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Chapter 81 Disaster
During the Tokugawa shogunate era in Dongying Kingdom, under the shogunate, there were dozens of vassals, large and small, and they were a continuation of the tradition of daimyo in the Warring States Period.The Satsuma clan of the Shimadzu family is a feudal clan on Kyushu Island, which has the closest relationship with the Fu Liao Army in southern Liaoning.The Tokugawa shogunate was afraid of the influence of Westerners, and prohibited Westerners' merchant ships from entering the waters of Japan.Only Ming, which won the war 30 years ago, can trade with Japan.

Almost every day, a steady stream of merchant ships from southern Liaoning arrived at the port of Satsuma Domain, importing goods from southern Liaoning into Japan.The Shimadzu family, which supports commodities in southern Liaoning, can collect [-]% of the share from the merchants of the Ming Dynasty, reaping a lot, and then put the profits into production, becoming stronger and stronger.Products from southern Liaoning not only flowed into Satsuma, but also flowed into the territory of other feudal lords in Kyushu through different locations of Satsuma, and even entered Honshu, Shikoku, and Hokkaido in the north.

But Kyushu Island is not just a Satsuma domain, there are other domain lords who are jealous of the Satsuma domain business.

Between southern Liaoning and the Satsuma domain, more than 20 Guan ships and two or three Anzhai ships skimmed near the sea.

An armored general on Anzhai's boat immediately stood on the bow of the boat, looking straight into the distance.

"Your work is the work of the golden man. If something goes wrong, you will support us, right?" General Dongying put his hand on the sword at his waist and asked a man dressed as a golden man beside him.

"Please rest assured, General. If the Ming army dares to trouble you, our benefactor will lead an army of [-] to the south to punish the Ming army. It is impossible for them to come out and attack. General, you can plunder the merchants of Daming wantonly and get a lot of money." wealth." Jin said to General Dongying.

"The group of Baga in the Shimadzu family have been working recently to show off their wealth to me. If we don't engage them, Kyushu Island will not have my work." General Dongying said in broken Chinese.

"Hey, the enemy of an enemy is a friend. Our Da Jin Kingdom is willing to become the highest friend with your family, so as to prevent the Satsuma clan from becoming bigger in Kyushu Island." The Jin ambassador said.

Wang Changyuan, a businessman from Wuhu, personally followed the two large ships to fulfill the order of the Satsuma Domain this time, intending to develop the Dongying market well.At present, there are four big markets in southern Liaoning, one is the Koryo market supported by the prince of Korea, Li Mo, the other is the Dongying market with the Satsuma clan as a close faction, the other is the Nanyang market, and the other is the domestic market.The Dongying market has just opened up, and there is still huge potential for development.

The merchant ships in southern Liaoning are considered large ships, and only when they load as much cargo as possible each time can the transaction efficiency be high!
"Wang Yuanwai, we will arrive at Satsuma in less than an hour. After we unload the two cargoes this time, we will definitely make a lot of money, right? At that time, Yuanwai must give the brothers a good bonus! "The boatman next to Wang Changyuan happily congratulated Wang Changyuan.

"You, you, you have been thinking about this bonus all day long. Don't worry, you won't lose a single bonus when you arrive in Satsuma." Wang Changyuan couldn't help but sigh.

Ever since Chu Yun took charge of Liaonan and Dongjiang towns, he often used things like "bonuses" to motivate workers to work. As a result, even the boatmen in Jiangnan fell in love with this generous way of remuneration.But it is strange to say that since the form of "bonus" has become popular among workers and crew members, the enthusiasm of the workers has been greatly improved, and there is no pain in the waist or legs.

"Attention everyone, there are more than 20 small boats ahead, and three big boats!"

Suddenly, observers using the most advanced monocular binoculars of the Liao army saw a fleet of more than 20 ships galloping downwind in the sea ahead.

"People from the Satsuma clan?" Wang Changyuan asked doubtfully.

"It's not right. We have run away from the Satsuma domain several times. The sailors of the Satsuma domain are usually moored at the port, and they don't come out to greet us on purpose." He frowned with the ship master.

"Whether the opponent is a human or a ghost, we are ready to fight." Wang Changyuan ordered.

Wang Changyuan is the owner of these two large merchant ships, so all the sailors obeyed Wang Changyuan's orders, nervously holding the steel knives, bows and arrows in their hands, and some soldiers hired by Wang Changyuan held the muskets of the Liao army.

Wang Changyuan is an old member of the Fuliao Army Far East Trading Company, and enjoys the right to hire soldiers, but of course he needs to pay some corresponding price.

"It would be great if I had a first-class artillery merchant ship or a second-class artillery merchant ship." Wang Changyuan stared anxiously at the approaching Japanese ships.

If Wang Changyuan had an artillery merchant ship from the Liaodong Trading Company, he would not be afraid that the other party would attack him.It's a pity that the artillery boats of the Liaodong Trading Company are so sought-after. As soon as there are orders, they are snapped up by big businessmen from Jiangnan and Shanxi. Even the old customer Wang Changyuan is reluctant to buy one.

"I hope the other party is not a ruthless character..." Although it is impossible to tell which side the other party belongs to, but judging by the style of the ships, it must be the fleet under a feudal lord of the Dongying Kingdom.As far as the present is concerned, Dongpu and Liaonan have no grievances or enmities, so there shouldn't be any conflicts.At least that's what Wang Changyuan expected.

As the Dongying fleet got closer, Wang Changyuan's fleet raised a warning flag.However, the Dongpu fleet ignored them and continued to approach.

"Pull up all the sails and hit it at full speed!"

With such a reaction from the other party, Wang Changyuan and others have already confirmed that the other party is coming for them!Merchant ships lacking artillery can only rely on their huge advantages to attack the opponent's fleet and try to escape the encirclement!
Rows of large sculls protruded from the lower cabin of the Dongying ship, and the impact was accelerated by manpower and wind.Moreover, in a small area, the large manpower scull makes the Seki ship and the house ship more flexible.

This Dongying fleet, mainly small and medium-sized ships, avoided large merchant ships in geese formation, and approached Wang Changyuan's merchant ships from the side.

"Fire the guns!" The firearms squad of the Liao army hired on the merchant ship was divided into two sides of the merchant ship and fired at the approaching Dongpu fleet.When the two ships intersect, in the absence of artillery, the guns at this distance can completely play a lethal role!

Bursts of white smoke curled up, and the first round of musket fire caused several casualties to the Dongpu fleet.The soldiers on the Dongpu fleet didn't know that there were professional Liao Army musketeers on the merchant ship, so they were beaten up immediately.

"Shoot!" General Dongying commanded the gunners on each ship on the Anzhai boat to shoot.

The musketeers still used outdated matchlock guns. They hastily lit the matchlock and aimed their guns at the Ming army on the merchant ship.

Bang!Bang!Bang!
The matchlock guns of the Dongying fleet began to suppress the merchant ships.Although their weapons are backward, there are many people and many muskets.And these Japanese soldiers began to throw iron hooks on the merchant ships, trying to get close to hand-to-hand combat.

(End of this chapter)