The sea route was far away and the first few days were calm. After being bored on the ship, Dongmenqing had to chat with the merchants and sailors.

Zhao Qianhe told him: Go to sea, if you can go home smoothly, it is the best, if there is an accident on the way, such as the boat drifts to North Korea, then call yourself a fisherman, play the Ming signboard to ask for protection, if you go to Japan, you can also play the Ming signboard when you meet the Japanese government, if you meet the ronin, you have to say that you are the Xu brothers or the owner of the Wufeng ship. He also said to Dongmen Qing: "With the knowledge of the prince of Wang, if you meet someone with more status among the Japanese people, such as a daimyo, a samurai or a monk, you can claim that you have a meritorious reputation!" Anyone who can achieve fame in the Ming Dynasty is very respected in Japan. ”

At this time, the East China Sea trade circle was basically the world of Chinese merchants, and the Portuguese who came from the west were able to go to Japan with the help of Chinese merchants, and the influence of Japanese merchants in the East China Sea was far less than that of Chinese merchants, and the influence of Korean merchants was even more negligible. These brilliant achievements of Chinese businessmen were achieved without the support of the government.

It is only natural that the people demand trade with foreign countries in order to survive and develop, and their business can increase taxes for the country and nourish the people's livelihood, so the correct attitude of the government should have supported, protected, guided and taxed from it - this is the truth that Guan Zhong and other great politicians already understood in the Spring and Autumn Period, and Portugal and Spain, which were contemporaries of Dongmenqing, basically did so.

However, the Ming government not only did not provide substantial help and protection to the people's overseas trade, but set up many obstacles, and even completely banned the sea after the battle for tribute! With the loss of normal commercial routes, Chinese maritime merchants had no choice but to embark on the helpless and dangerous road of smuggling. At this time, in addition to this group of maritime merchants in the East China Sea, there were also a group of pirates who lived entirely on plundering, and if the maritime merchants wanted to save their property and life, they had to arm themselves: on the one hand, against the local pirates, on the other hand, against the Portuguese pirates, on the other hand, against the Japanese coastal pirates, and at the same time to face the encirclement and suppression of the imperial court.

It is precisely for this reason that Chinese maritime merchants in this era have three identities: when doing business, they are merchants; When faced with the encirclement and suppression of the government, they became pirates; And when they met the real pirates, they turned into a private navy.

In this way, the Chinese maritime merchants in the middle and late Ming Dynasty grew up painfully under multiple pressures from abroad and at home, but even so, they still controlled the dominance of trade in the East China Sea and continued to push their power into the South Seas. For example, in later generations, Xu Dong, Wang Zhi and others, who were despised as Japanese criminals, were rampant in the East China Sea with private armed forces, and in their heyday, the five peaks were famous everywhere, and the 36 islands in southwest Japan were under his command. This kind of extraterritorial majesty can only be compared with Ban Chao in the Han Dynasty and Wang Xuance in the Tang Dynasty.

Of course, this can also reflect the overall national strength of the Ming Dynasty from another side, reflecting the superb status of the Han people in the world at that time, so Xu Dong, Wang Zhi and others can laugh and be proud of the sea with a little civil power that is not supported by the imperial court. It's a pity that the Ming Dynasty is the last days of China after all, and Emperor Jiajing, a paranoid, often perverse, so the maritime merchants are proud and powerful overseas but cannot be tolerated by the domestic court.

Dongmenqing heard this and said, "Xu Lao Er, 'Wang Chen's madness' is notorious on the shore. The scholars and doctors all said that they 'seduced the Japanese slaves', called them traitors, righteous men and gentlemen, all ashamed to be in the company. I didn't expect you to convince him. ”

"Traitor?" Zhao Qianhe said a little strangely: "What kind of people are the owners of the ship Xu and the owner of the king, they are the people who call the Japanese, and they are not called by the Japanese people, how can they be traitors?" ”

Dongmen Qing suddenly became suspicious when he heard these words, and said in his heart: "He spoke so directly for the king in front of me, did he have the intention or the intention?" ”

As soon as a few surrounding businessmen heard this topic, they couldn't help but vomit their bitterness, but their bitter water, the corrupt Confucians in the court could not hear and disdain, and most of the notes and "letter histories" written by the scholars who opposed the trade also denounced all the Chinese merchants who went to sea as "Tongfan", as long as they had been to Japan, they would all be included in the ranks of "colluding with Japanese slaves", and this crime would be a big crime! Therefore, the businessman told Dongmen Qing: If he is caught by his own government, the first thing is to try his best to bribe and escape, what if he can't escape? Then call yourself a widow.

