Ming Dynasty and New Rome and Infinite Magic Machine

Chapter 1149 Interrogation
"Hello? Shangluo? It's done. I have accumulated a lot of merits. I will treat you to a meal later."

"So, what's going on on the ship?"

"The ice cream from this ice cream machine is dense and smooth, without any ice crystals. The milk flavor is mellow and natural, and not too sweet. If we had an ice cream machine like this in our lounge, I would be able to eat such high-quality ice cream every day."

"Is there enough funding?" Shangluo asked the person on the other end of the phone.

"I don't know. The Jinyiwei's funding is all given by the emperor, and he pays for it all by himself. Even things like ice cream machines have to be approved by him personally."

"Is there anything more important than this ice cream machine?"

"That's it. I looked around and I think this brand of ice cream machine is very good."

"Where are the people on the boat?"

"Them? None of them are the real bosses. But I saw some spies sent by Xu Fu."

"Then you must have caught the tongue? Bring him back now."

"No more." Fu Yuanshan was a little disappointed. "He actually committed suicide. It's really disappointing. But fortunately, he committed suicide on his own and didn't let me do it, so I didn't lose any merit."

"That's good, this is a blessing in disguise." Fu Yuanshan is a celestial being, the top combat force that the empire can directly mobilize. As for Shangluo, he can only mobilize Fu Yuanshan alone, because the leader of the four celestial beings of the Jinyiwei has not woken up yet, and the other one is from the Zheng family. Although Shangluo will definitely come if he asks him to help, Shangluo can't delay him for too long.

There was only Fu Yuanshan. Shangluo and he lived quite close, and their social circles were also nested together. The events they experienced were basically the same, so Shangluo liked to ask him to do the work whenever he had something to do. Fu Yuanshan himself was also happy to come out to do the work, because it could increase merit. Those of them who practiced the way of blessings and fate had to accumulate merit from every little thing.

So Shangluo really didn't want Fu Yuanshan to suffer any loss. He would be too sorry for this diligent senior - the trouble is, if you lose money or something else, you can get it back from somewhere else. But it's different with luck. If you lose it, it's lost, because luck itself depends on luck. If you don't get it once, you can only miss it with regret.

This time, Fu Yuanshan did not bring the spy back, and did not get a 5-star rating for the mission. He felt a little sorry about that. But on the other hand, he did not suffer any loss. For him, no loss is a gain.

"Oh, by the way." Fu Yuanshan said again, "There is also a person named Jing Yi on the ship, did you know?"

"If his last name is Ii, he should be the lord of Hikone Domain in Omi Province. If he is not a senior official of the shogunate, he should be an elder."

"Huh?" Fu Yuanshan blinked. "What are you talking about? Gold and silver medals, and getting rich in the red medal."

"I almost forgot that Japan was closed to the outside world. Senior Fu, you don't know anything about this, right? In short, the guy named Ii is a doctor from Japan."

"Hey, now I can understand it. This guy is quite famous. He sounds like a top doctor?"

"Not really. The biggest one is probably Shimazu whom we captured earlier - or maybe someone else. After all, if we don't check the land, we don't know which vassal is the biggest. But if we don't count the vassals, the biggest feudal lord is the Tokugawa family itself."

"What about the proportion? How big is it?"

"Let me think about how to explain it. The Tokugawa family has many small branches that have been divided out. Tokugawa Ieyasu stipulated that the succession to the shogun must strictly follow the eldest son inheritance system, and the younger brother cannot be the last son. So when the monarch of the main branch dies out, the position of monarch is welcomed back from the small branch, and no other heir is chosen from within the main branch." "What old Tokugawa has done is very much to our liking. What about this Ii? What is his status?"

"How the Tokugawa family was divided into fiefdoms - according to the order of joining the Tokugawa family's sphere of influence, the Tokugawa family had three levels: 'kin han', 'fudai' and 'gao yang'. Kin han were the han of the relatives, and they were the Tokugawa family's own people. The original meaning of fudai was military service registration, and it was extended to mean the old retainers who were loyal to the monarch for generations. After that, those who surrendered in their own generation instead of in the generation of their fathers and ancestors were gao yang yang retainers.

"The Tokugawa family's fiefdom is very interesting. It basically adheres to the strategy of 'whoever gets more land will be marginalized in the shogunate politics'. The fiefdoms of hereditary retainers are usually not much, most of which are less than a complete region, but they can serve in the shogunate. Those lords with more fiefdoms often have nothing but fiefdoms, and they only have the right to spend money. But this Ii is a little different."

"Huh? What do you say?"

"The ancestor of the Ii family was raised as a godson by Tokugawa Ieyasu. He was also a good fighter and could independently support a front. So Tokugawa Ieyasu took extra care of him and let him receive a huge fief as a retainer. Their family genes were also good, and each of the heads of the family lived very long."

"Ah." Fu Yuanshan understood, "Then this person is blessed. A blessed person cannot be killed. Killing him will backfire."

"Is there still such a thing?"

"It doesn't matter if he doesn't have good fortune, I just need to be careful - if that's the case, I'll tie him up and bring him back. In this chaotic time, it's safest to put him in jail."

"That's good. If the shogunate can be saved in the future, this man will be useful."

"What is the use?"

"Their local specialty is beef."

"Hmm?" Fu Yuanshan's eyes lit up. "What do you mean? Is there anything special about this beef?"

"Because they have beef cattle raised specifically for this purpose - they are the only family in Japan that does this. Beef is not edible because it is used to plow the fields. But beef is really delicious, so the Tokugawa family made up a story and believed that beef is a tonic. The Ii family was responsible for paying tribute to this 'tonic'. They have 'tonic cattle' that are raised specifically for 'tonic' purposes. These cattle are fattened during breeding, and have very beautiful fat marbling. They are said to be very tonic."

"Oh! You should have said it earlier. Who cares if it's a blessing or not? The blessing of eating it is the real blessing. Well, I brought this cattle farmer back to you. He's lucky."

As he spoke, there was a series of clanging sounds from Fu Yuanshan's side, and he picked up some spare parts from the ground.

"Huh?" Fu Yuanshan was suddenly stunned.

"What's wrong?"

"The one who committed suicide just kicked something and seemed to have a little bit of relief - but now he's gone, dead. Tsk tsk tsk, what a shame. He was Xu Fu's spy, if he could be caught, he could be properly interrogated."

Suddenly, Victoria's voice came out: "Do you really want him to come back to life?"

(End of this chapter)