Chapter 1311 Negotiation! Friends, We Have an Old Saying
Chapter 1311 Negotiation! Friends, we have an old saying…
"Great God! Chief Kazuto, who is greedy for gold, why are you asking about the location of our tribe? Do you want to bring the warriors of the tribe, call a large group of helpers, and run to steal our gold?!..."
The kingdom’s envoy Lu Jiaohu looked wary, staring closely at Yoshihiro Uyizaki’s face and asking questions mercilessly. Uyizaki Yoshihiro's face turned red, and he secretly cursed "Shan Tao barbarian" in his heart. He was indeed greedy, but he didn't expect these barbarians to speak so directly, which was like a slap in the face. They were not at all like Kazuto's subtle tact.
"Ahem! I'm just asking... The more gold we have, the more we can do... If we have enough gold, we can hire the best craftsmen!... Especially the shipwrights on the list , if you want to say the best, you have to specially invite it from North Korea, which requires a lot of gold..."
"Ha! Chief Kazuto, you can't hide it from me! Your desire for gold is just like the lynx that steals fish, you can't stop it no matter how you hide it!..."
Deer Sly Fox sniffed his nose, as if he smelled the smell of greed. He glanced at Yoshihiro Uyizaki with disdain. Then, before the other party became angry, he confidently slapped his chest and responded with a smart response that looked proud but actually shook his head.
"The chief has said, it's okay to tell you! The location of our tribe, from the place where we fought with you before, we have to sail straight north for a month! Until the end of the extreme northern sea, that endless snowfield, those structures The tribe that rides sleds, herds deer, runs and shoots arrows is our tribe!”
"As for the gold mine, of course we have it, but you can't find the specific location. It's deep in the vast snowfield! And our fleet brings very little gold, and most of it is in the tribes in the north. As for the tribes' We will move around and you will never find it! ...Haha! Even if you find it, you will not be able to catch up with us, you will only be killed by us pulling the sled and shooting arrows!"
This half-truth and half-false statement directly pointed the location of the kingdom's port from the Kamchatka Peninsula in the northeast to the due north, where the Ewen people and horses, the Chukotka tribe, and the Koryak deer tribe were nomadic together. Thousands of miles of snowfield.
"Ah! Sailing north for a month to the vast snowfield?! And the gold mine is still deep in the snowfield?...This? Why is it so far away?!..."
Yoshihiro Uyizaki was stunned for a while, looking at the "honest and confident" Shantao Barbarian, he couldn't express the disappointment in his heart.
He vaguely heard about the distant Arctic Sea and the vast snowfield across the sea. Especially a few years ago, the "ocean-covering ship" that our family cooperated with Uncle Morino Kiyoshi and sent out together ended up going there and was completely lost from news, making his father suddenly become much older... And he originally wanted to I asked the other party if they had seen the visiting ships of our family, but thinking of the vastness of the far north and the legendary sea monsters, I sighed and shook my head.
"The far North Sea is extremely dangerous, making it difficult for Xiaozao and Guan Chuan to pass... And those nomadic barbarian tribes are even more ferocious and dangerous than the last, just like this group of Shantao tribes that suddenly appeared! ... "
"Hey! Needless to say, the dangerous snowfields, even the Thousand Islands in the northeast, are beyond our reach. Even if we call on the Anton clan and the Nanfang clan allies, we can't support such a distant sea route supply! Young Master The purpose of transporting dozens of people is just to send prisoners to others..."
At this moment, after hearing the words of the Yamata messenger, Uyizaki Yoshihiro finally gave up his thoughts of robbing. But the burning desire for gold is still burning in his chest! After all, this is not only a huge wealth, but also the hope of saving the reputation of his martial arts family, and even a golden opportunity for the entire Oyizaki clan to rise!
"O Great Bodhisattva Hachiman! This is a large Shanta tribe that specializes in gold! ... This is really the blessing of the Buddha, and it is really a blessing to survive the catastrophe!"
"Of course, whether it is redemption or trade, I must first inform my father and obtain his approval and support...Similarly, our family must also rely on Uncle Morino Kiyoshi's Kyoto fleet to turn the gold in exchange into The goods, livestock and craftsmen are then transferred to the Shantao tribe and exchanged for more gold...and so on..."
In this short moment, Yoshihiro Uyizaki thought of too much and desired too much!
He wanted to redeem all the captured warriors and exchange them for the gold of the Shantao tribe. He wanted to not only wash away the guilt of defeat, but also make meritorious deeds in return. He wants to inherit the position of the head of the Uyizaki family, wants to lead the Uyizaki clan to rise, and even wants to break away from the main family, the Anton family, be directly canonized and recognized by the general, and gain the right to control the Ezo land! And all these hopes are inseparable from the "specialties" of the Shantao tribe and the "divine power" of gold!
"Buddha! This is the good opportunity you have given me. I must hold it tightly in my hand, just like I hold the Buddha's bond with Bodhi, and never let go!..."
In the next few days, Uyizaki Yoshihiro showed great enthusiasm and cordially received the "Santa envoy". He can be said to be a close friend, without the airs of the "Young Master of the Uyizaki Clan" at all. He even shared a bottle of sake with a smile on his face as the "Messenger of the Yamataru people".
