My Daming New Empire

Thinking of the task assigned by his grandson, Ji Gang couldn't help being a little absorbed, but when the guard yelled: "Who is it!", he jumped off the horse.

Ji Gang didn't dare to be sloppy, and immediately jumped off the pony, and drew out the short gun on the saddle.

Because of the lack of iron weapons, the Dongying people like to use bows and arrows and hidden weapons. Sitting on a horse will only become a target for the opponent.

There was a burst of laughter, and immediately after, nearly seven or eight warriors surrounded a middle-aged man on a horse and came out from behind the woods.

Behind them, there is a group of peasants pushing simple wheelbarrows.

"The men led by Commander Ji are indeed vigilant, and have noticed us from such a distance."

Seeing the person coming, Ji Gang heaved a sigh of relief, inserted the short gun into the saddle again and said with a smile, "Your Excellency Yamana, are you going to deliver the rations?"

The person who came was the patriarch of the Yamana family, who is also the current controller of Iwami, the head of the waiter Yamana Shiri.At the same time, he is also the father of Reiko Yamana.

His attitude towards Daming is neutral, neither good nor bad, because of his limited strength, he never sent anyone to be a Japanese pirate.

In terms of strength, apart from the fact that he controls a larger territory, his income may not be as high as that of a landlord or businessman in Ming Dynasty, which means that he has a slightly easier life haha.

For Daming, he yearns for and admires him, but he can't help feeling jealous.

However, he is very active in learning from Daming's experience. Ji Gang and the others contracted the mountain forest to grow tea here, and he also provided a lot of convenience.

For example, last winter, Yang Zhangde entrusted him to invite hundreds of farmers to dig potholes all over the mountains and plains on the slope of Shijian Mountain, preparing to grow tea.

However, because of the blockade of the Ming Fleet, if they want to transport tea seedlings from Daming this year for transplanting, they will have to wait until winter at the earliest.

Of course, this is what Yamana Shili expected, and Yang Zhangde asked someone to dig a hole just to prevent people from suspecting his purpose.When Daming's army came over, it would be impossible to plant tea trees, and this place would become a big mine.

All the big names in Japan and small families who sent troops to wars provided their own food, and the central government simply did not have the ability to provide nationwide food transshipment.

Yamanashi nodded with a smile, glanced at his daughter, and said with a smile: "Is Reiko's service satisfactory?"

Ji Gang nodded and said: "That's right. When I return to Daming and tell my mother, I will marry Lingzi as my concubine."

A cold snort came over, and the turtle stood up with the handle of the knife in his second hand. "Minggou, it is your honor to give Reiko a son. It is impossible for Reiko to marry you."

Ji Gang pulled out the firecracker under the saddle again, raised a cap with his hand, and shot Gui Er's head.

No one knew what weapon he took out, they said it was a firecracker, but there was no matchlock, so they didn't care.

When there was a loud noise, Gui Er covered his face and fell straight down, shocking everyone.

Ji Gang just blew the white smoke from the gun barrel, and said lightly: "Noisy, don't you see that I am talking to your master?"

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The power of today's black powder is limited, and the barrel of the short firecracker is shorter, so the power is less.But the distance between Ji Gang and Gui Er was only a few meters, and before the bullets scattered, they all hit Gui Er's head.

No matter how small the power is, it is still a hot weapon. Several drop-shaped bullets are deeply embedded in Guiji's head.Gui Er didn't even say a word, he fell to the ground, and the hand covering his face slipped away, revealing his bloody face.

Reiko Yamana covered her mouth in fright at the terrifying scene, not daring to look at it.Her heart was even more shocking. In her opinion, Gui Er was as vicious as a wolf, but this wolf, which she thought could not be confronted head-on, could only lie on the ground and twitch after being shot by Ji Gang casually.

Everyone was frightened by this change, and they didn't come back for a while, looking at the gun in Ji Gang's hand in amazement.

Although Gui Er was already unconscious, his body was still twitching non-stop.Even Yamana Shili couldn't bear to look at the bloody face, a shriveled eyeball that was knocked out of the eye socket, and the blood hole in the neck that kept bleeding.

Ji Gang kicked Gui Er's body, shrugged his shoulders and said, "Patriarch, I am very sorry that you have lost a samurai."

Only then did Yamana Shili realize it, and asked in amazement: "What is in Commander Ji's hand? But a firecracker?"

Ji Gang nodded, and raised the firecracker in his hand again, the frightened warriors quickly surrounded Yamana Shiri, and looked at Ji Gang in fear.

