Chapter 958: Atonement
After Li Yuntian finished practicing the sword slowly, Lei Ting stepped forward and handed over the towel with a smile, Li Yuntian waved his hand to Aoki Mingxin who was standing there while wiping his sweat, and then got up and walked to the pavilion on the side.
Seeing this, Aoki Mingxin hurriedly chased after him, and several tall and strong guards quietly sandwiched him in the middle, so as not to have ill intentions towards Li Yuntian.
"You're Aoki Akishin?" Li Yuntian sat down on a stone chair in the pavilion, picked up a cup of tea, gently fanned the hot air coming out of the teacup with the lid of the cup, and asked lightly.
"The villain Aoki Mingxin knocked on the prince." Aoki Mingxin hurriedly stepped forward and knelt in front of Li Yuntian, and respectfully kowtowed to Li Yuntian.
"Aoki Mingxin, are you guilty?" Hearing this, Li Yuntian put the teacup in his hand on the table, stared coldly at Aoki Mingxin and asked.
"Lord Wang, the villain's sin deserves death, I implore the prince to be merciful and leave a way for the villain to live, and the villain is willing to donate all his family property to the martial arts hall."
Aoki Mingxin touched his head to the ground without any defense, in fact, his defense had a very bad effect on Li Yuntian last time after Aoki Mingyi brought it, so he simply confessed in front of Li Yuntian, after all, Li Yuntian is not the kind of Ming official who is easy to fool the past.
"Hmph, those family properties of yours are ill-gotten gains, and this king will naturally confiscate them and hand them over to the court." Li Yuntian sneered when he heard this, "Since Emperor Taizu, the successive emperors of the Ming Dynasty have hated the Japanese Emperor, but you dare to openly oppose the Ming Dynasty and bring disaster to the coastal state capital of the Ming Dynasty, which is really hateful."
"Lord Wang, the villain already knows that he is wrong, and now it's too late to regret it, please give the villain a chance to mend his ways, so that the villain can make up for his mistakes." Aoki Mingyi didn't dare to defend himself, and honestly pleaded guilty there.
"Make up for it?" Hearing this, Li Yuntian looked at Aoki Mingyi coldly, "You sue the king, what is the place where the king can use you?" ”
"Lord Wang, the villain is familiar with maritime affairs, and the villains on the routes from the East Ocean to the South Sea are all clear, and they can serve the prince." Aoki Mingxin hurriedly raised his head when he heard this, and said solemnly to Li Yuntian, "In addition, the villain has a lot of eyes and ears in the Nanyang countries, the Wa Kingdom, and the Korean Kingdom, and can provide information to the prince. ”
"The king of the East and the South Seas knows no less than you, otherwise how could he trade with the countries of the South Seas and reach the Wa Kingdom along the way?" Hearing this, Li Yuntian sneered and looked at Aoki Mingxin, "Do you think that this king's spies will be fewer than you?" ”
The villain didn't dare, what the villain wanted to say was that he was willing to serve the prince, a look of embarrassment flashed on Aoki Mingxin's face, and he quickly explained with a smile on his face.
"This king has heard that your maritime trade is very large, and there is a lot of business in both the Wa Kingdom and the Korean Kingdom." Li Yuntian nodded with satisfaction when he heard this, and said quietly.
"The Japanese and Korean countries are small and poor, and only by trading goods with other countries can they obtain the goods they need, and the villain just wanted to beg for food at the beginning, and unconsciously came to this point."
Aoki Mingxin felt that Li Yuntian's tone became softened, knowing that Li Yuntian was more satisfied with his previous appearance, so he put on a look of remorse, "The villain also thought about asking for the title of the gold list to serve the country before, but it's a pity that the villain has now become a sea bandit!" ”
"You should know that according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, the crime you have committed is enough to be cut by a thousand knives, and his family will be exiled for 3,000 miles." Li Yuntian naturally knew that Aoki Mingyi deliberately pretended to show him, so he looked at him expressionlessly and said, "But this king has decided to give you a chance for the sake of your sincere repentance, if you can do what this king has told you, this king can ask the emperor to intercede and forgive your guilt." ”
"Lord Wang, please speak, even if the villain goes to the soup!" Aoki Mingxin was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly said to Li Yuntian.
"You go down to rest first, and then sue you when the king thinks about it." Li Yuntian didn't tell Aoki Mingxin what he wanted him to do, but waved his hand at him, picked up the teacup on the table next to him and leisurely tasted tea.
"The villain quits." Aoki didn't dare to ask, kowtowed to Li Yuntian and got up to leave, his steps were lighter than when he came, as if the whole person was much more relaxed, at least he knew that Li Yuntian didn't mean to kill him.
"Xianggong, can he get things done?" After Aoki Mingxin left, Lei Ting glanced at his back and asked Li Yuntian with some suspicion.
"This person can dominate the sea for more than 20 years, he is not an idle person, if he wants to live, he will definitely do a good job, if he plays any tricks with the prime minister, it will be self-defeating."
Li Yuntian smiled, opened his mouth to comfort Lei Ting and said, in his opinion, Aoki Mingxin is fully capable of doing the errand he explained, unless Aoki Mingxin is yang and yin, then don't blame him for being polite
The next day, Aoki Akira left Izuzu Castle in a hurry, and the first thing he did when he returned to Hirado Island was to return to his old business, announcing to the daimyo of Kyushu Island in Wakoku that he would continue to engage in sea smuggling.
However, because more money is needed to get up and down and dredge, if the daimyo of Kyushu want to trade goods through guò, the price of their supply will drop by 30%.
