Astronomical 18th year (1549), early May.

That is, on the second day after the joint envoys of the three families of the Ryokari family, the Kitahara family, and the Qidayuan family arrived at the Luo family, Masahiro, who had hurriedly dealt with the day's government affairs, finally met with the anxious Kitahara Kanemori.

"Meet Lord Masahiro Masashi of the Roche Higomori Dazai." Seeing that the protagonist who had been waiting for thousands of times finally appeared, Kitahara Kanemori immediately saluted.

"I've been busy meeting with the peace envoys of the Ouchi family and the Otomo family these days, and I'm sorry for the loss." As soon as they met, Masahiro directly lied.

It's just that Kitahara Kanemori on the other side completely believed it, and immediately bowed to the ground again in fear and said: "Lord Dazai Shaoji is the first person in Kyushu who deserves to be, and the Otomo family is naturally not Dazai's opponent." "The powerful Ouchi family and the Otomo family alliance were defeated by the Luo family last year, and let the Luo family enter Chikuzen Province in one fell swoop, and then this year took advantage of the internal strife of the Otomo family to let the Luo family take over the Bungo Province region in one fell swoop.

Among them, the Ryokari family, the Kitahara family, the Qidain family, the Takajo family, and the Tsuruta family, which are the wealthy families of Kitasatsuma, Kitassumi, and Kita-Hinata, were the most shocked, and in addition to being shocked, they also began to panic. Because some time ago, it was they who sent troops into Kuma County after Nanfei to help the Sagara family there, so that the Luo family could not occupy the remaining half of Kuma County after Nanfei in time.

They were worried that the Ouchi family and the Otomo family, who had already won a big victory in Kitakyushu and actively oppressed the former overlord of Kyushu, would suddenly give them a settling score. This, coupled with the fact that they had recently lost several battles with the Shimazu family in Kita-Satsuma, made them realize that it was time to find a bigger backer to support them.

Historically, the Shimazu family did not act so quickly against these wealthy families. It is estimated that it was influenced by the growing growth of the neighbor Roche's family. The Shimazu family also gambled to speed up the pace of unifying Satsuma. There is even an ambition to push towards Osumi.

According to historical development, the Shimazu family should have gradually begun to attack these local wealthy families in the following years, and at that time, these wealthy families also accumulated a certain amount of strength, so they could still deal with the Shimazu family. But at this time, the overall strength of the Shimazu family was obviously much stronger than theirs, and the Shimazu family was helped by a group of mysterious pirates, so the combined forces of the Kitahara family and several other wealthy families fought several battles with the Shimazu family in a row, all of which ended in a fiasco.

And it was the offensive offensive launched by the Shimazu family in advance. It also prompted these local wealthy families to trigger the historical event in advance, that is, to start looking for foreign aid. Historically, the foreign aid they asked for this time was the Ito family, which had already extended their power into the southern region of Hyuga, which in turn triggered a decades-long conflict between the Ito family and the Shimazu family. But at this time, the Ito family was still fighting against the Hokugo family, which had taken advantage of the fact that the Toyosu Shimazu family had no heir, and the Toyoshu Shimazu clan was under their command, so naturally they had no time to take care of the affairs of Kitasatsuma for the time being.

At this time, the Luo family defeated the combined army of 50,000 people of the Ouchi family and the Otomo family with a thunderous force, and took the opportunity to enter the Chikuzen Province and the Otomo family's old nest Bungo Province, which was within the scope of the Ouchi family's power, and the momentum was huge for a while. So they naturally set their sights on the Luo family.

Seeing Kitahara Kanemori's frightened look, Masara continued with a smile: "The weather is good, this year should be a bumper harvest." "At this time, the yard is full of brilliant bush flowers. It is indeed a splendid spring flower and is about to be harvested.

"Exactly. It's time for the people to breathe a sigh of relief and live a comfortable life for a few days. Kitahara Kanemori immediately echoed.

"Hmm. Let's get down to business, what are you doing here? "When conducting diplomatic exchanges, Masahiro always likes to constantly change the subject, so that the other party loses his bearings when he is stunned.

Sure enough, after hearing Masaara's sudden words, Kitahara Kanemori was stunned for a moment, and then said with a sad face: "The Satsuma Shimazu family is brutal and unkind, and has brutally invaded our territory, and I also ask Lord Masahiro of the Roshi Higo Mamoru Dazai to be the master of our affairs!" His sincere expression was as if the Luo family was already their suzerain.

"Oh?" After hearing this, Zhengliang said with a smile, "It seems that you have been hostile to your own family, right?" Besides, the Shimazu family is still an ally of the Honkin. ”

"Lord Roche Higomori Dazai Shaoji Masaryo doesn't know anything! This time, a group of pirates who used hundreds of iron cannons suddenly appeared in the Shimazu family's army, and this is why the army I waited for was defeated. Kitahara Kanemori was quite clever, not only deliberately avoiding answering Masayo's rhetorical question head-on, but instead pointing out the obvious changes in the military situation of the Shimazu family this time, and at the same time vaguely reminding Masahiro that if the Shimazu family, which has mysterious force, is allowed to continue to develop, it will be unfavorable to the Luo family sooner or later.

"Oh? Pirates with hundreds of iron cannons at the same time? Sure enough, Masara was attracted by Kitahara Kanemori's words. Although the Shimazu family's Tanegashima has already started to produce iron cannons, it will be at least a year or two before they can assemble a team of several hundred iron cannons. So the sudden appearance of such a large-scale iron cannon in the Shimazu family naturally attracted the attention of Masayo.

"Yes, Lord Dazai, according to our investigation, these pirates who use iron running are said to be from the Ming Kingdom and have taken refuge in the Shimazu family." Seeing that he had attracted the attention of Masayo, Kitahara Kanemori naturally worked harder to reveal more information.

"Who are the Ming pirates with iron cannons?" Zhengliang couldn't help muttering in his heart. Thinking of such a thing in his heart, but on the surface, he continued:

"If you want your family to intervene, what are you prepared to give?"

"Lord Dazai, I hope to be considerate of me, we have been defeated by the Shimazu family army several times, and we also hope that Lord Dazai will be able to support some iron cannons for me." Kitahara Kanemori is very cunning, not only did he not take the initiative to propose the price he was willing to pay, but hoped that Masahiro would take the initiative to put forward the conditions, so he would take the initiative to bargain. At the same time, he was still crying poor, hoping that the Luo family could provide them with iron cannons. But this is obviously impossible, the Luo family's iron cannon reserves are not much, let alone iron cannons, and even some of the eliminated Ming Dynasty fires are now sent to the recruit training camp in Notaka Mountain, Matsuura County, Hizen Province, as a training weapon for the new iron cannon Ashigaru.

Besides, at this time, Kitahara Kanemori was still on the inferior side, so Masara simply fell silent and looked at each other with a smile. It's like looking at a fool. (To be continued......)