Liu Mingzhi squinted his eyes thoughtfully, patted the debris on his hands a few times, and took off his dry tobacco bag from his arms.
Master Liu skillfully packed the tobacco, lit it with a fire stick, and silently puffed out a few puffs of smoke.
"Hoshino, please go on and let me open my eyes to see what shameless acts your Japanese royal family has done to your brothers and sisters."
"Mr. Liu, after hearing this, you will definitely feel unfair for Hoshino and us, brother and sister.
After all of us discussed it, my brother was forced to agree to the royal family's rude request. He thought that the matter could be completely settled, but he didn't expect that the royal family was not satisfied yet.
In addition to the Dalong treasures that His Majesty the Dalong Emperor rewarded us at that time, they actually wanted the Dalong specialties that our mission had purchased with silver taels from various major markets in the capital.
Mr. Liu, the rare treasures we presented to His Majesty the Great Dragon Emperor were originally collected at great cost by us. We first presented the treasures to His Majesty the Great Dragon Emperor, and then His Majesty the Emperor rewarded us with many great dragon treasures.
treasures and Dalong specialties.
The royal family demanded all the dragon treasures back. Our Sakai family was already at a disadvantage. By agreeing to their rude request, the pressure on my brother was already great enough.
However, we have all regressed to this point, but they are still not satisfied. They even want to devour the Dalong specialties that we spent a lot of money to buy in the capital.
Mr. Liu, tell me, are the people in the royal family bullying others too much?"
Liu Mingzhi looked at Sakai Hoshino's pretty face with furrowed eyebrows and was filled with anger, and with a complicated look on his face, he gently blew out the smoke from his mouth.
"Insatiable greed, these are indeed you Japanese people... Ahem, you Japanese royal family are really shameless, it really opened my eyes to this young master!
I think this is the reason why your Sakai family is at odds with the royal family."
"Liu Jun is right, the root of the conflict between my brother and the royal family is because of this incident.
You must know that in order for our mission to purchase these special products from the Great Dragon Celestial Dynasty, even if Hoshino and his brother did not spend all the family wealth, they were still very different.
We, the Sakai family, braved the risk of being buried in the belly of a fish at any time and traveled across the vast ocean to serve as ambassadors to the dragon. Only we know the hardships involved.
But the despicable and shameless royal family didn't even consider how much it cost Hoshino and his brother to successfully send envoys to the Great Dragon Heavenly Dynasty. They just wanted to daydream and plunder our hard-won achievements without any effort.
There is no such thing as bullying!
Facing the greedy, shameless and demanding royal family members, he couldn't bear it anymore, so he broke up with them.
It's just that the strength of the royal family has never been comparable to that of our Sakai family. At the beginning, my brother could only pretend to agree to their request.
After the royal family members relaxed their vigilance, my brother used the old wine we bought from Dalong Celestial Dynasty to get all the royal family members drunk.
After making sure that no one from the royal family would leak the news, my brother sent someone to put them in bags and throw them into the sea.
My brother knew in his heart that this was just a temporary measure at best. Once they didn't return, the royal family would definitely notice something was wrong, so he used the special products we bought from Dalong to win over allies.
After the royal family reacted, dozens of large Japanese families in Hiroshima, Fukuoka, Miyazaki, etc. south of Okayama became allies of our Sakai family.
At first they did not agree with this matter, because in the minds of us Japanese people, the royal family is the spokesperson of the gods and is an irrefutable existence.
The elder brother had no choice but to tell the patriarchs of these families the specific reasons why he was at odds with the royal family.
The elder brother did not force them to agree immediately and gave them time to send people to investigate the truth of the matter.
When those families knew the truth of the matter, they all sympathized with our family for the unfair treatment, and with the inducement of Dalong's specialties, they agreed to my brother's request to form an alliance with them."
Liu Mingzhi blew out the light smoke from his mouth, leaned over and knocked the ashes from the pot into the copper basin.
"Just because of this, those families agreed to your brother's alliance request? Is it more than that?"
Sakai Hoshino looked at Mr. Liu's shining eyes, his pretty face hesitated for a moment, bit his red lips and nodded silently.
"Mr. Liu is really inscrutable, Hoshino admires him very much.
Indeed, it was more than that. My brother also promised those families that once the alliance troops captured the royal family's territory, half of the territory would be given to them, so they were moved and agreed to my brother's request for an alliance."
Liu Mingzhi chuckled softly, and slowly wrapped the tobacco bag in his hand: "Xingye, I guess you haven't finished speaking yet. There should be other reasons besides this. If your brother doesn't come up with something that convinces them,
, they will definitely not agree to your brother's request so easily.
I guess your brother must have something in his hands that makes them think that your Sakai family has the strength to capture the Japanese royal family, so they will really agree to your brother's alliance request.
Otherwise, if it is just some verbal promises from your brother, they will definitely not respond to your brother's call so happily and choose to follow your brother to rebel against the royal family.
Hoshino, how is it? Is this young master right?"
Sakai Hoshino's pretty face was startled, and he looked blankly at Liu Mingzhi, who was smiling lightly, and nodded instinctively.
After reacting, Sakai Hoshino hurriedly looked away from Mr. Liu, his eyes evasive as he wrapped around his slender white fingers.
"Mr. Liu, Hoshino... Hoshino..."
"Okay, actually Hoshino, you don't need to tell me, I have already roughly guessed what it is that convinced the family patriarchs about your brother."
"Ah? Liu Jun, have you guessed it?"
Liu Mingzhi showed an enigmatic smile, stood up and walked towards the half-open window of the room.
Upon seeing this, Sakai Hoshino immediately stood up and followed Mr. Liu.
"Liu Jun, what's wrong with you?"
Liu Mingzhi placed his hands on the window sill and patted it gently a few times. He stared at the unique and beautiful scenery outside the window and sighed quietly.
"Those things are weapons, and they are the dragon's sophisticated weapons. Am I right?"
Sakai Hoshino's delicate body trembled, and he nodded silently while looking at Liu Mingzhi, who had a calm face.
"Well, Mr. Liu's guess is correct. It is indeed Dalong's sophisticated weapons and equipment. My brother spent a lot of money to buy those weapons from the shops in the capital."
"Can you tell me what weapons and equipment you have?"
Sakai Hoshino's fingers were tightly entwined, and he said hesitantly: "Swords, bows, crossbows, and many sophisticated weapons that Hoshino can't even name."
Young Master Liu's pupils suddenly shrank, and he clenched his fingers tightly on the window sill: "Where are the armors? What kind of armors are there?"
Hearing Young Master Liu's question, Sakai Hoshino shook his head without thinking this time: "There is no armor. There is not even a single armor in the armament of several ships."
"No armor?"
"Yes, I don't even have any armor. Every time my brother said he wanted to buy armor, the expressions of the craftsmen in the shop immediately changed.
Some polite craftsmen said they couldn't build it, but they didn't dare to build it, while those with bad tempers cursed and kicked my brother and the others out without explanation."
Liu Mingzhi suddenly loosened his grip on the window sill, looked at the scenery outside the window and let out a silent sigh.