I am the king of the dead

After Yuan Bin heard the reason, the corners of his mouth twitched and said: "Mr. Hosokawa is the family governor of the Hosokawa family. As far as I know, Mr. Hosokawa has no brothers or heirs. For the sake of women, he and his family are in danger. .”

"Mr. Hosokawa, you have been instigated by others, and you have become dizzy. When you made a decision, did you consider the safety of Mrs. Hosokawa?!"

"I was wrong!" Katsumoto Hosokawa yelled loudly as he lay on the ground, put his hands forward, and touched his nose to the ground.

Yuan Bin looked at Katsumoto Hosokawa, shook his head angrily and said, "Now let's talk about the conditions. You release the captives of the Shanye Yinshan first, and return the Shanye Yinshan to me."

The reason why Yuan Bin spoke politely was entirely for his own mountain of silver, after all, he had been in business for so long.

Yuan Bin was so polite, and Katsumoto Hosokawa didn't know what to do, so he had no choice but to call back by himself.

Katsumoto Hosokawa lay on the ground, and said in a low voice: "I have no captives from the Mountain Silver Mountain, nor have I broken the Mountain Silver Mountain. The kiln people are too brave to break through."

Ji Duo, Yue Qian, Li Bing and Yuan Bin were all stunned.

When formulating the house-changing tactics, the four of them did not expect at all that Katsumoto Hosokawa failed to break through Yamano Yinshan.

They got the news relatively late, and it was too late to return to defense at that time, so they formulated the tactic of changing home.

Yuan Bin said in a daze: "You didn't take down the mountains and silver mountains? There is not a single warrior over there."

"No." Hosokawa Katsumoto said painfully.

Yuan Bin supported his forehead, sneered and said, "Mr. Xichuan is really young and promising."

"Yuan Gongfang..." Hosokawa Katsumoto wanted to explain a few words, it wasn't that the warriors of the Hosokawa Clan didn't work hard, it was because the bravery and will to resist of those kilns was really too strong.

Yuan Bin sat up straight and said, "In this case, please trouble Hosokawa-kun to surrender. In the future, the entire port of Sakai will belong to me. I think Hosokawa-kun will not object."

"Of course, I can give Hosokawa-kun thirty blank surveys every year, and Hosokawa-kun will become a rich man in the future."

Yuan Bin's original plan was only to take [-]% of the proceeds from Hong Kong. He came to Japan for three things, to make money, to make money, or to make money.

The weight of mountains and silver mountains is in Yuan Bin's mission, but it is much more important than Sakai Port.

But right now, since Katsumoto Hosokawa is a waste of snacks and has not broken through the mountains and silver mountains, Yuan Bin will naturally not be polite.

Katsumoto Hosokawa still wanted to bargain, but he lay on the ground and thought about it for a long time before he said loudly, "Thank you, Mr. Yuan, for not killing him."

Katsumoto Hosokawa has no brothers, but he has cousins, and Katsumoto Hosokawa is just the strongest line among them.

What Yuan Bin wanted was not the property and land owned by the Hosokawa family, he only wanted Sakai Port.

In fact, Yuan Bin could use this incident to declare war on the entire Hosokawa clan, and then start a crusade.

But what about the meaning?The Hosokawa clan has no Yinshan under their command.

The meeting between Yuan Bin and Katsumoto Hosokawa went smoothly, because Katsumoto Hosokawa didn't have any bargaining chips in his hand.

The guardian daimyos of the Wa Kingdom all acquiesced to the fact that Yuan Bin occupied Sakai Port.

Yuan Bin took more than a hundred cavalrymen and headed towards the mountains and silver mountains. The country of Wa had neither horses nor cavalry, and the cavalry led by Yuan Bin was the only cavalry.

"Woo." Yuan Bin looked at the huge mountains and silver mountains, the city walls were only one foot high, and the dark faces of the potters were all over them.

"Yuan Gongfang is back!" Some kiln dweller yelled, and the news that Yuan Bin had returned to his loyal mountain Yinshan flew into the ears of all Yinshan kiln dwellers as if he had grown wings.

Yuan Bin drove his horse forward, and countless kiln dwellers knelt on both sides of the mountain road, quite respectful.

"Where's Hasegawa Jiro?" Yuan Bin got off his horse and asked.

Matajiro Hasegawa was the leader of the Yamano Ginzan Wa people.

"Dead." A man said in great pain: "The Xichuan family attacked Yinshan, we don't know how to defend the city, so we have to open the city gate and fight them."

"Hasegawa-kun was the first to rush out and was killed by the samurai."

Yuan Bin looked at the battlefield full of corpses, apparently no one cleaned the battlefield.

An old man knelt down at Yuan Bin's feet tremblingly, and said in a low voice, "Is Yuan Gongfang going to abandon us?"

"If you leave you behind, why would I come back?" Yuan Bin glanced at the battlefield and said, "Clean the battlefield."