"Come! Friends of the Shantao tribe, have a taste of our sake! We and the country have an old saying, 'After it rains, the ground will become firmer'... We had a fight, and it was like a rain. It’s like a heavy rain! And after the heavy rain, the friendship between us and our clan will be as strong as the ground!…”
"Wow! What a hot and strong wine! Chieftain of the people, our tribe also has an old saying, 'People with friends are as broad as the snowfield! People without friends are like a sled lost in the snow'... Of course, the more friends the better! But if you really want to be friends with the tribe, you should be like us and show your sincerity first, at least part of your sincerity!... Hiccup! When can you deliver the things that the chieftain wants?..."
"Haha! Almost there, almost there! Come, try our plum rice balls and delicious pickled radish again!..."
"No! I can't eat it! This thing is too strong!..."
"Aha! Let's drink some more wine!..."
Under the hospitality of Yoshihiro Kakizaki, Lu Jiaotu ate and drank for three days. Until the morning of the fourth day, a Kakizaki scout hurried from the south. He looked at the "Ezo people" swaggering in the big tent with doubts, and then respectfully reported to his superior.
"Young Master! I am the vanguard scout of the army of Atsuya clan leader! Atsuya clan leader sent me here to tell you that he has led 20 samurai and 200 peasant soldiers of the family to the south side of Mount Fuji in Ezo, and there is still 30 miles to travel one day from the camp of the family!..."
"Ah! Father sent the commander of Hiishikan, the warlike Atsuya clan leader! Quick! Follow me out of the camp and go to the south to welcome him!..."
Hearing this, Kakizaki Yoshihiro hurriedly stood up, his face full of solemnity and joy. Then, he looked at the "Yamatar envoy" Lu Jiaotu and said with a smile.
"Friends of the Yamatar tribe! Come, come with me to see the army of the family! This is only the first batch of 200 peasant soldiers. If we really mobilize, the family can pull out a thousand troops from the 12 pavilions and more than 10,000 Japanese people in the entire Japanese land!..."
The army of 200 Japanese peasant soldiers left a very deep impression on Lu Jiaotu. Those skinny peasant soldiers wearing simple cloaks, carrying bamboo spears and iron spears, and wearing bamboo raincoats, it is estimated that with just a frontal charge, they can be directly dispersed by the kingdom's 100 armored soldiers!
However, these Japanese people in the Ezo land have a kind of perseverance and ruthlessness on their faces in the difficult and difficult Ezo development. They will obey the orders of the samurai obediently and can arrange simple formations... Once these Japanese peasant soldiers are mobilized and gathered in large numbers, plus a small number of backbone samurai, it will become very troublesome! At least, with the same number, the loose tribal warriors of the Ainu clan should not be able to beat them, and they must have the fierce mountain tribe or deer tribe in the north to participate in the battle.
With a large number of peasant soldiers covering the two wings, forming a military advantage on the battlefield, the Japanese samurai team can free up their hands and sit in the center of the army at ease. They can use the lives of the superior peasant soldiers to consume the physical strength of the kingdom's heavy armor, and patiently wait for the opportunity to attack the kingdom's main armor and win in one fell swoop...
"Great God! When the peasant soldiers of the Wajin clan finish farming and mobilize and gather together, it will not be easy for our tribe to bite them off! It seems that the strongest time for these Wajin clans is after the autumn harvest in October... And the chief is unwilling to set up camp on the island of Mashili, and he is still afraid of the Wajin..."
Seeing the peasant soldiers supporting the Wajin rushing into the mountain camp like a school of fish, Lu Jiaotu no longer had the heart to stay and hurriedly returned north to report. And Kakizaki Yoshihiro and the supporting family elder Atsutani Masanobu had a long and solemn talk all night.
The next day, Atsutani Masanobu, with a solemn expression, led a team of samurai and a golden talisman in his arms, and hurried south to report to Takeda Nobuhiro in Katsuyama Hall in person.
For the next half month, messengers kept coming and going from the village of Kanhama in the north, to the camp at the foot of Mount Fuji in Ezo, and then to Katsuyama-kan in the south, like birds in early summer.
It was not until the bright summer day of August, covering the fields of the Japanese land, that the second army of the Kakizaki army heading north to support the Japanese land, brought many of the family's short packhorses, and went to the mountains in the north to "prepare for the Yamato". Accompanying them were hundreds of young men and women recruited from each hall, a small team of craftsmen recruited from Matsumae, and sufficient ironware, rice wine and poultry, and even two cows, which were said to serve as military supplies and logistics...
At this time, the news of the "Yamatar invasion" had spread from the Kakizaki clan to each hall, causing panic among the people of the Japanese land. The seriously ill Lord Nobuhiro personally came out to take charge, met with the guards of each hall, and appeased the hearts of the people in each hall. At the same time, he also formally ordered to send his own people to strictly block the road to the north, and made a clear promise.
"My eldest son, Yoshihiro Kamezaki, is personally in charge of the northern frontline, fighting a bloody battle with the invading Shantars! Before he dies in battle, no Shantar tribe will be allowed to go south to plunder the land of the Japanese!..."
"Each hall continues to be busy with farming. In addition to the recruited manpower, this year's autumn harvest must not be delayed!..."
The legendary Lord Nobuhiro came forward, and the entire Japanese land quickly stabilized. This is the power of prestige, the power that can convince people! And with the conviction and obedience of the Japanese people, the second batch of troops heading north to support finally arrived at the Kamezaki camp under Mount Fuji in Ezo.
Next, it was the first official "transaction" between the "Shantar tribe" and the Kamezaki clan. And the power of gold will finally release the golden light that changes the course of history among the tribes in Northeast Asia...