It was still very early at noon when Zheng He set up for everyone to go out, Ji Yan signed at the door of the big tent, turned around and entered the big tent, and when he entered the tent, he saw that there was no one else inside, only Zheng He's deputy envoy, the eunuch Wang Jinghong, was writing on a booklet.

Wang Jinghong is about the same age as Zheng He, except that he is slightly shorter than Zheng He, because he only had a short military experience before, which is very different from Zheng He, so he has a lot less sharp and majestic temperament of a soldier, treats people kindly, and is more like a housekeeper of the entire fleet.

Wang Jinghong looked up and saw Ji Yan coming, he didn't get up, he was still sitting in front of the desk, and said with a smile: "Ji Tongyi, I remember you, you came early enough, Lord Zheng and the others haven't arrived yet." ”

After a pause, Wang Jinghong continued:

"You can put your luggage aside first, I'm here to arrange for you to travel with you. The early bird gets the worm, and if you have a familiar name on the list, you can tell me. ”

Ji Yan put his luggage aside as ordered, stepped forward, and stood beside Wang Jinghong.

Wang Jinghong held the pen in his right hand, the tip of the pen was more than two inches away from the paper, and while quickly scanning the names of the people in a row, he explained to Ji Yan: "Lord Zheng has already arranged the place where the interpreters to go to Japan will go, so the merchants who are with him have also been set at the same time. ”

Speaking of this, Wang Jinghong raised his head, looked at Ji Yan with a smile and said:

"I remember that you came from the Jinyi Guard Experience Division, let's see if there are any Jinyi Guard captains you know here, if there is, I can divide you into a group, so that it will be easier to cooperate."

After Wang Jinghong finished speaking, he flipped a few pages of the booklet, turned to the place where all the names of the Jinyi guards were written, and paused.

Wang Jinghong's tone of voice was gentle, soft, and cordial, coupled with his own unique voice as a eunuch, which made Ji Yan feel very warm.

Maybe that's what a good butler should have.

Wang Jinghong's tone of voice made Ji Yan feel much more relaxed, and he was not so restrained.

Speaking of the lieutenant he knew in Jinyiwei, Ji Yan really knew one, that was the Mei Gongzi, he didn't do much prevarication, and looked at them one by one in the order of the names on the list.

Jinyi Weinan Town, Fusi Lieutenant Mei Yuning

When these words appeared, Ji Yan felt a burst of secret joy in his heart, and there was a kind of pride like "see how you can escape my Five Finger Mountain".

He pointed to Mei Yuning's name and said:

"This Captain Fu Simei of Nanzhen has a relationship with Xiaguan, and Xiaguan knows that he is good at kung fu and shrewd, which is very suitable for the needs of this trip. Therefore, if the adults are willing to fulfill it, the lower officials will thank you in advance. ”

is neither humble nor arrogant, Ji Yan doesn't want to show that he wants to team up with Mei Yuning too much, so as to prevent Wang Jinghong from noticing anything wrong.

Fortunately, Wang Jinghong did not disappoint Ji Yan, and directly waved his pen and said, "Okay, then it's arranged." ”

After that, the word "Liu" was written next to Mei Yuning's name.

Ji Yan was slightly puzzled when he saw the word "Liu", and was about to ask Wang Jinghong where he was going to Japan.

I only heard a few people talking and laughing and walked into the tent, and the people who came were Feng Che and a few other interpreters, who were talking about something while entering the big tent.

Wang Jinghong greeted all the interpreters and didn't say anything.

Ji Yan saw that everyone was coming, and knew that it was no longer convenient to continue asking, so he left Wang Jinghong's case, returned to the place where everyone was standing, and greeted the others.

Wang Jinghong didn't call other interpreters to come up, and everyone gave them a casting, and decided to "pull Lang match" for them by himself.

It is estimated that I saw the power of this group of scholars that day, and I guess that if they let them rush up and choose to form a team by themselves, there may not be any trouble.

Let a sleeping dog lie.

Therefore, before and after Ji Yan left the case, Wang Jinghong continued to bow his head and write at the desk, and completed the last part of the work by himself.

In the middle of the big tent, the interpreters get together, and the topic is naturally the task of the immediate trip and the destination of Japan.

However, Ji Yan listened to it for a while, and there was nothing new, basically "the Japanese will only do some things about chickens and dogs" or "The Japanese are harassing our country only because the Chinese mainland has not been peaceful in the past few years, and now the world has been decided, and the sea will be submissive, and the Japanese king and subjects can only obey." ”

Although there are many different things to say, the basic arguments are not far from the original.

Ji Yan understood, the interpreters were all supporters of Feng Che, in fact, they couldn't be blamed, not to mention the interpreters, the people of the Ming Dynasty at that time didn't think that Japan was a threat to the Ming Dynasty at all.

Japan was known to China from the Qin and Han dynasties, to the Tang and Song dynasties, when China almost bowed down and worshipped, and comprehensively studied and emulated, to this day, except for the occasional incident of harassment by the Japanese pirates, which has become a discordant factor in the relations between the two countries, on the whole, Chinese do not take them seriously, and generally feel that they will definitely surrender as long as the emperor sends an edict to Japan.

It is difficult for them to imagine how many disasters this country has brought to the Chinese nation in later generations.

Ji Yan heard Feng Che's speech that day, although he was very relieved, but he felt that Feng Che was too angry with the enemy, of course, he didn't mention this when he spoke.

Because the situation at that time was a struggle between the "war-going faction" and the "outsider-faction", he naturally wanted to stand on the side of the war-going faction, so he recommended himself not to say anything, but also encouraged everyone to lead the country for the country.