Jiro Hasegawa died in the Battle of Ginzan. This old man is the backbone of everyone. His name is Yuzo Yamano, who has lived in Sanno Ginzan for generations.

Yamano Yuzo is just 40 years old this year, but he is already as old as 60 years old.

In the Yeyin Mountain of the Wo Kingdom, people who are still alive at the age of 40 will go to the valley of Yishe Mountain to starve themselves to death to reduce the burden on their families.

Yuan Bin said that in the country of Wa, the people lived a very hard life, and the only way to be relieved was when they were suffering until they died.

It was he who had seen with his own eyes the people who starved to death in Yishe Mountain.

Yamano Yuzo was supposed to go to Aisha Mountain to starve himself to death this year, but he didn't have to.

Because Yamano Yuzo's two sons are fully capable of supporting him, and Yamano Yuzo has a grandson this year.

All of this is thanks to Yuan Gongfang's arrival. Everyone in Shanye Yinshan is grateful to Yuan Bin and others.

Because Yuan Gongfang is their great benefactor.

Yuan Bin sat down and said, "I was going to crusade against An Yi Country. On the way, I got news that it was already too late when Hosokawa Katsumoto and the three leaders were going to raid the Mountain Silver Mountain."

"I had no choice but to take his original Sakai Port. I originally planned to use Sakai Port to replace you and Yinshan. It was a pleasant surprise that you kept it."

Yamano Yuzo knelt on the ground respectfully, and tremblingly said: "We are so lowly, it is not worth exchanging with Sakai Port, Mr. Yuan..."

Yamano Yuzo has already burst into tears, what is Sakai Port, does anyone in Japan know?

And Mr. Yuan Gongfang actually wanted to exchange Sakai Port for them untouchables.

Even if they are untouchables, they are just additions to Yinshan.

Even if they add heads, at least Yuan Gongfang still remembers them.

Yuan Bin did not explain too much, but instead asked: "Is there any delay in the production of Yinshan? At the end of August, 40 taels of Japanese silver will be escorted into Ming Dynasty."

"No, all the silver required by Mr. Yuan is ready."

Chapter 7: Mountains Don’t Go to People, People Come Up Mountains

Yuan Bin inspected the whole mountain and silver mountain, instructed the kiln dwellers, and then asked ten generals to teach them the means of self-protection.

Aunt Sheshan in Shanye Yinshan means abandoning the mother mountain and abandoning the old mountain in Japanese.

The long-term war caused the people to live without a fixed place. After the few good fields were abandoned, the already stretched food became even more scarce.

The elderly who are a little older and unable to continue working become a burden and a burden. At this time, the elderly will choose to enter the abandoned old mountain and give up their lives.

This is a very common phenomenon.

Under what circumstances would you choose to end your own life?

Yuan Bin didn't know, he walked hard for an unknown amount of time in the white snow, in the waist-high snow, to Dongshengwei.

Yuan Bin smiled as he looked at the children running on the mountain road in the mountains and silver mountains.

When Jin Shenju was still in Wa Kingdom, he liked to stay in Yinshan very much, and he lived there for dozens of days. The reason for joining Jinju now is to wait for Elder Li, Tang Xing, who was still Li Binyan at that time, to return from the sea.

In fact, Jinshenju likes the life in the mountains and silver mountains very much. It is stable, peaceful and full of vitality.

Here, a force of life is bred.

Daming once possessed a kind of power, called Wan Fu Yi Li, invincible in the world.

Yuan Bin sensed the possibility of such power from these potters.

Perhaps, this is the only way to save the country's current predicament.

But why would he do it?

What Daming wants is the money from the Wa Kingdom, nothing more.

Yuan Bin stayed in Shanye Yinshan for three days to settle down and then left for Sakai Port.

At this time, in the Shouge of Sakai Port Palace, Ji Duo, Yue Qian, Li Bing and others are discussing the future of Sakai Port.

Yuan Bin put the whip in his hand on the shelf in front of the door, and asked with a smile, "What are you talking about?"

Li Bing said with a smile: "Yuan Gongfang, some news came after you left."

"The first one is that Ashikaga Yoshimasa sent a letter. I hope Mr. Yuan will not misunderstand. It was Hosokawa Katsumoto himself who coveted the wealth of the mountains and wild silver mountains, so he tricked the three leaders to attack together, and he Ashikaga Yoshimasa, the Muromachi shogun , has nothing to do with it."

Yuan Bin said with a sneer: "Can't they make a good confession in advance? Everyone insists on their own opinions, and leave him alone. The most urgent problem for Ashikaga Yoshimasa is how to survive in the capital of dragons and tigers."

Pushing back and forth is just a decision made together, for the benefit of Shanye Yinshan.

Who doesn't want to be envious of Shanye Yinshan?

