My life skills in Daming Liver

Under the leadership of Lin Changjing, Su Ze and Lin Mojun came to the palace of Shuri Castle.

Looking at this typical Ming-style building, Lin Mojun finally understood what Su Ze called "Ryukyu's many types of China", how similar Ryukyu is to the Central Plains.

When Su Ze looked at the Ryukyu Royal City, which was built in the same style as the residence of the Daming feudal prince, he was also quite moved.

In fact, the expansion of Chinese culture is not so introverted and gentle as later generations feel, but very domineering and has a strong ability to assimilate.

All civilizations in East Asia that have contact with Chinese civilization will be assimilated by Chinese civilization without exception.

Chinese civilization has always been the teacher of East Asian countries before modern times.

Even Southeast Asia, which seems to be more Indianized, has been increasingly influenced by Chinese culture after the establishment of the tributary system.

These countries all chose to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty and accept the laws and regulations of the Ming Dynasty, but they did not choose to be loyal to India, their cultural suzerain, which already shows the influence of Chinese civilization in Southeast Asia.

It's a pity that the Ming Dynasty insisted on the sea ban system, and ignored the overseas Chinese. After the Europeans came, these vassal states gradually became Western colonies.

For example, Ming’s vassal state Manga (Malacca), after the Portuguese came, asked the Ming court for help many times, but the Ming Dynasty ignored them. In the end, Manga was occupied by Portuguese colonists, and many Southeast Asian countries turned to the Portuguese for tribute. .

After the Spaniards came to Southeast Asia, they even instigated the aborigines to massacre Chinese immigrants. Some ministers suggested to the imperial court to send troops to help the overseas Chinese, but the Ming court believed that the overseas Chinese were the most humble of the four peoples. On the contrary, they should work hard for teachers”, and let the Manila massacre go unchecked.

Western colonists and natives felt that the Chinese could be bullied, and there were many massacres after that, but the Ming court remained indifferent.

From then on, Chinese culture began to lose its expansiveness. By the Qing Dynasty, even the Japanese country, which had been learning Chinese culture, began to fully westernize.

Ryukyu and Malacca, these are the shackles of the island chain that the Chinese nation of later generations strives to break through, but now they are the fat meat that is readily available.

Putting away these messy thoughts, Su Ze and Lin Mojun led ten bird gunners, and walked towards the Ryukyu King City in a grand manner.

The guards at the gate looked at each other, and finally an old guard stepped forward and begged Su Ze to hand over his weapon.

Su Ze waved his hand, the bird gunner handed over the bird guns, and the guards looked at the sabers on their waists again. Su Ze snorted coldly, ignored the guards guarding the gate, and walked towards the palace with his men.

The old guard didn't dare to stop him, let alone search Su Ze, so he had to temporarily store the blunderbuss. After all, it was considered a disarm, right?

At this moment, in the largest main hall of Shuri Castle, Shang Ning, the lord of the Ryukyu Kingdom, was very complicated.

For these small countries, diplomacy is the top priority.

The function of this hall is to offer sacrifices to ancestors and meet envoys of Ming Dynasty.

When Shang Ning was the heir of Ryukyu, the envoys of Daming often came here. The gorgeous official uniforms of Daming and the many treasures bestowed by Daming were implanted in the heart of Shang Ning, who was still young at that time, "Da Ming is the world's greatest treasure". The most powerful country" idea.

But after Shang Ning inherited the position of the king, the envoys from Daming came less and less.

When Emperor Jiajing suspended the Ryukyu tribute, Ming envoys never set foot in this hall again.

He asked Daming for help many times, but in the end all of them went nowhere.

So this time when the Japanese sent an envoy, Shang Ning hesitated.

If it weren't for the harsh conditions of the Wa Kingdom, Shang Ning insisted on personally going to Kyushu Satsuma to pay tribute, and Shang Ning would almost agree to pay tribute to the Wa Kingdom.

It can only be said that the timing of Su Ze's arrival was too coincidental. Since he had a choice, Shang Ning was naturally willing to meet these "envoys".

Lin Changjing described Su Ze and his party as envoys of the Ming Dynasty in an emphatic manner. When Shang Ning saw Su Ze and Lin Mojun, he immediately believed Lin Changjing's words.

When the tribute trade did not stop, Shang Ning also met the businessmen of Ming Dynasty. How could any businessman have Su Ze's bearing.

There is also the heroic general beside Su Ze, with a straight waist, he looks like an elite general.

Su Ze saw the Ryukyu King sitting on the throne, and after saluting, he said, "I am a businessman from Ming Dynasty, and I want to come to Monk King to do a business."

Shang Ning immediately said: "Honorable envoy, please tell me, Mr. No."

Su Ze said: "We brought armor and weapons this time, and want to establish a long-term trade relationship with your country."

Hearing the armor and weapons, Shang Ning was even more sure of Su Ze's identity. How could any merchant sell these things!

