Chapter 395: Robbing the Widows (Third Update, Asking for Subscription)
Yamamoto Gonbei is a port guard of the Chofu, a subordinate flag with only 100 koku. If his errand had been placed a few decades ago, it would have been a fat job, after all, at that time, ships from all over the world gathered in Changfu Port, and the merchants contributed dozens of times more than Yulu.
But now, at most, he reminisced about the glory of yesterday, and although there were businessmen who contributed now, it was comparable to the past. These contributions are not even bribes, but they are just a little bit of their meaning.
Today, however, as usual, while having fun in a brothel by the harbor, when he heard the news that "a foreign ship is coming to port," he immediately gathered several soldiers and went with him.
Could it be a Westerner who floated from the sea?
As he stared at the black Western-style ship with doubts as he sailed out to meet him, Gonbei Yamamoto couldn't help but think of the prosperity of the Governor's Mansion that his father had described. At that time, there were such Western ships moored in the harbor, and he had only seen such Western black ships in paintings.
It's a pity that these prosperity are gone!
"Oh, I didn't expect to see the black ship of Westerners again in this life."
In fact, the Dutch-built armed merchant ship "Texel" with 24 guns in Batavia is not black, but only brushed with a layer of wood tar as a primer for antiseptics, which looks darker in wood and a bit like "black". However, decades ago, when Portuguese merchant ships first appeared in front of these Japanese, they called these black ships "black ships".
However, when the boat went up to meet him, Yamamoto Gonbei muttered in his heart - when he arrived on the ship, how to talk to Westerners, and was there anyone in the city who could speak the red-haired language?
In the past, there were, but those people believed in the Red Hair Sect, all of them were cults, and they had all been killed. Now I don't know if there are any living people who will speak their words.
Just as he was muttering in his heart, he saw the people on the boat—all of them were people who looked like him, and there were no red-haired people like evil spirits.
"Are you North Koreans?"
Shouldn't the North Koreans be quietly smuggling? Why did you come here so openly? Didn't they know that foreign ships were not allowed to enter Japan's ports?
Standing on the deck, Yamamoto's eyes widened in astonishment, and his heart was shocked, because these "North Koreans" were born too tall, taller than any other North Koreans he had ever seen.
Looking up at these North Koreans, he thought to himself: Why are these North Koreans so tall.
In fact, Koreans and Japanese in this era were about the same, and they were not tall. Of course, the Japanese are more extreme, not to mention civilians, even the height of those so-called fierce generals and daimyo is difficult to describe. The size of 1.5 or 6 meters is placed in Japan, which is "outstanding" and tall and mighty, and 1.3 and 4 meters is the norm, and many of the big people known as the "Warring States Fierce Generals", although the Japanese describe how superior they are in the book, but later generations speculate that according to the armor they left behind, the height is only about 1.4 meters and 1.5 meters.
As for ordinary people...... That is, one meter three, at most one meter four. In the eyes of European missionaries, the European missionaries who were missionaries in Japan at that time described the Japanese cavalry in their diaries as "a group of children fighting on dogs"!
I eat brown rice and wild vegetables all day long, but I still can't eat enough, how can I grow taller? Well, of course, two hundred years after eating and drinking chaff, the Han Chinese, who were tall and mighty in the eyes of the missionaries and generally taller than the Europeans, also shrank a lot in height.
However, now these people on the ship have not shrunk, and they are all tall Liaodong people, standing in front of these people, Yamamoto Gonbei naturally feels the pressure.
Although he was sure of their identities from the mouth of the interpreter, Yamamoto's heart was still full of doubts, there were such tall North Koreans.
"Are you really North Koreans?"
Yamamoto's doubts fell in Wang Lun's eyes, which made his heart tighten, shouldn't there be a missing line?
Guo Daishan on the side, his hand had already reached the hilt, but the next development made him breathe a sigh of relief. Although Yamamoto was a little confused, he led them into the port.
"You can't dock for the time being, and whether you can dock or not will have to wait for the decision of the feudal lord."
