The most reckless man in the Ming Dynasty

Hyogojin.

Ten large ships slowly sailed into the port. At this time, a large number of Japanese people had gathered in the port, all looking at the ten large ships in the port.

Because in the minds of these Japanese people, these ten ships were so big that the Japanese ships in the port looked very small, even the large merchant ships from other daimyo still looked very small compared to these ships.

Such a large ship, and ten of them came at once, naturally became the focus of the entire Hyogojin port.

The Japanese were very curious about where these large ships came from and why they came to Hyogojin.

The Japanese discussed enthusiastically, as if they were happy and excited during the New Year.

Soon they knew that these large ships were merchant ships from the Ming Dynasty suzerain state!

After confirming this, all the Japanese burst into cheers.

The Ming Dynasty was too far away for ordinary people in Japan, so their impression of the Ming Dynasty was still in legend.

For example, this powerful suzerain once sent an invincible fleet that covered the sky and the sun, forcing the shogunate to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty.

For another example, since then, the shogunate has conducted trade with the Ming Dynasty. These products from the Central Plains, such as raw silk, medicinal materials, calligraphy and paintings, and books from the Ming Dynasty, are all hard currencies in Japan, and everyone is scrambling to buy them.

So at this moment, after confirming that these ten large Fu ships were merchant ships from the Ming Dynasty, all the Japanese cheered.

In their eyes, these large ships must be full of Ming Dynasty goods, and they can also make profits from them!

While the Japanese were observing the Fu ships, the Ming Dynasty soldiers were also observing these Japanese.

"These Japanese people's hair is too ugly, right? It's exactly the same as those Japanese pirates!"

Tang Mu looked at Akamatsu Goro and others in the port and couldn't help but complain.

As the most eloquent general under the command of Zhongshan Hou, he naturally took on a major responsibility at this moment, representing Zhongshan Hou to pretend to trade with these Japanese in order to stabilize them.

I saw that Akamatsu Goro and others had their heads shaved in the middle, with hair on both sides, and a white head, which was a prominent feature of Japanese pirates, known as "moon-shaped head" in history.

It is said that this moon-shaped head can effectively avoid the adverse effects of hair covering the eyes during battle, which is beneficial for the warriors to fight, so it gradually became popular in Japan.

Generals such as Tang Mu and Zuo Yidao had seen Japanese pirates before, and they all had this kind of ugly hairstyle that was "neither human nor ghost".

As a result, no one expected that this was actually a common hairstyle for Japanese people.

In other words, those so-called Japanese pirates were really disguised by these Japanese.

When they thought of this, the eyes of the Ming soldiers became sharp.

On the one hand, they were conducting trade with my Ming Dynasty, and on the other hand, they were secretly disguised as Japanese pirates to plunder the coast of my Ming Dynasty!

You damn Japanese, you are really good at tricks!

"But look at these bastards, they are really too short."

In addition to this eye-catching hairstyle, Zuo Yidao also quickly discovered that the Japanese are really very short. Not only are they short, but even the houses in the port are very short.

It is normal to say that one or two are short, but it is not normal that most of them are short and even the houses are short.

In fact, the Muromachi shogunate and the Japanese before it were island countries, with extremely scarce supplies, and extremely scarce arable land. The population of Japan was very large, so food was not abundant. As for meat, it was very scarce, just like the Ming Dynasty.

They are short and do not produce, so these Japanese are energetic and like to fight, and their temperaments are as fierce as jackals.

Soon, Akamatsu Goro came to Yuki and others with a group of family warriors, bowed respectfully and said: "I am Akamatsu Goro, the Omi-no-kami of Hyogo-zu, and the head of the Akamatsu family. Welcome to the Ming merchant group."

As soon as the voice fell, Akamatsu Goro led a group of warriors behind him and bowed deeply to Yuki and others again, and followed Akamatsumaru to bow.

Akamatsu Goro spoke the official language of the Ming Dynasty. In fact, because of a wave set off during the Yongle period, Japan resumed its old business, just like when they sent envoys to the Tang Dynasty to learn about the culture of the Tang Dynasty. Everything in Japan was learned from the Ming Dynasty. The characters used were the Chinese characters of the Ming Dynasty, and there were silk and porcelain from the Ming Dynasty, etc., but those were things that only the nobles could enjoy.

