The Nanman businessman named Rick had a partner. Sojiki Imai didn't know his name, but heard Aragorn say that it was Rick's partner. Seeing that Rick often discussed things with that partner, Sojiki Imai thought that the partner should be a very important person.

However, this partner didn't speak much. At first, Sohi Imai thought it was a mute, but later he heard Aragon occasionally whispering to him and realized that it was not.

"It's probably a foreigner." Imai Sohi thought.

As soon as Sata Kamiya no Yoshinori came back, Kamada Masato came to invite Imai Soku to invite the group of Nanman merchants into the city to discuss the transaction of large iron cannons. Rick asked to lead three people, in addition to Aragon and another guard, this partner was also included.

On the night when they entered the city, Rick and the partner slept in the same room, Aragorn and Imai Szuku, and the Southern Barbarian Guard and Imai Szuku's deputy slept in the same room. The Shimazu family was asking for Rick, so they were quite polite to them and welcomed the merchants with the courtesy of distinguished guests. However, on that night when the fire broke out and the ninja was on, Imai Szuku found that the partner was a bit strange. He did not see the partner go out, but at night the partner came back from outside. Imai Szuku asked, the partner was probably asked at the moment, and in a hurry he replied in a bit of a bad Japanese that he went to look for the toilet but couldn't find it. After saying this, the partner seemed to remember something, and he stammered and went back to sleep.

"So he can speak Japanese! Although he is not very fluent..." Imai Sohi remembered the expression after the partner answered him just now: "But he seems to regret answering me... Could it be that he actually understands Japanese but pretends not to know how to do it?"

Because I thought this partner was a little weird, Sojiki Imai was worried about him since then, but the partner's actions were more careful and there was no longer any handle on Sojiki Imai.

The development of the situation next exceeded the expectations of Sokuhi Imai! His original speculation was that the Shimazu family did not kidnap Li Sue, but was just being blamed. Unexpectedly, Li Sue was actually in Kagoshima! Moreover, the Shimazu family also used him to blackmail Li Yanzhi for a penalty! Although Sokuhi Imai did not attend the redemption ceremony, the number of goods transported into Kagoshima later really surprised Sokuhi Imai!

"When it comes money quickly, merchants are not as good as robbers after all!" Imai Sohi sighed. "However, if a samurai loses his reserve and friendship, how far can he go?"

After receiving this redemption, the Shimazu family seemed to be even more wealthy. When Shimazu Takahara and Rick were discussing the transaction, they also changed from being too petty about prices to "There is no problem with the price, as long as the iron cannon and big tube are good enough, and they must be fast!"

The price they offered was very satisfying to Rek, so the business went smoothly, and the first batch of twenty iron cannons were delivered clearly on the spot.

"If you want to wait, please wait. I have already written a letter to send it out before. There should be a reply soon, but remember to prepare the money." I don't know if it was Lyke's long-windedness or the translation of Aragon, but in short, the sentence "Prepare the money" has been repeated many times.

"These Southern Barbarians know the word "money!" Shimazu's retainers were laughing at them, but they themselves enjoyed the huge wealth they suddenly gained. Although Shimazu Tadaroyashi and Shimazu Takahiri asked them to continue to live a restrained life, the samurai did restrain themselves at the beginning, but after seven or eight days, they became lazy after not seeing the Li family move.

"Those Tangkes really don't dare to mess with us."

"Be careful, be careful, and when you are fine, be careful, be careful, be alert!" Takaha reminds the samurai of Kagoshima from time to time: "You must not take it lightly before they leave!"

But how many can do it?

"The Shimazu family has already shown signs of defeat!" Imai Sokuha, the bystander, sighed, but he did not make any suggestions to Shimazu Takaha because he felt that he did not have the responsibility. "And even if I make suggestions, it may not be useful, right?"

The big tube is finally coming. According to Rick's latest news, ships equipped with the big tube and 120 iron cannons will enter Kagoshima Bay in about three days.

"Disassuing friendship for money, then using money to buy weapons, and then relying on weapons to maintain rule or even expand territory - is this a path feasible?" Sohi Imai is not a politician, but as a businessman, he also observes the success and failure modes of various Japanese princes at all times - this is of great significance to help him avoid misfortune! Because commercial forces must be attached to political forces in order to survive and develop!

