Chapter 132: War Breaks Out at the Slightest Disagreement

While Omura Junji was immersed in the majestic scale of the Wansheng battleship, the sailors on the ship were already skillfully operating several sails and sailing towards the shore in the direction of the wind.

At the same time, the originally dark, thunderous clouds had also swept into the distance.

Soon after, a red sun appeared above everyone's heads again.

As the naval fleet gradually approached the coast, countless people on the shore exclaimed in unison.

Is this a sea monster? It’s so huge!

Amidst the exclamations of the people, a small sampan swayed out of Kobe Port and headed towards the naval fleet.

In front of the Wansheng, this small sampan is simply a dwarf-like existence, just like the Japanese dwarf of this era. A random wave from the Wansheng may overturn it.

Standing on the deck, Qin Hao, Duan Daxin, Zhang Hu, and even the sailors looked at the approaching ship with amusement in their eyes.

As the ship approached, Qin Hao could even clearly see the shocked expressions of the Japanese losers.

Great God Yamata! How could there be such a terrifying ship in the world!

This is definitely not domestic!

Of course not. What samurai masters are willing to spend money to build such a big ship? All their money is spent on the kabuki belly of the izakaya.

Many people exclaimed at the magnificence of the battleship in front of them, and many people were frightened.

If you fight the people above, you probably won't win.

How is it possible? The person next to me was dismissive. What do you think about fighting such a warship? Even if the samurai master is willing to marry off his daughter, no one is willing to die.

Have you seen the black muzzles protruding from the ship?

hiss!

"Shut up and step aside!"

Just as the soldiers wearing ashigaru costumes, hats on their heads, and holding bamboo spears gathered together to discuss, a military officer wearing dark red armor came out of the cabin and yelled at these ashigaru people. One sentence.

After seeing the military commander coming out, the ashigaru stepped aside one after another to make way for him to walk.

The general walked to the front of the board, his eyes wandering around, carefully looking at the sea monster in front of him.

As an epoch-making product, the Wansheng was assembled by the most powerful warship casting team in Keelung. Led by Li Chun, hundreds of craftsmen worked meticulously to build it for half a year.

Although it is a first-class battleship like the Bloodthirsty Wolf, the tonnage of the Wansheng is twice that, a total of 1,000 tons, and the number of naval guns is three times more, with a maximum limit of 150 guns of various types, leading More than a hundred years ago.

The whole body of the Wansheng is covered with blue steel. As armor, it is basically impossible for solid bullets within ten pounders to penetrate it.

Under the dazzling sunlight, Qinggang looks dark, and it is not an exaggeration to say it is a black ship.

After scanning for a long time, the Japanese military general seemed to feel the soreness of his eyeballs. Apart from the power and grandeur, he could not see anything else with all his gaze.

After a while, under Chen Hu's supervision, the Japanese general boarded the deck with several of his men.

When the person walked up to him, Duan Daxin naturally glanced at Junji Omura.

Omura Junji is extremely sensible. Now he has regarded this group of saviors as his masters, and he naturally welcomes them.

However, he was still very devoted to his former master, and bowed down with a smile on his face before speaking.

"Respect, Sir Samurai, this is the general from Keelung. He is going to Kyoto to meet with the Cabinet to discuss important matters."

Omura Junji fluently repeated the words taught by Duan Daxin.

The Japanese military general did not speak, but frowned. He was very angry at the fisherman in front of him who did not kowtow to him. If he had followed the past, he would have died by now. If it were not for the sake of the visitor, how could he talk to him? Got to talk.

"Keelung? General?!"

The military commander Ueda Shinji obviously did not get the key point, but instead became suspicious of Qin Haode's identity.

"I'm the commander of Kobe Port, Ueda Shinji. I've met a few of them."

Although he was very confused, Ueda Shinji still came over, clasped his fists and saluted, and said his name in a very polite manner.

"Yeah!" Qin Hao responded softly without saying anything else.

A little Japanese samurai is not qualified to communicate with him.

Therefore, this matter was handed over to Omura Junji, a local rat.

"Sir Samurai, we need a berth in the port to dock the ship, and we need to trouble Sir Samurai to issue a certificate to allow us to disembark."

