Several large warehouses for grain storage have been built on Liugong Island, and it is a bumper harvest year, and it is in a good position to connect Liaodong in the north and Jiangsu and Zhejiang in the south.

He had made up his mind, so he asked Kang Bu to do it, and according to the storage of 150,000 stone of rice and wheat beans, he would find a way to make up for the deficit of more than 100,000 taels before recruiting troops and trading with the French.

I thought that I would just go to Japan for the first time to trade and let my henchmen do it, but after thinking about it, I was afraid that I might not be able to do it, so I had to go by myself this time.

In addition to Shi Shi's use of this person who can exchange for a trade letter card, Liu Yu also chose two Mongolian stallions with good shoulder height, and he did not castrate, and was ready to change one more.

Now that the typhoon has passed, it is a suitable day for sailing, and as soon as the golden wind disperses and the north wind blows, you can try to sail directly from Shandong to Nagasaki.

The latitude of Nagasaki can be known from some missionaries and Dutch books, and the longitude is of little significance here, and it is wrapped in Korea and Japan, and if it can float into the ocean, it can only be regarded as a fate.

The goods that Lin Yunwen did and the fortune ships he bought did not stop at Weihai Port, but on the south side of the Shandong Peninsula. The emperor greeted the Jiaoliao Jiedu envoy and the Jiaoliao town to guard the general power, and they didn't care about Liu Yu's ship.

Watching Liu Yu swagger and lead the two horses to the boat, Lin Yunwen's eyes straightened.

The Japanese gave trade cards as a temptation, this temptation was too great, but the war horse was extremely strict, although the customs and the patrol also took bribes, but they also knew what should be collected and what should not be collected, and they had never seen horses directly transported to Japan.

Especially with such a high shoulder, there are few horses in the south, and the north is strict, Lin Yunwen thought to himself, others are not allowed to sell you, but you can sell it, is this not profitable?

Liu Yu was followed by four young people, and steamed buns and others were among them.

Now there is only one captured expedition ship as a training ship, and only two groups of people can be divided, even if even the sailors on board are alternate officers, and one expedition ship cannot fit so many people.

Mantou and the others have completed their first batch of internships on ships for several months, during which time they will have to study theoretical lessons and wait for the craftsmen to build another training expedition ship next year before they can get on board again.

Taking advantage of this gap, Liu Yu said that he would teach the theoretical course, and selected four people from his cronies to go to Japan together, only as if these four people were guards.

The sailors on the ship were recruited in Ningbo and other places, and they were just with the ship, neither carrying goods nor being responsible for navigation, as long as they gave enough money, they were a group of people who exchanged their lives for food.

I have been staying here for more than a month, and when I saw Liu Yu at this time, I knew that the main owner had finally come. knows that Lin Yunwen is just a guy or a head.

As for the cargo on board, it has nothing to do with these sailors. The novelty is that I actually saw the war horse, and I just thought that the owner of this ship had the ability.

On the ship, the owner doesn't care about the things on the ship, it is very troublesome to enter the port and then leave the port, this ship is not anchored, how to prepare for a day to go to sea.

Liu Yu was also bold, called Lin Yunwen, and said that he wanted to take advantage of the north wind to sail directly to 32 degrees north latitude and then turn to Nagasaki without jumping off the island.

Lin Yunwen's face turned white with fright, and he hurriedly said, "Lord Liu, this sea boat is not a joke. Such a warp and weft technique may be available to Westerners, but we will not. Let's still take the needle road song, first set sail to Ningbo, then from Ningbo to Ryukyu, and then to Japan when we get to Ryukyu, how about it? ”

Liu Yu weighed the sextant in his hand and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I'm not talking nonsense." There are many Dutch people who have been to Nagasaki, and there have been some missionaries who have been martyred in Nagasaki before, and I have compared seven or eight books, and the latitude records are all about the same, and this cannot be wrong. Besides, did the first person who sailed also have the needle song of his predecessors? Now that the weather is fine, just go like this. ”

He only knew the latitude of Nagasaki, but it was difficult to judge the longitude of Nagasaki, and now there was neither a nautical clock nor an astronomical calendar, so he could only use a timer with Chinese characteristics called "Weighing Leak" or "Lotus Drain".

The siphon principle used in this thing is very ingenious, and it is said that it can be used to keep time on horse-drawn carriages, which can prevent inaccurate timing caused by bumps to the greatest extent, but the error of bumps at sea is also five or six minutes per day.

Before the advent of nautical clocks and astronomical calendars, these things were better than nothing.

Flying directly from Shandong to Japan, Liu Yu still knows it in his heart. There are almost no reefs in the Yellow Sea, and the latitude of Nagasaki recorded by missionaries and the Dutch can be determined to be about 32 and a half degrees.

Take a direct flight to the east of the south at 15 degrees, and as long as there are still the sun and stars, then turn around. Now that the typhoon days have passed, the wind direction is basically certain and not changeable.

Lin Yunwen complained bitterly in his heart, but he had no choice but to ask, "How sure are you that adult?" ”

Liu Yu laughed and spread his hands: "When Westerners sailed around the world back then, he was a few percent sure, and I was a few percent sure." But those sailors wouldn't be surprised, would they? ”

Lin Yunwen's face twitched, he didn't know how sure Westerners were when they sailed around the world, but it shouldn't be high.

Flying directly from Shandong to Japan is really unthinkable, but fortunately, there is no strong wind in the autumn and winter transition season, so I can only try my luck.

