"Sit, sit, sit, everyone, why are you so angry? Come, come, have a drink... Mr. Huashan, let me toast you. Lin Zhen is a bitch. If there hadn't been too many big things recently, he wouldn't have been so angry. Get angry..."
Negotiation requires a black face and a red face. When the smell of gunpowder was the strongest, the thick-skinned Fatty Jin began to smooth things over. With his playful smile, everyone who was angry sat back down, even the ones who were frightened. The geishas all asked him to send them away.
"Hey... Beauty, please raise your feet high, be careful if there are any debris on the ground that could trip you... Oh, look at you, you may have stepped on a wooden thorn if you don't stop raising your feet..."
Everyone present was astonished. Everyone watched helplessly as Fatty Jin reached out and helped the trembling geisha out of the screen. When the geisha turned the corner, the fat man didn't forget to play tricks.
"Keep your feet up, be careful of the stairs..." Before he could finish his words, there was just a loud banging noise outside. No one here could see what was going on, but Fatty Jin's expression made everyone guess it.
Pain, pain, Fatty Jin's facial features almost shrank together. "Ouch... I said be careful, be careful, but I still fell. How painful it is..."
Fatty Jin's gag came to an end. When Fatty sat back in his seat, Xiang Ying said, "Master, we are rude this time. I apologize to the Shimazu family and Mr. Huashan..." After saying this, he bowed slightly.
"We are not here for fun this time. Our only purpose in coming to Kagoshima is to borrow some war supplies from the Shimadzu family. If we don't pay interest in vain, we will give you double the interest."
"Oh, war supplies..." Tadayoshi Shimazu tapped the palm of his hand with the bone of his fan. "What do you want? Bows and arrows, spears, swords... I'm afraid Ryukyu doesn't like these things. Do you want to borrow our Japanese shotguns?" ,Hahaha……"
Xiang Ying's eyes were fixed on Shimazu Tadayoshi, just watching him laugh. In the end, Shimazu Tadayoshi couldn't laugh anymore and coughed twice in embarrassment.
"Master, what we want is very simple, just cannonballs and gunpowder, and nothing else." Xiang Ying said coldly.
"No, no, no, our Shimazu family are still soldiers from the medieval era. Where can we have such advanced things? And even if there is some gunpowder, it is only for shotguns and cannot be used on your cannons." Shimazu Tadayoshi followed. He almost jumped up like a cat that had its tail stepped on.
Shimazu Hisamitsu, Kaguyama Rigen, and Takenaka Inoue were also anxious. They all waved their hands and shook their heads, "No, if you want swords and spears, our Shimadzu family can give them to you. We really don't have gunpowder and cannonballs..."
The reaction of the Shimadzu family is also reasonable. Japan has not yet had the Meiji Restoration, and the country's door is half-open. At this time, it is difficult for various companies to buy Western weapons. In addition, the West has varying degrees of arms bans on Asia. Unfortunately, many advanced weapons are also restricted by policies.
For example, the more advanced rifled guns now, even the front-loading models, can only be sold to the Qing Dynasty, because Britain, France, the United States, and Russia have just signed an agreement with the Qing Dynasty, and the law protects this kind of arms trade.
But other Asian countries do not have this treatment. They can only get old muskets from hundreds of years ago. There are even cases where the stocks from the Napoleonic era were slightly refurbished and sold to the Japanese.
Under this severe embargo policy, it would be no less difficult for Japan to obtain a few better foreign guns and advanced granulated gunpowder.
Takenaka Inoue said sadly and angrily, "Dear guests, you also know the current situation in Japan. We don't have heroic politicians like Xiao Letian who are proficient in Western politics. We simply can't buy the best Western weapons. We really can't help you." .”
Huashan Liyuan raised his head and took a sip of wine. "If you don't have it, you don't have it. There's so much nonsense. Even if you have it, we won't necessarily lend it out... Don't you just want to fight against the French? Can you win? We will support you then." , and then the wrath of the French came upon us.”
Shimazu Hisamitsu glared at Kaguyama Rigen, "Shut up, aren't you enough to cause trouble? The Shimazu family and the Ryukyu family should rely on each other as long as they are naked and weak. How can you say such ruthless words..." Then the old man bowed his head at Xiang Ying and the others. Apologizes.
"I'm really sorry. Our Shimazu family has everything but lacks Western weapons. Your proposal is really difficult..."
Jin Sanshun looked at the group of Shimazu ministers who were acting, and the silly smile on his lips turned into a sneer: "Ministers, I think you should know the identities of the four of us. Didn't your ninja tell you in advance?"
"My name is Jin Sanshun, and my grandfather is Ryukyu's Minister of Civil Affairs, Kim Changsen. Before Prime Minister Xiao settled in Ryukyu, my grandfather had a lot of cooperation with your Shimazu family. Do you need me to tell you everything in the past?"
As soon as Fatty Jin opened his mouth, the faces of the people opposite him suddenly turned red. However, Jin Sanshun didn't want to play red face this time. He said coldly, "Given the many years of cooperation between the Jin family and the Shimadzu family, my grandfather has helped Not to mention how many goods you purchased, when our Jin family bought Spencer three months ago, why did we buy twenty more Colt revolvers and who were they bought for?"