The Akamatsu family is also a daimyo family here, and the surname Akamatsu is also a noble surname, so Japanese nobles such as Akamatsu Goro have to receive education in all aspects since childhood, and Chinese characters are naturally a must-learn content.

Not only Chinese characters, but also Chinese culture has penetrated into the bones of Japanese people. Japanese people love the Three Kingdoms, Su Shi's poems, and Li Bai's poems. In history, many famous calligraphers and even some outstanding poets and lyricists were born in Japan. In a sense, they also benefited from the Central Plains culture.

Tang Mu chuckled and felt extremely disgusted when he looked at the moon-shaped hair.

However, he did not forget the instructions of Lord Zhongshan, so he put forward the request for trade with a blank expression.

This undoubtedly hit the mark of the Akamatsu family!

They were eager to catch up with the caravan of Lord Zhongshan of the Ming Dynasty, so that like the Ouchi family, they could accumulate family heritage with the profits of the Kanko trade, and then rise up with the Akamatsu family!

Therefore, Akamatsu Goro did not think much about it, and directly and respectfully invited the Ming merchant caravan to land and do business.

This port naturally has its own rules, and most of the Japanese in Hyogo are also members of the Akamatsu family, so doing business with them is actually doing business with the Akamatsu family.

However, this is far from enough. Akamatsu Goro obviously wants to monopolize the trade benefits.

So he respectfully asked if he could sell all the goods directly to the Akamatsu family.

After hearing this, Tang Mu just sneered.

"Each of these ten Fuchuan ships is full of Ming goods. What can your Akamatsu family eat?"

As soon as this was said, all the Japanese eyes turned red.

Ten full Fuchuan ships, how much raw silk, porcelain and tea would it be, and how much shocking profit would it be?

For a moment, Akamatsu Goro's heart was burning with fire.

After he looked at his confidant, he immediately made a decision.

The head of the Akamatsu family directly explained to Tangmu the history of the rise of the Akamatsu family, and then emphasized the current strength of the Akamatsu family. If the power of the entire Akamatsu Thirty-Six Families was gathered, it might be possible to eat up the Ming Dynasty goods in these ten ships.

Hearing this, Tangmu was amused by him.

What's the matter? Is this buy one get thirty-five free?

Tangmu keenly sensed that this was an opportunity, so he did not dare to agree immediately, but put on an arrogant attitude of seeing the sincerity of your Akamatsu family.

Akamatsu Goro did not agree with this at all, but thought that this was right.

After all, he was a powerful minister of the Ming Dynasty, and the confidant of Zhongshan Hou should have such an arrogant attitude.

The Japanese are deeply servile. To put it nicely, they respect the strong, and to put it bluntly, they are servile in their bones.

Therefore, Akamatsu Goro immediately invited Tangmu and Zuo Yidao, the two fleet leaders, to land on the shore, ready to please and win them over at all costs.

At the same time, Akamatsu Goro also immediately summoned the heads of the other branches of the Akamatsu Thirty-Six Families, and rushed to flatter the two Zhongshan Marquis' confidants.

As long as they can get in touch with the Ming Zhongshan Marquis, the Akamatsu family will definitely rise again, and the Ouchi family is the most vivid example.

Tang Mu used the excuse of changing clothes to report to Tang Hao who was hiding in the room.

After hearing these words, Tang Hao also laughed so hard that he couldn't help laughing. This is really interesting.

However, the night attack plan must be carried out immediately, and time cannot be delayed any further.

As for the Akamatsu family heads who came, they just need to leave a group of soldiers to guard the fleet, control Hyogojin, and wait for them to fall into the trap.

In this way, under the witness of a large number of Japanese, Ming soldiers began to land one by one carrying boxes.

At first, the Akamatsu family was still worried. After carefully checking the boxes in front, they found that they were all hard currencies such as silk, porcelain and tea. They were so happy that they couldn't close their mouths, and they were too lazy to check them again.

If they checked box by box, they might anger the powerful officials of the Ming Dynasty. There was no need to take the risk.

How could they know that the fleet brought these goods with them in the first place in order to trade with North Korea.

