None of the Chinese on the ship took his so-called descendants of General Taira seriously - the Chinese were not familiar with Japanese history and had been familiar with this trick of clinging to their ancestors since childhood, so they just listened to it. In contrast, Japanese sailors who are very interested in family names and family bloodline inheritance are very interested in this.
Seeing that Fukue Island was gradually emerging from the sea ahead, Taira Akiumori, who had been standing on the railing with the intention of creating a "historic moment", sang a Japanese song in a low voice:
通りませ通りませ(Let’s pass, let’s pass)
Where is the narrow path?
Tenshin Gentori Toshinori (the path to Tenjin)
ごOpinionご无用通れぬとても(No opinion required, difficult to pass)
This child's tenth birthday celebration
両のお歭を纳めに神ず (A worship service that enshrines double charms)
行きはよいなぎ帰りはこわき(Cool breeze when you leave, tired when you return)
My heart is tired, can I reach it directly?
Zichuan and other naturalized cadres who accompanied him to the Five Islands listened respectfully to Chief Ping's tone-deaf singing - the Japanese naturalized people obviously felt no discomfort at all, and the naturalized people from Guangdong and Fujian all listened with strange patience. With.
Because this was a business cooperation, there were not many people accompanying him. In addition to his own life secretary, two escorts drawn from the special investigation team and several business personnel, there was also a veteran named Qiao Tianzhi.
This Elder Qiao is very young. He was an unsuccessful coder and a successful otaku in the old time and space. Elder Qiao was bored as a coder and guest-starred as a hacker. As a result of being an unsuccessful hacker, he had to run away to another time and space to avoid being killed. The water meter was checked. Elder Qiao, like all the veteran programmers, stayed in the big library after the d day to do data work. He also wrote program codes for the executive committee and various departments. Especially the Planning Institute, which was responsible for the database There is a huge demand for secondary development.
Mr. Qiao worked in the library in obscurity for three years. During this period, he also bought a maid, but he soon got tired of the maid - the maid was too far away from his imagination. Boring work and boring maid , Qiao Tianzhi's small universe finally exploded - he decided to go out for adventure, so he signed up to work with Japan. Fortunately, he has special skills: English and Japanese. Especially the latter, although Qiao Yuanzhi didn't even have a day of professional Japanese classes I went to school, but thanks to the influence of many years of otaku culture, I actually taught myself to the point where I can watch anime and Japanese dramas directly.
They only carried very simple medicines, weapons and a radio. Ping Qiumei himself majored in medicine. Later he worked in the construction industry. In addition to Japanese, he also had some knowledge of Korean. He still had the ability to build an intelligence station in Japan. This time I just took this opportunity to get in touch with the Zhou family. Let's take a smooth ride.
Goto is now under the rule of Fukue Domain. The lord of Fukue Domain is the Goto family. The Goto family is a pirate family that has been inherited for hundreds of years in Kyushu, or is called a navy family. The Goto navy has been active since the Genpei War. In this area, there are typical powerful Japanese coastal people, and they are also among the "Japanese pirates" that gradually emerged from the Yuan Dynasty.
The Goto family has been living as a half-pirate and half-fisherman for 21 generations. The 21st generation head Genya Goto once led the Goto navy to participate in Toyotomi Hideyoshi's Korean strategy. After Toyotomi Hideyoshi's death,
In the War of Sekigahara, Goto Genma remained neutral during the war, so Goto Genma was able to live for the eighth year of the Qing Dynasty (1603), received the seal seal from Tokugawa Ieyasu, and officially became the first feudal lord of the Fukue Domain, becoming a 15,000-koku daimyo.
Taira Akiumori remembered that the feudal lord of the Fukue Domain at this time was the second generation Goto Mori. This adopted son of the Goto family had killed his opponent in a political struggle eighteen years ago. The biological son of the first generation feudal lord Genya, Ohama Tsumizu.
In order to consolidate power and rectify the feudal retainers, Sheng used it for twenty years, and now it has come to an end.
Ping Qiu Sheng prepared a nice gift for him. A Lingaoyi steel decorative sword, a pair of oval dressing mirrors and a glass Buddha statue. As a daimyo with an appearance of fifteen thousand stones, Lord Shengli must be
Those who can understand the weight of this gift.
Ping Qiusheng put away his thoughts. The ship had arrived at Fujiang Island Pier. After a lot of work, it finally landed. There was a young man waiting at the pier. Before the ship set off, he had sent a conductor to take a small speedboat to report back.
, just come.
"Mr. Ping, my master has prepared a sedan." The general said, and saw a two-person sedan coming out of the shed next to it. It was said to be a sedan, but it was actually a Japanese-style cage. Judging from the figure and demeanor of the sedan bearer,
There is no doubt that he is a Japanese. Although he said to do as the Romans do, Ping Qiusheng looked at his belly and finally declined the visitor's kindness and decided to walk. Firstly, he heard that the Zhou family's business store was not far away, and secondly, in this time and space,
This is my first time back from Japan, so I can visit the market here along the way. The general manager knows the temper of Australians and doesn't want to be tough, so he just goes along with this guy.
