No. 109 Nagasaki
This is the experience of Cai Dao and Qian Father and Son meeting and intersecting.
Seeing money again, he is still so fat, and it seems that he still hasn't completely gotten rid of the 'three highs'. However, from the spirit on his face, it can be seen that the physical condition of this big fat man is much better than when they first met.
As a big sugar merchant in Putian, this big fat man naturally occupies a lot of good farmland in the local area.
He successfully invested in Cai Dao's shipyard, and naturally got the right of first refusal to buy ships. But the wharf in Putian was occupied by several other big families, so he had a boat but no place to moorth. Therefore, in order to expand the scale of his sea vessels, he spent a lot of money to buy the Putian County Order and the Xinghua Army Zhijun, and bought the entire Haitan Island and Meizhou Island.
At that time, Haitan Island and Meizhou Island were occupied by pirates, and the two parents were not concerned about themselves, so they sold Haitan Island, which could not be recovered, to this wronged boss.
Later, it was the battle between the pirates and the Cai family, an ambitious conspiracy, but it directly led to the pirates off the coast of Fujian almost being swept away. The fat man of money did not contribute a single part, but he became the last effective fisherman.
Fortunately, this dead fat man still knows some righteousness, and he took the entire Meizhou Island as a gift and gave it to Cai Dao.
After that, Qian hired people to build on Haitan Island, preparing to use this place as his base.
Don't look at the money is so timid, but he is a full man of action.
When they arrived at Haitan Island, the Qian family's fleet was already ready, and there were five large and small ships, except for the new warship, the remaining four merchant ships were crammed to the brim.
When Cai Dao saw this scene, he was very angry.
He went to the country this time to prepare to fight for life and death, but this dead fat man really regarded this time as a trip to make a fortune.
Therefore, Cai Dao used the strong sea as an excuse to let the money reduce the cargo on each of the four merchant ships by 20%, and each ship was stuffed with 10 more people.
After all this, it was getting dark, so the whole fleet had to anchor in the harbor of Haitan Island for another night.
The next day, before the sun came out, eight seagoing ships set off on time.
The target is none other than Nagasaki in the Wa Kingdom.
Originally, with Cai Duji, an old horse on the sea, he could quickly find a way to go to the Wa Kingdom. Now that there is such a thing, Cai Dao naturally can't count on him.
However, fortunately, there was a navigation route map drawn by Cai Dujian with his own memory, and an old sailor who had also been to the Wa Kingdom was recruited by Qian's men, and the voyage was surprisingly smooth.
The distance between Haitan Island and Nagasaki is about 700 nautical miles, or more than 1,300 kilometers. Due to Cai Dao and Qian's fleet, the ships were mixed, and the two fast warships, Meizhou Island and Haitan Island, were slowed down by the rest of the merchant ships.
But even so, I encountered a fleet full of winds, and it only took nearly two days to see the coastline of the island of Kyushu.
Nagasaki is located at the western tip of Kyushu Island, and Nagasaki was not as important as later generations, but it was still the first place for foreign maritime merchants to trade with the Japanese country.
There are many islands in the vicinity of Nagasaki, including the Goto Islands, Iki Island, and Tsushima Island, and since the Song Dynasty, Nagasaki has been an important window for maritime trade and cultural exchanges between the Wa Kingdom and neighboring countries.
Therefore, in the port of Nagasaki, Cai Dao and they will meet many maritime merchants of the Great Song Kingdom or the Great Liao Kingdom.
As the sun rose, seven large black ships of various sizes slowly sailed into the port of Nagasaki, and the small ship that was in charge of transshipment was not suitable for sea navigation and had already returned.
The 'Black Ship Incident', which was recorded in the annals of history for a later period, was advanced by 771 years, and finally took place outside the port of Nagasaki.
In Nagasaki Port, there are many houses, and from a distance, they stretch like fish scales to the mountains in the distance.
At this time, in the harbor, whether it was the people who worked at sunrise on weekdays, the merchants from all over the world who gathered here, and the Matsuura party that ran rampant in northern Nagasaki all day long, they were all stunned by the majestic ships they had never seen before.
As soon as he saw the coast, Cai Dao sat on the neck of the iron pillar, no way, who made this guy grow the tallest!
Sailing into the port, the noisy sound of talking on the shore gradually penetrated Cai Dao's ears, although he could not understand the Japanese language, but he looked at the surprised and even frightened expressions of the people on the port through the monoculars, and his heart was very satisfied.
Cai Dao specially asked people to paint the warship with black paint, which is the effect he wanted.
After approaching the dock, Cai Dao did not rush to get off the boat.
He arranged for a few of his men to enter the harbor in a small boat, and when they came ashore, they found an interpreter to explain their intentions to the locals.
They were maritime merchants from the Song Kingdom, and their main purpose was naturally to conduct commercial trade.
Soon, his subordinates got things done, and Cai Dao saw that many people dressed as merchants quickly left the docks, presumably they were busy preparing the special products and hard currency of the Japanese Kingdom, and wanted to get a piece of the pie in this big deal.
After a while, those men rowed back to the 'Meizhou Island' in small boats.
"Little Taketaro, I've seen all the nobles of the Great Song Kingdom!" The interpreter who was invited to come in ignored the bow as soon as he got on the boat.
If you look closely, this interpreter is not very old, and it seems that he is not even 15 years old. Of course, based on the average height of the current Wa Kingdom, his age may be a little older than Cai Dao and the others guessed.
Surprisingly, if you just listen to his voice and don't look at his strange hairstyle and clothes, everyone on the ship will think that this Taketaro is a native of Bianliang.
This translation not only makes Song Guohua very slippery, but Bianliang is even more standard than Cai Dao's.
"Taketaro yes! You get up first and speak. Cai Dao jumped off the iron pillar, came to the other party ten meters away and stood still, and then carefully looked at the interpreter, and then ordered.
"No, my lord!" Taketaro was a little surprised when he heard Cai Dao's words, there were obviously so many adults standing on this giant ship, but why did he speak like a child's voice.
However, he didn't dare to say anything nonsense, so he stood up, and just quickly swept his eyes in the direction where the voice came from just now.
It doesn't matter if you look at it, Taketaro was shocked when he saw Cai Dao's true body, the speaker was really a child, and he was a very young child. Suddenly, he thought of a rumor, so he boldly asked: "This noble man is the rumored fortune boy in the land of Fujian!" ”
"Oh!" Cai Dao was taken aback by Taketaro's words, he really didn't expect that his reputation would really spread to the Wa Kingdom.