Chapter 245, Rest
Ten Daifuku ships slowly sailed into the port, and at this time, a large number of Japanese people had gathered in the entire port, and all of them looked at the ten Daifuku ships in the port.
These ten ships were so large that the ships of the Wa Kingdom in the harbor were very small, even though the great merchant ships from other daimyo were still very small compared to these lucky ships.
Such a large ship, and ten of them came at once, naturally became the focus of the entire Hyogo no Tsu port.
Everyone discussed with each other, and soon everyone also knew, it turned out that these ships were ships from the Ming Dynasty, and everyone suddenly felt that there was no surprise, and the Ming Dynasty was too far away for the ordinary people of the Ming Dynasty.
In their concept, the Ming Dynasty is the kingdom of the Heavens, and everything in the Wa Kingdom is learned from the Ming Dynasty, and the characters used are the Chinese characters of the Ming Dynasty, and the silk and porcelain from the Ming Dynasty are all things that the nobles can enjoy.
Therefore, after hearing that it was a fleet from the Ming Dynasty, the Japanese people in the port crowded to the port one by one, trying to find a better position so that they could see more clearly.
The ship gradually moored to the pier, and finally I was able to see everything on the ship.
"The people of Daming are so tall~"
This was the first impression of all the Japanese people present.
In this era, because it is an island country, materials are extremely scarce, coupled with the extremely scarce arable land, and the population of the Japanese country is very large, so the food is not abundant, as for meat, it is the same as the Ming Dynasty, it is very scarce, which also leads to the height of the Japanese people in this era is very short.
This is also the reason why the so-called racial improvement program was carried out on a large scale in Japan in later generations, and the average height was too short.
And the fleet led by Du Mingen, these people are also carefully selected by Liu Jin, all of them are tall, and after entering the Maritime Academy to study, they are fed with big fish and meat for three meals a day, so they are all very strong.
Especially the big man Silly Bear, who is more than two meters tall, stands on the bow of the 'Kunlun', and the whole person is like a giant, which makes the people in the entire port widen their eyes and stare at the Silly Bear.
On the top of the ten Daifuku ships, all the crew members were dressed in uniform and stood straight on the side of the ship, and a powerful aura invisibly rushed towards the entire port, making the faces of the many samurai led by Akamatsumaru change dramatically one by one.
"Is this the person from Da Ming?"
Akamatsumaru looked at the people on the Fukubune and couldn't help but say.
Compared with the impact of the ten Dafu ships on them, these crew members under Du Mingen gave them a greater impact, which made the Japanese people in this port intuitively feel the strength of the Ming Dynasty.
Soon, the ship slowly moored, and Tian Erniu took Zhao Monkey, Silly Bear, Big Tiger and others to take the lead in coming down, preparing to contact the Japanese people here first to see if they welcomed him.
As for Du Mingen and the others, they were not in a hurry to get off the ship, and there was also a detailed teaching here in the Maritime Academy about the arrangements for the fleet after it arrived in an unfamiliar place.
How to berth the ship, how to arrange personnel to be on duty, the order, time, place, etc., are all very knowledgeable, not random, everything must be considered for the safety of the fleet.
"We are the fleet of His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty to the Golden Continent, please ask your local officials to come and explain."
Tian Erniu looked at the black crowd in the port, raised his head, and said loudly with pride.
The Ming people of this era have a kind of self-confidence in the external aspect, the Ming is the fertile land of China, and the outside of the Ming Dynasty are barbarian lands, although the Japanese country is closer to the Ming Dynasty, and there are often contacts, but it is still a barbarian land.
So when facing these Japanese people, not only Tian Erniu, but everyone in the entire fleet felt that they were superior.
Tian Erniu said the official language of the Ming Dynasty, and the Japanese people who could understand it on the scene were naturally very few, very few, but Ichiro Kamitsuki, who was next to Akamatsumaru, was quite knowledgeable and understood the official language of the Ming Dynasty.
Soon, Akamatsumaru came to Tian Erniu and the others with Ichiro Kamitsuki and all the samurai, and said very respectfully: "In Shimoakamatsumaru, it is Omi Mamoru of Hyogo no Tsu, welcoming the arrival of the Ming Mission. ”
After speaking, Akamatsumu also bowed deeply to Tian Erniu and the others, and as Akamatsumu bowed, Ichiro Kazuki and all the samurai behind him also bowed together.