However, armor and weapons are what Ryukyu urgently needs, so Shang Ning naturally agreed.

After finishing the trade talk, Shang Ning said hesitantly, "Sir, is there anything else?"

Is it only trade?

What Shang Ning expects is that Daming can send troops to help him put down the rebellion in Amami Oshima, and even more hope that Daming can help him wipe out the Japanese pirates at sea.

Su Ze kept silent about these things, which disappointed Shang Ning, but with a batch of weapons and armor in hand, he could at least train the army.

It's just how to deal with the Japanese envoys in my palace?

Shangning's brows were still furrowed, and he still seemed not very interested when discussing the details of the trade.

Su Ze noticed Shang Ning's abnormality. Since the negotiation just now, Shang Ning has been very anxious. Hearing that Su Ze brought armor and weapons, he didn't seem too happy.

This is not normal.

Su Ze frowned. At this moment, there was a noise outside the door.

Hearing the familiar voice, Shang Ning's face turned pale, and he quickly said to Su Ze and Lin Mojun:

"Sir, please go to the back hall and sit down for a while, the king has some urgent matters."

After finishing speaking, the female officers gathered around to lead Su Ze and his party to the back hall, while Shang Ning walked quickly to the door.

"Shang Guozhu, do you agree or not? If you don't give an explanation today, next time I will bring the elite sailor of Satsuma!"

So it turned out that Su Ze winked at Lin Mojun, and Lin Mojun, who had a tacit understanding, immediately drew out his saber and shouted back the female officers who came up.

Shang Ning was about to drag Gan Fu Zongxiu and others back to the other courtyard for discussion, but when he suddenly heard Su Ze's voice behind him, he was so frightened that he lost his soul.

Gan Fu Zongxiu also saw Su Ze and Lin Mojun dressed in Daming. He must have good eyesight to be able to travel to Ryukyu.

He suddenly thought of the reason why Shang Ning abandoned them and left in a hurry—it turned out that he was having secret talks with the people of Daming!

Gan Fu Zongxiu was surprised at first, and then overjoyed.

What happened to Daming? Daming has already declined, and even the rogues in the coastal areas can't be dealt with well, so how can they interfere in Ryukyu affairs.

Ganfu Zongxiu has always been a fanatical expansionist of the Satsuma family. His idea at this time is to kill the Ming envoy and force the Ryukyu king to completely join the Shimadzu family.

Gan Fu Zongxiu's thoughts were already very fast, he put his hand on the Japanese sword, and was about to rush up and chop Su Ze down.

But she didn't expect Lin Mojun to move faster than him.

Lin Mojun drew out her saber directly, and quickly rushed to Gan Fu Zongxiu's body. She raised the saber in her hand and slashed at Gan Fu Zongxiu's arm that was drawing the saber.

Gan Fu Zongxiu screamed, and Lin Mojun kicked him to the ground with another stride, then stepped on Gan Fu Zongxiu's abdomen, and pressed the knife edge against Gan Fu Zongxiu's neck.

Gan Fu Zongxiu wailed in pain, he really didn't expect that the Daming man, who didn't look strong, had such terrifying explosive power!

Gan Fu Zongxiu is the so-called "Kendo" master, but he is not Lin Mojun's one-stroke enemy!

What is the origin of this Daming man! ?

The remaining Changning Guard soldiers also cooperated tacitly. They quickly drew out their sabers, and followed Lin Mojun to overthrow the Japanese pirate warrior who was trying to draw the saber.

Shang Ning's face turned completely pale, and Su Ze said coldly:

"It turns out Lord Shang is still in contact with the Japanese, so it's no wonder he doesn't care about our trade."

Shang Ning quickly said: "My lord, forgive me! These Japanese people are only here for trade!"

Su Ze sneered, he walked up to Lin Mojun, and gave Lin Mojun a wink.

Lin Mojun understood immediately, raised the knife in his hand, blood was flying, and the blood sprayed on the vermilion doors and windows of the main hall, Gan Fu Zongxiu was beheaded like this.

The other Changning Guard soldiers raised their knives and dropped their swords, each of them beheading the Japanese pirates in front of them!

Shang Ning had never seen such a bloody scene before, he was so frightened that he sat on the door frame, looking at the head in Su Ze's hand in despair.

"Shang Kingdom mainly pays tribute to Japanese pirates?"

Shang Ning directly knelt on the ground and said: "Master, please forgive me! The Japanese forced me to Ryukyu, and I have asked for orders many times, but I can't wait for the envoy. This king is just a stopgap measure, not really wanting to be a vassal to the Japanese country!"

Su Ze threw away Gan Fu Zongxiu's head casually, and he said to Shang Ning:

"Open the port of Naha. In the future, I, Ming Dynasty, will have my own ships sailing regularly to support your weapons and armor, but you will have to spend money to buy them."

Shang Ning was pleasantly surprised when he heard the first half of the sentence, but said with a mournful face when he heard the second half:

"After the imperial court stopped paying tribute, Ryukyu became increasingly impoverished. If we could afford weapons, we wouldn't be bullied by Japanese pirates."

