Chapter 124: The Horizontal Sword Immediately General Zheng
"There is a proverb in the Ming Kingdom, and every word comes out, like white soap." The obedient official said with a smile that Tachibana Genga and Ono Zhenyuki both breathed a long sigh of relief at this time, and what they were most worried about was that Zheng Maocai refused to exert his strength.
Chiyo next to him looked at the appearance of the obedient official talking eloquently, and couldn't help but indulge in his radiant appearance, especially when he accidentally glanced at the obedient official unintentionally, his face suddenly turned red, such a character, Fusang didn't have it!
Hu Baihu, who was not far away, watched Zheng Chengguan muttering Fusang dialect, he couldn't understand a word, and he couldn't help but feel depressed. But he didn't understand that if he wanted to save the Ming Dynasty, he had to go through Fusang first.
After talking to the two for a while, the good official remembered that he didn't seem to see Yi Neng Jing Zhai, and couldn't help but ask, and after asking, he learned that Ono Zhenyu and Tachibana Xuan He each sent Yi Neng Jing Zhai ten samurai as retainers, and Yi Neng Jing Zhai immediately led the twenty samurai who didn't know where to run to teach.
This is not possible without a translator! The obedient official thought that in the future, he must teach Sister Chiyo to speak Da Ming dialect, and it has to be an authentic Beizhili official dialect, but the image of the Fusang woman kneeling at the door and saying official dialect is that he can't think of it, and in the end, I don't know how, the gentle and virtuous robot image of Cai Ming's sketch "Robot Funny Stories" actually appeared, and he couldn't help but shudder.
Forget it, I'll teach her Nanzhili official dialect! The obedient officer immediately changed his mind, and then reached out and dragged Chiyo onto the deck, and Rina Hatano followed closely behind.
After getting on the deck, it was already dark, and the good officer couldn't help but take out the clairvoyant mirror and look at it in his hand, but he couldn't see anything, so he turned his head and asked Hu Baihu, Hu Litao said: "Xiao Maocai rest assured, those people's boats are a little faster than ours, and they can't run far." ”
"It's not that I'm afraid that people will run away, I'm worried that others will sneak up on us." The obedient official couldn't help but mention, this Ningbo Bawei looked powerful, compared with the soldiers on the nine sides, it was inevitably a little unreliable, Hu Litao heard this, and suddenly turned purple, but he couldn't speak, who called yesterday to be attacked by dozens of pirates, this shame can't be washed away for a while.
Seeing him standing there with a puffed face, the obedient official hurriedly said: "Brother Hu, the younger brother also said that he leaked his mouth for a while, don't go to your heart." Saying that bending over is a salute, Hu Baihu was depressed in his heart, so he had to say with a sullen face: "Don't dare to be Xiao Maocai's gift." ”
The obedient official was also slightly embarrassed, why did he say this in a dignified manner, he didn't slap people in the face and scolded people without revealing his shortcomings, isn't this a slap in the face of Hu Baihu, damn it, thinking about it, he couldn't help but apologize to Hu Litao again.
Seeing him apologize several times, Hu Baihu was also embarrassed, the Ming Dynasty was noble and martial, although the good official was only a showman, but the thirteen-year-old Xiucai, to be honest, was much more noble than the military attache of the sixth grade in the Ming Dynasty, he put down his body like this, Hu Litao naturally felt that his face rose greatly, you know, these ships are now Zheng Maocai's private ships, he has such a ranger temper, a good one is a face, the good official gives enough face, he is immediately satisfied, say something not good, At this time, the good official asked him to go out with a knife to fight the Spanish pirates, and he definitely went without saying a word.
This is the sorrow of the military generals of the Ming Dynasty, and they themselves feel that their status is several inferior.
After saying that, the good official invited him to the cabin to eat two glasses of wine, and invited Ono Zhenyuki and some other important ministers of the Tachibana family, returned to the cabin, and ate for a while.
The good official originally wanted to ask him why he disappeared for a long time, but as soon as people appeared, they [called the lord, bowed their heads], this kind of treatment, that has to be the treatment that the protagonist has, I'm afraid there are only a handful of people who don't eat sycophants in this world, anyway, the good official is definitely not among them, of course, he smiled and didn't mention it, and he was very happy to let him sit next to him not far away.
