Chapter 147: Landing on Jeju Island
"Meditation in the Night"
"Tang Dynasty, Li Bai"
"Moonlight in front of the window,"
"Suspected frost on the ground."
"Raise your head and look at the bright moon,"
"Bow your head and miss your hometown."
In a thatched hut not far from the sea on Jeju Island, a young child is holding a book in his hand and shaking his head to read Tang poems.
There was a gray-haired old man standing next to the young child, watching the young child skillfully read Tang poems, and the old man nodded frequently with satisfaction.
After reciting a few Tang poems, the young child looked up at the old man and asked the question in his heart:
"Grandpa, why do you teach me to read these Tang poems every day, and everyone can recite more than a hundred poems, when can we return to that distant home?"
The old man turned to look at the sea, his eyes full of longing, on the other side of the sea was their hometown.
After a while, he turned to the young boy and reached out to touch his grandson's head:
"Come on, Xiao Ming, don't worry, soon our Ming Heavenly Soldiers will come to pick us up and return to Daming."
The young boy stared at his grandfather with a pair of innocent eyes, and suddenly pouted:
"Grandpa lied, you've been saying this for several years, is Daming very big? Is it bigger than the entire island of Jeju? ”
"Hahaha, big, of course big, it's a hundred times bigger than the whole of North Korea, and when we return to Daming, you will find out how big my big country is."
The two grandchildren were both Ming people, and many years ago, the family followed their son to North Korea because Huang Taiji suddenly launched an attack on North Korea.
As a result, his son was killed in battle, and his daughter-in-law committed suicide and martyrdom, leaving only their grandchildren and grandchildren, and the entire Ming people on the island were almost slaughtered by the Eastern Invasion, and the grandchildren and dozens of Han people were lucky to escape.
After the whole of Korea was completely annexed by the east, not only did he kill the vast majority of officials close to the Ming Dynasty, but he also forbade him to speak Chinese, wear Han clothes, and follow Han customs.
They also had no access to books related to the Ming Dynasty, and they invented a ghost-like script to replace Chinese characters that had been popular for thousands of years.
The grandsons of the old man and dozens of Han people have also become the objects of their close supervision, and once they are found to have violated the regulations, they will be immediately beheaded, and there will be no mercy.
In desperation, the grandfather and grandson quietly left the village and came to live on this remote seaside, solve the problem of food and clothing, and live by secretly fishing.
The old man often sat on the beach with his grandson, hoping that one day, they would be able to see the Ming warship appear on the seashore.
Because the old man knew that Daming once had an invincible navy.
"They are here, and we can often hear them speaking Chinese and reciting Tang poems."
Suddenly there was a sound of footsteps, and someone could be heard, the old man was stunned, and hurriedly asked Xiao Ming to put away the books, and he walked to the door to watch.
I saw a group of people, surrounded by a man with a money rat tail, walking quickly, among them were the Eastern captivity soldiers, the traitors and lackeys in the village, and the officials and soldiers of the Li Dynasty.
"Old man Zhang, you are teaching your grandson to learn Chinese again, right, Lao Tzu has long found out that you often do this kind of thing, don't you know that the masters don't like it?"
The person who led the way was Li Chengming, a scoundrel in the village, who became proud when he saw the old man.
Seeing this person, Lao Zhang was extremely disgusted:
"What are you doing here, we haven't done anything illegal, and you don't give us land, so the old man can only fish on the beach for a living."
Li Chengming snorted coldly:
"Hmph, Zhang Laogou, you lied to people, let us go in and search."
Xiao Ming heard the scoundrel scolding his grandfather, so he was reluctant at that time, and pointed at Li Chengming with his little hand and scolded:
"You're the old dog, and my grandfather is a good man."
Li Chengming was furious, reached out and gave Xiao Ming a palm, and then grabbed Xiao Ming's collar and lifted him up:
"Little rabbit cub, you dare to scold again, believe it or not, Lao Tzu fell to death you."
The old man was shocked, and hurriedly stepped forward to hug Xiao Ming:
"We really haven't done anything, please spare my grandson."
"Fuck off."
Li Chengming put down Xiao Ming, kicked the old man to the ground, walked into the room quickly, and began to search.
Soon he collected two or three Tang poems and Song Ci, which were all used by the old man to teach his grandson to read, and he didn't have time to put them in a more secret place today.
After Li Chengming searched for the books, he turned around and walked to the side of the money rattail, bent down and muttered for a while, and the money rattail was furious:
"A bold man and a dog, he dared to disobey the regulations of my Qing Dynasty, come to someone, and correct this person on the spot."
"Chirp"
The two North Korean soldiers drew their knives and walked towards the old man, Xiao Ming saw that someone was bullying his grandfather, he rushed up desperately and blocked in front of his grandfather.
"You scoundrels, don't bully my grandfather."
Seeing that Xiao Ming was so brave, a captivity soldier laughed evilly, and took out a dagger and handed it to Xiao Ming.
"Little friend, as long as you kill your grandfather with this knife, the master will have a lot of rewards for you."
As he spoke, he reached out and took out a piece of silver and handed it to Xiao Ming.
"Look at so much silver, as long as you can do it, give it all to you, how about it?"
Although Xiao Ming is not very old, now he can tell who is good and who is bad, and the one who asked him to kill his grandfather must be a bad person, and he will definitely not do it.
"Don't, I just want grandpa, you're all badass, kill you."
As he spoke, Xiao Ming suddenly raised his dagger and stabbed the eastward captives.
"Poof......
The Eastern Kidnapper originally wanted to see the joke, but he would never have thought that such a small baby would be so ruthless that he dared to stab him, but he was stabbed in the thigh by Xiao Ming.
Where did Xiao Ming have much strength, this knife only left a bloody mark on the thigh of the Eastern captive soldier.
"Looking for Death"
The Eastern Kidnappers were annoyed and angry, raised their legs and kicked Xiao Ming away, drew out their scimitars and slashed at the old man, seeing that Lao Zhang was about to die here.
"Bang"
Suddenly, a gunshot rang out, and a bloody hole appeared in the head of the Eastern captive soldier, and then he turned over and fell to the ground, unable to die again.
"Whoever shoots is simply looking for death."
The man with the money rat tail was furious, hurriedly looked around, and suddenly his face turned pale, and he didn't know when, countless Ming soldiers appeared on the beach.
Among them was a small group of Ming troops, with flintlock pistols in their hands, and they were already less than a hundred paces away.
When I looked into the sea, the sea was densely packed with warships, and I couldn't see the end at a glance.
"Oh my God, the Ming army is coming, run."
The man with the rat-tailed was the first to react, he screamed, turned and ran, faster than a rabbit.
But no matter how fast a rabbit runs, it can't be faster than a flintlock bullet.
"Bang ......"
Another shot rang out, and the man with the money rat tail was shot in the leg and staggered to the ground.
There were dozens of Eastern captives and Li Dynasty soldiers left, and it was too late to run, so they drew their swords and prepared for battle.
"Don't shoot, General Ben wants to see how many catties and taels these traitors, lackeys and so-called Eastern Capture warriors have."
As he spoke, Li Dingguo held a spear in his hand and walked quickly in front of them.