No, it should be looking at the gun in his hand.

Ji Gang smiled, put the gun back into the saddle, and gave the two men a wink, telling them to keep an eye on the gun.

Today's short-fire guns, especially this kind of self-fired guns, are still in the secrecy stage. He can't let the Japanese people get this gun and learn this technology because of his own reasons.

Although Japan is currently unable to manufacture this kind of barrel, it is not difficult for them to learn the production technology of the fire cap and prevent it.

After putting away the gun, he faced Yamanashi with an empty hand and said with a sharp smile: "This is a firecracker that I have just produced in Ming Dynasty. My Patriarch rewarded me with one, and I will try it out today."

Yamana Shiri said excitedly: "I have heard for a long time that Daming has firearms, which are extremely powerful and defeated the Mengyuan people who were riding on horses. However, that kind of firecracker still needs a matchlock to ignite it, but Commander Ji does not need to ignite it." .”

Ji Gang nodded and said, "It is precisely because it is not easy to make that it is extremely precious, and I despise it as a treasure."

Yamana Shiri pushed away the samurai in front of him, walked in front of Ji Gang, and asked with a nervous expression: "Can this thing be bought? If I can buy it, I will spare no expense!"

Ji Gang shook his head and said: "This is difficult to do, but I can ask the Patriarch, that kind of arquebus should still be available in small quantities."

"That's enough..." Yamana Shiri glanced at Ji Gang's horse, and said with some reluctance: "I will entrust this matter to the commander, if you can buy it, you can choose the women of the Yamana family. "

The Yamana family is a branch of the famous Ouchi clan in Japan.On the eve of the reunification of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, during the Mingde period, the Western Kingdom had the great guardian Yamana clan. Since Yamana Tokiyoshi died, the confrontation between his son Yamana Tokihi and the branch family Miyuki and Ukiyoshi was cleverly used by the shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu. In the 2nd year of Mingde, Yamana Shixi agreed to send troops to attack Yamana Manyuki and Yamana Shiqing.

As a result of the war, Mitsuyuki Yamana and the Yamana clan were defeated and dead, and the power of the guardian daimyo Yamana clan, who was once known as the 1/6 temple in the Western Kingdom and even the whole of Japan, was greatly weakened.Ouchi Yoshihiro was banned for his meritorious service during the Meitoku Rebellion, including Shufang, Nagato, and Iwami, and the guardianship positions of the six countries, including Buzen, Izumi, and Kii.

Until the first year of Yongle, after Yoshihiro's death, the family governor of the Ouchi family was replaced by Yoshihiro's younger brother, Ouchi Mori, who was the sixth son of Ouchi Hiroshi, and his mother was Hiroshi's main wife, the Sanjo clan.

After gaining the support of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, he retained the guardianship of the Ouchi Clan Zhou Fang and the Nagato Two Kingdoms.

As a branch of the Yamana family, through the game of the upper class, they obtained the guardianship of Iwami from the Kyogoku family.

However, this place was notified by the Kyogoku family for a period of time. The ruling power of the Yamana family was not strong. In addition, there were many people in the country, and the Niko clan, a branch of the Kyogoku family, also continued to attack from Izumo. , and the Mori family of Anyi Kingdom has always been eyeing this place.

Being in the middle of the two major forces, Yamana Shili has a clear understanding of his situation, but he is not as good as others, so he can only be wronged.

But if there is a firecracker, Yamanashili will have the confidence to fight against Nizi and Mori.

He had a good idea, but Ji Gang didn't think Taisun would sell the firecrackers to Japan at this time to strengthen the strength of the Japanese.

However, Taisun also told him that it is necessary to expand the support for the power of the big names in Dongpu, so that they will fight more violently, cause more casualties, and deepen their hatred.

So, if it was just selling that kind of matchlock gun, Taisun might really agree.

Today's war between the major names in Japan, with dozens of casualties, can be called a big war.

But if there are muskets, the casualties of any war can be more than doubled.

Turning the Yamana clan into a vicious wolf will have a huge impact on the entire western part of Japan.

But he hesitated again, because when the time comes, Iwami Yinshan will be developed. If the Yamana clan is ungrateful and treacherous for profit, the more they strengthen their power now, the greater the threat to Daming's rule here will be in the future. .

He also has a little trouble grasping this scale, so he is going to leave this matter to his grandson to worry about.

However, no matter how powerful the Yamana clan is, there are only less than a hundred warriors and less than three thousand civilian husbands. To Daming, this is just a small ant.

Gui Er's body trembled violently again, and then stopped abruptly.