Chapter 21: Disputes
The officials of the Ming Dynasty lined up, standing on the seashore, looking at the north side of the sea, the warship was on the stern, the colorful flag hunting, the number was distinct, all in order, and a huge ship came by the wind and waves. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info ask who is on board? Rui Saya of Wakoku. Not long ago, Gao Gong, the right doctor of the Japanese Kingdom, sent Rui Zuo to Daminggong City. Ruizo stepped out of the cabin and stood at the bow of the ship, looking at this rich and prosperous land with pride, this time the tribute city will definitely make a lot of money.
Since the Emperor Xuanzong of the Ming Dynasty, restrictions on maritime trade have been increased. It was no longer difficult for the Japanese merchants to make huge profits from their trade with the Ming Dynasty. They are very much looking forward to the arrival of the tribute market, because at this time the Ming Dynasty is basically open to the market of the Wa Kingdom, except for special categories such as saltpeter and silkworm babies cannot be traded, there is no restriction on other goods. The Wa Kingdom rushed to buy in the Ming Dynasty, and at the same time sold some fashionable goods in their country. During this period, the Japanese merchants worked for a month and spent a year, so they valued this opportunity very much.
"Lord Rizzo, are you satisfied this time?" Song Suqing smiled flatteringly.
"Daming has a saying called 'Don't say too early, laugh the sweetest at the end'. Now the officials of the Ming Dynasty don't know the situation, we are not qualified to come over, if it weren't for the civil war in the country, I wouldn't have this idea. Besides, when I came, Master Gao Gong also said, let me not have too much hope, the emperor of the Ming Empire is very shrewd. And Sosui-sama arrived before us, didn't he? Rizzo looked ahead and said, the big boat getting closer and closer to the ferry.
"Zong Shi is a fart! Your Excellency Ruizo, we still have an old saying in the Ming Dynasty, called 'Money can make the devil grind', and I gave away all the money you gave me, and I didn't keep a penny. I can guarantee that you can make a lot of money, you see how good it is that you have so many goods in the hold. Song Suqing looked straight at the back cabin.
"The goods are not a problem, the problem is that the ship of the sect is also carrying a large number of goods, how can we let our goods enter the market before his, so that the price can be a little higher." Rizzo asked.
"Isn't it easy? The prefect of Ningbo is my uncle's second uncle, and I sent all the money over, can he not give some face? Don't worry, do you have any silver taels on you? Song Suqing asked.
"It's not much, I still have a box in my room, I can give you half a box to use, don't let this money go down the drain!" Ruizo couldn't wait to trade with the Ming Dynasty, but he was also afraid that he would not be able to get the attention of the Ming officials.
"I know, you Japanese people are too careful, it's rare to be confused, don't you understand? If you care about everything, how can you do great things? You have to fight with these officials, you can shoot their ass comfortably, and then send money, what comes first and later, they don't care! You see, okay. Song Suqing patted her chest and packed the ticket.
After hearing this, Ruizo felt that Song Suqing said very reasonably, but he seemed to feel that something was wrong, so he stopped answering.
Ruizo's boat soon docked, the board was lowered, Song Suqing got off the boat first, chatted with several officials in Chinese, and then found his uncle's second uncle's husband, Lord Xu Tong, the prefect of Ningbo, and said a few words of greeting, and knelt down with a "poof".
The rest of the officials didn't know Song Suqing, and when they saw the Japanese envoy kneeling down to the officials of the Ming Dynasty, they were all surprised, and thought: This batch of Japanese slaves who came know etiquette, and they are worthy of being baptized by the majesty of Emperor Daming ~ the country. On the other hand, the group of Japanese slaves who have just arrived on the shore are not good, and there is a "sect", the name is so strange, always "shooting", isn't he tired? He also claimed that he was sent by Dr. Zuo Jingzhao Nei Yixing, and he was playing tricks here, not taking a group of Ningbo officials in his eyes, and wanting to use his Shangguan to suppress himself! Thanks to the prefect's discernment, he knew that it was possible that the Japanese officials were not authentic, but they drove their ships together on the pretext of inspecting the ship's belongings, and insisted on not allowing them to land.
"Virtuous nephew, why are you so polite?" Master Xu asked.
"It's not a lot of courtesy." Saying that, Song Suqing stood up again, and with a blow of both hands, several servants of the Wa Kingdom came over carrying a box, "My lord, there are not many other rare things in the Wa Kingdom, and they can't be compared with the Ming Dynasty, so we brought some longevity rice and silver with white flowers, and I hope that the adults and the officials can take care of it more." ”
Lord Xu hooked his head and saw that they were all treasures. Who doesn't know that the Japanese people are good at growing rice, and in order to grow good tribute rice, a piece of land is abandoned for three years, and then grazing cattle and sheep when it is overgrown with wild grasses, withered and grown. Feed the land with animal dung. It was not until the sixth year that water was stored and rice was planted. The rice produced does not look particularly crystal clear from the appearance alone, but the cooked rice is not soft or hard, and the grains are clear but clumped together, and the chewing is particularly tough, and the taste is indescribably good.
Master Xu pursed his lips and remained silent.
Song Suqing's eyes rolled, understood, and hurriedly said: "These rice are just ordinary, filial piety to all the adults, the tribute rice to the emperor is on the hold, I don't know when we can unload the land?" ”
Lord Xu's eyebrows immediately relaxed, and he said with a pleasant face: "There was an embassy before you, and they claimed to be from the Wa Kingdom. Nephew, you know? Compared to you, I'd rather believe that the person behind you, Lord Rezzo, is the real mission! I've mobilized the people and unloaded the goods immediately! ”
At this time, Lord Ruizo got off the boat and greeted Lord Xu with courtesy. Song Suqing muttered in Lord Ruizo's ear for a while, speaking in the Mandarin dialect, and Lord Xu couldn't understand a word. I saw Rizzo smile brighter and brighter, and finally his face wrinkled into a chrysanthemum.
