The dugong, which is an endangered creature in modern times, was also rare in ancient times, especially this murderous dugong.

Seeing that Ming Yuexiang was so reluctant to be a dugong, Liu Xie couldn't help but smile to himself: You love wild animals so much now, but you don't know that your descendants are the world's largest marine life hunters after 1700, and how many whales are eaten by the Japanese every year!

Very open, a complete dugong corpse was salvaged, everyone surrounded this three-meter-long big guy, Liu Xie pointed to it and said, "Do you know what kind of animal this is?" ”

One sailor said, "It's a very big sea fish. ”

Liu Xie shook his head and said, "No, no, no, it's not a fish." It is a marine mammal. ”

"Mammals?" One of the sailors asked, "Your Majesty, do you mean that this thing still drinks milk?" ”

"Yes, marine mammals, they look like fish, but they are not fish," Liu Xie said, "but it has a very wonderful name, and it really has the word fish in it, it's called mermaid." ”

"Mermaid!" Several sailors exclaimed, "How can such an ugly creature be called a mermaid?" ”

Liu Xie said with a helpless expression: "However, it is called a mermaid, and it also has a slightly more formal name: dugong." Okay, this stuff is delicious, let the guy take it and clean it up, and try to make all the brothers drink mermaid soup tonight! ”

The dugong corpse was dragged away, and the sailors shouted: "Hooray, hooray!" ”

Liu Xie looked back at Ming Yuexiang again, and saw that she looked lost and depressed, so he said, "Okay, there's no need to be so sad, right?" It's just animals, you know, human life is the most noble. Look again, if there are any kraken dugongs around. ”

Ming Yuexiang listened carefully and said, "Back to Your Majesty, it should be gone." ”

"Don't lie to me because you're soft-hearted."

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I didn't lie to you, it's really gone."

Liu Xie ordered the fleet to lift anchor and continue to move forward, heading towards Waren Island.

"Let's go," Liu Xie said, "After tossing in the middle of the night and tossing all morning, you must be hungry, right?" ”

Ming Yuexiang nodded, "Then go have breakfast," Liu Xie said and led her to the restaurant.

The fleet faced the rising sun, sailed on the sea, and continued in the direction of the Japanese island. Liu Xie led her to the restaurant, served breakfast each, and found a place to sit opposite.

While eating, Liu Xie said, "Can the princess tell me something about the Waren Island?" ”

Mingyuexiang said: "Your Majesty, the courtiers want to know, in Chinese, what does the word '倭' mean?" ”

Liu Xie said: "It refers specifically to the Japanese and the Japanese Island, if the princess must be entangled in its true meaning, then I can only tell you that it does not have any specific meaning." This is like the word 'Han' in the Han Dynasty, which has no specific meaning, but only represents a dynasty, or a country. Looking back, Xia, Shang, Zhou, and Qin, the names of these dynasties themselves did not have any special meaning, and the same was true of the word '倭'. ”

However, as far as Liu Xie knows, when the word "Wa" just came out, it did only refer to the Wa people, or the Wa country, the Wa Island, and it had no special meaning, let alone contempt.

It was only in later generations, with the slow development of the times, that people had a new insight into the word '倭', so I won't repeat it here.

Ming Yuexiang nodded and said, "Then the courtier girl is relieved." ”

"Why do you have this question?" Liu Xie asked, "Why do you say that you are relieved?" So what are you relieved about? ”

Mingyuexiang said: "The name of my dog slave country is not good, I want to change the name to the Eastern Wa country." ”

Liu Xie smiled and said: "Ming Yuexiang, the name of this dog slave country is the name of the country that your ancestors specially came to my Han Dynasty to ask me for Emperor Guangwu, and it has been almost two hundred years, and you are also used to this country name." Moreover, I heard that in your dog slave country, and even in the entire Waren Island, dogs and turtles are auspicious animals, and they are all revered, for example, many of you have the word dog in their names. And why do you think the name of the country is not good now? ”

Mingyuexiang said: "In the language of my Japanese people, the word dog is indeed a symbol of beauty, but in your Han language, dog means to scold and contempt. ”

Liu Xie said: "Ming Yuexiang, you are right, in the language of the Han people, the word dog is indeed scolding. But the Han people are Han people, you Japanese people are Japanese people, the two cultures are different, why do you care about the Han people's opinion? And when it was named the Dog Slave Country, what was recorded in my Han historical materials was the name given by your ancestors themselves, and then after Emperor Guangwu was appointed, a piece of gold and silver was made, with the words Dog Slave Country written on it, right? If I'm not mistaken, this golden seal should be in your Himi family. ”

Mingyuexiang said: "Not here." ”

"Absent?" Liu Xie asked, "Did you lose the gold seal of the dog slave country?" ”

Ming Yuexiang said with a gloomy expression: "It's not that I lost it, but I was stolen." The one who stole this gold seal was the prime minister's dog, Gu Zhibei's dog. ”

Liu Xie said: "It's just a seal, don't be too sad." ”

Mingyuexiang said: "This is not just a seal, it has a very heavy weight in the minds of the Japanese people, it can win people's hearts, and it can command the princes." ”

The princes mentioned by Ming Yuexiang refer to the lords of the countries of the Japanese island.

Liu Xie said: "Then find a way to snatch it back." ”

Ming Yuexiang shook her head and said: "It's not that easy, the dog Gu Zhibei dog already has a heavy army, and he has a gold seal in his hand, so he is even more unscrupulous." It is now mobilizing the whole country to prepare for the attack on Yamatai. ”

Liu Xie asked: "So your Beimi family came to the Han to ask for help, so that my Han army can defeat the dog Gu Zhibei dog?" Reclaim the Golden Seal? ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Liu Xie asked: "Then you are not afraid of luring wolves into the house, after my Han army helped your Beimi family and eliminated the Dog Gu family, by the way, destroyed your Dog Slave Country?" ”

Mingyuexiang said: "I'm worried, but it's not very likely, because the Waren Island is far away from the Central Plains of the Han Dynasty, and there is a sea in between, if you Han people want to come and conquer my Waren Island, you won't wait until now, you will come a long time ago." ”

Liu Xie smiled and said: "It's not that you don't come, but the time is not ripe, now that my Han has a steam ironclad ship, you can come whenever you want, and you can't stop you when you want to leave." So it's really a dangerous move for you to ask my big man for help. ”

Ming Yuexiang stopped talking.

Liu Xie smiled, stretched out his hand and patted her shoulder and said, "But don't worry, my Han Army is not only a mighty army, but also a benevolent and righteous army!" ”