Chapter Twenty-Five: Gotonu City
Ask for flowers...... Hit the charts
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When Dongmen Qing woke up, he found that he was in a small room that was shaking, and when he was about to move, he found that his hands were tied behind his back, and his ankles were also tied.
This small room seems to be sealed, only a hole in the top reveals some light down, Dongmen Qing only found that there seemed to be other people in the room after his eyes gradually darkened, and after a while, he gradually distinguished that it was four big and one small and five people. Dongmenqing lightly hit the wall with his head, and found that the wall was also a wooden plank, and knocked on the ground with his feet, which was also a wooden plank, and said in his heart: "It seems that this is a cabin." β
"The hosts! You're awake! The smaller man struggled when he heard the voice, and a familiar voice from Dongmenqing came, and Dongmenqing immediately recognized that it was Li Chun, but he couldn't understand what he was saying.
Then, another voice that he was also very familiar with said, "Are you awake?" "But it's Hideyoshi Sato.
Dongmenqing's throat was hoarse, and he was about to answer, but because he felt a sore throat, he suddenly remembered that he was dumb, so he hummed.
Li Chun shouted, "Master, why don't you speak?" He couldn't understand Dongmenqing's words, but he could tell whether Dongmenqing was talking or not.
Dongmenqing didn't understand what he was saying, but he used a nasal voice again, and then rolled to his side, and after having someone by his side who could be trusted, Dongmenqing was relieved by two distractions. He wanted to ask what was going on, but the exit was ho-ho, ho-ho.
Sato thought strangely, "Didn't he talk a lot when he dreamed?" Why can't you speak again? Is it really dumb, or is it pretending? Then he sneered: "Poor, pitiful, I have become dumb." Seeing that Dongmen Qing didn't refute, he knew that he might really not be able to speak.
After a while, he found that his knees could still be retracted, so he thought of a way to stretch his feet to the brighter deck reflected by the light hole, and stretched and abbreviated the words. His feet were not dipped in ink or water, so they were just scratches, and nothing appeared on the deck.
Sato looked at it for a long time before he guessed the word "why" and asked, "Why are we here?" β
Dongmenqing nodded and mumbled to show that it was right.
Sato heaved and said, "It's so simple! They said you and I were both widows, so they arrested us all. β
Dongmen Qing was stunned for a moment, then pointed to the others in the cabin with his foot, and wrote: "Wakou? These two words were also written back and forth several times before Sato could understand them, but his answer was a little unexpected by Dongmen Qing: "No, they seem to be other drifters." They were already there when we came in. β
Drifter? How can it be a drifter? Dongmen Qing didn't understand, and wrote: "Why? β
Because it was inconvenient to make false marks, he used very simple words, but Sato had already guessed the question he was going to ask, and said indignantly: "Why! Why! Just because this group of North Korean officers and soldiers is not a thing! Before I was trapped here, I heard an officer say to another, 'This Japanese leader can be taken back to the other for a mission, and as for these fews, it is better to transport them to Goto ......' They didn't speak clearly, but I understood as soon as I heard itβyou understand, right?' β
Dongmen Qing also suddenly remembered a sentence he heard when he was detained by the Japanese invaders: "In a few days, the slave market of the five islands will be opened, and when the time comes, it will be another sum of money!" Xin said: "It won't be so unlucky, right?" He wrote: "Goto Nu City? β
Sato sneered after seeing it: "That's right! That's right! It's to transport us to the five islands and sell us as human slaves! β
Dongmen Qing's heart was also cold when he heard this, and he suddenly found that he had relaxed too early! On the same day, when they found out that the leader of the Japanese was captured, the Korean officers and soldiers were relieved, but they did not expect to fall into a more troublesome situation!
Generally speaking, unlike the sense of vigilance against bandits, people will have a preconceived sense of trust in government personnel, officers and soldiers, even Dongmenqing is no exception, although Dongmen Ba once taught him to be more vigilant against public people, but this feeling of not relying on his own experience but relying on other people's tips can never penetrate into the bone marrow.
"I'm still too tender! Doesn't the old man often say? Soldiers and bandits, soldiers are often more terrible than bandits! β
He blamed himself for a while, but quickly put aside this meaningless reflection and said in his heart: "Actually, even if I didn't relax and faint at that time, I might not be able to change the current situation." "Dongmenqing can rely on night and luck to annihilate a group of Japanese bandits, but it may not be able to deal with a few officers and soldiers, not necessarily because the officers and soldiers are more powerful than the bandits, but because the officers and soldiers have an innate moral advantage over the bandits, and under this advantage, those Korean civilians are likely to stand on the opposite side of Dongmenqing. If the bandits want to kill you, it is still a righteous act if you resist, but if the officers and soldiers want to kill you, you will become a thief!
