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Looking at the boxes of armor and weapons loaded onto the sailboat, Chen Dexing exhaled lightly, turned around and smiled at Otani Ai (Xiao Ai) and said, "Xiao Ai, I'm going to work hard for you this time." 1,500 pairs of steel armor and 1,500 large horizontal blades...... So many weapons are shipped to Japan, and it's not safe to hand them over to others! ”

Xiao Ai nodded slightly: "Xiao Ai must transport the things safely and hand them over to my mother and Hojo Tokimo." Toshige Hojo himself is a Rokupola probe, and Namba Port and Heian Kyoto are his jurisdictions, so there won't be a problem. ”

Of the 1,500 pairs of steel armor and 1,500 large horizontal swords, 1,000 pairs of steel armor and 1,000 large horizontal swords were handed over to Tokimo Hojo to arm the samurai of the Hojo family's Kerakkuji Ryu - most of the estates and samurai of the Hojo family belonged to Tokumune, that is, the Hojo clan. And as a powerful division, the Kek Lok Si stream also has a certain amount of force. It's just that the number is far less than that of Dezong. But 1,000 pairs of steel armor is enough to change the balance of power between the two.

Not to mention the 500 steel-armored samurai of the Namba Tendo Palace, which is under construction, and is the headquarters of the Tendo Sect in Japan. It was built by a wealthy Japanese samurai family who converted to Tentoism, such as Hojo Kekurakuji-ryu, Hojo Nagoshi-ryu, Omi Kuni-Sasaki family, Bungo Kuni-Otomo family, Nagato Kuni-Ouchi family, Chikuzen Kunisei family, Sado Island Honma family, and Tsushima Province clan, as well as wealthy businessman Xie Guoming, who had the dual status of the Great Ming Shijue and the Japanese imperial family.

Obviously, in the current country of Japan, there have been a number of powerful names and samurai who believe in the Heavenly Taoism. Some of them were deceived by the miracles of the Heavenly Dao Sect, and some of them were to buy weapons made of Heavenly Thunder and Nanfen Steel. There are also some who were affected by their business dealings with the Ming maritime merchants and converted to the Heavenly Dao, and some were fooled by Juexin Daogu into joining the Heavenly Daoist Sect. There are also people who join the church in order to get the support of Chen Dexing, and of course there are many people who enter the Tao because they are in fashion -- there are no Hari and Hahan in this era. Japan is still China's number one fan, and of course they will learn to play whatever is popular in China.

In short, the spread of Tentoism in Japan has been rapid, and now there are now more than 8,000 believers who have officially converted to the Tao alone! That's a lot...... At this time, although there were five or six million people in Japan, the vast majority of them were civilians without surnames. Some of them believe in the Doctrine of God, but they rarely formally join the Church. Only samurai, public officials, or wealthy merchants would hold a formal initiation ceremony and become a disciple of the Heavenly Dao.

And these 8,000 Japanese Heavenly Daoists are almost all samurai. Among them, most of them are ronins who live in Heiankyo and Namba. Because after entering the Tao, the Heavenly Taoist Sect will introduce them to act as a sea ship guard or something, how can they have dozens of times on a boat, which is enough for the family to live comfortably for two years.

Chen Dexing patted Xiao Ai's shoulder, "Be careful on the road, come back as soon as the things are delivered, and take the Xie family's boat." ”

Xiao Ai hummed, bowed to Chen Dexing obediently, and then turned around and walked in the direction of the dock. Chen Dexing watched her get on the boat. Only then did he turn around and beckoned to Yang Po'er, who was guarding the side.

Yang Po'er walked up quickly: "King, the Taigong's ship has arrived and is entering the port and docking. ”

Chen Dexing came to Tanggu not only to see off the expedition team, but also to welcome Chen Huaiqing who went north. Chen Huaiqing in the past few months. They all sat in Quanzhou and commanded the few Ming troops to repel the many attacks of the Southern Song Dynasty. Until the news of Kublai Khan's withdrawal from the Central Plains reached Lin'an, the Southern Song Dynasty stopped attacking in horror. The three counties of Quanzhou were intact, and none of them were broken by the Song army.

After the war with the Southern Song Dynasty stopped. Chen Huaiqing sent someone to deliver a letter, saying that he wanted to come to Yanjing. Discuss with Chen Dexing about the seizure of Jiangnan. At the same time, I also want to discuss with Chen Dexing about the founding of the country and the emperor.

Counting the days, it is almost these days to arrive in Hong Kong, so Chen Dexing set the day of the departure of the Second Mingzhou Expedition to today.

"Okay, let's go pick up people at the dock of the military port." Chen Dexing looked at the sea, there were dozens of sailing ships, fishing boats, and patrolling Beiyang Fleet warships, but most of them were merchant ships. In the past few days, the south wind has started, which is just convenient for merchant ships from the south to enter the Bohai Bay. Chen Huaiqing's ship should have also taken advantage of this gust of wind.

The military port wharf in Tanggu is at the mouth of the Haihe River, close to the Tanggu fortress and the commercial port of Tanggu City, which is a lively area. In addition to the docks, there are also forts, barracks, warehouses and shipyards, as well as an official office for the command of the Beiyang Fleet, and the whole is a naval base. It is also protected by a fence and a battalion of Marines stationed all year round. However, now the main force of the Beiyang Fleet is not in Tanggu Port, but is stationed in their home port Mingdu Port.

