Of course, they didn't lock everyone on the road, and even contrary to Abe's guess, it seemed that they were free after they got into the carriage and left Haizhou.

However, this freedom is limited.

"Oh, I really didn't expect this carriage to be so spacious, even if it's a house, it's just like that, and there is a stove in the car......"

Even after leaving Haizhou for half an hour, Abe Masanong would still be surprised by the spaciousness of the carriage, and he would also praise it from time to time, as in the past.

"That is, this carriage is the carriage of the concierge team of the Li Fan Academy, the car is more than five feet wide, more than six feet long, and two horses are pulled, not to mention anything else, in Daming, there are really few carriages wider than it, I'm afraid there are really few ......."

The accompanying warden was quite useful to show off, and his show off made Abe Masano's heart secretly think.

"It seems that this kind of carriage and that kind of high-energy horse should be extremely rare."

When he saw the giant horse like a giant thing in Wanghailou, Abe Masano's heart would still be shocked, he never thought that there would be such a tall horse in the world, everyone in the mission was startled at that time, the horse was too big, standing in front of it, even if it was a tall Ming countryman, it was like a child.

It should be a treasure specially ordered by the emperor of the Ming Kingdom to show off the national strength in front of us.

When Abe was able to guess like this, he didn't know that the kind of shire horses introduced from England may be relatively rare, but they are not precious, after all, Daming's horse farm has begun to breed a variety of heavy horses, including shire horses, on a large scale.

And this time, in order to create some kind of illusion, in addition to the two Shire horses used in this carriage, the horses used in the other carriages are also of different sizes, so that they can naturally play a role in confusing the public.

Even Abe Masanoshi didn't know that when they drove into the official road from Haizhou to Zhongdu, this official road was even temporarily closed on the grounds of "heavy snow", and he never thought that what was waiting for him would be a play, a play staged by thousands of people.

The members of the mission, including Abe Masano, tried to seize this opportunity to learn about the Ming Dynasty, they were eager to contact the ordinary people of the Ming Dynasty, of course, without being monitored, and their wishes were also satisfied, when entering the first service area, Abe Masanong and his party finally saw the people of the Ming Kingdom - there were more than a dozen carriages parked in the service area, both four-wheeled and two-wheeled, coachmen, merchants, and scholars.

Taking advantage of the rest in the service area, Nakamura Xianping left the lounge on the pretext of going to the thatched house, changed his clothes a little outside, and wore a fur hat on his head that he had asked someone to buy in Haizhou, and at first glance it seemed that he was no different from ordinary Han Chinese.

Coming to another lounge and looking at the people who were resting, Nakamura walked directly to the side of a scholar, and he saw that this person was looking at a few pieces of paper, so he asked.

"What are you looking at?"

"Ming Pao."

The reader, who was looking at the newspaper, closed the newspaper in his hand and put it on the table.

Ming Pao!

Newspaper!

Nakamura asked, pressing the excitement in his heart.

"What's in this newspaper?"

Whether in Nagasaki or Haizhou, he has heard people mention newspapers, and now the newspapers of the Ming Dynasty are similar to the newspapers of the past, which record a lot of government and private news, and the best way to understand the Ming Dynasty is through the newspaper.

"What else could it be? It is nothing more than the princes of the imperial court arguing there about whether to withdraw troops from Nanyang. ”

The corners of the reader's lips lifted and he said sarcastically.

"The Qian Pavilion Department really doesn't know that this garrison Nanyang spends more than one million dollars on military resources every year, if so much silver money is used to help the victims, I am afraid that there will be no less than hundreds of thousands of living people, this is really ......."

Shaking his head and sighing, the reader's tone was full of indignation.

Withdrawing troops from Nanyang, the cabinet was at loggerheads, and disaster relief was provided.

"In this way, is the Qian Pavilion Department unwilling to withdraw its troops? Then why did you use the South Seas in the first place? So far away. ”

Nakamura Xianpei knew the location of Nanyang, and he continued to ask with a plan in mind.

"Brother Tai, have you forgotten? When Jiannu stole the northern Zhili, the red hairy Yi had cooperated with it, regardless of my Ming Dynasty's opposition to sell its guns, if it weren't for their deception too much, how could my Ming send troops to Nanyang, cut off its claws, and cut off its evil thoughts......"

Now Nakamura finally knew why he couldn't see the Dutch ships - the Dutch were driven out by the Ming people, and even Batavia could be captured for them. This is also consistent with the information they had before - a few years ago, the Zheng clan had already occupied the Dayuan.

