Smuggling Daming

In Hirado Castle on the westernmost side of Kyushu Island, Ashikaga Kazuki was sitting in the castle lord's mansion, and was receiving a guest from afar. He saw that the guest was a very handsome young man. If Zhou Zhong was here, he would recognize him. This guest is his old acquaintance, that is, Hideko Hatano, who went to Daming with Ashikaga Ikki back then, this time he came to seek help from Ashikaga Ikki on behalf of Ashikaga Yoshiki.

"Ashikaga-kun, the general was able to leave Kyoto safely this time, and he paid a huge price. Among them, in order to cover the general's departure, Hirabe Kurashita led hundreds of dead soldiers to block the Hosokawa's pursuit, and they all died in the end. , the youngest son and daughter of the general and their mother did not have time to escape, and finally died among the rebellious army, and several other retainers..."

Hideko Hatano told Ashikaga Kazuki how they escaped from Kyoto with a sad face. Although Ashikaga Kazuki had received the news that his cousin Ashikaga Yoshiki escaped from Kyoto safely, but only Ashikaga Yoshiki escaped safely from the news. This result, but now hearing the experience of Hatano Hideko, who personally experienced it, let Ashikaga Kazuki know how difficult it was for his cousin to escape.

"Hmph, Hosokawa Takakuni and Ouchi Yoshiko, one day I will make you pay a hundred times the price for what you did today!" He thumped the ground heavily and said in a hateful voice, his cousin Ashikaga Yoshinori didn't have many heirs, and now the youngest son died. He heard his cousin mention that child when he went to the capital last time, it was Ashikaga Yoshinori The most beloved child.But now even that child is dead, I don't know how the cousin will be hurt?

"Ashikaga-kun, the day of revenge is not far away. Although the general paid a big price, he finally brought most of his strength out of Kyoto, and now he has safely arrived at the Tianshan clan's territory. Now Tianshan Shangjun and my uncle are both He has responded to the general's call, and is actively preparing for the battle, only to wait until next year. It will be the time for our decisive battle with the Ouchi clan and the Hosokawa clan!" When Hideko Hatano said the word decisive battle, hatred also appeared on his face , after all, as the surname next to Ashikaga Yoshiki, the hatred of the Patriarch is also his hatred, and he may even hate the Ouchi and Hosokawa clans more than Ashikaga Yoshiaki.

"Great, my cousin's forbearance these years is finally not in vain. Now it's finally time for a decisive battle with the Ouchi and Hosokawa clans, but I don't know what I need to do?" Ashikaga Kazuki also said confidently. A year ago, he definitely didn't approve of going to war with Hosokawa Takakuni, but after more than a year of accumulation, plus Zhou Zhong gave them all kinds of help.As a result, their strength grew extremely fast, and Ashikaga Yoshiki joined forces with the Tianshan clan and the Hatano clan.It has not lost to the forces of Hosokawa and Ouchi.

"Ashikaga-kun is the same as we think, our Yamato can no longer let the Ouchi and Hosokawa clans continue to behave like this, so we must go through a war to wipe them all out, but now the general lacks weapons and food, especially weapons , Most of the newly recruited troops can only use bamboo spears as weapons. Although the Ouchi and Hosokawa clans cannot equip all the troops with metal weapons. However, the utilization rate of metal weapons is higher than ours, so the general I hope Ashikaga-kun can get some weapons from Daming!" Hideko Hatano said very solemnly.

"Weapons and food." Ashikaga Kazuki groaned when he heard this.Although Zhou Zhong said that he would support them in regaining the power of the shogunate, he had strict control over these two types of materials, weapons and food. Those Ming merchants who came to trade could transport all kinds of materials, even copper coins for silver. But no one dared to transport weapons and food, and even iron products were strictly controlled.

"You know the situation of Daming, and I can't guarantee whether the governor of Daming will agree to help us with a batch of weapons." Ashikaga Kazuki thought about it for a long time, and finally sighed. Time provided Ashikaga with considerable money, but not much in the case of the most urgently needed weapons.

"Hey, Ashikaga-kun, don't worry, as long as you tell the governor the truth about the current situation in our country, I guess he will definitely help us with a batch of weapons!" Hideko Hatano said confidently.

"Oh? Why are you so confident?" Kazuki Ashikaga asked a little strangely.

"It's very simple. At the beginning, when the Governor-General agreed to assist our court, he had no good intentions. He just wanted to see us consume each other's strength with the Ouchi and Hosokawa clans. Now our strength is It has increased a lot, but compared with the Ouchi and Hosokawa clans, there is still some gap, so Daming will definitely make up for this gap. After all, only when the strength of the two sides is not much different can the fight be more lively. This is the result that Da Ming wants to see, not a one-sided war!" Hideko Hatano said in a deep voice, with a look of sadness on his face, although they both understood Da Ming's plot, they had to jump into each other's In the trap, this is the saddest thing for the Yamato nation.

