Shimazu Chiyo on the side said coldly: "How come I don't know that there are tens of thousands of samurai in the Shimazu family? Brother, please don't confuse Ashigaru (Note 1) with samurai, it's good to be able to gather a thousand samurai, and don't let the lord see the joke. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

Shimazu Mitsuhisa was embarrassed, he did confuse the concept, the so-called tens of thousands of troops, in fact, the main body is the ashigaru composed of peasants, and the real samurai are less than one-fifth. He thought to himself, Chiyo had only been with this Ming general for a few days, and her elbow turned out, and her father was right not to let her inherit the position of head of the family.

Summer Minami listened to Shimazu Chiyo's words and learned that samurai and ashigaru are not the same thing. But he didn't mind, he didn't need so many people anyway.

"I know that your Shimazu family has strength, but you don't need tens of thousands of troops, just one or two thousand samurai at random."

Shimazu Mitsuhisa only agreed, thinking: General Xia is only afraid of treating the samurai as cabbage, and he is just one or two thousand at will, but he is afraid that the samurai of the entire Satsuma Domain will not be enough for two thousand, and it seems that it is necessary to recruit the downtrod ronin of the neighboring domains to meet this standard.

"As for the target of the attack...... Xia Nan originally wanted to put the location in Guangdong, so that it would be easier to control it under his nose, so as not to mess around with these Japanese, but after thinking about it, Guangdong's location in Chongzhen's heart is far inferior to Jiangnan, so it is better to land directly in Zhejiang, so this drama can maximize the value, so he changed his words, "It's set in Zhejiang." ”

Shimazu Mitsuhisa was happy in his heart, Jiangnan is said to be the richest place in the Ming Dynasty, if you can take the opportunity to make a fortune, it will be worth the trip. He asked tentatively: "In addition to the government, can we take away the belongings of the common people?" ”

Xia Nan frowned and replied: "You can rob the official treasury at will, but the people can't loot it easily, if you meet a wealthy family, you can rob money, but you can't kill people." In short, you can't take the initiative to attack anyone except when you encounter the encirclement and suppression of officers and soldiers. ”

Shimazu Mitsuhisa was a little disappointed, so restrained, I felt a little unwielded! However, he didn't dare to raise any objections, so he could only respond respectfully: "Haiyi, Guangjiu knows what to do." ”

Xia Nan said to Putmans and Shimazu Mitsuhisa: "You will rest for one night in Lingao, and tomorrow you will rush back in a clipper boat, and gather the fleet and personnel in place by the middle of next month, and assemble at Lingao." ”

After the two were taken to rest, Xia Nan paced back and forth, thought for a while, and felt that it was not realistic to hope for the self-discipline of the Japanese, and it was better to take measures to prevent it from happening, so he ordered someone to call Huang Hansheng and William.

After Huang Han and William came to the council hall one after another, Xia Nan briefly explained his plan, and then said: "I will only tell you about this matter for the time being, don't make a noise about it first, especially don't let Mr. Sun and the others know." ”

Huang Hansheng nodded and expressed his understanding: "According to the words of the scholar, the general's hand should be called raising Kou self-respect, which is the same as Huang Mengjia's big eater back then." A scholar like Mr. Sun may not be able to accept it all at once, so it's better not to tell him. ”

William also said: "Queen Elizabeth also issued privateer permits to pirates, and a lot of dirty work that is not suitable for the state can be entrusted to them, these people are called 'royal pirates', and some are even knighted, so I can understand your approach, General." ”

"Now I'm not going to talk to you about this, but how to restrain the Japanese samurai and Dutch fleets. My initial idea was that William sent men to keep an eye on the Dutch, and Hansheng sent men to follow the Japanese samurai, and that their targets were the government, not the slaughter of civilians. We want to achieve political goals, but we can't have too much civilian blood on our hands, that's the bottom line. ”

"The Dutch are our defeated men, and I will be able to control them, please rest assured, General." William patted his chest and assured.

Huang Hansheng replied cautiously: "I don't dare to guarantee that not a single citizen will die in vain, but it is still possible to stop the Japanese from killing innocents indiscriminately." ”

Xia Nan nodded: "That's enough." You can make arrangements when you go back, and you will act in the middle of next month. There is no war at the moment, and this matter is the most important thing in the Qiongzhou battalion at present. ”

The two replied in unison: "Yes!" Checkmate. ”

South of Lingao.

The temporary quarters of the Tunding were rows of low-slung wooden houses, with a locked house at the end, windowless on all sides, and only a small vent on the side of the doorway, which looked very much like the small black room of the old time and space confinement.

A soldier looked up at the sun, and it was already noon, so he took out the key and opened the iron lock of the rough benzene, opened the door, and said to the dark space inside: "The time is up, you two, come out!" ”

With the sound of Suosuo's footsteps, two young men, one strong and one thin, walked out. Both of them looked very haggard, as if they hadn't eaten or slept for days, the thin one's face was covered with bruises, and the strong one's wrist was wrapped in cloth, and there were faint traces of blood.

The soldier explained coldly: "Our squad leader said that if you fight again next time, you will not be locked up for three days, but directly for ten days, only drink water and don't care about food, and it will be your fate to starve or not." Now go back to where you worked. ”

These two people are Lan Lin and Zhu Jinhu, and after the two fought, they were imprisoned in the "small black room" and continued the fight inside. Although Lan Lin has the upper hand, Zhu Jinhu is very stubborn, and if he can't beat it, he bites, and it is not too much of a loss. After a day of starvation, the two of them had no strength and stopped fighting until they were released on the third day.

On the way back to Tuntian, Lan Lin squinted at the little man: "You kid is ruthless, not a coward." If I bully you with my strength, it's not my ability, do you dare to compete with my grandfather in a different way? ”

Zhu Jinhu still cherishes words like gold: "How to compete? "Don't say a word more.

Lan Lin looked back at the soldiers who released them, stared enviously at the shining metallic rifle, and whispered: "I heard that the soldiers of this Qiongzhou Mansion are all bullish and coaxing, and they don't take the government seriously, and the salary is also rich, and they have to have seventeen or eighteen taels of silver a month when they become officials!" We are here facing the loess with our backs to the sky, and it is better to work tirelessly for a month than to pluck the hair of our legs. Why don't we go and ask for an official, let us become soldiers directly! A year later, if any of us get along badly, we will kneel down and kowtow and call grandpa three times, how about it? ”

Zhu Jinhu stopped, thought for a few seconds, and then spit out two words vigorously: "Bet!" ”

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Note 1: Ashigaru is the name given to the lowest class of infantry in ancient Japan, who were usually engaged in labor and became infantry soldiers in wartime. In times of war, they were trained in bows and arrows, guns, and artillery to form troops. In the Edo period, he became the lowest class samurai and miscellaneous soldiers.