Chapter 120 Spy
"Kai usually spars with Xuanjing..."
Kaihime said helplessly. She didn't want to say more, but Toyotomi Hidenaga had just proposed to her father. In order not to make things difficult for her father, she had no choice but to use this method to put him off.
Toyotomi Hidenaga was completely stunned. He looked at Narita Ujinaga with his mouth slightly open, hoping to get the result he wanted from him.
"Hehe, this tea is indeed very good. Please enjoy it, gentlemen." Narita Ujichō picked up his teacup and drank the tea to hide his twitching lips and cheeks.
"This tea is indeed excellent. Brother, won't you have some? You might not be able to buy it even if you have the money!" Toyotomi Hideyoshi's face remained expressionless. His elder brother was composed in his dealings with others, but he was not good at putting on a show.
Toyotomi Hidenaga looked at his old and thin younger brother and lowered his head deeply. He felt ashamed to stay any longer. What had he just been doing? Oh... right, he was proposing marriage to Narita on behalf of his younger brother.
His younger brother was nearly sixty, while Narita Kai was not yet twenty; his younger brother could not cultivate, while Kai-hime was already a cultivator; his elder brother was a Yellow Realm cultivator, while her adoptive father was a Profound Realm cultivator. The only advantage he had over her was that the Toyotomi family had more members and more territory, but would Toyotomi Hideyoshi, as the "Kanpaku" (regent), really try to abduct her?
"Narita-kun, I heard that your daughter has some connection with Prince Heng of Daxia?" Toyotomi Hideyoshi slowly turned the teacup in his hand and spoke slowly, as if everything that had just happened had nothing to do with him.
“This…” Narita Ujigatsu hesitated, unsure of what to do.
“There is no longer a Crown Prince of Heng, only His Highness Prince Heng, and I am just His Highness’s maid.”
"Oh! What kind of maid?" Toyotomi Hideyoshi asked the same question as Narita, leaving Kaihime speechless.
"The tea-brewing maid, Kai brews tea only for him."
Toyotomi Hideyoshi's face froze, then turned increasingly red, and he spat out the last mouthful of tea, beginning to cough violently.
He was holding it in. Just moments ago, he had asked Kaihime to come out and brew tea for him, and now she's a maidservant who brews tea for His Highness the Great Xia King—he's not qualified... Isn't this going to give Hideyoshi internal injuries from holding it in?
Toyotomi Hidetsugu helped his uncle into the carriage outside the door. Every few steps, his uncle coughed, which frightened Hidetsugu. If his uncle suddenly died, he was not sure if he could hold onto his position as heir. He was still too young, and his uncle's power had not yet been transferred to him.
The horses pulling the carriage were all excellent—tall, gentle, and with glossy coats; they were genuine superior draft horses. They pulled the carriage quickly and steadily, and soon they left Rencheng, covering dozens of miles in one go.
"Stop the car..." Toyotomi Hideyoshi's voice suddenly sounded much older, causing Toyotomi Hidetsugu's heart to tighten again.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi brushed aside Hidetsugu, who came to help him, and got off the carriage expressionlessly. He sighed deeply and stood there for a long time. Just as Hidenaga was about to come over to comfort him, Hideyoshi suddenly drew Hidetsugu's katana and slashed down fiercely.
His sword remained steady, and the glossy-coated draft horse was beheaded without uttering a sound, its blood splattering everywhere.
"Hideyoshi, don't act impulsively for the sake of a woman. The bigger picture is more important."
"Brother, I didn't act impulsively for a woman, I did it for the Great Xia! Why does this vast empire of Great Xia have to oppress us? Why are we, the merchants of Fusang, so humble when facing the merchants of Great Xia?"
“The Great Xia is too big, and their heritage is too ancient. The foundation of Fusang cannot compare with that of the Great Xia. You know that.” Toyotomi Hidetsugu gently advised his younger brother. Although this younger brother was only a mortal, he was fearless when he went crazy.
"Fusang is not as large as Daxia, so we will expand Fusang's territory even further. Fusang's foundation is not as strong as Daxia's, so we will learn from their foundation. One day, we will make that vast empire submit to us!"
Qin Mo was beaten senseless by Allen again, and thoroughly experienced the struggle of Kaihime under his control.
He lay on the ground, panting heavily, deeply regretting that he had asked for trouble. Couldn't he have found other fun after Kaihime left? Instead, he insisted on sparring with Allen, only to be discovered by Allen that his combat skills hadn't improved at all, and seemed to have even regressed. When the Great Spirit got angry, it was no joke.
When he got up, Allen was already gone and didn't bother with him, so he had to call Uncle Lin over to ask him some questions.
"Uncle Lin, are there any ships going south recently?"
“Your Highness, there will be ships going to Champa in a few days. As you instructed, we need to stockpile grain, so last year I sent ships to contact the local people of Liandi. This year we went there to exchange cloth and ironware for grain, but they are too poor there. We didn’t make any money except for the grain.”
Lin Bo is now not only the steward of the Prince's Mansion, but also in charge of several trading fleets. For more than a year, he has been following Qin Mo's instructions to establish guild halls in several ports in the south of Da Xia to prepare for maritime trade.
"Prepare five hundred men for me, two hundred of my own men and three hundred of my own soldiers. I'm going to the south to seize a port." Qin Mo finally decided to go out and explore. Others may not care about us... but we'll sail the seas and seize a few good ports first.
"Well... Your Highness's 'Blue Star' hasn't returned yet. Perhaps we could wait a while...?"
Lin Huaiyuan kindly reminded Qin Mo that the sea is no joke, and the bigger the ship, the safer it is. Qin Mo is now the reliance of the entire naval force.
"I'm going to sea in secret this time. Don't tell anyone. Wouldn't it be better if the 'Blue Star' wasn't there?"
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