--Dead Leaf Island

Duan Jingzhu stood at the bow of the boat, looked at the lush island, and asked, "Are all the fine works back?" ”

"Leader Duan, you're back."

"Okay, let their captain come and see me."

After a while, a person dressed like a savage walked up to the deck and said to Duan Jingzhu, "I've seen Leader Duan." ”

Duan Jingzhu was originally smuggling in the Northland, so there were many people under him who were proficient in various languages, and after he voted for Liangshan, these people also followed him, and the person in front of him was named Yang Xianzheng.

Duan Jingzhu helped him up and asked, "Yang Xianzheng?" What is the situation on the island? Are the brothers all right? ”

Yang Xianzheng replied, "Turning back, the brothers went to twenty, seventeen returned, and three... Probably can't come back, there are indeed people on the island, and there are a lot of them, there are many of their tribes, and the words of each tribe are different, but some people with status in the tribe can speak Khitan or Goryeo, but there are very few who can speak Chinese, and even many of them have not even heard of the Song Kingdom, we caught some tongues, and asked about the two largest tribes on the island now, one is called Guwei, the other is called Yiligan, and there are many other tribes, and now these two tribes are fighting each other, and one mainly controls the north, One mainly controlled the south.

In terms of troops, they have thousands of them, but there are no good blades, and I have seen their weapons, most of them are not iron weapons. ”

Saying that, Yang Xianzheng turned around and signaled, a person came over with a plate, Duan Jingzhu looked at the plate, and found that there were several blades inside, Duan Jingzhu picked up one, looked at it carefully, and found that the texture of the only iron blade was extremely poor, I am afraid that it is not qualified to make kitchen knives in Song Realm, and there are two pieces, one is a spear head sharpened with stones, and the other is an arrow made of bones, he said unhappily, "Yang Xianzheng, how did you do it?" Such a savage, you have also lost our three brothers? ”

Yang Xianzheng lowered his head and said, "Leader, although they are not well equipped, they all have great strength, and they are very tenacious, they can't understand what they say, and if they are not killed completely, they will continue to resist." ”

Duan Jingzhu took a breath, looked at Dead Leaf Island and asked, "How many harbors are suitable for stopping ships?" ”

Yang Xianzheng nodded and said, "I found several, one is in the southernmost part, where you can see a piece of land in the south, it is said that there is a place called Ezo people, and another is in the middle, but in the east of the island, I'm afraid it's inconvenient, and there is also in the northernmost part of the island, which is also a natural good harbor, and it is very close to the mouth of the Duck River." We found out that there was a tribe stationed there, and it was the Jurchens, and the Jurchens also had fishing boats. ”

"Jurchen?" One of the people next to him was stunned and asked, "Leader Duan, why are there Jurchens here?" ”

Duan Jingzhu looked at the man and said, "I know something about this, more than a hundred years ago, the sea here was not as calm as it is now, when Goryeo had just been unified and began to have contacts with the Wa Kingdom, the merchant ships of Goryeo and the Wa Kingdom came and went, and there was an endless stream, and at that time, the Jurchens were also at war, many girls and real people were driven out of the mountains and forests, to the seaside, and even some to the dry leaf island and other places, after they arrived, they found these fleets, so they also tried to build ships, and then plundered merchant ships.

I remember the most powerful time, these Jurchen pirates had forty or fifty ships, robbed many places in the Wa Kingdom, and robbed thousands of slaves, and finally these Jurchen pirates were jointly exterminated by the Goryeo Navy and the Wa Army at that time, and the two countries were transformed into twenty or thirty years, and the sea gradually quieted down to the present. It is also for this reason that the Japanese government did not allow private ships to go out to do business. But now, this ban is also in name only.

The Jurchens that Brother Yang is talking about are probably the remaining descendants of those Jurchen pirates in the past. ”

Yang Xianzheng asked, "What should we do now?" ”

Duan Jingzhu sighed, "Although I know the situation of all the ethnic groups in the north, I am not very good at fighting with people. We can only try to get a foothold first. Sail! Let's go to the northernmost port and try to get in touch with them first. ”

- Nameless seaport

The red glow on the horizon, reflecting the wide sea, and the gentle breeze blowing the clouds, the harbor and the fishing boats, constitute a harmonious and beautiful picture. This is one of the most important villages of the Jurchen Duhu tribe, with a population of three or four hundred, living on fishing and hunting, and on this day, the Duhu Shulu tribe, which has lived peacefully here for decades, welcomed a new group of guests.

