The two visitors from Beijing introduced by Cao Gang Tian Qiye for Qin Lin were Xiao Chongye and Xie Jie, a pedestrian from the Pedestrian Division, who were going to sail from Hangzhou to Ryukyu.

The Ryukyu Kingdom was later annexed to Okinawa, and until then, it had been a vassal of China for thousands of years, bathed in the splendid civilization of the Central Plains.

Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty ordered Zhu Kuan, the captain of the Yu cavalry, to go to sea to visit overseas customs. When I started from Amami Island in the north and reached Yonaguni Island in the south, I saw a pearl-like island floating in the sea, and "if the dragon floats on the water", he named it Liuqiu. When the Tang Dynasty compiled the Book of Sui, in order to avoid the emperor's dragon, the place was renamed Liuqiu. In the period of Zhu Yuanzhang, the place was named Ryukyu, which means glazed jade and pearl balls, and its magnificent and wonderful scenery can be seen.

In addition to the local indigenous islanders, there are also a large number of immigrants from Zhejiang and Fujian, and the local people are gentle and respectful and admire the Central Plains culture, are keen to learn Chinese language and Han etiquette, and pay tribute to the Chinese Celestial Dynasty and repair it from generation to generation.

During the recently concluded War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Ryukyu Kingdom also assisted the Ming army in suppressing the Japanese at sea, and was a loyal overseas vassal.

The current king of the Ryukyus, Shonaga, known as Prince Auriya, died six years ago and was succeeded by Shonaga. Shang Yong sent Zheng Xian, the chief doctor, and others to the court to celebrate the new emperor's accession to the throne, and reported the death of the former king of the Ryukyus, requesting the canonization of the new king, but at that time, the Wanli Emperor had just ascended the throne, and Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant of the emperor, was busy consolidating his power and implementing the new policy, so he did not respond in time.

So Shang Yong sent Shi Liangcan again, the envoy Wei Rong into the court to ask for canonization, this time Hangzhou opened the port, appeased the Wufeng maritime merchants, the imperial court increased its attention to maritime affairs, and sent Hu Kezuo to Xiao Chongye in the matter, and Xie Jie, the pedestrian department, was the deputy envoy of the canonization, preparing to go to the sea from Hangzhou to Ryukyu to proclaim the decree.

The two canonized envoys set out from Beijing to Hangzhou, of course, through the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, and the Cao Gang dealt with them along the way.

Tian Qiye received news in Yangzhou, and he became interested, one Qin Lin had just been dismissed and retained, did the two envoys from Beijing know some inside information? Second, the Cao Gang cooperates with the Wufeng Maritime Merchants, and the affairs of the Ryukyu Kingdom must be of interest to Jin Sakurahime.

So Tian Qiye instructed his subordinates to serve carefully, and after the two envoys arrived in Yangzhou, they invited the local officials and gentry to set up a wine banquet, accompanied them to the first-class Qinglou of the 24th Bridge, and gave a heavy gift, and when they arrived in Hangzhou, they introduced Qin Lin and Jin Yingji.

How did he get dismissed, Qin Lin's heart is like a mirror, naturally he doesn't need to ask the two petty officials, but the East Asian maritime order, Ryukyu occupies an important link, he is willing to meet the two canonized envoys, and he wants to meet the legendary Ryukyuan people - in later generations, these Chinese vassals can be forced to become the imperial people, you can only see the residents of Okinawa Prefecture in your country, and you can no longer see the people of the Chinese vassal Ryukyu State.

Qin Lin and Jin Yingji were accompanied by Tian Qiye and went to the post house to visit the two envoys.

As soon as he walked to the door, a seventh-grade official rushed out with a black face, recklessly, and almost bumped into Qin Lin.

The official looked up at the crowd, scratched his scalp, and when he saw that he didn't know anyone, he arched his hand and said sorry, and hurried away again, hearing him mutter:

"Obviously it's just a small Qincha, but I want to make a big Qincha scene, Lao Tzu is an official of Qiantang County, and he is also an official of the emperor's family, how can there be a lot of kung fu to grind his teeth with him? In the previous life, he did evil, the county was attached, the evil was full, and the provincial city was attached, which was honest! ”

When Qin Lin heard his tone, he knew that it was the Qiantang County Order, and he couldn't help but laugh dumbly.

