My life skills in Daming Liver.

Chapter 83

cotton!
Su Ze's eyes lit up, he looked at Hai Hou'er eagerly, and asked quickly, "Master Tiger, are you going to sell this batch of cotton to Songjiang Mansion?"

Haihouer spit out a mouthful of phlegm and said: "What a fart! Songjiang mansion was destroyed by Japanese pirates last year. I heard that Songjiang mansion burned for three days and three nights, and all the looms were burned. More than ten thousand weaving households fled in all directions. Most of it was plundered by Japanese pirates."

For sea monkeys, the sea trade pirates, they also hated the looting pirates who disrupted the economic order and plundered wantonly.

These people have made a mess in the southeast, and they can't do business well.

Moreover, this group of bandits became crazy and even wanted to rob their colleagues. The fighting of Japanese pirates at sea was even crueler than the fighting between Japanese pirates and the Ming army. This is why Zhang Haihu retreated to the open sea.

But hearing Hai Houer scold the Japanese pirates, Su Ze still felt something strange, isn't he also a Japanese pirate?
Nanpi Island is close to the coast and has fresh water. Once King Deer invades Fujian, he will definitely capture Nanpi Island first as a frontline base.

Although Zhang Haihu also has a few large ships, these are all ships for sea trade, and they cannot compete with King Lu's warships at all.

Abandoning Nanpi Island at this time is the least loss method. When this wave of Japanese pirates robs enough, they will naturally retreat, and it will not be too late to return to Nanpi Island at that time.

Su Ze heard Hai Houer talk about the tragic situation of Songjiang Mansion, and he couldn't help but feel sad. You must know that Songjiang Mansion is a prosperous mansion in the south of the Yangtze River, an important cotton and silk textile town in the south of the Yangtze River, and Xu Jie, the second assistant of the dynasty. hometown.

This economically important town was robbed by Japanese pirates, and even burned all the looms in Songjiang Mansion. Only then did Su Ze deeply feel that the Japanese pirate rebellion was not just a few lines of records in books, but a tragic disaster for countless people.

Su Ze came back to his senses, and quickly said, "In that case, can Lord Monkey sell this batch of cotton to us?"

Haihou'er rolled his eyes and said, "This batch of cotton has a hundred tans, how about a liang of silver for each tan?"

Su Ze immediately compared the prices in the "Valuation" skill, and then snorted coldly and said: "Monkey Master is so dishonest, this business can't be negotiated, you sell this batch of cotton to Songjiang Mansion, and it's only a load of one, two or three." Dividing the money, do you think our Qi Ye is being taken advantage of?"

Hai Hou'er now knew that Su Ze was a knowledgeable person, so he could only let go and said, "In this case, how about one or two cents of silver per load?"

Su Ze continued: "Cotton has been in the sea for a long time, and it will be useless if it enters the salt gas. Our seventh master is helping Lord Tiger to share his worries. It's fine if you don't sell it."

Only then did Hai Hou'er let go and said, "One tael of silver per load, no less!"

"make a deal!"

"Seven days later, the delivery is still here, and the money and the goods are settled."

[Successful counter-offer, skill "buying and selling" experience +20, Lv1, 36/100]

After the sea monkey left by boat, Zhu Qi was so limp that he couldn't stand up.

"It's over, it's over, King Deer is here!"

Zhu Qi wailed. He didn't cry so badly when he was captured by Su Ze.

Su Ze frowned and asked, "Don't cry, tell me about the origin of the King Deer."

Only then did Zhu Qi say: "This King Deer is a real Japanese leader under the command of Monk Mingshan. He comes from Kagoshima at the southern tip of the Japanese country, so he calls himself King Deer."

Su Ze now understood that this King Lu is probably the leader of the real Japanese wave under Xu Feng's command.

There are a lot of debates in the historian circle about how many real Japanese pirates there are. In later generations, some self-media even suggested that there were only one real Japanese pirates in the southeast.

Of course, there is also a source for this. In the "Wu Xue Pian" written by Zheng Xiao in the Ming Dynasty, it was said for the first time, "Most of the thieves are Chinese, and Japanese slaves are one out of ten."

