Dazaifu has been the political and economic center of the Kyushu region since the Nara and Heian periods, and Tenmangu Shrine has been famous for thousands of years because it buried the "god of learning" Kan Naomitima, just like the Confucian Mansion in China. www.biquge.info When China, North Korea and the Japanese were in contact at that time, Dazaifu was also an important window for foreign-related business and negotiations.

Hakata, as the port city of Kyushu, is based on Dazaifu and connects China and North Korea with rapid development, and has become the most populous port city in Kyushu, with a huge fortune.

Corrupted by greedy careerists, Hakata was repeatedly scorched by military disasters and scorched earth, but was rebuilt from the ruins thanks to the efforts of Hakata merchants, who were very sensitive to changes in the situation.

As early as when the news of the success of Masahiro Kamirako came, the Hakata Merchants' Federation sent people to Osaka Castle several times to send congratulatory gifts, which they never forgot every year.

Because they know that Masahiro has great hopes for the achievement of Minamoto Yoritomo and Ashikaga Honji.

It's midday in autumn and the sun is shining.

At the same time that the first formation of the Date Army appeared in Dazaifu, a carriage crossed Mt. Mikasa and traveled in a slightly hurried field, with dozens of ashigaru behind them, and a flag of the Date family was erected on each side of the carriage.

The bells of the mules and horses rang through the fields, clanging and clanging. Kuroda Kanbei and Tsuda Munewa shared a ride, and their expressions were relaxed, without any nervousness, talking and laughing.

Kuroda officers and guards looked around and saw that there were no people around, and there were many fallen rice in the ridges, indicating that there were people working here not long ago, but now they don't know where to hide.

Kuroda Kanbei pointed to the ridge and said, "It is worthy of the Tsukushi Plain, which gave birth to the Tenmangu Shrine of Dazaifu, and the agriculture is developed, and it is Hakata not far away, so I don't know which one to visit?" ”

Tsuda Sokazu said with a smile: "Since I went to the Kamiya family, Kamiya Sausei has already invested in the Date family, which has just achieved Sanbei, five years ago, and it is considered an old acquaintance, besides, the Kamiya family is still a veteran maritime merchant in Hakata, there is no one else you want to know except him?" ”

Tsuda Sokazu is the eldest son of Tennoji House Tsuda Soda, but he has become a small surname of Masahiro as early as when Masahiro was still preparing for China's struggle, and now it is a commercial council of 3,000 stones.

It was a big leap from a merchant to a samurai, not to mention that sixty percent of the shares in Tennoji House belonged to Shohiro himself, so Tennoji House was respected in the Date family's royal merchant system.

In the early Warring States period, the Kamiya family traded with Korea and China, accumulating huge wealth, and later developed into a large-scale merchant in Hakata, owning several merchant ships. In Kamiya Sakuze's generation, adhering to the businessman's political acumen, he invested in various potential forces, such as Otomo, Ouchi, Mori, Miyoshi, Takeda, Hojo, and Nagao, and he would not let go of the Date family, which was a small investment and a big return for him.

The Kamiya family mansion is located in Nishimachi, Hakata, and occupies a vast area, which is not like an ordinary mansion. The mansion is surrounded by a trench and a drawbridge hangs outside the gate. Directly opposite, a sturdy arrow tower stands in the wind.

There are also a lot of fields around the mansion, all of which are the property of the Kamiya family, Hakata has a huge wealth and has always been spied on by the surrounding careerists, to protect the safety of his wealth, Hakata's merchants in addition to relying on the strong, their own safety is also very important. The Shenwu family has a sturdy mansion that only a moderate local tyrant can have, and a nursing home of more than 100 people.

To be able to accumulate enough wealth in the troubled times of the Warring States, it is impossible to do without a force that is enough to deter the greedy. The Kamiya family has stood tall for a hundred years, but not just by fame.

The Date Army guards stopped outside the gate of the Kamiya family's mansion, and then someone sent the names of Kuroda Kanbei and Tsuda Muneki, and the servants entered to report, and soon, Kamiya Sakuse hurried in with more than a dozen people.

Date army crossed the sea, Hakata was sincerely frightened, at a loss, I don't know if Hakata can escape this military disaster, you must know that Hakata has been destroyed twice in the military disaster for decades, and it is not easy to rebuild, no one knows whether it can escape.

When the envoy of the Date family arrived, Shenya Shaoce was very happy, and the investment of four or five years was not useless, and this did not pay off, so he took the upper echelons of the Shenya family out to greet him.

Kamiya Sakusai saw Kuroda Kanbei, Tsuda Mune, and the two and a half sons appear, and if it weren't for the flag on the carriage and the majestic Date family behind him, I'm afraid he would have suspected that it was a fake.

Seeing that Kamiya Shao Ce was puzzled, Tsuda Munekazu introduced himself: "I am Tsuda Muneji of the Date family, and this is Kuroda Hengtaka of Harima, and I came here to visit the deceased on the order of Taizheng. ”

Since the Date family went to Luo, the retainers of the Date family are no longer a secret, and the Kamiya Shao Ce heard that the two of them reported their own home, and his heart sank, he naturally knew the origin of Tsuda Munei and Kuroda Kanbei. Visiting the old man was just a pretext, and Shenwu Shaoce naturally didn't dare to pretend to be the old man, so he hurriedly bowed down and said respectfully: "It turned out to be two adults, please hurry up!" ”

As he spoke, Shenya Shaoce secretly wiped a handful of sweat stains, and there was a little speculation in his heart.

Kuroda Kanbei and Tsuda Munekazu didn't say much, and walked into the mansion, which was simple and spacious, and the two of them walked straight to the hall without squinting.

The guest and the host sat down, and there was a tea kettle that Shao Ce liked in the sacred house sitting on the stove, and its sound echoed faintly in the room. Kuroda Kanbei and Tsuda Munekazu all studied tea ceremony under Sowa, the son of the famous tea master Takeno Shaoou, and naturally knew a lot about tea ceremony. The two looked at each other and smiled, but did not speak.

Tsuda Zongji said: "Shao Ce, stupid people think that the country of the Japanese is the whole world, you and I are both resourceful people, and we have seen the vast world, know how big the world is, how big the country is, and the country is just a small country in the world. ”

As a young man, he traveled to Busan with merchant ships, and during his trip to North Korea, he traveled as far as Uliangha in Hamgyong Province, on the northeastern border of Korea. He naturally knew that the world was far from being a corner of the Wa country, there was a wider area outside, and there were countries with a larger population than the Wa country, but what made him scruple was why Tsuda Muneki, who was the envoy of the Date family, said this in front of him.

Kuroda stroking his bald head and said, "Zong Ji and I are all from small surnames on the side of the lord, and I often hear the lord say that this country is just a corner of the world, and I always think about the vastness of the world. ”

After Kuroda Kanbei finished speaking, Kamiya Sakure lowered his head and pondered, "In this way, the world can be stable?" ”