After Lin Hongye left, Wang Yuanfang said to Deng Fei: "You really want to buy sulfur?"

Deng Fei said: "Yes. Before leaving, Old Chen specifically told me to come."

Wang Yuanfang said: "I thought you were just making an excuse. When will those Shimazu family clean up?"

"Don't worry, you have to eat one bite at a time." Deng Fei said: "We are going to clean up the Xishan Dynasty this time, and Ryukyu is just a hand. Besides, we are looking at the situation here, so we can understand it clearly first."

In fact, in the telegram sent to Deng Fei the day before yesterday, Zhao Xin specifically mentioned his thoughts about Ryukyu. Zhao Xin did not want Okinawa nor Amami Islands, he wanted to control the Anshima Islands.

The reason for doing this was that Zhao Xin had carefully considered it. The purpose was to connect Taiwan Island and Xiandao Island Island together in the future to form a stable island system. Nothing else, Xiandao Island Island is too close to Taiwan Island.

Nineteen years ago - in 1771, a major earthquake occurred 40 nautical miles southeast of Ishigaki Island in Yaeshan Islands. Later researchers determined that the scale of the earthquake reached 7.4 magnitude of Richmond. This earthquake caused the largest tsunami in Ryukyu history. According to records, the wave height at that time exceeded 80 meters, causing the death of tens of thousands of residents in Ishigaki Island and Miyako Island, accounting for one-third of all residents. After the tsunami, the soil in Yaeshan Islands was soaked in seawater, which was severely alkalized and was abandoned on a large scale.

Since all the land on the beach is ruined, it should not be a big problem to spend money to rent it for renovation.

At the end of the telegram, Zhao Xin told Deng Fei that when he met people from Ryukyu, he would only talk about buying sulfur and just pass by everything else. Don’t mention renting islands. Maybe the King of Ryukyu will send someone to find you, and I’ll talk about it at that time...

After Lin Hongye got ashore, he first went to Naha to report the purpose of the Northern Navy to the people from the Emperor Shimazu family.

The official name of the Naha Prayer Office is "Ryukyu in the Fan". In 1628, the Satsuma clan sent Ryukyu to the Fan Prayer Office to monitor and interfere with the internal affairs of Ryukyu. He is responsible for handling official affairs between Syukyu and managing trade practices. The service he lives in is called "Ryukyu's holiday house" by the Ryukyu people.

Gong Pingqin, who was in the anime, listened to Lin Hongye's story and asked for a moment: "Does the North Sea Pirates want to buy sulfur?"

Lin Hongye, who was sitting in the lower head, replied respectfully: "That's right."

"They didn't mention landing?"

"No."

Gong Ping nodded and said, "It's great. Please go and report to the king. I'll see here."

After Lin Hongye said goodbye and left, Gong Ping's reign immediately wrote the incident into a letter and said to a subordinate: "You go to Gaogongcheng immediately and hand it over to the head of the family."

Shuri Castle Royal Palace, in the second-level hall.

When King Shangmu learned that the fleet outside Naha Port had killed the Beihai Town, which had once killed the Satsuma vassal, was overjoyed, but he tried his best to resist and dared not reveal a trace of it.

At present, there are many suspicions in the palace by the Shimazu family, and King Shangmu's every word and action and every move are being monitored. If he says something now, the Shimazu family will know it within an hour.

King Shangmu is already fifty-one this year, and his body and energy are not good. In the first two years, the prince Shangzhe died again, which was a huge blow to him, so he had to make his grandson Shang Wen, who was only four years old, the heir.

Now that the Shimazu family's murderous people have controlled the government of Ryukyu, it would be fine if they are alive, but if they have three or two shorts, the six-year-old Shang Wen will be unpredictable!

Thinking of this, he turned his gaze to Ma Guoqi, the Sansiguan (Kuangji) standing below. This was Shimazu Kiri-ri's voice-over insect, and there were many people in the same hall, and he controlled the court tightly. Shang Mu didn't dare to discuss anything with him now.

After Lin Hongye and Ma Guoqi retreated, Shang Mu first went to see the six-year-old Shang Wen, and firmly thought in his heart. Then he pretended to be tired and left, and returned to the bedroom and said to take a break. Taking advantage of the time when the other eunuchs left, he quietly said to the only close servant whom he trusted: "Go to see if Takashima's relatives are there. If they are there, please invite him over and don't disturb others."

The closest servant thought to himself, the Shuri Palace is a little bigger than the palm. Whoever the king wants to see will definitely alarm others. So he looked worried and whispered: "San Siguan will definitely find out. What should I say at that time?"

"I just said that I just went to see the grandson, and I felt something. I wanted to ask him about the grandson's study." After Shang Mu said that, a hint of anger appeared on his face, and then he quickly dissipated.

The Takashima-family named Shang Mu, whose Chinese name is Cai Shichang, is the thirteenth generation of the Cai family from Kumi Village. He is currently the Zijin Doctor of the Ryukyu Kingdom and is from the second rank.

