The sky was clear, and the sound of the waves of the sea lapped against the reef on the shore one after another, and on a rather flat reef, there sat an old and a young man.

The old man is about sixty years old, his beard and hair are all white, and although his gray robe is not glamorous, it is very clean, which makes people feel out of the world.

The young man was only fifteen or sixteen years old, wearing a purple cotton robe, a long sword hanging from his waist, and a high bun on his head.

The old man sat opposite the boy, but his eyes did not look at the boy, but at the clear blue sky in a daze. From time to time, there were white seagulls passing in the sky, and the old man looked a little lonely, and chanted in a somewhat stiff voice: "The country is broken by mountains and rivers, and the city is deep in spring. When I feel the tears, I hate the birds, and I am thrilled......"

The young man repeated the old man's recitation of Du Fu's "Spring Hope", looked at the old man with some doubts, and asked, "Zhijiu, is this the harmony song of the Ming Kingdom?" ”

The old man turned his head, shook his head slightly, and said, "Young Master Xinjiu, this is the poem "Spring Hope" written by Du Fu in the Tang Dynasty, not our Japanese song. ”

The old man's name is Naojiu, and the young man's name is Shinku. Their ancestor, the Niko clan, was originally the lord of Iwami Province in Japan, but was later destroyed by the most powerful daimyo in western Japan, Mori Moto, and the descendants of the Niko clan were scattered all over Japan.

The Mori family, which was unbeatable in western Japan, was defeated by Tokugawa Ieyasu in the Battle of Sekigahara, which decided the fate of Japan, and collapsed. Later, Iwami Province was taken over by the Tokugawa family as a direct domain and sent officials to govern it.

The Tokugawa family's base was Edo, which later became Tokyo. It is quite far away from the Iwami Province in northwestern Japan, and the Iwami Province taken from the Mori family is generally just a feudal feudal minister. However, the Tokugawa family took it under the direct jurisdiction because Iwami Province owned the largest silver mine in Japan, Iwami Ginzan.

It has been decades since the Nizi clan died. But they never gave up on their dream of returning to China. This generation of Nizi is the young man in front of him, Nizi Xinjiu. Nizi Naojiu beside him was his uncle and grandfather.

Although Nizi Shinjiu did not understand Chinese, his uncle and grandfather Nizi Naojiu was a China expert, and when he was young, he also went to the Daming coast as a "倭寇", so he also had a considerable understanding of China.

But the so-called those who are close to Zhu are red and those who are close to ink are black, and Nizi Xinjiu heard his uncle and grandfather reciting Chinese poems all day and night, and he would also have a sentence or two Chinese.

This "Spring Hope" is one of Nizi Naojiu's favorite poems, and Nizi Shinjiu is no stranger. It's just that the deep meaning in the poem can't be realized at his age.

When Nizi Xinjiu heard his uncle and grandfather Nizi Zhijiu say that this poem was from the Tang Dynasty, he immediately looked in admiration, and the whole person knelt and sat straight. Niko Shinjiu said with some fascination: "Naojiu, I heard that the silk and porcelain of the country are very exquisite, but the national strength is very weak, and it is not as good as my country. However, the Han and Tang dynasties before the Ming Kingdom were extremely powerful dynasties, and even our Japanese country sent Tang envoys to learn from them! ”

Nizi Zhijiu shook his head and said lightly: "Don't underestimate Mingguo at any time. When I was younger. begged for a living on the coast of the Ming Kingdom, and lived a very happy life. It's a pity that the good times didn't last long, and there was a general named Qi Jiguang in the Ming Kingdom, who repeatedly defeated us. In the end, he had to return to Japan. Later, His Royal Highness Taige raised troops to conquer the Korean State, but the 200,000 army was defeated by the Ming State of 450,000 people, and had to stop the war and negotiate peace......"

There was a pause. Naoko Niko continued: "After His Royal Highness Taiko passed away, the whole country did not approve of continuing to use troops in Korea. Therefore, the army was withdrawn to Japan. This battle is really the biggest shame in His Royal Highness Taige's life! ”

His Royal Highness Taiko, who was the de facto ruler of Japan at that time, Toyotomi Hideyoshi. "Taiko" is the name of an official position. It is also very troublesome to explain, roughly equivalent to the role of Cao Gong - "Prime Minister". Well, the "prime minister" of Cao's "prime minister" is not just an ordinary prime minister, what does it mean for everyone to understand...... The nominal supreme ruler of Japan, the Emperor, is almost the same role as Emperor Han Xian.

Nizi Zhijiu's words uphold the consistent urine nature of the Wa Kingdom - dead ducks are the hardest. Anyway, the people in the country did not know about the fact that the Japanese were beaten by Li Rusong in the Korean State, and Toyotomi Hideyoshi never admitted that he was defeated, but only said that the water and soil were not adapted, and the sea breeze and waves were too big to capsize the troop carrier, etc., and the battle was indeed not won, but it was not lost.

Just as they were defeated in World War II, the Japanese only recognized the "final war" and did not admit the "defeat". That's why politicians have repeatedly gone to the XX shrine to "worship ghosts", our Great Japanese Empire was just "ending the war" under the education of the Midi godfather atomic bomb and benefiting all mankind, as for the "defeat"? Have it? No, right......

Nizi Naojiu stood up, patted the robe on his body, stood with his hands in his hands, and said with his back to Nizi Shinjiu: "Young master, do you know why I want to take you back to Iwami Country this time?" ”

Niko Shinjiu was stunned, and immediately stood up and asked, "Naojiu, I still like the flower girls in Kyoto...... Ah, no, geisha! The whale house there is really unforgettable! ”

"Whale House" is not easy to explain, but it is roughly equivalent to Daming's "Yihong Courtyard", "Cuihua Building" and other places, everyone should understand.

In Japan, fifteen or sixteen-year-old children have already "yuanfu", that is, the so-called adults, and it is not surprising that there are some of these hobbies.

Nizi Zhijiu's brows furrowed tightly, and he turned his head to look at Nizi Xinjiu, but he couldn't say anything. According to his seniority, he is the younger brother of Niko Shinjiu's grandfather, but according to family rules, he is a subordinate of Niko Shinjiu.

After a moment of silence, Nizi Zhijiu did not talk about the topic of "not thinking about it", but solemnly said to Nizi Xinjiu: "Young master, although the whale house in Kyoto is good, it is not our own. If the Nizi family succeeds in recovering the country, you can open as many whale houses as you want! ”

Nizi Shinjiu smiled, clapped his hands and said, "What my uncle and grandfather said is very much in line with my opinion......

Nizi Naojiu didn't care at all about what Shinjiu said, because even if Shinjiu was a pig, he was the bloodline of the Nizi family, and this was enough.

In Nizi Naoku's heart, the people of Iwami Province must be "nostalgic for their old master", and what they lack now is just the need to find an opportunity.

Once upon a time, Naoku Niko thought that the Niko family would never have a chance to return to the country in this life, because the general trend in Japan had been decided, and the Tokugawa family had already created the shogunate, as if it was a situation of dominating the world.

But inadvertently, a great opportunity crept in...... (To be continued.) )