Chongwen returned to the flower world with two followers, Yoshimasa Kayama and Catfish Boy, but it made him dumbfounded. It turned out that the second went to sea to drive all the guests away, and specially entertained the new sailors of Longwang Island on the first floor of Qianzhang Pavilion, there were always more than 400 people, and when Chongwen came back, these rough billets were eating and drinking with singing and dancing.

Chongwen entered the flower world from the side of the lily building, and in the hall, there was a sad-faced Sayuri, who reported to him in a low voice, and Hanako knelt side by side, covering her mouth and chuckling.

The chief soldier stepped forward with a smile and bowed his hand, and after a few days, the old pirate had come out of the depression of the expedition to the Ryukyus. There is no pleasure in the flower world, and the old guy is full of red light, as if he is 10 years younger.

The catfish boy stepped forward and knelt down and saluted, and the chief soldier pulled him up happily, saying endless words. This made others a little surprised, usually in the cabin, how could the grandparents and grandchildren have so many words, the old man has changed his sex?

Chongwen's heart was dripping blood, he had just sold the cannon medicine and earned the 8,000 taels of gold back, and he lost at least 2,000 taels of silver this night.

Now more than ever, he wants to send these guys to Fukue Island and train them hard, but now he has more important things to do.

After Sayuri finished the report, she presented a few letters, Chongwen snorted lightly, and carried the letters in her arms.

He didn't go to sea with Er, and took a few people to take a look at Cainiu's injuries first. The general soldier slipped away to take a bath for some reason, and recently he became obsessed with the massage technique of the old blind man of the country, and a press every day was essential, and the pain was much less, and the spirit was as vigorous as a young man.

Sayuri vacated a private room next to Longwang Xuan, which was specially used as a place for the wealth cow to recuperate, and when Chongwen entered, this big guy was eating and drinking under the service of Gaoqiao Island.

Chongwen shouted: "Hey, Wu Na girl, Hua Shi invited you to make money on stage, not for the reckless man." ”

Laicai Niu roared loudly: "I pay, I pay." ”

Kayama Yoshimasa said loudly: "You are too slow to use the knife, if I were here, I would never be so dangerous, and you would not be injured." ”

Laicai Niu grabbed a rice ball and threw it at Biryama Yoshimasa, scolding in his mouth: "The thief and the bird deceive people too much!"

Kayama Yoshimasa pulled out his knife with lightning and cut the rice ball in two. Everyone praised in unison: "Good knife technique." The fat woman Takahashi Island was especially loud, and Kayama Yoshimasa triumphantly put the knife into the sheath. After getting along with the people of Dragon King Island for a long time, this person's cruel knife idiot who doesn't talk much has gradually become lively, and occasionally jokes with the brothers.

Chongwen stepped forward with a big smile, sat beside Laicai Niu, poured himself a glass of wine, drank a bowl with the giant, and said with a smile: "You can recuperate here with peace of mind, when you raise a calf, I will hold you a grand wedding in the flower world like Yuliang Village." ”

Lai Cainiu asked, "I heard that Dakang... Can you marry as many women as you like?"

Takahashi Island smashed the giant with a hard punch, where could it shake a bit. Chongwen laughed and said, "As long as you have that ability, I will do as much as you marry, and you will never break your word." ”

After laughing for a while, Chongwen returned to Longwangxuan, at this time Longwangxuan had become the headquarters of the Bureau, the jacket room was a bookkeeper, and the inner room was divided into a study, a living room, and a bedroom, not to mention luxury, but much more comfortable than the ship.

At this time, there were already a few gentlemen outside who were dealing with the accounts of the Bureau, and these guys were all invited by Xu Weixue and Chai Demei for the Bureau. Chongwen looked at the account room for a while and said, "Catfish boy, from now on, you are the general account office of the General Administration of International Trade and Commerce, and these gentlemen are all at your disposal." ”

He turned to Sayuri again and said, "Give him the key to the silver cellar, as well as the account book of the flower world, the catfish boy is still the master of the flower world." ”

Everyone was stunned, and Sayuri stumbled and said, "I didn't listen... Is it wrong? Lord, the catfish boy is still a child. ”

Chongwen waved his hand and said, "So what, I became a father at the age of 15." ”

Sayuri couldn't, so she had to go to the handover with the smiling catfish boy, and the bookkeepers glanced at each other, and bowed to the catfish boy together, seeing the new owner.

Chongwen walked into the study, suddenly turned his head to Sayuri and said, "When the matter is done, I have something to ask you." ”

Entering the study, Chongwen raised his head and sniffed, the familiar smell, looked around, it was still the same as when he left, the window was bright and clean, spotless, it seemed that the little maid had put a lot of thought into it. This study room hides the biggest secret of Dragon Island and the General Bureau of Trade and Trade of the Kingdom of China, and when he is away, only Hanako can come in, not even Sayuri.

Hanako pushed the door in, served tea, and said softly: "Your Highness Da Chuhai, you are a little different when you come back this time. ”

Chongwen asked, "Oh, what's the difference?"

Hanako said: "You smiled reluctantly, it was all pretended, you were not happy in your heart, I can see it." ”

Chongwen sighed: "Children don't understand, how can adults have so much joy, anyone can experience all kinds of pain... Like the betrayal of a friend. ”

Hanako pursed her lips and said, "The people of the Flower World will never betray Dragon King Island. ”

Chongwen's heart moved, he stopped answering, walked to the bookcase and began to process the letters, Hanako quietly retreated, and closed the door gently.

