Chapter 88 You can give food, but you have to buy it with money
After the young man finished speaking, everyone jumped on the bamboo raft into the sea.
Another round of arrows shot from the sky, and the originally loose bamboo raft completely broke.
A few people who didn't know how to swim saw the bamboo raft break and hugged the bamboo tightly.
"Everyone, please don't scatter and float to the nearby rocks!" Xie Yuan held his daughter in his arms, asked her to hold on to the bamboo pole, and continued to yell.
Everyone grabbed nearby bamboo poles and swam to the reef and pulled everyone up.
Nannan coughed hard at the sea water and stretched out her hand to pull Xie Yuan up.
A flying arrow pierced the young man's shoulder blade, causing him to stagger and almost fall back into the sea.
"Ada!"
The little girl screamed, and the doorman on the rock immediately rushed over and dragged Xie Yuan to the shore.
I don't know when several large boats came close to me. The people on the boats were talking in words they couldn't understand and making a lot of noise.
Everyone could clearly see that in the swaying firelight, a cold light shone on the bow of the ship.
These people carry arrows, and if they dare to move, they will definitely be killed here.
Xie Yuan pulled out the arrow from his chest, his face was very pale.
(System, what are these people talking about?)
He could tell that these people were speaking Japanese pirate language, but he couldn't understand the content of the words.
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"Where are you from? Are you a craftsman sent by the Jin Dynasty?"
"Don't move, if you move again we will release arrows!"
Xie Yuan stood up slowly and looked up at the ship: "They don't have weapons. Don't hurt them."
Everyone was stunned.
The governor...can speak the same language as these people?
The people on the boat were also stunned.
"General, there is a Han here who can speak our Yamato language!"
I don't know who shouted, and a half-bald head poked out from the bow of the boat.
His triangular-shaped eyes looked at Xie Yuan for a moment, then he said calmly -
"Take them all on board and go to the island together."
These people were all taken aboard the ship and put into a large cage.
It was also at this time that everyone discovered that these soldiers looked similar to the people of the Central Plains, except that they were very short. Each of them wore a half-bald bun, which made them look very ugly.
Nannan huddled in Xie Yuan's arms and asked in great fear: "Ada, who are these? Are they your soldiers?"
"They are Japanese pirates." Xie Yuan said in a low voice.
During the Han Dynasty, the Japanese people still respected the Central Plains very much. Later, when they came to the Wei, Jin, north and south, these Japanese people began to covet the Central Plains.
When the Jin Dynasty was at war with the Hu people, they had no time to take care of the coast, so the Japanese and Goguryeo would come over from time to time to raid the border and plunder some resources.
Because they despised the combat effectiveness of the short Japanese, the Jin Dynasty never set up a heavy defense line on the seaside. Therefore, the Xu family of Nanhai County took advantage of the opportunity and raised a large number of private troops to rebel.
"Japanese pirates?"
Everyone was stunned for a moment when they heard these two words, and then their expressions suddenly changed.
They know about Japanese pirates.
This group of Japanese people did not want to stay well in their own island country, and often teamed up with Goguryeo to do sneaky things near their Jin Dynasty.
If they had not spontaneously organized militia teams to drive away this group of Japanese bandits, the villages along the coast of Dajin would have been occupied by this group of Japanese bandits.
"Lord, what should we do next?" A retainer approached Xie Yuan and asked in a low voice.
Xie Yuan patted Nannan on the back to tell her not to be afraid, and then began to treat his wounds——
"I just left a good swimmer to dive into the water to report the news. What we have to do now is to deal with this group of Japanese pirates until Yu Zhi brings people."
In addition, we also need to find out why they came to the Central Plains.
The doorman nodded and noticed that Xie Yuan's shoulder was soaked in water and was bleeding all the time. He couldn't help but look worried: "Lord, your injury..."
"Can't die."
Xie Yuan was about to speak again when a group of Japanese warriors suddenly walked out of the cabin, chattering. Then Jie Jie opened the cage with a smile and pulled out all the women inside.
It also includes the girl in Xie Yuan’s arms.
When the little girl was dragged out, she kept holding on to Xie Yuan's robe, crying and not wanting to leave.
"She is still a child." Xie Yuan understood what these Japanese people meant and held his daughter tightly in his arms.
Several Japanese people looked at each other, dragged Xie Yuan and Nannan out together, and threw them into the cabin.
Nannan nestled tightly in Xie Yuan's arms, shivering when she heard the women's wails coming from outside.
In the cabin, Kudo Nobuya, the general who ordered the people to be tied up, sat cross-legged, stretched out his hand to signal to Xie Yuan: "Mr. Nakahara, please sit down."
He spoke an ancient Japanese language, with a hint of Bangzi Mandarin in his accent, which sounded very funny.
As soon as Xie Yuan sat down with his daughter in his arms, two warriors came up and forcefully pulled the little girl away.
The little girl had never seen such a battle before, and she cried even harder.
Kudo Nobu also took a look at the little girl and saw that she was white and tender, and there was a flash of light in her narrowed eyes.
He poured a glass of sake for Xie Yuan and raised a glass to him: "You don't have to be afraid. We are just going to collect some supplies from your island and will return to Japan soon."
"The general's literary talent is so good. He can describe plunder so beautifully." Xie Yuan raised his glass and shook it, smiling slowly.
Kudo Shinya narrowed his eyes, raised his head and took a sip of wine: "My name is Kudo Shinya, and I am a general personally appointed by His Majesty the Emperor. I see that this young gentleman is extraordinary, so he must not be an ordinary person."
"I am Xie Yuan, the governor of a state personally appointed by the Emperor of Jin Dynasty." Xie Yuan looked at him with a calm expression.
"The island you are going to happens to be under my jurisdiction."
Kudo Shin was also stunned.
When I heard a group of people floating on the sea, I thought they were coming to inquire for information.
But he didn't expect to catch the commander here directly.
Wait, this guy isn't a braggart, is he?
"General, you may not believe it, but my soldiers are all waiting on the shore - if you dare to land and offend my Han people's land, I, the Jin Dynasty, will chase you for thousands of miles and eat your flesh and blood." The young man stared at the majestic general.
, slowly put down the wine cup.
The wine cup hit the table and made a slight sound, which made Kudo Shinya feel a thump in his heart.
If this person is really a local official, if he kills this guy rashly, the soldiers under this guy may actually pursue him.
He came here to plunder food, and he didn't bring many troops with him.
If a war breaks out suddenly, it will somewhat affect his return speed.
Because of the famine and the serious division of local power, many people in the court wanted the young emperor to step down. He had to get enough food to preserve his status as emperor.
Thinking of this, Kudo Shinya thought for a moment: "I can let you go, but you have to give us enough food."
Xie Yuan chuckled: "I can give you food, but you have to buy it with money."