Xu Yihou has lived in the Satsuma Domain for so long, and she has long been familiar with the local customs, although the Ryukyu Islands are not the territory of the Satsuma Domain, but after all, they are similar, and the customs are not too bad.

What's more, there is also Shi Shiyong, the two of them only inquired a little, and then brought Li Mi to the local shaman.

The Japanese archipelago and the Ryukyu archipelago both believe in a lot of natural gods, after all, their civilization started relatively late, so the gods are all here, these gods and ghosts are not as sacred as the West, nor as profound and philosophical as the Taoism of the Chinese nation, but they are close to life and full of human touch.

Ancient Greece and other mythological systems also endowed the gods with human nature, and the gods will also have desires, and will turn into various animals to tempt the gods to have children, etc., but after all, they are still high, but the gods in Japan and the Ryukyus are all insignificant and can be found around.

The shrine of the deer and the shrine of the Ise shrine has long occupied the sacred places of faith of the vast majority of the Japanese and Japanese people, but among the people, there are still many simple ecological shamans.

Just like the Ryukyu Islands, there are still ecological shamans, who believe in the gods of wind, sea, waves, and even thunder.

When the shaman heard that Li Milai was divining the direction of the wind, he also showed his black teeth and laughed.

This is his old business, and fishermen and sailors will come to him to ask about the weather before going out to sea, and he is used to it.

The wizards on these islands may not really be able to predict the weather, but they are much more accurate than others.

Most of these old people were used to drifting at sea when they were young, but in fact, most of them were empiricists.

These natives do not have much advanced scientific knowledge or detection and prediction technology, and maintain the most primitive awe and worship of heaven and earth, so they keep in mind the seasons of each year and climate change, and slowly summarize the rules.

And these experiences and laws become their knowledge and even supernatural powers, making them more mysterious and powerful than others.

Many people may think that the sea is unpredictable, but it is not.

If it is in the trade wind belt, the wind period will be very accurate, but the trade wind rarely changes direction, year after year, stable and punctual appearance, like an honest person who speaks of credit, so it is called the trade wind.

However, the trade wind belt is located on both sides of the equator, and Japan is not located in the trade wind belt, but belongs to the East Asian monsoon region, which is greatly affected by the marine climate because of the diverse marine environment around it and the Pacific Ocean.

Of course, Japan's monsoon climate also has maritime characteristics, such as precipitation and temperature changes are small and average, but the wind changes a lot, which undoubtedly makes it more difficult for Li Mi to carry out the plan.

Li Mi had studied geography anyway, but the knowledge of these middle schools had long been lost, and if it weren't for the fact that operations such as tracking and searching mountains required geographical knowledge, Li Mi would not have regained this discipline.

Thanks to these basic knowledge, Li Mi was able to tell whether this wizard was reliable or not.

Japan and China are separated by a strip of water, and there is not much difference in geographical location, and part of China is also located in the East Asian monsoon region, usually blowing northwest winds in summer and southeast winds in winter.

Now that it has come around the Mid-Autumn Festival, the wind direction has also changed, Li Mi's treasure ship is located in the south of the port, if the southeast wind blows, the treasure ship can use the wind to ignite all the fleets in the port!

However, the wizard's words made Li Mi suspicious, because the old wizard said that the northwest wind has been blowing recently, which made Li Mi feel a little puzzled.

Although Japan and the Ryukyus belong to the same East Asian monsoon region, they are affected by the environment of the Pacific Ocean and the mainland of Japan's main island, where the southeast wind blows in the summer, and in the winter, under the influence of the Mongolian and Siberian high pressures, the northwest wind blows.

If it is a northwest wind, Li Mi's treasure ship is a headwind, even if it is detonated, it can only burn itself, except for the chain reaction caused by the impact, it is difficult to achieve the effect of large-scale "burning the camp".

Unless you can open the altar like Zhuge Kongming and borrow a "godwind" against the sky, this plan will be ruined in advance!

Despite this, Li Mi still did not give up, and in the end he still asked the wizard about it, and there would be another gale in three days.

Li Mi gave a lot of honorarium, but the wizard looked at the treasure knife on Li Mi's waist, and he didn't dare to ask for Li Mi's jewelry.

Later, it was Empress Xu Yi who gave him some beautiful shell necklaces and other decorations, and he accepted them happily.

At present, Ryukyu is in turmoil, there is a shortage of materials, there is no place to spend money, and the wizards' favorite is this strange decoration, Xu Yihou knows these better than Li Mi.

Being kind is one aspect, but the most important thing is to worry about leaking the news, so Xu Yihou insisted on paying him, hoping that this wizard could keep his mouth shut.

After leaving the wizard's side, Li Mi took Shi Shiyong and Xu Yi and returned to the treasure ship in a small boat.

After all, it is a very valuable quality to be able to think about the people of the Ming Dynasty so purely, and this kind of noble quality, whether it is the Black Prison brothers, or Captain Lu and his sailors, it is impossible to have, they have already lost their souls on the sea.

Zhao Sima and Zuo Di knew about Li Mi's plan, and they had no better choice for Li Mi's sacrifice.

And if Li Mi wants to do this, he also needs a helmsman and a sailman, after all, he doesn't know how to steer a boat.

The reason why he returned to the ship was to ask Captain Lu for advice, is there a way to sail against the wind, after all, it is impossible to have a smooth wind at sea, and how to control the ship to move forward when the wind is against the wind, this is the basic skill of the captain.

