The conversation was divided, but it was said that when Junzhong of Omura returned to the shore, he first appointed Xiao Fangfeng as a military commander, who was fully responsible for entertaining the Ming Dynasty fleet. Then he led the team back to his Sancheng City overnight.

The next day, he summoned a group of retainers to hold a meeting in his residence to discuss whether he should fulfill his promise to the Ming Dynasty.

The retainers were ashamed of being so shameless that he surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, and even some people said that he should be ordained as a monk and apologized.

When Juntachi Omura rolled his eyes when he heard this, he had been baptized as a Chris Dan scholar. What kind of practice is it to become a monk again?

"Besides, the Nanman is just careless and will make a comeback in the future." Juntachi Omura sat cross-legged on the tatami and analyzed to the retainers: "Father Torres was captured, and the Chezhidan Church will not ignore it. How the situation is developing is not certain. What if I am anxious to be ordained, what will happen in the future if the Nanman turns defeat into victory?"

The retainers thought to themselves, then replace the Buddhist beads with crosses. Of course, they can only think about it and give up.

"With the lord's meaning, let's drag the Ming Dynasty first?" asked a retainer named Chan-Chunji.

"No." Juntachi Omura shook his head abruptly and said, "I found out from the missionaries that the Southern Barbarians were restricted by the Ming government in Macau, so the scale of the warships was very limited. This time, the two Atlantic ships were captured, and they would probably not have the strength to retaliate in a short period of time."

"I guess the Ming Dynasty people were aware of this and caught them off guard!" He paused and said, "But what the Ming Dynasty people didn't know is that in the westernmost part of Nanyang, there was a main fleet of the Southern Barbarians. It is said that in order to deal with the Indians and the *** coalition, the Southern Barbarians arranged dozens of large sailboats there!"

"So many?" The retainers hissed and sucked. They couldn't imagine how many big sailboats like the Goa Duke would appear at the same time.

"Those missionaries make a living by their mouths. They won't deliberately brag and deceive their lords, right?" a retainer reminded.

"Even if they exaggerate, more than a dozen ships are not something that the Ming Dynasty fleet can deal with." Juntachi Omura said in a deep voice: "You all who went to Fukudaura with me have seen it. Although the Ming Dynasty's ships are also large, they can only be said to be small compared to Western ships. At that time, the Indian deputy king of the Southern Barbarians will be ordered by the sailing fleet to come over to see what Ming Dynasty people can resist?"

After saying that, he looked gloomy and sighed depressedly: "It's a pity that the Southern Barbarian Fleet will come next year. If we don't accept blackmail, the Ming Dynasty will definitely not be able to live the New Year."

He was unwilling to ask Goto Takaaki in front of Omura's retainer, but everyone knew that what the family governor was really worried about was the former young master of the Omura family.

"That's 200,000 taels of silver, lord!" The retainers all felt sorry for him.

"No need to say more, 'There is no money and people are still there' is better than 'There is no money and people are still there'." Juntaku Omura supported his knees with his hands and gritted his teeth, "Prepare another generous gift, I'm going to go to Gaoliang Mountain."

"Kaoliangshan?" The retainers were shocked and said, "Lord, are we going to join the Otomo family's crusade army?"

Otomo Sorin, who was in a stalemate with the Mori family, is on the front line on the Kora Mountain in front. Now going to Kalang Mountain to participate in the battle, which can win the favor of the Otomo family, but it is more likely that it will become cannon fodder to fight the Mori family.

"It's not about participating in the war, it's about being a messenger for the Ming Dynasty." Juntachi Omura said in a deep voice what Zhao Hao ordered and said:

"They want to help the Otomo family defeat the Maori family. This is finally good news for Master Zonglin, right?"

"Yes." After hearing this, the retainers felt that the conditions of the Ming Dynasty were not too much - anyway, it was originally the King of Jinghai monopoly, and then the Bolang Jiren monopoly, so it would be fine if it was the Ming Dynasty people.

"But the lord may be lost when he goes to Gaoliang Mountain." The elder brother of the lord said to Changdaji: "It is reported that Master Zonglin has returned to Fenghou's country."

"Oh?" Juntaku Omura said in surprise: "There are still wars on the front line, what are he going back to do?"

"I don't know, maybe something happened in my country and I have to deal with it?" He shook his head at Nagato. He could find out that Ototo Sorin was not in the army, or because the Ma family joined the Ototo family's coalition. But the elder brother of the master had a code frame... Oh no, Ai Ma Yoshizaki was not Ototo Sorin's confidant, and there was no way to know the details.

"Um..." Juntaku Omura thought for a long time before making up his mind: "Go if it should, don't worry about what happened to it."

After saying that, his expression changed: "It's broken, there are still four days left, and I can't even reach Usuki Castle!"

He originally thought that Ototo Sorin was in Gaoliang Mountain and could barely get there in a hurry on the road, but Ototo's home city, Suki Castle, was still more than 200 miles west of Gaolian Mountain. It would definitely not be able to reply to the Ming people in five days.

In desperation, Juntachi Omura had to ask someone to quickly raise 40,000 taels of gold from the vault and seize the time to send it to Fukudaura. He spent a long time with the missionary and generally knew that silver was expensive in the Ming Dynasty, so the value of 40,000 taels of gold must be far more than 200,000 taels of silver.

