Kawabe-gun is located in the southern part of the Satsuma Peninsula, facing the East Bay, and Akimeoura is a natural haven sandwiched between the Tenjinbi and the headland. [Full text reading. 】

In the early years, Shimazu Takahisa, the lord of the Satsuma domain, appeased J, even though those defeated samurai went to sea to rob, and the pirates from the Ming Dynasty cooperated with them, resulting in Akimepo becoming a stronghold of the Japanese Bandits, after the Ming Dynasty cleared the sea frontier, the Japanese and pirate giants were eliminated, and this place became the base of Lin Yiguan (formerly known as Lin Wenjun, later renamed Lin Feng) pirate group.

Ten years ago, Wang Chong led the Jinyi Guard to come here to hoe J and rescue the people trapped here, after a failed operation, before he could organize a second time, the news that there was a huge treasure hidden in the castle of Akimepu spread to the ears of many daimyos, causing a catastrophe to Akimeura, most of Lin Yiguan's men were killed, the castle was destroyed, and the people of nearby villages suffered misfortune.

After Lin Yiguan absconded, his younger brother Liuguan Wentao became a monk and handed over the house left by the Lin brothers here to Guo Guoqiang, Guo Guoqiang bought some mansions and made some renovations, and now, all of them are given to the members of the merchant group under the Elder of the Moon Sky to live, and now, they are preparing to set off from the place where Jianzhen landed, cross the Great East China Sea, and open up a new continent.

Since the third year of Longqing, the two elders set off from Taicang Huangdu Port, went to Japan to do more than ten trades, and saved a lot of silver, they planned to set sail from Taicang Liujiagang to the New World like Zheng He, the internal supervisor of the Yongle period.

At that time, Liu and Ma, two dart masters who assisted Zhu Hui and Shi Shiyong in the capture of Huang Bingwen, followed the merchant group to engage in ocean trade for many years, and now they have become captains, and at this time they are building docks, training sailors, and supervising the construction of Tang ships in Qiumepo.

In the more than a year since Wang Chong went to Japan, he searched all over Kyushu Island, and went to the Tsushima and Hirado domains, rescued many Ming people who were involved in pirates, and for some who were willing to return to China, they were all sent to Akimepo, where they were trained under Liu and Ma.

Liu and Ma, who were busy at the wharf, heard that everyone had returned from the underground town, and hurriedly brought more than 100 sailors and crews to meet the two elders at Wen Tao's house, and reported in detail the current preparations.

The next day, Xu Linger and Guo Yi left Guishan City with their children, Guo Guoqiang was busy with errands and couldn't come to Qiumupu with them, but he prepared a lot of gifts for everyone.

entrusted the child to Xu Yihou and Zhu Junwang, the two old men, Xu Linger and Guo Yi did not stop for a moment, and rushed to Qiumupu Wharf.

The sea breeze blows, flocks of seagulls sweep across the water, the waves of Akime Bay crash against the pier, a large ship is swaying in the wind like a castle on the sea, and busy workers are still building tools.

This ship imitates Zheng He's big treasure ship in the Western Ocean, tall as a building, the bottom tip is wide, about 30 zhang long (equivalent to 100 meters), 12 zhang wide (equivalent to 40 meters), a total of three layers, six masts can hang eight sails, the anchor weighs 1,000 catties, it takes 100 people to set sail, and the hull can accommodate nearly 500 people.

I thought that everything was ready, just waiting for Wen Tao to bring Zhu Hui and Tang Jing back from Liaodong, and then they could set sail, but on the night before, everyone gathered together and waited for someone to settle the accounts, and found that the situation in front of them was quite tricky: the construction of docks and ship equipment, as well as the expenses of hundreds of people for more than a year, almost exhausted the savings of the merchant group.

In fact, Elder Moon Sky had long expected this situation, a few days ago, when he lived in the town of Jinai, Lin Wenjing gave everyone good food, good drink, and good hospitality, and never mentioned the plan to fund the ocean New World, of course, Elder Moon Sky was also embarrassed to open his mouth, it was not better than Nanjing, and it was not easy to raise funds again.

When Zheng He went to the West, it was to promote the national prestige for Emperor Yongle Chengzu, and there were royal funds, and the crew and sailors were all from the officers and soldiers of the guard, with a fleet of more than 100 ships and more than 20,000 people; And now these crew sailors in Qiumupu, except for a few people who came from Taicang Huangdu Port, most of the others have left, and the newly recruited crew members are all pirates, although they respect Wang Chong very much, but now Wang Chong is gone, if there is not enough silver in their hands, these crew sailors alone may not be able to control it, thinking of this, it makes the Elder Moon Sky very worried.

