Nanming: I can build wonders

Chapter 154 The Emperor and the Armory
The aftermath of Kagoshima Castle was very simple. The Shimadzu family issued an Announcement, stating that the Spanish invaded outrageously, and the Satsuma samurai were not prepared, resulting in the city being breached.

Fortunately, with the help of the Great Ming soldiers, the Satsuma clan turned the corner and regained peace.

As for the wife and daughter being robbed, it was the Spaniards who fled, and the Shimadzu family could do nothing!

Of course, it is impossible for the civilians and minor nobles of the Japanese country to find trouble with Mitsuhisa Shimadzu, so they can only consider themselves unlucky.

It is not a problem to remarry when the wife is gone, and to have another daughter if the daughter is gone. Now the person who has the most headache in the Satsuma domain is Mitsuhisa Shimadzu.

Yesterday Zheng Kezang promised to pay 100 million taels of silver every year, but he found out that something was wrong afterwards.

Their Satsuma Domain is a poorly searched rural area in the Wa Kingdom, and most of the land they control is a special Japanese-style small plateau terrain.

On this small plateau, the land is mostly composed of lava and rock fragments, with extremely poor water retention.

The fertility of this kind of land makes those who hear it sad and those who hear it cry. In addition, earthquakes, volcanoes, typhoons, and heavy rains come here and there from time to time. It is really bad luck for farming civilization to encounter this kind of land!

Such a rotten land, how can the Satsuma clan fight against the shogunate?

Because Satsuma has its own way of making money.

There are two main pillars of its economy, one is the specialty brown sugar, and the other is the Ryukyu trade.

Now, the Satsuma domain has lost the Ryukyu trade, so it can explode on the spot.

The only way is to expand, to grab money and land from other big names, otherwise there is no need to live!
This is Zheng Kezang's routine, to make the Satsuma clan poor, and if you are poor, you want to change!

Seeing that Mitsuhisa Shimadzu was so good, Zheng Kezang also sold a batch of high-quality matchlock guns captured by the Spaniards in Luzon before, and some obsolete Hongyi cannons for them to use.

There are a total of [-] matchlock guns and [-] Hongyi cannons. With this amount of ammunition, it is enough to make the Satsuma clan one of the most powerful clans in Japan in one fell swoop, giving them the strength to threaten the shogunate and invade other daimyos.

Zheng Kezang also promised that if the follow-up Satsuma clan did a good job, they would provide more arms.

Anyway, for Ming Zheng, the arquebus was already on the verge of being phased out, and even the Spanish Confederates were unwilling to use it.

Now the matchlock guns replaced by Ming Zheng have been piled up in the warehouse, and they have to find a way to dump them overseas.

Zheng Kezang is also not worried that Satsuma will be able to contend against the Guards after they have better matchlock guns.

In this regard, Zheng Kezang just wanted to say: The accumulation of countless generations of your Shimadzu family, why should you fight with me?
With Ming Zheng's weapon development speed, there will definitely be more advanced weapons in the near future. The Satsuma clan only needs to be a dog obediently!
It is foreseeable that in the future, the Satsuma Domain is likely to become a colony of Ming Zheng and a dumping ground for Ming Zheng's cheap industrial products.

Not to mention the future, this looting of Kagoshima City alone has already yielded a lot.

Kagoshima Castle is the most prosperous city of the Satsuma clan. The Spanish Confederates looted the properties of the Shimadzu family, businessmen under the Shimadzu family, and samurai and feudal clans under the Shimadzu family. These people are equivalent to Ming Dynasty scholar-officials, landlords and squires.

Looking at the list in his subordinate's newspaper, Zheng Kezang couldn't help feeling that it would be quicker to steal money from the house!
This move made a lot of money.

This time, as much as 800 million taels of gold and silver were seized from Kagoshima City.

