Chapter 300: The Land of Gold (Part II)

- Fukubune went against the wind, passed through the long Tsushima Strait, and finally found a large island near the direction pointed by Chen Ke. This island is really not small, roughly the size of a large county in China.

"This is supposed to be Sado Island...... Right? "It took half a day to go around the island, but I couldn't find a dock where I could land. This made Li Fan very uncertain: "Why does it look like there are no people?" ”

"It should be." Chen Ke is about the size of this island, which is almost worthy of the sixth largest island in Japan. He saw the ruins of the seashore, put down the clairvoyant mirror and said, "Let's go there in a small boat." ”

The Fu boat anchored underground, lowered three small boats that could accommodate more than ten people, and the guards rowed the boat to the island. After confirming that there was no danger, Chen Yi signaled Chen Ke to go ashore in a small boat.

"My lord," Chen Yi said as Chen Ke stepped on the soft sand, "The houses on the island have been abandoned, and they really look a little old. ”

"Oh......" Chen Ke looked at the ruins buried in the yellow grass and asked, "What else have you found?"

"There is a tomb in the pine and forest in the east."

"Let's take a look."

When I came to the pine and cypress land facing the main island of Fuso, I saw that there was a faint look like a grave in the middle of the artemisia grass that was a few feet high. Patted the floating soil on the stone tablet in front of the grave, and some blurred handwriting appeared in front of everyone's eyes.

Chen Ke was not interested in carefully identifying those names, because he didn't know those people either. But now he can say with certainty, "This is indeed Sado Island." ”

"How do you decide?" Liu Yue'e asked.

"In the Wa Kingdom, only nobles have names. And how could the nobles be buried on this island far from the mainland? And there are a few more. Chen Ke smiled and said, "Aside from the place of exile, can you have a more reasonable explanation?" ”

"Okay." Liu Yue'e was very confident in him, and said, "Then what should we do?" There's no one here either, your plan has fallen through. "According to the plan, they should ask the defenders of the island for help on the grounds that the ship is broken. At the same time, show your identity. The officials of the Celestial Empire are here, how can the defenders not go to the top? In this way, you will be able to meet the big people smoothly.

"A wise man must make a mistake in a thousand thoughts." Chen Ke smiled awkwardly, no wonder people couldn't inquire, they couldn't even inquire about Sado Island, it turned out that there had been no people for many years.

"Nobody's wrong?" Li Fan smiled: "We can spread the joy and toss." ”

"We're not here for a year or two, we still have to figure it out." Chen Ke shook his head, Sado Island is his entire plan, and it is the cornerstone. How can there be any room for carelessness...... At the beginning, for the sake of secrecy, Chen Ke did not inquire about the news, but only from the maritime merchants of the Song Kingdom. Got a little bit of a general idea. He knew that Japan was now in the late Heian period, the so-called 'Seki period', and that the Fujiwara clan had been in power for 200 years and was now facing a strong challenge from a new samurai group.

Japan now. is going through the so-called 'first nine years of war'...... It is said to have taken place in a fierce battle between Yoriyoshi Morigato, Oshu, and Abe, a prisoner of Mutsu. The two sides have been fighting for several years, and last year they had the largest decisive battle, in which Genji sent 2,000 troops, and Abe's desperate one, concentrating all their forces and gathering 4,000 men!

This is known as since the Heian period in Japan. The largest battle in the Yellow Sea, with just over 5,000 troops on both sides......

The results of the campaign. It was the Abe clan, which had the right time, place and people, who won the victory over the Genji, and now not only the Tohoku region, but also the entire northern part of Honshu Island, have fallen into the hands of the Abe clan.

However, Genji was a descendant of the imperial family and had the full support of the Japanese court. As long as you lick your wounds and regain your strength, I believe it won't take a few years. It's going to come back again. …,

Chen Ke actually doesn't know much about Japan in this era. If it was the Warring States period a few hundred years later, he would still know more details. However, thanks to the glorious game he played in his previous life, he knew that Minamoto Yorito, who established the Kamakura shogunate and ended the Heian period, was the direct descendant of Minamoto Yoriyoshi, who had just suffered defeat.

But now that the Kamakura shogunate was established, he didn't dare to say whether Genji would win the final victory in the Mutsu War. However, there is no doubt that Abe must be a public enemy of the Japanese court......

Thinking about it, Chen Ke felt that the information was insufficient, and now his eyes were black, and he didn't even know why this island was empty, so how could he decide the next step?

"No, I can't think of a way to sit here," he looked at Li Fandao, "Get contact on the shore, you know what to do." After a pause, he said: "As long as you keep to the east, less than a hundred miles, you will definitely see land." ”

"I understand." Li Fan nodded, then took three small boats, dozens of guards, and set off with a compass...... In this era, the whole of Japan was divided into five provinces and seven provinces. Because it imitates the Chinese Tang system, Goki refers to the five administrative divisions of the Gyeonggi region. The rest of the national territory is divided into seven provinces. The division below the province is the 'country', also known as the order system. The Lingguo is roughly equivalent to China's 'state', and each 'country' does have the abbreviation of 'state'.

