On the sea, the fleet formed by six or seven sea ships was mighty, Jiang De lay on a recliner on the bow of the boat, looking at the fish that jumped out of the sea level from time to time, taking a sip of the exchanged Coke in one hand from time to time, and biting a piece of potato chips in the other.

There were also several reclining chairs next to him, on which Yue Fei and the others were lying, and such days reminded them of the days when they were in Neihuang.

"It's so comfortable." Jiang De looked at the flower carving standing on the side and asked, "Flower carving girl, why don't you take a break?" ”

Hua Diao tilted his head and snorted, "Men are not good things." ”

Jiang De touched his head, a little embarrassed, isn't it that when you exchanged swimsuits for Yue Fei and others before, you heard the bikini, why did it become not a good thing.

"Lord, lord is so leisurely." Xu Guanzhong walked over and said with a smile.

Jiang De got down from the recliner and said, "Mr. Xu is here, come, let's have a drink." ”

Xu Guanzhong shook his hand and said, "The student is still not used to the taste of this brown sugar water, by the way, my lord, the country of the Japanese is in front, and it is about to arrive." ”

Jiang De looked into the distance, and sure enough, he saw a black line, which meant that the land was almost there.

"Come, Mr. Xu, let's talk, how do you say we can persuade the lord of the Japanese country to give us a port?" Jiang De said with a wicked smile.

Xu Guanzhong replied, "It has been a hundred years since the Japanese State was forbidden to the sea, and it is difficult to get the Japanese State to sell the port. ”

It turns out that Japan in this period began the policy of banning the sea more than 100 years ago, and even when merchant ships go to Japan, there are time limits and quantity regulations, and the time is once every two years, and the number cannot be more than five merchant ships.

"Which one of our things is not difficult?" Jiang De smiled, "If you can't talk about it, it's better to use force." ”

Xu Guanzhong rolled his eyes and said, "Everything has to be said with a reason, I'm afraid it's not appropriate to use force at will, I think it's better to find a way to incite the people of the Japanese country to be enemies with us, if we still hurt a few people, it's the best." ”

Yue Fei and the others couldn't accept it when they heard Xu Guanzhong and Jiang De talking about the conspiracy, Yue Fei asked, "Big brother, since the Japanese Kingdom wants to be friendly with us, why do you want to do this?" I'm afraid that's not appropriate, right? ”

Jiang De waved his hand and said, "Between countries, although we also have to talk about friendship, but we still have to talk about interests, not to mention that after using the strategy, both parties will die less, this is Daren, you listen." ”

Yue Fei sighed, stopped talking, just listened quietly.

"What Mr. Xu said is reasonable, I think so, these ships have brought a lot of goods, you can first let the lord of the Japanese country allow trade with us, our materials are cheap and good, the Japanese merchants will be dissatisfied, and then agitate one or two, and it will be successful." Jiang De said with a smile.

As soon as you say a word, I say a word, all kinds of conspiracies and tricks burst out like popcorn, and Yue Fei and the others were dumbfounded when they heard it, and they didn't know if their side was still a righteous party.

Jiang De said while looking at Yue Fei from time to time, he also brought Yue Fei here this time in the hope of training Yue Fei, so that Yue Fei would not be like in history, too contemptuous of the intrigues and tricks above the court, leading to tragedy.

The fleet traveled westward, first into the Seto Inland Sea, and then all the way to Settsu, which would later be Osaka.

When we arrived in Settsu, the sky was a little overcast, and compared to the small boats around it, the ships of the fleet looked like giants, and dozens of them were parked together, giving a great sense of shock to the ships coming and going.

"My lord, it's time to get off the ship." Xu Guanzhong walked over and said.

"I saw at least 100 islands along the way in the Seto Inland Sea, and many of them were garrisoned by Japanese soldiers. Jiang De said as he looked at the scenery of the Seto Inland Sea.

"That's true, this Seto Inland Sea is eight or nine hundred miles long from east to west, and the narrowest point from north to south is only ten miles, but it is a natural danger, and if our army wants to enter the Japanese country, this is the first important place." Xu Guanzhong said in agreement.

"This time you are a messenger, and I am just a businessman with an official background, and when you get to the ground, you and Yuan Weiyi will go to Heiankyo to meet the lord of the Japanese kingdom, and I will stay here, and after you meet the lord, come here and have a round with me."

