Chapter 1, My Family's Thousand Miles of Horses
The sea breeze gently blew over the Ankai Star Tower, and the bells on the pagoda swayed gently in the wind, making a tinkling sound, and Tagawa Nanazaemon bounced along the path overgrown with various weeds on both sides in the direction of the Ankai Star Tower. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć At this time, under the pagoda, the child named Fusong was looking out at a few fortune ships that had just entered the harbor, and more sailing ships that were far away from the open sea.
"This must be the boat my father sent to pick me up, right?" Fusong, who was originally only 7 years old and should still be a completely ignorant bear child, had a strange mature and steady expression on his face.
"Brother!" Tagawa Nanazaemon had already seen Fumatsu sitting under the tower from a distance, and hurriedly waved his hands and shouted as he ran.
Fusson slowly stood up, closed the book in his hand, and put it into the book bag next to him. Although he is only a seven-year-old child, these movements seem calm and elegant, and seem to have a sense of rhythm like music.
At this time, five-year-old Tagawa Nanazaemon had already run up to him, looking at his brother who was two years older than him, but almost a head taller, with envious eyes.
In the heart of Odagawa Nanazaemon, his brother is his idol. Unlike those children in the neighborhood, my brother never bullied him, at least, in the memory of Tagawa Nanazaemon, my brother never beat him. Unlike Xiao Wu of the neighbor's family, he bullied his younger brother Shifu every day, and beat his Shifu to the point of crying almost every day. On the contrary, my brother will often tell himself some very interesting stories, such as "a blue cat with a universal pocket" or something, which is interesting. Moreover, my brother knows how to read characters and can write a lot of kanji, and in Hirado, even most adults don't know as many characters as my brother. My grandfather even praised my brother's bearing, even the children of the Matsuura family, and none of them could catch up.
"Brother, is there something wrong? Running sweaty. Fukumatsu said slowly, as he handed a towel to Nanaemon Tagawa.
"Mom told you to go back, saying that Dad sent an uncle." Tagawa Nanazaemon didn't take the towel, "I don't wipe the sweat, I'll sweat when I go back." ā
"Daddy?" In Foson's memory, the image of this father is really vague, because in the past three years, some memories that seem to be from the past life are gradually awakening, and because of the limitation of the child's brain capacity, the things of the previous life and this life are mixed together, and it is often difficult to understand. It wasn't until more than a year ago that he barely figured out a clue, and he found that he was actually a traverser who had passed through the soul of the afterlife. On the other hand, because his father rarely comes home, he himself does not have many memories of his father.
His father's name was Zheng Yiguan, and he was an excellent maritime merchant, of course, in this era, maritime merchants and pirates were actually the same thing. Of course, such a profession will be very busy, and there will be very few when you come back. Especially in the past two years, my father has become an official of the Ming Dynasty, and his official affairs have become more and more busy, and he rarely has time to come back. In Fumatsu's memory, there are still some residual images of his father's appearance, but Fukumatsu is sure that his younger brother probably doesn't remember what his father looks like at all.
However, the mother has no resentment against this father who is not at home all the year round, and even the younger brother, who can't even remember what his father looks like, is also full of admiration for this father. Because my father is now an official of the Ming Dynasty of the Heavenly Empire, this is an official of the Ming Dynasty, and it is by no means the one who pursues the Hirado Domain, and it is not even comparable to the head of the Hirado Domain. What's more, my father never forgot them, he would always send someone to send a lot of money or goods, Fukumatsu and Tagawa Nanazaemon could eat rice balls every day, such days, even the Daimyo's family may not have it. Because they eat well, both Fukumatsu and Tanakawa Nanazaemon are taller and older than the children of the same age around them.
"Just like I remember, I don't know which uncle he sent, is he going to take me back to Fujian this time? Is the curtain finally about to be lifted? And how should I face such a great era? Will my usual plans come true? Could it be that it will just end up being a water moon mirror flower? Although he had been preparing for this moment for a long time, Fusong couldn't help but think about it.
"Brother! Mom is waiting for us. Seeing that his brother seemed to be in a daze, Tagawa Nanazaemon couldn't help but remind.
"Ah, yes, brother, let's go back together." Fuson retracted his thoughts and nodded to his brother.
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This time, my father still didn't come back, only his uncle Zheng Zhiyu came. At this time, he was talking to his mother and Fusong's maternal grandfather, Mr. Weng, at his home.
"Sister-in-law, over the years, your mother and son have had a hard time. The eldest brother said, let me take your mother and son back to our Fujian to enjoy happiness! Zheng Zhiyu said to Fumatsu's mother, Tagawa. His voice was loud and filled with a sense of smugness.
"We're not having a hard time, and your brother often asks people to send some belongings, and Fukumatsu, Nanazaemon, and I are doing well. I eat rice balls every day, and sometimes fish eats, which is better than most people's homes, and even older than those families. Tagawa replied. She's not lying, that's exactly what she thinks.