Wang Lun naturally understands this, in his opinion, the rest is only a matter of time, as long as he hands over the national credentials, he should be able to open a merchant hall here like the Japanese people.
Although the Koreans knew about the lockdown order, they didn't know that Japan was only allowed to trade in Nagasaki now, and as for Korea and Japan, there was trade with the Tsushima Domain, but it was the Japanese who went to Korea to buy things, not that Korea came to Japan to sell, and even a small number of Korean smugglers were privately trafficked, and they knew what the government's policies and regulations were.
Just as Wang Lun was expectantly sending Yamamoto Quan Bingwei off the ship, when he bent over the side of the ship, the sea breeze blew, and the hat on his head actually fell, and only the rat's tail on his bare head was shaking in the wind.
"Braids?"
Yamamoto Gonbei was stunned, staring at the thin braid with wide eyes.
How can North Koreans have braids?
"They're Hu people!"
Almost when Yamamoto Gonbei shouted in horror, seeing that his identity was revealed, Guo Daishan shouted.
"Kill them all, and leave not one behind!"
Guo Daishan, who rebelled with King Gongshun, was not only ruthless, but also decisive, and when he shouted, he jumped directly onto Yamamoto's boat, cut off his head with a knife, and before others could react, several Japanese people on the boat were cut down.
But at a distance of only a dozen zhang from the shore, the people on the shore naturally saw this scene.
"It's Hu people, and all the people on the Western ships are Hu people......
Amid the shouts of astonishment, the harbor was in chaos.
"It's over, it's all over, it's over......"
Just when Wang Lun's eyes widened and he was worried that he would not be able to complete the task assigned by his master, Guo Daishan shouted loudly.
"Brother Wang, now that your identity has been revealed, you and I will just stop doing nothing and just rob this city......
In his opinion, these little dwarfs are not their opponents at all, and if there are such people who don't rob them, is it difficult to keep them?
"What?"
Wang Lun said in astonishment.
"Since the deal can't be done, grab some things and go back, so you can deal with the master!"
As soon as Guo Daishan's words fell, the sailors on the ship immediately shouted.
"That's it, it's better than going back empty-handed!"
For these Jiannu, who have long been accustomed to "robbing the West" and "robbing the Han people", what kind of life have they lived in the past year, they can't grab things at all, and some people even have their own mother-in-law who have been robbed by the Ming, and now they ...... There is an opportunity to rob money and women, who would miss such an opportunity?
"Guo, General Guo, this, this will be a bad thing for the master......"
Wang Lun shouted in fright.
"Bad things? Now that it's all come to this point, no matter how bad it is, how bad is it? As long as we grab enough things, when the time comes, not only will there be no fault, but merit! ”
Guo Daishan shouted.
"The brothers often shoot artillery in the city, kill them for a while, and then set fire to the city with rockets, and when the fire comes, even if their reinforcements come, they can't come up!"
Although it seems to be reckless, Guo Daishan also has his rules when he fights, after all, he is a veteran soldier who has been marching and fighting for many years.
"General Guo, no, no."
The nervous Wang Lun tried to stop Guo Daishan, but when he saw the blood stains on his body, he dared to reach out to stop him.
Just nervously persuaded him.
"General Guo, you have to think twice, doing so will ruin the master's big thing."
"What else can I do to do things, now that I've reached this point, it's too late to say anything."
Guo Daishan shouted loudly.
"Let's either sail back to North Korea now, or just do a vote here, yes, there is no other choice, if we go empty-handed, when the time comes, the master will definitely blame."
"General Guo, you don't know! Master, master has something important to do. ”
Wang Lun still tried to persuade him. But Guo Daishan didn't buy it. Just stared at him and said coldly.
"What, are you trying to stop me?"
His words made Wang Lun's heart tighten, and he waved his hand again and again.
"The general misunderstood, misunderstood......"
"Okay, that's a misunderstanding!"
Guo Daishan laughed.
"Brethren. Let's go, fuck me ......"