Jin Famin was still in a state of confusion, thinking that this Marquis of the Tang Dynasty was too enthusiastic, right? I just nagged a little about the flood of pirates on Tsushima Island, so I have to send troops to exterminate it for Silla?

It's worthy of an ally, it's atmospheric enough!

Silla had long coveted Tsushima Island, but there were various forces entrenched on the island, and it was regarded as one of the "Great Eight Islands" by the Japanese state, so it never dared to use troops against it.

As a result, Fang Jun just pointed at the map, and made the decision to attack Tsushima lightly, and the momentum of scolding Fang Xuan between talking and laughing made Kim Famin envious......

A good man should be like this!

At the same time, he also saw the arrogance and grandeur of the Tang people!

As the superior kingdom of the Celestial Empire, Datang has the courage to start a war against whoever is not pleasing to the eye, not only attacking cities and plundering land on the road and being undefeated, even at sea, it can still sail thousands of miles to carry out thunderous strikes!

This is a great country......

Jin Famin was both envious and jealous, and secretly made up his mind that after he went back, he would definitely persuade Queen Zhende to maintain close contact with Datang, and never turn against him.

"Master Hou rest assured, I will remember it in the next place, and after returning to Silla, I will immediately send a letter to His Majesty, asking the Tang Dynasty to attack Tsushima."

Kim Famin hurriedly agreed.

Where can Tang Jun find such a good thing as helping to occupy the territory?

Fang Jun put down the teacup, suddenly touched his ears, and said suspiciously: "Why did the roots of your ears suddenly heat up, and your eyelids kept jumping?" ”

Su Dingfang saw that his face was ruddy, not as if he was infected with the wind and cold, so he smiled and said: "As the saying goes, 'the left eye jumps to wealth and the right eye jumps to disaster', which eye did Hou Ye dance?" ”

Fang Jun blinked and said, "The two of them ...... together."

*****

The fleet soon sailed out of the strait and sailed north along the edge of the southern land.

The waters in this area are densely packed with reefs, and it would be difficult for people like Kim Famin, who have traveled between Silla and the Wa Kingdom in his family's fleet since childhood. Of course, there were also officers who repeatedly went to Ezo Island to transport weapons and food, but although these people were familiar with the waterways, they were far inferior to Jin Famin.

That is the internal political situation of the Japanese state.

This trip, Fang Jun is not just as simple as occupying an island......

There was a light breeze at sea, the waves were gentle, but the fleet was not fast.

The figures of several warships on the left and right of the flagship, countless sailors came and went from the deck and the cabin from time to time, sometimes carrying pennies in their hands to detect the depth of the water, and some people held drawings to record the water depth, reef distribution and other hydrological conditions.

Busy and rigorous, Kim Famin was amazed.

This is the invincible sailors of the seven seas possessed by the most powerful empire in the world, who do not forget to record the hydrological situation in detail everywhere they go, constantly exploring new shipping lanes, and opening up every area that has never been set foot before.

Because in the eyes of Tang Jun, the sea is endless, but every sea area must be in their hands, even if it is far away, they are confident that they will come back here one day.

This is due to the self-confidence and greed of a powerful country, and Silla Sang, who survived between Baekje and Goguryeo, will never be able to have such vision and courage......

Fang Jun stood in front of the window, overlooking the northern land.

At this time, the weather was sunny, looking at the vaguely visible undulating outline of the land, Fang Jun stood for a long time without saying a word.

Out of the Tsushima Strait, the land to the south is Shimonoseki, where the Chunfan Tower is located.

But if you are a Chinese, no one knows Chunfan Tower.

It was here that Li Hongzhang, on behalf of the Qing court, signed the "Treaty of Shimonoseki", which made no one feel painful, ceded the Liaodong Peninsula, ceded Taiwan, and compensated 200 million taels of silver. It was with this indemnity that the Japanese State laid the domestic industrial foundation in one fell swoop, became an emerging industrial power, and began to embark on the **** road of reckless invasion and plunder.

In later generations, many people admired the Japanese state, thinking that they were more civilized and developed, but they didn't know that everything that seemed glamorous was built on the blood and tears of the Chinese people, and there was no knocking on the bones of the Chinese people.

This is the shame of China, and it is the shame of Li Hongzhang's life, and it is really unfair for future generations to throw this huge black pot on Li Hongzhang's head.

For Li Hongzhang's people and affairs, history has its own judgment (note, not a history book).

In such an era and in such a system, I am afraid that there will be no one who can do better than Li Hongzhang, and he should not be scolded by future generations, but should be remembered and respected.