Because this is the ship of the good official, and the cabin is also the good official's, so, the maid of Chiyo can't be brought in, this is a matter of rules, otherwise there is a suspicion of taking the host, this kind of thing, with the brain of the wise general Tachibana Xuanhe, naturally he refuses to do it, therefore, in the cabin is waiting for a few Ningbo Eight Guards of the military men, but Hu Litao felt that it would be too bad for Xiao Maocai's identity to let these pickled military men serve, so he simply suggested that the good official, since the Fusang girl wants to serve in front of Maocai, then serve in the cabin, however, you can't leave your weapon with you.
If the obedient officer hears his heart, calling those military guards pickled soldiers, I am afraid that they have no sense of honor as a soldier, at this moment Hu Litao recalls the old words, and has to talk about whether this can bring a weapon on the body, I can't help but have a headache, or I have a little experience in this area, or I asked the good officer a little, and said to Rina, you serve by the master's side as a maid, the position of the general of the Tachibana family remains unchanged, and the rules of the Ming Kingdom The maid cannot carry a knife, although you swear to protect the lord with Mori Zhitian, But as a native of the Ming Kingdom, you must always learn the rules of the Ming Kingdom...... Like this kind of words, the good official may not understand, but, it is inevitably more difficult to explain to the girl, or it is convenient to say the identity of the former lord of Chiyo, therefore, although Rina is a little reluctant, but she is also aggrieved and put down the knife, of course, this knife is kept for her as the master's good official.
Therefore, Yi Neng Jing Zhai knelt down not far from the right hand, it was Rina who moved a small table in front of him, and poured him wine, Yi Neng Jing Zhai was very clear about the identity of this person, the Tachibana family general or something, he didn't take it to heart, but, as the lord of Ji Wujun, said that the lord slowly grew up Chengren, may not be in the room, that is the master, he Yi Neng Jing Zhai He De He can, actually want to work the master to pour wine, and thank you in fear at the moment.
In this way, it made Rina Hatano's heart iron up, you know, she is still a girl in the end, and she knows that this Ino Jingsai in front of her is a well-known swordsman, and now she is the lord of Hirado Castle, the name of 100,000 stone grids, although this Hirado is still in the hands of the Matsuura family.
Thanked by him, this face suddenly has brilliance, girls who are not vain, there may be women who don't eat, but there is never a woman who is not vain, in this way, Rina feels that serving by the master's side seems to be a good choice, however, it's not good not to bring a knife, in case anything happens, I don't even have a weapon. Thinking of this, she couldn't help but glare at the general of the Ming Kingdom again.
"My lord." After Ino Shizusai thanked Rina, he didn't bring the good official to ask, so he told what he was doing, it turned out that he had received gifts from Ono Zhenyuki and Tachibana Genga, twenty samurai, and immediately took these twenty samurai aside, without saying a word, and promised each one two hundred koku of Zhixing.
This promise was too ruthless, and at that moment, the twenty samurai were really grateful, and they bowed to the lord. Why are they so excited?
The practice of Fuso, Ashigaru is a peasant soldier, there is no salary, and their head has a salary, for example, the famous Toyotomi Hideyoshi's old father-in-law Asano Nagakatsu, is a ashigaru head, to put it bluntly, is a small squad leader, but, in a famous family, it can be regarded as a famous person, and he is also qualified to participate in the main public meeting of major events.
This is the so-called retainers, like these twenty samurai, in fact, similar to this identity.
What is the treatment of these two hundred stone Zhixing? This is the treatment of the flag samurai after the great turtle Tokugawa Ieyasu unified Fuso, Fuso in this era, it is already very good, before they were only fifty koku Yulu, you can imagine, the original monthly salary of 5,000, and then the new boss rose to 20,000.
Therefore, these twenty warriors were immediately grateful to Dade, just like the famous saying, they were really grateful, and they burst into tears, and they wanted to die for the Lord immediately.
