There is a large island with fertile water and grass in the East China Sea, which faces the Korean Peninsula across the sea, and is not too far from the mouth of the Yangtze River in the Ming Dynasty. In the early days, a civilization belonging to this island was born, and a kingdom called Tamna appeared.

"The New Tang Dynasty Book: The Biography of Dongyi" records: "At the beginning of the dragon sculpture, there was a Danluo, whose king Confucian Li Duluo sent an envoy to the court, and lived on the South Island of Wuzhou, Silla, with simple and simple customs, and big pig skin; Summer Cave House, Winter Cave Room. The earth grows grain, and the ploughing does not know how to use oxen, and the soil is raked with iron teeth. "There is another record: in Lin Dezhong, the chief came to the court, from the emperor to Mount Tai.

In 1105, the Goryeo Kingdom destroyed Tamna, and Tamna County was established in its area, and soon Tamna was renamed Jeju, which was later known as Jeju Island, a tourist destination for later generations.

It was only in 1273 that the Yuan Dynasty included Tamna Island in its national territory, and set up a governor's office here, with 1,700 border troops in Tunzhen. It served as a springboard for the Yuan Dynasty's expedition to Japan, and later evolved into an important place of exile.

In 1367, Goryeo requested that Jeju be returned to Goryeo, and Goryeo paid tribute to the horses herded by the local Mongols, which Emperor Wonsun approved. The Mongols, who were herding horses in the area, chose to disobey and kill the officials sent by Goryeo.

In 1374, King Gongsu of Goryeo sent Choi Ying to crusade against Jeju and pacify Muhu, and Jeju was reclassified as Goryeo.

It's just that the Ming Dynasty did not completely abandon here, and at the beginning of the country, the old system of the Yuan Dynasty was followed, and Tamna was used as a place of exile for prisoners, and Ming Taizu exiled the family members of opponents who failed to compete for the world with him, such as Chen Li, the son of Chen Youliang, and Ming Sheng, the son of Ming Yuzhen, to Tamna Island.

Tamna Island was regarded as a place of exile by the Ming Dynasty, and the king of Goryeo had nothing to do. It was not until 1388 that Ming Taizu exiled the last group of Mongolian princes and nobles here, which can be regarded as a complete release of Tamna Island.

In 1392, Goryeo was finally able to show its strength, sending an army to defeat the Mongol forces on the island and take control of Jeju Island, and then set up two counties of Daejeong and Jeongui in Jeju Munai.

It is for this historical reason that Tamna Island has both original natives and Koreans who have migrated here, as well as many descendants of the exiled Mongols and Han Chinese.

If nothing happens, the island will continue to be in such a state of calm as it bears the needs of the Mongolian horses of the Korean country.

It was only at the beginning of this year that a large number of Ming people suddenly appeared in the natural harbor in the southwest of Tamna Island.

They appeared to have moved in with impunity, and quickly built a dock here, then a fort on the side of the pier, and now a new city was in full swing.

Since Korea is located to the north of Jeju Island, both Dajing and Jeongui are located to the north or east, far from the southwest harbor known as Hwashun Port.

This southwest harbor is an undeveloped area, in fact, this statement is not rigorous enough.

Jeju Island was not developed at this time, mainly because the water and grass in the east of the island were fertile and suitable for horse breeding, so it opened the prelude to the horse breeding industry here.

Because of this natural bay, although this remote southwest has not been able to form a city, it is still inhabited by hundreds of people, mainly fishing and grazing.

It's just that this peaceful life is savagely broken, not to mention that their number is far inferior to these Ming people, and their weapons are not above the same level.

The fish tyrant who occupied this place for a generation did not take any effort to sneak up on other people's camps, but the Ming people unceremoniously threw the fish tyrant led by him into the sea and fed the fish, while the others became drudgery.

Now the sudden arrival of the United Merchant Group has disrupted their peaceful lives, but it has also brought them a lot of food and new jobs.

