Obviously, Nobuhito Okubo knew Matsuura, so when he got on the boat, he only saw Matsuura, but did not read Tokugawa's letter, so he first greeted Zheng Sen, and then said that Zheng Sen and his ship could dock at Edo Port. www.biquge.info Nobuhito Okubo did not return to the ship, but stayed on the ship as a pilot, and the leader "Zhenjiang" docked on the pier and stopped next to the "Tianxia Maru".

"Zheng Ji, Songpu Palace, are you going to enter the city today?" Nobuhito Okubo asked.

"Nope." Matsuura replied, "It's an important thing to go into the city, and some preparations still need to be made. And it's too late now. I'm afraid the gates of Edo are already closed, right? Even if it's not closed, do we still want to rush in like those peddlers? So, we won't go into town today. Well, Okubo, thank you for your hard work, I remember last year, this position was not you, the original ......"

It was indeed very late, and it was already unitary time when the "Zhenjiang" approached Edo, and these twists and turns in the middle took almost an hour, as if it was almost dark today.

"Originally, Mr. Yanagi was sick and went home to recuperate, but now this place is me." Nobuhito Okubo replied.

"Oh, I see." Matsuura nodded, "I guess you must have just taken over." I don't know what kind of disease Yanagi-kun is? ”

"Yes, what Matsuura said is that I only took over two months ago. Liu Shengjun was drenched in rain one day, and as a result, such a strong person suddenly fell ill and almost died, and I heard that he couldn't get out of bed until now. ”

"Ah, there's such a thing?" Matsuura said in surprise.

"Songpu Hall and Zheng Yu are too late to enter the city today, do you need my help to arrange the next place?" Nobuhito Okubo asked again.

"There's no need to bother Okubo, we'll still stay on the boat tonight, so we won't have to worry about going up and down. I'll be in town tomorrow anyway. "Matsuura Road.

The two spoke a few more words, and Okubo got up to take his leave. After a while, someone brought some seasonal vegetables. And Matsuura Dong also sent out those people around him.

Early the next morning, Zheng Sen was awakened by a commotion, and after washing, he went to the deck and saw that hundreds of people had gathered on the edge of the dock, and the number was still increasing.

"This should be the 'entourage' that Matsuura found to pretend, in such a short time, he found so many people, it's really amazing." Zheng Sen looked at the crowd below and couldn't help but think like this.

By the time he arrived, there were already five or six hundred people gathered below, including seventy or eighty ronins with knives. Matsuura's men had already grouped these people into separate groups, and judging from their proficiency, it was not the first time that either Matsuura's samurai or these people had dealt with such a scene.

At this time, Zheng Sen and Matsuura had already used it early. Zheng Sen took a few entourages and disembarked with Matsuura. One of Matsuura's true retinue hurriedly greeted him and saluted Matsuura: "The things ordered by His Highness have been prepared, and His Highness can enter the city." ”

Matsuura and Zheng Sen got into the carriage together, and the entourage of hundreds of people immediately took action, and all kinds of flags fluttered in the wind, which was also very lively. At first glance, it looks like that.

The procession soon entered the castle and then made its way through the narrow and crowded streets of Edo, soon reaching an area dedicated to the daimyos. The people of the Hirado clan were also ready to come and greet them.

Matsuura said to Zheng Sen: "Zheng Zheng, let's sit down with me for a while, and after noon, when I go to visit the general's hall, Zheng Yu will go with me?" ”

Zheng Sen hurriedly said: "But it depends on the arrangement of the feudal lord. ”

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About four minutes later, a convoy under the banner of the Tokugawa family arrived at Matsuura-dong's residence in Edo, led by a samurai with an eye patch in one eye. The janitor recognized this person as the famous Japanese swordsman, Tokugawa Iemitsu's bodyguard, Yagyu Shibei Sanyan. He is also the heir of the Yagyu Domain. He told the janitor that he had come to greet Matsuura and Masaki Mori on the orders of Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu.

Yagyu Jubei Sanyan is almost the most romanticized Japanese swordsman in later generations. According to legend, one of his eyes was when he was a child, when he was practicing swordsmanship with his father Yanagi Tajima Shou Zongju, because his performance was too good and his attack was too fierce, he forced out his father's trick, and was blinded by his father's wooden sword hit in the eye. His father had always followed the Tokugawa family, and later became a daimyo of a generation, and because he was so trusted, he also served as Tokugawa Iemitsu's swordsmanship teacher, so Tokugawa Iemitsu often had the opportunity to practice swordsmanship with Jubei. Tokugawa Iemitsu has been learning swordsmanship with Yagyu Tajima Mori for a long time, and he usually trains with the Ten Guards, and he can also have contacts with him, and the other guards are not his opponents, so he feels super good. When Tokugawa Iemitsu was 23 years old, one night, he slipped out of the forbidden palace in a night suit, and wanted to meet a samurai to try it out, but he happened to meet the ten guards who were on night patrol, and the ten guards saw that this person was sneaky, so they stepped forward to interrogate, and the two of them started to move, but as soon as they started, Iemitsu found that it was not the case at all, and the ten soldiers knocked it to the ground with only one move, and kicked it into the ditch next to it with a kick. When Shibei took off Iemitsu's masked headscarf, he realized that he was fighting the general Iemitsu, and Iemitsu lost face, and felt that Shibei was deceiving himself when he was practicing with him before, so he sent Shibei back to Nara's hometown. It wasn't until 12 years later that he forgave Jubei and recalled him back to be his personal guard. But there is also a theory that in the past 12 years, Jubei actually received orders from Iemitsu and traveled around secretly monitoring the actions of those daimyos. Of course, these legends are not necessarily reliable, but there is no doubt that Yagyu Jubei was a trusted confidant of Tokugawa Ieyasu.

