There is no war to fight in the Ryukyus, whether the eldest son succeeds to the throne or the second son succeeds to the throne depends on the ministers, where is the idea of raising troops in the port of the heavenly army, even if the heir pulls up thousands of peasant soldiers, it is impossible to be the opponent of the Ming army, so he simply sent people to cross the sea to Fujian, and sent a telegram to the imperial court to ask Emperor Longqing to canonize him.

The emperor canonized, the result is not to ask, it must be the second son to succeed to the throne.

Chen Bazhi's request was easily realized, and the Ryukyu ministers, thinking of the friendship between the two countries, let Chen Bazhi build a port in the northern part of Amami Oshima, but also agreed that the Ming army could not raise troops on the island without accidents, and if there was something to do, they could directly send ships to Ba Port.

It was a good time for the Ming army to come, after the death of the chief of Amami Oshima and the great relatives of Wanda in the fifth year of Longqing, his ministers rebelled and refused to pay tribute to the Ryukyu royal family, so the first king Shangyuan King personally conquered Oshima, and after defeating the local rebels, he himself was critically ill, and Ma Shunde, the legal officer, prayed that God could die for their king, and King Shangyuan insisted on returning to the national capital.

Ma Shunde passed away that year, so he was buried thickly.

By last year, Shang Yuan Wang, the prince of the country was in turmoil, and no one could take care of the big island, and the Ming army was willing to be stationed on the island at this time, just enough to suppress the opposition forces on the big island, and it was too late for the courtiers to be happy.

Chen Bazhi had no battle to fight, his wish was disappointed, and he could only build a harbor in the north of the big island, because he looked at the northern seed island, so it was named Wangdao Port, and then built three customs defenses on the left island, which were built by pirates on the opposite shore of Wangdao Port Xijie Island Xiushui Village and two hundred households in the northern sea.

In fact, what he saw was not Tanegashima, but Suwa no Se Island, which was much bigger and farther away.

"Brother is here?"

Now that the five thousands of households under his command are all familiar with the daily drills of the Chen family, the eighth master is much more relaxed, and he took a few family members to return from hunting in the mountains, and saw Li Dan and several Ryukyu officials, including Zheng Ji, outside the camp.

He administers the army strictly, except for Chen Mu, as long as he does not have his permission, anyone will be blocked out of the camp - who let the banner army of the Luzon Beiwei have a commander who respects Wei Yuzi?

The family carried the little black rabbit that only Amami Oshima had to go to the fire barracks, the water village was being built and the outline was beginning to appear, and the officials were left outside the tent.

Li Dan sat down, sighed softly, and said: "When I enter the camp, your soldiers won't let me, and you still recite military orders to me at the gate of the camp, saying that those who take people into the camp without the commander will be beheaded." Hachiro, you slasher, who will fight you after you kill all the soldiers? ”

Li Dan played with tickets in leading troops to fight, and all his military talents were influenced by his ears and eyes, and he never deliberately learned them, nor did he feel the need to lead troops to fight by himself. There are so many fierce generals under the righteous father, and a righteous son like him, who is proficient in several Chinese, knows how to trade, and has seen the world, does not need to lead troops at all.

Even if he has fought, he has to rely on haste and wit as a last resort.

The murderous nature of his brother leading the soldiers to the soldiers made him a little stunned.

Chen Bazhi carefully put the bird gun into the pouch and put it aside, then raised his eyes and said to Li Dan Zhengse: "A humble person like me, who should have died on the battlefield or died in a corner where no one knew about it was due to his adoptive father, and asked me to train the army, how dare I be perfunctory, my military order is like a mountain, only my adoptive father is the sun and the moon, how can others violate it." ”

"I heard that the ancient soldiers, killing half of the soldiers can add the sea, Chen Ba is not talented, killing his thirteenth is still possible, and I am willing to help my father Shuai Li to add the princes."

Li Dan spread his hands and said: "What you said is that my brother knows, my father-in-law does great things, you raise troops and I raise money and food, and you and I are dedicated to everything and everything is safe; But you have forced the soldiers too hard, and they are now very afraid of you, and they dare not violate the order, and they are not allowed to drink and play cards to find women without holidays, and they must be tied up for thirty when they leave the army on the march, and if they do not keep it in order, they will be in a roar one day......"

