"Xu Fu?" Mo Ning chewed on the name again and again, "Could it be that the legend that Qin Shi Huang sent Xu Fu to the East China Sea to find the elixir of immortality is really true?" How did Xu Fu end up on Hachijojima and Aonoshima? Are the two islands really Xu Fu's descendants? ”

Mo Ning wanted to go to Hachijo Island and Aonoshima immediately, but Shimazu Hisaharu didn't know where the exact location of Hachijo Island and Aonoshima was, how far away from Tanegashima was, and Tanegashima could not provide food and vegetables in addition to providing some fresh water, so Moning had to drive around Tanegashima for a week, and after noting down the location of Tanegashima, he began to return home.

When returning, in order to correct the position of Tanegashima on the Daming chart, Mo Ning deliberately returned to Qingdao according to the corrected position, and sure enough, the original mark was wrong.

During Monin's second eastward voyage, in order to shorten the voyage, he first sailed his fleet to Songjiang Province (present-day Shanghai) in Jiangnan Province, and after completing supplies in Songjiang, he sailed directly east.

After sailing on the sea for two days and two nights, the fleet again came to the port of Akaogi on Tanegashima, and after replenishing some fresh water on the island, the crew rested on the island for another night, and then left after dawn to continue the voyage eastward.

After sailing for two days and two nights, at sunrise, an unknown island appeared ahead.

Morning took an interpreter and his own soldiers and landed on the island.

There are sporadic inhabitants on the island, and their clothing, in the eyes of Mo Ning, looks very special, both men and women, the clothing is the same color, the neckline, cuffs, and hem have heavy ring decorations, I don't know if it is the clothing of that nation, but it must be very different from the Japanese kimono.

To the naked eye, they seem to be slightly taller than the Japanese, and they don't have the same looped legs as the Japanese, so they look much more eye-catching.

Mo Ning asked the interpreter to come forward and ask for the name of the island and where they were.

To Monin's shock, the interpreter was talking to the islanders not far away, but he could understand part of what they were saying, and he clearly heard the words "Hachijojima".

"Could this really be Hachijojima that Shimazu Kuji said?"

The enthusiastic islanders took Mo Ning and they went to find the island owner, the island owner was called Wang Yongqing, it seemed to be the name of a Han Chinese, Mo Ning presented him with some porcelain, silk and Han clothing, Wang Yongqing happily stayed with Mo Ning for dinner.

"Lord Wang, how does your name look like a Han Chinese?" Although Mo Ning was a little mentally prepared, he was still very surprised by the name of the island owner.

"I'm originally Han Chinese." The island owner's answer made Mo Ning even more surprised, he stroked the beard on his chin, "I don't know how many years, I finally met the Central Plains." ”

"Island owner......" Mo Ning has a thousand words, but he doesn't know what to say for a while.

"Mo Tuanzuo must be very interested in the experience of old decay, right?" Wang Yongqing seemed to have understood Mo Ning's thoughts.

"Yes, the lord of Wang Island is a Han Chinese, how did he come to such a distant island?" Mo Ning seemed to have seen the legendary dragon and phoenix, and his eyes, as if fixed, kept staring at the boss.

"Has Mo Tuanzuo heard the story of Qin Shi Huang and Xu Fu?" Wang Yongqing's benevolent face showed some gloom, as if he was worried about the Han people in the Central Plains, and he had long forgotten about them.

"I've heard of it, is this legend true?" Mo Ning's voice trembled with excitement, just like entering the cave room and uncovering the bride's hijab at the moment, his main goal on this eastward trip was to find the descendants of the legendary Xu Fu.

"Of course it's true." The old man seemed a little displeased, his eyes narrowed, as if immersed in the memories of thousands of years ago, "We are the descendants of those boys and girls back then. ”

"Island master, then tell us about the island!" Mo Ning felt that it was better to let Wang Yongqing say it himself, so as not to violate other people's taboos.

"Hey, it's been many years, and the scene at that time, we can only know a rough idea through the word of mouth of our ancestors," Wang Yongqing seemed to have met a confidant, and the unhappiness just now was swept away, "When Xu Fu took five hundred boys and girls, after crossing the sea to the east, he came to Kumano, and he sent boys and girls everywhere to look for the legendary elixir. ”

"Have you found the elixir?"

"No," Wang Yongqing shook his head slightly, "On the way to find medicine, the boat was blown away by the sea breeze, and he took the virgin's boat and drifted to Hachijo Island, and took the virgin's boat and drifted to the nearby Qingzhi Island, so Hachijo Island is also called Guardian Island or Nyojima, and Qingzhidao is also called Tongnan Island or Men's Island." ”

"What about Xu Fu? Didn't he look for the virgins? Mo Ning blurted out, after saying it, he regretted it, Xu Fu and these boys and girls are Wang Yongqing's ancestors, and he doesn't seem to be respectful enough to them.

"Of course I have to look for it, it took Xu Fu a long time to find the virgin on Hachizhang Island and the virgin boy on Qingzhi Island, but he didn't find the elixir of immortality, so he couldn't return to the Central Plains," Wang Yongqing's eyes suddenly shone out, "What dynasty is it now?" Is it still the Qin Dynasty? ”

"The Qin Dynasty has no way, it has long perished, I don't know how many dynasties have changed, now it is the Ming Dynasty, and the emperor is surnamed Zhu." Mo Ning estimated that Wang Yongqing was still a little taboo about the Qin Dynasty, so he simply dispelled his doubts.

