67 The contest between the messengers

Prince Shang Zhiwu's envoy came quietly and left quietly, without alarming the other families around the Wu Mansion, but they didn't know about it, there was a pair of eyes in the dark that saw all this, and quickly passed the news out.

After Wu Daofu sent away the envoy of Prince Shang Zhiwu, he was about to pack up his mood and sort out his language, and after sorting out his words, he went to the palace where Zhao Xingdou and them stayed and discussed with them the matters promised by Shang Zhiwu today.

It's just that Wu Daofu hasn't gone out yet, but he was blocked at the door by another visitor.

Wu Daofu is not a stranger, but it is Shang Yun, a member of the Ryukyu royal family who came to visit him before, but what surprised Wu Daofu in his heart is that the shadow behind this Shang Yun is the biggest opponent of the guest master who has just left, and Prince Shang Feng, who should be celebrating at home now.

"Admiral Wu, are you going out?" Before Wu Daofu could walk out of the door, he was blocked by Shang Yun's words.

"Where, I originally wanted to go out to visit friends, but what kind of wind is this, and I brought Lord Shang again, is there something wrong?" Wu Daofu remained silent, the other party and Shang Zhiwu's envoy came to the door with their front and back feet, Wu Daofu didn't believe that this thing was such a coincidence.

And seeing that Prince Shang Feng did not relax his surveillance of Shang Zhiwu even though he was about to finish, it shows that this prince's ability is much higher than that of Prince Shang Zhiwu.

The previous wooing of Prince Shang Zhiwu, Wu Daofu has been quiet, and it has something to do with the performance of Prince Shang Zhiwu when he was the supervisor of Amami Walled City, Li Tianyang once also talked to him in detail when Wu Daofu came to Ryukyu to serve, and now the Bengang team does not have enough strength to run the Ryukyu Kingdom and manipulate it behind the scenes, so in a short period of time, a promising Ryukyu lord is needed to stabilize the situation of the Ryukyu Kingdom, until the Bengang team continues to grow and develop.

What the Bengang team needs to do now is actually to develop silently and help the Ryukyu Kingdom resist the invasion from the Japanese Samosa, which is why Wu Daofu and Zhao Xingdou have been holding their arm.

According to Li Tianyang's instructions, to be honest, after contacting all the way, Wu Daofu himself believes that Shang Zhiwu, who is very talented and talented, is far inferior to Prince Shangfeng, who has a rigorous style.

It's just that now Shang Zhiwu's conditions are really generous, and in the past few days, Hong Tang has reported from the spies planted in Satsuma by Ryukyu Wanghuo, as well as his own intelligence collection, and in a short period of time, the Japanese Satsuma should have died down against the Ryukyu Kingdom!

Therefore, in the end, Wu Daofu was moved by Shang Zhiwu's envoy's clever words, and wanted to take the opportunity to do something.

"What kind of wind can there be, but now there is good news in the palace, saying that Prince Regent Shanghong has elected my royal brother Prince Shangfeng to succeed him as the king of the Ryukyu Kingdom, so I want to come and invite Admiral Wu to witness this matter!" Shang Yun, as a cousin of the same lineage as Prince Shang Feng, naturally stood on the same front with Prince Shang Feng, if he could succeed as the king of the Ryukyus, it would also be a great joy for their lineage, so he took the initiative to invite Ying to talk with Wu Daofu after receiving the news from Prince Shang Zhiwu's secret envoy to see Wu Daofu.

"Haha, then the lower official is here to congratulate Lord Shang in advance, and at the same time, please ask Lord Shang to convey the blessings of the lower official to Prince Shangfeng on his behalf, and the lower official will also bow to the kingdom in the future!" Wu Daofu snorted, said some polite words, and welcomed Shang Yun into the door at the same time.

"That's that, in the future, when my brother Wang ascends the throne, I'm afraid I will have to reuse Admiral Wu." Entering Wu Daofu's house, Shang Yun looked like he was lying in Wu Daofu's house, and he didn't wait for Wu Daofu to greet him, so he sat down by himself: "At the same time, please ask the Admiral to greet the Hongtang Li Tang Master on behalf of my royal brother, this time thanks to the Hongtang Li Tang Master who understands the righteousness and sent reinforcements to help my Ryukyu royal family, I can let the Satsuma Japanese return with a feather!" ”

"Where is it, since the Hongtang Li Hall Master signed an alliance agreement with the former king, he will definitely not sit idly by and watch Ryukyu suffer this catastrophe!" Wu Daofu is now a member of the Ryukyu faction, although everyone knows who he is loyal to, but on the surface he still considers himself a Ryukyu official.

"At the beginning of the agreement signed between the first king and the master of Hongtang Li, my royal brother also asked Admiral Wu to bring a word to you, that is, everything is business as usual, and this time let them Hongtang work hard and move the people, and the losses are repeated, and when my royal brother succeeds to the throne, he will definitely give corresponding pensions, and will never let the Hong cousins chill." Compared with Shang Zhiwu's conditions, the conditions given by Shang Yun didn't seem to be attractive enough, so Wu Daofu just smiled noncommittally.

Seeing Wu Daofu's expression indifferent, similar to the last time he came to the test, Shang Yun chuckled in his heart, knowing that he must have failed to impress Wu Daofu, but then think about the spy who secretly monitored Shang Zhiwu's secret envoy who came out of Wu Daofu's mansion and said that Shang Zhiwu's people had an excited smile on their faces, it must have been Wu Daofu who saw hope here!

Thinking of this, Shang Yun's voice changed, and he continued to add weights: "And this invasion of Satsuma Bo made my brother Wang understand the importance of armament, so he decided to continue to increase the investment in the Ryukyu Naval Division after taking office, and strive to build a naval fleet capable of fighting and daring to fight in one to two years, with at least thirty warships, so that it is possible to resist the invasion of Satsuma at the source." ”

"I heard that in this naval battle between Hongtang and the Japanese people, a lot of their warships were searched, and my brother Wang also wanted to ask Admiral Wu to ask Commander Zhao if they were willing to sell, and the price we gave was definitely not expensive." From Hongtang can't impress Wu Daofu, then Shang Yun changed his mind and worked hard from Wu Daofu's position, in his opinion, as long as he is a little ambitious, he naturally hopes that the greater the strength in his hands, the better: "Of course, these warships will all be added to your command Admiral Wu, and at the same time, we will also increase our efforts to recruit fishermen and sailors in the country and expand the manpower of the Ryukyu sailors!" ”

Hearing this, Wu Daofu's sword eyebrows shrugged involuntarily, and then returned to normal, but he was looked at by Shang Yun, who had been staring at Wu Daofu closely, and Shang Yun, who knew that this path was the right one, continued to increase his weight: "At the same time, my brother Wang also promised that if there are ready-made warships on the Hongtang side, we will also accept them all, and what kind of iron cannons, artillery, etc., as long as Hall Master Li is willing to sell them, we are willing to buy them at a big price!" ”

(End of chapter)