Chapter 7 Cherry blossoms and open-air baths

After the Liaodong Navy rested in the city of Kyushu for 7 days. Gongsun Kang ordered Tai Shi Ci to take 2,000 Liaodong Navy, and Zheng He to bring 5,000 Japanese Eight Banner Army to attack Shiguo Island together. Zuo Ci also volunteered to go with him.

Shikoku Island is located northeast of Kyushu Island, southwest of Honshu Island, south of Chugoku, and separated from Honshu by the Seto Inland Sea. Together with the island, it covers an area of about 18,800 square kilometers.

Even in later generations, the presence of Shikoku Island was low. In the country of Wa is a place in the countryside, and here it seems more rustic.

Even in the 21st century, you can see large areas of farmland and slopes, as well as typical Japanese-style sloping wooden houses scattered among the mountains and fields.

In the later administrative divisions of Japan, there were four reiji countries: Awa Province, Sanuki Province, Iyo Province, and Tosa Province.

In the 21st century, Japan's administrative divisions include Tokushima Prefecture (Awa), Kagawa Prefecture (Sanuki), Ehime Prefecture (Iyo), and Kochi Prefecture (Tosa).

The island of Shikoku is mostly mountainous, and the Shikoku Mountains divide Tosa, Iyo, and Awa.

In Shikoku, there are very few plains, with a very small piece of Tokushima Plains in Tokushima, Kochi Plains in Kochi, and only very small Matsuyama Plains in Ehime Prefecture. Due to the mountainous area, most of the cities are concentrated in these small plains.

The terrain is mountainous, and the mountainous area accounts for about 80% of the total area. It is divided into two belts, north and south. The northern part is called the inner belt, and the mountains are low and gentle (about 1000 meters); In the south, the Shikoku Mountains stretch across the area, with the highest point, Mt. Ishigume, with an altitude of 1,982 meters.

The plains are small and scattered along the lower reaches of rivers and along the coast, with the Tamki Plain in the north, the Tokushima Plain on both sides of the Yoshino River, and the Kochi Plain in the south. The river is short, the middle and upper reaches of the water flow are turbulent, and the water is rich in water; The longer rivers are the Yoshino River, the Shimanto River, and the Niyodo River.

After Tai Shici, Zheng He, and Zuo Ci set off, Gongsun Kang himself took Tianhai Yi and the goddesses to soak in the open-air hot spring.

In later generations, steaming, smoky Japanese open-air baths and small, quaint ryokans were also a form of culture. Reservations, well, by all means.

At this time, Wajima was a blank sheet of paper. Gongsun Kang can paint on it at will. She can be shaped with all sorts of customs.

There are many hot springs on the island of Kyushu.

Oita Prefecture is home to Beppu Onsen, one of Japan's most famous hot springs. It is a good place to soothe the body and mind, and there are many senbei foods that taste good.

In Kagoshima, the spring water gushes from 1,000 meters underground, and you can enjoy it from a height of 108 meters above the ground.

This time, Kosun Kang took the beauties to Kagoshima. The soldiers brought a lot of tents and prepared to camp in the wild for a month.

Completely natural hot springs, with no man-made structures in later generations. The soldiers were scattered and stood guard on all sides 1 mile away.

Only Gongsun Kang, Tianhai Wing and the little goddesses were left in the hot springs. Everyone took off their clothes and went down to the hot springs. On the one side facing each other, you can soak in the warm hot springs and overlook the scenery of Sakurajima and Kagoshima in the distance.

The hot spring water is slippery and creamy, and the head is bathed back to everspring. The water of this special hot spring contains sodium bicarbonate, which makes the skin smooth and supple, so it is called "Bijin-yu". During the day, you can see the Sakurajima volcano, which erupts almost every day, and at night, you can revel in the starry night view.

Of course, the most intoxicating thing for the little goddesses is the body of the thunder god Gongsun Kang. Muscular but sleek, with well-defined eight-pack abs. Thick arms and thighs, and that thick lower body.

