This is a merchant ship bound for Datang from Japan. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

They set out from Japan in August and planned to follow the northern route, from Tsukushi to the west coast of the Korean Peninsula in a circuitous way, to the mouth of the Bohai Bay, and then cross the sea to Laizhou on the Shandong Peninsula to land. As a result, an unknown sea breeze blew them away from the mainland. Due to the gloomy weather, they could not see the sun and could not discern their bearings, as a result they got lost at sea and were getting farther and farther away from the coast.

The owner of this ship is named Ono Kazumei, who comes from a well-known aristocratic family in the Wa Kingdom, and their family is also related to the imperial family. His ancestors got their surname because they lived in Ono Village, Omi Shiga Prefecture. At this moment, Ono is meditating on the deck.

His brows furrowed deeply, and he unconsciously tugged at his hair with his hands, making the already thinning hair appear even less. The life and death of more than 40 people on this boat were pinned on him, which weighed him down, and he was extremely depressed. A woman's exclamation broke his musings.

The woman shouted in surprise, "Look, there seems to be a person in front of you." ”

Ono Yimei looked up and looked ahead, and sure enough, a person appeared, how could a person appear in this vast sea? Be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years, in case you run into pirates, it will be bad, so he decisively gave an order and everyone was on alert. The axemen drew his broadsword, and the archer drew his feathered arrows. Swords and arrows were aimed at the man in the sea. Ono believes that as long as she gives an order, she will definitely kill that person.

When the ship approached Xie Ao, looking at the black pressure of a piece of bows and arrows and knives and axes, he immediately took a breath of cool air, he believed that as long as he couldn't say it well, he would be able to turn into a hedgehog immediately. Listening to the sound of their voices and the outfits of these people in front of him, Xie Ao was sure that they were Japanese, but he didn't know why these Japanese people appeared here.

Xie Ao shouted loudly in Japanese to the leader of the man: "Ya extinguish, Ya extinguish butterfly." ”

This sentence was learned by Xie Ao in Japanese anime before, Xie Ao used to prefer to watch Japanese anime. He has watched almost all of Miyazaki's anime, such as "The Wind Rises", "Spirited Away", and "Princess Goldfish on the Cliff", in addition to "One Piece", "Naruto", etc., which he also likes. For this reason, he also went to study Japanese, and now he is quite fluent in spoken Japanese. I just don't know how much difference there is between ancient Japanese and modern Japanese.

Listening to Xie Ao's shout, Ono was a little puzzled. He looked around and saw that there was no one else, so he relaxed a little, but remained on guard. This man is from an unknown place, and he looks like he is from the Tang Dynasty, but how can he speak our language? In the end, he fixed his eyes on the food and water behind Xie Ao. They have been without food and water for two days and are in dire need of replenishment.

Xie Ao looked at the person in front of him, yellow-skinned, around forty years old, short stature, his hair was almost bald, and his eyes were deep. When Xie Ao looked at him, he was also looking at Xie Ao, a thin young man, shirtless, with a huge bag behind him. Both of them looked at each other like monsters, which was really funny. To be honest, Xie Ao doesn't have a good impression of the Japanese.

After the two looked at each other for a while, Ono Yimei couldn't hold her breath and spoke first in Japanese: "In Shimo, Ono Yimei, Japan is a person, because she admires the Tang Dynasty, so she went to Datang to do business, may I ask if Your Excellency is a Tang person?" Why did you appear alone in this vast sea? Why do you speak my Chinese language again? ”

Xie Ao snickered in Japanese, "First Sister Ono, are you sure it's First Sister Ono, it's really disrespectful, disrespectful!" ”

Although Xie Ao didn't say it, he was thinking, how could a man take such a sissy name? The man who took the name must have a grudge against him. Sister Ono listened to Xie Ao's ridiculous tone, and there was a displeased expression on her face, "This is obtained by my father, Sister Ono, when my father was sent to Sui, he entered Sui for the second time, and it was also beautiful at that time!" ”

Xie Ao replied helplessly: "It turned out to be a family heirloom!" In the lower Tang Dynasty, he followed his uncle to the sea, encountered wind and waves, and was drifted to an isolated island, so he made this raft and prepared to return to Datang. These words were made up by Xie Ao temporarily.

When she heard Xie Ao say that she was a Tang person, Ono Yimei showed an expression of admiration on her face. Ono said, "Since you are a Tang person, then let's communicate in the language of the Tang Kingdom, most of the people on our ship speak the Tang Chinese language." I have admired Han and Tang culture since I was a child, so I started learning Tang Chinese at the age of six, and I ask for more advice. ”

"How dare you, how dare you." Xie Ao said in a Tang tone.

"There is a reluctant request below, I don't know if this Lang Jun can agree."

"But it doesn't hurt to say it."

"We have been floating on this sea for more than ten days, and the food and water sources have been exhausted, you see that we are hungry and thin, and our mouths are dry, can you give us some food?"

