"I will always go back to the Dongfan." Chen Daojian sat cross-legged, pushed a few tables away, and stretched his waist comfortably.

Chen Daojian saw several small plates in front of him, including boiled fish, soup made in soy sauce, and a small bowl of white rice.

This is already a top-notch dish in Japan, with a few dishes, sea fish, and soy sauce.

If Chen Daojian wanted to drink, he would also have a small pot of wine, and the Japanese would be drunk, but they would always use this small pot to hold the wine. They would rather drink one pot and add another pot than use a large pot or a jar of wine.

This is the Japanese, who always come to live in various disguises.

Chen Daojian has been tired of eating these sea fish recently and wants to have a good meal of meat, whether it is pork, beef, or mutton, or in short, it is just a large piece of meat.

But this requirement is difficult to meet in Japan, because their daimyo eats almost the same every day.

In Japan for more than half a month, Chen Daojian received two letters from Nan'an. The reason why it was so fast was that there were constant sea boats passing by the East Phantom, mooring, replenishing food and water to see if there was any goods to buy.

This is a good trend, which shows that the Dongfan has gradually become one of the distribution points for sea ships.

Chen Daojian finally completed the task completely and was ready to return to China.

Before this, he had taken turns to meet the officials here, and Zhang Bofu, a second-class official, had been promoted to the first-class official for his merits.

Chen Daojian felt that the Dongfan side was intentionally adjusting. With the conclusion of the business agreement, the number of staff at the resident office will increase significantly. It is too early to send officials, but it is still a very necessary measure to improve the level of officials.

The Japanese side did not know much about the political structure of the Dongfan Marquis' Mansion, but a first-class official stationed here should be relatively satisfied with the Japanese.

When Zhang Bofu came in today, a short and strong man followed behind him. After entering the room, the two of them clasped their fists together. Zhang Bofu looked at Chen Daojian, while the man glanced at the whole house with vigilance.

This is a habit that the people of the Military Intelligence Department have. Chen Daojian even knew that if they were more alert, they would also look at the way out and plan the escape route, but they would not do it more obviously.

"This is the head of director Deng from the Military Intelligence Department."

Zhang Bofu introduced: "The branch stationed by the Military Intelligence Department is headed by Director Deng in Japan."

Chen Daojian nodded slightly and signaled to understand.

The judge of the Military Information Department was Jin Jian, who was a young general. At first, people just thought that the king and the prince had let a group of confidants beside him, but later they realized that it was not that simple.

In the past two years, no matter how short of money Xu Zixian was, the amount allocated to the Military Information Department has not been interrupted.

The size of the Military Intelligence Department is now quite large, with only 500 officers in the other departments in total. No one knows the staff of the Military Intelligence Department. They only know that at the end of the year, when Kong He brought people to make accounts, they often feel very distressed by the expenses of the Military Intelligence Department.

There are already military intelligence personnel in Japan. The foreign military intelligence department is in various fields and prefectures. The scale of the branch office depends on the local importance. The station in Japan should be a branch station, with more than ten people, who will form senior officials, monks, merchants, or ordinary restaurant workers, and collect information through various channels.

In Chen Daojian's opinion, the foreign personnel were also quite excellent. For example, the head of Deng Fang in front of him was a first-class official among the officials, who was one level higher than Zhang Bofu before, but he had always pretended to be an ordinary minor official and respectfully served him. He had learned Japanese language and even understood the Japanese words.

Chen Daojian could only sigh that this department is worthy of being an important department established with a lot of money.

Deng Fang knelt across from Chen Daojian and said in a deep voice: "In recent days, we suddenly discovered that the Japanese were hoarding food and grass, and Izumo and other countries were setting up long-standing sects in the frontier of Feiqian. The Danai family was mobilizing troops. There were about 100 cavalrymen and more than 1,000 warriors camped on the edge of the long-standing sect built by the sea. Under their several key mountains, a large number of foot lights were gathering. According to our observation, there were about 10,000 people."

Chen Daojian looked calm and unmoved when he heard the news. He nodded until the end: "So, the Japanese cannot be bluffing. Which side are they cheating?"

"Yes." Deng Fang and Zhang Bofu nodded together, and both said, "If you bluff like this, the cost will be too high."

