Chapter 611: Insufficient greed, the snake swallows the elephant
Liu Mingzhi looked at Sakai Hoshino's indignant expression and picked up the teapot to pour her another cup of hot tea.
"Hoshino, can you please tell me the general situation of the feud between your Sakai family and the Japanese royal family? If it is convenient, I am all ears. If it is not convenient, then forget it.
I'm just a little curious, but I haven't reached the point where I have to know."
When Sakai Hoshino saw Liu Mingzhi pouring tea for him, he hurriedly reached out and took the teapot from his hand.
"Mr. Liu, Hoshino can just do it by himself. Don't dare to trouble Mr. Liu."
"Hey, it's just a cup of tea. Is there any trouble?"
"No, no, no, Hoshino will do it by himself, Hoshino will do it by himself. Liu Juni's tea should have gone cold, so Hoshino will give you a new cup of tea."
Sakai Hoshino poured two cups of new tea one after another, put down the teapot and sat down across from Young Master Liu elegantly again.
"Since Mr. Liu wants to know about the grudges between our Sakai family and the royal family, Hoshino will give you a brief explanation, Mr. Liu.
If Hoshino explains something poorly and Mr. Liu has any questions, just interrupt Hoshino and Hoshino will explain the specific situation to Mr. Liu in detail.
By the way, Mr. Liu, please wait a moment, Hoshino will bring you some snacks."
Sakai Hoshino didn't wait for Liu Mingzhi's agreement, got up and walked towards the screen in the room.
After a few breaths, Sakai Hoshino returned with a paper bag in both hands.
"Mr. Liu, these are the peanuts that Hoshino bought on the street a few days ago. Dalong is so good. They even have something as delicious as peanuts. Hoshino is really envious of Mr. Liu.
Mr. Liu must be bored when he only drinks tea and flowers. While Hoshino talks about things, Mr. Liu, just eat some peanuts to pass the time."
Liu Mingzhi reached out and took the paper bag from Sakai Hoshino, looking at her gentle, considerate, well-behaved and sensible look, and sighed silently.
Sakai Hoshino is a woman who simply fulfills all of a man's fantasies about the woman he likes. She is the best choice in terms of beauty and character. In terms of virtue, I still haven't found any shortcomings in her.
However, such a woman who can penetrate into the hearts of men comes from the country of Japan.
Seeing Sakai Hoshino sit on the chair again, Liu Mingzhi picked up a peanut and threw it into his mouth, smiling lightly and nodding.
"Hoshino, you are interested, go on."
"Mr. Liu, do you still remember the time nineteen years ago when Hoshino and his eldest brother came to pay homage to Dalong as dragon envoys from Japan?"
"Well, of course I remember. If I had forgotten, I wouldn't have asked you the question you just asked."
"Liu Jun, after you took Hoshino and your eldest brother to the Dalong Palace to meet the then Emperor, you suddenly disappeared.
Not only did Big Brother look for you many times, Hoshino also looked for you many times, but for about half a month, we couldn't find Mr. Liu.
Hoshino also told Mr. Liu earlier. Later, we only found out that Mr. Liu had left Dalong's capital after asking Mr. Wang of Honglu Temple.
Hoshino and his brother didn't know how Mr. Liu would be able to return to the capital. After waiting for a long time to no avail, they had to set sail and rush back to the mainland of Japan.
That time we returned to our homeland, we brought not only the Dalong specialties given to us by His Majesty the Dalong Emperor, but also various Dalong specialties purchased by members of our mission in various major markets in the capital.
As for what's in it, Hoshino can't remember clearly even after so many years.
Hoshino only remembered that there were many, many things that our Japanese country did not have, and dozens of large ships were filled with those dragon specialties.
Although Hoshino and his brother regretted not saying goodbye to Liu Jun, they were extremely excited because of these Dalong specialties.
Because we created an era and set a precedent.
However, Hoshino and his brother never expected that what greeted us when we returned to Japan was not cheers or admiration, but greed.
Endless greed.
The royal family didn't know where they got the news about our mission to the Great Dragon Heavenly Dynasty. Less than seven days after we returned to our family, the royal family sent someone to come.
After they arrived at the family, they couldn't help but ask for the rare treasures given to us by His Majesty the Dalong Emperor at that time, as well as the Dalong specialties that our Japanese country had never had."
Young Master Liu paused slightly as he tossed the peanuts in his mouth, and looked at Hoshino Sakai with a look of indignation on his pretty face with a frown.
"Don't they have some excuse?"
Sakai Hoshino nodded heavily, stood up, grabbed a handful of peanuts from the paper bag in Young Master Liu's hand, and sat down again.
Popping a peanut into Cherry's little mouth, Sakai Hoshino gritted his teeth and chewed it.
"Looking for it, someone from the royal family said that my brother is on a mission to the Great Dragon Dynasty in the name of the royal family, so the specialties of Great Dragon that His Majesty the Great Dragon Emperor rewarded should belong to the royal family.
Because the elder brother had just regained the family's lost land and the family's power had only recently stabilized, he did not want to have an enmity with the Japanese royal family, so he started discussions with people from the royal family.
You must know that the various rare treasures donated by our mission to the Great Dragon Celestial Dynasty are all treasures collected by our Sakai family at great cost, and have absolutely nothing to do with the Japanese royal family.
Therefore, how can the Dalong specialties that His Majesty the Dalong Emperor rewarded us because of our merits in offering treasures belong to the royal family?
It’s just that people from the royal family said that we successfully sent envoys to the Great Dragon Heavenly Dynasty in the name of the royal family.
In order to avoid unnecessary complications, Hoshino's brother told people from the royal family that he was willing to give the royal family 30% of the great dragon treasures and specialties that His Majesty the Great Dragon Emperor had given us.
Without any effort, you can get several large ships and dragon treasures that the Japanese have never seen before. This is a beautiful thing that can only happen in dreams.
My brother thought that the royal family would happily agree. After all, the things the royal family received were no different from those they picked up.
However, my brother never thought that people from the royal family would actually"
Sakai Hoshino's breathing suddenly became a little disordered, and the look on his pretty face became resentful.
Liu Dashan saw the way Sakai Hoshino gritted his teeth and roughly guessed what happened next, but he still asked.
"What happened?"
"The people of the royal family are so greedy that the snake swallows the elephant."
"Huh? What does Hoshino mean by this?"
Sakai Hoshino picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp, biting his silver teeth and breathing heavily.
"Mr. Liu, you don't know how hateful the people in the royal family are.
My brother thought that they would be satisfied if he donated 30% of the dragon specialties to them. Who would have thought that they were not satisfied with 30% of the treasures at all and actually wanted all the dragon treasures we brought back.
The royal family is so open-mouthed, my brother will definitely not agree to such rude requests from the royal family.
But the elder brother didn't want to be at odds with the royal family, so he started bargaining with them.
However, the people in the royal family were too greedy. Even though my brother agreed to give them 60% of the treasure, they were still not satisfied.
In the end, my brother was forced to have no choice but to grit his teeth and agreed to give them 70% of the treasure.
My brother thought that since he had already made such concessions, the royal family would be more receptive.
However, my brother was wrong. There is no limit to the greed of the royal family, and they have been trying to force us to donate all the dragon treasures."
Young Master Liu raised his eyebrows and silently dropped the peanuts on his fingertips into his mouth.
"So, you Japanese royal family are really greedy.
So, because of this matter, have you two become enemies?"