On October 27, the first year of Wanli (1573), after a long period of wandering at sea, the vast coastline finally appeared at the end of the field of vision. It was a small point at first, and then gradually extended to both sides, like spreading wings.
Like a phoenix. The dark coastline extends straight to the intersection of water and sky, and its end cannot be seen at all.
That is China.
Yu Qiuping, who was holding his hands on the side of the ship, almost leaned half of his body out. Looking far into the distance, his eyes never wanted to leave his dreaming hometown for a moment. He seemed to be able to see the continent and the towering mountains.
; See the rivers that turn thousands of times; see the endless fertile land; see the well-proportioned hills and fertile fields; see the majestic Forbidden City; see the majestic Golden Palace; see the lingering water towns in the south of the Yangtze River; see the magnificent Great Wall
; Seeing the great rivers and mountains, and the kind and hard-working people on the mainland of China; seeing his hometown, which he has left for fifteen years, or more than four hundred years.
During the time when he was working hard in Japan, only in the dead of night would a faint feeling of homesickness arise in his heart. He originally thought that his homesickness would not be as strong as what the literati and poets described, but when he embarked on his journey back to his hometown
At that time, the moon every night was a kind of sweet torture to him. It was only then that he truly understood how deeply his hometown had left a deep bond in his blood.
He looked longingly at his hometown, watching the illusory coastline gradually get closer, from a black dot to a black line, and then to a blurry black shadow. As the boat got closer and closer, the blurry black
The shadow gradually gained color and became brighter before his eyes. Yu Qiuping saw the beach, the green mountains, the green trees, and the huge pier.
The moment the boat docked at the pier, Yu Qiuping, who had been eager to get off the boat, suddenly did not dare to go on. It was like a boy who was in love for the first time, dating his beloved girl for the first time. He had been looking forward to it for a long time, but when he met
He was around the corner in front of him, but he hesitated and didn't dare to show his face. He didn't know how to return to the motherland that he cherished so much, and he didn't know how to set foot on that land so as to live up to his emotions.
"Ah, your highness, what are you doing! Come down quickly!" Ye Gu Suizi, who was standing by the escalator in the distance, saw Yu Qiuping standing motionless on the deck and urged anxiously.
"Come on, come on." Yu Qiuping was called out by her, and he couldn't help but feel a little lost. Without thinking much, he walked quickly down. When he was dragged by Asahina Matsuchiyo and Hatani Honoko, he walked along the causeway to the ground.
Only then did he realize that his feet had already stepped on the soil of the motherland.
Yu Qiuping lowered his head and stared at the land under his feet, suddenly feeling an inexplicable throbbing in his heart.
This is the soil of his hometown, and he is back. Since he left his hometown at the age of 16, when he came back again, he was 15 years older. The strange thing is that his hometown is more than 400 years younger. There are no neighbors he is familiar with here.
There is no apartment where he grew up, no school where he studied, no family and friends he loves, nothing he is familiar with.
In a sense, this hometown is so strange to him. However, just standing on this piece of soil, Yu Qiuping feels that he has no reason to feel at ease and at ease. Perhaps this land, for
All descendants of Yan and Huang have wonderful magical powers.
So Yu Qiuping knelt down directly on the soil of China. He slowly leaned down, lowered his head, and kissed the yellow soil that had given birth to a great civilization for thousands of years. At that moment, he felt an electric current all over his body.
Passing through the ordinary, the emotions surging in my heart make my body...
Somewhat numb.
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This land gave birth to one of the oldest civilizations of mankind. It is also this land that has protected the Chinese civilization along the way. It has experienced countless catastrophes and is still able to flourish now and will also flourish in the next few hundred years.
Continue to prosper.
The people on this land are hard-working and polite, smart and frugal. For thousands of years, they have faced the loess and turned their backs to the sky. With hard work, they have established this Chinese civilization that is admired by the world. Maybe they also
They had killed each other, and perhaps they had also been invaded by foreign enemies, but this proud nation still stood up tenaciously and once again straightened its backbone on the land of its ancestors.
"Welcome to the greatest country in the world." Yu Qiuping straightened up and softly introduced to the guards standing around, "The country with the longest history and prosperous culture in the world."
The beauty of the uniform is called "Hua", and the great etiquette is called "Xia".
"In the past thousands of years, the countries on this land have been the most powerful countries in the world."
But if I don’t do something, this great nation will fall into the abyss of darkness in the next few hundred years. This weather-beaten nation will also face the disaster of national subjugation and annihilation. Its history and culture will suffer
When treated humiliatingly, her people would even resent the civilization that abandoned them. It cost her tens of millions of casualties, countless losses, and 150 years of time before she finally regained her former glory when all nations came to court.
pride.
This is a catastrophe for China and a catastrophe for the nation. If I don’t do something, these will happen in the future. And because of my arrival, Japan will be stronger than in the past. This equally proud and progressive nation will never
It will stop the pace of expansion. And the target of its expansion is very likely to be China. If I don't do something, my nation will face greater disasters, and then I will be the eternal sinner of the Chinese nation.
