And because he is a native of the Ming Kingdom, he has no foundation in Fuso, and he can only rely on himself, so Shintaka Terauchi trusts him very much and has no fear.

It was a few months ago that he sealed his 10,000-stone high territory and appointed him as the important minister of the temple family.

Becoming an important minister as a foreigner is also quite rare in the whole of Fuso.

However, in the past few days, Huang Qinggang and Nobutaka in the temple have been troubled by one thing and are very annoying.

The cause of the incident was last year's Chinese New Year's Eve.

The temple family and some of the magnates of the Ming Dynasty are very related, in fact, if it were not for the standard swords, strong bows and crossbows, and horse pistols smuggled from the Ming Dynasty, the temple family would not be so powerful. Although the sword made by Fuso is the best in the world, it is too time-consuming and laborious to make, and it takes a whole year of work for a village to make a good katana! All kinds of complicated procedures and precious materials are destined to be impossible to mass-produce. But the weapons of the Ming Dynasty were thousands of dollars when they were bought.

In fact, many of Fusang's daimyo had ties to the powerful merchants of the Ming Dynasty, which is no longer a secret in Fusang. The Ming Dynasty was strong, and the amount of weapons manufactured was hundreds of thousands and hundreds of thousands at a time, and those powerful people also had a lot of energy, and it was enough to feed the big names of these small families at one time.

The magnates of Fusang have silver, and the magnates of the Ming Dynasty have power, and the two sides hit it off, so countless Ming weapons have flowed into Fusang, and the silver of Fusang has also flowed into the Ming Dynasty.

There is a connection with the temple family, is a high-ranking official of the Ming Dynasty, the grandson of Sun Yan, the servant of the criminal department, of course, now in front of his official title to add a Zeng character, because now this Lord Sun has been exposed to sell weapons, and has been relegated to Lin'an Mansion, which is thousands of miles away, to deal with those monkeys in the jungle.

But the two sides are still in contact, although Lord Sun went to Lin'an Mansion, but he still left a lot of channels, which are now in the hands of his son Sun Ting, and they can still sell some scarce things to the temple family.

And the temple family also attaches great importance to the current helmsman of the Sun family, and the temple knows that the imperial examination of the Ming Dynasty knows, and also knows that Sun Ting is the Xie Yuan of the Shuntianfu Township Test, a Xie Yuan, the future is visible and bright, and it can almost be said to be unlimited. If the Terauchi family wants to buy more arms, it will have to fall on him.

As a result, at the end of last year, that Sun Xie Yuan sent a message that made the temple Nobutaka in a dilemma.

He asked the temple family to send troops to attack a guard post along the coast of the Ming Dynasty by posing as a Japanese - in fact, there was no need to pretend - but the reason was not said.

Shintaka in the temple is very embarrassed, he knows the strength of the Ming Dynasty, and in the past, he said that the miserable end of those who crisscrossed the sea after being jointly encircled and suppressed by the Ming Dynasty and the Tachibana family, he also saw it in his eyes, so he really didn't want to anger the Ming Dynasty. But that Sun Xie Yuan also let go, if this thing can't be done, let's break up, anyway, Fusang wants to pay a lot of money to buy our Ming weapons, there are so many names, and you are still missing?

Let's sell a Tachibana house!

As soon as I heard this, the people in the temple were in a hurry, and who in the entire Fuso didn't know that the temple family and the Tachibana family were rivals? In order to compete for Iwami Silver Mountain, the two sides are even about to fight out the dog's brain! If the Tachibana family gets a weapon, we don't have a weapon, wouldn't it be a whimper?

So on the Chinese New Year's Eve of the Ming people, Hiroji Terauchi, the eldest man of the temple family, came out by boat with a thousand people, and went to the direction of Shandong with the guide sent by the Sun family.

Five days later, Hiroji Terauchi returned.

I went to a thousand, but only eight hundred came back, and many of the people who came back were seriously injured.