As a result, before they could say a few words, Yi Neng Jingzhai threw out a Ming Dynasty standard weapon, the Divine Machine, and the thief pomegranate, which caused the twenty warriors to stagger, and in an instant, they really wanted to die for the lord.
Yi Neng Jing Zhai actually means that the lord behind me is a big man like Nobunaga Gong in the Ming Kingdom, and I will send you a Ming country silk every year in the future.
Ming silk ah! This is much more expensive than their two hundred stone Zhixing, the silk of the Ming Kingdom was more expensive in Fusang at this time, when the Maeda Toshiya married his wife, he couldn't afford to buy the silk of the Ming Kingdom to make new clothes for his wife, and when Toyotomi Hideyoshi became the lord of the city, his wife Ning Ning made new clothes, using Ming silk and satin, and had to owe debts.
It can be imagined how valuable this Ming silk is in Fuso, it can be said that these twenty guys almost jumped to become the general of Fubi 1,000 stones, you know, the Tachibana family's pen head old Ono Zhenyuki's knowledge is only 3,100 stones, how can these people not be dizzy as if they were hit by Sado Gold falling from the sky.
But these are not expensive for Yi Neng Jingzhai, he has been to the Ming Kingdom, and the custom of the Ming Kingdom is [the family has no burden of stones, and the shame wears cloth], that is to say, no matter how poor the family is, there must be a few silk clothes to wear, that is to say, the wife of the city lord of Fusang may not be better than the wife of the poor in the Ming Dynasty.
This horse of silk, ordinary, in the Ming Dynasty is only one tael of silver, one horse per person per year, only twenty taels of silver, but what can be bought, but it is the death of these twenty guys, to put it mildly, these twenty warriors are really willing to die for him immediately.
There are Maocai and guerrilla generals of the Ming Kingdom behind him, what is it to send a piece of silk per person, silk is expensive in Fusang Ming Kingdom, but for him, it is not expensive at all, what is cheaper than spending money to buy people's hearts! Of course, these twenty samurai have benefited from him, and they naturally know that the meaning of the lord is that we have to be separated from the past, and from now on, we will be the samurai of the Ino family, and we must forget about Otomo and Tachibana.
With this realization, they immediately prostrated themselves on the ground, professing their loyalty to the Yi Neng family, and lowered their heads deeply.
As a result, Yi Neng Jingzhai said another sentence, he said, you do things well, it may not be impossible to find a background in the Ming Kingdom in the future, the Ming Kingdom is rich, and ordinary people also wear gold and silver, and then a meal of lotus flowers, the Ming Kingdom is similar to the Citigroup Country in later generations, and tell these warriors that you are also small families, if you love them, send them to the Ming Kingdom, because there is heaven.
Hearing this, the good official's eyes immediately lit up, looking at Yi Neng Jingzhai, but his eyes were still very calm, without any flattery or the like, for a while, the good official really felt that this guy was a talent, and he put his position almost right, and he had nothing to say, which was clearly a self-serving!
Since the two of them spoke the official dialect of Nanzhili, the Fuso samurai present, including Sister Chiyo, couldn't understand it, and the good official couldn't help but ask him, "Brother Yi Neng...... Yi Neng Jingzhai hurriedly buried his head deeply, "Don't you dare." ”
Seeing his attitude, the obedient official didn't insist, so he said: "Jingzhai, is it worth it for you to do this, you know, in Daming, although it is delicious, delicious and fun, even if it is done in hundreds of households, the status is not necessarily higher than the status of a daimyo who is 10,000 stones in Fusang." ”
This is the choice of the chicken-headed cow, some people are willing to go to heaven, but some people are not willing to go.
Yi Neng Jingzhai bowed his head and said: "I have seen the scenery of the upper dynasty, and then I look back at Fusang, and I feel that the moon of the upper dynasty is also more round." ”
When he said this, the obedient official couldn't cry or laugh when he heard it, but he also knew his choice, just like some people are willing to farm in the countryside and enjoy the blessings, but there are more people who would rather work as migrant workers in the city than return to the countryside, which is about Yi Nengjingzhai's choice.
