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152. The promise of justice for a long time

Leaving Kyushu Island, I asked Arashi's fleet to return to Hakata first, but I was invited by Shimazu Yoshihisa to set off for Kagoshima. To put it bluntly, the senior management of both sides met to deepen their understanding and lay a more solid foundation for the next step of cooperation.

From Seed Island to Kagoshima, it's just a one-day trip. The name of Kagoshima is very cute, but it was not a synonym for love in that era.

Kagoshima is the southernmost prefecture at Kyushu, opposite to the Homi Islands and Okinawa to the south. There is a north-south Kirishima volcanic belt in the center. It has strong volcanic activity, many hot springs, but the soil is very barren. The Satsuma plot is located in the west, and there are also many old volcanoes and hot springs.

According to Shizushima Shimazu Yoshihiro, Shimazu Yoshihiro likes to choose this place because it has "the best soup in the world"!

This so-called "soup" does not refer to the soup you drink, but to the hot spring bath. In Japan, many people have the hobby of "sucking in the soup". I guess Shimazu Yoshihisa is also a fan of it, so they make an appointment with people here.

Accompanied by the warm afternoon sun, my flagship was sent to Kagoshima Port. A group of people were waiting for the port. After I met it, it was Shimazu Yoshihisa and his party!

Shimazu Yoshihisa, now fifty years old, wore a black orchid kimono, and a rigorous "one bun", also called "the crown bun" - this is the unified hairstyle of the Daming of the Warring States Period. As a wise man who is cautious everywhere, Shimazu Yoshihisa's dress is meticulous.

While waiting for me, he put his hands in his sleeves and stood on the dock with his legs standing. Seeing me coming, he immediately came up enthusiastically and greeted me when he came in front of me.

The wise man in Kyushu looked me up and down with enthusiasm and caution, and studied my gentle smile repeatedly, before he let go of the vigilance in his heart and changed into a warm face.

"Qi Lan Palace! I'm not a problem with calling you that!" At this time, Shimazu Yoshihisa's position was from the third rank, which was basically the same as my position in the Ming Dynasty, so he politely called me according to the same level, completely ignoring the age gap.

From his expression, I could deeply feel the meaning of his friendship, which made me full of doubts - as a practical ruler of Southern Kyushu, a powerful figure who unified all Kyushu, why do I value and win over me such an outsider young man?

I don't believe that there is a connection between people for no reason, not to mention that he and I have never met before.

But I covered up my inner doubts well - at least that's what I think, and I also replied enthusiastically: "Yijiu Palace! I have made you wait for a long time! It's really rude!"

Shimazu Yoshihisa laughed and introduced me to a middle-aged man dressed as a samurai. He said, "This is my brother, Yui! You know each other!"

I will look at Shimazu Yuki, who is about 1.65 meters tall, which is already very tall in the Warring States Period! Wearing a kimono with a red-brown bottom, a medium-length * on my waist. A gentle smile was on my face, but the light of wisdom was shining in my eyes.

I thought to myself that Shimazu Suiku was also a famous general of the Warring States Period that I admired quite well in my previous life.

Although as a military general, he is not as famous as his wise man as his elder brother, nor as brave as his second brother, Shimazu Yoshihiro, in fact, he is Shimazu Yoshihiro, Shimazu Yoshihiro, and himself and his fourth brother Shimazu Yoshihiro, who is the wise man of his elder brother, and he is also determined and courageous!

Shimazu Suki was regarded by his grandfather Shimazu Tadaroyuki as "a wisdom that thoroughly observes interests" since he was a child. In the eyes of later generations, he was a rare wise general of Satsuma who was brave and brave. Suki mainly served as a military adviser next to his elder brother Yoshihiro, and his words and deeds deeply influenced the strategic policies of the Shimazu Legion.

Since the battle of Iwaki Castle when he was in his early teenage formation, he has participated in most of the joint battles of the Shimazu family with his brother Yoshihiro and his younger brother Ichiha. He has successively served as the deputy general of his second brother Shimazu Yoshihiro, and made great achievements in Yokogawa Castle.

Since 1563, Shimazu Yukihi was the lord of Yoshida Castle. He has achieved remarkable political achievements and is praised by the local people. It is also said that Suijiu has a very amazing alcohol tolerance and often drinks toasts from his retainers in his home banquets, which has won the admiration of many retainers.

On the eve of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's Kyushu conquest, Yoshiki advocated surrender to Hideyoshi, but the other three of Shimazu's four brothers all advocated the War of Resistance, so Yoshiki's proposal was rejected.

As Sui Kuo said, after completely defeating Yu Hideyoshi, Yoshihisa decided to surrender to the Toyotomi family. However, after Sui Kuo surrendered to Hideyoshi in the Shimazu family, out of the maintenance of the family's reputation - I thought so in my previous life - his attitude towards Hideyoshi suddenly changed completely and began to take a fierce resistance!

Since then, he has fought against Hideyoshi, who has been in power for many times, and has deeply angered Hideyoshi. Hideyoshi then ordered Yoshiki to attack his younger brother Suijiu. In order not to make the eldest brother embarrassed, Suijiu has mercilessly extinguished himself at the age of 56.