"Please forgive me for my presumption. The fleet of several people has caused a little panic to the people on the shore. Therefore, I cannot provide a berth. Moreover, there are no ships large enough in Kobe Port to dock such a large ship. I hope you can forgive me. "

Ueda Shinji's face was gloomy, and Omura Junji was frightened. Didn't this samurai know the power of General Keelung's fleet?

Moreover, as a fisherman, Omura Junji knew that Kobe Port could berth ships like the one at his feet, and even a dozen more ships would not be a problem. This was proof of his vicious vision as a maritime fisherman.

Omura Junji kept winking, hoping that the samurai would change his mind, but what he received in response was Ueda Shinji's contemptuous eyes, and he ignored his reminder.

At this time, Zhang Hu suddenly spoke: "Damn it, those people on the shore are timid and have never seen the world. We are not trying to scare them. We just want to go ashore, and we have no ill intentions. If we really have ill intentions, do you think you can resist?"

Zhang Hu's words were already very polite. You know, he had killed two arrogant Japanese businessmen in Ryukyu before.

However, what he said was true.

Because if Qin Hao really had ill intentions, then Kobe would have been a scene of flames rising to the sky, and no one would be left alive.

"Hey, say something!"

Chen Hu drew out his sharp waist knife and pointed at Shinji Ueda's nose.

Seeing this, the other Japanese soldiers hurriedly picked up bamboo spears for defense.

In an instant, the deck was in chaos, and there was a rhythm of war if there was a disagreement.

Shinji Ueda was already sweating profusely, and he was in a dilemma at this time. From his heart, he didn't want to see such a thing happen.

However, the magistrate on the shore repeatedly told him not to let the fleet enter the port, so what could he do?

He was just a small samurai and could not make any decisions.

Damn old man Sugimoto, I really don't know what he was thinking.

If he had to pass the message himself, such a powerful fleet would not be able to resist it.

Could it be that his brain was burned because of too much Kabuki?

Shinji Ueda made malicious guesses.

However, he did not dare to disobey the decision of his immediate superior. His originally gloomy face suddenly showed a playful smile and a flattering look.

"I'm sorry, my lords, it was the order of the magistrate of Kobe Port not to let the ships land. As a samurai, I can only convey his words according to the order."

After saying that, Shinji Ueda immediately knelt on the ground and prayed silently.

"In this case, you bring some money ashore and see if you can help."

In order to reduce unnecessary trouble, Qin Hao couldn't help but speak after all.

Let Duan Daxin take out a box of silver dollars from the cabin and give it to Shinji Ueda to take back.

"I will definitely report to you and follow your request."

Shinji Ueda was not vague. He took the silver dollars and led his men to the port on his small sampan.

"My lord, a small Japanese port, let me lead the troops, and I will definitely capture it in half an hour!"

Zhang Hu was as reckless as ever, and didn't care about the small Japanese port at all.

"Be patient." Qin Hao advised, "Let's wait and see, it's not polite to come without returning the favor!"

Although Qin Hao planned to capture the whole of Japan, if the other party didn't give him an excuse, he couldn't lick his face and start a war.

Napoleon said: All wars must have reasonable reasons to appear just, even if it is dirty in private, it can be forgiven by the people.

And what Qin Hao wants to do is just like this, now he just needs to wait.

About two quarters of an hour later, Shinji Ueda came back with his men. He looked at Qin Hao with a guilty look on his face, not noticing the smile that had just begun to emerge on his face.

"My lords, the magistrate said that we have to pay three times the silver to pass through!"

After saying that, Shinji Ueda's face flushed, and he lowered his proud head like a child who had done something wrong.

Shinji Ueda had just landed and handed the box to Ichiro Sugimoto, the magistrate, and also told Qin Hao and others about their request to enter the port.

At first, Ichiro Sugimoto agreed, but the moment he opened the box, the whole room was filled with silver light, a full three hundred silver dollars. Sugimoto couldn't suppress his trembling hands, took out a silver dollar, touched it, kissed it, and fell into endless enjoyment.

Although Shinji Ueda was greedy for the silver dollars in the box, as a samurai, he still kept his promise and mentioned the request to enter the port again.

Ichiro Sugimoto, who had originally agreed, looked at the silver dollars in front of him and his attitude suddenly changed. He asked Shinji to go back and ask Qin Hao for three times the silver dollars before he was allowed to enter the port.

Shinji was quite helpless about having such a boss.