The news that Hongji brought back made Terauchi Nobutaka's heart tremble, those Ming soldiers were only one hundred and twelve, but they were amazingly strong, their spear phalanx, extremely tough, not only the defense was amazing, but also the offensive ability was also very strong. Hiroji Terauchi besieged with ten times the number of troops, but it took a long time to defeat it.

All 112 soldiers of the opposing side died, and more than 170 of the Terauchi family were killed on the spot, and when they returned to the ship that day, another thirty or forty were seriously wounded and died.

The news shocked Nobutaka Terauchi.

Ten to one troops, is not a simple one-on-one death, generally speaking, a thousand people besiege a hundred people, the other party is completely destroyed, and more than a dozen of these thousand people die.

Now it's a two-to-one damage! What kind of army actually has such combat effectiveness? Could it be the elite of the border army of the Ming Dynasty?

Or Huang Qinggang paid more attention to domestic information, and after collecting it from many sources, he told him that this was a newly rising force, called the Wuyi Army, which had an extremely outstanding performance in the process of suppressing a large-scale peasant uprising in the Ming Dynasty's Shandong political envoy, and its combat effectiveness was strong! The leader of this Wuyi army is the world-famous life Ruo Ruo only saw Lian Zining for the first time, and his backer is Dai Zhangpu, the left attendant of the Ming Dynasty's military department, and his only daughter with Dai Zhangpu is about to get engaged.

Terauchi Nobutaka knew it was bad when he heard it! I can't wait to slap my ears and scrape my ears, I'd rather fight against Tachibana Thunder than offend this one!

The virtues of these magnates in the Ming Dynasty, Shintaka in the temple has dealt with them for so long, and he also understands a little bit, to put it nicely, that is called the majesty of the heavenly empire can not be offended, to be honest, that is, be careful, and you will be repaid.

If you offend them, don't look at you in Fusang, they have a way to clean you up!

But Nobutaka Terauchi still didn't expect that this revenge would come so violently, so helpless!

After several months, Wu Yijun didn't move, and he was slowly relieved. But just a few days ago, news came from the side of Kyushu Island that Lian Zining, a great writer and writer, had come to Fusang.

In just a few days, the news spread throughout the upper class of Fuso.

When the other daimyo heard it, they were all gearing up, and they were ready to invite them to their own mountain city and recite poems as a capital to boast.

But when Nobutaka Terauchi heard this, he only panicked, because the Lord Lian didn't come by himself, and he also brought a terrifying army!

That army soon showed their formidable combat prowess, occupying Hizen Port and defeating the Goto clan, and that army had already shown its fangs before it could do its best!

The army marched north and settled at Tachibana's house.

Shintaka Terauchi knew in his heart that they were here to make trouble for themselves, and looking at this posture, he also pulled the thunder god Tachibana Michiyuki.

There was only one thought in my mind: "It's over!" ”

A Tachibana family is difficult enough to deal with, let alone have such a strong army by his side.

His first thought was to beat Hongji's rebel son to death, but this kid is also clever, his mother Komatsu gave him a message and let him escape from Shuicheng before dawn, for this, Terauchi Nobutaka also slapped Komatsu twice.

After calming down, he sent Huang Qinggang out and asked him to contact his hands to find out the news of the Tachibana family.

"Lord Governor, the news is not optimistic." Huang Qinggang frowned, his face full of gloom: "According to the news of our informant, the 10,000 elites of the Tachibana family have reached the border of Nagato Province and Iwami Province, and Tachibana Michiyuki has urgently requisitioned 30,000 ashigaru, and 2,500 Wuyi troops are stationed in Aoki City at this time!" ”

"Look at that posture, the target is exactly us!"

After Huang Qinggang said this sentence heavily, the side hall fell into a stagnation, and the atmosphere was very heavy.

Neither of them is an ordinary person, even if they are mediocre people with mediocre qualifications, they have been in this position for many years, and the corners of their eyes have long become very open, and they will naturally look farther ahead.

What does this mean, the two of them are clear, one Tachibana family is enough pain, plus Wu Yijun, it is simply impossible for the temple family to compete.

Although the Wu Yi Army only had 2,500 people, the combat effectiveness they showed before, their 2,500 people, could be at least equivalent to 10,000 Fusang regular troops.