Anyway, Fang Jun was extremely admired, and was strongly stimulated by the signing of the contract with Maguan, Li Hongzhang vowed to "never perform his duties for life". After that, he traveled to Europe and the United States to pass through Yokohama, and at that time he had to change ships. Since the ferry boat was a Japanese boat, he refused to get on it, and in the end he had no choice but to put a wooden plank between the two ships to let it stagger......

When Li Hongzhang was ordered by his father to enter Beijing to take the exam, he was extremely excited and wrote, "My husband only holds Wu Hook with one hand, and his spirit is higher than that of a hundred-foot building." Who wrote history for 10,000 years? Eight thousand miles away to be a marquis", the ambition is complacent, and the pride is dry. And when he was dying, what he wrote was "The labor chariot and horse have not left the saddle, and the death is difficult to know." In the past three hundred years, the country has been injured, and the people have been hanged from 8,000 miles away......"

A lifetime of honor and disgrace, and finally ruined.

Fang Junqiang resisted the urge to land on the shore, pointed to the land in the distance and said: "Mark this place on the chart, if you have leisure in the future, you will definitely visit here." ”

The adjutant of his own clerical came forward to mark on the chart.

Jin Famin on the side was confused, thinking that in such a desolate place, there are at most one or two fishing villages, all of which are poor people, what is the fun of playing? His Excellency the Marquis of the Tang Dynasty is a high-ranking lord, but his actions are strange and strange, which is really confusing......

After the fleet had been moving along the waterway close to land for half a day, the reef undercurrent on the channel became more and more dangerous, and the ships had to sail away from the land.

Until the next morning, the fleet was slowly moving towards the rising sun, and a huge island appeared in front of it......

Jin Famin walked out of the cabin in a daze, yawned and saw Fang Jun standing in front of the window, and couldn't help but secretly admire this person's energy, such a long distance at sea, he didn't seem to have a trace of malaise.

He came behind Fang Jun, looked longingly, looked at the chart on the wall, and said: "This island is called Sado, which is the territory of the Yue Kingdom, the island is barren, there are several silver mines, the output is not large, and many criminals have been exiled here. ”

Fang Jun squinted his eyes and wondered: Not much production? Hehe......

At a great distance from Sado Island, the fleet slowly slowed down and lowered its sails.

Su Dingfang walked in from outside the cabin, glanced at Jin Famin, and said: "Master Hou, just now there was a sampan floating on the sea, and the last general sent someone to collect it and save a few miners who claimed to be Ezo, saying that the Ezo slaves on Sado Island rioted a few days ago and fought with the Japanese soldiers who guarded this island, and both sides suffered heavy casualties. ”

Fang Jun said: "Sado is not the land of the Tang Dynasty, and Ezo is not a subject of the Tang Dynasty, who dies and who lives, what does it matter to me?" Our trip is on the orders of His Majesty's Emperor to go to the country of wandering ghosts to submit the credentials, so as not to cause more trouble. ”

Jin Famin looked confused, although you always say that the destination of this voyage is the country of Liugui in the north of the Shaohai Sea, but looking at the dense markings on the chart, it is obvious that Sado Island is also the top priority, why did the rebellion of the Ezo slaves occur when they first arrived here?

That's a bit too coincidental......

Su Dingfang did not leave, and said: "The last general naturally knows, but according to those few Ezo people, there are Tang people on the island who went to Ezo Island to do business and were captured and looted by the Japanese and imprisoned in the mines, and they were abused, and several people were killed by the Japanese soldiers in this riot. ”

Fang Jun raised his eyebrows: "Is there such a thing?" ”

Su Dingfang said: "The last general tortured several Ezo people separately, and the answers obtained were all the same, which is true. ”

Fang Jun slapped the table and said angrily: "The Japanese are arrogant, and they dare to enslave the Tang people? Immediately command the fleet to land on the island, and quickly verify it, no matter whether he is a Japanese or an Ezo, if he really dares to enslave and torture the Wutang people, he will never give up! ”

"Whoa!"

Su Dingfang strode away, and then listened to a shout on the deck, the sails were raised high again, and the huge fleet split the waves and sailed straight towards Sado Island.

Fang Jun turned around and sat on the side of the table, took a sip of tea, and said angrily: "The Japanese people are the most barbaric, there was a case of the Japanese envoy killing innocents in Chang'an last time, and now they dare to rob and enslave the Tang people to open up mountains and mine, it is simply unforgivable!" ”

Kim Famin nodded again and again, he also empathized with the barbarism and tyranny of the Japanese people, whether it was Silla or Baekje, they did not suffer from the Japanese people.

Just looking at Fang Jun's expression, I always felt obedient in my heart for some reason......