In addition, the Xie Congjun also copied a large number of cultural relics and ancient books from Shimadzu's house, including ancient books of the Tang Dynasty brought back by Japanese envoys sent to Tang Dynasty during the Tang Dynasty.

It seems that if you want to build a building similar to the Huaxia History Museum in the future, you will have materials!
Although Zheng Kezang tried his best to solve the Satsuma issue quickly, the news that Kagoshima suffered a devastating blow from the Spaniards still spread.

Hizen, Tosa, and Changzhou, which are adjacent to Satsuma, all received the news, and they were shocked. Some were ready to move and wanted to take advantage of the fire, but the situation was unclear, and they dared not take it lightly.

In terms of strength, they don't have the strength to eat the Satsuma clan in one go. Centipede insects are dead but not stiff. Be careful of the counterattack of the Shimadzu family.

For them, the even more frightening news is that with only 2000 Spaniards, they conquered the strongest Satsuma domain in Kyushu Island!
When did the Hongmaoyi become so strong!
The feudal lord of the Hizen Domain, Mitsushige, has a very solemn expression at the moment, because his territory is in the northwest of Kyushu Island, quite close to the Satsuma Domain!
In case these Spaniards come over, he can't afford to provoke them.

An "old man" from the Hizen clan asked, "My lord, what should we do?"

Guangmao pondered for a moment: "The current method is to send people to the shogunate to explain the situation and seek assistance!"

"Hi Yi!"

Under the impetus of Mitsumo, the news of Kagoshima took half a month, and finally reached the seat of the Tokugawa shogunate-Edo Castle.

Tokugawa Tsunayoshi is the fifth-generation general of the Tokugawa shogunate. He took office just last year. He is a well-known patient with achondroplasia. He is only 124 cm tall.

After he received the letter, he saw that it was an urgent letter from Hizen Fan, opened it and looked at it, his little brows frowned.

"The Satsuma clan was actually attacked by the red-haired barbarians. I told them before, don't have too much contact with the Western barbarians, and suffer now!"

The little guy Tokugawa Tsunayoshi muttered to himself, and there was even a hint of schadenfreude in his words.

Of course, he was happy that the feud Satsuma had an accident.

However, he soon felt that something was wrong. The Satsuma clan was still considered a part of the Wa Kingdom. Being bullied by Xiyi like this, it was morally unjustifiable for him not to help.

At this time, an "old middleman" next to him knelt down on the ground, kowtowed and said, "General, there is other news from the Satsuma clan. It is said that Ryukyu has been captured by King Yanping of the Ming Dynasty. Originally, King Yanping of the Ming Dynasty also came to punish Satsuma, but seeing that Xiyi was too cruel, he helped Satsuma drive Xiyi away!"

The permanent highest position of the "Old Middle School" is the person directly under the general who is responsible for assisting the administration of the highest government affairs, and the shogunate official of the Prime Minister.

How could King Yanping of the Ming Dynasty come to make trouble!

You know, the relationship between Ming Zheng and the Tokugawa shogunate was good before, and Wa also especially worshiped Ming Zheng's surname.

Before that, Lord Guoxing wrote a letter requesting the Tokugawa shogunate to send troops to help the Ming Dynasty against the Qing Dynasty. Although the Tokugawa shogunate rejected this request, in order to show friendship, they donated a batch of copper cannons, deer guns, and Japanese swords to Lord Guoxing.

The news that Ryukyu was recovered by Ming made Tokugawa Tsunayoshi silent for a while.

"General, it's a matter of the shogunate's face. Should we send troops to take back Ryukyu?" asked the senior middleman beside him.

Tokugawa Tsunayoshi thought and thought. At this time, the lock-up order was being implemented, and the trade benefits before Ryukyu were not obtained by the shogunate. They belonged to the Shimadzu family themselves. It is just right if they are gone!
"Don't worry, let's take a look first!"

The Emperor of Japan was making small plans, and Zheng Kezang, who had returned to Dongning Mansion, finally began to inspect the armory!
(End of this chapter)