Xu Ling'er and Guo Yi circled around the dock, excited in the face of this thriving scene, and when they saw Elder Moon Sky and Xuande Zhenren, they gave His Holiness a salute, but found that their brows were tightly knit and their faces were full of sadness.

Pointing to a beach, Elder Yuekong said: "Look, in the ancient books, Master Jianzhen, a high monk of the Tang Dynasty, crossed to the east for the sixth time and successfully landed here, no matter how difficult it is for us today, the conditions are much better than that of Master Jianzhen at that time, please don't worry." ”

Yesterday, I had heard Guo Guoqiang mention that Elder Yuekong's savings were almost spent, and he knew the difficulties they were facing, so Xu Ling'er stepped forward and said:

"Master, we are going to go to Ryukyu and the South Seas in the near future, and we will do a few more trades, and the silver we earn will be set aside for the transportation expenses of Sichuan in the future."

Elder Moon Sky smiled bitterly and replied, "Thank you, two girls! ”

Xu Ling'er and Guo Yi have already discussed, before going to the Ryukyus, it is best to meet Wen Tao, if you want to build a trade warehouse in Naha Port, you can't do without the help of the local government and acquaintances, Wang Chong and Guo Yi have indeed dealt with the Ryukyu State Government, because Guo Yi has a straightforward personality and has offended the officials of Shuri City, Chen Shen's local power is not enough to help, and he can only count on Wen Tao and Ma Wu.

Thinking of this, Xu Ling'er asked, "Master, when will Wen Tao come back?" ”

"Please don't worry about Wen Tao, the old man has long expected that the catastrophe of Tang Jing and his wife is not over." Elder Moonsky replied.

Since you know that Tang Jing and his wife have this difficulty, why don't they avoid it in advance?

Elder Moon Sky understood their thoughts, and then said, "The world is like a new chess game, and since it is a catastrophe, it is difficult to avoid it. ”

"Officialdom is really secretive!" Guo Yi couldn't help but sigh.

Elder Yuekong said: "Once the son of heaven and a courtier, the hierarchy is strict, everyone has their own destiny, but they are not worried about the destiny of heaven, they are destined to be doomed, but you can't predict when it will happen, this is what we usually call a catastrophe, you and I can't change it." In his lifetime, he risked his life to go to the sea, just to follow the 'Yao Shun Way' in the New World and establish an ideal country where all living beings are equal. ”

The so-called "way of Yao Shun" is to put filial piety first, govern the country with sages, and implement benevolent government.

The sage said in "The Book of Rites - University": Those who want to be clear and virtuous in the world will rule the country first; Those who want to rule their country must first gather their families; Those who want to gather their families must first cultivate their bodies; Those who want to cultivate their bodies must first correct their hearts; Those who want to correct their hearts must first be sincere; If you want to be sincere, you must first know it, and you will know it in Gewu. Character and then know, know and then sincerity, sincerity and then heart, heart and then body cultivation, body cultivation and then family Qi, family Qi and then national governance, national governance and then the world is peaceful.

After thousands of years, countless people with lofty ideals in the land of China have taken "self-cultivation, family cooperation, governing the country, and leveling the world" as their own responsibility.

At this moment, everyone is thinking about what an "ideal country" is, and Xuande Zhenren nodded silently and sighed: "Alas! The poor way has fooled the world for a lifetime, and now it has completely awakened that people can never become gods and immortals. Whether it is a gentleman or a villain, they are unscrupulous in order to achieve their own ends, and everyone tells insincere lies, and when the lies are revealed, it is the doom that the elders say. ”

At this time, Elder Moon Sky turned around, turned his back to the sea, pointed to the archipelago in the distance, and said in a loud voice: "Xu Fu led three thousand boys and girls to the sea back then, bringing Chinese civilization to this archipelago, but Xu Fu's original intention back then was different from our oceans today, he had to flee because he deceived the First Emperor with lies, and neither the First Emperor nor Xu Fu escaped the catastrophe. ”

Everyone understands in their hearts that back then, Xu Fu and other scholars persuaded Qin Shi Huang to cultivate immortals, offer elixir of life, and deceive the first emperor.