Taking advantage of Yuan Bin's crusade against the Anyi Kingdom, he occupied the mountains and silver mountains and divided up the huge profits.

It's a pity that they can't even hit the silver mountain that only the kiln people have.

Food is the original sin.

Li Bing took out the second letter and said: "The second is that Katsumoto Hosokawa's cousins ​​have all been found, and I hope Mr. Yuan can protect them."

"Hosokawa Katsumoto has fallen, and now the Hosokawa clan has no leader."

"What are the benefits?" Yuan Bin sat down and asked after taking a sip of herbal tea.

Do you want protection without asking for protection fees?

Li Bingman said with a smile: "They provided Yuan Gongfang with 18 shi of grain per year, and elected Yuan Gongfang as one of the new three leaders. In this way, Yuan Gongfang can go to Luo."

Yuan Bin asked back: "Without their support, if I want to go to Luo, can I still go?"

"Naturally." Li Bing said indifferently.

With or without the support of Hosokawa, Yuan Bin can go to Luo, it is only a matter of time.

"Can food be exchanged for silver?" Yuan Bin thought for a while, and according to the price of food in Japan, 18 shi of grain could be exchanged for nearly 20 taels of silver.

Li Bing shook his head and said, "The Xichuan family has no silver mountains, and they don't have the ability to exchange silver into silver. Some grains are still very good. If there is a famine in the silver mountains, they can also provide relief."

Yuan Bin nodded frequently and said, "Follow what Li Yushi said."

There is a shortage of food in the country of Japan, and the annual trade of grain from Jiaozhi and Annan costs about 300 million shi.

Grain is a hard currency in the country of Japan. It is indeed necessary to keep the 18 shi of grain in our hands as a permanent warehouse to prevent famine.

This is why the Japanese people in Shanye Yinshan are so grateful to Yuan Bin and others.

Li Bing, Yuan Bin and the others didn't think it was strange, this was the right thing to do, but in Japan, it was a great kindness.

Keep some food in hand to prevent famine, isn't it to prevent the Japanese people on Yinshan from starving to death?Relief to whom?Is it possible to help Yuan Gongfang and his comrades in arms?

Li Bing said with a smile: "The Hosokawa family still has nearly a thousand Japanese ships. Although there are not many surveys and cooperations, they can still be used to trade grain in Jiaozhi and Annan."

"In addition to drawing points, the Maritime Trade Office will give Yuan Gongfang [-]% of the profit in exchange for Yuan Gongfang's protection."

If the trade route is unimpeded, silver, sulfur, etc. can be shipped from the Wa Kingdom, exchanged for Daming porcelain, silk, cloth, etc., to the Bosi of Daming City, exchanged for food in Jiaozhi and Champa, and then shipped back to the Wa Kingdom for silver.

Yuan Bin nodded and said, "Cash only."

Li Bing said as it should: "That's natural."

"The third news came from Chen Fuyin. The Da Nei family and the Ni Zi family came to Anyi County again to discuss the matter of attacking the Shijian Kingdom and occupying Yinshan."

Yuan Bin thought for a while and said, "No hurry, even if we occupy it, we don't have so many craftsmen to mine. Let them bite dogs first. Fifty surveys are enough for them to bite Wutianshan Mingshi."

Li Bing picked up the last letter and said: "The last news is from Daming, and it is also something we will discuss next."

"The completion of the Namba-Kyo Shipping Department, the Inspection Department, and the Water Horse Station is already in our hands at Sakai Port. I think it is time for the Namba-Kyo Shipping Department to be established."

During the sea power conference, the issue of sea power was discussed. The ports and the entire city ship department of the overseas city ship department must be owned by Daming, and the Daming navy should be stationed there.

Yuan Bin quite agreed: "The time is ripe."

Jeju Island, Naha Port, and Penghu are all overseas shipping companies, but their nature is different from that of Namba Jing City Shipping Department.

The shipping department of Jeju Island was replaced through negotiations with North Korea, while the shipping department of Naha Port and Penghu City were all located in Ryukyu. Daming transformed Ryukyu into prefectures and counties. place.

And Namba Jing is the first time that the Ming Dynasty established a city ship department in the land of heaven and earth, and its significance is extremely great.

The appointment and dismissal of personnel, specific positions, the replacement of the navy, etc., all need to be communicated with Daming.

Yuan Bin sent the final decision back to Songjiang Mansion through Pigeon Road.

Ji Duo also sent cavalry soldiers to the Kyoto Prefecture, and asked Ashikaga Yoshimasa, the general of the Muromachi shogunate, to stamp his seal.

The process still has to go, after all, the king of Wa at this moment is still Ashikaga Yoshimasa.

The local guardians of the Wa country did not know the rules, but Shanye Gongfang from Daming still knew the rules.

Ashikaga Yoshimasa and the Yamano government had a secret negotiation, and the official document of the Namba Jing City Shipping Division was approved.