Dongmen Qing doesn't need these businessmen to teach him about bribing the government, his Dongmen family was originally one of the largest bribery middlemen in Fujian, but the businessmen were caught by the imperial court and couldn't escape, why did they call themselves widows? Dongmen Qing also heard his brothers talk about this situation, but he didn't know why these people did it.

China is located in the east of the continent and the west of the ocean, but since the Southern Song Dynasty and the Yuan Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty for hundreds of years, the world's commerce has been centered on China. Since the Northern Song Dynasty's overseas trade continued, the Southern Song Dynasty's national strength relied on maritime trade to manage wealth, the ship departed from Quanzhou Port for a long time, set the direction of the compass, and Quanzhou was the standard for the meridian, the sea area of navigation, the east of the meridian is called "Dongyang", and the west of the meridian is called "Western". The Celestial Empire's central position in the world for hundreds of years was not achieved by China, but was actually a product of history. Since the decline of China since the Qing Dynasty, the central position has been relinquished, and the descendants of later generations have lived in the present and blindly followed the theory of the West to wipe out the achievements and glory of their ancestors. However, the Chinese of Dongmenqing in this era have not lost this pride. Therefore, when Dongmen Qing heard that he was going to confess to the Japanese, he couldn't help but feel ridiculous and even ashamed in his heart.

But he heard Zhao Qianhe lament: "I am the Heavenly Empire, and we, the people of the Celestial Empire, are also worth twice as much when we go overseas." If it weren't for helplessness, who would return to their hometown and depreciate themselves and say that they are widows? But otherwise, once the charges are confirmed, it doesn't matter if you die, you have to affect your relatives! ”

After all, Dongmen Qing had received a few years of Confucian education, and he couldn't help but feel a little gloomy when he heard this, and thought: "According to what they say, the people on the southeast coast call themselves Japanese people, but they are forced by the evil government of the government!" The ancients said, 'Harsh government is fiercer than a tiger!' According to them, it was the harsh government that forced them to pretend to be foreigners. He knew very well that the crime in the decree of this dynasty was extremely serious, and this crime was somewhat indiscriminate, almost as long as he went to sea, he was suspected, except because of the case of the imperial court's concession, doing business with foreigners would be branded as "adulterous". At present, the imperial court is strictly forbidden from the sea, Hong Dizhen, Dongmen Qing and other businessmen dare to violate the ban on the sea to go to sea to do business, if they do things according to the law, these people will all have to be killed!

Therefore, Dongmen Qing gradually became vigilant after hearing this, although he knew that going to sea to do business was not something that "righteous gentlemen" "should" do, and he also knew that going to sea to do business would take a certain political risk, but what he heard from his father and brother was not as profound as being there after all, and then he said: "I have heard my brother mention that law before, but I have never treated him as a thing, but our court, we have always been tight and loose, and nothing is tight when it is loose, but if it is tight, hehe, Let the court know about my affairs, and the whole family may be killed! ”

Since then, he has called himself Wang Qing at sea, and he does not dare to reveal his real name easily - at this time, he is not only to avoid the pursuit of Dongmen Ba, but also to avoid his family being implicated. Dongmen Qing's feelings for the Dongmen family are extremely complicated, although this family has Dongmen Ba who is against him, but after all, he also has a mother and brother who care about him, and even Dongmen Qing himself has a love and hate. Although Quanzhou Yiba is fierce, he has loved Dongmenqing very much since he was a child, which Dongmenqing has felt very deeply since he was a child, if Dongmenba didn't kill Dai Qiaoer, Dongmenqing could simply ignore his ruthlessness to himself!

