, but only asked for them.

This week's visit to the national mansion is an imitation of Tang Dynasty architecture, which pays attention to the large pattern, not like the ordinary mansions of the people, short and exquisite. There is a door drum on the west side of the house gate, and there is a gate school on the east side for visitors to rest and wait.

The samurai took the three of Chongwen into the school and said, "In the lower Ouchi retainer Hirai Yanta, please wait a moment, it's rude." ”

Chongwen said: "It's okay, Hirai-sama, please." ”

Hirai Iwata made another bow before turning around and entering the mansion to report.

The entrance school is not big, but it is isolated from the downtown outside, and the spring light shines in through the paper door, which does not look gloomy. Chongwen sat cross-legged on a cushion, his left hand naturally holding down the hilt of the knife, and his expression was calm. Xu Hai and Lai Cainiu were not used to sitting on the ground, standing behind him with their hands down, but their breathing was a little short.

After a while, Hirai Iwata returned to the school and said, "Lord Shaofu, please come with me." ”

Chongwen got up, and Dakang Sanhao followed the Da Nei retainers to the mansion. The first entrance to the palace is the main hall, where the large courtyard is planted with red pine, locust and summer orange flowers in full bloom in the spring light. The corridor connects the corridors around the building, which is quite large, but it is a place for festival sacrifices, reception of distinguished guests, and handling daily government affairs in the second hall.

Along the wooden corridor, several people zigzag to the corridor of the second hall. The regulations here are slightly smaller than the main hall, and there are rows of side rooms on both sides, which are the official offices and documents of the government officials, and the second hall is the real center of the Ouchi clan's rule.

A few people walked along the corridor to the main entrance of the second hall, and Hirai Iwata invited Xu Hai and Laicai Niu to the police room on the side to wait for a while, and then led Chongwen to turn around and walk into the second hall.

On the main seat of the second hall sat a samurai about 30 years old, a stout man, with a beard, combed a bun, wearing a three-pattern samurai uniform, Shu brocade feather weaving, and double inserts under the ribs.

Behind him sat a small surname on his knees, clinging to the golden horse mark of the world held by Ouchi.

Another younger samurai sat down on the west side, and his eyebrows and eyes were somewhat similar to those of the samurai above, and it seemed that they were two brothers. Chongwen guessed that the young one might be the second son of Yoshihiro Ouchi, and Sun Jiro Ouchi Mochimori. The bearded man on the top, of course, is the Shaofu of the Criminal Department, and Zhou visited Quan Jie Da Nei to hold the world.

Hirai Iwata asked Chongwen to go to the hall, turned to the cloister himself, and sat cross-legged on the porch to be on guard, and he could no longer see it from the hall. Chongwen sat cross-legged in the guest seat according to the etiquette, bowed and saluted: "In the lower dragon king island, I went to sea and had a relationship with Lord Lingzun in the Four Heavenly Kings Temple in Qicheng, and today I met Lord Shaofu, fortunately." ”