The intelligence network he had secretly arranged was beginning to work, with letters from Kyoto, Ryunoshima Huang Ken, and Kumano Tanda, but there was no letter from Yuramura, which he was most looking forward to.

The two most important pieces of news were that Kyogoku Hidemitsu of Omi Province suddenly led 3,000 soldiers to Kamakura. This is a bit interesting, the Kamakura Principality has already received the support of Mino Province and Tanba Province, and if you add Omi's Kyogoku Hidemitsu, he has 20,000 troops, which may not be on par with Shogun Spoyoshi.

Old viper, you are right not to take sides in advance, and now is far from the time to tell the winner.

Another piece of news is that Kyoto's Muromachi has also begun to assemble troops, and a total of 16,000 men and horses including Hosokawa Yorimoto, Kyogoku Takan, and Akamatsu Yoshinori have been assembled outside Kyoto Castle at the disposal of the chamberlain. The shogunate's sword has been raised, is it going to slash at Kamakura in the Kanto region, or is it going to make a move on the Ouchi family in Wakayama Castle?

No, no, no, when Kakune Yoshitsuna was alive, the army would never dare to leave Kyoto, and they were guarding against changes in. Only if they are sure that Kyoto is absolutely safe, they can get out of the cave... Does this mean that Kakune Yoshikan is dead, and the shogunate ministers dare not mourn?

Without accurate information, everything is still in the fog, which makes Chongwen a little irritable.

The good news is that Kukiki Takara of Kumano Beach has moved south and occupied Tosa Province's Ten City Castle as a stronghold of the Kumano Navy on the island of Shikoku, heading east to dominate Tosa Bay. This is the main transportation route of the East Coast, and the control of the Kumano Navy means that there is no potential threat to the new route, and a city bureau will be established here in the future.

The nine ghosts are reliable and reliable, which makes people worry a lot, but the stupid guy of Huashan Zijiu is a headache.

What warmed him the most was a page sandwiched between Huang Qian's letters, which was a few words from his daughter Yanchun: Father is well. The pen is clumsy, but the meaning of the words moved him. After the life-and-death battle in Yamaguchi Castle, he cherished his relatives more and more, even if he was not related by blood, but how pitiful this well-behaved girl was, it was so good to be alive.

He slowly smoothed the turmoil in his heart, unfolded a piece of washi paper, and began to write letters. Before the second letter was written, Hanako informed Sayuri that she was waiting outside the door, and Chongwen asked her to come in.

Sayuri walked into the study, closed the door, and knelt down to reply.

Chongwen put the lake pen on the pen stand, looked at Sayuri expressionlessly, and said for a while: "Now, what can you say to me?" ”

Sayuri said a little nervously: "I ordered to kill my former friend... ”

Chongwen sighed: "Mother, how many killers have you raised?"

Sayuri said: "In addition to the 4 original police officers in the flower world, there are also some bankrupt Kang businessmen, and desperate Dakang pirates, plus some Kyushu ronins, there are now 26. ”

Chongwen said dissatisfiedly: "You only have 26 people and dare to kill people indiscriminately in Hirado?"

Sayuri said in a low voice: "There are also 4 or 5 Xiaohai Gang who admire the prestige of Dragon King Island, and they want to join the flower world, without the permission of the lord, the concubine does not dare to agree, but it is always okay to serve the flower world." ”

Chongwen gasped, it has only been a long time, and so many people rely on the flower world to eat, no wonder Sayuri is unwilling to hand over the account book. It seems that it is right to arrange the catfish cub here, this woman does not even let go of the old friend, and someone must restrict him.

He leaned back in the chair for a while, then raised himself and asked, "Tell me what you did when you got into your mother?"

Sayuri said, "The day after the big desea, a ronin with a Tokoku accent came to me and asked me about the movements of the Tokai merchant group and what they were doing with so many people in Hirado. How could I divulge the secrets of Dragon King Island, of course I won't tell him, he took out a severed hand for me to see. I knew it was my old friend, and he had a birthmark on his hand, which I recognized.

The man threatened me that if I didn't give them information, his friend would kill the masseur. I had already broken off with that gambler, how could I be threatened by him, but there were so many customers at the time that it was difficult to deal with this fool who threatened me on the spot. I first stabilized him with good wine and food, and dragged him to the cellar after getting drunk, and tortured him to ask him the truth. ”

Chongwen asked, "What did you ask?"

Sayuri said: "They are ronin in Kyoto, and someone hired them to come to Hirado to do errands, a total of four people, and one of them is a team leader. It's just that the team leader is very mysterious, and he usually doesn't interact with them, so he only contacts them when there is something.

They disguised themselves as merchants from the eastern country and rented a house in Yamanaka Town, which was called Mishimaya to the outside world. I stayed for three months, and I had nothing to do but eat, drink, and have fun, and the money was spent. They thought that the team leader had forgotten them and were about to take a boat back to Kyoto to find another way out, when the team leader suddenly came to them and brought a bad gambler who was in debt.

The team leader ordered the other two people to hold down the arm of the rotten gambler, cut off one hand with a knife, and asked him to take this hand to the flower world and find me to find out the news, while the other two detained the masseur below. ”

Chongwen thought silently, it is normal for Kyoto to send detailed work to Pingdo, and it is not normal if it is not sent. But Sayuri has been in Sakai Castle, and she is not a famous prostitute of Oiran, I don't know how many Qinglou women like Sakai Castle there are, and there are not many people who know the details of Sayuri, especially if she is still far away in Kyoto, who is staring at Sayuri?