However, this statement is only Zheng Xiao's rough inference, and "Wu Xue Pian" itself is not an official document, but compiled by Zheng Xiao privately. In fact, it is not very reliable as a historical material.

Moreover, the records in "Wu Xue Pian" are different from those in many local chronicles. In fact, there are not many real Japanese among Japanese pirates.

In many materials, the leader of a certain Japanese pirate will be called a king or a small king. This type of Japanese pirate is basically a real Japanese, and this king of deer is a real Japanese from Kagoshima.

These real Japanese are some wandering warriors from the Japanese country, or some pirates and bandits from the Japanese country. Originally, they only sporadically crossed the sea to invade the southeast. During the Jiajing period, most of them attached themselves to Wang Zhi or Xu Feng's command and began to attack Daming in an organized way. Southeast region.

This king of deer has led troops to attack the southeast many times, looted more than a dozen coastal towns, and even bombarded Fuzhou City. He is famous in the southeast area. No wonder Zhu Qi was frightened all over his body when he heard his name. trembling.

"How many people does this Deer King have under his command?"

Zhu Qi tremblingly said: "There are a thousand people!"

Su Ze was speechless for a while, and thousands of people scared you like this?
The Yanping Guard of Yu Zongyuan’s family had 5000 soldiers. Fuzhou City is the place where the Fujian Dusi Yamen and the Fujian Beiwa Commander are located. There must be more soldiers than Yanping Guard. How could 1000 Japanese pirates fight against them?
Zhu Qi quickly said: "All the deer kings are really wolves! The real wolves are invincible! This deer king is very vengeful, and anyone who offends him will be crazily retaliated by him! When Fuzhou City was bombarded last time, A hundred households sent troops to block King Lu's fleet, and King Lu turned around and wiped out that hundred households!"

Su Ze was furious and said: "The imperial court will not encircle and suppress such a ferocious beast, but let him commit crimes at sea?"

Zhu Qi sighed and said: "Don't talk about the siege, Fuzhou was besieged, only a hundred households dared to send troops to rescue, and they were destroyed by the King Lu. After that, the Ming Navy always detoured when they saw the King Deer."

Su Ze knew that the Ming Dynasty was bad, but he didn't expect the Ming Dynasty to be so bad.

A mere 1000 people scare the entire southeast into chaos!

Returning to Changningwei with her head covered, Lin Mojun was wearing a hood and standing in front of the family temple.

She sensed the dull atmosphere in the team and asked, "Is the transaction not going well?"

Su Ze nodded first, then shook his head, and then walked into the family temple side by side with Lin Mojun.

"Zhang Haihu is about to retreat to the outer sea. They got the news that King Lu is going to attack Fujian."

Hearing King Lu's name, everyone in the family temple exclaimed, and even Lin Mojun trembled slightly.

When he mentioned King Lu just now, Su Ze felt that the atmosphere was not right. When he mentioned this name in the family temple, the atmosphere of the whole family temple seemed to freeze.

Even Ninth Aunt, who has always been calm, asked in a shrill voice, "You mean King Lu?"

Su Ze nodded, only to see Aunt Jiu said with a worried face: "What should I do!"

Su Ze came to his senses now, it seemed that Chang Ningwei had something to do with this King Deer, he quickly asked, "Auntie, does this King Deer have a grudge against Chang Ningwei?"

I only heard Lin Mojun say coldly: "The revenge of killing my father."

Su Ze was stunned for a moment. It turned out that the Baihu that Zhu Qi said was killed by King Lu in front of the Fuzhou Army was Lin Mojun's father, the previous Baihu of Changningwei!
Su Ze felt that the atmosphere was getting colder, and Aunt Jiu quickly said: "Hundred households! The Japanese pirates are powerful, so think about it in the long run!"

Lin Mojun smiled bitterly and said, "Auntie, don't worry, I won't take the soldiers of the guard to die."

Ninth Aunt then breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Let's quickly tell the news to the Fuzhou Governor and the General Secretary Yamen, so that they can take precautions."

Lin Mojun nodded and said, "I'm going back to the military situation written by Baihu. Auntie, I'll go back first."