After Ichiro finished bowing last month, he also hurriedly translated Akamatsumaru's words and temporarily acted as an interpreter.
"Akamatsumaru~ This name is really weird."
When Tian Erniu heard this, he thought so in his heart.
"This is the customs clearance document granted by His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, please take a look."
Tian Erniu took out a book of documents covered with bright yellow cloth from his arms and handed it over.
"Hi~"
Akamatsumu took the document very respectfully, and then opened it very carefully, although he couldn't speak the official language of the Ming Dynasty, but he could understand the man above.
After all, the Akamatsu family is also a daimyo family, and the surname Akamatsu is also the surname of the nobility, and the nobles of the Wa Kingdom have to receive all aspects of education since childhood, and Chinese characters are naturally the content that must be learned, not only the Hanzi, but also the Han culture is deeply rooted in the bone marrow of the Wa people.
The people of the Japanese Kingdom love the Three Kingdoms the most, they like Su Shi's words the most, they like Li Bai's poems, and there are many very famous calligraphers in the history of the Japanese Kingdom, and even some excellent poets, lyricists and so on.
The content of the document is very simple, simply explaining the purpose of these fleets, hoping that the various countries passing by can give help within their ability, and Daming will be grateful.
After reading the text, Akamatsumu very respectfully lifted the text with both hands on his head and sent it to Tian Erniu, Tian Erniu also took the document very respectfully, and both sides looked very respectful and valued.
"It is an honor for our Akamatsu family to be able to receive the fleet of the Upper Kingdom, if you need any help, please do not hesitate to ask."
After figuring out the identity and intention of the other party, Akamatsumu also immediately expressed his position.
"It's a lot of trouble and disturbances."
Tian Erniu also expressed his gratitude, and soon, Du Mingen also brought people down, and also brought some glass products down.
"This is a little bit of my heart, please accept it."
Du Mingen handed a glass product packed in a delicate wooden box to Akamatsu Maru.
"This..."
Akamatsumu was slightly stunned, he didn't expect these Ming people to be quite polite, and they actually gave themselves gifts.
He respectfully accepted the gift, looked at it carefully, the workmanship of this box alone is extremely exquisite, it is painted with red lacquer, and slowly open the box, which contains a crystal clear handsome horse, whether this horse is carved with jade or something else, Akamatsumaru knows that it is priceless.
"This, the gift is too valuable."
Seeing such a valuable gift, Akamatsumu didn't dare to accept it at once, these people were all people from the Ming Dynasty, if it was just an ordinary gift, he would have accepted it, and he didn't dare to accept such a priceless jade horse at all.
"Please also be sure to accept it, this is a little bit of my heart, our fleet is anchored here, there are many disturbances, and there are many places that need to trouble Your Excellency."
Du Mingen smiled and said.
This horse made of glass is not worth much at all, as long as there is a glass factory, how much is needed, and now it is given to Akamatsu Maru, which can be regarded as opening the glass market on the side of the country in disguise.
This time, the ten Dafu ships also carried a lot of glass products, all the way to the Golden Continent, Du Mingen is also preparing to do business all the way, using these glass products not only to exchange for supplies along the way, but also to bring back a boatload of gold and silver.
Of course, this is also what Liu Jin meant, if he wants to stimulate the Ming Dynasty to expand overseas, it is natural that he can no longer follow the old path of the Yongle period, and just rely on the power of the Ming court to organize a fleet to go to sea.
The purpose of going to sea can not only promote the national prestige of the Ming Dynasty, but also focus on the actual interests, whether it is to find overseas good seeds, or to obtain overseas gold and silver treasures, the ultimate goal is to use interests to drive the entire Ming Dynasty to the sea development.
After all, profit is the source of power.
Although Zheng He's voyage to the West was huge, he did not bring too many substantial benefits to the Ming Dynasty, but increased the burden on the Ming court, which is why it could not continue forever.
In the final analysis, the Ming Dynasty did not gain any benefits in this matter, and with the weakening of the Ming Dynasty's national strength, it naturally could not be sustained.
