There is a unique literary form in Japan, called haiku, which is a type of short poem that originated in quatrains in ancient Chinese poetry.

Many Japanese literati and artists are keen to use this kind of haiku to lyrical poetry.

There are many poems about the love and hate between men and women, and there are also themes that describe the scenery, the four seasons, mountains and rivers, cherry blossoms, etc., and there are a few works that describe people's lives and praise and disparagement of current affairs, and there is a good work that describes the prosperous commercial scene in Osaka and Kyoto.

The text says:

The deep palace is barren and grassy, and the wars are still frequent. Reminiscing about the old prosperity, I can't stop it.

This sentence "Reminiscing about the old flowers, too much can not be stopped." It was the desolate scene in the aftermath of the war that sparked the haiku writer's feelings and reminded him of the prosperity of the Osaka area in the past.

At this time, Osaka was not yet developed by the time when Osaka Castle was built after Toyotomi Hideyoshi unified Japan, but it was already one of Japan's leading commercial and trade centers, so it was bustling with shops.

Osaka is located in the center of the four islands of Japan, Honshu Island, is the center of the island nation's internal transportation, whether by land or sea to run through the north and south of Japan, basically pass through here, but also because it is only 100 miles away from the ancient capital of Japan, Heiankyo, so if the envoys of various countries want to meet the emperor or king of Japan, they must also land here.

For most of his country's history, the Emperor of Japan was a "mascot", and the most powerful figure in Japan at this time was Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu.

This Ashikaga Yoshimitsu is very fond of advocating Chinese culture, when he just took over his father's position as the Northern General, he sent envoys to the Ming Dynasty, calling himself "General of the Japanese Expedition", hoping to get the approval of Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, but at that time Japan was in the period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and the Ming Dynasty believed that the Southern Dynasty was orthodox, so he rejected Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's request.

After that, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu worked hard to finally end the era of the Northern and Southern Dynasties of Japan and became the "man of the world" in Japan.

He then sent merchants and monks as envoys to the Ming Dynasty, proclaiming himself "King of Japan" in the hope of being recognized by China.

This time everything went well, the emperor received the obedient Japanese envoys, expressed his satisfaction with their initiative to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty, and then recognized the title of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu as the "King of Japan" and gave him a clear reward.

This can be regarded as famous and shared.

The Japanese envoys successfully completed their mission, and by the way carried out some trade and purchase with the imperial court and the people in Nanjing, and just as they were about to leave Beijing with great ambition, they heard an inconspicuous news.

Zhu Di, the king of Yan in Beiping, rebelled.

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu held the edict and seal of the "King of Japan" that had just arrived, and he couldn't laugh or cry.

The laughing thing is that after working hard for many years, he finally got this long-coveted title, and the crying is that the edict that he spent a long time trying to get, and within a few days, the person who rewarded him with the position of "king" with the imperial pen has lost his throne and is missing.

So he decided to wait and wait for the situation in the Ming Dynasty to stabilize before making plans.

But the new emperor Ming Chengzu Zhu Di was not an indecisive lord, and after he took the throne, he immediately sent envoys to the Quartet, asking the vassal states to start paying tribute. Why is this so resolute, naturally I am in a hurry to inform the four seas that the Ming Dynasty has changed its new monarch, you should come and recognize the new lord and say goodbye to the dock.

The Ryukyu countries, Japan, Siam in Southeast Asia, and other countries immediately responded enthusiastically and sent envoys to the DPRK one after another.

As a result, trade between the Ming Dynasty and other countries developed more prosperously.

At this time, it has been two years since Ming Chengzu ascended the throne, and the development momentum of tomorrow's trade is good, but there are also some noises, so Zhu Di sent Zheng He to the East this time, just to clean up these noises, establish a stronger relationship between tomorrow, and lay the foundation for his next grander goal.

The matter of the king of Japan will be mentioned here for the time being, and at this moment, the two merchant ships of Ji Yan and others are not far from the Osaka dock.

From a distance, they could see a huge fleet of ships anchored at a junction of mountains and seas far away from the dock, Ji Yan, Mei Yuning, Lin An and the three of them were from Ningbo, and they already knew about this fleet before leaving, so although they were happy and excited to see Zheng He's fleet, there was nothing new about it.