If a county is the location of the prefecture, it is called the annex, and the magistrate is called the first county, because the magistrate and the top boss of the prefect are in the same city, it is easy to be constrained everywhere, and there are many troubles in the officialdom, so the officialdom jokingly claims that those who are the first county are all guilty in the previous life.

If a county is the location of the provincial capital, it will be even more unlucky, not only the head of the prefect, but also the patrol, the political envoy, the inspector, the commander, some provinces also add the governor and governor, a large number of mothers-in-law managed, the first county is the angry little daughter-in-law who is alive and free, the big officials and the Qin mission have to be received by him, and he will be angry if he is not satisfied, it is really miserable, it must be because of the evil in the previous life, and he will suffer this torture in this life.

That Qiantang County went far, Tian Qiye smiled embarrassedly at Qin Lin and Jin Yingji: "Those two envoys have been poor Beijing officials for too long, and they always look a little ugly, they are a little Qin, and the decent pomp is almost worse than that of Daqin, and the two of them will be treated more later." ”

For example, if an official is ordered by the emperor to go out of Beijing to do business, if it is a position such as Langzhong, the official of the six ministries, and a special person handles special affairs, it is called Xiaoqincha, but in fact, there is no great power; The identity of the six Shangshu Shilang and the deputy capital of the Imperial History of the Metropolitan Inspection Academy, who was ordered to go out of the Beijing Dynasty to patrol the hunt, has the right to act cheaply, and is called the Great Qincha, which is the minister of the Qincha in the real sense.

Just looking at the appearance of Qiantang County, you can know that these two envoys inevitably have something to do, and Tian Qiye must have suffered a little idle along the way.

Qin Lin smiled and patted Tian Qiye's shoulder: "Lao Tian has worked hard. These poor Beijing officials have run out of oil, and they finally seized the opportunity to let go of the envoys, and their hands must always be stretched out extraordinarily, otherwise what will he do to redeem himself, buy rice, and feed his wife and children after returning to Beijing? I think that when Lao Huo first arrived in Qizhou, he saw the silver, and his eyes were green! ”

Tian Qiye nodded again and again when he heard this, while Jin Yingji pursed her lips and smiled, secretly thinking to herself about the current majestic Foreman Huo, how did he have a poor and depressed face at the beginning? But it's funny.

Introduced by Tian Qiye, Qin Lin and Jin Yingji met with the two messengers.

Xiao Chongye was about forty years old, and he spoke relatively steadily, and when he heard Qin Lin say that he had gone overseas to be responsible for appeasing Yingzhou Tusi, he kept calling him an "old-timer", asking whether the sea was rough or not, whether there were any Japanese robbers and other issues, and it could be seen that he was a good official.

Xie Jie, the deputy envoy of the pedestrian department, was only in his early thirties, with a white face and a few sparse beards, at first he saw Qin Lin wearing the flying fish suit of the brocade guard, and he still had some respect, but when he heard that he was an official who had been dismissed from his post and retained his post, he became arrogant and arrogant, and his words became frivolous, and his eyes slipped towards Jin Yingji intentionally or unintentionally.

Xiao Chongye, Qin Lin, and Jin Yingji talked about overseas customs and customs, and every time they mentioned it, he took a pencil and carefully recorded it in a small notebook.

Jin Ying Ji Qi said: "Xiao gave the matter to the Ryukyu, what is the use of remembering these things about the book, Goryeo, and Franc Ji?" ”

Xiao Chongye said with a smile: "After the lower officials prepare to return to the dynasty and resume their lives, they will write a book of "Ryukyu Records" to write down various overseas affairs for the reference of the government and the opposition, which can not only make a name for future generations, but also be a step forward in the officialdom. ”

Qin Lin and Jin Yingji looked at each other and smiled, this Xiao Zhishi was a keen fame.