For example, Mutsu is also called Oshu. And the Echigo country, which is closest to Sado Island, is also known as Echishu.

At this moment, Yueshu has been captured by the Abe clan for nearly a year, and has become the front line of the confrontation with the southern imperial court. Nagaoka Castle, the national capital, was full of samurai wearing clogs and swords pinned to their waists, and soldiers with spears in their bare feet, but the castle keeper was not surnamed Abe, but Fujiwara, and his name was Fujiwara Nobuyaki.

Fujiwara Yoshikiyo's ancestor, Fujiwara Ukina, was born in the Fujiwara Kita family, which was extremely prominent in the world. In that year, he fled to Mutsu to avoid disaster and bred here. The descendants of Fujiwara Uona fought hard in this savage and fierce land, and they also became brave and good at fighting. They call themselves 'fish celebrities', a samurai group that can compete with the Abe clan.

In the 'First Nine Years of Battle', the samurai of the fish celebrity clan first returned to Minamoto Yoriyoshi and fought against the Abe family. But their leader, Fujiwara Jingqing, betrayed the imperial court at a critical moment and threw himself to Abe, changing the balance of strength between the two sides. This was a heavy blow to Genji's side, causing the imperial court side to lose last year's decisive battle.

No matter what country or era, a traitor is despised, not to mention that he betrayed his incomparably noble surname and threw himself into the lowly Abe family. Whatever his reason!

What's more, his reason is also contemptible, he turned out to be for a woman - he has always been crazy in love with Mitsuno's first beauty, Ah Xing, and Ah Xing's father is the head of the Abe family, Abe Yoritoki.

Under the pressure of Genji's army, Abe Yoritoki asked him to join him on the condition that his daughter be married. Fujiwara Nobuyaki was well aware of the consequences of betrayal, but he still followed his heart and led his subordinates to join the Abe family. Overjoyed, Abe made good on his promise to marry him and let him protect two of the six prefectures of Mutsu.

But in a battle not long after, Minamoto Yoriyoshi also rebelled against the important ministers of the Abe family, and he besieged and killed Abe Yoritoki. As soon as the number one rival is gone, Yuan Laiyi will inevitably attack the enemy. Fujiwara Jingqing seized on his mistake and deliberately retreated with Abe Yoritoki's two sons, dragging the Genji army to exhaustion, before fighting to the death.

The so-called proud soldiers will be defeated, the mourning soldiers will be victorious, the entire army of Genji was annihilated, and Minamoto Yoriyoshi only fled the battlefield with seven people...... After this battle, the power of the Abe family reached its peak. And Fujiwara Jingqing's two eldest brothers also began to be arrogant. Not only did they not appreciate Fujiwara Jingqing, but they were suspicious of him because of his identity. In the end, the two drove him out of Mutsu, of course, for a high-sounding reason - Echigo's first return, and he is at the forefront again, and only your brother-in-law can take on this heavy responsibility! …,

Fujiwara Nobuyoshi knew that they were not well-intentioned, but if they continued to stay in Mutsu, they might even lead to death, so he didn't say anything, and wanted to take his wife and children to Echigo to take office. Who knew that the eldest brother did not let Ah Xing and his son who was not yet a month old leave on the grounds that his sister had just given birth to a child and should be recuperated.

Fujiwara Jingqing understands that this is taking his wife and children as hostages, and they still can't trust themselves......

His mood can be imagined, he borrows wine every day to drown his sorrows, and his mood is very low.

At this moment, he was sitting in the city guard mansion drinking stuffy wine, half-drunk and half-awake, meeting with his beloved wife Jiao'er, and was suddenly called back.

The sweet dream was interrupted, and Fujiwara Jingqing was naturally annoyed, he glared at the samurai angrily and said, "You'd better have a good reason, or you will be punished severely!" ”

"My lord, there is indeed a big deal." The warrior handed over a name post, leaned over and replied, "It's an official from the Celestial Empire." ”

"Officials of the Celestial Empire?" Fujiwara Jingqing's originally very smart brain has been soaked in alcohol and can't turn around. Strange: "Why did you come back to me?" After a pause, he said, "Why did you come to Fuso?" In his consciousness, only they went to the Great Song Dynasty to worship the Celestial Empire, how could any Celestial Empire officials come to Japan as guests?

"Your Majesty really doesn't know ......" This is going to be a samurai who is going to die to pass the word.

"That's it." Fujiwara Jingqing sobered up a little and said with a smile: "I am here every day waiting for death, and there are still people to visit, and I am also an official of the Celestial Empire, so it can be seen that there are days in the dark!" As he spoke, he stood up and said, "Please sit down and change your clothes!" ”

When the maidservant heard this, she changed him into a sewn armpit robe, a draped crown, and a light ...... The so-called 'shallow clog' is a type of clog, or high-grade clog. It is made of lacquered paulownia wood, and the inner bottom is padded with a 'tsushiki' and worn with white socks. Even when he went to the capital to see Guan Bai, he didn't dress up so solemnly...... Partition...... Nothing to do tomorrow, I'll write more. rq