The situation in Seekaido was not stabilized by the withdrawal of the Silla army, but because the Silla army brutally suppressed the big and small lords in the occupied areas during the occupation of Seekaido, many daimyo were defeated or fled, resulting in a power vacuum in many areas, leading to the rise of some ambitious individuals and forces.

In fact, the situation in Hizen Country is the same, but it is too early to start, so that some bad signs are nipped in the bud.

Zhang Wanqing led more than 100 soldiers to leave Tangjin Port, all the way to the direction of Nagasaki Town, on the way to meet the retreating Silla army is fine, but once into the Silla army has no time to control the area, it was immediately attacked and harassed by a small scale, but when the other party found out that this team was the Tang army, did not rush to kill.

Zhang Wanqing thought about asking for help from the Silla army and the Japanese army, but the Silla army was retreating, so how could there be extra troops to protect Zhang Wanqing and his party.

As for the Japanese army, the strength is also weak, if a large number of troops are sent into the war zone at this time, not to mention it will cause misunderstanding of the Silla army, but also cause the fear and fear of the Japanese opposition, as Zhang Wanqing gets closer and closer to Nagasaki Town, he will encounter the harassment of several small forces almost every day, so that Zhang Wanqing lives in panic every day.

After a non-stop march, on the sixth day, Zhang Wanqing finally appeared outside Nagasaki with more than 70 tired soldiers.

"Stand! Who is coming, this place is a land leased by the Tang people, get off the horse and explain the intention, otherwise you will be killed! ”

On a checkpoint outside Nagasaki Town, a Japanese man with a bow and arrow was aimed at the oncoming group of people.

Zhang Wanqing has long lost the elegance and demeanor when he left Tangjin Port, in his mind, the Tang people have a high status in the Wa Kingdom, and officials from all over the country have met Tang Dynasty officials, which one is not flattering.

Zhang Wanqing guessed the beginning, but not the end.

It is true that the officials of the Japanese State did not dare to provoke the officials of the Tang Dynasty, but those hungry Japanese people who wanted to eat people would not care if you were Tang or Silla, if it were not for the fear of angering the Tang people and bringing unwarranted disasters to themselves, I really don't know if Zhang Wanqing would be able to reach Nagasaki Town alive.

As he got closer and closer to Nagasaki Town, Zhang Wanqing found that he was being attacked less and less, and even found an organized militia patrolling more than 100 miles away from Nagasaki Town, which made Zhang Wanqing's heart finally put in his stomach.

As long as there is order, it means stability, which means that there are administrators in these places, and even power institutions and yamen.

"This official is Zhang Wanqing, the mediator sent by the Tang Dynasty, and he came to Nagasaki Town to see the Tang Dynasty send Tang to welcome and send off the deputy envoy Zhen Qian, please give your Shangguan Tongbing!"

Zhang Wanqing didn't dare to be presumptuous at this time, Xiucai couldn't tell if he met the soldiers, who knows if these soldiers are robbers who occupy the mountains and turn around gorgeously, if they anger these people, they will die in vain.

When the soldiers on the checkpoint heard this, they hesitated and whispered something, and after a long time, a soldier came to Zhang Wanqing after getting off the checkpoint, and after repeatedly confirming Zhang Wanqing's identity, he agreed to go back to Tongbing.

Zhang Wanqing waited outside the checkpoint for more than half an hour, and saw the gate of the checkpoint open again, and came out of the checkpoint to suppress a group of people, all of whom were dressed as Tang people, and walked up to Zhang Wanqing and hurriedly saluted: "Xiaomin is the steward left by Tang Shang in Nagasaki Town, and I have seen Zhang Langzhong!" ”

Zhang Wanqing didn't know Zhen Qian, and thought that Zhen Qian would come out to greet him in person when he heard that he came here, but now when he heard it, these people in front of him turned out to be Tang Shang's stewards who stayed in Nagasaki Town, and he couldn't help but feel a little dissatisfied, but his face didn't show it, and asked: "I don't know where Zhen Qian, the deputy envoy sent by the head of the Ministry of Rites, is now?" ”

The steward naturally knew that Zhang Wanqing was displeased, and hurriedly replied: "Director Zhen returned to Nagasaki Town a few days ago, but due to an accident falling into the hands of pirates, he was physically and mentally exhausted and weak, and he was recuperating after he came back. ”

Zhang Wanqing thought about it and was relieved, Zhen Qian fell into the hands of pirates, I am afraid that he was tortured, and it was already a blessing in misfortune to be able to escape alive, so it was not easy to care.

"Quickly take this official to visit Director Zhen."

The chief didn't dare to disobey, and led Zhang Wanqing into the checkpoint, listening to the steward's account, only then did he know what was going on, and he also inquired about the strict precautions here in Nagasaki Town.

In fact, there is no need for this steward to explain, Zhang Wanqing has traveled all the way, and he also knows in his heart how bad the situation in Xikaidao is, and some powerful families will expand their strength for various purposes, whether it is self-preservation or taking the opportunity to become bigger, they will expand their strength and stir up a bloody storm on one side, and Nagasaki Town is a relatively peaceful existence on this side.

Walking into Nagasaki Town, Zhang Wanqing found that there was a difference between this place and the outside, first of all, it gave people a sense of peace and tranquility, and there was no sign of chaos, and there was no panic and fear on the faces of the people here, just like people living in another world, and the war in Xikaido had nothing to do with here.

Secondly, when Zhang Wanqing walked into Nagasaki Town, he felt as if he had returned to the Tang Dynasty, looking around, there were pedestrians wearing Tang costumes, and even the buildings here were mostly in the style of the Tang Dynasty, which made Zhang Wanqing feel a sense of intimacy.

However, if you listen carefully to the accents of those people on the side of the road, you will find that many of them are Japanese people, and if you don't open your mouth to speak, it is difficult to distinguish whether they are Japanese or Tang.

"How many people are here, how many are the Tang people?" Zhang Wanqing sat in the carriage that greeted him and looked back left and right.

The steward around him served carefully, and he didn't dare to say a word more when he asked questions, for fear of angering the official: "Back to Zhang Langzhong, there are now more than 12,000 residents here, of which less than 200 are Tang. ”

"Not bad!"

When Zhang Wanqing was in Tangjin Port, he had heard some things about Nagasaki Town, and knew that this was a palm-sized piece of land leased by Tang merchants.

"Thank you Zhang Langzhong for your praise, this is all the credit of Director Zhen, without Director Zhen, it can't develop here!"

"Oh! Tell me about ......? ”

Zhang Wanqing was a little curious about this colleague he had never met, if he wanted to say that Zhen Qian had no talent, he would never believe it, but if he wanted to say that Zhen Qian had any great talent, he didn't seem to have heard of it, otherwise he should have heard of this person in Chang'an, but before he went to the Kingdom of Japan and Silla, he inquired about Zhen Qian, and found that Zhen Qian was just a little famous, and he was not a peerless genius.

(End of chapter)