It is said that since he became a vassal of the Satsuma vassal, officials of the Ryukyu Kingdom must have a name for their reunion; for example, the current Sansi official, Ma Guoqi, whose name for his reunion is "with the original relatives", but they would not say that they were beaten to death when they met the Qing officials.

The so-called "propriety" is the highest title of the Ryukyu gentry, and it is not allowed to be granted by those who do not manage the country. In principle, a relative should have a fiefdom of a mansion, but Ryukyu is only so large that it cannot reward all relatives. Therefore, many relatives have only one village, which is called "propriety of the land". Cai Shichang is a relative of the land.

In 1758, 21-year-old Cai Shichang was elected as an official student by the Ryukyu Palace and sent to Beijing City Guozijian to study Ryukyu official school. He studied for four years and specialized in Confucian classics and the way of governing the country. In 1782, Cai Shichang went to the Qing Dynasty as a tribute envoy several times, and participated in the compilation of "Ryukyu Science and Law". He was promoted to the Zijin Doctor and awarded the title of Takashima's relatives for his merits.

In the history of Ryukyu, among the people who were committed to spreading Confucius and Mencius' thoughts, promoting Sinology, and changing social atmosphere, there were only two people who were recognized by later generations. One was Cheng Shunze, and the other was Cai Wen, who were both descendants of the thirty-six surnames of Fujian people; and Cai Shichang was Cai Wen's nephew.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content later! Now, if you want to talk about who Shang Mu can trust, it is probably this person.

After the eunuch left for half an hour, Cai Shichang came to the bedroom. When he met Queen Shangmu, the monarch and ministers first talked about the grandson's study for a while. It was not until the two eunuchs, who were the eyes of the Shimazu family, went down to serve the tea, Shangmu begged in a low voice: "You Xian help me!"

Cai Shichang was stunned and hurriedly lowered his head and said, "The king has something to do, I will never refuse."

"I'll help you contact the people of Naha's Beihai as soon as possible and let them help me fight against the remnants of Shimazu."

"I, please accept the order!"

"Your Making a note, except for the country and land, you can agree to other conditions!"

After leaving Shuri City Royal Palace, Cai Shichang secretly complained. The king asked Beihai Town to send troops to help. The problem was that he had no money to give. Now the poor national treasury in Ryukyu can run away!

After the "Battle of Furdan City", Zhao Xin used Qing prisoners of war, including Fukang'an and Duerjia, to extort 150,000 taels of gold from Qianlong. After five years of fermentation, it has long been unstoppable. Now the trend of the government and the country is circulating.

The surrounding vassal states that led the Qing Dynasty now know that there was a rebel "Prince Zhao" who "respected money as his life" in the far north of the pass, and he recognized gold with all his heart.

Tokugawa Shogunate: "Oh, the past cannot be mentioned, I have a lot of bitter tears. I will endure it!"

Satsuma Phan: "I'm gone, do you see me yelling everywhere?!"

It is said that in the late period of King Shangmu, the Ryukyu Kingdom was short of resources, poor grain harvests, and poor financial conditions. Among the various vassal states that led the Qing Dynasty, the ones who traveled to the capital were the Ryukyu and Li Dynasty, all of whom were chasing tribute trade to earn three melons and two dates.

In the maritime trade, the Satsuma family was over, and Shimazu Kiritsunobu beaten to death and occupied the Sendai family in Mian Kyushu to do business, and there was no investment. As for the Nanyang trade, although it could make some money, it was now controlled by the Shimazu family. King Shangmu had to report in advance if he wanted to use a eldest son.

After leaving the bedroom, Cai Shichang first went to Lin Hongye for a casual chat and found out that the big boss from Beihai Town was one surnamed Deng and the other surnamed Wang. So after he returned home, he wrote a letter and asked his servant to take it to his nephew Cai Jian, Jiumi Village. He is now in a high position in the Ryukyu country, and every move is noticed, so even if he was ordered by the king to contact the big ship in Beihai Town, he could not come forward directly.

So the next night, a small fishing boat set out from the beach northwest of Kumemura Kumimura, circled around the sea, avoided the surveillance of the Naba beacon tower, and leaned on the Thunder God.

When Cai Jian, who looked shocked and suspicious, was taken to the brightly lit stern building to see Deng Fei, he immediately took out his uncle's belief.

Deng Fei was stunned after reading the letter, thinking that why did Zhao Xin guess again? He was thinking about this matter, but the opportunity came. In fact, this matter is not complicated at all. No one is ever going to do business. Half-baked business is hard to accomplish. What Zhao Xin said in the telegram was "maybe", and there is half uncertainty.

Is Ryukyu important to Beihai Town? The future is very important, but it is not important at all now. It is good to get it, and there is no need to worry if you can't get it. It's easy to clean up the Shimazu family's materials in minutes. And even if you get the Xiandao Islands, you still have to transport people and take a transportation route. Moreover, it's winter now, and the wind and waves are too strong when you sail south through the Tsushima Strait.

The main purpose of going south this time is to deal with the pirates in the West Mountain and teach the Nguyen tribes a lesson. Don’t think that if the Qing Dynasty cannot deal with you, no one can deal with you. By the way, it will be a blow to the Dutch in Batavia, which will shock the Southeast Asian area. Of course, it is better to attract some people to come back.