However, Nguyen Trung was different, he traveled to Shandong, Korea and Ryukyu on weekdays, and he had never seen such a large fleet, especially some of the most spectacular Ming treasure ships. The size of the ship's body, the exquisiteness of the design, and the luxury of the decoration make him well-informed, and he is also breathtaking. Therefore, he was so excited at this moment that he climbed up to the lookout on the top of the ship, saying that he wanted to have a good look at the fleet from the sky.

Because Zheng He's fleet was so large that they could not anchor even if they occupied the entire Osaka wharf, they could only dock in a deserted crescent-shaped harbor more than a dozen miles away from the Osaka wharf, surrounded by mountains on three sides and facing the sea on one side, and the fleet stopped in the middle of this crescent bay and camped on a narrow sandy beach. The beach is full of gravel, and there is a rugged mountain road across the beach that leads to downtown Osaka.

Ji Yan and the others are merchants at the moment, so it is inconvenient to directly join Zheng He's fleet, and their docking port is Osaka Pier.

When Ji Yan and the others' ship passed by the fleet, they saw Zheng He's fleet waving pennants on board, the military appearance was neat, very majestic, and there were some strong men and laborers on the ship who were busy carrying the goods to the camp on the shore.

Everyone had gone through this ordeal on Ryukyu Island, and now they were so happy to see their compatriots again, especially Nguyen Trung, who kept waving and shouting at the fleet.

As soon as the ship stopped at the Osaka dock, Ji Yan and Mei Yuning did not hesitate, they immediately landed and set off for the camp where Zheng He's fleet was stationed.

Ruan Zhong and Lin An Hoa and others continued to stay on the ship, except for making some supplies, and strictly guarding the prisoners on their ship.

Along the way, Ji Yan wanted to continue to ask about Nanzhen Fusi's related topics several times, but Mei Yuning either changed the topic or simply pretended not to hear it.

The mountain road was steep and difficult to walk, and the two walked for more than half a day before reaching Zheng He's camp.

At the gate of the camp, the guards quickly got a response after the report, and a little eunuch trotted out with his hat covered and led the two to meet Zheng He. As the two walked towards the camp, they listened to the little eunuch update them on the current situation.

Zheng He was in the tent at this moment, according to the little eunuch, they arrived here yesterday, and then set up camp, but the beach area was too small, so only some of the men and horses and the relevant personnel of the envoys landed, and the rest of the brigade still lived on the ship.

Zheng He yesterday had a face-to-face meeting with the Japanese officials who came to greet him, and then sent Wang Jinghong, deputy envoy of the fleet, to Heianjing to discuss the specific arrangements for the mission and other details.

After saying these things, Ji Yan felt as if he knew this little eunuch and asked:

"My father-in-law is so familiar, has the lower official seen my father-in-law anywhere?"

The little eunuch replied with a smile on his face:

"Lord Ji has naturally seen slaves and maids, and you and other interpreters were on an errand under Lord Zheng at the Taohuadu Wharf in Ningbo Mansion that day, and one night Lord Zheng wanted to summon you interpreters, and it was the slaves and maids who went to deliver orders to you."

"Oh...... No wonder it's so ......"

Ji Yan was about to say a few more words to the herald eunuch and ask for his name, but at this time they had already walked to Zheng He's tent, so he and Mei Yuning could only wait at the entrance of the tent and let the little eunuch go in and report.

The little eunuch basically came out as soon as he went in.

I make an adult have it.

This place is not better than Ningbo Taohuadu, they are stationed on a gravel beach, so the camp tent is also very simple, Zheng He is sitting in the center of the big tent at the moment, the whole camp tent, except for a simple map of Japan and a desk and the pen and paper on it, the rest of the nothing.

Zheng He was very excited when he saw Ji Yan and Mei Yuning walking into the tent, got up and stepped forward to greet the two in person.

After he led the two into the account, he first took a deep breath, and then asked with concern:

"I heard a report that it was the two of you who broke the Japanese in the Ryukyus, and you captured all the thieves alive and brought them to Osaka, is this serious?"

Ji Yan and Mei Yuning fought one another, hugged their fists, and said to Zheng He in unison:

"Don't dare to deceive adults!"

Zheng He patted his thigh, paced back and forth, and said:

"The success or failure of this mission to Japan depends entirely on your trip to the Ryukyus."