As a result, the profits obtained by the daimyo on Kyushu Island will be reduced by about half, which makes those daimyo complain about this, thinking that Aoki Mingxin is too dark and completely robbed.
Aoki Akishin didn't force those daimyo on Kyushu Island, anyway, he sent people to the territories of the daimyo to harvest at the new price, and he didn't force those daimyo to sell him the goods anyway.
Those daimyo had nothing to do about it, and although they were not happy, they still supplied him according to the price set by Aoki Mingxin, because even if their profits were reduced by half, it would be very considerable, otherwise those goods would only rot in the warehouse, worthless.
What's especially important is that the daimyo were pleasantly surprised to find that Aoki Akishin did not have the previous limit when he received the goods this time, and he could take as many goods as they wanted, which made them quickly make up for the loss in price, and if they counted it, they would earn one or two times more than before.
Due to the sudden resumption of sea smuggling and the release of quota receipts, the daimyo of Kyushu Island were skeptical, believing that Aoki was most likely bluffing.
However, when Aoki Mingxin's fleet ended smuggling and returned to Kyushu Island with a load of Daming's goods, the daimyo of Kyushu Island believed that he had really restarted the sea smuggling route again, and they were secretly shocked in their hearts, no one expected that Aoki Mingxin would be so powerful.
Aoki Mingxin not only brought the Daming goods that the daimyo of Kyushu Island needed, but also brought them the good news that some of the big merchants of the Daming needed large quantities of agricultural products and handmade products, and if those daimyo could provide them, he was ready to buy them at a high price.
In addition, since it is the first cooperation between the two parties, those big merchants can pay half of the payment in advance to the daimyo of Kyushu Island, and wait until the time of receipt to pay the other half.
This is undoubtedly a huge temptation for those big merchants, because the cost of the goods needed by the big merchants of the Ming Dynasty is about half of the price, in other words, those big names have already received the cost of those goods in advance, and they don't need to pay for it again.
And at that time, as long as those goods are taken out at the time of delivery, then they can get the other half of the money, which is an out-and-out net profit, which is simply a pie-in-the-sky thing.
Therefore, those daimyo approached Aoki Akishin to take orders for goods, and when they got the money, they immediately arranged for someone to engage in production, and then waited for the other half of the money to be delivered to them.
To be honest, Aoki didn't understand why Li Yuntian asked him to do this, in his opinion, wouldn't this be a cheap discount for those big names on Kyushu Island for nothing.
Obviously, the orders placed by Aoki Mingxin can get more profits, and the goods of the previous daimyo are still half of the profits, so it is obvious that the daimyo of Kyushu Island will choose Aoki Mingxin's orders, and will also increase production efforts to seek more profits.
Not only Aoki Mingxin, but Keiko Yamaguchi didn't understand what Li Yuntian thought, he would give so many supply orders to those big names on Kyushu Island, and he also gave half of the payment in advance.
After solving the problem of Aoki Mingxin, Li Yuntian was ready to leave for Daming, and it was half a year since he came out this time, and it was time to go back to deal with the accumulated official business.
The night before leaving, Keiko Yamaguchi set up a banquet for Li Yuntian to practice, she wanted to stay in Izumi City to sit in the town, and then wait for the opportunity to return to Shikoku Island to take revenge, so she could not go back with Li Yuntian.
Since Li Yuntian met Keiko Yamaguchi in Jiangnan and brought her to the capital, Keiko Yamaguchi has lived in the Zhongmu Mansion for several years and spent the best girlhood.
Now that she is suddenly separated from Li Yuntian, Keiko Yamaguchi has an indescribable gloom and pain in her heart, I have to say that if there is no Li Yuntian, she will not be where she is now, she is likely to be sent by the abbot of the temple to live in an ordinary family, in that case, she will not be able to return to Shikoku Island to take revenge and become an ordinary girl.
During those days in the Chungmu Palace, Keiko Yamaguchi learned a lot of things, was greatly influenced by Li Yuntian and the wives of the palace, and learned a lot about how to deal with people and how to deal with interpersonal relationships.
Don't look at Keiko Yamaguchi, who usually speaks little and looks cold, but she is very grateful to the Zhongwu Mansion for taking care of her, but in order to take revenge, she doesn't want to have too many entanglements with the Zhongwu Palace, and she must bury her emotions deep in her heart, so as not to involve the Zhongwu Palace, or like the life of the Ming Dynasty and give up revenge.
It wasn't until Li Yuntian was almost executed by Emperor Xuande two years ago that Keiko Yamaguchi realized that she had actually integrated into the Zhongwu Mansion and became a part of the palace, so when Li Yuntian arranged for her to leave the capital and return to the Wa Kingdom, she would refuse, and risked her life to dig tunnels with Nuo Min to rescue Li Yuntian.
At that time, Keiko Yamaguchi had already thought about preparing to follow Li Yuntian to the end of the world, after all, Li Yuntian was in trouble, she couldn't sit idly by, fortunately, Li Yuntian finally saved the day and was promoted, and became the nobleman of the Ming Dynasty alive and became the king of a different surname, and his power was greater than before.
In this way, Keiko Yamaguchi can also return to the Japanese country to take revenge with peace of mind, Li Yuntian helped her at this time, and specially set up the Red Wolf Army for her, so that her subordinates have an armed force of their own.
Although the power of the Red Wolf Army is not completely in the hands of Keiko Yamaguchi, as the deputy commander, Saburo Domoto has divided part of the power in her hands, but since Li Yuntian promised to help her take revenge, the Red Wolf Army will definitely obey her command in the matter of revenge, as for Li Yuntian's actions against the Wa Kingdom in the future, then it is not her concern, she just wants to take revenge and end her wish.