"Sister-in-law, what is this?" Zheng Zhiyu laughed, "What's the point of eating a rice ball?" What is a sea fish? Don't you see the days when the eldest brother is in his hometown now, the house is the Tokugawa family, and it can't be compared with the eldest brother's, and when you compare it, it becomes a thatched shed. But sister-in-law, you also know that if you are in Japan, your eldest brother can't give you too much money and make your life too good, because there are too many poor and empty ronins in Japan. At that time, the eldest brother was also busy suppressing bandits, and his hometown didn't have time to clean it up. Now that the Dutch and the Haikou have been reconciled, the eldest brother will let me pick you both up. ā
China was too far away for Tagawa to ever visit, and she had only heard the legends of this magical land from her adoptive father and her husband more than once. It's a magical land, much richer than Japan, where even the poor don't have to eat onigiri all their lives. And her husband is already a big official there. Whether she wants to go to China or not is not a question at all, not to mention that everyone tells her that China is much stronger than Japan, and besides, isn't it natural for a woman to follow her husband? As for homesickness or something, that's not something a woman should think about. So, she shouldn't have any hesitation.
"Well," Tagawa replied with his head bowed, "then, what about Nanzaemon?" ā
"Sister-in-law, the eldest brother said that he would not regret what he promised before, so Nanazaemon will continue to stay in Japan. And Mr. Weng also said that he would take care of Nanazaemon. Zheng Zhiyu replied while glancing at Mr. Weng who was standing next to him, he knew that as the only daughter of the Tagawa family, neither the sister-in-law nor this Mr. Weng would compromise on this issue. Therefore, Tagawa Nanazaemon must stay in Japan.
Mr. Weng's name is Weng Yihuang and he is the adoptive father of the Tagawa clan. He married the widow of the Tagawa family, and thus inherited the family name of the Tagawa clan. In the past, when Zheng Zhilong married the Tagawa clan, he promised to let the second son born to the Tagawa clan inherit to the Tagawa family as the heir of the Tagawa family. Since that era, both China and Japan have attached great importance to the matter of family heirs.
"But Nanazaemon is still too young for such a young child to live without his mother." Tagawa still kept his head down, his tone was gentle, but his attitude was firm.
"What do you think, sister-in-law?" Zheng Zhiyu asked.
"You can take Fukumatsu away, I'm going to stay here and wait for Nanazaemon to grow up."
At this time, there was a shout from Nanazaemon outside: "Mom, my brother and I are back." ā
With a shout, the door was removed, and Nanazaemon and Fukumatsu walked in.
"You're back." Tagawa turned to them and said, Fukumatsu saw that tears seemed to be flashing in the corners of her eyes.
"Mom." Fauson said. He immediately understood that this time, his father was really going to take him to China to join the magnificent era. Since he crossed over to Fusong, no, from now on, he will not be called by this name anymore, he will be called Zheng Sen, and after the crown, he can also be called Damu, and in the future, there will be a more resounding name: Zheng Chenggong. He has been waiting for this moment for a long time, and he even feels that his life this time is to turn the tide in this great era. But at least at this moment, when he was about to say goodbye to his mother in this life, he couldn't suppress the sadness in his heart.
"Fusong, don't call uncle yet." This is the voice of my grandfather. This voice woke up Fu Song, he turned to Zheng Zhiyu, stood up straight, and saluted respectfully, "Fu Song to meet uncle." ā
"Haha, this is Fusong, it's grown so big! That's great! He is worthy of being the son of the eldest brother! Zheng Zhiyu first praised Fu Song with a smile, and then said: "Fu Song, your father, my eldest brother is now an official of the Ming Dynasty, and the sea is now too peaceful, so he asked me to pick you up." ā
"Uncle, what about my mother?" Fosson asked.
"Fusong, you go back with your uncle first." The Tagawa clan spoke, "Nanazaemon will inherit the Tagawa family in the future, he can't leave Japan, your brother is still too young, I want to stay here to take care of him." Also, the shogunate did not allow the Japanese to leave the border, so I could not go to China. ā
Fukumatsu knew, of course, that the so-called shogunate not allowing the Japanese to leave the border was not really an obstacle. The Zheng family has thousands of warships and tens of thousands of warriors, if the shogunate really doesn't know each other, relying on such strength, the Zheng family is fully capable of playing Shangluo once and turning the Tokugawa shogunate into the Kawada shogunate. In fact, more than ten years later, in the first year of Hiromitsu, when Zheng Zhiyu again brought a fleet to pick up the Tagawa clan, the Tokugawa shogunate retreated in front of the Zheng family's warships. Tagawa was also able to leave Japan and come to China to reunite with Zheng Zhilong.
However, this reunion is not a good thing for the Tagawa clan, only a year later, just want to keep the wealth, when a rich man Zheng Zhilong surrendered to the Manchu Qing, but the Manchu Qing plundered, after Zheng Zhilong surrendered, he still entered Zheng Zhilong's hometown Anping to burn and loot, in one breath, robbed 700,000 taels of gold, and Tagawa also committed suicide because of humiliation. In the original history, this was also an important reason why Zheng Chenggong and the Manchu Qing were incompatible.
The matter about Fosson was thus settled. Early the next morning, Tagawa took his family and sent Fukumatsu to the dock. When he was about to get on the boat, Tagawa held back his tears and grabbed Fumatsu's arm, and said gently: "Fumatsu, you are going to China now, you should use a Chinese name." Your father gave you a name, Zheng Sen. From now on, you will be called Zheng Sen. Remember? ā
"Mom, I remember." Zheng Sen replied solemnly, "When my brother grows up, I will personally drive the largest boat to pick you up and go to China to enjoy happiness." When the time comes, our ships will cover the sea, and our flags will obscure the sky. The Tokugawa shogunate will tremble in front of our fleet, and he will never dare to embarrass you with half a word! Then he added in his heart: "When you arrive in China, I will never let my father surrender as a traitor, and I will never allow those beasts to hurt you!" ā