Just as Lin Mojun walked out of the door, there was a thunderstorm in the ever-changing weather in Fujian Huinantian. Soybean-sized raindrops fell from the sky and hit the colorful tiles of the family temple, making the sound of pearls falling on jade plates.

Su Ze put on the coir raincoat, took another set of coir raincoats, and chased Lin Mojun out with a lantern, and soon caught up with the dejected Lin Mojun.

The rain fell on the brim of her hat and wet the clothes on her body. Su Ze quickly handed over the bamboo hat and coir raincoat and said:
"Baihu, don't catch a cold."

Only then did Lin Mojun come back to her senses, put on her coir raincoat and bamboo hat, thanked her, and walked in front in silence.

Su Ze followed behind, and the two walked to the Baihu Office one after the other.

"Do you want revenge?" Su Ze suddenly stopped and asked.

Lin Mojun stopped and turned to look at Su Ze. The rain curtain blocked the line of sight between the two of them. Lin Mojun could only see the light on Su Ze's hand.

"My father personally trained the elite of the guards, but he couldn't beat the deer king. How can I fight him?"

Su Ze said: "Remember what I said? It's not about the number of soldiers, but the quality. If you can win with more soldiers, then Fuzhou Guard will not be suppressed by King Lu in Fuzhou City."

Lin Mojun raised her head and looked at Su Ze and said, "Are you sure? My father died in battle, and Changning Wei's family wore mourning. We can't let my family's personal enmity cause the Wei to bleed."

Su Ze said sternly: "Old people died to protect the people of Fujian, so how can it be said that it is a personal enmity? This is a national enmity and family enmity, how can we not report it!?"

"Baihu, let's go in and talk."

Lin Mojun looked at the raindrops falling from the bamboo hat, and hurriedly led Su Ze into the Hundred Households.

Although Su Ze was wearing a coir raincoat, his Confucian shirt was soaked by the rapid rain.

When Su Ze took off his coir raincoat, Lin Mojun quickly turned around and said, "I'll go get a suit, Mr. Su, put it on first, so you don't catch a cold."

Lin Mojun ran into the room in a panic, took out a set of cloth shirts from her father's closet, dragged the little radish Lin Liangjun out of the bed, and told him to hand it to Su Ze.

Then he ran back to his boudoir, changed into a new set of clean clothes, and then put on the veil again to meet Su Ze.

At this time, Su Ze was already sitting in front of the brazier warming up the fire. After delivering the clothes, Little Luootou rubbed his eyes and went back to sleep.

Lin Mojun was also a little embarrassed that the lonely man and the widow were in the same room at night.

Although Lin Mojun joined the army on behalf of his younger brother, he usually stayed with the soldiers of the guard outside. Most of the people in the guard were relatives, and some of them were uncles and elders who watched Lin Mojun grow up.

But tonight, being in the same room with Su Ze, a strange man from outside Changning Wei, Lin Mojun always felt that the atmosphere was a bit subtle.

But Su Ze didn't take it seriously, he put on a cloth shirt that was full of patches, and seeing that it was the clothes of the deceased old Baihu, Su Ze couldn't help feeling that Chang Ningwei, the previous Baihu, was indeed a clean and honest military officer .

It's a pity that such a person died early on the battlefield, and the court only issued a letter after his death. The Japanese pirates who killed him are still raging in Fujian.

The obsession with wanting to avenge her father made Lin Mojun ask:
"Mr. Su, do you have a way to kill King Lu?"

Su Ze shook his head.

Lin Mojun said in a low voice: "Hey, King Lu has been a disaster for Fujian for so many years, and Fuzhou has nothing to do with the general manager. Our Changning Guard is just a hundred households, so what can we do?"

Su Ze said: "Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never end in a hundred battles. Now that I know nothing about King Lu, how can I kill him?"

Lin Mojun rekindled a little hope. After her father died in battle, she tried her best to inquire about King Lu's information.

Lin Mojun said slowly:

"This King Deer is a real Japanese from Kagoshima, Japan. He was originally a wandering samurai from Japan, without a name or surname. Later, he was accepted by Xu Feng, and he took his birthplace as his surname, and became Xu Feng's personal guard. Later, he was valued by Xu Feng, and he was allowed to go out independently and lead a team of Japanese pirates."