"This road seems unstable." Sohi Imai felt that it seemed like a dangerous thing to continue staying in Satsuma with such a big variable. "I have to leave quickly after finishing this deal! Come back when the situation in Satsuma stabilizes!"

The one carrying the big tube into the bay was an old Southern Barbarian sailboat, but the other party refused to dock. Rick and the partner went to negotiate and returned and said, "Captain Carlson refused to dock."

Tadaro Ijiyuan asked why, and Rick said: "He heard from somewhere that Shimazu family likes to do kidnapping, and the ransom after the kidnapping is very high. Recently, he extorted a big businessman and almost broke the bank, so they were afraid that they would not dare to dock."

After listening to Aragon's translation, all the Shimazu family's retainers were ashamed, but no matter how ashamed, the business still had to be done. Ijiyuan Tadaro was ashamed and pretended that he had not heard that, and asked directly how the other party would deliver the goods.

"There seems to be a small island in the middle of this bay? We might as well deliver the goods there. But you must make sure there are no ambush."

The island the Nanbarbarians mentioned is Sakura Island.

The Shimazu family had a small water village on Sakurajima. In order to show his sincerity, he first withdrew the troops on the island - about 60 guards. Captain Carlson sent people to the island to investigate the lack of people before mooring on Sakurajima.

The Southern Barbarians said: "You make arrangements and see the cannon tomorrow. We will set the cannons on the island first, and we will teach you how to fire the cannons at that time! Otherwise, if you sell the cannons to you, it will be useless if you don't know how to use them."

The good service spirit of the Southern Barbarians made Shimazu Takaha really sigh, saying that Teshi's friends were serious about doing things.

That evening, the Southern Barbarians transported twelve artillery to the island under the eyes of the Shimazu family and found three locations to set up each.

When he was about to watch the cannon the next day, Carlson asked Shimazu Takaha to bring no more than one hundred people.

Since there were only dozens of people on the other side, Takahisa Shimazu was not worried. He ordered eighty elite soldiers and set off by boat. From the dock of Kagoshima to Sakurajima, Takahisa Shimazu was full of energy and sat on the old sailboat extorted from the Li family to cross the sea. When he was about to get ashore, he suddenly looked up and saw more than a dozen black spots on the high ground, and asked Rick what that was.

"That's the big tube we want to sell to you." Rick said through the translator.

Shimazu Takahisa suddenly felt uncomfortable. After all, he was a person fighting on the battlefield and was quite alert! Looking at the location of the twelve gate tubes, he suddenly thought: "If they fire the fire..." and ordered the ship to turn around!

Rick asked in surprise: "What's wrong?"

"I feel a little uncomfortable today," said Shimazu Takahisa. "I won't go to see the cannons, just let Tadaro go to inspect them. As long as the cannon is fine, the money will not be missing."

Regardless of the displeasure of the Southern Barbarians, they turned around and carried Tadaro Ijiyuan, Sohi Imai and the Southern Barbarians to inspect the goods on two small boats.

Imai Sokuha felt that the situation was wrong recently, and he was even more uneasy to see Takaha Shimazu. At this time, he and Rick, Aragorn and the partner were in the same boat, and thought to himself: "I just want to finish this deal and leave quickly. Now it seems that I am afraid that this deal will be difficult to make good!" Seeing that it was about to dock, looking at the people on the boat, Rick was at a loss about Takaha Shimazu suddenly changing his mind, Aragorn glanced at the partner from time to time, Imai Sokuha thought: "This person is probably the real leader!" He rushed to the stern of the boat, sat next to the partner, and whispered: "If I say more that night, your misfortune is unpredictable. It is me who covers you up for you, and you will be at ease. There will be something wrong with you today. How should you repay me?"

