Plop

Author: The beggar

Plop

The Hirado clan knelt down too quickly.

So much so that Sun Qin didn't even have a chance to question him, and he admitted everything.

But that was the matter of his ancestors, who supported a Ming Dynasty man and took the Matsuura family samurai to run to the Ming Dynasty to plunder.

It was something my great-grandfather committed almost a hundred years ago.

Later, after the Matsuura family perfected coastal defense during the Ming Dynasty and was beaten by the Portuguese on their own territory, they only had a taste of piracy. Although they still maintained a naval force and occasionally made guest appearances as pirates, their targets for plundering had changed.

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Nowadays, the Matsuura family's secret targets of robbery are merchant ships entering and leaving Nagasaki Port.

And this business is not easy to do.

Therefore, Shigenobu Matsuura led the party very thoroughly.

Especially when we knew that Black Flag was going to occupy Tsushima and Iki Islands.

He knew that Japan could not stop it, not even the big ships from all over the country could come.

Just like when the Matsuura family faced the Portuguese.

Therefore, Matsuura Shigenobu, just like the Zong clan, became the largest Japanese daimyo in the territory who currently defected to Black Flag, and he also worked as a staff officer for Sun Qin.

"The lord of the Shimabara Domain, Goryoshi Tadafou, was cruel but cowardly. He was so frightened by the Qing warships passing by on the sea that he hid in Shimabara Castle and did not dare to come out. He also sent people to join forces with the Hirado Domain. If

Your Excellency wishes to appease him, and I am willing to go."

He is also willing to act as a messenger despite the whip marks on his back that are still bleeding.

"No, as long as he doesn't come to stop our army, you can send someone to warn us. Then, your two sons can stay on the shore, but you need to follow our navy to Nagasaki Port."

Because the city was completely open to Black Flag, all the soldiers in the city were in front of Black Flag, and Matsuura Shigenobu also took the initiative to ask his ministers to lead the Hirado Domain warriors to join Sun Qin's command and contribute to the army.

"Hi!"

Matsuura Shigenobu bowed and knelt down.

After closely observing the landing force of the Black Flag Navy, he was even more determined to board the Black Flag ship.

What he saw was more than weapons.

There are also a large number of Japanese pirates in the Black Flag Navy.

As ronin warriors and low-level untouchables, they were all granted high-level positions by Black Flag, and could also become important ministers under the command of the Marquis and Navy Governor Rongzheng.

Moreover, the news of Black Flag recruiting ronin samurai has already spread from Tsushima Island to the feudal lords of Hizen Kingdom.

Can make the Ronin samurai become a daimyo.

What else can he do wrong?

What Matsuura Shigenobu didn't know was that his family had only temporarily escaped from the Japanese pirates. If the great-grandfather's incident happened, their family would have to suffer somewhat. After all, as long as the matter is revealed, the decision-making power does not lie with Lin Wang but with thousands of miles away.

The capital of the country is Zhu Youjian.

However, he had to serve with the Navy, which just gave him a way to survive.

Otherwise, it would be difficult for Zhu Youjian, who was thousands of miles away, to see his piety and admiration on paper. With a stroke of a pen, the Matsuura family might be gone.

Despite the cooperation of the Matsuura family, Sun Qin gave up the plan of advancing by land and navy at the same time after weighing the matter.

Although this plan was proposed by him.

But after seeing the Matsuura family's weapons and equipment, Sun Qin felt that this plan was still a bit too much.

So they only stayed on land for one day, and the next day they returned to the ship with Matsuura Shigenobu and followed the main force by water.

On land, the retainers of the Hirado clan performed their duties as governor of the clan very faithfully, gathering the citizens, strictly supervising the tribal people and untouchables, and then warned the surrounding feudal clans.

However, it did not directly use the banner of Black Flag, nor did it explicitly state that the Hirado Domain had surrendered to Black Flag. It was just an advertisement for the feudal clans. Black Flag warned each clan not to try to hinder Black Flag's next actions at sea, and let the Hizen Domain,

Let the shogunate communicate with the Black Flag Navy.

Otherwise, Black Flag went ashore and whipped the Hirado clan's daimyo family, and even took away the daimyo as hostages, which would be an example for all feudal clans.

