Daming: The system rejected my request for salted fish

Chapter 782

These people in front of me are all Han people, and the fighting on the front line is so fierce, they must have a purpose for coming to Heian-kyo.

So what happened in Kabukicho was not accidental. These people came here specifically for him, the shogun.

Although I don’t know what they want, in the current situation, only cooperation can save my life.

Wei Wu didn't expect that just a joke and some pretense from him could scare Hosokawa Sawato into cooperating so well.

I couldn't help but sigh.

"You guys are pretty good at it."

Wei Wu just made a casual joke, but he found that the dog-raising hybrid was looking at him with an embarrassed expression.

"There's something on my face? Why are you looking at me like that?"

"No, Master, it's that I don't know how to translate what you just said."

"..."

After a moment's silence, Wei Wu reluctantly opened his mouth to explain.

"That sentence doesn't need to be translated!"

After saying that, Wei Wu turned around and looked at Hosokawa Sawato again.

"Since you're so...cooperative, then first tell me, what was the name of the merchant who sold you the cannon?"

artillery?

When he heard Wei Wu's words, the expression on Hosokawa Sawato's face froze for a moment.

Before this, he thought that Wei Wu and the others came to him in order to help the Ming army obtain intelligence.

Thinking of this, Hosokawa Sawato asked subconsciously.

"My lord, are you here for those cannons?"

After Hosokawa Sawato finished speaking, Wei Wu immediately smiled, and his smile was as warm as a spring breeze.

"No, I came here to chop you into pieces and feed you to the dogs."

As he spoke, Wei Wu raised his hand and pointed at the two people beside Hosokawa Sawato, then continued:

"If you keep talking nonsense like that, they'll start chopping stuffing right away."

As if to confirm what Wei Wu said, the two men who were holding Hosokawa Sawato immediately drew their daggers.

After being frightened by Wei Wu, Hosokawa Sawato suddenly remembered that he was a prisoner.

So without any hesitation, and without daring to hide anything, he immediately spoke:

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I know that businessman. His name is Fan Fushou. He's said to be from a big family in Jin!"

Fan Fushou!

After Hosokawa Sawato finished speaking, Wei Wu recited the name silently and memorized it firmly.

However, what concerned him more was what Hosokawa Sawato said next, that Fan Fushou came from a big family in Jin.

Jin land, which reminded Wei Wu of the artillery that he destroyed with a tank in Saga before.

According to Imagawa Ryotoshi, when Fan Fushou sold the artillery manufacturing technology to the Japanese pirates, he also put forward a condition.

It was necessary to purchase a large number of artillery from him. At that time, Wei Wu was wondering where the source of these artillery came from.

Not all garrisons have artillery. Only border posts, coastal defense posts, and important military towns have them.

It just so happens that Datong in Jin is one of the nine important cities of the Ming Dynasty. So could Datong be the source of these artillery pieces?

If they really came from Datong, it would be very troublesome, because Jiubian is the most important border town of the Ming Dynasty.

There is no small problem here, otherwise Zhu Yuanzhang would not have appointed his son to guard the border.

The key point is that the fief of Zhu Yuanzhang's third son, Prince of Jin Zhu Gang, is in Jin, and he had left Beijing to establish his own fiefdom five years ago.

Wei Wu believed that Zhu Gang would not betray the Ming Dynasty. After all, the Ming Dynasty belonged to his Zhu family, and he would not destroy his father's business.

But if the artillery came from Datong, it would be hard to say that this matter had nothing to do with Zhu Gang.

The issue of ordnance itself is sensitive, and artillery is the most important part of the ordnance. And then there's the issue of a prince...

To be honest, Wei Wu is now a little overwhelmed. If it is really related to the King of Jin, then this matter must never be spread out.

I can only wait until I return to Beijing to discuss it with Lao Zhu alone. After all, he is his son, and only Lao Zhu can decide how to deal with it.

But before that, I can find an opportunity to meet with Zhu Chong and see if I can get any information from him.

Thinking of this, Wei Wu asked again.

"When you got those cannons, did you see any inscriptions on the barrels?"

"There should be inscriptions, but when we got it, they had all been worn away and couldn't be seen clearly."

At this point, Hosokawa Sawato lowered his head to recall the past, then continued:

"Only one of the gun barrels wasn't polished very cleanly. You can vaguely see it's from the original guard."

Got it!

After hearing this answer, Wei Wu was basically certain that these cannons came from Jin.

There are dozens of garrisons in Jin, but only the four garrisons in Taiyuan Prefecture can be related to the original garrisons.

They are Taiyuan Left Guard, Taiyuan Right Guard, Taiyuan Vanguard and Taiyuan Back Guard. At the same time, Zhu Gang's fiefdom is in Taiyuan!

It now seems that this matter is no longer something Wei Wu can handle, and he can only wait for Zhu Yuanzhang or his elder brother Zhu Biao to deal with it.

After putting the matter aside, Wei Wu looked at Hosokawa Sawato again and asked about the whole process of Fan Fushou's contact with him.

It turned out that Imagawa Ryotoshi was not lying at the time, and what Hosokawa Sawato said was almost the same as what he said.

Apart from some minor differences in details, they are basically the same and there is not much useful information for Wei Wu.

However, there was one thing that made Wei Wu feel a little strange, so he asked about it immediately.

"You said Fan Fushou used pirates to pass on a message to you, and then contacted you to complete the transaction. That doesn't make sense!"

"I know that both the shogunate and the daimyo of various places have sent people to pretend to be pirates to plunder at sea."

"But as far as I know, all of this is done in secret. Fan Fushou is doing business in Jin, and there's no sea there!"

"How did he know that he could send a message through pirates, and with such precision, that he could find the one you sent right away?"

When Wei Wu captured Imagawa Ryotoshi, he had this doubt in his mind, but he didn't ask it at that time.

After all, the person who had contact with Fan Fushou was not Imagawa Ryotoshi, so it would be useless to ask, but it was different for Hosokawa Sawato.

He is the person involved, so he can definitely answer this question.

Facts proved that Wei Wu was right. Hosokawa Sawato did give the answer, but this answer caught him off guard.

"Because Fan Fushou has the token of the Zen Master in Black Robe in his hand. It was the Zen Master in Black Robe who instructed him to find it."

Zen Master in Black?