Author: The beggar

The negotiation ended quickly.

The people on both sides of the boat were not big shots, and they certainly could not make decisions about compensation.

But at least this negotiation meant a brief period of peace.

It also means that the Black Flag Navy is rushing to Iki Island in an oppressive manner.

The strait in front of the island is only about sixty miles away. Two hours later, the main force of the Black Flag Navy arrived above Iki Island.

Many of the Japanese naval forces had fled long ago, and now there are only more than 130 ships left in the south of the island. During this period, the two sides sent small boats to negotiate many times and determined a temporary truce. They would talk for a while first.

Nabeshima Mitsushige could not make the final decision on matters such as compensation and garrisoning. Even his father, the Lord of Hizen Domain, could not make the final decision.

And then.

His father is not here.

I happened to be on my way to work.

Although the journey was long due to geographical reasons, many daimyo under the Hizen domain were granted permission to serve for half a year, and were allowed to serve in the country for one year, and some were allowed to serve for half a year and serve for more than a year.

Due to transportation difficulties, the Tsushima Fuchu Domain only had to serve for four months, and it was allowed to serve for three years in the country. It was considered the domain with the lightest attendance.

So Nabeshima Mitsushige sent someone to tell him that this matter needed to wait until his father came back. The Hizen clan could hide it from the superiors for a while, just like they did with the Battle of Fukuda Bay. They could be cowardly and write up the matter in a nice way and hand it over to their superiors.

garrison?

That was the merchant settlement of Renheiqi.

Lin Wang was naturally a little unhappy when he heard the news, and made it clear that the money for compensation must be sent first, otherwise the Black Flag Navy would have to take control of Iki Island and wait for Japan's decision.

In fact, the Black Flag Navy has landed on Iki Island and controlled a port in the northern part of Iki Island, as well as two nearby villages.

There are many Japanese soldiers who fled here during yesterday's naval battle staying on the island, and the two armies are in a confrontation.

Such a decline naturally put a lot of pressure on Nabeshima Mitsushige, who, in the name of the eldest son of the lord of the Hizen Domain, contacted the various daimyo of the Hizen Domain to send troops.

After scolding the samurai who slapped Soyima before, Nabeshima Mitsushige wanted to collect some money and send it to Black Flag first, waiting for his father to reply or there was a reaction from Edo.

But at this time, the Hizen family was completely alarmed.

Two of the nine family elders had already come, but now six came, and the rest were also paying attention to the collision on the sea.

"We can't give in to the black flag savages! This time is different from the red-haired Portuguese a hundred years ago!"

"This time it's not just a group of pirates from the Matsuura family! It's not just two merchant ships on the other side! Our country, Hizen, can't succumb to the outsiders so easily!"

The rights of the elders are no less than that of Nabeshima Mitsushige.

But under the leadership of their fierce rhetoric, the Hizen clan still sent compensation money to Black Flag.

It's just not much, just two thousand taels, which is far from the fifty thousand taels of silver requested by Lin Wang.

The messenger who sent the money said that the rear was collecting money, and transportation by sea and land was also difficult, so he had to wait.

Lin Wang was not angry after hearing this, and asked Hizen to send some silver every day, and the silver sent was not included in the compensation of 50,000 taels.

But what he didn't know was.

The Hizen Domain has indeed raised a lot of money. It is the most prosperous in the entire Kyushu region and has the largest number of sea ships. The Hirado Domain and Nagasaki Port employ large ships in the port to fight against the Black Flag Navy.

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Among these ports, the Portuguese merchant ships, Dutch merchant ships, and Ming smuggling armed merchant ships were actually superior in hull structure and even size to the main Japanese warships.

It's just that during the Edo period, the Japanese were quite peaceful at home and abroad, and they were still a mainland country and still locked away from the country.

Innovations in naval warfare were limited to the imitation of a Karak sailing ship and the installation of a Franchise machine onto the warship.

So they ignored a group of merchants in Nagasaki Port who were willing to sell anything as long as they had money. They didn't need any ocean-going warships or naval warfare technology at all.

But hiring these armed merchant ships at this time is an extremely wise choice.

At this time, the Galen ships and Karak galleons deployed by the Dutch and Portuguese were all good battleships as long as the firepower ratio was in place. Although the armed merchant ships lacked firepower, they were excellent compared to the Japanese warships.

There were also large smuggling ships such as bird ships in the Ming Dynasty.

Coupled with the large number of ronin warriors, pirates and the like in the two places, the Hizen Domain was able to raise a mercenary army in a short period of time with a firepower ratio that exceeded their regular navy.

In the eyes of the elders and retainers of the Hizen Domain, it is hard to say whether this mercenary army, combined with the Hizen Domain navy, can defeat the Black Flag Navy, but at least it is possible to persist until the shogunate responds to this matter!

So, on the third day when Lin Wang stayed in the northern part of Iki Island, he discovered that Japan had not sent any money today.

I sent someone to ask, and the Black Flag Navy was asked to leave Iki Island and return to Tsushima Island to wait.

Lin Wangzheng was surprised that the Japanese country opposite him had the confidence to speak like this.

Three Galen ships and a Karak sailing ship appeared within the sight of the Black Flag Navy.

The ship's shape, which resembled a double-deck bird ship, caught the Black Flag Navy's attention, and Lin Wang recognized them.

The Portuguese and the Dutch did not regard Liaodong as a forbidden land because of their previous conflicts with Black Flag. Instead, the large number of new and advanced things in Liaodong continued to attract them, causing them to continue to flock to Gaizhou and Black Flag City.

Even though some of their missionaries had been caught and tortured for blind resistance, and many of them were struggling in the mines, they still continued to fight.

Under Zhu Youjian's order, Liaodong also began to restrict their movement areas and the goods they could purchase.

Even so, they are still trying to negotiate with Black Flag.

As Black Flag took control of the capital and Zhu Youjian met with Tang Ruowang, Catholicism also spread to Liaodong.

Jiao Boqing was in charge of Shengjing. From time to time, these Portuguese and Dutch people would give him and his subordinate Niangan officials gifts. They wanted to gain a higher social status in the Black Flag and requested that the restrictions on their trading goods be lifted.

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Recently, they have also been trying to win the favor of the regent Wuerte or the Qing Emperor Fulin through Catholic channels or in the name of tribute.

After the military breakthrough failed, there was only this they could do.

"It seems you are still lenient."

Lin Wang held a xenophobic attitude toward foreigners except for his slaves, especially the Portuguese and Dutch whose appearance was far different from that of East Asians.

And this malice seemed to be transmitted through the air to the Portuguese armed merchant ship in the distance opposite.

"Captain, the natives of Nagasaki Port say that the warship on the other side can spit out fierce flames dozens of meters away."

"possible."

Mauricio, the captain of the Portuguese armed merchant ship, put away his binoculars and looked relaxed: "But we don't need to rush so close, and we don't even need to fight the barbarians on the opposite side! Haha! Hizen Country just wants to scare them away with a large number of ships.

It’s just across the street!”

Chapter Four
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