Sure enough, it's God, Thor is so great, great everywhere.

Gongsun Kangle does not want to return, and soaks in the hot springs every day. Doing those things you love to do and love to do is also in the hot springs. In the space of a month, he was blessed with all 30 little goddesses.

Being able to sacrifice one's body to God is the best wish and greatest happiness of the widows in their lives. Now that this ideal has been realized, many little goddesses have passed out happily.

A library, a touch of the machine's coquettish voice endlessly.

In the distance, there were many Japanese soldiers on guard. Every day, I hear the faint sound of "one library, one touch machine" in the wind. Every soldier is filled with a sense of happiness and pride. That's the girl who is pampering the Japanese people. Every Wa should be proud and proud, because this is God's grace to the entire Wa people.

"Come on! daddy! The Japanese soldiers secretly cheered for the Japanese girls. If a few gods can be born, then there is hope for the Wa tribe.

Every time after the incident, Tianhai carefully gave Thor a full body massage to soothe God's body and mind. Under the massage of Tianhai Wing's small hands, Gongsun Kang thought about the divine power and cherry blossoms on Wa Island.

Xu Fu's journey to Japan contributed to the birth of a generation of "Yayoi culture". At that time, there was no writing and no farming in Japan. Xu Fu brought writing, farming, and medical technology to Japan. For this reason, Xu Fu naturally became the "god of agriculture" and "god of medicine" in the minds of the Japanese people. This was discovered and excavated in later generations with archaeology and exchanges between the two peoples.

Spiritually and culturally, witchcraft and rituals dominated the social life of the primitive Japanese people, and this primitive belief provided the basis for the formation of Shintoism, the national religion of Japan.

Before Buddhism was introduced to Japan, the Japanese belief was Shintoism, which developed from a primitive religion, and initially focused on the worship of nature spirits and ancestors.

Shintoism retains many remnants of primitive religions, and it does not have systematic scriptures and complete religious organizations, and its quality is low. It seems that the most famous gods are the sun god Amaterasu Daigojin, and the harvest god Daigojin, who specializes in food.

It can be seen that what the Japanese people need most is sunlight and food.

In later generations, cherry blossoms were also a culture of the island nation.

More than 2,000 years ago, during the Qin and Han dynasties, cherry blossoms were cultivated in Chinese palaces. During the Tang Dynasty, cherry blossoms were widely seen in private courtyards. At that time, when all countries came to the pilgrimage, Japanese worshippers brought cherry blossoms back to Toei, which has a history of more than 1,000 years in Japan. Cherry blossoms symbolize warmth, purity, and nobility. It is revered as the national flower of Japan.

The cherry blossoms bloom from the southern tip of the warm Japanese archipelago to the north along the latitude, forming a "cherry blossom front" that advances from south to north. Sakura has a short life. There is a folk proverb in Japan that says, "7 days of cherry blossoms", which means that it takes about 7 days for a cherry blossom to wither from opening to withering, and about 16 days from blooming to full thanksgiving for the whole cherry tree, forming the characteristics of cherry blossoms blooming and falling. It is this characteristic that makes cherry blossoms so attractive.

Gongsun Kang didn't want this culture to be cut off, just as he didn't want the teachers in the island country to be cut off.

Therefore, he specially asked Tai Shici to dig up 100 cherry blossom trees from Qingzhou, transport them to Kyushu Island with the ship, and start cultivating them in the Thunder God Palace. After it adapts to the climate and soil of Wajima, it will be extended to the whole island country.

The flowers are expected to bloom in April next year, and when you return, you can sit under the cherry blossom trees and watch the goddesses dance in kimonos. At that time, you can hold a cherry blossom banquet in the Thunder God Palace, raise a glass and sing with all the soldiers, talk and laugh about spring, and capture the splendid spring light.