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Chapter 16 The Sea

"I'm sorry to bother Hongye Jun." After Yidan Kangqing closed the door, she sat on the stool beside the bed.

"I've been bothering Lord Itan for so many days. I should be sorry for me." Yu Qiuping said apologetically.

"Looking at Hongyejun has been depressed for so many days, I plan to come and explain to you when I have time today." Ida Kangqing's official words are a little unstandard because they are always on the sea. "I wonder if Hongyejun is free?"

"Thank you for your kindness, sir," Yu Qiuping sighed, his face suddenly became gloomy. "It was my cowardice that killed my friend. I really don't know how to face myself."

"But didn't Hongyejun save the life of Young Master Asahina with his courage?" Idachi Yasuki smiled, "Everyone has cowardice. As long as he can defeat it, he will be a good man."

"But Kangsu is no longer there..." Yu Qiuhei choked up, "If I dared to rush up at that time, even if I dragged it for a while, when Young Master Asahina arrived, the three of us would survive. Kangsu would not even have a body..." When he thought of the Warring States Period in Japan, he would cut off the level that killed the enemy and earned merits, Yu Qiuhei felt chilling all over his body, and he could not imagine the separation of the Kondo Katsuko who had been talking and laughing before.

"Kungyejun, don't blame yourself too much," Ida Yasuki sighed, "Mr. Kondo fulfilled his responsibilities as a samurai. It is the honor of every martial arts family to die on the battlefield and wrap the body in horses. His desperation in order to protect the people will definitely make his family proud."

Seeing that Yu Qiuping was still silent, Idan Kangqing hesitated for a moment and said, "Let me talk about my own story with Hongyejun."

"We have long been used to these separations of life and death," Idan Katsuki sighed. "The hygiene quality on the ship is very poor, and there are always epidemics. At sea, there are not such good clinics, and a slight injury may be fatal if infected."

"When I was a child, my brother often took me to see the sea. The sea was so blue, unchanging blue, so quiet, as if there had never been any waves." When Ida Kangqing recalled the past, the corners of his mouth raised slightly and continued in a fascination, "What a beautiful ocean that is. I once dreamed of holding a small boat and watching the entire quiet and peaceful sea alone."

"Later I realized that the sea was not that beautiful," Idaan Yasuki smiled bitterly. "In Sagami Bay, there are always pirates. Every year, hundreds of fishermen go fishing for their livelihoods, and they are tragically killed and never return."

"Our Imakawa Navy has to go to war with the Nine Ghost Navy in Ise Bay."

"My brother was killed by illness five years ago when he was fighting with the Jiugui Navy. He was shot in his shoulder because his wound became suppurated and he died of illness because he failed to return to Sanhe for medical treatment. Before he died, he forced himself out of the ward and wanted to take me to take another look at the sea. He said, I hope that this pure sea will never be defiled by war again."

"I was really sad for a long time at that time," Idaan Yasuki sighed again, "But after a long time, I will slowly come out. People who are alive still have to keep going, right?"

Yu Qiuping nodded, and the expression on his face slightly returned to normal.

"When will this battle be over?" Yu Qiuping whispered in a low voice, not knowing whether he was complaining or confiscating. "Not only the warriors died in the battlefield, but the people were also deeply affected by military disasters. How many people were displaced and lost their livelihoods." Yu Qiuping experienced life and death with his own eyes, and then he suddenly realized that every time the dynasty changes, the sharp decline in population is not a cold number. But millions of living people.

It's all a damn war.

"If I say," Yu Qiuping suddenly raised his head and looked at Ida Katsuki, "I want to end this troubled time, even if I do my best to end the troubled time, so that these people can escape from the sea of ​​suffering one day earlier."

"Can you atone for this cowardice?"

"I really admire the fact that Hongye Jun has this kind of heart," Idan Kangqing held Yu Qiuping's hand with deep feelings. "I hope that there will be no more wars on the sea, and that my younger brother will never lose his brother again. Everyone can quietly enjoy the quiet sea. Unlike those ambitious daimyos, who have disrupted the entire sea for their own interests all day long."

Both sides looked at each other and fell into silence at the same time.

"It's not my intention to be a marquis, I hope the waves will be smooth." Yu Qiuping gently recited Qi Jiguang's poem.

Yidan Kangqing was stunned for a moment, murmured, and muttered this poem several times.

"It's my heart." Ida Kangqing looked a little moved, and his eyes looked deep at the sea outside the cabin.

"If one day, the adults will be ambitious and the sea will be peaceful," Ida-Kaoqing turned his head and said solemnly to Yu Qiuping, "I will definitely be able to do whatever I want."