When the ship reached the seventh day, Hideyoshi Sato suddenly became irritable. Dongmen Qing asked the reason, and Sato Hideyoshi pointed to a group of seabirds and sighed: "I'm afraid we came out at the wrong time this time!" ”

Dongmen Qing was a little puzzled: "Isn't it time?" ”

"Look at this celestial phenomenon...... Could it be ......" A voice sounded behind Dongmenqing, and Dongmenqing looked back, but it was Liang Fang.

Hideyoshi Sato said: "Yes, the heavens have changed, the heavens have changed...... I'm afraid this storm is not small! ”

Liang Fang's face changed when he heard this, and he muttered, "This ...... How could this be! When I went to sea, I obviously looked at the sky and the sky was good. Although he complained like this, in fact, he also knew the truth that "the sky has unpredictable circumstances". The storm is the mortal enemy of the men at sea, although the sea makes a lot of money, but the people on the seashore know the luck money and even life and death money that the people who go to sea make. The seamanship accumulated over many years of experience allows the captains to determine the course and avoid whirlpools and reefs, but sudden weather anomalies such as storms and tsunamis are beyond human control. Even with the guidance of veteran sailors, it is impossible to guarantee the absolute safety of the sailing route.

In the evening of that day, Dongmen Qing suddenly found that Hideyoshi Sato was secretly preparing something, and he suddenly appeared and asked, "What are you doing!" Frightened, Sato Hideyoshi hurriedly hid his things, and Dongmen Qing said: "Did you steal things?" ”

Hideyoshi Sato hurriedly said, "No! No! ”

"None? Then you take it out and I'll take a look! ”

Sato Hideyoshi had no choice but to take out the things hidden in the gap between the goods, but they were three bags that could be tied around his waist—a bag of dry food, a bag of drinking water, and a bag of miscellaneous items including flint.

Dongmenqing checked it and said with a smile: "You really didn't steal anything, but give me these three bags of things." ”

When Hideyoshi Sato heard this, he cried out and said, "No! ”

Dongmen Qing pointed to his load of goods and said: "This load of things is worth at least two hundred taels in Japan, and I will exchange this load of things with you." ”

Hideyoshi Sato gritted his teeth and said, "No! If something happens to the ship, the cargo in this full cabin will be waste! I don't want to. ”

Dongmen Qing smiled and said, "You can't do it if you don't want to." ”

Sato Hideyoshi said angrily: "It's not that there are no such things on the ship, won't you get them yourself?" ”

Dongmenqing shook his head and said, "I just won't get these things." Anyway, you'll get it, why don't you just get another set? ”

Hideyoshi Sato clenched his fists and shouted, "You are a scholar, and you have no shame at all!" ”

"It's just a division of labor and cooperation, and what does it have to do with honesty?" Dongmen Qing said with a smile: "I have money, you don't have money, I won't do this kind of thing, but you will." When you didn't have money, I promised to help you get a wife, and now I can't do it if I want such a piece of? ”

Hideyoshi Sato shouted, "What a! It's a lifesaver! ”

Dongmen Qing smiled: "Okay, okay, I think you don't mumble, you have time to yell at me, it's better to make another one quickly." ”

At this time, the ship was Chinese respected, and under the pressure of the overall strength, it was impossible for Sato Hideyoshi to fight with Dongmen Qing, so he had to bow his head, but he still said angrily: "You...... You're too much of a bully! ”

Dongmen Qing patted him on the shoulder, just like a teacher teaching a student: "Take a long-term view, be broad-minded, and always worry about such trivial things, which will make the amount of equipment smaller." ”

These two sentences made Sato Hideyoshi's eyes burn and he almost vomited blood, but Dongmen Qing had already gone out with a smile.

Those who had a premonition of a storm did not publicize their worries, but most of the people on board had experience at sea, and it was not long before the people on board had a premonition that something was wrong. However, the ship has sailed here, and there is no place to dock to shelter from the wind on the left and right, and if you reluctantly reverse course, if you deviate from the course and sail into the vast sea, it will be more terrible than a storm.