Because Fusang at that time, there was no advanced tactics to give full play to the strength of the group, and more relied on the melee after the two sides took over, in a word, Fusang in this era was like China during the Republic of China, the equipment was uneven, the courage of the soldiers was commendable, the officers were in a mess, and the technical and tactical level was far behind the European and American powers.

It's no wonder that you can win!

After a long silence, Nobutaka Terauchi said in a low voice: "Mr. Aoka, you say, what will happen if I hand over Hongji?" ”

"Never!" Huang Qinggang's face changed, and he said categorically: "Lord Jiadu, don't dare to do this, I am a Ming person, and I understand the thoughts of Ming people best, Ming people pay attention to cutting grass and eradicating roots, and never suffer in the future, that Lian Zining is coming to the temple family." Even if he kills a Honger, he can't explain to Wu Yijun up and down, and people already think they have eaten us, even if they hand over Honger, he will definitely not stop, but will think that we are weak, and they are pressing step by step! ”

"Governor, you must not retreat at this time, after retreating, there will be an abyss below!"

Shintaka Terauchi's face was full of bitterness: "I don't know this, but let's fight, it's not an opponent!" ”

"Who said to fight?" Huang Qinggang showed a smile on his face and clapped his hands lightly: "I suddenly thought of it in Xia Shicai, we don't have to do it!" ”

"Oh? Sir teach me! Shintaka in the temple was overjoyed, and hurriedly said.

"In, four words, strong wall clear!" Huang Qinggang Chengzhu said in his chest: "All our armies, retreat to the water city, all the ships, all concentrated here, just give them the land outside the Big Bear Lake!" ”

"Huh?" Nobutaka in the temple was stupid, he didn't expect Mr. Huang to give such an idea, he hesitated for a moment, and said: "But in this way, those fertile fields and those people on our shore, aren't they?" ”

"It's better than the demise of my temple and the vast land!" Huang Qinggang said: "Stay in the green mountains without worrying about no firewood!" The terrain of our water city is so dangerous, we can only attack it with warships, let's collect the warships and unify them into the water city, they have no way to attack at all, and it is too late to temporarily build ships. Those Wu Yi troops came from the sea, although there are huge warships like mountains in legends, but the straits of our Big Bear Lake and the sea have been stretched with iron chains, and no big ships can pass! In this way, the water city in my temple is solid! ”

The more he spoke, the more excited he became, and his mind became more and more active: "We can collect all the things in the people's homes, cut down all the crops that are still growing in the field, and burn them, and leave no belongings for these untouchables!" At that time, even if the Tachibana family occupies this place, they will only get a ruin, and they will still have to find a way to help the victims, and they will have to clean up the land, I don't know how much effort it will take! Wu Yijun is lonely overseas, he will not dare to stay for a long time, according to the estimation below, at most two months, they will definitely return to China, as long as we can drag on these two months, then we will win! ”

Shintaka in the temple had a white face and a blue face, which was originally a rather ridiculous idea, let Huang Qinggang talk about it, but he felt that there was only one way at present!

Finally, he weighed it for a long time, gritted his teeth and said, "Mr. Qinggang, please take care of this matter!" ”

Although this idea may have some effect, it will indeed bear a great notoriety, although the daimyo of Fuso has always not regarded the peasants as human beings, but there are few daimyo who can openly do such things. But if Nobutaka in the temple still wants to fight Fusang again, he can't bear this infamy! As an outsider, Huang Qinggang, it is very suitable for him to do this.

Huang Qinggang didn't know his thoughts, but he was extremely utilitarian, Zi Ah Fusang was used to being a person on the top, and now let him return to Henan Guide Mansion to be that ordinary showman, it is really better to live than to die, and if you want to keep your power, you must keep the temple family!