This fleet went to the Golden Continent, and Liu Jin had already arranged everything, not only to obtain high-yield seeds from the Golden Continent, but also to bring back a boatload of gold and silver from the Golden Continent, only in this way could the various strata of the Ming Dynasty continue to go to the Golden Continent to find wealth.
As a key point to the Golden Continent, it can also be said to be a transit point, and it is also very important here, naturally it is indispensable to do business on the side of the Japanese country, and making money is secondary, the key is to understand the current situation and situation of the Japanese country, and prepare for everything in the future.
"Then it's disrespectful."
Hearing Du Mingen's words, Akamatsumu finally accepted this jade horse, he liked this jade horse very much, and he couldn't wait to take it out and play with it carefully.
After receiving Du Mingen's gift, Akamatsumaru became much more enthusiastic here, and began to let his subordinates prepare a banquet, and he wanted to ceremoniously entertain the distinguished guests from Daming.
At the same time, he also sent someone to report the situation to the governor of the Akamatsu family, and asked the governor to come over in person, he was just an ordinary member of the Akamatsu family, and it was more appropriate to entertain such a distinguished guest, or the governor of the Akamatsu family was needed.
In the huge port, because of the arrival of the Ming fleet, it became very lively.
Du Mingen was accompanied by Akamatsumaru on his side, preparing to attend the banquet prepared by Akamatsumaru, while the fleet began to get busy.
With Akamatsumaru's permission, the fleet could conduct business, trade, and supply materials here, all of which Du Mingen was entrusted to Tian Erniu to be responsible for.
In addition, the crew also needs to rest and relax here, so it also needs to be arranged, those people rest, those people are responsible for guarding the ship, those people are responsible for purchasing the necessary materials, all of this needs to be done by people.
Hyogo no Tsu is now the largest port and cargo distribution center in the Wa Kingdom, and there are many people gathered here, as well as many fleets and merchants from various daimyos.
Therefore, it is very prosperous, with taverns, teahouses, brothels, etc., and a wide variety of goods, and basically everything you need can be purchased here.
Similarly, the glass products brought by Du Mingen and others can also be sold here, and they do not need to be specially brought to other big cities to sell.
At the dock where the Daifuku ship is moored, Tian Erniu puts out a lot of glass products for display, just as he did when he was in North Korea.
Nothing surprisingly, when the glassware was put on display, it immediately attracted merchants, nobles, and samurai from all over Hyogo to inquire about the price of the glassware, how to sell it, and so on.
As in Korea, the nobles, samurai, and merchants of the Wa Kingdom had almost no resistance to all kinds of glass products, glass mirrors, etc., so business was very hot.
Of course, not only the business on the side of Tian Erniu is very hot, but the restaurant business here at the port of Hyogo is also very hot.
I saw groups of sailors rushing towards the restaurant, almost instantly filling the restaurants here in the port, and the white silver was thrown directly on the table of the restaurant owner, and he didn't order any dishes, and directly asked the restaurant owner to serve all the good wine and food.
The crew members were already hungry wolves.
Drinking porridge and eating noodles every day on the boat, plus sashimi or something, they have long been tired of eating, and now they have finally arrived in the Wa country, so they naturally want to have a good taste of the food of the Wa country.
According to their formation arrangement, this Wa country is the last supply point on this voyage, and the next step is to go north, and it is basically impossible to have a prosperous city port like Hyogo-no-Tsu.
Everyone knows this very well, so they are also preparing to have a good time here, which is smooth sailing in front of it, and then it will be a real hard time.
In a restaurant, the crew is like a hungry ghost, gobbling up, constantly yelling for the boss to serve food, so that every restaurant is extremely busy.
After these crew members were full of food and drink, everyone naturally walked towards the water tea house here in groups of three or five, and the so-called water tea house was naturally the Yihong Courtyard on the side of the Wa Kingdom.
For these crew members who have been adrift at sea for a long time, they naturally will not miss this project, knowing that after leaving here, if you want to have a little more chic, you may have to wait for the Golden Continent.
The hordes of crew members also made the various water tea houses here in the port extremely busy, and the business was extremely hot in an instant.