Just as he was talking about entering the port, Xie Jie suddenly interjected: "Chief Qin, didn't you just hear that the so-called Yingzhou Chief's lawsuit is actually a Wufeng maritime businessman, you must have gained a lot of money last time when you went to sea to appease, right?" ”

Xiao Chongye immediately pricked up his ears when he heard this, obviously also concerned about this issue.

Qin Lin looked at Jin Yingji and said with a smile: "The silver money is penniless, but I am fortunate to get acquainted with Chief Jin, a strange woman on the sea, so what I got is really unexpected." ”

Seeing that Jin Yingji was wearing a six-grade official uniform, still graceful and enchanting, and when she spoke, Qiu Bo was tactful and only on Qin Lin alone, Xie Jie was a little sour.

At this time, civil officials are valuable, military attaches are cheap, Qin Lin is dismissed, Jin Yingji is a female toast, as a civil official, Xie Jie looked down on them a little, spoke unscrupulously, and suddenly asked: "Chief Jin, I heard that women at sea do not abide by the law of etiquette, and men and women on the sea ship are wanton and romantic, I don't know if the lawsuit of the chief of Yingzhou in your place is like this?" ”

Jin Yingji blushed when she boarded, snorted coldly in her nose, and sneered at each other: "This official has also heard how despicable and shameless the Central Plains scholars are overseas, above the temple, the rotten wood is the official, and between the palace and majesty, the birds and beasts eat Lu, I don't know if Mr. Xie has ever been out of the mud without staining?" ”

You! Xie Jie didn't expect Jin Yingji to be so powerful, he was so angry that he couldn't say a word, slammed the tea bowl on the table, and brushed his sleeves away.

Xiao Chongye was embarrassed to talk about it, and after a few words of greeting with Qin Lin, he served tea and sent it off.

Tian Qiye made a big fuss and was not interesting, his face was a little uncomfortable, and he said that the two envoys of the Ryukyu Kingdom had a good conversation, and they were more familiar with the situation in their country than Xiao and Xie, so it was better to go and meet them.

Liang Can and Wei Rong are both dressed in Chinese clothes, and their appearance and speech are no different from Chinese, and if it were not for Tian Qiye's special explanation, they would not have been able to see that they were foreigners.

The two of them had special respect for Qin Lin and Jin Yingji, calling Qin Lin "Heavenly General", and Jin Yingji was the "Celestial Chief", and when they heard that she was the contemporary Wufeng ship owner, they became more and more awe-inspiring.

Qin Lin exchanged pleasantries with them, wondering why he spoke Chinese so fluently, and the two envoys laughed:

"The heavens will not know, our two ancestors are Quanzhou Prefecture in Fujian Province and Wenzhou Mansion in Zhejiang Province, originally Chinese, three generations ago to Ryukyu as an official, and was sent by the king as an envoy to the dynasty to ask for a title, our family is written Chinese characters, speaking Chinese."

From Liang Can and Wei Rong, Qin Lin fully felt the Ryukyuan people's admiration and goodwill towards China, and thought of what happened to them in later generations, and secretly sighed.

Looking at these two Ryukyuan people dressed in Chinese clothes and fluent in Chinese, Qin Lin nodded: This time, you will not be forced to become Okinawans again, and the name Okinawa will never appear in history! Ryukyu, you belong to China...... The two envoys heard that he had a connection with Zhang Shoufu in the DPRK, and they admired him more and more, and invited the Wufeng maritime merchants to strengthen their trade with the Ryukyus and jointly resist the Japanese slaves and Franco-humans, who have become more and more rampant on the sea in recent years.

In the middle of it, Qin Lin and Jin Yingji immediately agreed, saying that the Wufeng Maritime Merchants would send people to Ryukyu to meet King Shangyong.

"I didn't expect that I had the intention to plant flowers and flowers that would not bloom, and I had no intention of planting willows and willows, and finally reached an agreement with the two envoys of the Ryukyu Kingdom."

Coming out of the post house, Qin Lin and Jin Yingji talked and laughed, and Tian Qiye was also happy.

Little did they know that they would soon meet the two Ryukyu envoys again, and in that unexpected situation......

(To be continued)