Although the United City has not been built yet, many houses of Ming workers have been built in the city, and the city lord's mansion in the center has been built long ago.

In the awe-inspiring eyes of those work, the group entered through the city gate and came straight to the chamber.

The three of them have no absolute affiliation and their own division of labor, but there is no need to avoid talking about the generations. Since Liang Yi has not been officially appointed as the new city lord, Hai Batian sat on the top seat without hesitation.

Li Guozhi was not disgusted with Hai Batian's actions, and even breathed a sigh of relief.

The situation in the East China Sea is even more complicated than that in the South China Sea. Especially in the face of Japan, which is complex and advocates force, it is inevitable to use force to solve some difficult problems. Therefore, they need a strong captain to help him open up the situation in Japan.

From the current perspective, the headquarters may also be due to this level of consideration, so it dispatched the captain of the Second Fleet from Nanyang to the East China Sea.

Hai Batian sat on the chair with his butt, looked at Li Guozhi straight to the point and asked, "Manager Li, what's going on in Japan now?"

Liang Yi actually knew the situation in Japan, but at this time he turned his head and looked at Li Guozhi, wanting to see how Li Guozhi would answer.

In fact, he and Hai Batian can only be considered as associates. Many things are decided by Li Guozhi, the East China Sea business manager. Li Guozhi is the key figure in whether the joint business group can open up the situation in the East China Sea.

Li Guozhi had already done enough information work and responded in a humble and unrestrained manner: "Captain Hai, the emperor of Japan has been in name only. Now he is in a period of separatist rule by the princes, which is similar to our late Eastern Han Dynasty. Due to the numerous islands in Japan, although it has been a century of chaos, the forces of the various shogunate still look like scattered sand. Now the relatively strong strength is on Honshu Island, including Ryuzaoji, Otomo family, Shimazu family, Niko family, Miho family, Oda family, Takeda family, Asai family, etc.."

"This Japan is really chaotic!" Liang Yi sighed slightly as he heard that there were so many major forces.

Haibat nodded softly, unable to remember so many forces for a moment, so he asked directly: "Which is our first target now?"

"Maori family!" Li Guozhi had already had a goal and immediately responded firmly.

There were several captains who followed Hai Batian here. They had been standing behind Hai Batian in a regular manner, and looked at Li Guozhi in confusion.

Hai Batian was quite straightforward and asked immediately: "Where is it?"

Li Guozhi did not rush to answer, but asked his subordinates to bring a table, then took out a map that had been drawn, and spread the map flat on the table.

Hai Batian and several captains came forward to watch, and their faces became solemn. This map depicts a very detailed map, and even indicates the territory of each company on it, which has already taken a lot of effort.

"Japan is known as the country of Thousand Islands, but they are all very small islands, much smaller than the East China Islands in Guangdong. Among them, the only islands that can be compared with our Qiongzhou Island in Guangdong are the three islands of Japan: Honshu, Kyushu, and Shiguo. These three large islands can be across the sea. Kyushu and Shiguo are relatively small. The largest one is Honshu Island!" Li Guozhi pointed to the map to introduce it, and then pointed to a red punctuation and said: "The shape of Honshu Island is like a bug crawling towards the east. From here, we can go directly to the territory of the Maori family through the Korean Strait, Neshima Prefecture, which is equivalent to our journey from Leizhou to Chaozhou!"

Because the map is marked very detailed, the situation in the Japanese Mishima can be seen at a glance, which makes Hai Batian and others clearly see their targets.

"In this way, our goal this time is Shijian Silver Mine?" Hai Batian also did some homework, and guessed Li Guozhi's strategic goal.

"Yes! According to the latest information we have obtained, the annual output of this silver mine has reached... hundreds of thousands of taels of silver!" Li Guozhi nodded solemnly in response to Hai Batian's gaze.

With the discovery of the Ishimi Silver Mine and the introduction of the "Ash Blowing Method" technology, the Ishimi Silver Mine's output was astonishing, and the Maori family became increasingly powerful with their financial resources.

Faced with such tempting wealth, even if the joint business group that had already become rich enough to rival the country, they naturally hope to get a share of it.

"Hundreds of thousands of taels a year? No wonder these Japanese are so rich and can always trade with the Portuguese. But... I didn't hear the instructions to occupy this silver mine!" Hai Batian nodded as if he had some understanding, and then looked at Li Guozhidao vigilantly.

Li Guozhi naturally understood that there was no order from the headquarters. He could not command Hai Batian to snatch the silver mine. He explained with a wry smile: "The output of this silver mine is not a secret in Japan now. The Ishimi silver mine has long become the target of various shogunate governments. We have to defend the Ishimi silver mine now. The price is too high, so I will not propose this combat goal to the headquarters now!"

"Then what is our goal?" Hai Batian looked at Li Guozhi with appreciation, and then asked curiously.

Li Guozhi looked up at Hai Batian and his group and said solemnly: "If we have the chance, we will naturally still occupy the Shijian Silver Mine. But now all parties in Japan are staring at Shijian Silver Mine. We now set our goal to be the largest trading partner of the owner of Shijian Silver Mine, and exchange our goods and the owner of Shijian Silver Mine for silver!"

Their goal of joining the business group is to be the overlord of the ocean. Although Shi Jian Yin Mine is very attractive, it is easy to become the target of public criticism, so they cannot easily seize all their interests.

According to Lin Shiran's strategic layout, they wanted to completely cut off the trade between the Maori family and North Korea, forcing the Maori family to finally trade with them with silver.

In short, they are different from those pirates who robbed them. They exchanged goods with the Maori family for silver.

"Okay, we will go to the territory of the Maori family tomorrow!" Hai Batian knew the strategic goal and immediately decided.

Chen Ji-hyo's mouth raised slightly, and she smiled expectantly, "No, according to Lord Lin's wishes, we will first visit the Mori family's mortal enemy Niko's family!"

Hai Batian frowned slightly, but when he heard that this was Lord Lin’s meaning, he nodded silently.

Early the next morning, the joint fleet set off from Jeju Island and headed towards Honshu Island in Japan.
Chapter completed!