"There's no gunpowder, that's nonsense. I, Jin Sanshun, don't have to write down a list of my previous transactions. Your Shimazu family just bought as much as our Jin family did..."
With a bang, the Japanese couldn't stand it now. Shimazu Tadayoshi's face turned purple. He slammed his fan onto the tatami, "That's enough. You are so rude. Our Shimazu family has been a powerful feudal lord for four hundred years." , I have never encountered such a rude guest. Considering that we have a good friendship as a family, I will not embarrass you and please leave immediately..."
When the expulsion order came, Lin Zhen's suppressed anger could no longer be restrained. He punched down and almost broke through the tatami. The fiery young man jumped up and shouted, "Damn Japanese scumbag, the Prime Minister has not been here for years." You should be forgiven. Even the noble blood of the Prime Minister cannot wash away the filth in your national character..."
"Look at Naha Port. You, the Shimazu family, have the most merchants. You are trying to make money in Ryukyu, but the Prime Minister still treats everyone equally. Have you forgotten all these kindnesses?"
Lin Zhen stared at the Shimazu ministers with blood-red eyes and roared, "You have to borrow this gunpowder today, or you can borrow it if you don't want to. Don't think that just because the French are fighting with us, you can just reap the benefits. This It’s just a dream... Even if Ryukyu is destroyed, I will bombard Kagoshima and blow up your city..."
This time it was like poking a hornet's nest. Shimazu Hisamitsu yelled, "Baga, you are so audacious... Come here, arrest me." There was a crashing sound, countless paper screens were smashed, and a large group of The samurai surrounded him with swords in hand.
At this moment, I suddenly heard a clanking sound of metal hitting downstairs. The sailors who had just come downstairs were already having sex with the young people, and there were also angry curses, "Liu Laoliu... I'm going to fuck your grandma... …You killed my lord.”
In the midst of the chaos, Cai Bixia, who had always been silent and had almost no sense of presence, went crazy. This little woman was worthy of being a general. She jumped out from the end of the banquet, stretched out her hands and shouted in the crowd.
"Stop, everyone, stop, can you listen to me...that's enough, stop screaming, aunt, I am Cai Mao's daughter, now the Ryukyu Navy must listen to me..."
This shout is so loud and makes sense. Cai Bixia is really the direct leader of the sailors in the four-person group. Who makes Cai Hao her father?
The sailors downstairs stopped, and the Japanese samurai also stopped moving under the look of the master of the house. Cai Bixia smiled and said to Shimazu Tadayoshi, "The men are too angry. Let me, a weak woman, say a few words." Okay... The master of the house can't even be willing to listen to what I say."
Cai Bixia smiled harmlessly, bowed and picked up Shimazu Tadayoshi's fan from the ground, and handed it over in a flattering manner, "Master, this ivory bone fan is worth a lot of money. Don't break it. It would be a pity." of……"
Women can indeed paralyze everyone, especially Cai Bixia, a noble and beautiful official lady, who is even more deceptive. Shimazu Tadayoshi sighed and went to pick up the fan.
"Hey...Miss Cai should also be considerate of our Shimazu family's difficulties."
"I'm considerate, I'm definitely considerate... I'm considerate of your mother." When Cai Bixia was less than one meter away from Shimazu Tadayoshi, she suddenly flashed like a civet, and a black shadow rushed over.
Pulling out the gun, cocking the bolt, and pressing the head against the door...this was done so smoothly that even Rigen Kayama, a highly skilled martial artist, had no time to stop her.
"It's bad, the crazy woman wants to kidnap the head of the family..." The surrounding warriors turned pale with fright, but now it was too late.
Time is so fast that no one can think. Cai Bixia is about to succeed. Now no one can stop her attack. Shimazu Tadayoshi is about to become a hostage.
Just when the people around him were desperate, and just when Xiang Ying and the others wanted to cheer, the mutation suddenly shot down two black shadows from the roof, one went straight towards Cai Bixia's gun, and the other went straight towards Girl's forehead.
Ninja, this ancient profession once again played its role. The Shimazu family has been a powerful feudal family for four hundred years, how could it not be protected by ninjas.
"Ah..." Cai Bixia whispered, her shoulder was scratched by a black shadow, and the pistol in her hand was knocked crooked, and then a figure seemed to be conjured, standing between her and the head of the house.
The sword flashed, and the sharp ribs were about to cut Cai Bixia's throat, but at this moment Xiang Ying yelled, "Stop, let's see who dares to do it, then we will die together..."
When everyone looked back, they didn't know when Xiang Ying had slipped to the corridor outside the castle tower. It was on the side facing the sea. The revolver in Xiang Ying's hand was pointed at the bay at the foot of the mountain.
"As long as I fire, a hundred Western artillery pieces in the bay will blow up this place. Do you dare to bet your life? Do you dare?"
Madmen, these are four pure madmen,