"Yes."

"Don't, where there is a messenger to salute the merchant, go, let's go down together, you go ahead."

At the port of Settsu, Yuan Weiyi was talking to a few Japanese people.

"Yuanjun, I didn't expect these Goryeo fleets to be so magnificent, and our Wa Kingdom is a little behind in shipping." A Japanese man looked at Liangshan's fleet and said with some emotion.

"Hosokawa-kun misunderstood, they are not really Goryeo, but Song people, I only learned after I arrived in Goryeo, the current Goryeo has been occupied by the Song people, led by Jiang Xinzhi, the Marquis of Pingyin, this time it is Jiang Xinzhi's military advisor Xu Jun, these fleets are all merchant ships that come with us, they hope to trade with us, I am ready to take them to see Your Majesty." Yuan Weiyi explained.

"Oh! It turned out to be a man from the kingdom, no wonder so. ”

Hearing that it was the Song people, the people who were originally a little unwilling were suddenly relieved, this kind of psychology is actually very easy to understand, almost the later generations of Chinese people saw the advanced warships on the Internet, if it was developed by India, they would probably feel unacceptable, but if it was developed by the United States, they immediately felt that it was taken for granted.

"With so many ships, how much cargo do you have? What are they? ”

Those who had a lot of eyes began to inquire.

"These Song people brought a lot of goods, as far as I know, silk, porcelain, tea, they also brought a lot of glass mirrors, books, wine, clocks and other scarce goods." Yuan Weiyi saw Xu Guanzhong walking down and said, "Xu Jun is here, everyone is ready to salute." ”

Xu Guanzhong walked down, Jiang De lowered his head and followed behind in the crowd, Yuan Weiyi bowed to Xu Guanzhong and said, "Xu Jun, this is the Namba Tsu of the Settsu country, this is only a hundred miles away from Heianjing, it is the first port in my country, and it was the capital of our country a hundred years ago. ”

After everyone saluted each other, Xu Guanzhong said, "I didn't expect that there is such a prosperous port in the Japanese country, I just watched from the ship, I'm afraid there are 200,000 people here." ”

A Japanese warlord smiled and said, "If you want to say that the population of the city is about 200,000, but if the population of the entire Nambatsu is already nearly 300,000, if you want to say that the prosperity of our city, except for Heiankyo, it is here." ”

Xu Guanzhong sighed: "I think the port here is excellent, and in the future, if you and I can do business and trade, this place will inevitably be more prosperous." ”

When these guards heard this, they couldn't help but say yes, most of these guards were local heroes, and they naturally hoped that this place would become more prosperous.

Xu Guanzhong looked behind him and said, "Everyone, these are all businessmen in my country, I don't know if there is a place for them to live together and take care of them." ”

Yuan Weiyi looked at the head of the minister, and the minister said, "In my Jinkou, there are many pavilions, you can rest assured." ”

Xu Guanzhong was relieved this time, and asked Yuan Weiyi to take him to the Honglu Pavilion, Zhang Shun was left behind in the fleet, Wu Song escorted Xu Guanzhong, Niu Gao, Cheng Min and Yue Fei and others followed Jiang De to the pavilion.

In the evening, Jiang De, who changed into civilian clothes, took Huadiao and Yue Fei and others out for a walk, this was the first time Jiang De came to Japan in this era, and found that most of the Japanese people here were really short, basically under one meter four, Jiang De and others stood together, it was simply standing out from the crowd, provoking the Japanese people to cast curious eyes at them.

"Why are all the people here so short?" Hua Diao asked curiously.

"Most of the Japanese people are short, that's why they are called Japanese countries." Jiang De said with a smile: "Look, there is a restaurant in front, let's go in and see what special food there is in the Wa Kingdom." ”

Everyone walked in, and the diners inside were startled when they saw such a group of tall people walking in, and the restaurant owner hurriedly walked out, bowed and said, "Do you want to eat, please sit inside." ”

Everyone followed in, and when they arrived at the position, they found that there was only a low table, no stool, Jiang De said helplessly, "The Wa Kingdom sent a lot of Tang envoys to our Central Plains during the Tang Dynasty, so many of their buildings and customs are still similar to our Tang Dynasty. ”

Everyone sat down, and Wang Gui was the first to say, "Shopkeeper, do you speak Song dialect?" ”

The shopkeeper said in accented Chinese, "Yes, most of us in business will say something." It's just not good. ”

Wang Gui smiled and said, "That's easy, you have something delicious here, although it is, if you don't have anything good here, go out and buy it, this is for your money." As he spoke, Wang Gui threw out a silver ingot.

