Chapter 246 Land cession and compensation
Mori Hidemoto felt like he was dreaming. Everything happened too fast. Moreover, his preparations beforehand and his response afterwards, every step was calculated by the Moroboshi family. This made him feel powerless, so he gave the order to surrender in despair.

Mao Li Xiuyuan could of course choose to resist to the end, or even ignite the kerosene that had been prepared and burn everything together, and then...
The loss of three thousand elite soldiers, a large number of samurai and sophisticated equipment, plus the navy, the most important weapon of the country, is not just a serious injury to the Mori family, but an amputation below the crotch. What face do they need to save at this time? Just save their lives first.

Yan Xu was very surprised at the surrender of the Mori family, but it was also reasonable. Judging from the series of commands from the other side, it was obvious that they were not stubborn samurai who only knew how to fight to the death.

However, it was impossible for Mori Hidemoto to surrender unconditionally. If he really dared to give such an order, his head might be chopped off. Therefore, he and his warriors needed to be treated with dignity, and Yan Xu gave them dignity.

Both sides declared a ceasefire, and Mori Hidemoto ordered the abandonment of all cannons, barrels, bows and crossbows, and spears. Only the samurai were allowed to retain their armor and swords, and then retreat to the port side.

Everyone knows that the Mori family lost, but no one wants to bring it up.

Without saying anything, everyone can still maintain basic decency. It was just a matter of disadvantage in battle. As the general, Mori Hidemoto took most of the responsibility on his own initiative. So as long as they don't talk too much after they go back, their lives won't change much.

But once this matter is made clear, even if you return alive, you will be subjected to strange looks and insults, and even be labeled a coward, which is a life worse than death.

Therefore, those who dare to tell the truth and only know how to complain will soon commit suicide by stabbing themselves with eighteen swords, and no one will care, not even Mori Hidemoto.

Everyone is pretending to be asleep, but you are jumping around. Who else should I mess with?

After disarming most of his men and pacifying them, Mori Hidemoto took a deep breath and followed the warriors of the Moroboshi family to the long-famous steel castle tower. It was indeed an amazing creation, and the Mori family had no reason to complain about their defeat.

After taking the precious sword handed over by Maori Hidemoto with both hands, Yan Xu handed the next matters to Fu Ji, believing that she would give him a satisfactory result.

In Yan Xu's opinion, although the surrender of the Mori family was unexpected, it might not be a bad thing.

He had been hesitant before, so he did not use the Babao Dahua. Otherwise, the port had been burned before, and it would just be rebuilt once. He could use half of the port to take away the 3,000 elite troops and most of the navy of the Mori family, which would be a huge profit.

However, as a powerful force, Yan Xu can no longer simply look at the problem from the perspective of war.

It is easy to kill all these people. As long as Yan Xu is willing to burn down the port, the place will be full of familiar faces in half a day.

The navy is also simple, just replace the Taijun happy sticks on the Koyanagi ship with kerosene, which is enough to burn most of the ships of the Maori Navy.

But after this battle, it is not important to become a mortal enemy with the Mori family. What is important is that after losing the external deterrent power, the border of the Mori family will definitely be in flames. At that time, the Mori family, unable to withstand the pressure, will have to compromise with the outside world, commonly known as ceding land and paying compensation.

It is not impossible for the Moroboshi family to want to get a piece of the pie, but the problem is that the Mori family would probably rather surrender collectively than let him get away with it, and might even put pressure on Amano Castle by ceding land and paying compensation.

The new fleet, new firearms, new army, powerful combat capability, and terrifying war potential will undoubtedly push the Moroboshi family to the forefront and eventually become a thorn in the eyes of all forces. Not only will they be targeted in various ways, but their every move will also be closely watched. Even the secondary island that serves as the rear base will attract countless prying eyes and people with bad intentions.

Therefore, it is not in the long-term interests of the Zhuxing family to wipe out the living forces of the Mori family in one go. Therefore, Yan Xu does not intend to destroy these people, nor does he intend to detain the navy of the Mori family. He wants the Mori family to maintain about 70% of its strength to stand in the front. It is not willing to be swallowed up, but it is also unable to stop the Zhuxing family from encroaching step by step. This is the approach that best suits Yan Xu's interests. Of course, it is also possible that the Mori family will join forces with other forces to target the Zhuxing family through the exchange of interests, but the possibility is not great.

Because the strength demonstrated by the Moroboshi family in this battle cannot be dealt with by a small fight. Unless the Mori family is willing to open its borders and allow the surrounding daimyos to send troops to form a coalition, it is hard to say whether the Mori family can win against the Moroboshi family alone. Anyway, after one battle, the Mori family will definitely lose half of their lives.

In this case, reducing losses through negotiations, delaying time, and then finding ways to deal with the Moroboshi family through other means afterwards is undoubtedly the best option.

Yan Xu spent quite some time to figure it out and sort out the context, but Fu Ji and Maori Hidemoto had already reached a consensus tacitly. Now it depended on Maori Daimyo's choice.

The question is, did the Mori Daimyo have a choice? He had no choice and could only agree with curses, and then the two men argued for several days.

The Mori family is large and powerful, but their expenses are also high, especially after the complete loss of Amano Castle. Hard times are still ahead, so it would be best if the compensation could be reduced.

In the end, the Mori family sent a large sum of gold and silver to redeem the three thousand elite soldiers. As for the navy, of course, the price was more than that.

Although the Mori Navy was completely subdued by dozens of small Hayabusa ships, in fact, it was because they had long been accustomed to being the only one in power, and the rotation of rest and patrol also meant that they did not need to worry about the enemy's sneak attack, so they all docked at the port of Amano Castle. After being blocked by the small Hayabusa ships that could explode, what else could they do?

In fact, if the other party had not been careless, Yan Xu really had no better solution. When he first designed the Maori Navy, the most optimistic estimate was to only leave one-third of the ships.

Therefore, this does not affect the value of the Mori Navy. It is a national treasure and cannot be sold at a low price. Therefore, the Mori Daimyo can only learn from the old Buddha and divide a large area near Amano Castle to the Moroboshi family, and call Yan Xu the Moroboshi Daimyo in official documents.

Although Yan Xu ruled a sub-island and occupied Amano Castle, he was only the head of the Moroboshi family, not a daimyo, even though his strength had already surpassed many daimyo, because he had risen too recently and had not yet been recognized.

Now that he has the recognition of the Mori family, plus the territory of the Moroboshi family and recent achievements, he only needs to go to Kyoto to make connections and get a stamp, and he can become a real superior person, a daimyo.

In addition, the Mori family also sent Hideyoshi as Yan Xu's personal attendant.

???

At this moment, Yan Xu's mind was full of questions. Could it be that there really was such a person as Hideyoshi in Japan since ancient times?

But why give it to Hideyoshi?
Yan Xu turned his head to look at Fu Ji who was becoming more and more charming, and immediately sighed. He wanted to say to Daimyo Mori that there was a misunderstanding.

Although he had seen a lot of people helping this and that in his previous life, he really didn't like it.

Rubbing his brows, Yan Xu decided to accept the young man who needed to build another toilet between the men's and women's toilets. After all, it's a free gift, so why not use it?

(End of this chapter)