Ashikaga Kazuki also sighed when he heard this, patted Hideko Hatano on the shoulder and said: "Your analysis is very reasonable, the result that Daming most hopes to see is that we both lose, or even die, it's a pity We know Da Ming’s sinister intentions, but we can only turn to them for help, all because of our civil war, maybe we can stand up and talk to Da Ming when we unify the whole country!”

A few days later, Ashikaga Kazuki personally went to Jeju Island by boat, and then asked to see Chang Xiao who was stationed there, and told the situation in his own country, and then proposed that he needed a batch of weapons, and hoped that he could report to the Governor General , and they are willing to buy it all with silver.

Regarding Ashikaga Kazuki's request, Chang Xiao immediately sent someone to take a fast boat back to Shuangyu Port. After Zhou Zhong received the news, he was overjoyed at first, and soon he had people prepare a batch of weapons eliminated by the Ming army. These weapons were originally intended to be transported to North Korea to support the rebellion there, but now that the war in Japan is approaching, it is better to support them first. Anyway, the two countries are not good things. The longer the chaos, the better, and the more dead people, the better. !

But weapons can be given, but Zhou Zhong does not give a grain of food, because he knows that although the Japanese country is in chaos and food is also in short supply, it is still stronger than North Korea. They searched for enough food as military pay, not to mention that the Japanese have always been known for their hard work and cruelty, so letting them fight hungry may be able to bring these two beautiful qualities to the extreme.

Coincidentally, just after Zhou Zhong had sent away the ship transporting weapons, the entire Shuangyu Port was very rarely frozen. You must know that this is the south of Ke Daming, and the sea water is not easy to be frozen. But now not only Shuangyu Port is frozen, but also Ningbo Port next to it. I even heard that the coast of Wenzhou, which is further south, is also frozen. The entire Taiwan Island has also started to snow. They were all hit by frost, and it is estimated that the snowy days in Hainan are not far away.

Since Shuangyu Port was frozen, the port immediately lost its former prosperity, and even many ships were frozen in the port because it was too late to leave the port. This made many ship owners beat their feet and regret their original Why didn't you listen to the governor's warning and sail to the south earlier?Fortunately, not only the ships are frozen in the port and cannot move, making it impossible for them to transport goods to earn money before the ice is thawed, some ships will even be damaged by freezing, and they may need to spend a sum of money for repairs in the future.

Shuangyu Port has calmed down. Although it is snowing in Taiwan, the immigrants who moved here are originally from the north of the Central Plains. They are more adaptable to the cold. In addition, this year's sweet potato harvest is huge, and every family has no shortage of food. You only need to take out some food and change into some warm clothes. As for fuel, you can find it everywhere, so you are not afraid of this cold winter at all.As for the Port of Malacca, let alone the severe cold weather of the Little Glacier does not affect the equatorial region.

It is precisely because of this that nothing happened under Zhou Zhong's rule in this winter, and he, the governor, was at ease all of a sudden. In addition, the weather outside was so cold that Zhou Zhong was usually lazy to go out. The consequence of going out is that Meng Wan is also pregnant. Zhou Zhong only has three women, and now all of them are happily waiting for the birth of their children. This also makes Zhou Zhong stay alone in the vacant room again, and he can only stay in the study alone sleep.

But sleeping alone is also good. After all, Zhou Zhong is just an ordinary person. He is usually busy with official duties during the day and covets sex in bed at night. Although he is young and seems to have no problems on the surface, his body is still somewhat damaged. Now he Don't have to think about those business affairs, and sleep alone at night, which made Zhou Zhong's body finally adjusted.

Zhou Zhong took a nap at noon that day, but when he woke up again, it was already dusk, and it was snowing heavily outside. It is very rare to see snow in a place like Shuangyu Port, which made Zhou Zhong I was also very excited. I went to the kitchen in person, boiled the soup base with lamb bones and various seasonings, added a lot of chili oil to make a red pot, and cut the beef and mutton into thin slices, as well as side dishes such as mushrooms and vegetables. After getting everything ready, I finally sent all the things to my study, opened the window and put them on the table, ready to enjoy the snow scene while eating hot pot.

But just when Zhou Zhong put some slices of beef into the pot, someone suddenly came to report that an old friend of his had come to visit, which made Zhou Zhong stunned at the time, he couldn't guess that this person who claimed to be an old friend Who is it? (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)