"That's why we have to fight, and if we succeed in a war, we will be rewarded like the sun and the moon and the letter will be like four o'clock, then the army's heart can be determined." Chen Bazhi knew it very well in his heart, and opened his hand and said: "Although a hundred people can defeat ten thousand, what is the matter with bringing Ryukyu officials to my brother, the male soldier who dominates the world?" ”

"If you have a plan, it's fine." What else can Li Dan say? He didn't know much about military training, but when he mentioned the Ryukyu officials, he was very energetic, and said: "The Ryukyu ministers have always been very worried about Shimazu on the other side of the sea, and they are very fierce when they trade and bully the Ryukyu soldiers, and often pretend to be Japanese robbers. ”

"When you docked, they saw that the soldiers on your ship were well organized, and they heard that this was the elite you trained in Luzon, where the soldiers were also weak, so they wanted to ask you to help them train in the Ryukyus, what do you think?"

As he spoke, Li Dan raised his hand and said: "Although the land of Ryukyu is barren and often famine, and the grain depends on tomorrow and is easy to change, the trade is prosperous, and there is no shortage of any goods. ”

"Training, this matter needs the permission of my father, send someone back to Luzon to ask, if you are allowed to help them train two thousand households, it will not hurt." Chen Bazhi thought for a while, waved his hand to the family member standing at the tent door, and said, "Invite them in, I'll ask." ”

After a while, Zheng Zhen came in with the old Ryukyu official, and after seeing the ceremony, he introduced: "This is the third official Weng Shouxiang, called Ruifeng, and he is a highly respected minister in the country. ”

Saying that, Zheng Zhen said to Weng Shouxiang: "Weng Gong, this is General Chen, the commander of the Luzon Northern Guard. ”

Hearing this official position, Weng Shouxiang felt a little uncomfortable, two years ago he had sent an envoy to the Ming Dynasty to pay tribute, and he was an official in charge of foreign affairs during the lifetime of the previous king, and his relationship with Shimazu was not bad.

In the trade with Shimazu, the Ryukyus often suffered because of the ferocity of the Shimazu, so he hoped to strengthen the military to make him more emboldened, but what he wanted was by no means for the Ryukyus to be annexed by the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, there are people in the country who want to be incorporated into the Ming Dynasty, and no one wants to be incorporated into Japan, even if they are close to Shimazu.

Japan and the Ming Dynasty are like two articles for the Ryukyus, one is rude and barbaric, and the saber rattling; The other is ornate and condescending. Either way, it's not as comfortable as itself.

The Ming Dynasty set up a command in Luzon, so will it also set up a command in the Ryukyus in the future?

But his expression was as usual, compared with Chen Bazhi, who was thirty or forty years younger than him, he was very reserved, and praised him for not daring to rely on the old and selling the old, which showed his intention: "The Ryukyu soldiers are weak, so I want to ask the general to train some soldiers and horses on my behalf." ”

Seeing Chen Bazhi's noncommittal expression, he followed up and said: "Ryukyu wants to write to the emperor, and after receiving the promise, he will buy weapons from the Nanyang Yamen, and I heard that the general is short of pack horses, so we can give the general a hundred mountain horses as a reward for military training." ”

"It's not easy for Ryukyu to listen, when it comes to buying weapons, they want to buy firecrackers and three-eyed guns, but they don't dare to mention them." Li Dan looked at Chen Bazhi as he spoke, and his words were a little unbearable, and said, "What does General Chen think?" ”

"Whether you practice or not, it's not in me, you have to send a message to the Nanyang Yamen; The purchase of weapons was not written by the Ryukyus, but reported by the Nanyang Yamen; As for me, I don't want to train you soldiers. ”

Chen Bazhi looked at Zheng Zhen and then at Weng Shouxiang, and said: "The ugly words are in front, the heavy armaments I need for military training are the same as those of the soldiers outside, and the price of weapons is the same as that of the soldiers outside. In addition, there are 1,000 soldiers and 300 dead soldiers, and the soldiers and horses are handed over to me and others are not allowed to ask, so I advise the old man to go back and think about it again. ”