Dongmen Qing risked his life to annihilate a group of Japanese pirates, but in the end it was the same fate - if he didn't flee and didn't resist, he would have been transported to the five islands by the Japanese and sold, which seemed to be no different from today. Thinking that he had worked so hard and that it had become useless in the end, Dongmenqing couldn't help but let out a self-deprecating chuckle.
"Do I regret it?" Dongmen Qing asked himself, but quickly denied it: "What do you regret!" A manly man, even if you know you're going to fail, you should try hard! Can you still be obedient from the beginning? Suddenly saw Li Chun, and said in his heart: "He's not a widow, not even a drifter, why is he here?" Then he wrote the word "why" again, and turned his head to Li Chunnu.
Hideyoshi Sato seemed to be able to understand Dongmen Qing's thoughts very well, and said: "This kid came with him, hey, in fact, I don't know what he came to do!" β
At this time, Li Chun also kept rubbing him on the shoulder, as if he was saying something, Sato said: "This kid told you that he will follow you wherever you go." β
Dongmen Qing was greatly moved when he heard this, he was exiled overseas, and he felt that it was a proper righteousness when he met a despicable person like Liang Fang, a fierce person like a Japanese coward, and a cunning person like Sato, and he was surprised when he met someone like Li Chun.
It was not easy to distinguish between day and night in the cabin, but I remember that after eating three meals that were worse than pig food, the ship docked. Dongmen Qing and the others were escorted to the island, handed over to the island's manager, and a group of people were driven into a fence with a stick stuck behind their necks to indicate their belongings. The person who inserts the label for sale has a certain amount of space to move in the fence, but his hands and feet are still tied and he is unable to move. Luckily, they only tied their hands and didn't tie their feet, and they only tied their hands together without twisting them behind their backs, so they could walk around and eat on their own.
Dongmen Kei waited on the island for three days and was still not sold, his heart slowly became depressed, and even despair for the future, he saw that Sato next to him was not upset, so he wrote on the ground and asked him, "Aren't you worried?" Sato smiled, "What is there to worry about!" Left and right are just being sold, and in addition to dying, will things be worse than now? β
Thinking that he was confined in a fence like an animal, Dongmen Qingxin said: "He is right. It couldn't have been any worse. Then he let go.
On this afternoon, there were suddenly whispers in the fence, and both Dongmen Qing and Sato pricked up their ears to know what was going on, and soon the news reached their side, it turned out that a Ming merchant was going to come here to ransom the villagers.
In this era, the Chinese galloping on the East China Sea, whether they are maritime merchants or pirates, have extremely complex compositions and behaviors, some of them are mercenary, but some can take into account righteousness and interests, some forget their ancestors and sell the country, but some can cherish their homeland and protect the country with self-respect, some are people with a long vision, but there are also people with long-term vision. For example, in the case of human slavery, there are also evildoers among the Chinese who participate in it, deceiving the countrymen and even the villagers to go overseas to become piglets, but some righteous businessmen have actually taken on the responsibility that the government has not assumed, and paid out of their own pockets to buy their compatriots and fellow villagers who have become slaves and help them return to their homeland!
Dongmen Qing had already let go, and he no longer cared about what buyers he would meet, but after hearing the news, he couldn't help but be enthusiastic! Before he went to sea, overseas was a symbol of freedom and wealth for him, but after he really went to sea, he discovered the other side of overseas: strange, dangerous, and uncontrollable! At this lowest point, what could be more tempting than a return to China? After all, it was the environment he was most familiar with, and even going to prison there might be safer than being overseas.
Not only Dongmen Kei, but also Sato Hideyoshi also moved his mind. In this era, China, especially the economically developed southeast region, is definitely the most suitable place for people to live in the world, if you can go to China, it is of course the best choice, even if it is just on the merchant ship of the Chinese, it is also a good choice for Sato Hideyoshi.
There were many people in the slave market who had this kind of mind, and soon all kinds of information came one after another, and Sato couldn't help but be overjoyed to hear that the ransom who would come in the afternoon was a Fujianese, and he muttered words for help in the Hokkien dialect - but he was practicing to pretend to be a Hokkien. Dongmen Qing heard that his accent was very similar to the Quanzhou accent and knew that he had learned it from himself, and thought: "It turns out that I am secretly learning his Japanese accent at the same time that he is also secretly learning my Quanzhou dialect!" couldn't help glaring at him, but Hideyoshi Sato ignored him and continued to practice his Hokkien dialect.