"The deer king's subordinates are all real Japanese recruited from his hometown of Kagoshima. They are fierce and cruel. After each battle, no one is left alive. All the men and children are slaughtered, and all the women are plundered and tortured to death."

Speaking of this, Lin Mojun clenched his fists. Back then, his father was defeated, and all the soldiers who fought were slaughtered by King Lu, and his father was tortured and killed by King Lu in front of the defenders of Fuzhou City. Thousands of Ming troops in Fuzhou City No one dared to go out of the city to rescue them.

Su Ze also lamented the poor combat effectiveness of the Ming army on the southeast coast. No wonder Zhu Qi trembled when he heard King Lu's name.

"How many soldiers, how many warships and equipment does King Lu have under his command?"

Lin Mojun said: "The deer king has thousands of real Japanese under his command. There were originally four Japanese ships. Last time my father died in battle, and the [-]-material lucky ship of Changningwei also fell into their hands."

"King Lu has a Japanese sword team of 200 people, and all of them use Japanese swords made of fine steel."

"This Japanese sword team is not only good at land combat, but also can use the springboard to join the ship. The last time my father fought at sea, he was rushed onto the warship by the Japanese sword team, so he lost the opportunity."

"In addition to the Japanese sword team, King Lu also has a hundred iron gun team under his command, who use bird guns to fight, and dozens of archers."

"The king of the deer has a full set of Japanese armor, which can not only protect against arrows, but also against birds and guns. He is born with supernatural powers, and every time he personally leads the Japanese sword team to charge. My Ming army often collapses at the first charge, and collapses at the first touch. .”

Now I finally understand how King Lu's reputation came from. This guy's subordinates are really elite.

"Tell me about how this deer king usually fights, and what kind of battle formations he uses."

"Battle formation? There is no battle formation for King Deer. Every time he wears a full armor and leads the Japanese sword team to charge. The bird gunners and archers shoot freely. The tactics at sea are similar, and the Japanese swordmen rush into the enemy. Ships, archers and bird gunners can shoot at long range."

"Without formations, how will the King Deer command the battle?"

"His full armor is the best command flag on the battlefield. As long as he rushes forward wearing a full armor, the group of Japanese will know to follow."

After listening to Lin Mojun's description, Su Ze felt relieved.

Although the Japanese pirates under King Deer's command are well-equipped, they are backward in both military philosophy and military quality. The reason why they can defeat the Ming army is because the Ming army is even worse.

It can be said that the Japanese pirates of King Lu relied on personal bravery in the battle, and the use of bird guns was also at the stage of random marksmanship, and did not exert the full power of bird guns.

The only one that is more difficult to deal with is King Lu himself, who is wearing a full armor.

The Wa Kingdom is now in the so-called "Warring States" era. During this "Warring States" era, the Wa Kingdom realized the importance of the bird gun.

The Japanese country called the firecracker the iron cannon, and it was called "the iron cannon came from the east" in the history of the Japanese country.

With the use of firearms, it also promoted the development of armor technology. The so-called "full armor" was a full-body armor produced during this period to defend against firearms.

The foundry technology of Japan is actually far inferior to that of Daming, but now Daming is following the technical path of lightweight cotton armor.

In fact, cotton armor and steel helmets are precisely the ultimate direction of the age of firearms. It is a pity that due to various problems, Daming failed on the correct path.

Speaking of Japanese armor, a set of large armor that can be light and defensive on the battlefield is expensive, and it needs to be customized by craftsmen. Ordinary soldiers in Japan still use bamboo poles to fight. Of course, only noble names are eligible. wear.

This deer king can have a full set of armor, which means that behind this deer king, there is not only a Japanese pirate leader like Xu Feng, but also a close relationship with a certain warlord of the Japanese country.

After listening to Lin Mojun's description, Su Ze said with confidence:
"Starting tomorrow, if Baihu can trust me, the soldiers of the guard will practice with the rest of the army every day."

"As long as you are willing to work hard and practice, I will be able to destroy King Lu's mere thousand people!"

(End of this chapter)