Su Ze said: "Listen to me, when I return to Daming, I will help you operate, please reopen the tribute trade with Ryukyu!"

Looking at Su Ze, Shang Ning almost fainted from joy!

Since the tribute was cut off, Ryukyu spent a lot of gold and silver, and bribed high-ranking officials and even eunuchs of the Ming court, but they failed to reopen the tribute.

But the Ming envoy in front of him actually said that he was sure to persuade the Ming court to reopen the tribute?

As long as there is money, the Ryukyu Kingdom can buy weapons and train soldiers. If it is impossible to directly spend money to hire people, they can also drive Japanese pirates out of the country!

Shang Ning almost knelt on the ground, and said gratefully to Su Ze:

"If the envoy can persuade the imperial court to reopen the tribute, then he will be my benefactor from all over the Ryukyu! We will buy no matter how many weapons and armor there are!"

Su Ze continued: "What's the use of having weapons? Can you beat Japanese pirates?"

Shang Ning looked up at Su Ze.

Su Ze said: "Send your son back to Daming with me, and then select young officers from the army, and ask General Lin to teach them how to practice battle formation."

It was also asking for a hostage, but Shang Ning almost agreed this time.

Su Ze pointed to the corpses all over the ground and said: "Hang the heads of these Japanese pirates on the port, announce Ryukyu's anti-Japanese attitude to passing ships, and expel all Japanese merchants on this island."

Of course, Shang Ning knew that these orders were to completely tear the face of the Japanese, but thinking that Su Ze had a way to restart the tribute trade, Shang Ning gritted his teeth and agreed.

Although the Ryukyu lord has a weak personality, he is still decisive when standing in the team.

"Dare to ask the envoy, how to reopen the tribute?"

Su Ze said: "After we return to the voyage, the lord will send an envoy to Fuzhou Mansion, and I will handle the next thing."

"Okay, okay, then use Lin Changjing as an envoy, and go to Fuzhou Port with my Ryukyu credentials and trade surveys in hand!"

Next, Su Ze unloaded the weapons and armor on the ship from the pier, took Shang Ning's 15-year-old eldest son Shang Feng, and twenty young officers selected from the Ryukyu Army, and embarked on the voyage back to Changning Guard .

Lin Mojun already understood Su Ze's plan, she asked:

"Are you really planning to bring these people back to Changningwei?"

"No, just settle them on Dongao Island."

"They won't have an opinion?"

"They are here to learn how to fight against the Japanese, so naturally they can stay on Dongao Island to practice."

"As for the Ryukyu prince, after I finish my trip to Fuzhou, I will take him back to Changningwei to study."

Lin Mojun's threshold was also raised step by step by Su Ze.

Originally, it was just a violation of the imperial court's ban to go to sea to fight, and then it turned into pretending to be a Japanese pirate to collect protection fees. Now Su Ze coerced a Ming vassal state like Ryukyu and abducted the Ryukyu heir, and she was no longer surprised.

However, Lin Mojun still had doubts about reopening the Ryukyu tribute trade. She asked:

"Are you sure you can let the court reopen the Ryukyu tribute?"

Su Ze smiled and said, "60% sure."

"Only 60% do you dare to say that to the Ryukyu King?"

"It's all about human effort, 60% is already a lot, if it doesn't work, let's help the Ryukyu people fight Japanese pirates."

Lin Mojun still asked suspiciously:

"You gave up so much energy just for Ryukyu?"

Su Ze shook his head and said, "Of course it's not just for Ryukyu. Do you know how much money the big ship owner of Langbai'ao can make from a Sino-Japanese trade?"

Lin Mojun shook her head, and Su Ze reported a number that surprised her.

"Six hundred thousand taels of silver."

"What!"

Lin Mojun exclaimed, what is the concept of six hundred thousand taels of silver!

The annual military expenditure of the imperial court is only one million taels of silver!

Lin Mojun used to be the home of Changning Guard, and before Su Ze came to Changning Guard, the guard couldn't afford six hundred taels of silver.

This is six hundred thousand taels of silver!

Lin Mojun said again: "Wait, didn't you kill some envoy from the Satsuma Domain, even if you controlled the Ryukyu, the Wa Kingdom wouldn't do business with you, would it?"

Su Ze shook his head and said, "The Shimadzu family is just one of the daimyos in Kyushu, Japan. There are many daimyos stronger than him in Kyushu, Japan. If you don't do business with the Shimadzu family, you can do business with other families."

"Except for Kyushu, there are many daimyos who are willing to buy Ming's goods from Wa country."

Following the monsoon at the end of October, Su Ze returned from Ryukyu smoothly.

Looking at Dongao Island not far away, the system pops up a prompt:

[Sailing skill experience +10, Lv5, 1/1000]

[The skill 'navigation' breaks through Lv5, please choose a passive skill! 】