A few years later, Qin Shi Huang realized that he had been deceived, and under the prodding of Prime Minister Li Si, he vented all his grievances on Confucianism, and there was a "book burning pit Confucianism" in Chinese history......

While everyone was bowing their heads and pondering, Xu Ling'er was still thinking about Wen Tao, and asked worriedly: "I wonder if Wen Tao can save Tang Jing and his wife this time?" I don't know where Zhu Hui is? May I ask Master, will they be able to escape this fate? ”

Xuande Zhenren replied first: "Please don't worry, girl, when Poor Dao and the elders go to Liaodong again, they will definitely be able to bring them back together." ”

"When I was in Nanjing, Lao Wei undertook the heavy responsibility of overseas trade, saved some money, and also exercised the team, for the future voyage to the New World, and those Western missionaries to compete with each other, made full preparations, I really didn't expect that the disaster in Nanjing came so fast, so fierce, I can only blame Lao Wei miscalculated, but also did not expect that the islands are constantly in turmoil, prices are soaring, this more than a year, the money saved has consumed most of the money, hehe, it doesn't matter, Lao Gao and the real person went to Liaodong again, get some millennium old ginseng back... …”

Xu Ling'er hurriedly replied: "Two masters, I met Wen Tao in North Korea and found that he was very confident, and the two masters didn't have to go again; My sister and I were going to go to Ryukyu and Nanyang, and asked Ma Wu and Lin Shaoqi to help persuade Lin Feng to use the silver in his hand to cover the Sichuan road expenses for future voyages. ”

"Miss Ling'er, Liaodong still has to go, Changbai Mountain is deep in the mountains and old forests, there are two senior brothers of the poor road, no matter what, I have to go to see them." Xuande real person preached.

Elder Yuekong explained: "The poor monk and Zeng went to Liaodong, searched for several months, but did not find any trace of Tang Jing and his wife, for this reason, we even went to Jimen, met General Qi Jiguang, and learned that Tang Jing and his wife were exiled to Changbai Mountain, we entered the deep mountains and old forests, met two Taoist friends, they promised to help find it, we hurried back first, I believe that Wen Tao will definitely succeed this time, so now we have to go to thank people." ”

mentioned Liaodong, Xu Ling'er immediately lowered her head, although she was completely dead to Li Rusong, she couldn't help but think of her father-in-law Li Chengliang, Rong'er and Su'er who guarded the border pass, as well as the tiger-headed little Hanzi Nurhachi, who really wanted to accompany the two old men to Liaodong again.

Elder Yuekong saw Xu Ling'er's thoughts, now she is a big girl, and yesterday she was still chatting with her father Xu Yihou about her life's events, and in her heart, Xu Yihou hopes that her daughter can marry Li Rusong in Liaodong, but after all, the daughter can't help her father.

At this time, Xu Ling'er thought of Wen Tao, Yi Sunsin, and even the missionary Mark who helped him, looking at the vast sea from afar, as if in a dream......

"Miss Ling'er, I heard that you ran out of Lord Li Chengliang this time, I believe that Lord Li must be very sad, and the old man advises you to take Lingzun and go to Liaodong with us......

Without waiting for Elder Yuekong to finish speaking, Xu Ling'er's face turned red, and she lowered her head and replied: "Thank you Master for your hard work, the so-called flooding is difficult to recover, maybe it is the calamity that Master said, please Master don't persuade me anymore, I have to accompany Sister Yi'er and finish what needs to be done." ”

As a result, Elder Yuekong was no longer reluctant, but asked worriedly: "The Lin Feng Pirate Group is now entrenched in Luzon, and there are many remnants of their party in Ryukyu, and the old man is worried that you will suffer a big loss in Ryukyu. ”

Xu Ling'er replied, "Please rest assured, Master, I have made up my mind." The year before last, I took Shao Qi's merchant ship and was hijacked by pirates to Nanao Island, but fortunately, with the help of sisters Amin and Ah Ping, I stayed in Lin Feng's gang for nearly a year, and I knew their plight very well. Since Master 'sweeps the floor for fear of hurting the lives of ants, and cherishes the moth gauze cover lamp', find a way to help them. ”

"There is no Amitabha Buddha in the south, everything has Buddha nature, this is a great good!" Elder Moon Sky praised.

"Thank you, Master! Lin Feng and the Luo sisters are at the end of their rope, so they might as well take them to pursue their dreams. ”

(End of chapter)