Chapter 258: The Man Behind It
"My lord, I have found all the people you want," Zhao Xiande looked respectful and smiled, rubbing his hands together and said to Zhang Fan, looking like a profiteer.
Zhang Fan looked at the more than ten people who followed him, who had exactly the same expression as Zhao Xiande now, nodded, and said, "Yes, you let them come over, I have something to ask them,"
Zhao Xiande nodded again with flattery, and then turned around, but as soon as he turned around like this, after turning his back to Zhang Fan, the flattering expression on his face instantly changed completely, and he became a superior and leisurely appearance.
"You have all heard it, the adults came to you because they have something to ask you, what the adults ask you, you must tell the truth, don't have the slightest falsehood and cover-up, otherwise you will look good," Zhao Xiande said with the posture of a superior officer to his subordinates.
"That's natural, in front of adults, how dare the grass people make a mistake," someone immediately said humbly, but these people greatly despised Zhao Xiande in their hearts, but that's just it, Zhao Xiande is not bad on weekdays.
Zhang Fan also smiled in his heart, he could naturally understand Zhao Xiande's mood at this time, after all, he gave him some, although it was not a promise, but it was a promising thing, and the tail would naturally be cocked.
Without wasting any more time on this, Zhang Fan beckoned behind him, and Wang Xiliang walked over.
"You are all people who go to sea to do business, and all of you have made a fortune in Fusang, so you must be proficient in Fusang dialect," Zhang Fan said, "I asked you to come over today because I want to ask you something to see what you might know," After speaking, Zhang Fan nodded to Wang Xi.
"I have a name for the Fusang here, but it's not all, only a few voices," Wang Xiliang said to these merchants, "'Asika' these three voices, you may think of someone, this person should be very famous in Fusang, and this name can also be heard in the countryside," he won't say that he has heard it, but now he has forgotten, that is too embarrassing, although Wang Xiliang is a little unhappy, he has not solved Zhang Fan's question, Now he wants to ask these businessmen, but he has no objections, after all, this is Zhang Fan's idea, and he has no right to refute it; Second, these merchants did often deal with the nobles of Fusang, and they might really be able to find out something from them.
Listening to Wang Xiliang's words, these people began to frown and think, but how many of them were really thinking, a few people were just making a show, this could not be seen, Zhang Fan also understood very well in his heart, although he believed in Zhao Xiande more, but it was difficult to ensure that these businessmen who came here were serious, and there were no people who wanted to come here to get close to themselves.
Shaking his head, shaking his head, shaking his head one by one, which made Wang Xiliang and Zhang Fan feel helpless, and Zhao Xiande's face who recommended these people was also darker and darker with the number of times he shook his head, and his heart was also more panicked again and again, Zhao Xiande has been in business for some years, although today's achievements are inseparable from his own luck, but there is a saying in the West, "The sea is a man's battlefield, and those who conquer the sea can conquer everything", Although Zhao Xiande is not a pioneer or pioneer of navigation, the winds and waves in recent years have also sublimated his mood a lot, although he still can't get rid of the accident.
This time, although Liang Chao and Zhang Fan himself sent by Zhang Fan to find him all looked relaxed and casual, as if it was not a big matter, Zhao Xiande could still feel it, this time the matter must not be a trivial matter, and the people he recommended shook their heads one after another, which of course made Zhao Xiande very panicked, after all, he lost his face and the matter was small; In case Zhang Fan really has something important and is delayed by himself, then he may have some "unwarranted disaster", after all, although Zhang Fan looks very kind, but what are the thoughts of the officials, they businessmen still dare not make arbitrary judgments.
However, no matter what Zhao Xiande thought in his heart, and no matter how disappointed Zhang Fan's face became more and more serious, the number of people shaking their heads was still increasing, and finally, more than a dozen people shook their heads except for the last one, saying that they couldn't remember the people represented by the three Fusang voices.
So, all eyes were focused on the last person, Zhang Fan and Zhao Xiande were hopeful eyes, but those businessmen who shook their heads were jealous and expectant, jealous naturally If this person really remembered something, then this time he would show his face in front of Lord Qincha; Naturally, I hope that he can't think of anything, and the current appearance is just a pretentious gesture.