Of course, this is also what Li Mi takes for granted, because the sailboat relies on crosswinds, not headwinds, so Captain Lu quickly disappoints Li Mi.

Li Mi also sighed, and just when he was about to despair, Captain Lu said to Li Mi: "Actually, you don't have to be disappointed, chief, if you don't let my people die with you, I can tell you a secret." ”

Li Mi needed a helmsman and a sailman to follow him to blow up the ship, Captain Lu selected it all night, and only then did he select two unlucky ghosts by drawing lots, but these two unlucky ghosts were also frightened, and they wanted to jump ship and escape overnight.

After all, they are brothers who were born and died, and since Captain Lu brought them out, he had to take them back safely, otherwise he would not be able to explain to their families, and at this time, he would take the opportunity to ask Li Mi to sit on the ground and raise the price.

When Li Mi heard this, he was also displeased, because Captain Lu clearly had reservations, and he couldn't say that this could still be achieved!

Li Mi squinted his eyes slightly, staring at Captain Lu, but the latter's messy hair was blown up by the wind, covering half of Captain Lu's face, and Li Mi couldn't see his eyes.

However, Li Mi stared at his face for a long time, and his eyes suddenly lit up!

Li Miqiang endured the excitement in his heart and said to Captain Lu: "Since you don't want to, then the helmsman and sailman don't have to stay on the ship." ”

When Zhao Sima and Zuo Di and others heard this, they were also angry with Captain Lu, after all, Li Mi was going to sacrifice his life for the country, whose life was not his life?

But when they reach this juncture, they are still calculating, this kind of style is really not atmospheric enough, although no one will take their lives to save face, but this is by no means a face, but it is related to the life and death of millions of ordinary people in the Ming Dynasty!

Captain Lu and the others were overjoyed when they heard this, and they were also grateful to Li Mi, but their joy did not last long, because Li Mi said to him.

"You don't have to stay on the treasure ship, but have you ever wondered how you can return to Guhe Island if I blow it up with the treasure ship? Could it be that with these few boats, drift back? ”

Captain Lu never thought that Li Mi would blow up this ship, let alone that this ship was ignited, until last night Li Mi asked him for the helmsman and sailman, he knew that Li Mi was here to sacrifice his life for righteousness!

He also thought about it all night, these brothers were all from the Japanese Kor, and as long as they did not die, they would be able to grab a ship in the Ryukyus and return to Guga Island.

But now that the Ryukyus have been conquered and the war on the island is raging, they are the identity of the Japanese robbers, and the risk of rushing to grab the ship is even greater than drifting at sea!

So when Li Mi poked him in the sore spot, Captain Lu was also silent.

Seeing this, Li Mi said to him: "I won't tell you, Brother Xu is a retainer of the Shimazu family of the Satsuma Domain, and now he has a fief of three hundred households, and getting you a boat is just a gesture......

Xu Yihou cherishes his homeland and is a hot-blooded person, but it doesn't mean that he is stupid, these people are unwilling to die with Li Mi, and they are clearly not clean widows, not innocent people at all, Li Mi not only doesn't want them to sell their lives, but even promises ships, how can Xu Yihou agree!

"Brother Li, I respect you as a person, but this matter is difficult to obey, Xu will not help this group of shameless people!"

Captain Lu also panicked, and said to Li Mi: "We are willing to contribute, as long as we don't let us send the ship to death!" ”

Li Mi looked at Captain Lu, also with a smile on his face, and said to Captain Lu: "Okay, there is one thing for you to do, if you agree, it doesn't hurt that the ship will give it to you." ”

"Boss, please!" Captain Lu was also overjoyed when he saw the vitality, and hurriedly asked.

Li Mi looked at Xu Yi, and then said: "There is a Bronze Bird Mountain on this island, and there is an armory on the mountain, and when I blow up the ship, I will attract all the garrison forces on the island to the port, and the armory is as empty as if there is no one, at this time, you will follow my brothers and go to destroy the armory!" ”

"It's simple enough, isn't it? Besides, my eldest brother Xu can give you ships, but there are no artillery or weapons on board, and you are adrift on the sea, not afraid that other Japanese robbers will eat you? The armory has everything, and you can get as many weapons as you want, so it's a win-win situation......"

As soon as Li Mi said this, Captain Lu agreed very happily.

However, the brothers on Li Mi's side all knew how important the Tongniao Mountain Armory was, and the defenders there might not divide their troops into the port, and going to the armory was just as dangerous as blowing up ships!

Xu Yihou and the others were still complaining about Li Mi in their hearts, thinking that he was too kind to these widows, but at this time, when they heard Li Mi's arrangement, they wanted to snicker in their hearts, and felt sympathy for Captain Lu and the others.

However, even if the problem of Captain Lu and these Japanese robbers is solved, the biggest and most critical problem still exists and cannot be properly solved.

This Captain Lu is only suitable for coercion, it is estimated that there is some important information, but Li Mi seems to have seen through it, but what is the important information?

Li Mi dared to make such an arrangement, he must be full of confidence in himself, but self-confidence is one thing, ability is another, if you have self-confidence but no ability, then it is not self-confidence, but suicide!

What did Li Mi know to be so sure that he could sail alone without the help of the helmsman and sail man and destroy the entire fleet of the port?