When word of this spread, the samurai lords could not help but secretly say that the Hirado clan was weak and did not engage in battle with Black Flag, but even offered gifts and then surrendered.

However, if the Hirado clan did not have a castle, there would be no way to deal with Black Flag's strong ships and cannons.

Being able to come here to warn people is already worthy of the surrounding famous names.

Therefore, while the surrounding vassals were calling the Matsuura family traitors and betraying Japan, they quickly gathered their strength for land defense.

And the sea.

Nothing can stop the Black Flag Navy anymore.

The Japanese navy was defeated, and one of the hired warships was destroyed by fire. The other Japanese warships that could escape had to quickly return to their own territory, abandoning coastal defenses and shrinking to the mainland.

No ship dared to mess around in front of the Black Flag Navy.

Even those Portuguese ships and Dutch ships that escaped were afraid of being punished by black flags, so they sailed to Jeju Island overnight, hoping to take the road and escape directly to the Daming Sea.

In the early morning two days later, the Black Flag Navy arrived in the waters near Nagasaki Port.

Many merchant ships began to appear within the field of vision.

Although the news of the Black Flag Navy's imminent arrival has spread, there are still many people who want money rather than their lives.

Liaodong is prosperous, and maritime merchants spread word of mouth. Black Flag Gaizhou Port, Jiuliancheng Port, and the newly built Old Longtou Port in Shanhaiguan have also had exchanges with Nagasaki Port in recent years.

When people who make a living at sea go to a port they have never been to to do business, the first thing they do is to inquire about the virtues of the local navy and how many pirates are involved in the name of the navy.

The image of Black Flag Navy is currently considered good to businessmen.

Although they are basically all pirates, they don't have many records of robbing merchant ships.

If it weren't for the sake of safety, the maritime merchants would even want to rush over to do business with the Black Flag Navy.

For example, the selling point is information about Nagasaki Port.

It's a pity that Black Flag doesn't need it either.

Matsuura Shigenobu and Sou and his son are here.

We are friends in the same industry, and together we know Nagasaki Port very well!

You even know how many ronin gangs, how many chambers of commerce there are in Nagasaki Port, what goods are in demand this year, and which domain has the highest trading profits in the port this year, not to mention the soldiers and guardian daimyo who have already mixed with the merchants in the port.

Of course, these merchant ships do not include Japanese merchant ships.

Regarding the arrival of the Black Flag Navy, the Japanese residents in Nagasaki Port were naturally terrified.

One by one, they angrily denounced Tsushima's incompetence and Nabeshima Mitsushige's defeat, and at the same time worked hard to deploy city defenses in the port.

It's unfair to say so.

Because the previous daimyo who owned Nagasaki was a Christian, it was first opened to the Portuguese as a trading port, and later the area of ​​Nagasaki was directly dedicated to the Jesuits!

Later, Japan expelled Christianity, and Toyotomi Hideyoshi issued the "Bantenren Posthumous Order."

Therefore, Nagasaki was directly taken back by the shogunate. As a shogunate rather than a territory belonging to a certain daimyo, the shogunate only appointed officials such as the castle representative to manage it.

Nagasaki did not participate in the crusade against the Black Flag Navy.

But Lin Wang doesn't care about these.

He came to intimidate overseas.

"Order Niu Luzhang Jingheguchi Yuichi! Quan Yuqing drives the boat ahead! Call back all the ships, big and small! Send an order to the port! Order the officials stationed in the port to welcome our navy to enter the port and station! During our navy's entry into the port, everyone with weapons and equipment

Anyone who comes within one mile of our navy! Our navy will immediately fire artillery to force them back! All warships, large and small, will sail to Nagasaki Port!"

The harbor is not very wide, and the one-mile limit can only allow all ships in the harbor to shrink to the shore and be unable to move.

However, two small treasure ships opened the way to pass the order. When the merchant ships saw the four huge treasure ships of the Black Flag Navy, they all obeyed and hurriedly hid on both sides to wait for the Black Flag Navy to enter the harbor.

Ahem, it’s a little dark this afternoon with the sun.
Chapter completed!