Why did Hideyoshi Sato practice Hokkien? It turned out that there was an unwritten practice for Chinese merchants in the East China Sea to buy slaves, that is, to kiss first and then alienate. You must know that most businessmen have limited ability after all, and although it is a good thing to redeem their compatriots abroad, they also have to do what they can, according to the principle of first kissing and then distancing, they are generally redeeming and buying people who are recognized, followed by those who are related to them, and then they are redeeming and buying villagers, and then they are compatriots from other towns and provinces. Hideyoshi Sato heard that the righteous businessman who came to redeem this time was from Fujian, so he stepped up his practice of Hokkien dialect in the hope of being the first to be selected.
Dongmen Qing watched Sato Hideyoshi use his accent to get out of trouble, he was angry, his eyes rolled, and he glanced at Li Chunlian, Li Chun guessed several times, and then followed Sato Hideyoshi's words and practiced. He has learned a few simple Chinese words from Sato Hideyoshi in the past few days, but after all, it is a shallow time, and the accent is not correct, and the words for help are in his mouth as soon as he hears them, he knows that it is a foreign native sound. Dongmenqing couldn't help but be disappointed when he heard it, and said in his heart: "This is useless. Besides, Li Chun can only say a few words such as master and dinner, and if he is interrogated at that time, he will have to show his feet. If you want the people who come to redeem me to know that I am from Fujian, you have to find another way. While moving his thoughts, while moving his ears and eyes, he suddenly saw a middle-aged man not far away who found a wooden board and a charcoal bar from nowhere, and wrote on the wooden board. β
He moved over to ask him to borrow it, when he suddenly remembered Dongmen Ba's teachings, and Dongmen Ba told him that things that benefit oneself and others may not be willing to be done by everyone on certain occasions. For example, as far as the current matter is concerned, although the middle-aged man lent the charcoal bar to Dongmenqing without any damage to himself, considering that Dongmenqing used this charcoal bar to increase the chance of being redeemed by a righteous businessman, the chance of the middle-aged man being successfully redeemed by himself was relatively reduced, so if Dongmenqing directly said that the other party might refuse. Thinking of this, Dongmen Qing changed his mind, and at a glance, he not only wrote extremely ugly and crooked, but also wrote the words "Fu" and "Hou" wrongly, so he sighed and wrote on the sand: "Wrong, wrong." He gestured to the writing on his board.
The middle-aged man raised his head and said in surprise: "Wrong? Seeing that Dongmenqing nodded, and saw that his handwriting on the sand was upright and beautiful, he asked him for advice.
Dongmen Qing took the charcoal strip from his hand to help him change it, the middle-aged man was overjoyed, but he looked at the two words written by Dongmen Qing was really beautiful, and it was extremely abrupt to be sandwiched in his other words, so he asked Dongmen Qing to help him rewrite them all, Dongmen Qing did not shirk, and with a wave, the middle-aged man was even more happy. Dongmen Qing pointed to the charcoal strip and wrote on the sand: "Use this thing." The hand that grabbed the charcoal bar was clenched very tightly, and if the middle-aged man refused to agree, he would not return it. The middle-aged man hesitated for a moment, but agreed, and said after a while: "Brother Kantai is a person who has read books, if you can be selected, please take care of each other on the boat." Then he took out another piece of wood and gave it to Dongmenqing.
The east gate was overjoyed, and thanked him, and after moving back, he pondered for a while, and then wrote on the wooden board: "Looking at the eight Fujian mist miao, it is difficult to return to thought; Sigh the traces of the years, helpless to drown! β
It was changed by the words of Liu Yong, a great writer of Fujian origin, which have spread widely in the past few hundred years, and most of the people with a little culture have heard it. Dongmen celebrates the title and thinks that his poems are properly introduced and the words are beautiful! Xin said: "We Fujian businessmen, love to read, if the righteous businessman comes, see this plank can not be moved!" "I was looking forward to it, but I saw Li Chun's face full of admiration on the left hand, but Sato Hideyoshi on the right hand side was full of jealousy! Obviously, he also felt that Dongmenqing's poem was higher than his success in learning a few lines of Fujianese.
Dongmen Qing didn't care about him, put away the charcoal bars, protected the wooden planks, and just waited for the arrival of the righteous businessman.