HCB Chapter 1246 2 Silver, 1 Month
Chapter 1246 2 Silver, 1 Month
Lin Zhen's actions can be described as a brilliant move that combines kindness and severity, effectively cutting off the source of the problem.
Mitsuhide Akechi and Nagahide Niwa, who were standing to the side, were both terrified and felt their scalps tingle!
Too bad!
This prince of the Celestial Empire is truly ruthless!
He's not just trying to steal money from Japan.
He's trying to steal the very soul from Japan!
Give miners and artisans the same status and treatment as the citizens of Daqian?
This is simply unheard of!
You should know that in their Japan, these so-called "lower class" people are not even considered human.
Their lives are even more lowly and cheap than those of stray dogs on the roadside.
But now this prince of the Celestial Empire is actually going to give him dignity?
How could he not be grateful? How could he not swear to be loyal to the death?
The order to recruit "servant soldiers" was even more vicious and insidious!
Ten taels of silver a month's military pay!
After the war, you can also obtain land and titles!
This was for those low-ranking samurai and ronin who were good for nothing but fighting and killing.
It's simply irresistible, a fatal temptation!
It's easy to imagine that before long, all the daimyo in Japan who are still observing and hesitating will be affected.
All of their most elite and fearless warriors would be completely wiped out by this prince of the Celestial Empire in the simplest and most brutal way!
At that time, their so-called "great names" will be completely reduced to empty commanders!
It can no longer stir up any waves!
high!
It’s really high!
This tactic of "cutting off someone's supply lines and undermining their position" is a masterful and unparalleled strategy!
In Mitsuhide Akechi's heart, his awe and fear of Lin Zhen rose to a new level once again.
He knew that from this day forward, this tiny Japanese country would completely become the private domain of this Eastern prince, who was more terrifying than a devil!
Anyone who dares to defy his will.
They will all die without a burial place!
"Your humble servant... obeys!"
He dared not have any other thoughts, and respectfully knelt down to accept this divine decree that could change the fate of the entire Japanese nation.
……
With the full cooperation of Mitsuhide Akechi and Nagahide Niwa, two "super collaborators".
The takeover of Iwami Ginzan proceeded exceptionally smoothly.
Those guards and overseers who were originally loyal to the Oda clan, after seeing that Akechi Mitsuhide and Niwa Nagahide, the two "traitors" at the highest levels of the Oda clan, had already submitted to them.
The last shred of resistance in their hearts crumbled instantly.
Almost no soldiers were lost.
This enormous treasure trove, which could generate a fortune every day, easily fell into the hands of Lin Zhen and Murong Yan.
And after the order to recruit "auxiliary soldiers" spread throughout Japan.
This caused an unprecedented and enormous sensation throughout Japan!
Countless samurai and ronin lived at the very bottom of society, impoverished and starving.
After hearing about the exorbitant monthly military pay of ten taels of silver and the promising prospect of being granted titles and land after the war, he was deeply impressed.
They were all like mad dogs that had been injected with chicken blood!
They flocked to Azuchi Castle from all directions of Japan!
The scene was even more exaggerated and frenzied than the Spring Festival travel rush ticket grabbing in later generations!
In less than ten days.
The massive "First Servants Army of the Great Qian Dynasty," composed of 100,000 of the most elite and fearless Japanese samurai, was officially formed!
And the first commander of this army.
Lin Zhen had already thought of everything for them.
That was the one-eyed dragon, filled with revenge and ambition, whom he had just released from that "cold palace" in Edo Castle.
—Date Masamune!
When Date Masamune met Lin Zhen again in the castle tower of Azuchi Castle and learned from him of this earth-shattering appointment that even he found unbelievable.
He was completely stunned.
He stared blankly at Lin Zhen's ugly face, which was filled with an indescribable sense of extreme shock and ecstasy!
He never dreamed of this!
Just a moment ago, he was a stray dog who had been relegated to guarding an empty city.
In the next moment, he ascended to the heavens in one step!
He became the supreme commander of this massive army of 100,000 of the most elite samurai in Japan!
This...this is even more thrilling and subversive than riding a roller coaster!
"Your...Your Highness..." Date Masamune's voice stammered with extreme excitement, "You...you're not joking with me, are you?"
He simply couldn't believe his ears.
He felt that this must be a hallucination caused by his excessive despair and resentment after being exiled to Edo Castle.
"Do I look like I'm joking with you?"
Lin Zhen shook her head with amusement at his comical expression of surprise and delight, which made him look like a complete idiot.
“Date Masamune,” his voice became serious, “the reason I entrusted this army to you is not because I trust you so much.”
"It's because I need the fiercest, yet most obedient dog!"
"A mad dog that can bite any enemy who dares to defy my will!"
“And you,” his gaze was like two sharp knives, fixed on Date Masamune’s only remaining eye, “are the most suitable dog that I have chosen!”
"Are you willing to be my dog?"
Lin Zhen's words were extremely impolite.
It is also extremely insulting.
But after hearing this, Date Masamune's ugly face showed not a trace of anger or humiliation.
Instead, he revealed a hint of obsessive, morbid joy at being overwhelmed with gratitude!
dog?
Mad dog?
OK!
Very good!
What Date Masamune liked most and was best at was being a mad dog that could bite people without restraint!
As long as he can regain that supreme power that controls the life and death of others!
Let alone being a dog!
Even if he were to be the lowest of the low, a lapdog who only wags its tail and begs for mercy!
He was willing to do it!
"Wang! Wang Wang!"
Without thinking, he knelt down heavily on the ground with a "thud"!
Then, mimicking a dog, he stuck out his tongue and licked Lin Zhen's boots with an incredibly fawning expression.
That lowly, undignified, and ugly appearance.
Those watching from the side, Mitsuhide Akechi and Nagahide Niwa, who had also been summoned for the meeting, felt a chill run down their spines for no apparent reason.
They looked at the man before them, who had become a complete slave to power, the former "One-Eyed Man of Australia".
The last vestige of what Japanese samurai called "pride" and "dignity" remained in their hearts.
It also vanished completely.
They knew from this moment on.
This tiny Japan will be completely and utterly reduced to the private playground of this Eastern prince, who is more terrifying than the devil.
And these so-called "new Japanese elites" are nothing more than a group of pitiful pets that he keeps in this cruel game, pets that can be sacrificed and abandoned at any time.
"very good."