Therefore, the obedient official calmed his heart, "Since this is the case, then, Jing Zhai, I dare not guarantee that there are many more than that, like the brother of the Hu family, I can still guarantee it." The meaning of this is to promise Yi Neng to be quiet, and to ensure that he will be promoted to the position of a test hundred households, for a good official, as long as he succeeds, this test of a hundred households or something, it is not a difficult thing.
Yi Neng Jingzhai was immediately overjoyed, buried his head deeply, and said: "I am willing to offer all my loyalty to Maocai." ”
The two talked for a long time, and the good official also felt that he had neglected Ono Zhenyuki and Tachibana Xuanhe, so he picked up the wine bowl and invited everyone to drink, those samurai didn't know what the two said, but looking at the demeanor of the two, like Tachibana Xuanhe, they also vaguely guessed some meaning, and couldn't help but think, is this Ming Kingdom really that good.
Although he has known Yi Neng Jingzhai for a long time, he feels that he can't understand Yi Neng Jing Zhai, the name of 100,000 stone grids, the lord of Hirado City, this is also the leading figure in Kyushu, why bother to go to the Ming Kingdom! But I didn't expect that the Tachibana family had to go to Mingguo to buy a Franc machine.
"Jing Zhai said that he wanted to transport some silk from the Ming Kingdom, and he had promised to buy Ming silk at a low price for his retainers, so he wanted to ask me for a favor." This kind of nonsense of a good official will come when he opens his mouth, not to mention that because this word contains most of the truth, and even sounds more true than the truth, when the samurai heard it, it was no wonder that Lord Yi Neng asked Master Zheng Maocai so respectfully, the price of this Ming silk is high, and we can't afford to wear it! If Master Maocai agrees, maybe we can also get some light, and at the moment, we all look at the obedient official with expectant eyes.
The obedient official smiled, "I naturally agreed, I plan to transport several ships of silk to Kyushu every year in the future, one of which is ten times cheaper than the price of merchants in Hakata-cho and Hirado in Funai-cho at that time. ”
Everyone was suddenly shocked, it was ten times cheaper, even if they didn't wear it themselves, and took it out and sold it, it would be a dead profit!
As the saying goes, wealth is moving, looking at the eyes of these Fusang warriors, the obedient official couldn't help but sigh in his heart, how much is this like the previous life just after the reform and opening up from Fusang to resell color TVs, countless people carrying banknotes to find relationships also want to buy Fuso's color TVs...... For a moment, he was a little silent.
Chiyo next to him didn't seem to be in a high mood, so he reached over and held his hand in his sleeve, his eyes were full of encouragement, no matter what, the appearance of the obedient official was a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy, younger than Chiyo.
Smiled at Chiyo, the obedient official picked up the bowl, asked everyone to raise a glass together, and then drank it all, but he made up his mind in his heart that he would not let the scene repeat itself in the future.
Give me all your gold and silver girls. I will let some of you enjoy the heavenly life of the Ming Dynasty, the obedient official looked at him and thought to himself.
Nothing was said all night.
The good official's fleet was full of sails, and the Tachibana family also had their own boats, but in terms of the size of the ships and the breeze, they could only follow behind the butt of the good official's ironclad ships, and ten ironclad warships with full deterrence went to Kyushu, and along the way, they saw each other several times with the looming Spanish sail battleship team.
Three days later, their ship entered the Tsushima Strait, and the Fuso samurai had been away from Kyushu for almost a few months, smelling the sea breeze and feeling a smell of nostalgia, and some of them couldn't help but chant loudly, including the 10-o'clock Sun Emon, a well-mannered samurai who was also a lover of sorrows.
The obedient officer couldn't help but laugh when he saw this young man who was one of the Four Heavenly Kings of Tachibana on the deck, but the Fuso warriors were afraid of his head that was rumored to be the same as that of the Dongpo monks, and basically as soon as they saw his shadow, they would disappear immediately, after all, these samurai who like to sing also know very well, this is inevitably quite inferior to the poetry of the Ming Kingdom, and it is better not to appear in front of Master Zheng Maocai at their own level.