However, when Tang Hao left Jeju Island, he suddenly had the idea to bring some goods with him, trying to open the door to Japan.

Now it seems that his temporary decision was extremely correct.

In the middle of the day and night, a big banquet was held.

Tang Mu and Zuo Yidao attended, and the head of the family, Akamatsu Goro, accompanied them personally.

The banquet was full of toasts and cups, and it was very lively.

There were also a large number of Japanese women dancing in the hall, and their graceful figures were touching.

The only flaw was that these Japanese women had their faces painted like ghosts for some reason, which abruptly extinguished the fire that had just risen in Tang Mu's heart.

So much so that after the banquet, Akamatsu Goro still wanted to force a pairing, and invited the two Japanese women he liked the most and gave them to Tang Mu and Zuo Yidao.

Zuo Yidao refused sternly, and Tang Mu wanted to refuse, but when he noticed the strange looks from the Akamatsu family, he could only give Zuo Yidao a look.

These Japanese women, I'm afraid, also have the intention of monitoring the two of them.

So Tang Mu said that he would wash them clean and send them to his room, and Zuo Yidao had no choice but to agree.

After the two agreed, Akamatsu Goro smiled.

The banquet lasted until midnight, and Tang Mu and Zuo Yidao also stayed in the Akamatsu mansion temporarily, accompanied by a Japanese woman.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Tang Mu couldn't help but feel a little worried.

I have to admit that this Japanese woman is still pretty after washing, especially her virtuous nature, she will do whatever you ask her to do, without any hesitation, which greatly satisfies the man's self-esteem.

But after all, she is a Japanese, and Tang Mu can't say that.

So he took advantage of the gap when the Japanese woman turned around and knocked her unconscious with a knife.

Hearing the scream of the Japanese woman in the room, Akamatsu Goro outside the room nodded with satisfaction, then turned and left.

How could he know that the woman was not screaming because of something, but purely because of pain.

At the same time, on the Fukatsu ship.

Tang Hao held a precious sword in his hand and looked at the quiet Hyojinku in front of him with cold eyes.

"Go!"

"Deal with all the samurai first, and ignore the Japanese people."

"Remember one principle, anyone who dares to resist will be killed without mercy!"

Behind the Marquis of Zhongshan stood nearly 10,000 soldiers in armor and weapons. When they heard this, they immediately raised their endless murderous aura.

Lei Xiong could no longer hold back. If one of the soldiers hated the Japanese the most, besides Tang Hao, it was Lei Xiong.

Therefore, Lei Xiong led the elite soldiers of the Zhanpei Camp and immediately landed on the eagle boat.

This eagle boat is a light warship with pointed ends and indistinguishable head and tail. It can move forward and backward quickly and has strong maneuverability. It is covered with dense bamboo nails around it. There are gun holes between the bamboos. It often rushes into the enemy formation and cooperates with the sand boat. It can accommodate ten to thirty people.

As the eagle boats approached the shore, the Akamatsu warriors on duty soon noticed something strange.

What do these Ming people want to do?

Aren't they here to do business?

However, before they could think more, or even sound the alarm, they saw bursts of fire in the eagle ship, accompanied by bursts of muffled sounds. Before the Akamatsu warriors on duty could react, they suddenly felt a sharp pain and fell into a pool of blood.

The biggest advantage of the Rumi gun over the Hongwu series of fire guns and the Yongle series of fire guns is that the Rumi gun is equipped with a front sight and a rear sight, so the soldiers can aim and shoot with the Rumi gun.

Qiu Yue looked at the terrifying power of the Rumi gun, and the light in his eyes became even more fanatical.

After the last conversation, he was sure that Zhongshan Hou was the savior of the Ming army. Zhongshan Hou had not forgotten the soldiers and civilians of the Nine Borders who were wailing and struggling in the Nine Borders Military Town. It was only because of the obstruction of the civil officials and gentry that Zhongshan Hou had to send troops to destroy the Japanese country first, and then slowly attack the Northern Tartars!

At this moment, witnessing the amazing results of these sharp firearms with his own eyes, Qiu Yue's heart was full of confidence and pride!

One day, the Ming soldiers will definitely go out of the border again, chase the enemy north, and suppress the grassland!

"Go ashore!"

"All soldiers, form a formation and advance!"