The partner was actually Lin Daoqian. Li Yanzhi arranged for Rick to earn Imai Sectujiu. This group of "Nanban merchants" were the ones who were the ones who were the partners, but in fact, Lin Daoqian, who was the partner, was secretly commanding. At this time, he heard Imai Sectujiu's words and was slightly surprised and looked at him. When Imai Sectujiu saw his look, he was even more sure that he had expected it! Lin Daoqian pondered slightly and whispered: "I'll be following me soon!"

The boat drove to Sakurajima and got ashore. Tadaro Ijiyuan was about to watch the big tube audition. Suddenly a team of bird gunmen rushed out of the grass, holding the gun and aiming it, scaring the people who came ashore so that they didn't dare to move. Lin Daoqian took advantage of the chaos and suddenly drew his sword, holding Tadaro Ijiyuan hostage, Rick and others rushed to him to protect him, and Soku Imai was also closely following him.

Yijiyuan Chuanlang was so brave that even though he was held by a knife, he still shouted: "What are you doing!"

But after seeing the rock, a team of aircraft came out. The leader was Wu Ping, the general under Li Yanzhi. Zhonglang of Yijiyuan had seen him when he was on an envoy. He was shocked when he saw him. Then he understood and laughed: "Okay! It turns out that they are all of you, the Southern Barbarians, and they are from the Li family! Unfortunately, our lord has seen through your plot and has not been deceived!"

Lin Daoqian ignored him and asked Wu Ping: "What should I do if Shimazu Takashi hasn't been deceived for a long time?"

Wu Ping glanced at the group of wu and said, "The second young master wants to take revenge and bring back the goods we were blackmailed away. The third young master said, if he could hold Guijiu, Satsuma would die less. But since Guijiu was not deceived, we could only defeat the enemy with a dignified army!" He said to Tadaro Ijiuen: "You have not been deceived, it is not your blessing, but your misfortune!" He then ordered the fireworks to light up on Sakurajima!

When Shimazu Takahiko saw it on the other side, he knew something had happened. He quickly sent a ship to cross the sea to attack, but heard the sound of thunder sounding from the waterway between Kagoshima and Sakurajima. Twelve artillery guns aimed at the large and small ships rushing down from a high point!

Wu Ping lined up on the shore to wait for the enemy. Five small boats were sunk and half fled. The old three-masted sailboat, as a flagship, was shot. Although it had not sunk, Masato Kamada, who was commanding the battle on the ship, was so scared that he turned around and fled back.

Shimazu Takahisa said angrily: "This group of Tangkes really refuses to give up!"

Tadaroshi Shimazu: "Go back to the city quickly! Strong walls and clear the wilderness!"

However, at this time, there were many ships docked on the dock, especially two big-foreign ships that had been blackmailed from the Li family. Guijiu couldn't help but feel reluctant and said, "They may not be able to get to the shore. Let's try to intercept them on the shore. If not, it will not be too late to retreat to the city!"

Unexpectedly, in the evening that day, Li Yanzhi's fleet arrived in sight of smoke! Seven large ships rushed towards him like moving castles in the sunset. When Takahiro Shimazu saw him, how could he dare to fight on the beach? He hurriedly burned all the big and small ships on the shore and retracted them into the city.

Li Sue, who was the pioneer, wanted to fight a big battle, but unexpectedly, the Shimazu family fled without a fight. Zhang Yue arrived and ordered people to transport supplies to the island to resettle. Li Yan directly drove Fukutao to Sakurajima, and Wu Ping and others came to welcome him, saying, "Takahiro Shimazu was very cunning and didn't even come to the appointment."

Li Yan said straight: "I wanted to try my best to control the situation, but now it's a pity. However, I have reached a consensus with all private businesses that I am not afraid of a forced fight in this battle. So I acted according to the second plan." The envoy sent a messenger to the "Expression of Shimazu" drafted by Jiang Yifan to tell the princes of Kyushu that they were all over the country in the name of revenge and seeking goods. They also hinted that they would return to the Ming Dynasty after the matter was completed, and they would never have the intention of staying for a long time.

Li Jie said: "What are you doing so many long-winded things? Whoever dares to help Shimazu will kill them together!"

Li Yan smiled and said, "Now that Kagoshima has not been taken down, it's best if they don't come. After Kagoshima takes it, we'll just say what to do!"

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Chapter completed!