Xie Ao knew that if he refused at this moment, it was estimated that they would rob him, so why not be a favor and share a little with them. After figuring it out, he said: "Helping the poor is my Tang people, and everyone should take responsibility." It's just some food, you can just take it. ”

Ono said, "The old man thanked Lang Jun again. The sea flat is far away, I see that Lang Jun's bamboo raft is overwhelmed, since you and I are going to Datang together, it would be better if we got on the boat together."

"Since you sincerely invited, then I will agree without embarrassment!"

Xie Ao continued to ask, "Why is your ship driving so slowly?"

"To tell you the truth, we've been lost at sea for days, and it's hard to orient ourselves because of the unpredictable weather. If they couldn't find their way, the people in this boat might starve to death at sea. ”

Just as Ono and Xie Ao were talking, a girl came out. Xie Ao looked at the woman and couldn't help but say, "Teacher Ozawa, why are you here?" ”

"Do you know the little girl? It shouldn't be! ”

"Oh~ No, no, no, it looks too much like a person I've ever seen, it's just carved out of a mold! How can there be people in the world who look so alike? Incredible, incredible. ”

The woman spoke: "My name is Ono Aoze, everyone calls me Aosawa, and you are still the first to call me Mr. Ozawa." I heard that you are from the Tang Kingdom, can you introduce me to the cuisine of the Tang Kingdom? ”

"Speaking of the food of the Tang Kingdom, you may not be able to finish talking for three days and three nights, and I will talk to you slowly when I get back," Xie Ao replied.

Dusk is approaching, and the sky is about to get dark. Ono Kazumei sent two sailors, one to fetch water in the sea, and the other climbed to the top of the mast like a monkey to look around. Xie Ao asked suspiciously, "What are you doing here?" ”

"Maybe you don't understand this, the water is to see the color of the water, if the color is relatively turbid, it means that it is almost to land; As for climbing the mast, I wanted to see if I could see the land. Ono said proudly, "This is an experience passed down from our ancestors. If there is a sun and stars, we can roughly tell the direction. "But I can't help it today.

Xie Ao remembered a poem he had read before: "Look at the sun to the country, return to the sail but the trade wind." This is a poem written by Wang Wei for Abe Nakamaro's return to Japan. It seems that the previous positioning technology is really primitive, and it still stays at the level of observing the sun and setting the direction. Like the current GPS global positioning system, any place can be accurately located.

Even with such primitive positioning technology, I dare to go to sea, the direction of ocean currents, the law of monsoon seasonal changes are not clear, and there is no compass. Are you too bold? Or is the appeal of the Tang State too great?

Looking at their helpless appearance, Xie Ao said, "Do you have a chart?" Take it for me to see. ”

Kazumei Ono handed over a chart that had just been drawn this year. I saw that the nautical chart was marked with the names of Datang, Goguryeo, Baekje, Silla, Japan and several coastal states.

In the lower right corner of the chart is the year, the first year of the Emperor's Pole. Xie Ao remembered that he had seen in the history books before that in the fifth year of the emperor's reign, the Dahua reform was in 645 AD, so now it should be 643 AD. it! I've traveled more than 1,400 years, and I'm back at the end of Zhenguan.

Looking at the petrified Xie Ao, Ono Yimei asked curiously, "Is there anything wrong?" ”

Xie Ao came back to his senses from the shock and hurriedly replied, "It's nothing, I'm just thinking about the problem." I already know where to go. ”

"Xiao Langjun, there is such a talent, the old man admires and admires, I don't know how Your Excellency can distinguish the direction in such a dim weather?"

I still want to be admitted to the school, Xie Ao said to Ono Yimei, "There is an ancient book in our Tang country that records that there is a counterclockwise cyclone along the coast of Tang Kingdom, and the main driving force of this cyclone is the Kuroshio, which is a warm ocean current, and the temperature can reach about 25 degrees in summer; Now it is blowing southeast and southwest monsoons. Through the comprehensive analysis of sea temperature, monsoon, ocean currents and other aspects, we should be in the Tang East China Sea now, and the warm current in front of us should be the Kuroshio.

If the sailing is smooth, I guess I will be back in Japan. The best route is to go west. Anyway, how do you choose to travel this season, this season from the Tang Kingdom to Japan, it is a smooth wind, from Japan to the Tang Kingdom, it is a headwind.

"Lang Jun is talented, for what monsoons, ocean currents, the old man really doesn't understand, our original plan was to go north, never thought that the result would be to this vast East China Sea." Ono said, "I think I have studied the classics of the Tang Kingdom since I was a child, why have I never seen this book?" ”

"My Datang culture is broad and profound, and there are many things you haven't seen."

"What Lang Jun said is very true, it seems that I still have to keep learning!"

During the Tang Dynasty, Japan's navigation technology was relatively backward, and the compass had not yet appeared, and the sea was a mysterious area for people. Ono Yimei didn't know how Xie Ao judged the direction, and in his heart Xie Ao was a mysterious character.

The problem of the navigation route was solved, but the problem of food and water still bothered Ono. Even if the things Xie Ao brought were distributed to everyone, it would still be a drop in the bucket for the forty or fifty people on board. If they didn't have enough food and water, they wouldn't be able to get to Datang.

Ono Yimei was still worried, and Xie Ao said to him, "Don't worry, mountain people have their own tricks." ”