At this time, the entire fleet of people had no choice but to pray to God and worship Buddha. Unfortunately, the heavens may not have heard their prayers at all, but the terrible storm came as expected, and it was even more powerful than the fire chief had expected!

Dongmen Qingqing grew up on the southeast coast and experienced the power of typhoons, but how can the typhoons experienced on land compare to storms at sea? Half a day before the storm broke out, the seabirds in the nearby sea had already fled completely, and then the air became very dull and oppressive, and in Dongmenqing's eyes, the whole world seemed to be frozen, and even the boat could not feel moving.

The owner of the ship had already ordered the sails to be retracted, and preparations were made to welcome him. However, when the wind and waves came with the power of the sky, Dongmenqing was still shaken by the bumps and was extremely embarrassed! He wanted to hide in the cabin, but was asked by the steward to come out and help! Dongmen Qing hesitated for a moment, and finally puffed up his chest and walked out of the hatch to help pull the rope, and occasionally a wave splashed and splashed his whole body!

It was only then that the sailors showed their courage! The owner of the ship stood on the deck and commanded Ruoding, the steward went to the stern to look at the rudder, and the abans laughed and cursed, looking straight at the wind and waves as if they were nothing. When the wind blows, they take it as an itch, and when the waves come, they take a bath. Aren't they afraid of death? No, they're afraid. But what's the use of being afraid at this time? When fear is useless, the brave choose to forget it. So the men who go to sea are all men who have forgotten life and death! Their courage is reflected in standing still and standing up straight in the face of the waves that are engulfing them at any moment!

"Haha......"

Sato Hideyoshi couldn't help but laugh shamefully when he saw Dongmen Kei fall on the deck due to the tilting of the hull, he finally found out that Dongmen Kei also had times when he was embarrassed, and there were places where he was not as good as himself! However, after he laughed, he turned his head when he saw Dongmen Qing glaring at him angrily.

Zhao Qianhe was next to him, but he didn't come to help Dongmenqing, Dongmenqing secretly gritted his teeth, and shouted in his heart: "Dongmenqing!" Dongmen Celebration! This is not the steps of the East Gate's house! This is not the back garden of the Quanzhou Mansion! If you fall here, you have to get up on your own! He struggled, using his hands and feet on the slippery deck, until he finally found a place where he could start, and barely managed to get up.

The wind and waves are getting louder and louder, and the sailors are roaring louder and louder, and they are not only roaring, but even scolding! It seems to use this screaming to resist the sound of wind and rain! After scolding, this angry scolding became like singing again, but even if it was sung, it was by no means a glamorous and obscene song, but an angry song that looked at the world!

Here! Isn't the tempest the accompaniment to this angry song?

After the sun sank over the sea, the storm did not stop, but became stronger and stronger.

The captain of the ship barely struggled to the side of the owner and shouted, "Captain, we seem to have strayed from the course!" ”

The owner of the ship exclaimed, "What! ”

"I said we went off course! And it's very biased! Damn it! It's a fucking rarity! If it weren't for the sturdy nature of this boat, we would have gone to sea to feed the king! ”

The owner asked, "When this damned storm is over, will you be able to get back to your original sea route?" ”

"Try it, I hope you don't drift too far!"

The storm did not weaken until midnight, and the sailors and others were about to breathe a sigh of relief, when suddenly there was a boom, and the ship seemed to have hit something. The sailors looked at each other with fear on their faces, and Hideyoshi Sato cried out, "Hell! Damn it! I have hope of marrying Ah Chun...... Amaterasu! I wouldn't be so unlucky! ”

"Damn, don't you say what the hell is going on?" Zhao Qianhe heard it next to him and became irritable. "It's okay to say a few nice words! Don't really invite the ghost if you go on! ”

Before he could finish his words, he heard the words of the helmsman from the stern: The ship has hit the rocks!

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Ah Bo is going on a business trip for four or five days, and I have asked the editor to update it on my behalf. During this period, please also help Ah Bo to hold on, don't let the data of the East China Sea be too ugly. Thank you, thank you.