Just as Du Fei's business in Higo Kingdom was booming and he was making money, bad news came from Hyuga Kingdom - the Ito family, which had been fighting against the Shimadzu family for several years, finally couldn't hold on any longer and was destroyed by the Shimadzu family.
Dropped.
After hearing the news, Du Fei's face suddenly darkened, and he began to make secret calculations in his mind.
The Shimazu family has annexed the Ito family and some small local forces in Minami Kyushu, and is becoming the most powerful force that will dominate Kyushu. They will definitely not be satisfied with the status quo.
Needless to say, the next target is definitely the weak Xiangliang family! Although Du Fei gave them enough financial support, they still looked half-dead, which made Du Fei very angry!
Their thoughts and demeanor of getting rich without making any progress made Du Fei understand that the destruction of the Xiangliang family would be a matter of time.
If you expect them to work hard and change their bad habits, I'm afraid they will wake up angry in their dreams. Du Fei once suggested to Sagara Yoshihiro: The Shimadzu family is attacking the Ito family, why not take the opportunity to attack the Shimadzu family's poorly defended rear area to get some benefits.
By the way, it can also support the crumbling Ito family.
As the saying goes, the lips are dead and the teeth are cold. In this way, the firepower and attention of the Shimadzu family can be prevented from being directly directed at the main family, so that the Ito family, the big enemy, can support it for a while longer.
But the timid and fearful Xiangliang Yiyang flatly refused without any surprise. In his opinion, he was just thankful that others didn't come to beat him. Even if he was given ten thousand courages, he wouldn't dare to provoke others.
Seeing him like this, Du Fei had no choice but to give up. He had already expected this result, but he didn't expect that Sagara Yoshihiro would be so cowardly.
The eldest son of the Sagara family, Sagara Yoshitika, was extremely supportive and appreciative of Du Fei's suggestions. He was also very disgusted with his father's bloodless approach but could do nothing about it. After all, it was his father who had the final say.
After the defeat of the Ito family, many former Ito retainers came to seek refuge with Sagara Yoshihiro, hoping to serve him. However, they were flatly rejected by Sagara Yoshihiro!
The reason for his refusal is also ridiculous: The Shimadzu family will be detrimental to my family after hearing the news!
An Ito retainer named Yanagi Fangshi responded angrily: "Forget it! Anyway, sooner or later, if you follow you, you will be trampled by the Shimadzu family's iron hoof!"
After that, the man left angrily. Xiangliang Yiyang couldn't even say a harsh word.
After receiving the news that the Ito family was destroyed, the retainers of the Sagara family kept whispering and making small moves. It is estimated that several of them must have been bribed by the Shimadzu family as internal agents.
The number of residents in the territory had just begun to gradually increase, but as a result, just this news caused another large-scale flee.
After all, people are afraid of war.
Especially when they had no confidence in their master's family, this kind of escape was inevitable. Du Fei looked at the gradually declining market and felt helpless. He could save the Xiangliang family's economic predicament, but he couldn't help them from the root cause.
Become truly powerful.
Because they simply don’t have the attitude of being a strong person!
No matter how bad or powerful you are as a person or a force, if you have a heart that longs for strength and yearns for victory, it means that you are not weak at all! On the other hand, if a person or country even has an enterprising spirit,
None, no matter how much troops and money you have, it will not help.
Du Fei understood that once the Shimazu family came to the city, he would inevitably have to change his family and provide financial support and pay taxes to the new master family.
At this time, Du Fei thought of Dongxiang's important position. By the way, he had been busy since arriving here, and he even forgot to visit this old friend who he met by chance but had become a friend in times of need.
So he handed over the affairs of Yashiro Town to his subordinates, and in simple clothes he came to the main city and home of the Shimazu family - the inner city.
As soon as Du Fei arrived at Kagoshima Town near the inner city, he saw some soldiers escorting a large group of prisoners through the town in a menacing manner.
He quietly asked a farmer next to him who was selling vegetables in the town: "Uncle! Why are there so many prisoners! Where did they come from?"
The old farmer raised his hat-covered head, looked at Du Fei with his cloudy old eyes for a long time, and then said slowly: "Sir, he is a foreigner. Those are all from the Ito family. Today is the third batch. It is expected that there will be more in the future."
More people were brought in."
Du Fei suddenly saw among the people being escorted a young girl about ten years old, with a delicate and beautiful appearance. Her clothes were obviously much more luxurious than the others around her. It looked like she should be
A nobleman of the Ito family.
Du Fei saw that the girl was walking barefoot, her pink lotus flowers were covered with blood blisters, and every step she took seemed to be stepping on a nail board. But she still had a stubborn look on her face.
gritted his teeth and persisted.
Seeing her, Du Fei suddenly remembered Yoko and Kazuko who were far away in Hirado Town. He hadn't gone back to visit them since he came out last time. He didn't know what they were doing at this time.
At this moment, a man who looked like a general in armor suddenly stepped forward and gave the girl a fierce blow! The girl in gorgeous clothes staggered and fell to the ground.
"Hahaha! I told you, little beauty of the Ito family, that as long as you marry me as my concubine, I will spare you the pain of your skin and flesh, but you just don't know how to praise me!" I saw that the general gave birth to a baby that looked like a baby.
It is like a vulgar boar, with small eyes that can be seen directly, but a nose that is suddenly thick and difficult to accept. The lower lip of the mouth is even larger than the upper lip, and several yellowed teeth are vying to protrude beyond the lips.
.
Don't look at yourself in the mirror, Du Fei thought. He came over and tried to help the girl up.
"Go away!" The wild boar man squinted his funny little eyes and glared over: "Who are you? Dare you whisper to these Ito family prisoners? Come on! Beat me!"
After hearing this, several short soldiers immediately emerged from the crowd and were about to use force on Du Fei, but they heard Du Fei shouting powerfully: "Who dares to move! Tell him to look good!"
Those soldiers were immediately shocked by Du Fei's arrogance. According to their experience, anyone who dares to be so arrogant must not be a good person!
But the wild boar man refused to give in and screamed loudly: "You idiots! What are you afraid of him? Hit me quickly!! Otherwise I won't be able to spare you when I get back!"
At this moment, a strong big hand suddenly touched his shoulder: "Beixiang! What are you doing?"