Xiaoban was afraid that there would be hidden sentries ahead, so he did not go deeper. He hurried back to report the detected situation to Du Fei.
Du Fei already had the support of Liu Zhanqin, a huge source of goods. He was originally unwilling to pay attention to Longchuan Yihuan's matter, but then he thought: If Longchuan Yihuan learns that I am cutting off his financial path, he will come to visit him sooner or later.
~If he hides a large amount of arms and has a large group of mercenaries working for him, he will be a force that cannot be underestimated.
If you want to deal with him at that time, you will be passive! Du Fei can't sit still when he thinks of this! He understands that Longchuan Yihuan is not a kind person like Pingchuan Jie, who can sit down and be polite with you.
Those who communicated with me were those who came from the underworld and survived by licking blood from the tip of a knife. Otani has not believed me for a long time, and I don’t know what happened.
When the time comes, it’s hard to guarantee that he won’t ‘tremble’ and wave his hand! It’s not easy to just bring people to cause trouble, because you’re afraid that he will attack the people around you.
Du Fei is no longer the young man who didn't care about anything, but he is also not a mediocre person who shrinks when he encounters danger. He has higher requirements for the rigor of his work.
He must do it for Yoko, Hezi and Naganobu.
After listening to Xiaoban's words, he understood that the valley must be Longchuan Yitou's secret arsenal. It was also the capital of why he was able to fight against the great name.
His mind began to work rapidly: According to what Xiaobata said, there were a large number of guards there, either openly or covertly. If he tried to break in now, he would only be in danger. Because the terrain of that place was too easy to defend and difficult to attack.
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If you want to spy on someone, you will be discovered as soon as you stand on the bare top of the mountain. And if you want to hide in the lush woods and grass below, there will be someone's whistle blowing behind you. It's really a headache!
Du Fei suddenly changed his mind and thought, since it is a headache, why not let others solve it? He suddenly laughed and whispered a few words quietly to Xiaofan.
Xiaoban also smiled slightly after hearing this, and then quickly left in a flash!
Du Fei and him split up, while Xiaoban went to the Ryuzoji family to find out what the Ryuzoji family had to say, and tried to attract the daimyo Takanobu Ryuzoji with the arms in the valley, so that he could make up his mind to eliminate Longchuan's influence.
And Du Fei understands that the Ryuzoji family actually has a ruler now, and that is Nabeshima Naoshige, a new rising force who is young and powerful!
In the days when Du Fei left Kyushu, the structure of the Ryuzouji family underwent earth-shaking changes.
Due to the aggressive and powerful offensive of the Otomo family and the deteriorating physical condition of the Ryuzouji family, the Ryuzouji family was gradually pushed to the edge of collapse.
At this time, a young man began to emerge. He was Nabeshima Naoshima, the new head of Hirado Castle.
When the Ryuzoji Takaie dragged his sick body and struggled to deal with the Otomo family who had many soldiers, Naoshima Naoshige decisively led his troops to directly attack the enemy's throat fortress, Iwaya Castle, and with a surprising victory
Capture the city quickly!
After hearing the news, the Otomo Army on the Western Expedition rushed back to rescue them, but they were ambushed midway by the cunning Nabeshima Naoshige. After suffering heavy casualties, the Otomo Army honestly detoured back to Tachibanayama Castle. Fortunately, there was Biao there.
The fierce Otomo general Tachibana Michizuki (renamed Tobe Tobe) defended with all his strength, and just defeated the super powerful Nabeshima Nao Shigebe!
Since then, Ryuzoji Takanobu's prestige in the Ryuzoji family has been greatly reduced. As a mere castle lord, Nabeshima Naoshima seized the opportunity to expand his territory on his own initiative, making half of the remaining territory of the Ryuzoji family.
Everything is essentially in your own hands!
Ryuzoji Takanobu also felt very helpless about the current situation. He knew that he was already old, but he still did not feel comfortable passing on the position of family governor to his only remaining son. Because he knew that it might cause harm to the Ryuzoji family.
Complete extinction!
So there was an interesting situation where there were essentially two daimyo in one vassal state. It should be noted that this situation was not uncommon during the Warring States Period.
The reason why Du Fei came to negotiate with Nabeshima Naoshige himself was because he felt that Nabeshima Naoshige was more courageous than Ryuzoji Takanobu! The reason why he sent Kohata to Ryuzoji Takanobu at the same time was just a routine matter. Because he understood
, In the current situation where Naoshima Naoshima has not completely brought the territory into his own hands, even if Naoshima Naoshima agrees, he will still formally ask Ryuzoji Takanobu for instructions in the end.
When Du Fei asked to see Nabeshima Naoshima as the boss of Aoi House, he seemed a little surprised. After a brief surprise, he decisively interrupted the ongoing rebellion seminar and solemnly received Du Fei.