"My lord, the grass people want to ...... Arrive...... ......" The man suddenly looked happy, raised his head and was about to say something, but he found that all the people here were looking at him, and there were two diametrically opposed emotions of eagerness and anger in so many eyes, which couldn't help but startle this person, and the words he said were so stubbornly held back.
"Tell me, what did you think of," Zhang Fan hurriedly asked.
Hearing Zhang Fan's culture, the man was also fixed, and he also understood in his heart why other businessmen looked at him angrily, but he also understood in his heart that in front of Zhang Fan, Lord Qincha, he could be regarded as showing his face for a while this time.
"That was the first time the grass people went to Fusang," the man seemed to recall, "At that time, the grass people had also heard of Fusang, knew that there was a lot of gold there, and wanted to make a windfall, and the grass people at that time were also new to this industry, and they didn't know how to do business too much, and the first time they made a bloody investment, bringing a lot of fine porcelain and silk, and some things that only those officials and masters could afford to use on weekdays,"
Although these things that this person said now were inconsequential, Zhang Fan didn't interrupt him, he was afraid that he would be so surprised, and this person would forget something.
"But when the grass people got to Fusang, they found that it was not the case in the first place," the man continued, "and the people of Fusang were simply poor to death, many of them were poor, and the commoners did not even have the right to have a surname, only a name.
"The grass people didn't have any way, and the people there couldn't afford to buy the grass people's things, most of them just came to see the freshness, but fortunately, the grass people were not proficient in Fuso at that time, so they hired someone to help the grass people spread the word, he said that the place where the grass people landed was too remote, and even the daimyo here didn't have so much gold to buy the grass people's things, so the grass people listened to his advice, boarded the boat again, and sailed towards the main island of Fuso, and the destination was Kyoto in Fuso.
"There, although the Kusato did not meet the emperor of Fuso, who claimed to be a descendant of the Kamichi, they did meet a man, the fifteenth shogun of the Fuso Muromachi shogunate, Ashikaga Yoshiaki, whose surname in Fuso dialect is 'Asikaga',"
Hearing this, Wang Xiliang suddenly looked up and inquired, obviously he also thought of it.
"Are you sure, you're not mistaken," Zhang Fan wanted to confirm, after all, this matter was very important, and there should be no doubts, "This matter is not a joke, you have to think about it clearly,"
"There will be absolutely nothing wrong with this grass people daring to vouch for the head of the item," the man said with great certainty, "and the grass people remember very well, his name was Ashikaga Yoshiaki before, and the name Ashikaga Yoshiaki was changed after he took office as the fifteenth general of the Zhengyi, although he was a foreigner, but after all, it was the first time that the grass people had seen a person second only to the emperor in a country in his life, and the grass people would certainly not forget," that person was very sure.
"You guys go down first, I want to thank you this time," Zhang Fan waved his hand, obviously having something serious to say, let them leave first.
These people are also very knowledgeable, and they know that Zhang Fan must have let them leave for a reason, so they didn't express any displeasure, and Zhang Fan's words just now seemed to be said to all of them, and they didn't target any of them, which also balanced their mood a lot.
All these people left, and Wang Meng and Liang Chao, who were standing aside just now, also walked over.
"My lord, this ...... It's really stupid, I should have thought of it a long time ago," Wang Xiliang sighed, in fact, this can't be blamed on him, although there is a dossier in Jinyi Weizhong, which also records both Fusang characters and Chinese characters, but Wang Xiliang only knows Chinese characters, although he is proficient in Fusang dialect, but he can't write, so although he has seen the word "Ashikaga" many times, he never knows their pronunciation.
"Now that you understand who it is, there is no need to say this," Zhang Fan waved his hand, he didn't plan to spend any effort on this, the past was in the past.
"My lord, in this case, everything makes sense," Wang Meng said, he had also done research on Fuso before, "Although Ashikaga Yoshiaki is nominally subordinate to Emperor Fuso, their emperor has long since lost any real power, and the one who administers it is the Great Shogun, Ashikaga Yoshiaki is fully capable of mobilizing such a large number of 'chaotic waves' to make such a move,"
"It's just my lord, I still have some doubts now," Liang Chao said with a frown, "Although this Ashikaga Yoshiaki is a big man, nominally one person is above ten thousand people, and he is actually the ruler of Fuso, but why did he do this, could it be that those generals and staff of Fuso are all decorations, don't you know how powerful they are?"
"I know the reason for this," Zhang Fan said with a smile.