Nakamura did not know that the information he was trying to find at this time was all carefully planned and deliberately let him know, and the information that could not be distinguished was the information that was true and false, and the false was true, and the information was confusing to the public.

Just like the information he has now obtained about the so-called "Nanyang withdrawal", this information is exactly what Daming needs them to know. It is precisely this inconspicuous intelligence that allows Japan to make a judgment - the Ming Dynasty has not changed much.

At least let the Japanese know that the Ming Dynasty still has no interest in overseas expansion, and as in the past, even if it hits there, it will eventually be withdrawn.

"Give me one copy of these newspapers."

After chatting with the reader for a while, when Nakamura Xianping knew that there were newspapers sold in this "post station", he immediately bought one with great interest, and even when he learned that there were old newspapers, he also bought a bunch of old newspapers, and then carefully packed the newspapers in the luggage, lest they be discovered by the Ming people.

Of course, he didn't know that his every move was actually under everyone's surveillance.

Along the way, Nakamura Xianping has been in contact with the Ming people in various ways, both post station officials and ordinary passers-by, through chatting with those passers-by, to get the relationship with the internal situation of the Ming Kingdom, but he didn't know that these people are all "actors", and some of the things they know related to the "rampant expropriation" are all appropriately shrunk according to the confessions of Shaanxi refugees, and it has become the story of the Ming Dynasty.

This also allowed Abe Masoneng and his party to finally see the "shadow" behind Daming. When they saw these "shadows", they finally saw a familiar Da Ming, a familiar neighbor.

From the initial confusion to the final long sigh of relief, after they arrived at the ceremonial hotel in Zhongdu, in the middle of this hotel, Abe Masanong said as if a stone had fallen in his heart.

"As initially speculated, the Dutch were driven out by the Ming because they had helped the Qing nation."

"There have been several naval battles between the Ming and the Dutch, and it seems to the following officials that in a few years, it may be possible for the Dutch ships to sail back to Nagasaki."

Nakamura Hampei's optimistic answer made Abe Masaneng shake his head and say.

"So, you still don't know the Ming people, the Ming people will definitely withdraw their troops from the South Seas, and they will not continue to attack Batavia, but they will inevitably force the Dutch to agree to their terms, perhaps, we will never see the Dutch again."

Abe's words made Nakamura stunned and asked in surprise.

"Why is that?"

"Because the Ming people will never give the Dutch a chance to contact us, the Koreans or any of the barbarians who have risen in Liaodong, the cooperation between the Dutch and the Qing people is already a profound lesson, the Ming people will not make the same mistake, just like the reduction they implemented in the northeast, why did they immigrate to the northeast in large numbers, and even exiled the prisoners, beggars, and traitors from all over the country to the northeast, and even in the north Ezo, it is also full of Ming people, not so much for expansion, but because of fear!"

"Scared?"

Abe Masano nodded, and then said in the affirmative.

"They are afraid that the Jurchens will rise again, so they will do everything possible to turn the northeast into the same province as the mainland, and the obedient Jurchens were driven out of the forest by them, turned into farmers, and the Jurchens who refused were killed, at least in the next few decades, they will not stop retaliating against the barbarians, they must take precautions, for thousands of years, China is indeed not easy, the barbarian invasion in the north has never stopped......"

Lamenting the continuous invasion of China by barbarians for thousands of years, Abe Masano suddenly smiled again.

"Actually, this is also a good thing for Japan, if there is no invasion of the barbarians, without their own war, who knows, where they will extend their territory now? In the Tang Dynasty, they almost even stretched out their hands to Japan! ”

"Yes, speaking of which, it seems that we need to thank Yuan Kou and Qing Yu, otherwise, Japan may really face the threat of the mainland, looking at it this way, it is impossible for them to attack Japan with strength at the moment."

Abe Masano shook his head and said.

"Not now, but for a long time, it is certain that the Jurchens and Mongols, before they are resolved, the Ming people will probably be unpleasant and unable to sleep at night. As for Japan......"

Glancing into the distance, Abe was able to stand up, he pushed open the window, looked at the snow outside the hotel, and sighed.

"As long as you don't choose to be their enemy like the Dutch, then Japan will always be the country of Ming without conquest!"

Many times, a country's future strategy can be discerned through some information, at least for Abe Masano and his party, it seems that they have obtained this information, but they don't know it, all of this, but the Ming needs them to know, that's all......