"Elder, you see, who are these?" The warriors of several tribes looked at the huge fleet and said with some fear, they had never seen such a fleet since they were young.

The elder was an old man of sixty or seventy years old, still alive at such an age, and already a miraculous existence in this tribe, the elder looked at the fleet and said, "Let the women and children go to the forest at once, send someone to call back the village chief and the warriors, and let the rest of the men take up arms, I know the words on their boat, it seems to be the words of a place called Song in the south, and I don't know what people from so far away are doing with us." ”

On the other side of the boat, Duan Jingzhu looked at the fishing boats that were returning to the fishing village one after another, saying that they were fishing boats, but in fact they were just some rafts, and he said with a smile, "Let's go, let's go meet them and bring gifts." ”

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"Are you Jurchen?" Duan Jingzhu asked in the Jurchen language he had learned, he looked at the people in front of him, there were about thirty or forty people, each holding a blade, but the texture of the blade was obviously poor, but what was surprising was that most of them were iron, and their bodies were all fur, not even a decent leather armor.

"We are a tribe of lone tigers, who are you? Why did you come here? What do you want to do? The old elder came out and said in Jurchen words, "Will you speak our words?" Aren't you Han Chinese? ”

Duan Jingzhu smiled and said, "I just know how to speak, I'm Han... We're here to make friends with you, to trade something, you see, we're here with gifts. ”

Duan Jingzhu said, asking people to send the gifts to the front, only to see a few jars of wine, refined weapons, cloth, porcelain, iron pots and so on put in a pile, when looking at the red, blue silk, white porcelain, all the Jurchen warriors couldn't help but let out bursts of exclamations.

The elder took a breath, even a hundred years ago, when the Jurchen pirates were rampant, these things were a great gift, not to mention that since that blow, they had not gone out to loot for more than fifty years, the supplies were very scarce, and the dry leaf island was not peaceful, those weapons that looked very beautiful at first glance would be a great help if they were given to the warriors.

Although the elder had not heard of what it meant to be a courtesy, he still wanted to give something back, so as to show that his Duhu tribe was not a tribe that loved to be greedy for small and cheap.

He said a few words to the person next to him, the man nodded, and left quickly with the person, and then the elder said to Duan Jingzhu, "This friend, I like your gift very much, I am the elder here, called Duhu Shu Li Zhen, since you want to come to trade and friendship, we are willing to have more friends of you, I have asked people to take our fur, I believe you will like it too." ”

Duan Jingzhu looked at some furs he took from the village, nodded with a smile, and then said, "We want to borrow a place from you and build a temporary camp, so that we can trade with you there in the future, I don't know if it's convenient." ”

Duhu Shu Li Zhen looked at Duan Jingzhu and the fleet behind him seriously, he wanted to say it badly, but he also knew that if this was the case, I am afraid that the Han people in front of him would come with a sword next time, there are not many people in the tribe, and they can't withstand the big wind and waves, he weighed it and said, "Bingwan is the place where we are the Lubu of the Duhu Shu, we know best here, half of the year here is a world of snow and ice, I'm afraid that you are used to the warm Han people, you can't survive here." ”

Duhu Shu Li really wanted to use the cold and abnormal climate here to persuade Duan Jingzhu to leave, Duan Jingzhu believed his words, it was almost August at this time, but he couldn't feel how hot it was here, or he could still feel some cold, you can imagine how low the temperature here is, but this is the closest port to the duck, he can't give up, what's more, according to Jiang De's meaning, the entire Dry Leaf Island should be included in the rule of Liangshan in the future.

Duan Jingzhu looked at Li Zhen, the Duhu Technique, he knew that in order to gain a foothold here, it was the aborigines here who really had to rely on it, he smiled and said, "Of course we don't adapt, but you are adaptable, aren't you?" Elder Duhushu, we have set up a camp here in order to trade with the Wanyan tribe on the western land in the future, to store goods here with you, if you are willing to help us, we are willing to give you enough payment, what do you think? ”

When Li Zhen heard the Wanyan Tribe, he immediately said angrily, "You want to trade with those demons, you are the enemy of our Duhu Tribe!" Get out of now! Otherwise, we're going to be unkind! ”

As he spoke, the Jurchen warriors behind him all picked up their weapons and made threatening movements, which made Duan Jingzhu stunned for a moment, and then immediately understood.

