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Chapter 1046 I will come back
Lianghu has a villa outside the city, not far from the navy wharf.

After Jiang Qingzhi returned safely, Liang Hu moved to his villa, claiming that he was going there to escape the summer heat.

The summer heat in Zhejiang is so hot that people from the north cannot understand it. The heat sticks to you, as if the sky and the earth are a big steamer. The smell of a big oven makes it difficult to muster up any energy.

But humans are very adaptable, like the guest who quietly came to the villa at this moment.

"The weather in Zhejiang is extremely hot. I was not used to it when I first arrived, but now I am used to it. To be honest, after returning to Japan, I feel uncomfortable."

Jia San personally came out to receive them. He slowed down his pace when he heard the words. He paused when he saw a maid wiping the stone table in the pavilion. After this section, he turned around a room and saw a clump of bamboo. He then said, "The heat in Zhejiang is passionate."

This is very meaningful.

The visitor was short, wearing a bamboo hat, and smelled of the sea. He smiled and said, "Just like Mr. Liang, who is full of love."

Why does this metaphor seem a little off? Jia San said, "It may seem like midsummer now, but Hangzhou is like an ice cellar."

"I came here to break the ice."

There was more joy in Jia San's eyes, and he extended his hand solemnly to invite him, "Please!"

"Please!" The man smiled.

There was a pond in front. Liang Hu sat by the pond, holding a fishing rod in his hand, fishing leisurely.

Jia San walked over quickly, leaned over and whispered, "Master, the people going to Japan met the envoy of the Ming Dynasty halfway. The envoy's name is Qian Zhang Yixiong."

Liang Hu pulled up the rod suddenly, and a fish struggling in the water was pulled out of the water.

"It's hooked!" Liang Hu smiled as he unhooked the fish and threw it into the pool. He wiped his hands with a cloth and stood up and said, "According to the route, my people should be on their way to Japan, but I didn't expect to meet the envoy. It seems that we have the same aspirations!"

Former Zhang Yixiong bowed, "Former Zhang Yixiong greets Mr. Liang."

"You're welcome." Liang Hu nodded, "Let's go to the study and have some tea."

He walked in front, with Zhang Yixiong following on the left and Jia San on the right.

"My lord is very concerned about that deal. I was supposed to go look for the village, but I found that pirates were gathering on the island where the village was. I didn't stay there. I asked Lord Liang's people..."

Zhang Yixiong looked at Liang Hu and stared into his eyes. "Mr. Liang's people just said they didn't know, but their expressions were wrong. Mr. Liang, why did you hide it?"

Jia San glanced at the master and thought, if I had told you earlier that Komura Ichiro was killed by Jiang Qingzhi, would you still dare to come?

Liang Hu said calmly: "Does your lord have the courage?"

Qian Zhang Yixiong stared at him, his eyes turning cold, "My lord, you have the ambition to unify the world, otherwise why would you spend so much money to buy firearms?"

"Unify the world?" Liang Hu smiled. "I heard that Japan is in chaos right now, the Shogun is fleeing everywhere, and his future is in danger. The so-called emperor is hiding in the palace and dares not show his head. Qin lost its power, and the whole world is chasing it. Who will be the last one to rule depends on strength."

He paused, and Zhang Yixiong said, "Before I came here, my lord said that Lord Liang must be a learned man. Let me listen to more of his opinions."

Liang Hu couldn't help but feel a little proud to be able to be evaluated like this by a powerful Japanese daimyo. "The Ming Dynasty has been at war with the foreign tribes outside the Great Wall for decades, and has always been suppressed by the foreign tribes. But in recent years, it has been beaten to a pulp by Jiang Qingzhi..."

Zhang Yixiong frowned, "Who is Jiang Qingzhi?"

The Japanese were in the Warring States Period, and the daimyo were focusing on internal struggles. As for the outside world, who cared?

"Then the foreign tribes on the grassland should know about this, right?" Liang Hu felt like he was winking at a blind man.

"Of course I know." Qian Zhang Yixiong smiled with some contempt, "Back then, the Ming emperor led the army in person but was defeated by the foreign tribes on the grasslands, and his own people were captured. The capital was almost captured."

This is a shame for the Ming Dynasty.

Liang Hu said with a smile: "The alien races on the grassland are as powerful now as they were back then."

He looked at Zhang Yixiong in front of him, and after he digested the news, he continued, "That leader is a man of great talent and strategy, and his name is Altan. He only needs a few hundred cavalrymen to make the Ming army dare not show up."

Zhang Yixiong thought of the Mongol army back then. If it weren't for the divine wind, Japan would have fallen long ago.

"Jiang Qingzhi was able to defeat Altan Khan because of his firearms." Liang Hu inexplicably felt a sense of superiority. "Altan Khan led an army of more than 100,000 soldiers to the south, and the capital was terrified. Jiang Qingzhi led an army of less than 100,000 soldiers to attack and defeated Altan Khan, forcing him to flee almost alone."

"This is a famous general!" said Zhang Yixiong.

"Everyone in the Ming Dynasty calls him a legendary general!" Liang Hu said quietly.

"Why did Mr. Liang mention this person?" asked Zhang Yixiong.

"Now, this person is in the city." Liang Hu said, "I asked your lord if he has the courage, that's why."

Jia San added: "Komura Ichiro was destroyed by Jiang Qingzhi. This deal... do you still have the courage to continue?"