Yu Qiuping slowly straightened up from the ground, but his eyes were still staring deeply at the land under his feet.
"I have to do something."
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Yu Qiuping did not come empty-handed this time, he brought many things with him.
The most important of them is the "Outline of the Future" which he compiled with more than ten years of hard work. During these more than ten years, he intermittently compiled all the history, mathematics, physics, astronomy, geography, political systems, military technology, etc. that he could recall.
All the achievements in this regard were recorded in these dozens of books. Also brought along were the training manuals for each branch of the Red Leaf Army and the forging procedures for muskets and artillery.
In order to prepare for this trip to the Ming Dynasty, he and Imagawa Kaede transcribed day and night for a long time before finally finishing transcribing his "Future Outline".
Yu Qiuping wanted to feed back all his wisdom as a time traveler to his nation. He hoped that these crystallizations of wisdom over hundreds of years would save his nation from taking a detour and avoid entering that period of humiliating modern history.
But he really doesn't know how to tell these precious human wisdoms to today's people. Anyone would think that Yu Qiuping is a madman. So how can he impart this knowledge to everyone? Will anyone really believe it?
?
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However, Yu Qiuping's worries were quickly forgotten in the streets and alleys of the Ming Dynasty. Although the dialect spoken by people in Southern Zhili is far from Yu Qiuping's Mandarin, although the current customs are different from those in ancient times.
A hundred years later, the customs were also different, but Yu Qiuping still felt friendly for no reason. He stopped in front of every small vendor, gestured with his hands instead of speaking, and bought some small things.
. Sit for a while in every teahouse and restaurant, ordering a pot of tea and a glass of wine. Honda Tadakatsu and others were very surprised, why Yu Qiuping, a Ming Dynasty native, could not speak Chinese. Only Yegu Suizi said "see through"
The smile of "Don't tell me" made Yu Qiuping quite embarrassed, so he had to explain it by saying "the dialect is different".
In this way for half a month, I traveled leisurely all the way from the port to Nanjing City. Without a road guide, Yu Qiuping, who had smuggled in, was destined to be unable to enter Nanjing City. But just looking at the towering city wall outside the city, Yu Qiuping was already overwhelmed.
Qiu Ping and others were filled with emotions.
"Oh my God... this city is too big!" Sen Kelong stared at the majestic Nanjing City Wall, unwilling to look away for a long time, "Compared with Japan's cities, the organization is like a shrimp meets a whale, oh
No, I met Hai Long!"
"Are those cities in Japan too embarrassed to be called cities?" Asahina Matsuchiyo's mood of "advocating China and favoring foreigners" was obviously stronger. In the past half month, he had already degraded Japan to some extent. "Gifu City is the same as Nanjing City."
It’s just a small village! It’s not even one-tenth of the size of Nanjing City!”
"This is not the biggest one." Yu Qiuping was already happy when he heard everyone praising his hometown, but he still maintained the reserve of a big shot, "You have never seen Beijing. That is
It’s really majestic.”
"Has your highness been to Beijing?" Ye Gusuizi asked curiously.
"Of course, I lived in Beijing for a long time when I was a child." Yu Qiuping recalled his past with a smile, "Every autumn, my parents would take me to Xiangshan to see the maple leaves! The entire mountainous area,
There are gorgeous red leaves everywhere, not to mention how beautiful they are!”
Of course Yu Qiuping didn't know that in the Ming Dynasty, the Xiangshan area was a royal mausoleum, specially used to bury the deceased princes, princesses and concubines. Why would it be open to the common people?
"Uncle's parents?" Asahina Matsuchiyo was stunned when he heard this. He raised his head and asked Yu Qiupei, "I have never seen my uncle's parents, and I have never heard my uncle mention my parents! My uncle's parents did not come to Japan with my uncle.
?"
"Ah... no." Asahina Matsuchiyo's words unintentionally poked the scar in Yu Qiuping's heart, and the pain in her heart became even more intense on the land of her motherland.
It has been fifteen years since he traveled back in time. His parents must have gone crazy looking for him. I wonder if they are okay now? Have they given up on themselves? No, according to their personalities, they will definitely look for him all over the world.
At every corner, you will only stop when you find that you can no longer take another step.
My mother doesn’t sleep well in the first place. Is it possible that she never had a good night’s sleep again?
Will Dad have more gray hair? Will he quietly wipe his tears every day?
The family's original happy life was gone. After I left, the tradition of the family going to Xiangshan to see the maple leaves every year was probably discontinued.
I eat and drink well here, have a career and a family, and even laugh often. But what about my parents? Will they still be able to laugh after I leave? Have they ever laughed once?
I really have no conscience.
Yu Qiuping lowered his head wordlessly, tears began to well up in his eyes again.
When Honda Tadakatsu and others saw Yu Qiuping's reaction, they all mistakenly thought that Yu Qiuping's parents had passed away. Only Yegu Suiko understood Yu Qiuping's inner struggle and pain.
Chapter completed!