The shopkeeper caught it and looked at it, and said happily, "Hi! Right away! Right away! ”

After a while, some white rice balls and seafood sashimi came up, and the wine was also served, and everyone poured it, and Niu Gao took a sip first, and then squirted out in just one sip, and said angrily, "What kind of wine is this, it's the same as water!" Isn't this fooling people? Shopkeeper's! Come here! ”

The shopkeeper hurriedly ran over, knelt on the ground, and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, this wine is really our good wine." No matter how good the wine is, our small shop is really gone. ”

Hua Diao took a bite of the dish and said angrily, "Why are they all raw, don't you have a cook here?" And there's no meat at all, so how can you eat this! ”

"yes, there's not even a chicken, and the food is too bad, isn't it?" Cheng Min also threw his chopsticks and said.

The shopkeeper was about to cry, kneeling on the ground and begging for mercy, Huadiao looked a little soft-hearted, and said, "Okay, shopkeeper, although we are outsiders, we are not easy to bully, you better pick some good dishes." ”

"But... But this is really our best dish. The shopkeeper said helplessly.

Everyone still wanted to be angry, Jiang De said, "Okay, brothers, don't say it anymore, shopkeeper, you also get up, everyone, the food of this country is still like this, follow the customs, don't believe it, you go to other tables to see." ”

"I don't believe it!" Niu Gao got up and walked around, then touched his head and sat back and said, "It's really like this, the food of this Japanese people is too bad, just eat these foods, I can't stay for a moment." ”

Jiang De snorted, and Niu Gao hurriedly said, "Of course, Xiao Langjun is willing to stay, just stay..."

Jiang De shook his head, took his hand into his arms, and a bottle of hardcover wine was taken out, and as soon as it was opened, everyone took turns pouring it, and a smell of wine suddenly floated out.

When the other diners smelled this smell, they couldn't help but look at it curiously, Jiang De first drank a glass with everyone, then poured another glass, and said with a smile, "Good wine, this is wine." ”

"What a fragrant wine! This is where the wine smells! A voice came from outside the door, a man dressed as a samurai walked in, smelled the wine, came all the way to Jiang De's table, first looked at the dress of Jiang De and the others, and then said in Chinese, "You are merchants from Goryeo, do you sell this wine, how much does it cost?" ”

Jiang De raised his eyes and saw that it was a samurai, and said with a smile, "Since you are also a good drinker, there is nothing to sell or not sell, come, shopkeeper, add a bowl and chopsticks, and drink together." ”

The samurai said happily, "Thank you!" As he spoke, he sat down next to Yue Fei, waited for the wine chopsticks, hurriedly poured a glass of wine, took a sip, his eyes suddenly widened like copper bells, and after a while, he opened his mouth and said in a sigh, "Good wine!" ”

After speaking, the samurai asked, "What kind of wine is this?" Like a fire? ”

Niu Gao snorted, "A little eyesight, this wine is called Erguotou." ”

"Two pot heads? What a strange name. The samurai shook his head and said, "Thank you for the wine, in the lower north samurai Yoshiaki Miura!" ”

Jiang De arched his hand and said, "Song people Jiang De, they are my friends and buddies, we are indeed here to do business, this wine is one of our commodities, I don't know if Brother Miura thinks this thing can be a big seller?" ”

Yoshiaki Miura bowed his head and said, "This is the first wine I have ever seen, and it will definitely sell well in the future." ”

Jiang De laughed and said, "We just came to the Wa Kingdom, and we don't know a lot of things yet, and I hope that Brother Miura can give more advice, come, drink!" ”

"Thank you Jiang Jun, please ask, I must know everything, and I must be endless!"

Jiang De smiled and began to ask about the local people's livelihood and customs, this Miura is also well-read, he can say anything, and there is wine to help him, it was lively for a while.