Fukue Island is where the main residence of the Fukue Domain is. It is relatively densely populated, the market is relatively prosperous, and the roads are smooth. It can be seen that some effort has been spent. There are straw huts from time to time along the way, with sporadic fishery products and vegetables. I didn’t look at them.
Meat is available - in Japan, since the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the upper-class nobles stopped eating meat due to the influence of Buddhism, and gradually the whole people did not eat meat. Therefore, although the appearance of the vendors along the way is not that they are so hungry that they are broken to pieces.
, but they are obviously malnourished, described as black and thin. Most of the men are under 1.6 meters tall, and the women are even shorter. Many of them are just over 1.4 meters tall.
However, Japan has not had a nationwide war for decades since Toyotomi Hideyoshi. The benefits of social stability are obvious, unlike the Ming Dynasty, which was full of decline. Although the living standards of the people are not high, they are not worried.
The look on his face was like that of a frightened bird. This made Ping Qiu Sheng sigh - he would rather be a peace dog than a man in troubled times. It really is so.
Behind the shed are some larger Japanese-style houses, all with only one floor. In terms of style, they look like commercial buildings, but they don't have the lively atmosphere of Lingao, or even the atmosphere of ordinary ports in East Asia at this time. About five years ago
A hundred meters away, Ping Qiu Sheng noticed a long house on the right, and it looked like there was another one inside.
"Is this where the local agent is located?"
"This is the residence of the masters of the Wu family." Tongshi replied.
"Why does it look like no one lives there? Don't the gentlemen always come here?"
"That's not true. After Egawa Castle, the residence of the feudal lord, was burned down in the 19th year of Keicho, the military commander built a formation house over Ishida and asked the retainers to move to the newly built Ishida formation house. Naturally, there was no one here.
"The general manager was not surprised by Ping Qiusheng's question, "In front is my master's residence."
Sure enough, there is a courtyard less than fifty meters in front. This courtyard is very conspicuous: the traditional Chinese-style buildings are somewhat incompatible with the buildings here - very abrupt.
The general led them to the door. The courtyard door opened, and a young boy came out to welcome them. He said in a slightly awkward Nanzhili Mandarin: "I have been waiting for you for a long time. Please go to the flower hall and sit down.
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Entering the courtyard, it has a different style. The style of this time's aerial architecture coupled with Japanese-style courtyards and plants makes walking through the secret passages exquisite. The flower hall is at the first entrance to the courtyard. Although it is a Chinese-style building, it is indeed based on the Japanese-style courtyard.
Layout. When you sit down in the inner room, the outside is actually the door, but some plants are used to separate it, so you can't see what's going on outside. Two special reconnaissance team members stood behind, and Ping Qiu Sheng gathered his thoughts. The servants went up as usual.
Some tea. Not long after, I saw an old man coming out surrounded by two young men. I saw that the old man was about sixty years old, with gray hair on his temples. Although he took good care of himself and took good care of himself, he seemed to have a complacent expression.
There is a sense of being weathered, it seems that this person must have a good character.
After sitting down for two times, there was not much formality. Zhou Xingru heard from the general manager who came back that this Australian also called himself a maritime merchant, but his behavior was indeed very different from that of a maritime merchant. These days, the crew on board the ship saw Australians practicing repairs in Jeju Island.
The city was built with roads, canals and wasteland were built, and all the general affairs were reported to the master one by one. The master also went through some things this week, and knew that this group of maritime merchants had a big plan-not to mention, he went straight towards them to seize Jeju directly.
Dao, just this courage is superior to Wang Zhi back then.
Of course Li Chao is not a powerful character, but the Australian maritime merchants can make such determination and undertake such a big undertaking, which is beyond the reach of ordinary people.
With this understanding, Mr. Zhou was naturally cautious in his words and very observant. From time to time he would also ask about the affairs of Australia and the ancestors of Heping Qiu Sheng.
Mr. Zhou was born in Nanzhili, so he naturally had much more experience than the maritime merchants in Fujian. He knew that he had a shallow foundation and was an outsider in the maritime merchants, and it was difficult to resist the rising maritime merchants from Fujian and Guangdong, so he left early.
With access to the shogunate, he has obtained the seal of the shogunate and can appear as a Japanese merchant ship at any time. This advantage of being able to change his identity is difficult for other maritime merchants to achieve. Therefore, he can be a chaotic maritime merchant in the East China Sea for a long time.
Keep your share among the pirate gang.
However, Zheng Zhilong gradually revealed his self-centered attitude in the trade with Japan, which made Zhou Xingru feel even more pressure. He did have a very good relationship with the shogunate, but the relationship between Zheng Zhilong and the shogunate was also very strong. Not to mention Zheng Zhilong's strength - whether it was financial or military strength.
The number of ships is far superior to mine.
If Lao Zheng wants to eat alone, there is really nothing he can do.
Now, an Australian maritime businessman suddenly appeared out of nowhere, and he couldn't stay in Jeju Island - Mr. Zhou knew very well that there was nothing worthy of this group of people, whether it was Jeju Island or Lee's North Korea.
Where is the capital, they only intend to invest this capital in the big fat Sino-Japanese trade. (To be continued.)