Now it's different from the past,

Ji Yanqiang resisted an impulse, he really wanted to tell these people not to despise this eastern island country, but he knew that it was impossible to say it too bluntly, because it would only make everyone feel that he was cowardly and wanted to escape, so at this time he only felt a deep helplessness and a kind of loneliness that no one could tell him.

Ji Yan chatted with the other interpreters one after another, and the sun was approaching noon, and the interpreters who participated in the action had arrived one after another, just waiting for Zheng He.

Zheng He did not disappoint everyone, and appeared at the door of the big tent on time.

Zheng He walked straight to the center of the big tent, and Wang Jinghong also hurriedly stepped forward to greet him, and handed him the letter with the list of personnel that had been sorted out.

Zheng He first went through the list hastily, and seemed to have no opinions, and then raised his head.

When he reached the center of the tent, he turned to the interpreters who were already standing in a row below, and said:

"Today's national plan depends more on you. Although this official has read a few books, he is not very literate, so he will not take the axe in front of all the learned people. As soon as we meet in Japan, I will report to the emperor and celebrate your success. ”

Zheng He then opened the list and began to read the names of each interpreter one by one, as well as their specific destinations.

Ji Yan was a little disappointed.

Zheng He arranged for him to be a destination of Ryukyu, and he also understood the meaning of the word "Liu" written by Wang Jinghong.

Ryukyu is very new to Ji Yan, and there is no information about this name in the little modern knowledge system he has.

However, he has been coming to Taohuadu for a while, and there are some Ryukyu merchants and envoys here, so he probably knows that Ryukyu is an island country on Zhejiang's eastward route to the sea, and beyond Ryukyu to the northeast is Japan, which is a transit point between the two countries.

During the reign of Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, the Ryukyus officially paid tribute to China and became a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty.

Why go there?

Wasn't it one of the vassal states of the Ming Dynasty?

Ji Yan was full of questions at the moment.

Zheng He finished allocating the places to go, and Ji Yan patronized and pondered why he went to the Ryukyus, only to seem to hear that Feng Che was going to the Satsuma Domain in Japan, which was also the base camp of many Japanese pirates.

There are also people who go to one island, Tsushima Island, although Ji Yan is not very familiar with these names, but he also knows that these are Japanese territories, why was he arranged to go to the subject country of the Ming Dynasty?

Zheng He finished reading the schedule of the interpreters, without pausing, waved his hand, and said while walking out of the account: "Interpreters, please come with me." ”

Everyone and Wang Jinghong immediately followed Zheng He out of the account, and a group of people were lined up on the side, although they were all dressed in civilian clothes, but the neat posture and the serious look on their faces, a majestic aura still arose.

These should be the "bodyguards" that Zheng He equipped for the interpreters.

When all the sergeants saw Zheng He out of the tent, they immediately saluted Zheng He and shouted in unison: "See Lord Zhengzhi!" ”

Zheng He looked at the sergeants who saluted him, and his eyes immediately became less soft when talking to the interpreters, and more solemn.

Zheng He said:

"All the soldiers listen to the order, this official has handed over the net worth and life of all the unified adults to Yu Er, this eastward trip, you must ensure the integrity of the adults, if there is negligence, do not blame the ruthlessness of military law!"

At this time, Wang Jinghong stepped forward, took back the paper with the list of personnel from Zheng He's hand, faced the sergeants, and began to read the names and destinations of the interpreters that everyone was going to follow.

Every time Wang Jinghong finished reciting a name and destination, one of them immediately saluted and said loudly: "The last general will take the order!" ”

After Wang Jinghong finished reading the list and the soldiers received the orders one by one, he handed the list to Zheng He with both hands, and then stood beside Zheng He.

Zheng He put away the list and said to everyone: "This official will no longer send everyone on board, and I wish you all contributions to the country!" Please go to the docks at once, where your merchant ships are already waiting. The preparation of the official's fleet in Ningbo has also been completed, and he will soon leave for Beijing to face the saint, and after the emperor's decree, the official will immediately return here and lead the sailors to Japan. ”

After saying this, he paused, bowed his hand, and said: "The success of this mission to Japan depends entirely on you!" ”

The interpreters immediately replied: "The lower officials will never give up!" And the sergeant on the other side was also like a tsunami, "The last general will never give up!" ”

Ji Yan had seen Mei Yuning in the queue a long time ago, and seeing him relieved a little bit of the depression caused by being assigned to Ryukyu.

At this moment, Mei Yuning was standing with the other sergeants and saluting Zheng He, although he was slightly shorter than the others, his heroic posture made up for the shortcomings in his figure, except for his handsome eyebrows, he was no different from other soldiers.

Ji Yan's interest in Mei Yuning, in addition to having a one-sided relationship, actually has another reason, that is, Mei Yu Ningnan's identity as the captain of Fusi.

At this time, Ji Yan had basically confirmed that the person who asked him to go undercover was a high-ranking official of Jinyiwei, so Nanzhen Fusi was the first object of suspicion, because it was Nanzhen's job to secretly investigate information.

After Zheng He finished speaking, he waved his hand, and then turned around and went back to his tent.

Wang Jinghong stayed where he was, watching all the people and horses leave the camp.

Everyone packed their bags and headed to the dock, Zheng He's military camp was not too far from the dock, and the first thing Ji Yan had to do on the way to the dock was to find Feng Che.

Ji Yan had always felt uneasy about Feng Che's excessively contemptuous enemy, so he thought about telling him a few words.

After trotting all the way, Ji Yan finally found Feng Che, and hurriedly said to him: "Brother Feng, junior brother has a word, and I hope Brother Feng will take it to heart." ”