Zhang Bofu added: "The Danui family dispatched a large army and had to explain to the surrounding vassal states. General Muromachi, Hosokawa family and other daimyos will receive notifications. So if you want to confuse us or any of them, the movement of this will be too big and stupid."

"So it's really the threat of the big family?" Chen Daojian nodded, thought for a while, and said, "What are the movements of Kang Tianqi's fleet now?"

There was a hint of appreciation deep in Deng Fang's eyes. The next life in front of him was indeed quick-thinking, and he had a very comprehensive perspective on things, without any omissions.

No wonder at his current age, he served as the official envoy to Japan and represented the Nan'an Marquis Mansion with a full authority.

Chen Daojian lived up to his responsibilities and had reached an agreement with the Ouchi family and Muromachi, and also signed commercial cooperation treaties with many Japanese giant merchants.

Deng Fang quickly lowered his eyelids and said, "We have no one in Kang Tianqi yet. In order to get the exact news, I took people to the cliff by the sea last night and saw the port there gathering warships, sails were rising, crossbows and catapults were turned on, and many pirates were sharpening their knives and guns, and it seemed that they were preparing to fight."

"Understood."

Chen Daojian stood up and said to Zhang Bofu: "Appoint me somewhere and send someone to submit a letter first. I will ask for a meeting with Kang Tianqi."

"Yes, I'll follow the arrangements of the Lord."

Zhang Bofu didn't say much. Although it was not appropriate for the people from the Nan'an Marquis' Mansion to meet Kang Tianqi, one of the pirate kings, it was obvious that it would not work if they did not meet.

The people from the Nan'an Marquis' Mansion also understood that Kang Tianqi still had good intentions towards the Dongfan.

This is the fact. If Katsuki had not agreed to it, the Japanese, whether it was Muromachi or the Oui family, would not have agreed to negotiate an agreement with the Nan'an Marquis Mansion.

This matter is obvious. The Japanese people understand it in their hearts, and Chen Daojian is also clear.

"Hope is a false alarm." While waiting for communication, Chen Daojian sat cross-legged and prayed silently in his heart.

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Kang Tianqi is older than Chen Daojian imagined.

His hair and beard are all white, and his face is full of ravines. Although he tries to straighten his back, his old attitude is already quite obvious.

"Kang Shuai Wan'an." Chen Daojian raised his hand and bowed. As a junior, he still needs to be etiquette.

As for the title, of course, there is no need for the bandits of Kang Tianqi and others.

"The prison is free from courtship." Kang Tianqi showed a happy expression on his face and said with a smile: "The night you led people to attack and kill the Tianfang Mission, after I knew it, I only said that we are old and the world is now belongs to the children."

"Kang Shuai is too humble." Chen Daojian said with a fist, "When Kang Shuai was dominating the world, he didn't know where the prison was. Now he dared not be arrogant in front of Kang Shuai."

"It's fake to say that it's all over the world." Kang Tianqi smiled and said, "But I'm probably going to say that it's all over the seven seas, I probably deserve such praise."

Chen Daojian smiled but said nothing.

Kang Tianqi paused, with a leisurely look on his face, and slowly said, "It's not my own ability to say that traversing the seven seas is not my own ability. You are a junior, and I'm afraid you don't know what happened back then. When I was young and strong, the Great Wei sea was strictly guarded, and the navy often went to various countries in the East to catch thieves. Anyone who was arrested at the age of 16 would be beheaded immediately and would never be lenient. Once, I and more than 200 accomplices were arrested in Guangzhou and were taken to the beach by the deputy envoy of the Execution. I was lined up behind in the middle and looked at the rows of men being beheaded. I thought to myself, could I be in my twenties, and I didn't even eat a pot of wine or a plate of beef before my death, and I died like this? I felt unwilling, but I had no choice. All around were the soldiers and horses of the Execution Department's thief camp, holding long snares and guarding with strong bows, and there was no possibility of escape.

There were still thousands of people who were watching the fun, and they were whistling and cheering. At that time, I thought that those who were in our business were indeed notorious. Even if they were not arrested and beheaded, they would not be able to return home even if they were rich and prosperous in their lives. It was boring to think about it. Later, I escaped. What do you think? Suddenly the weather was dark and the wind was blown away by the eyes. Many people took the opportunity to escape. The archer shot arrows behind them, but the arrows were not far away and they were blown by the wind. I was tied up with both hands and trampled all the way to a deserted island dozens of miles away, grinding ropes with sharp stones, and there was no food or water on the island, so I caught poisonous snakes eating meat and drinking blood. After ten days, I encountered a small boat passing by and were saved. After that, I hid in the Eastern countries and hang out with Japan, and never returned to the Great Wei."

