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Volume 1: Dragon Trapped in the Shoals Chapter 143: Ransom

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    Chapter 143 Ransom

    Dosan is a small mountain only fifty meters high located on the Taehwa River in the Ulsan Plain. However, although the mountain is not high or steep, due to the undulations that stretch for several miles and the many trees on the mountain, it is still a small mountain.  Great place to hide.

    "Watanabe Jiro, are you talking about this hill?" Kobayakawa Hideaki was riding on a horse, looking at the hill called Shimayama not far away for a while, then turned his head and asked an attendant samurai following behind him.

    "Yes, sir, there were less than fifty of us. We protected our lord and escaped from the Calabash Valley in Jinshan Mountain with great difficulty. We had to avoid the Ming Dynasty pursuers behind us along the way, and we also tried our best to avoid the Koreans. We went through a lot of hard work.  It took a lot of effort to escape to Ulsan. I thought I was safe, but when I passed this small island mountain, I was robbed by grass bandits on the mountain. The young people were helpless. Although they resisted desperately, they had no choice but to rely on the strength of the people.  Everyone, they were all caught right here." Watanabe Jiro said, lowering his head in shame.

    Kobayakawa Hideaki nodded slightly and looked at the island mountain in front of him again. A small mountain like this could hide more than two thousand people. There is no place to hide nearby. It is estimated that the situation on the mountain is indeed like this.  According to Jiro Watanabe, there are only a thousand people at most.  After thinking about the five thousand people he had brought, he felt more confident.

    "Watanabe Jiro, the people on the mountain are pirates and not local Koreans. Did they tell you personally? You must understand this. If they are pirates, it's okay. Even if they don't give Kobayakawa face,  , but we must also give the Maori family face. The Maori family's fleet is not a decoration. Since you said they are from the Kobayakawa family, I think they are here just for money. They dare not harm the Kobayakawa family, but if the people on the mountain are North Koreans,  The locals are in trouble. They have always been very hostile to us." Although Kobayakawa Hideaki was confident that he could easily deal with more than a thousand grass bandits, he was still a little worried about what the people on the mountain would do to the captured Kobayakawa Takakage.  unfavorable.

    "Sir, after the young men were captured and brought up to the mountain, they listened to the speeches of the people on the mountain. Some of them spoke Japanese, some spoke Korean dialect, and some spoke Ming Dynasty Mandarin. It can be seen from this that it was as if they spoke it themselves.  Nine times out of ten, it is a pirate trying to make a living at sea, not a Korean who fell into the trap of being a pirate. Moreover, if it is a Korean, if they catch one of our people, they will usually usually kill them as soon as possible.  If someone wants to kill us, why would he let the younger one go down the mountain to raise the ransom?" Watanabe Jiro explained softly.

    Hayakawa Hideaki nodded again. He felt that what Watanabe Jiro said was very reasonable. Although he had grown up with Toyotomi Hideyoshi since he was a child, he was not very familiar with the pirates formed by Japanese ronin, Ming Dynasty and Koreans.  What's going on, but since he was adopted to Kobayakawa Takakage whose territory was on the coast a few years ago, he has heard about those pirates.

    Of course, Kobayakawa Hideaki is very clear about the relationship between Kobayakawa Takakage and the Mori family. The Mori family has an extremely powerful navy in the whole of Japan, and these navy soldiers sometimes make guest appearances as pirates. It can be said that the Maori family's navy  The army has more or less connections with many well-known pirates at sea, and ordinary pirates will also give face to the Maori family.  Of course, the relationship between Kobayakawa Takakage and the Mori family is not a secret in Japan, so even if the pirates do not give the Kobayakawa family face, they will carefully consider the consequences if they want to harm the Kobayakawa family.

    "Watanabe Jiro, do the people on the mountain know that you are from the Kobayakawa family? They don't know the identity of your father, right?" Kobayakawa Hideaki confirmed again uneasily.  He has not yet been officially recognized by the Kobayakawa family, nor does he have control of the core ruling power of the Kobayakawa family, so he does not want Kobayakawa Takakage to die at this time - at least if the old guy dies, he must summon the Kobayakawa family's retainers and clansmen and hand him over in person.  Just seal it

    "Sir, after we were captured, we told them that we were from the Kobayakawa family, and that the master was an important retainer of the Kobayakawa family, so they were quite polite to the master, and let the younger one go, allowing the younger one to withdraw the money according to the rules.  Redeeming people." Watanabe Jiro answered again. Kobayakawa Hideaki had asked this question several times.

    Kobayakawa Hideaki pursed his lips, feeling a little excited.  If the old guy could be rescued in time when he was in trouble, he would be grateful to himself, right?  Although he has become the heir to the Kobayakawa family, he does not want to take over a Kobayakawa family whose strength has been greatly reduced after the old guy dies. The old guy thought he was doing something very thorough, but he accidentally discovered it and secretly moved to the Mori family.  Family property and elite soldiers and horses are just such things that are difficult to expose.  If I could rescue the old guy today, I would be able to get a relatively complete Kobayakawa family. This is also the reason why I personally brought the people here.

    At this moment, a roar came from the distance, and a black flag with a skull painted on it was seen rising from the foot of the mountain.Several people dressed as pirates filed out on horseback and headed towards Hideaki Kobayakawa.

    Kobayakawa Hideaki raised his right hand holding the riding crop, and the large number of people following him stopped.

    About a dozen people dressed as pirates also stopped fifty meters away from Hideaki Kobayakawa. Only one person shouted in Japanese: "Boy, what do you mean? Damn it, you brought so many people here."  Come, but do you want to catch all the brothers in one fell swoop? Haha If you think so, you are wrong. No matter what your ideas are, I advise you not to have any ideas. Grandpa is not a vegetarian at sea. You  Grandpa knows where the Kobayakawa family's territory is. Boy, have you brought the ransom?"

    Kobayakawa Hideaki frowned slightly. He had been deeply favored by Toyotomi Hideyoshi since he was a child, and he had always been arrogant. Has anyone ever said such vulgar words to him?  Get angry on the spot.  Jiro Watanabe, who was next to him, saw her frowning and quickly whispered: "Sir, these pirates are used to using vulgar language. Please don't take it to heart. Don't forget that the master is still in their hands."

    Taking a deep breath, Hideaki Kobayakawa suppressed the anger in his heart, snorted and waved his hand.  I saw several people behind me carrying several large boxes coming out. After opening them, they were filled with glittering gold.

    "This is the ransom you want, father where are our people?" Kobayakawa Hideaki said angrily.

    Several people dressed as pirates looked at a few boxes, then turned their horses' heads. They did not go up the mountain, but wanted to go in the other direction. At the same time, a voice came: "Leave the box where it is, you can follow, people."  It¡¯s at the mountain pass twenty miles away.¡±

    Kobayakawa Hideaki frowned, and finally waved his hand: "Send 3,000 people to go with me, leaving 2,000 people to support you at any time, just in case you need to set off."  

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