Chapter 244, Wa Kingdom

On the ocean to the east of the Wa Kingdom, ten Daifuku ships are sailing with the wind and water, and the speed is extremely fast.

On the 'Taishan', Du Mingen took out the calendar and crossed a day on the calendar again.

"It's been a full month since I left Daming, and today happens to be the sixth day of the seventh month."

Du Mingen counted the days he crossed out, took out the map again, and carefully compared and calculated.

"Tomorrow afternoon, we will be able to arrive in the Guanzhong area of the Wa Kingdom."

Du Mingen carefully looked at the map of the Wa Kingdom, and had already learned more or less about the situation on the Wa side from various channels before he came.

At this time, the Wa Kingdom was in the Warring States period, and since the Onin Rebellion more than 30 years ago, the shogunate completely lost control of the local daimyos, and the daimyo rose one after another.

Of course, this was still the early period of the Warring States period, and the Muromachi shogunate still had great control and influence over the Wa Kingdom, and even tried to restore its former influence.

It was only after about a few decades that some extremely powerful daimyo were born after conquest and annexation between local daimyos, which opened the ** of the Warring States Period.

The rise and fall of Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Tokugawa Ieyasu and other heroes in troubled times staged the most wonderful history in the history of the Japanese Kingdom.

Of course, these are all later words, at this time, Du Mingen just knew that the Wa Kingdom was in chaos now, and the Muromachi Shogunate's control over all parts of the Wa Kingdom was greatly reduced because of the Onin Rebellion, and the daimyo in various places were constantly rising.

The war between the daimyo and the daimyos, the war between the daimyo and the Muromachi shogunate, in short, the war raged continuously.

On the afternoon of the next day, on the sea of Hyogo no Tsu of the Wa Kingdom, ten Daifuku ships led by Du Mingen finally arrived here.

Hyogo Nozu was the largest distribution center of the Wa Kingdom at this time, very close to the Kyoto area, the core of the Wa Kingdom, and was still under the control of the Muromachi Shogunate.

In the port of Hyogo-nozu, a Japanese man saw the ten Daifuku ships on the sea, and immediately widened his eyes and couldn't help but shout loudly: "Ship, such a big ship~"

Soon, Akamatsumaru, an official of Harima Province in Hyogo-nozu, hurriedly arrived at the port with a large group of samurai.

Akamatsumaru is a member of the Akamatsu family, and the Akamatsu family is the de facto ruler of Harima Province, and this Hyogo no Tsu is also the most important property of the Akamatsu family.

It is located on the Seto Inland Sea, the core of the Kyoto region, and the Kanchu Plain of the Wa Kingdom, so the geographical location is extremely important, and the Hyogo no Tsu is now the largest port and material distribution center in the Wa Kingdom, and the annual tax collected here is an important source of wealth for the Akamatsu family.

Ten never-before-seen ships are now on the sea, and they are heading towards Hyogo no Tsu at a rapid pace, which makes Akamatsumu highly vigilant.

Now it's not the same as before, now the Muromachi shogunate is weakening, its influence and control over the places are greatly reduced, the Ming Dynasty is constantly fighting against each other, and the internal power of each daimyo is also fighting for power, retainers are plotting to seize the owner's property, and samurai assassinate the governor and so on.

This made Akamatsu Maru have to be highly vigilant, afraid that the ten big ships on them were hostile Ming troops.

"I've never seen a ship so big."

Akamatsumaru looked at the ten Daifuku ships on the sea, and the whole person was deeply shocked, at this time there were not only Daifuku ships on the sea, but also some ships of the Wa Kingdom, these ships and Daifuku ships looked very small compared to the Daifuku ships, just like children's toys.

"Where the hell did it come from?"

Akamatsumaru frowned, and then said to the people around him, "Do any of you know about this kind of big ship? ”

"My lord, these ships should not be the ships of our country, it is very likely that they are ships from the Ming Dynasty, you look at the flag on the ship, it should be the dragon flag of the Ming Dynasty."

Akamatsu Maru's side, Ichiro Kamitsuki thought about it and said, the Kamitsuki family is a family under the Akamatsu family, mainly responsible for managing Kamitsuki City for the Akamatsu family, and Hyogo Rizu is very close to Kamitsuki City.

"Ming's ship?"

When Akamatsumu heard this, the whole person was slightly surprised, and then his eyes widened and he carefully looked at the flag fluttering on the ship, the bright yellow dragon flag really didn't seem to be the color and flag that the family on the side of the Wa Kingdom liked to use.

"Yes, it's Daming's ship, this kind of ship should be called a fortune boat, we also had a fortune ship from Daming here before, but such a big fortune ship, and it is still ten big fortune ships at one time, I have never seen it."

Ichiro nodded and said, he is older, and he vaguely remembers seeing the fortune ship of the Ming Dynasty once before.

Hearing Ichiro Kamitsuki's words, Akamatsumu was also slightly relieved, as long as it wasn't the ship of other daimyos, it was easy to say, and he didn't have to worry about being attacked.

"You said that this Ming ship is so prosperous and mobilized to come to our country for what it is doing?"

Akamatsumaru thought for a moment and asked.

"I don't know this, the Ming Dynasty is a kingdom of God, with thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, and rich people, naturally it is not comparable to our country."

Last month, Ichiro shook his head slightly and said, he learned more about Daming from books, and he had never been to Daming, nor had he come into contact with any Daming people.

Hearing Ichiro's words, Akamatsumu didn't have any objections, because this is a fact, and the Ming Dynasty of this era is the kingdom in the eyes of the surrounding countries, and it is an existence that needs to be looked upon.

While the two were talking, a small boat rowed back to the port quickly, found Akamatsumaru and said, "My lord, these ten ships are from the Daming fleet, they are here to do business, hoping to buy and sell goods and replenish supplies with us. ”

"It turned out to be a merchant ship, I thought it was an envoy ship of the Ming Dynasty."

When Ichiro heard this, he immediately frowned, such a large-scale fleet turned out to be just merchant ships, which was a bit abnormal, but soon he shook his head slightly, the Ming Dynasty and the Wa Kingdom are different, the national strength is strong, the strength is strong, and there is nothing strange about a few big ships.

Soon, as the ship got closer and closer to the port, Akamatsu Maru and the others were already able to see everything on the ship clearly, and as for Du Mingen and the others on the ship, they naturally used binoculars to see everything in the port clearly.

"The hair of these Japanese people is too ugly, right?"

Du Mingen looked at Akamatsumaru and others in the harbor with a telescope, Akamatsumaru and others had a shaved head in the middle, with hair on both sides, and a white skull, which was the head of the moon dynasty and the head of the Tang wheel, and it was said that such a head was conducive to the battle of the samurai, so it gradually became popular in the Wa country.

"And these Japanese are too short."

In addition to this dazzling hairstyle, Du Mingen also quickly discovered that the height of the Japanese people is really very short, not only short in height, but also in the houses in the port.

Du Mingen smiled and put down the telescope in his hand, being able to see the constant kingdom and the world outside the Ming Dynasty was the reason why he was willing to give up a comfortable life.

And now that he has come to the Wa Kingdom and seen the Wa people and buildings that are completely different from the Ming Dynasty here, Du Mingen is also looking forward to being able to appreciate the customs and customs of the Wa Kingdom here.