Park Hyun, a native of Tamna, was brave enough to come to the construction site to see the excitement at first, then ate a free porridge here, and then followed the others to work on the construction site in a daze.

After a day's worth of moving bricks, he was called by a rather imposing Ming man, only to see a dazzling array of goods on the shelf for him and others to choose from.

He thought that it would be reasonable to eat a meal and work for a day, but he never expected that these Ming people would be able to let him choose one thing from it.

On the first day, he asked for cloth!

The next day, he asked for the cloth!

On the third day, he had a crush on rice!

On the fourth day, he fell in love with bacon!

……

On the tenth day, he took a fancy to the ticket!

Park Hyun watched more and more companions choose this easy-to-carry thing, so he pointed to the ticket and asked in stiff Chinese, "Is this ...... What is this? ”

"It's a cloth ticket! You can take the cloth ticket at any time to change the cloth, and you can also exchange rice, bacon, clay pots, etc., mainly because you can hold it for convenience! The steward also explained patiently regardless of whether he understood it or not.

Park Hyun seemed to understand whether he understood or not, but he said vigilantly: "That...... Are you leaving? ”

"What are we doing here to repair the city? From now on, we will join forces with the merchant group to ...... I won't go! The steward rolled his eyelids up and replied with a look of old manhood.

With the current strength of the Combined Fleet, not to mention just occupying the southwestern corner of this island, even if it occupies all of this island, it is not too difficult to do it.

Now, they are planning to run this place as carefully as Luzon, and make it a second overseas base for their joint merchant group.

Park Hyun didn't quite understand what the steward meant, but looking at the arrogance of the other party, he knew that the other party would definitely not run away suddenly, so he nodded heavily and said, "Okay, I want a ticket!" ”

As night fell, there was a village in the forest north of Union New Town.

In this village, accustomed to the moon and fire, the simple houses were already lit with the size of soybeans, and the women and children sat around the lights, staring at a pair of curious and satisfied eyes.

In one of the humble rooms, a woman who was sewing clothes looked distressed and said: "Don't pick this lamp too brightly, we have to save some of it, although the lamp is given for free, but the oil can only be exchanged with a cloth ticket!" ”

The man was of strong Han and Mongolian blood, but he said disappreciably: "It's okay! I now have a cloth ticket every day, and it works every night! ”

"It's not enough to spend like this, it's all spent now, what will we do in the future?" The woman looked at the oil lamp that was very bright, but she was blaming.

"If this city is repaired, I can still continue to follow them to earn tickets! I've already inquired about it today, as long as I go to North Korea or Guangdong with their boat, I can get as many as fifty tickets for one round trip! The man said with a fluttering eyebrow, but he said proudly to the children who were crawling in front of the lamp like a trick: "Look, what did Daddy bring back to you?" ”

The two children turned their heads to look at the oily yellow salt-baked chicken, and their eyes seemed to pop out, and the little boy's saliva was already pouring out of his mouth.

"Hee-hee...... This is what Daddy specially changed for you today, this is Daming's salt-baked chicken! As long as you are obedient in the future, I will often bring it back for you to eat! The man said proudly.

A pair of children immediately nodded heavily, looking expectantly at the salt-baked chicken in their father's hand.

The man neatly tore off two chicken legs and divided them among his children one by one, and the two children had never eaten such a delicacy that they almost bit their fingers when they were delivered to their mouths.

The man looked at the children who were eating happily, and his heart was also indescribably satisfied, and he only hoped that this good life could last forever, so he tore off a chicken wing and gave it to his wife with a smile.

The wife also looked at the children happily, but she pursed her lips and shook her head gently: "I ate a small piece at noon, you can leave it for the children to eat!" ”

"Eat, there will be more often in the future!" The man stuffed the chicken wings with a pride.

The family of four was already happily sitting under the oil lamp, eating the yellow salt-baked chicken happily, and had infinite longing for the days to come.

In the early morning of the next day, a fleet of three-masted gunboats appeared majestically on the surface of the sea and slowly sailed into the quay of the bay.