Deng Fei first took the letter to Wang Yuanfang for discussion. Wang Yuanfang thought about it and then put forward his own opinions.

"When I went to Mian Kyushu to fight the Satsuma clan, you know I was there too. When Shimazu Kiyoshi ran away, he took all the Satsuma clan fleets away. Now we don't know where the ships are. If we act hastily, Shimazu Kiyoshi took the people to take the boat, will we chase them? Where can we chase them?"

Deng Fei agreed: "We just let us send troops without any idea of ​​the distribution of opponents' forces, strongholds, and ships' berths. Then we will leave, and the Shimazu family members will come back to settle the accounts. Then, what will happen to Shangmu and those who are doing now will be completely in chaos."

"So, the scholar rebelled for three years. Cai Shichang wanted to encourage us with such a valuable letter, go dreaming!"

After the two discussed, Deng Fei wrote a reply letter to Cai Shichang. He did not ask Jiang Fan or Zhong Huai for help. Based on the personality and position of these two people, he would definitely urge Deng Fei to send troops to help, or he would either cover up the reply letter half-cover.

It's meaningless. This is not a manifesto for the rebellion in Heaven. The war must be told straightforwardly.

Deng Fei wrote very slowly, and he had to stop and think for a while after writing a few sentences. After finishing the letter, he asked him to go to the warehouse to get a silver bar, two brand new lanterns filled with lamp oil and a few packs of matches, and handed them over to Cai Jian.

"The silver is for you to work hard, and this lamp is also for you to give. The answers to Lord Cai are all in the letter, please keep them."

As soon as he bought the silver bar, Cai Jian's hand sank. He thought that this one would take more than a dozen taels, and he was so generous. Looking at the lantern, it was also a rare thing. Not to mention the match, he ran through Minzhe with a boat. Now this thing has been fryed a box of two taels of silver in Minzhe. Some officials and gentry families have to show off when they entertain guests and click one. Some people also tried to imitate sulfur and saltpeter, but none of them succeeded.

Afterwards, he returned to Kumi by boat, and rushed to Shuri Castle early the next morning and handed the letter to Cai Shichang. Cai Shichang opened the letter and took a long time to get used to the text format from left to right, from top to bottom. He also despised the countless "typos" and the style of vernacular Chinese in the letter, but he also understood the above content.

Deng Fei said in the letter that he thought that he was once a vassal of China in Ryukyu, so he helped Beihai Town. However, he couldn't help for nothing, and the cost issue was very important. If he didn't have enough money, he could raise it slowly. If he really couldn't raise it, he would discuss it with your King Shangmu to see what he could do.

He still has urgent matters at the moment. He will have to take his fleet to Southeast Asia in a few days, which may take one or two months. While this time, he asked Cai Shichang to understand the details of Shimazu's family in Ryukyu, and he will take action at that time to avoid hurting the innocent.

After the situation is clear, you'd better send someone to Ajigen Castle in Shishui County, Nankyushu. It is now under the jurisdiction of Beihai Town, and I'll send someone to say hello to them. After we meet and discuss it there, we'll kill and shoot back, and use lightning speed to make the remnants of the Shimazu family clear and return the peace of Ryukyu.

After reading the letter, Cai Shichang was amused and laughed. He said that the rumors were true. These people in Beihai Town really took advantage of money. Such a greedy person could even beat the Qing Dynasty and the island country. There are really everything in the world!

Later, he passed the situation into the palace through King Shangmu's personal eunuch. When King Shangmu heard that the people in Beihai Town wanted money, he thought it was okay. If he really didn't have money and was willing to help, he would be upset.

Isn’t it just a little money? As long as you can kill all the Shimazu family, the trade routes on the island country can be reopened. Ryukyu’s taxes and maritime trade income are all your own. Moreover, you can get to Beihai Town and have an extra trade route.

After thinking through the details, King Shang Mu sent a message to Cai Shichang, "Don't the people in Beihai Town want money, so I'll give them 50,000 taels!" This matter is left to you. The problem is that Cai Shichang can't play alone, so he had to find an opportunity to go back to Jiumi Village to discuss with his family before talking about the next step."

At the same time, Shimazu Kiritsu, who learned that the North Navy had not landed, finally breathed a sigh of relief. He notified Gong Ping to sell all the sulfur in the warehouse to Beihai Town, and give as much as possible. As for the other party's mention of the cooperation between the two parties in mining, Lin Hongye refused. In short, let them get out quickly!

Two days later, the Thunder God left with the 3,000 kilograms of sulfur bought from Naha, and it cost 400 taels of silver to be collected. Before leaving, the official Lin Hongye kept accusing Deng Fei, saying that he had searched all the warehouses and gathered so many.

So the North Navy's fleet left Naha Port and headed west until the beacon tower on Kume Island sent a message back to confirm that the fleet had really left. Shimazu Kiyoro returned from Takamiya Castle to Shuri and continued to be his shadow king.
Chapter completed!