Of course, for Juntachi Omura, the two are not different. This is just in exchange for the Ming Dynasty people to agree to give themselves some time to give them grace.

~~

The next day, the Second Squadron left Fukudaura and began to fight north.

When it was dark, the sails and basic rigging of the two Western ships were finally repaired, and the holes of the Duke of Goa were also repaired overnight.

Early on the third morning, Omura's family shipped 40,000 taels of gold... Japan produced a lot of gold, and the silver price was 1 to 5. In order to facilitate transportation, Omura Juntaki paid all the rewards of 200,000 taels of silver in gold.

Zhao Hao naturally couldn't ask for it, because in the Ming Dynasty, the price of gold and silver was about 1 to 80,000 taels of gold was shipped back, and it could turn into 320,000 taels of silver!

Of course, the price comparison between gold and silver in Europe is even higher than that of a dozen. Flangji people can make a lot of money by making arbitrage alone!

Otherwise, what if we have to monopolize trade with Japan?

Mr. Zhao happily agreed and gave Juntachi Omura more time and changed the contact point to Yokoseura.

He thought the name Yokoseura was too ugly, so he changed it to Dingyuan Port.

Mr. Zhao explained to Wang Rulong and others that the name came from Ban Chao who recaptured the Western Regions, and also sang a few words improvised:

"You don't see you, the Han army is over, and the weak crowns are in charge of the enemy. You don't see you, and the light cavalry in the ultimate realm is urging the battle! A man should be in a serious danger, so how can the Confucian crown lose his life?"

Everyone thought, it seemed that the young master was still conceiving a police song.

But I can't help but think of the "Zhenyuan Island" named by Mr. Zhao before. Which ancient font is used by Zhou Dewei? Isn't that young master comparing to Li Keyong? Isn't he afraid to think, and I dare not think...

If Zhao Hao knew that these guys had full brain skills, he would probably be called Yokoseura honestly.

Since I couldn't wait for Otomo Sorin's reply in a short time, there was no need to wait any longer in the First Squadron, so I pulled my anchor south that day.

At the same time, the Third Squadron also carried two Western ships and a large sailboat of prisoners, escorting more than 700 prisoners, carrying 120,000 taels of silver and 48,000 taels of gold, and leaving Fukudaura in a mighty manner.

Oh by the way, Colonel Pinto and Father Torres were all staying on the 101 ship. The journey is long, and Mr. Zhao always needs someone to chat with him to relieve his boredom.

~~

Kyushu Island has many mountains, bays and hills, and its arable land is very limited, mainly concentrated in the Kitakyushu area, so Kitakyushu has always been the focus of competition among the overlords.

Nishikyushu is basically mountainous, with only the coastal areas of Toyomae, and the exception of Toyomae Oita. Especially Oita, facing the Seto Inland Sea, the climate is mild and there are few natural disasters. The coast of Toyomae Waterway in the south is warm and humid due to the influence of the Kuroshima, which is very suitable for paddy fields. It is a rare fish and rice town in the entire Kyushu, and it is also a natural port.

Therefore, after Otomo Sorin, who was still called Otomo Yi Town at that time, had the idea of ​​building a city here after firmly taking up the position of family governor. Finally, he built Usuki Castle six years ago and moved the city from Xishan Castle in the palace to here.

Although everyone said that he was trying to avoid the wronged souls of his stepmother and younger brother. But he had to admit that this relocation brought unprecedented prosperity to the Ouchi family. After becoming the lord of Usuki City, Ototo Sorin issued nineteen policy programs, including protecting the property of merchants, allowing the Nanman to preach and build churches, taking in Tang people who had nowhere to stay, etc.

Six years have passed, and Usuki Castle has completely changed.

In the afternoon at the end of September, the autumn wind blows over the snow-like sprig of Yuki Mountain. Under the red leaves all over the mountain, Yuki City with white walls and green tiles is particularly grand.

At the foot of the mountain, the Takeokayashiki Naka who was guarding the castle, and the Otomo family's iron artillery team was training.

After the fuse was lit, the banging sound of gunfire was deafening. However, the vendors and leaders in the town of the city had been accustomed to it. Only the flock of pigeons on the Western church with red eaves and high bell towers by the sea was frightened and flew over this prosperous city that was rare in the Warring States Period.

Here are specialized Nanman Town, Tangren Town and Merchant Nobuna. It is these merchants from Portugal, from the Ming Dynasty, and from Sakai City, Honshu, who brought the earliest Western hospitals in Japan and the earliest church schools to Usuki Castle. The earliest printing bookstores and ceramic workshops brought iron cannons, gunpowder, saltpeter, silk, tea... making Usuki Castle one of the most prosperous cities on Kyushu Island, comparable to the traditional Kyushu center, Hakata Tachihayama Castle.

It also allowed the Otomo family to gain infinite wealth and powerful force, and it could actually fight with the Maori family for many years, and it was comparable to the competition.

Therefore, people in Fenghou Kingdom often say that although the family governor was a perverted wife who killed his mother and brother, forced his father to death, he was a very famous person...

Especially after becoming a monk, it was not convenient for him to hook up with his subordinates' wives, so everyone supported him even more.

In this regard, we can only say that they are too naive. Whoever stipulates that they can’t continue to maintain their hobbies after becoming a monk?
Chapter completed!