"Lord Governor, please rest assured, this matter is in order!" Huang Qinggang arched his hand and replied: "Not only that, these words, they have to go to other daimyo territories in the future, and they will be vertical and horizontal, and the Tachibana family has done a lot of evil, and there are countless enemies, and there must be many people who want to control it to death!" When the time comes, we will join forces vertically and horizontally, and as soon as Wu Yijun retreats, we will surround this Tachibana family on all sides! Let them never turn over! ”

Nobutaka in the temple was overjoyed: "Then thank you sir!" ”

"Don't dare, don't dare!" Huang Qinggang waved his hand and smiled lowly: "Since these days, I haven't stayed in vain in the south, but this time, I brought back a distinguished guest for my lord!" ”

"Guest?" Nobutaka Terauchi asked suspiciously.

Huang Qinggang smiled slightly, walked to the door of the hall, and shouted outside: "Please ask Lord Goto Baiju to ...... in person."

―――――― dividing line -- "This is, corn?" Lian Zining looked at a yellow, orange and orange mallet in front of him, raised his head, and asked in amazement.

After dancing the dance, the dozen or so warriors who had offended Lian Zining were already burned into a charred corpse, and the corpse was curled up in a ball, with their hands on the side of their heads, like a baby.

For Lian Zining, they burned to death is burned to death, it's just that they feel a little disgusting, but nothing else, he won't be a good person to go and intercede for someone who has offended him.

Although I don't want to admit it, I still have to say that in this matter, the treatment enjoyed by beautiful women and rough men is indeed very different. If Jiang Li Ye Nai is replaced by an ugly woman, whether Lian Zining will come to the rescue is still a matter of two by two.

The last item of the banquet, Tachibana Michiyuki, is mysterious, saying that it is to invite you to taste a rare thing.

Lian Zining originally thought that it was some kind of disgusting bala thing like living tea, but he didn't expect that a plate was brought in front of a person, and a yellow boiled stick was placed in it.

Grains like topaz, aren't they corn?

In Lian Zining's previous life, this thing was called a hot stick in Shandong.

"Oh? Even adults have seen this thing? Tachibana Michiyuki was surprised: "This thing was given to me by a Francophone merchant a while ago, and I didn't say what it was called, only that it was found in a new continent from their new discovery, it was sweet and glutinous, but it tasted good." ”

Lian Zining smiled: "I saw it when the students were reading books!" ”

"Sure enough, it is to read thousands of books and travel thousands of miles, what Master Dong said is really reasonable, this thing, even my most knowledgeable master in Fusang doesn't know what it is, but now it is broken by Lord Lian! Haha, this grain is as warm as topaz, corn, corn, what a good name! Tachibana Michiyuki shook his head and said.

The so-called Lord Dong is Dong Qichang, who was the secretary of the Ministry of Rites at the time, and was ranked a few times before Dai Zhangpu in the sequence of senior officials in the Ming Dynasty.

His famous saying: Reading 10,000 books and traveling 10,000 miles is very popular, and it is very reasonable, even Fusang people know it.

Lian Zining was already quite excited at this time, the function of this thing is not known to others, can he still not know? The Chinese really should be grateful to the Francos and Indians, this high-yield food crop, since it was introduced to China in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, I don't know how many times it saved China from crises.

During the Xiaoice River period at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the grain was comprehensively inspected, and if there was no corn, I did not know that millions of people would starve to death; At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was in turmoil, and the people of Jianghuai were struggling to make a living, and if there was no corn, it would be a large-scale famine; Even the famine in the years after the founding of the country was due to the credit of corn.

And, of course, sweet potatoes, that is, sweet potatoes.

However, Lian Zining has always valued what is in front of him, corn, which is the huge wealth in front of him.

In the Ming Dynasty, natural disasters in the past two years [***] continued, Henan Jianghuai ground, has been displaced people everywhere, seeing that there is a trend of instability, corn has quite low requirements for the climate, can not be said to be drought and flood to ensure harvest, but the general small disasters and small diseases, but it has no impact on it. Moreover, the growth cycle is short, from the wheat harvest to the autumn harvest, these three and a half months, it is enough to mature. In the summer, when the weather is hot and humid is sufficient, sitting on the edge of the corn field, you can even hear the sound of clicking, clicking, and corn jointing, and the rapid growth can be seen.

(To be continued)