However, people have not forgotten this capable, wise, rational, but emotional general. After Hideyoshi's death, the people who respected Suijiu built Shingao Temple where he committed suicide to commemorate Suijiu--the current Hiramatsu Shrine. Shimazu Suijiu was believed by the people from generation to generation as the god of war and the god of Ansen, until today.

There is a saying in Japan - "The Shimazu family has no dark king"! In other words, as the representative of Kyushu, the Shimazu family's masters and retainers were outstanding figures with both civil and military affairs. This sentence can be confirmed by the fact that the Shimazu family can gain a foothold in the chaotic Warring States Period and then safely spend the three hundred years of Edo.

Today I was able to meet two of the best Shimazu family famous generals at once, and I felt very touched. For some reason, I, who are familiar with the history of the Warring States Period, am not very interested in many wise and brave generals. I always think that they seem to be incompatible with their aura, and their deeds cannot resonate with them.

But thinking seriously, during the Warring States Period, I did have some of the people I admired the most. When it comes to daimyo, I most agree with Kenshin Uesugi; when it comes to wise men, I am grateful to Masayuki Sanada; when it comes to yongsang, I admire Shirata Snow the most; but what I understand most is the Shimazu Yoshiki in front of me.

When I saw someone who had been in contact with God for a long time, I was filled with emotion. But when I was moved, I also introduced Buhui and Jiugui Zhengxiao and others. The atmosphere was warm for a while and we greeted each other.

Shimazu Yoshihisa pulled my wrist and led me to the place where I was preparing to receive me. It was located in a bathhouse called "Misty Soup" on Sakura Island...

I can understand this kind of etiquette of pulling someone to take a bath as soon as we meet, but I need to adapt to it slowly... However, Yoshiki didn't plan to take off his clothes when he met, but instead entertained me in the small attic outside the pond.

Maybe I heard from Shiyao Seed Island that I don’t like seafood, so the meals he ordered people to make were very suitable, especially the meat floss, egg yolk sushi and seaweed rice rolls. I ate two servings myself, and the udon noodles were also very delicious. After one bowl, I ordered another bowl.

Shimazu Yoshihisa and Shimazu Yoshihisa laughed loudly and said that I was a person who was not fake, so I also ate another bowl with me.

After dinner and drinking a little wine, Shimazu Yoshihisa proposed to go to the soup. Now everyone is getting familiar with each other, just wash it!

So I brought Buxuan and followed Shimazu Yoshihisa and Shimazu Familyku into the soup inside. They were both brothers, which was just right. The soup outside of the Kyugi Masato and the others did not wash the soup outside, and they continued to deal with the delicious food on the plate! After eating, they went to Goshima to fish...

When most of my body was soaked in the hot spring that was still "gulp" and bubbled, I couldn't help but tremble comfortably!

At this time, Shimazu Yoshihisa's voice came: "Qi Lan Palace... Well, I'm a little bit older, I'll call you Qi Lan, okay?" Seeing me nodding, he continued with a smile: "Qi Lan, this is my favorite soup bath that I have traveled all over Kyushu Island! It is said that it can cure all diseases, you can experience it well! If you like it, you will come often in the future!"

I laughed and looked at Shimazu Yoshihisa and said, "Brother Yoshihisa is so polite! How can I be so embarrassed? I will definitely come if you ask me to come, but I will never be polite!"

The two Shimazu Yoshihisaki brothers were stunned, and at the same time, they burst into laughter with blushing without regrets! Japanese people are generally implicit, but have you ever seen me as simple and direct? So Shimazu Yoshihisaki was panting and said, "You don't have to be polite! I'll make arrangements for my servants! Qi Lan is here, we'll greet you all!"

I laughed with him for a while, and the laughter gradually subsided. We both understood that the greetings would end here. It was time to talk about the serious business.

Shimazu Yoshihisa smiled slightly, but said something that made my heart beat faster: "Ki Lan, I know you must be very strange. Why do I value you so much! Right?"

There are only two possibilities for such straightforward words. One is that you have no mind and cannot hide it; the other is that you are holding it, and you can see the fire. I firmly believe that Shimazu Yoshihisa is the latter. He knows very well what he is saying, and he also firmly believes that I will agree with his point of view, so he is so straightforward and straight to the point.

I nodded and said without any concealment: "I believe that under the name of the most wise man on Kyushu Island, Brother Yoshiki will not make valueless investments!"

Shimazu Yoshihisa laughed again and said, "Investment? Qi Lan, you have been doing business for a while, why are you talking about business? "

But I took two sips of cherry blossom wine, and a icy stream flowed down my throat, burped, wiped my mouth, and smiled and said, "It's right to be in Shangyanshang!"

Shimazu Yoshihisa smiled and said, "It's true! You said it right. Although I am not a businessman, I will not invest in it for no reason!"

I picked up the bottle, took another sip, but smiled and didn't say anything, waiting for him to continue talking. A glimmer of light flashed in Shimazu Yoshihisa's eyes, staring at me and smiling: "Because I believe you will be the one who changed the pattern of the Warring States Period!"
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