"I see!" Qian Zhang Yixiong laughed, "Why don't you dare?"

"Okay!" Liang Hu slapped the table, "But I want to remind you, my Lord, that Jiang Qingzhi is a bloodthirsty man who loves to attack. Rumor has it in the capital that he hates Japan for some reason and once said that he has a wish in his life."

"What wish?"

"Let's go to Japan!"

……

"We want good stuff in this deal. We won't accept anything that's unusable."

"Those firearms had never been used, and most of them were covered in grease."

“You’ve never used it?”

"There is no doubt that the navy has neglected training for many years and is known as mud. Those generals took advantage of it and secretly hid the firearms sent by the capital."

"Then how will they explain to the capital?"

"It's gone."

Zhang Yixiong was stunned, "What's the point of drifting?"

"It's... blatant corruption." In order to make this big deal, Liang Hu did not hesitate to expose the shortcomings of the Ming Dynasty.

"How could they...how could they be so blatantly corrupt?" Zhang Yixiong found it unbelievable. "Even the Shogun had to find an excuse." Is this still the Central Empire?

Such a Ming Dynasty is also a pile of mud, isn't it?

The only concern is firearms.

Japan had already imitated firearms, but due to the lack of resources and craftsmen, the scale of the imitation was not large.

If we can unify Japan, we can then integrate the country's resources and produce firearms on a large scale.

I think the Ming Dynasty would become even more unbearable by then!
At that time, Japan was at its peak, gathering a large army to go out to sea and land in Ming Dynasty...

The two discussed and determined the delivery method and payment method, and Liang Hu invited Zhang Yixiong to stay temporarily in his villa.

"It's quite convenient here. It's easy to go to the sea or into the city."

"No, I need to pass the good news to my lord in time. Besides, the money is on the sea." Zhang Yixiong did not say where the money was. "Now I am just waiting for Lord Liang's goods."

"No problem." Liang Hu walked him out with a flushed face, "Jia San."

"master."

"You personally escort the distinguished guest to the sea."

"Yes."

"Thank you, Mr. Liang." Zhang Yixiong turned around and said, "I think we will meet again."

"I hope so too."

They both laughed.

Liang Hu felt that what Zhang Yixiong said before was that the transaction would continue in the future.

Who can complain about having too much money?
As for Jiang Qingzhi, can he stay in Hangzhou forever?

As soon as he left, Liang Hu prepared to take action and win over the naval commanders with money and beautiful women.

When Zhang Yixiong walked out of the villa, two men wearing bamboo hats were waiting outside.

"let's go."

"Wait." Jia San called a carriage, "Let's talk in the car."

"So cautious?" Qian Zhang Yixiong laughed.

"Since Jiang Qingzhi is here, we'd better be careful," said Jia San.

Ha ha!

Zhang Yixiong smiled and got on the carriage with his two men.

Jia San discussed some details with him, such as how to connect, how to deliver the goods and so on.

When they arrived at a remote coast, the three got off the car and Jia San waved goodbye.

As the boat left the coastline, an attendant asked Zhang Yixiong, "How was the trip?"

"My lord's business has been completed." Qian Zhang Yixiong said, "I thought Liang Hu would keep things a secret and even ask for an exorbitant price, but who would have thought he would be so impatient. He even went so far as to expose the shortcomings of the Ming Dynasty."

"Isn't it?"

"He even went so far as to point out the biggest crisis facing the Ming Dynasty."

"What is it?"

"New Deal!"

Liang Hu said that the new policy severed the relationship between the Ming emperor and scholars. Now the Ming seemed peaceful, but the resentment among the people was like the raging fire of hell. Once it was brought out...

——That will definitely turn the world upside down!
At that time, Liang Hu was actually laughing, gloating and impatient.

It seemed as if the fall of the Ming Dynasty would be of great benefit to him.

"I don't understand the thoughts of the Ming people. They are willing to destroy their country." Qian Zhang Yixiong sighed, "In Japan, even farmers know the principle of fighting against foreign enemies together. People like Liang Hu should be the biggest beneficiaries of the existence of the Ming Dynasty, but they want to destroy the Ming Dynasty with their own hands."

Zhang Yixiong really didn’t understand.

An attendant said, "Someone once said that the Ming Dynasty is no longer the Han and Tang dynasties. It has been weak since the Song Dynasty. It no longer has that heroic spirit. Such a Ming Dynasty will not last long."

"Yes, there is no Central Plains after the Han and Tang Dynasties." Qian Zhang Yixiong sighed about the Central Dynasty at that time, and suddenly laughed, "This is not a bad thing for the lord."

"My lord has the ambition to unify the country. If he succeeds..."

"Then he will definitely look east."

"It's a pity that we lost the naval battle back then. If we had won, maybe we would be in the Central Plains now, enjoying life!"

"That naval battle..."

The three of them were silent. The Japanese in the former Tang Dynasty had challenged their teacher, but was severely beaten at Baekgang River and had been obedient for hundreds of years.

Now, ambition is burning again in this disciple's heart.

"Jiang Qingzhi is known as the greatest general in the world, and he relies on firearms. This time we buy firearms and bring them back. We should advise the lord to make a replica with all our strength."

"That's how it should be."

"The people of the Central Plains have a saying, 'Learn from the barbarians to defeat them.' We should do the same."

"On the contrary, we will use the firearms taught by the Ming people to destroy them."

Zhang Yixiong looked back at the coastline and said, "I will come back."

(End of this chapter)