Seeing that the armed forces on the dock were disarmed, the landing commander An Guo immediately commanded the entire army to land and then form a formation to push forward.

One after another, the eagle ships quickly docked, and the soldiers, under the cover of the musketeers, all landed safely, then drew their swords to form a battle formation, and thought about killing deep into the dock.

However, the dense sound of musketeers seemed so harsh under the silent night sky, so it soon awakened a large number of Japanese.

Akamatsu Goro suddenly stood up, his face full of surprise and astonishment.

"Is this... a musketeer?"

"Why is there a sound of musketeers?"

Akamatsu Goro received aristocratic education, so he still had some knowledge.

The first record of firearms in Japan was naturally the Yuan-Japan War. There are related records in Japanese documents, "Light helmets, riding horses, brave morale, invincible... Flying iron cannons flashed with fire and thunderous sounds, which made people's livers and gallbladders break, their eyes and ears were dim, and they were at a loss." "The iron cannon threw spherical projectiles down the hillside, shaped like wheels. The sound was like thunder, the light flashed like lightning, and two or three fire bombs could be fired at a time. Many Japanese soldiers were burned and killed. The warehouses on the city caught fire, which should have been extinguished, but there was no time to take care of it."

After these two battles with the Yuan army, the Japanese first knew that there were people in the world using firearms. After experiencing the terrifying lethality of firearms, the Japanese tried every means to learn about and study China's gunpowder and firearm manufacturing technology through Goryeo. After the Yuan Dynasty authorities learned of this, they ordered the coastal areas to strictly prevent the secrets of gunpowder and firearm manufacturing from being passed on to the Japanese, and prohibited the refining of saltpeter in coastal areas, completely cutting off the source of the Japanese learning to make firearms.

However, during the turbulent period of the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty, the political turmoil during the Southern and Northern Dynasties of Japan and the loose rule of the Yuan Dynasty in China led to the rampant Japanese pirates along the coast, and the free private exchanges between the people were frequent, so sporadic firearms were still introduced into Japan. For example, there were records of Japanese using flying cannons and muskets during the Onin Rebellion, but the so-called "flying cannon" was most likely just a catapult that threw gunpowder projectiles.

But in any case, firearms are not popular in Japan now, but Japanese nobles also know about such a thing.

For example, Akamatsu Goro, he had the honor of firing a musket himself, but he was scared to death because of the loud noise, so he still remembers it vividly.

But just now he clearly heard the sound of the musket firing again!

Just when Akamatsu Goro was surprised and confused, another dense thunderous sound of muskets rang out.

At this moment, he was extremely sure that it was the sound of muskets!

Where did the muskets come from?

And there were so many of them?

This is simply impossible!

No...

Mingren!

Damn Mingren!

Akamatsu Goro had already reacted, but it was too late.

Because the sound of muskets was getting closer and closer, until it came outside his room.

Tang Mu held a three-eyed large shotgun in his hand and kicked the door open.

Akamatsu Goro was just pulling out his samurai sword, but before he could show his samurai spirit, he was shot into a sieve by Tang Mu's shotgun.

Well, he really became a sieve.

Akamatsu Goro, who was only wearing underwear, could not resist the power of the three-barreled gun at such a close distance. The bullets shot from the three-barreled gun directly penetrated his body, leaving dense blood holes.

The most painful thing was that Akamatsu Goro did not die immediately, but suffered unimaginable pain and despair.

"Why... why?"

"Because you are Japanese!"

Tang Mu sighed and drew the sword at his waist.

"To be honest, that Japanese girl is very tender, but it's a pity that I can't enjoy her."

"My Lord hates you Japanese to the core. If he knew I slept with a Japanese woman, I'd be screwed!"

After muttering for a while, Tang Mu swung his knife and Akamatsu Goro's dog head rolled to the side.

Tang Mu looked at the direction of his room reluctantly, and finally sighed, bent down to pick up Akamatsu Goro's head, and then led the soldiers to stride away.

They need to take control of Hyogojin as soon as possible, and then march to Kyoto immediately.

Otherwise, Ma Yong and Deng Boyan's two thousand brothers will be in danger.

So, there is no time to play with Japanese women.

Even if, that Japanese woman is really moist!