"Oh, too, thousands of years have passed, and no dynasty will last so long," Wang Yongqing returned to that era thousands of years ago, "As time goes by, these boys and girls gradually grow up, and they should talk about marriage, so Xu Fu set a rule for them: every year when the south wind blows, the boys on Aonoshima Island cross the sea to Hachijo Island and socialize with the virgins, and those who are interested can live together, but after a while, the boys must return to Aonoshima." ”

What kind of marriage is this? Although it is a little romantic, it is like a cowherd and a weaver girl across the sky, Mo Ning still doesn't like this kind of watchful life, "Island owner, what if they give birth to a child?" ”

"The next year, when the south wind rises again, the boy comes to Hachijojima again, and if the boy of the previous year gives birth to a boy, the boy will take it back to Aonoshima, and if the girl is born, he will stay on Hachijojima."

Mourning exclaimed, "This is to keep the gender consistent on each island?" ”

Wang Yongqing nodded slightly, he didn't speak, he seemed to be still immersed in the memories of the past, although he was not the one who experienced this past, but he was the inheritor of this past.

"Island Master, why do you make them work so hard? Isn't it much more convenient to let people who are in love with each other live together? Mo Ning felt that this kind of annual marriage was too troublesome, and the boys on Blue Island were like queen bees, and they seemed to live to pass on their ancestry.

"This, the old man doesn't know, maybe Xu Fu is worried that there are too many people and the island can't support it!" Wang Yongqing then added: "Maybe they still want to configure the elixir of immortality." ”

"Island Master, Xu Fu, have they configured the elixir of immortality?" This is one of the questions that Mo Ning is most interested in, after asking, he regretted it, if he really found the elixir of immortality, wouldn't the people on the island be immortals, and besides, that Xu Fu should still be alive.

"What is the elixir of immortality?" Wang Yongqing seemed to have understood that what happened back then was purely a farce, and Xu Fu lied that there was an immortal medicine in the East China Sea in order to avoid trouble, and he took the opportunity to flee to sea.

“……”

"However, there is really a kind of grass on Hachijo Island, we call it salty grass, the leaves are shiny and edible, the vitality of salty grass is particularly vigorous, after the leaves are removed, it takes less than a day to regrow new leaves, therefore, it is also called 'tomorrow grass', salty grass is delicious, and nutritious, maybe it can prolong life, now is not the season, otherwise you can pick it for Mo Tuanza to taste."

This is really a beautiful story, but for the protagonist, it is a little poignant, and Mo Ning suddenly found a question, "Island owner, since the boys and girls live separately, how can there be men on Hachijo Island now?" ”

"At the beginning, everyone still wanted to find the elixir of immortality, so they deliberately kept some boys and girls, but after a long time, they couldn't find the elixir of immortality, and people's hearts faded, and hundreds of years later, the descendants of boys and girls gradually began to intermarry, so there were men and women on both islands."

"Oh."

"However, up to now, there are less than 20% of the men on Hachijo Island, and there are very few women on Aonoshima, and we have intermarried for generations, all between Hachijo Island and Aonoshima." Wang Yongqing kept smiling, obviously a very open-minded person.

"So after all these years, no outsiders have bothered you?" In Mo Ning's view, these two islands are simply legendary paradises.

"Originally, this was a desert island, and no outsiders disturbed it, and although the people on the island were hard, they were also comfortable, but more than ten years ago, this became a place for the exile of criminals by Japan's major celebrities, and the island gradually became uneasy." Wang Yongqing's face showed a trace of bitterness, and they were obviously not less troubled by these Japanese exiles.

"Exiled criminals?" Mo Ning felt that the exile of criminals into such a paradise was a crime in itself, "We are Han Chinese, from the Central Plains, do we need our protection?" ”

"Protection? The Central Plains is so far away, can you provide protection forever? Let's take a long-term view. Wang Yongqing seems to have gotten used to the old way of life, and as long as the Japanese exiles were not too excessive, they could barely endure it.

Mo Ning was speechless, and he didn't know if the North Sea Fleet would garrison here, it was really far away from Daming, "Is the island owner considering moving all the islanders back to the Central Plains?" ”

"It's hard to decide for a while, they're used to life now."

“……”

Wang Yongqing asked rhetorically, "Since Mo Tuanzuo is from the Central Plains, how could he come to such a desert place?" ”

"I was ordered to find a sailing line for the ocean, and when I came to Tanegashima, I heard from the owner of Tanegashima that I thought it was a drunken joke......"

"Tanegashima?" Wang Yongqing thought for a moment, then shook his head, obviously he hadn't heard of this island, "Since someone knows about this place, it seems that our quiet days are coming to an end." ”

"What does the owner think?" Mo Ning thought that Wang Yongqing agreed to return to the Central Plains.

"I don't have any ideas for the time being," Wang Yongqing glanced at Mo Ning, his head moved slightly, he didn't know whether to shake his head or nod, maybe nothing, "If Mo Tuanzuo cares about overseas Han people, I will accompany Mo Tuanzuo to visit Qingzhidao another day." ”