Even a clay man would be angry, not to mention the seamen of the navy fleet who killed people without blinking an eye.

After hearing the request of the Kobe magistrate, the ship was immediately furious.

"Go in and kill that stupid magistrate."

"That's right, let them taste the power of the naval gun."

"You dare to ask for money, you don't know how to live or die!"

For a while, the crowd was indignant, and many sailors had taken out flintlock rifles to prepare for battle.

"Ichiro Sugimoto, the magistrate of Kobe Port, this guy is timid and greedy for money. I guess he wants to get some money from you, so he can let this samurai come to embarrass you."

For this magistrate, Junji Omura, who lives in a fishing village near Kobe, is quite familiar with it.

His greed was obvious to all the people in Kobe. Every time the fishermen caught fish and came to the city to sell them, they would be taxed by the subordinates sent by the Lord. And it was a heavy tax.

It was so high that it was unacceptable. It almost cut off their source of livelihood. Moreover, if they did not pay, they would be beaten. Junji Omura suffered several losses.

Hearing this, Qin Hao sneered.

It was really unexpected that Japan, which had just entered the peaceful era, still had such a greedy termite.

And it was a strange flower!

If ordinary officials saw their fleet, they would not have such greedy thoughts at all.

But this Lord Sugimoto Bugyo was fearless in stopping him. I don’t know if he was doing his duty or was just being hot-headed.

“This guy still wants money? I remember you brought a lot back not long ago, but he’s still not satisfied?”

Qin Hao looked at Ueda Shinji with a half-smile.

Ueda Shinji felt the coldness of the young general in front of him, and immediately leaned down and whispered to Qin Hao: “Ichiro Sugimoto, the magistrate of Kobe Port, was originally just an old friend of a rice shop, doing rough work all day, but he did have a daughter who married Tokugawa Mitsunari, who was the son of the current shogun’s concubine, so this guy also rose with the tide.

According to the words of the Ming Dynasty, he is an out-of-law, and he can only have such benefits because of his ancestors’ graves, so he naturally becomes more arrogant and domineering.”

After listening to this explanation, Qin Hao completely understood.

No wonder, it turns out that this is an out-of-law who relies on his status as a local snake to bully outsiders.

"This Sugimoto Ichiro is indeed as the people say, greedy and vicious. No matter which merchant comes to Kobe, he will take advantage of his relationship to collect money, without exception." Ueda Shinji continued.

Qin Hao heard this and raised his right hand and shook it under his chin twice.

"Merchants are merchants. They can give money to this guy because they are not capable enough, so they dare not offend Sugimoto. The strong dragon is just a local snake, which is not good for me." Then Qin Hao pointed at his nose. "Besides, do you think I am an ordinary merchant?"

Ueda Shinji smacked his lips, thought for a moment, and shook his head.

He saw that the group of people in front of him were really not merchants. From a distance, there were at least five warships, all of which were strong ships and powerful guns. The sailors on the ship were also full of murderous aura. Those who had never killed people would not have such temperament. The possibility of being merchants was basically eliminated. Fang looked like a group of sea robbers, and the most rampant one.

Sugimoto Ichiro is really used to being arrogant. He doesn't know what he is doing. He didn't even go out to see what kind of ship it is. He just took the money. This time he is going to get into big trouble.

Ueda Shinji was secretly happy!

Qin Hao raised his hand and said, "Go back and tell Sugimoto Bugyo to prepare a berth for me immediately. If he doesn't agree to my request after an hourglass, then I don't mind bombarding Kobe!"

As soon as Qin Hao said this, both Ueda Shinji and Omura Junji widened their eyes, their faces full of disbelief.

What!

Bombarding Kobe?

This trouble is too big. Ueda Shinji was about to step forward to dissuade him, but he was thrown onto his small sampan by Zhang Hu.

"Go back quickly and tell that idiot that he is dead this time!"

Zhang Hu smiled grimly. He had been unhappy with this group of Japanese for a long time. Now that the lord has given an order, he is ten thousand happy.

With great shock, after staring at Zhang Hu for a while as if he was looking at a madman, Ueda Shinji hurried away.

Looking at Ueda Shinji's departing back, Qin Hao sneered: "Send flag signals, tell all warships to prepare for an hourglass, and then follow orders to fire at Kobe Port!"

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