So Chen Dexing and a battalion of archers who escorted him to Tanggu lived in this huge and deserted naval base, and they did not alarm anyone -- Chen Dexing had no good impression of the extraordinarily pompous and pompous envoys in the Southern Song Dynasty officialdom, and thought that it was a waste of labor and money and a waste of time.

Chen Huaiqing and Qu Huajie, the manager of Tiandaozhuang, stepped off the gangplank of the boat one after the other, and found that the dock was unexpectedly deserted. There are only some steel-armored soldiers who are slowly catching up, compared to the lively scene when the two of them left Quanzhou and Zhoushan, it is really different. It seems that this northern land is really not as prosperous as the south, and even the officialdom seems to have been affected? However, in a blink of an eye, the two saw Chen Dexing and Mo Yingniang in white robes.

These two don't seem to pay attention to pomp and circumstance, right? One is the emperor immediately. One is the Chief Heavenly Dao Envoy, a big figure second only to Chen Dexing in the Heavenly Dao Sect, and there are hundreds of thousands of sect members under his command!

Chen Dexing walked in front of them in a few big steps, with an irrepressible smile on his face, looking at his father Chen Huaiqing. Now that the overall situation of the Northland has been decided, the world will be surnamed Chen!

Chen Dexing stood up straight, then hugged Chen Huaiqing and said loudly: "Uncle, you can count it!" Is everything okay at home in the south? ”

"Good, all good!" Chen Huaiqing laughed, "The old man and your aunt (Chen Dexing's mother-in-law) are very tough, the eldest brother has also become a father, and your sister-in-law gave birth to a big fat boy for him." The old man also has a pair of children! ”

Lao Chen's age is actually not very old, but he is in his fifties, and he has been working since he was a child, and he is an old muscular man. After the Chen family developed, he accepted six concubines in a row, and he has added seven younger siblings to Chen Dexing in recent years.

At this time, many people came down from the ship, all of whom were Chen Huaiqing and Qu Huajie's entourage. Among them, there was also a fan girl wearing a veil, a thick Tianzhu-style brocade robe, and a mink cloak, who walked to Chen Huaiqing's side, folded her hands and made a Buddhist salute to Chen Dexing. Chen Dexing looked at her a little familiarly, but he couldn't remember who she was.

Chen Huaiqing smiled and pointed to the woman beside him, "This is a double ...... with the old man Well, this is Dharma Polo Kongmu, well, you've met in the Srivijaya. ”

What is a blank line mother?

"Is it a woman used by Tantric monks for double cultivation......" Or Mo Yingniang knew about the affairs of various sects of religion, and whispered in Chen Dexing's ear to remind, "This Dharma Polo is a woman from the Polo royal family, not only beautiful in appearance, but also noble in blood, it is said that she has also trained double cultivation skills since childhood, and she is the best among the empty mothers!" It seems that the old man's blessing is not shallow. ”

It turned out to be Chen Defang's seventh mother! Chen Dexing said in his heart that he was right not to let Lao Chen be the emperor! Otherwise, Lao Chen wouldn't have to get dozens of little mothers for himself?

That's not right, how would Mo Ying Niang know about this Dama Polo's training of dual cultivation skills since he was a child? Chen Dexing looked at Mo Ying Niang with some doubts, and Mo Ying Niang just lowered his voice and said: "That Gu Ma Zhi Polo originally wanted Dharma to accompany King Ming and you to double cultivate, and came to tell the minister, the minister knows that King Ming is not good for you, and after all, this empty mother is a tantric cultivator, so the minister will excuse you." I didn't expect it to be cheaper......"

And what?! Chen Dexing secretly complained, this Guma Zhipolo is also a fool, how can he ask Mo Ying Niang about this kind of thing? She is the chief heavenly envoy, how can she let a Buddhist Tantric Empty Mother enter her own room of the Ming King, what if there is any "spell" to harm herself? Even if King Chen Ming wants to recruit concubines, he has to choose among the daughters of nobles, the daughters of feudal kings, and the young Taoist aunts of the Heavenly Taoist Sect. In this matter, Mo Ying Niang did not do anything wrong.

And the matter has come to this point, there is no way, he smiled embarrassedly, took Mo Yingniang's hand, and said in a low voice: "You did the right thing." ”

Then he glanced at the Dharma Polo again, this woman seemed to be very afraid of the cold, wrapped like a bear, and really couldn't see where the beauty was? Besides, how beautiful can an Indian Ah San be?

Chen Dexing nodded at Chen Huaiqing again, and said with a smile: "Uncle is really blessed...... This dock is too cold, the Lone King is used to the cold wind outside the plug, and you and the empty mother are both from the south. Let's go, let's go to the palace (that is, the empty official office in the naval base) and talk about it in detail, this time I came to Tanggu to serve in Weifu, and I didn't inspect anything, and I didn't see any guests, so I wanted to talk to my uncle about things in the south, as well as "Chen Li". ”

"Chen Li?" Chen Huaiqing narrowed his eyes, he is a person who has passed the Jinshi, he can be regarded as a great Confucian, and naturally knows what "etiquette" is - this is not red tape, not a false politeness to usher in, those are the great Confucians of later generations who deliberately did not mention the essence of "etiquette", and used some etiquette and etiquette to fool people.

The real "etiquette" is the fundamental law of China, the principle used to regulate the state and the international order, or the symbol that distinguishes Huayi -- the observance of "etiquette" is the Chinese people. Instead of "rites", it is a sign of barbarianism! (To be continued......)