After a series of meaningless polite words to test each other, both parties found that the other party was going around in circles~
After mutual gains, Nabeshima Naoshima couldn't hold it in any longer: "Thank you Mr. Du for sending us the fine coffee every month. I'm addicted too. It's really a good drink~ However, Mr. Du sneaked in late at night
~Not just to bring me coffee~~? Please tell me what you have to say!"
"Nabeshima-dono, what weapons do you think are most in demand on the battlefield right now?" Du Fei was not in a hurry and slowly brought out the central idea.
"Of course it's the iron cannon! That kind of thing is very useful on the battlefield! Sometimes it can turn the tide of the battle! It's just that the price is too expensive, and it's not easy to sell. My troops are equipped with more iron cannons.
Only five out of every one hundred people can be equipped with iron cannons." After Nabeshima Naoshima finished speaking, he suddenly looked at Du Fei with surprised eyes: "Could it be that you have some iron cannons in your hands? Then sell them to me quickly!
I can exempt you from taxes for a few years!"
Du Fei smiled. Naoshima Naoshima's desire for iron cannons was far beyond his imagination, which made his plan go much smoother.
"To be honest, I don't have iron cannons in my hands yet~~ However, I know that there is a place where a large number of iron cannons are stored! Is Your Excellency Naoshima Naoshima interested?" Du Fei raised his head and looked at it with a half-smile.
other side.
"I would like to hear the details." Nabeshima Naoshima's interest seemed to have suddenly dropped, which surprised Du Fei.
When he heard Du Fei tell about the location of the arsenal in Longchuan, he seemed to be holding back his laughter: "Is this true? I already knew it!"
These words made Du Fei fall into the ice cellar.
"What? You already knew it? Then why~~"
Nabeshima Naoshima stood up and looked outside with his hands behind his back: "This feeling is really uncomfortable! But is there anything I can do~~"
It turned out that the secret arsenal built by Longchuan in the valley had long been discovered by Nabeshima Naoshima's ninjas. However, after careful investigation, it was discovered that Longchuan had hundreds of guards at the arsenal! And
All of them are well-armed iron artillerymen! This is a quite threatening number for Nabeshima Naoshima, whose standing army only has a thousand men.
Moreover, the environment there is extremely complex, coupled with the advanced guard weapons, the enemy is hidden and we are clear, even if you bring a large force there, you will suffer huge losses if you are not careful! This is something that the Nabeshima Army, who is currently confronting the Otomo family, must bear.
It’s amazing~~~~
"I am extremely disgusted with that old fox in Longchuan! He keeps inciting businessmen and people to cause trouble. If Narumatsu Nobukatsu hadn't handled it well last time and persuaded the towns one by one, I don't know how much trouble there would have been. I also
I know that keeping such a self-respecting guy is always a disaster, but the weapons are all in his hands, and even some of my iron cannons were bought from him at high prices~~ It’s not easy to touch him.
Something!" I saw that the muscle lines on Nabeshima Naoshima's face were slightly distorted, and it seemed that he was indeed thirsty for those weapons.
Du Fei didn't expect that there were so many guards hidden in the valley! It seemed that he underestimated the strength of Longchuan Yith.
Hundreds of guards armed with iron cannons are hidden among the lush trees~ They are really hard to guard against~
Then both of them suddenly fell into an embarrassing silence.
Suddenly, Du Fei clasped his hands fiercely and said, "Since this bush is such a hindrance, why don't we burn it down?"
"Wonderful!!" Naoshima Naoshima clapped his hands and jumped up: "Why didn't I think of it? This will not only break their disguise, but also make their main force die in the sea of fire!! We can get it without spending too much money.
Get rid of these weapons!"
He immediately calmed down and asked with a straight face: "I don't understand~ What do you want to gain by working on this matter so actively?"
"Control of the Kitakyushu Chamber of Commerce! The United Chamber of Commerce has actually always been under the control of Longchuan Yidan! He used local armed forces and his own private armed forces to monopolize most of the Nanman's supply of goods in his own hands ~ all merchants
In fact, we are all being exploited by him. I don’t want to see this situation again~ I don’t think you want anyone to mess with you behind your back anymore, right?” Du Fei said everything about Nabeshima Naoshige.
In his heart, he nodded repeatedly.
"Okay!" Naoshima Naoshima said with high spirits: "It seems it's time to reshuffle the cards. I agree to your request! I will support you in controlling the Kitakyushu United Chamber of Commerce! If anyone goes against you, I will make him look good!
But you must also remember the lesson of Longchuan Yifui~Don’t be arrogant~”
"Do you think I look like that kind of person?" Du Fei and Nabeshima Naoshima looked at each other and smiled, and the two began to feel a tacit understanding between them. Although this feeling passed briefly.
Looking at Du Fei's retreating figure, Nabeshima Naoshima seemed to suddenly remember something, but he opened his mouth and finally gave up without making a sound.