On June 29, the fleet was about to reach Ejiri, the port of Suruga. Due to the warm current of Japan, a powerful ocean current has been driving the water from the southwest to the northeast in the waters of Japan Island. The fleet along the water will soon sail to its destination. Yu Qiuhei's illness has almost been cured and he can walk freely on the deck. During this period, since Yu Qiuhei accidentally mentioned that the Western mast sailboat seemed very powerful to Itami Yasuki, itami Yasuki has been thinking about going to the West to learn and take a look, which has scared Yu Qiuhei very much.

"Kang Qing," After a few days of getting along, the two were already good friends who called each other by name. "It will take several years to go back and forth."

"So what? Isn't it time to go out for a while? You said, Red Leaf." Idan Kangqing looked at the vast ocean in the West with a zeal, as if he could cross thousands of mountains and rivers, and directly saw the warships of the two Iberian heroes described by Yu Qiuping.

"That's true, but how to get there is still a problem? I'm afraid it's hard to learn anything if you are alone and have no way, right?" Yu Qiuping reminded.

"Don't worry about this. I know a Sakaimachi businessman who often comes to Suruga. He seems to have some contact with the senior executives there. I ask him to let me see how to learn warships. At worst, I can be a sailor for them for a few years." Ida Yasukichi looked indifferent. "The solutions are all figured out by people. As long as you have determination, what can't be done?"

"I agree very much with this." Yu Qiuping smiled and nodded, "But will Ling Zun let it go?"

"It should be no problem." Speaking of this, Idan Kangqing was a little confused. After all, in traditional ancient times, his parents' orders were not to be disobeyed. "But my elder brother supports us brothers going out to have a look. Anyway, the elder brother is the one who inherited his father's position, so I should have free time."

While we were chatting and laughing, suddenly, on the left side of the ship, near the Big 6, the outlines of several ships appeared.

Katsuki Itan frowned and arranged for the helmsman and sailor to descend. He immediately climbed up the mast himself and looked over there with his eyes wide open. As the distance between the ship gradually narrowed, Yu Qiuping also saw clearly what was going on. Four ships were besieging a merchant ship. The guards on the merchant ship were struggling to surround the property, but the merchant ship had been hooked by one of the ships with a hook lock and could not escape.

After Yida Katsuki finished his observation, he returned to Yu Qiuping. Yu Qiuping immediately asked, "Why are there pirates on our channel? And he didn't mean to hide when he saw our squadron of ships?"

"Hojo scale pattern, that is the Sagami navy of the Hojo family." Yasuki Itan frowned in disgust, "Those small-scale navy soldiers often do pirates."

"Then why don't we go to wipe out the pirates?" Yu Qiuhei asked differently. As soon as he spoke, he seemed to understand something, "Because Is the Hojo family an alliance?"

"That's right," Itan Yasuno nodded, "Sintokuji Imakawa Takeda Hojo family's marriage alliance, we have been turning a blind eye to the Sagami navy that robbed on the waterway. As long as it is not a cargo ship of our family, we usually don't interfere much. This ship is a merchant ship of the Satake family of the Chang6 Satake family and has nothing to do with us."

"This..." Yu Qiuping suddenly felt a little frustrated in his heart. Now the distance between the two sides was at the point where Yu Qiuping could see what was happening on the ship with his naked eyes. The Hojo family's naval forces were attacking the merchant ship unscrupulously. From time to time, some of the merchants or guards on the merchant ship were cut down. Another person was pulled into the sea and he seemed to be unable to survive.

Ida Katsuki sighed and looked helplessly at everything that was living in front of him.

Suddenly, Yu Qiuping raised his hand and pointed at the merchant ship.

"If the people on this merchant ship are allowed to be killed and the goods are stolen, will there be many families who will lose their fathers and make no living?" A somewhat sad voice seemed to pierce into Yida Kangqing's heart. He frowned and his expression became decisive.

"Hongye, you woke me up. I've been thinking about how to restore peace in the sea. If you can't even do the small things in front of you, let alone the entire Japanese waters." He turned around and ordered sternly to the helmsman, "Left full rudder! Get close to those closing ships! Typing out the flag words to inform the five ships before and after approaching me!"

"Arrowman!" he shouted again, "When approach, shoot the side and cabins of those ships to demonstrate."

After a few loud noises, the bulky Anzai ship began to slowly approach the several Guan Shi ships. However, the Hojo navy on the Guan Shi ship did not seem to notice the abnormal movements of the Imakawa navy and attacked the merchant ships on their own.
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