In fact, most of the Fuso samurai renge belonged to self-entertainment, not asking for good, only asking for their own happiness, and because of this, the haiku developed from renge had a rustic taste.
These Fuso samurai even sing, the obedient official most of the time on the cockpit watching, from time to time to talk to Chiyo, and Hatano Rina followed closely behind the obedient official, every time she came out, she would inevitably take the sword given by the emperor of the Ming Kingdom, Hu Litao is quite helpless, but think about it, Zheng Maocai is right, only a thousand said to be a thief, where is there a thousand to prevent thieves, the little girl of Fusang swore to the gods to protect me, if I don't even dare to give a knife, my stomach is too small.
Therefore, he had no choice but to stop and focus on the sea.
Their ships traveled all the way, there were few ships on the road, but after entering the Tsushima Strait, they encountered a few whaling ships, and asked Yi Neng Jingsai, it turned out that the front was Goto, which is said to be the territory of the Great Wako Wangzhi back then, and the name of Mr. Gomine came from this, and now it also belongs to the territory of the Matsuura family.
Hu Litao couldn't help but sneer when he heard this, he dared to call himself a formation when he caught a fish, he really laughed off his big teeth, and couldn't help but command his gunners to fire at the whaling ship, all of which were indiscriminate shots, all of which were deterrent shooting, and the bullets flew above those whaling ships, and then fell to the far sea, splashing high, scaring those whaling ships half to death, and all the people on board [crawled on the deck and did not dare to move.
Hu Baihu snorted coldly, and didn't even have the surname to laugh, so he asked Ono Zhenxing not far away: "Does Izumi Shou think that our Ming Fran cannon is still accurate?" Next to Yi Neng Jingzhai hurriedly translated the past, although he is now regarded as a 100,000 grid of daimyo status, but after all, the 100,000 stone is still nothing, and it needs to be fought down by the obedient officials and the Tachibana family, not to mention that he used to be good friends with Ono, so he doesn't really think that he is a daimyo of 100,000 stones, and he doesn't even care about people, in fact, his position is very correct, I am just acting for Master Maocai, which is equal to Maocai's retainer, and his status and identity are similar to Ono.
Ono Zhenxing looked at the splashing waves, and didn't know what to say for a while, this was too extravagant, and he would shoot dozens of shots casually to scare people.
At this time, the obedient official was poking his head on the ship, but a cannon alarmed him, and he couldn't help but ask loudly, Yi Neng Jingzhai ran up, pointed to several small islands in front of him, and told the obedient officer, that is Wudao, where Mr. Wufeng Wang Zhi was entrenched, the people above were good at whaling, and Hu Baihu was firing cannons to scare those who hunted.
As soon as he heard that it was the place where Wang Zhi had been entrenched before, he didn't say anything else, pointed to the most conspicuous island among them, and shouted to Hu Litao: "Let's hit a base number first, let's see if we can flatten the broken island." ”
When Hu Litao heard this, he suddenly became energetic, shouted, got the order, and then dragged the corner of his clothes and trotted up the tower, and then felt out his clairvoyance, and looked at the island for a while, and then made a gesture to the flag soldier in the hanging bucket on the mast, and the flag soldier saw his gesture and immediately waved the flag, which was invented by Qi Jiguang back then.
The flagship gave the order, and the rest of the ironclad ships immediately turned around and slowly headed towards the island, and those Fuso samurai didn't know what was going on, and they all ran to the deck to watch.
The obedient official also took out a clairvoyant mirror, looked around, and suddenly saw a city on the island, saying that it was a city, but in fact, it was a wall built of wood, of course, in Fusang, this was already a city, so he pointed to the wooden city and shouted to Hu Litao, "Just hit the broken city." ”
Hu Litao got the order, gestured to the flag soldiers, and the flag soldiers passed down the order, ordered each ship to take aim, and then, a base number, aimed at the city.
With a wave of one hand from the flag-bearer at the top of the mast, ten ironclad ships that crossed the way opened fire in unison, and the loud sound frightened the Fuso people to cover their ears one by one, and white smoke suddenly filled the sea.
(To be continued)