Yagyu Jubei didn't wait long outside before he saw Matsuura Dong walking out with a young man.

"This must be Mr. Zheng Sen, I really didn't expect to be so young. And such a young person already has such a feat, which is really enviable and awe-inspiring. Seeing Zheng Sen, Yanagi Shibei couldn't help but praise in his heart.

Although the Tokugawa shogunate implemented a policy of banning the sea and closing the country, the main purpose of their ban on the sea and the country was to avoid collusion between foreign countries and various powerful feudal domains. There is a big difference between their seclusion and seclusion in the later Qing Dynasty. In the seclusion of the Qing Dynasty, we were full of arrogance and arrogance in the self-esteem of the Heavenly Empire, and we adopted an attitude of closing our eyes and listening to the changes in the outside world. However, the Tokugawa shogunate was different, and in order to avoid collusion between powerful feudal lords and foreign countries, it had to be aware of foreign powers. Therefore, although a fairly strict decree was adopted to ban the sea and close the country, the collection of foreign intelligence has always been highly valued. In this way, the Zheng family's war against the Dutch and the two wars against the Spaniards naturally became the focus of the shogunate's attention. Japan and the Zheng family have close ties, so naturally there are channels to learn that the host of the two wars against Spain is this young man who is now just twenty years old. It was Zheng Sen who naturally became the object of the shogunate's attention.

Since Zheng Sen became the target of the shogunate's greatest attention, his various works naturally received attention. This includes not only his "Heavenly Doctrine", "Theory of the Origin of Species" and some mathematical things, but also his pirated copy of "Naval Strategy".

Yagyu Shibei is not only a swordsman, but also a soldier. He has carefully studied many art of war, and even wrote a book on the subject. After the rise of the Zheng family, he naturally studied Zheng Sen's "Naval Strategy". It is said that someone asked Yanagi what the level of this military book was. Yagyu Shibei replied: "Although it is talking about naval warfare, its theory has gone deep into the origin of warfare, and it is the work of everyone, and since Sun Tzu, there is no one who can do it. Yanagi naturally knew that Zheng Sen was a young hero, but when he saw the real person, he thought that this person had just turned twenty, and he had already conquered a land almost the same size as the entire Japan, and there was no one in the world who could match it.

"Songpu Palace, this is Mr. Zheng of the Ming Dynasty." Yanagi asked.

"Exactly, exactly." Matsuura replied with a smile on his face, "Yanagi Temple, how do you work your master?" Well, this is the world-famous young hero, Mr. Zheng Sen of the Ming Dynasty. I accepted the general's order, and finally invited Zheng Ji. Then he turned back to Zheng Sen and introduced Liu Sheng and said, "Zheng Ji, this is"

Yanagi Shibei smiled: "As soon as the main hall heard that Mr. Zheng had arrived, he hurriedly asked me to come over to greet the two of you. Please also ask the two of you to get in the car, if we say a few more words, we can't wait for the main hall, and we will run over in person. ”

After speaking, he turned to Zheng Sen in Chinese and said, "Zheng Ji, I have read the "Naval Strategy" you wrote, which is really an unprecedented masterpiece that makes people feel uncomfortable. The general saw it and liked it very much. Also, I've read your "On the Origin of Species", which is really a bit of a pearl. It's just that I don't understand the math, but I like it very much. This time, Zheng Yu is here, and he will definitely stay for a few more days, so that I can wait for morning and dusk to ask for advice. ”

Zheng Sen said: "Liu Shengdian has won the award, "Naval Strategy" is just a fool, and it was written early, and now it seems that there are still many fallacies. That "Origin of Species" is not Zheng Sen's work alone, Zheng Sen does not dare to be greedy for heaven. This time I came to Japan to visit my mother. Moreover, my family is at war with Spain, and Zheng Sen has taken the time to come here, so I am afraid that he will not be able to stay here for a long time. ”

As he spoke, Zheng Sen and Matsuura got into the carriage, and Yanagi Shibei personally drove the carriage towards Tokugawa Iemitsu's palace.