In desperation, he had no choice but to say: "Don't worry, my lord, the sailors don't understand this, and it's up to the adults to toss." ”

"That's fine. Go ahead and I'll tell you when it's time to turn. ”

Lin Yunwen sighed, went to get firecrackers and the like, and lit them on the deck.

He also took the sacrifice of Xu Jingyang, one of the four gods, Xu Zhenjun, this Xu Zhenjun fought Jiao and cut the snake to set the storm, so the Cantonese people worshiped Mazu, Jiangsu and Zhejiang worshiped Xu Zhenjun.

The sacrifice was placed, Xu Zhenjun was invited to use the sacrifice, knelt there and kowtowed a few times to the statue, took out the compass next to the statue, held the compass and said loudly: "Xu Zhenjun taught the dragon boat to meet the main wind on the day, and today is auspicious, and it is advisable to sail." ”

The sailors shouted in unison, and Lin Yunwen held the compass and ordered the needle to be taken, reciting the prayer of the wind, and the big ship left the port.

The wind along the way is also very face-saving, and the four young people who followed Liu Yu were just like when they were on that expedition ship before, looking at the stars at night, measuring the speed of the ship during the day, and rarely contacting those sailors.

Lin Yunwen still calls Liu Yu an adult in private, but on the surface, he calls Liu Yu "the master".

It was only six days, so Lin Yunwen changed course, sailed for another three days, and saw a big island with sharp eyes.

Lin Yunwen held the binoculars and looked at it for a long time, and the more he looked at it, the more frightened he became. As a person who can memorize the road song when sailing, it is inevitable to be well-informed, and it is necessary to have a super good memory, and when you see the mountains and the coastline, you can know what it is.

The big island in the distance looks like the five islands of Japan.

He was familiar with the five islands, and there was an order on the Nagasaki side that any ship going to Nagasaki could only go from the south, not from the north of the five islands. Anyone who goes from the north side of the five islands will be disqualified from trading and have their trade tokens revoked.

But in nine days, you can sail from Shandong to the vicinity of the five islands? Even if it's a tailwind, it's too fast, right?

You don't need to take a needle, you don't need to memorize landmarks, you just look at the stars to know when to turn?

The more I look at it, the more frightened I become, and the more I think about it, the more scared I become, and I always feel that there are some ghosts and gods in it, which is really incomprehensible.

After waiting for a while and confirming that this was Wudao, Lin Yunwen hurriedly ran to find Liu Yu.

"Lord's house, there should be Goto in front of you. After Goto, there is a reef, and if you want to go to Nagasaki, you can't go straight to Nagasaki. ”

Liu Yu smiled: "Yes, you are familiar with this paragraph, so naturally you are fully responsible." Our method can also be used on the ocean, and things like entering the port depend on you. ”

After a little flattery, Lin Yunwen listened comfortably, and said: "It's not difficult to enter the port, but the difficult thing is the investigation of the Japanese people." Every ship that enters the harbor must be inquired about. For us, it is called 'Tang Feng Wen', and for the Dutch, it is 'Lan Feng Wen'. The Japanese people asked everything, maybe after the country was closed, otherwise they would not be able to know what was happening outside. ”

As early as a few months ago, Lin Yunwen had already said all the details of Nagasaki's entry into the port, and Liu Yu had already made up enough answers.

Since the new Shotoku Order, Japan's lockdown has become more and more serious, but it also knows that it is necessary to understand the outside world. Nagasaki was left as a window for foreign trade, and only trade between China and the Netherlands was allowed, and every time a ship came, it was necessary to ask for something.

The shipowner has not learned the rules of secrecy, and he will say everything that should be said and what should not be said.

The Japanese have a knack for this kind of espionage method, and in addition there are still a number of great Confucians in China who crossed to the east during the rebellion at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and the questions they ask are also quite tricky, and they can often deduce a lot of content through some details.

In general, Japan's attitude towards Dashun was hostile and cautious.

During the Chongzhen period, when the army rebelled, Japan was also overwhelmed by various "one-fold attacks". In their view, the success of Dashun is just a slap, and they are very disdainful of this regime that has risen up in one swoop.

In particular, after hearing that the Dashun regime opened up trade and allowed Westerners to preach and learn Western culture, they thought that Dashun was to change from summer to Yi, while Japan was to change from Yi to Xia, which was orthodox.

In addition, Nanming continued to send people to ask for reinforcements, and then Dashun abandoned Cheng Zhu Lixue, and some of Zhu Zilixue's people also went to Japan or North Korea, so there must be no good words. Nowadays, the science of the Song and Ming Dynasty is flourishing in Japan, and its influence is quite great.

However, in view of the special environment of Japan, Mencius, who advocated the valuarity of the people, was not mentioned. As aristocrats, Japanese counterparts have a famous saying in the industry: farmers are like sesame seeds, the more they squeeze, the more oil they produce.

In addition to these hostilities, there are also lessons learned from the Wanli period of the previous dynasty, and Japan had to be cautious about the surrounding powers, and even the pressure on the Ryukyus was much less, so that the Ryukyus would be a two-faced regime, and try not to provoke Dashun as much as possible to avoid conflict.

Because of this, when the Japanese Tang Feng asked, he might ask all kinds of strange questions and deduce all kinds of things from the details. Lin Yunwen's worry also lies in this, worrying that the questions asked by the Japanese are too tricky, or there are some loopholes.

Liu Yu felt that Lin Yunwen was a standard thief. There is a thief in his heart, so he has a weak heart, and Liu Yu has no thief in his heart: That's right, I am not an ordinary person, but I brought you martial artists and war horses, do you want it or not?