Ruizo walked up to Lord Xu, knelt down, and said, "I heard that Ming officials like the etiquette of others kneeling, what's so difficult about this?" I kneel when I eat, even when I read a book, I kneel for several hours, and if adults like it, I kneel in front of adults to eat when I eat! ”
"Ah......" The eyes of the other officials in Ningbo were about to fall. Although the exchanges between the two countries should be on an equal footing, it is not surprising that China has strong material resources, and it is not surprising that the Japanese state wants us to protect us, so it is not surprising that they respect us. If only the envoys from the Wa Kingdom could be like this, why worry that the Ming Dynasty would not give them a way to get rich? Daming wants a respect, which is what the heavens ~ the kingdom of the dynasty should get, because we lack nothing, we can terminate trade at any time, and we can't benefit much from trade, nor can we make Daming's treasury full. Therefore, all the envoys of the Japanese kingdom should be like this Rizzo. Looking at Rizzo kneeling on the ground, the more he looked at it, the more pleasing it became, and the more he looked at it, the more interesting it became.
Master Xu hurriedly bowed down to help him and said, "Get up quickly." ”
"No, my lord, I like to kneel!" Rizzo said.
"Get up, Brother Rizzo, how can you get drunk while kneeling here?" Lord Xu couldn't help but laugh at the behavior of this slave.
As soon as Rizzo heard this, he got up. Suddenly, a slap in the face and a kick in the thigh sent Rezzo to the ground.
"Hey, hey, why are you here again?" Several soldiers controlled the beater, and Lord Xu pointed at him and said.
"Bastard Rezzo, is that what Gogong taught you? You're so shameless too! You have lost all the face of the country. Zong Shi scolded.
At this time, Ruizo found out that Zong was scolding at the breach, and he not only scolded, but also attacked himself while he was not paying attention. He got up, patted the soil on his body, and said to Lord Xu: "Please don't be angry, he looks like my colleague, my colleague doesn't have a good temper, a stubborn old man." Now I want to identify it, I wonder if you can agree? ”
When Lord Xu heard this, he didn't expect them to know, so it was very likely that the sect was sent by the Wa Kingdom, and immediately said, "It's hard work." ”
Ruizo said to the soldiers on the left and right of the sect: "It's safe, don't let him break free." Walking next to Zong Shi, he looked at Zong Shi with a smile. Zong Shi saw that dozens of sacks of rice had been unloaded on the ship, and the bags read "Liangzi's family", it turned out that all the rice of Liangzi's family had been bought by him, and continued to scold: "You dare to steal my limelight!" ”
"I think you're not just a 'crazy old man,' you're a pig's head." After speaking, he slapped Zong Shi back and forth twice according to his face!
The corner of Zongshi's mouth was beaten out of blood, and he spit out a mouthful of blood, and there was a molar tooth in the blood, this is Zongshi's last molar, although it is not very sharp, but it is still used when gnawing bones, and now he was beaten to the ground by Ruizo, who he looked down on at all! Ruizo also scolded the Ming officials in every possible way, which is really a great shame!
"Brother Rizo, don't hit anyone." Lord Xu hurriedly stopped.
"Got it, Lord Xu, I can be sure that he is the Master Zongshi I know, because after beating him, I found that his skin was very thin, and he would bleed when he hit him." Rizzo chuckled.
As soon as he said this and smiled like this, all the officials in Ningbo laughed. Didn't Ruizo mean that he was thick-skinned?
"Well, since they are all envoys, they should be treated with courtesy. Let go of Master Zongshi! Lord Xu commanded.
After the sect was released, he looked at Ruizo hatefully, he knew that he had come to trade in the tribute market this time, so he put up with this breath and didn't want to make a big deal out of it. Xiang Xu arched his hand and said, "Can the goods on my ship be moved?" ”
"Ahem." Rizzo's throat was dry and he coughed twice.
Lord Xu looked at Ruizo, then at the box on the ground, cleared his throat, and said, "Well, yes, but we have to wait until our review is over." ”
"But they didn't censor it!" Zong Shi pointed at Rizo.
"They've been censored!" Master Xu said.
"Nope! We arrived early, they came late, behind us, how could you censor so fast! Zong Shi retorted.
"Presumptuous, do I still need you to teach me to do things? I said that it has been reviewed, and if you don't believe it, forget it, anyway, I believe it! You know, the magical land of our Daming is a place where the impossible becomes possible, otherwise, what are you doing here? Master Xu said solemnly.
"But ......" Zong Shi still wants to refute.
"Okay, let's not talk about this, let's go to dinner!" Master Xu said.
Accompanied by Song Suqing, Ruizo followed Lord Xu in a hurry, and Zong Shi also followed, but he was a little depressed. Before leaving, Zong Shi reluctantly looked at the cargo on his ship. I wanted to unload it tonight and put it into the market tomorrow. Now that Rizzo has taken the lead, his own losses are too great. This is a commodity that he borrowed from several landlords to buy from usury, and now that he counts the consumption, it is a great fortune that he can not accompany the capital. What makes Zong Shi even more embarrassed is that there are still goods on the ship, and the share that Lord Nei Yixing wants to earn has to be handed over in full, what can I do?