Maorimoto annihilated Tao Qingxian's main force in one battle and killed Tao Qingxian, the powerful minister of the Oui clan, which shocked Japan. The wealthy families of the Oui clan all surrendered, and the glory was unparalleled.

At this time, he no longer hid his ambitions. While constantly integrating the power of the powerful families of the Danei clan, he also questioned the inheritance rights of the current head, because the current head of the Danei Yoshikazu was not the direct bloodline of the Danei clan family, but Tao Qingxian pulled him from the side branches to be a puppet.

His meaning is very obvious, that is, to expel the current head of the family, Yoshinosuke Ouchi, and to support himself as a puppet, or even to directly allow his eldest son Takamoto Mori to inherit the position of the head of the Ouchi clan. At least, Takamoto Mori was also the grandson of the former head of the Ouchi clan, Yoshinosuke Ouchi. In terms of bloodline, it is much purer than the so-called Ouchi clan.

It is easy to seize the position of the head of this family, but it is not difficult to say it is easy. He is very clear that the current head of the family, Yoshikazu Ouchi, is not the key to this competition. The key is the wealthy families of various countries under the Ouchi clan. For example, Yoshihiro Ouchi's brother-in-law Yoshimiya Masahiro. In terms of blood ties, the sons are more qualified to inherit the orthodox of the Ouchi clan than his son.

There are many such people in various countries under the Danei clan, and he is not the only one who can see the position of the Danei clan head. The reason why people didn't say anything at this time was mainly because he had not attacked the position of the Dane clan. Once he attacked the position of the Dane clan, these people were very likely to jump out and join forces with other local tyrants to attack him, just like he attacked Tao Qingxian.

Of course, it is very simple to solve this problem. As long as you continue to expand your strength and become so powerful that it makes people desperate, no one dares to jump out and sing the opposite tune.

Of course, Mao Ri Yuan knew this. After defeating Tao Qingxian, he began to continuously integrate the wealthy families in various places and recruit local forces from various countries.

At this time, his wisdom and tricks were reflected again. Under his coercion and temptation, the powerful families of various countries quickly handed over the force. In less than two months, he expanded his subordinates to more than 30,000, and his authority even exceeded that of Tao Qingxian when he was in power.

As his subordinates increased, the time for him to seize the position of the head of the Danei clan became ripe. However, at this time, he encountered a very embarrassing problem, that is, he had no money, or in other words, he was unable to support more than 30,000 subordinates.

There is no way, the Maori family is not a prince who has been passed down for decades or hundreds of years. The family's assets are limited. In addition, he gritted his teeth and bought a hundred iron cannons, so he was even more exhausted.

At this moment, it is not easy to support more than 30,000 people in Japan, because Japan is too scarce, and food and other things have to be purchased from the Ming Dynasty. After being transported to Japan by thousands or even tens of thousands of miles, it is quite expensive. Take rice for example, at least five taels of silver per stone.

what does that mean?

This means that more than 30,000 people and the consumption of food alone is more than 100,000 taels per month!

The Maori family, Yoshikawa family, and Kobayakawa family are not rich people, and their assets are only a few hundred thousand taels. In other words, he can maintain the food for more than 30,000 people for several months by doing his best.

This is a very contradictory question. If he does not maintain so many people, he will have no hope of seizing the position of the head of the Danei clan. Any ambition and any competition for hegemony are just dreams. If he maintains so many people and does not have enough money to spend, what should he do?

After thinking about it, it seemed that the only way to recover Shi Jianguo and seize control of Shi Jian silver mine.

The Shijian Silver Mine is amazing. Its scale is so large that no silver mine in Japan or even the entire world can match it. The reason why Japan produces such a high amount of silver is also closely related to the Shijian Silver Mine, because the silver production of one Shijian Silver Mine accounts for most of the entire Japan. In other words, the silver production of one Shijian Silver Mine is enough to account for more than 20% of the world's silver production!

If such a large silver mine could be grabbed, would it still be short of silver?

He didn't need to make excuses at all, and just ran to attack Ishimiku, because Ishimiku was originally the territory of the Ouchi clan. It was just because Tao Qingxian seized power and the head of the Ouchi Yoshitaka committed suicide. The Ouchi clan was in chaos within the Ouchi clan, and the Nizi clan of Izumo took the opportunity to occupy Ishimiku.

In other words, he led his army to attack Shi Jianguo to recover lost territory, which was justified.

However, the Nizi family is not a vegetarian. At this moment, the Nizi family's strength is even higher than that of the One clan, because the Nizi family now controls the eight countries, and the One clan only controls the seven countries during its heyday.

To be honest, he went to attack Ishimiko this time, and it was purely a last resort, and it had nothing to do with Zhigui.

He was just crazy about poverty and was forced by money.

If he hadn't had hundreds of iron cannons in his hand, he wouldn't have provoked a powerful enemy like Nizi at this time.

So, the question is, is the iron cannon really invincible?

If the forces between the two sides are equal or the difference is not large, the iron cannon is indeed invincible, and the premise is that there is no iron cannon in others.

Maori Yuan obviously underestimated the strength of the Nizi family. He has a land of the Eight Kingdoms, can his troops be similar to his?

As soon as he rushed his army westward and attacked the first target Shan Chucheng, he encountered the strong resistance of the Nizi family. The 40,000 army, plus dozens of local cannons, directly hit him in a mess.

It was only then that he realized that iron cannons were not invincible, or that the number of iron cannons must have an overwhelming advantage in order to become the key to the outcome of a war.

However, by the time he realized it, it seemed that it was a little late, because he was already in a difficult position at this moment.

If he had not sent troops to attack Ishimiya, he might not have been so passive. If more than 30,000 troops could not be maintained, he could have reduced it appropriately, leaving only more than 10,000 elite troops. In this way, perhaps the position of the head of the Ouchi clan would have to be discussed for a long time, but he would not have been defeated.

It won't work now because he has already broken up with Nizi. Even if he retreats from Shijianguo, Nizi will pursue him relentlessly and chase him. If he reduces his troops at this time, how can he resist the attack of Nizi?

This time, he was like pushing himself into a dead end, and he could not advance or retreat.

So, what should I do?

Forced to helplessly, he finally remembered Gu Kexue, the Minister of Works of the Ming Dynasty. If others were willing to support him and help him win the stones and see the country, everything would be solved.

So he quickly sent someone to Hirado to ask for help from the Minister of Works of the Ming Dynasty.

It is naturally impossible for Gu Kexue to come over to see him. At this moment, Gu Kexue didn't even know that Yang Cong was "scam" in Japan with his sign. Hou Zhitan was invited, a guy who called himself a servant of Gu Kexue, the Minister of the Ministry of Works of the Ming Dynasty.
Chapter completed!