Kang Tianqi is an older person, and he is really clinging to his words, not very refreshing. As he spoke, he talked about the events back then. However, Chen Daojian did not show his impatient expression on his face, but continued to listen with interest.

The old man in front of him now looked white and his teeth were shaken, but he was a giant thief who had bloodshed the Japanese and Luzon. He now owned more than a thousand ships. His direct subordinates, together with pirates, sailors, shore personnel, merchants, and mates, had more than 100,000 subordinates of all kinds, and they were also an inviolable force in Japan. In the eyes of the Japanese, if Kang Tian prayed to help them with their coastal defense, they would be one of the names of the Japanese who regarded Kang Tian Qi as one of the names of Japan.

Kang Tianqi can directly use more than 30,000 subordinates. Remove some fishing boats, small boats, and merchant ships from the shore. There should be as many as 300 large and four hundred warships that can be used to fight against the enemy.

This is a considerable maritime power, and even the Great Wei Navy was at its peak.

Over the past few decades, pirates and maritime forces have developed thousands of miles a day and are flourishing. In the early and mid-term periods of the Great Wei Jian, the maritime forces of tens of thousands of people were enough to suppress everything. Now, hundreds of warships and tens of thousands of subordinates can live in a sea area. If Japan goes to Luzon, Eastern and Western countries, Southeast Asian coastal countries, including Malacca and the outskirts of the Indian Ocean, can still withstand Europe and the heavenly forces. Without more than a thousand warships, the navy forces of more than ten or 200,000 people will not be able to do such a thing.

The reason is very simple. Kang Tianqi, Wang Zhi, Yan Qi, Li Dan, and Pu Xingfeng, together they are more than 2,000 sailing warships and pirates of more than 10,000.

From Japan to later countries such as Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Vietnam, Cambodia, India, etc., the scope of these pirates is now even larger than this circle. In terms of current countries, there are more than 20 countries. Together with the coastal areas of the Great Wei Dynasty, the sea area and land area exceed 10 million square kilometers, and the population exceeds 100 million.

This is the early days of the Age of Discovery. The people of Tianfang, natives of various countries, the people of the Great Wei, and Europeans were already snatching the territory from the Indian Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. The Europeans had landed in South America, defeated the Inca Empire, and were colonizing South America.

They seized wealth in South America and received generous returns, which led to the rapid development of early colonial countries. In this era, it was also an era when European countries quickly accumulated after they let go of their hands and feet.

A hundred years later, smoothbore guns, artillery, and larger sail warships will appear one after another. Strengthened, more willful, determined, and more skilled colonists appear in North America and Africa, the Middle East, West Asia, Southeast Asia, and East Asia. They have successively occupied all the places that can be occupied around the world and plundered the wealth of various countries.

Later generations accused the colonists, but this is actually nothing wrong.

Any country or nation will surely rob others of territory and wealth when it is strong. The territory of China is not given by God. It was the ancestors who overcome all obstacles to defeat hostile tribes, and they also slowly explored it with swords, swords, shields and plows.

Chen Daojian knew that Xu Zixian's goal was to focus on the navy and gradually gain the lead in this struggle to seize colonies and maritime territory.

Within a hundred years, whoever obtains the ocean will master the future.

Before going to Japan to see the real pirate power, Chen Daojian was still a little suspicious of such words.

Wang Zhi is also a pirate thief, but his final choice is to return to the inner thief.

At this time, Chen Daojian felt something in his heart. Kang Tianqixiang was telling the old story, but in fact he was talking about analyzing his mentality.

Unlike Wang Zhi, who was thinking about returning to his roots, a giant thief like Kang Tianqi never thought of returning to his hometown since the day he went to sea.

If it weren't for the Chinese people's roots, it would be difficult to cut off, and Kang Tianqi would not have taken more care of the people in the Wei Dynasty.

How could he have such deep feelings for the Great Wei when he was almost beheaded by officials from the Great Wei?

This kind of self-report includes self-pride and a vague analysis of heart. Kang Tianqi and Wang Zhi are indeed quite different.

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