A hundred years ago, I am afraid that it was the initial stage of the Wanyan tribe's expansion, and the Duhu tribe at that time should have been defeated by the Wanyan tribe, and then migrated all the way to the dry leaf island, so think about it, the Duhu tribe and the Wanyan tribe are real feuds, how can they be willing to be friends of the Wanyan tribe?

Duan Jingzhu was a little nervous, he was really not very good at fighting, so he didn't want to use the method of war to solve the problem.

Duan Jingzhu quickly looked around, and then saw that there were birds in the woods in the distance that had not fallen for a long time, and then looked at the Duhu Shu Li Zhen Most of the people behind him had scars on their bodies, and then thought about the boats that he saw before that were not so much fishing boats as rafts, and he had an idea in his heart, so he suddenly laughed, only to see him laughing, as if he had seen something extremely interesting, Duhu Shu Li Zhen frowned and said, "Han people, what are you laughing at?" ”

Duan Jingzhu stopped abruptly and said, "I'm laughing at the Duhu Sect for having such a stupid elder, let me ask you, as an elder of the tribe, what is your mission?" ”

Before Li Zhen could figure out how to answer, Duan Jingzhu continued, "Shouldn't you let your people live a better life, find a way to make them well-fed, warmly dressed, and not bullied by foreigners?"

If you think about it, even if you don't let us camp here, won't we be able to trade with the Wanyan tribe? Even if we don't trade with the Wanyan tribe, what about the others? Do you know how big the Wanyan tribe is now? How strong? ”

"How big? Yes... 10,000? "In Duhu Shuli's heart, a tribe of 10,000 people is already a very large tribe.

"Hahahaha!" Duan Jingzhu laughed for a while, and then said solemnly, "Let me tell you, the Wanyan tribe has officially established a country at the beginning of this year, the country name is Jin, they have just defeated more than 200,000 Liao troops, you can imagine how strong they are now, such a powerful force, you still want to take revenge in the Duhu Technique?" I don't think you should take refuge in them, they may give you some soup to drink for the sake of the Jurchens. ”

"What nonsense are you talking about!"

"The lone tiger magician would rather die than surrender!"

The Duhu Shu Li Zhen stopped the angry warrior, he stared at Duan Jingzhu's eyes for a while, nodded and said, "I believe your words... Are they already so powerful? Could it be that the revenge of our Duhu tribe is already doomed to be avenged? ”

Speaking, the Duhu Shu Li Zhen took a deep breath, the breath of the whole person is a little older, although he has not experienced that era, but since he was a child, he has heard the elders of the tribe at that time say, how the Wanyan tribe drove them step by step to this island where half of the year is ice and snow, every year, their Duhu tribe will gather everyone, cry to the west, and the attachment to the ancestral land is probably a commonality of human beings.

"However, if you are willing to cooperate with us, I think that your Duhu tribe will be able to fight back to land one day!" Duan Jingzhu patted his chest and said an extremely tempting sentence.

"Working with you? Aren't you friends with the Wanyan tribe? Duhu Shu Li Zhen said suspiciously.

"Yes, we may be their trading partners." Duan Jingzhu agreed and said, "But you Duhu tribe can become our own family, help a friend in business, or help your own family, I believe anyone knows what to do." ”

Duan Jingzhu smiled and stretched out his hand and said, "Duan Jingzhu, the leader of Liangshan, I hope that the Duhu Sect will join us, and we are willing to have a new family." ”

"Family? Join you? Duhu Shu Li Zhen said suspiciously.

Duan Jingzhu nodded and said, "Our village master said that the future Liangshan, or the future of China, will not be a country with only one nation, and anyone who has a heart for China can be a new member of our Huaxia, if you need time to think about it now, it doesn't matter, we can be friends first, it won't hurt us, right?" ”

Duhu Shu Li Zhen hesitated, Duan Jingzhu smiled, doing business is like this, first offer a hundred, and then say fifty, it is much more effective than directly saying fifty.