Chapter 598: Hope is in the South Seas

Ushito Jiro's father was working on the docks, and on the day of the fire, his leg was broken, and his fellow villagers ran out on his back, saving a small life. The strange thing is that these people do not hate the Ming army, but will hate those black-hearted businessmen, if they didn't bring the Ming army, everyone would not have encountered this kind of thing. Edo Castle has not seen an army from outside in so many years.

The father was very happy that his son could find a job that was said to be full, and even though he had to walk with a cane, he proudly showed off to the villagers that his son could eat a full meal, and it was said that the meal was rice.

"Aye, I heard from people when I entered the city yesterday that your son is coming back, and the master of Daming will give him a three-day vacation. You said that this Ming official, why is he still on vacation? The food is better than that of the samurai master, and the salary is paid, so how can there be time to rest. "An old man in the village is unbelievable when he mentions this matter.

The village is two hours away from the concession, looking at the path at the entrance of the village, Ah Ye is a little proud and expectant, and said to the old man in the village: "I heard that the people in several fishing villages in the concession are developed, and they are not afraid that they will not be able to sell for a good price." I have heard people say that Daming is a place full of gold. To be able to work for the people of the Ming Dynasty is really blessed by the Buddha. ”

"Even the women in those fishing villages can earn money when they hear it, and they can earn a Ming silver yuan a month for washing clothes." The old man said this enviously, wishing that his home was also within the scope of the concession. In fact, the fastest money in the concession was not the fish seller and laundry, but some wandering warblers who came from near the Edo wharf, and these women had a place to live, but they were burned clean and had to find another way out. I listened to the friendly day. I had the courage to run into the concession, but I didn't expect it to be easy to get in and out, and when the soldier saw that it was a woman, he opened the roadcar. Then the women had a new place to eat, so they built some simple wooden houses in the concession and went back to their old jobs.

It was getting close to noon. Ano, who had been waiting for a while, was disappointed and ready to go back, when the third son, Fujisaburo, came running and said, "I heard that Jiro is coming back, I'll pick it up." ”

The third child is only fifteen years old, and if he wants to work for Daming, no one wants it, and he has to be over eighteen years old to accept it.

"It's not too early, let's go back first." Ano was about to leave, but Saburo suddenly shouted, "Look." ”

On a winding road. A man pushing a cart appears. Ushito Jiro bought a second-hand cart from the construction site and spent three silver yuan, which he thought was very practical and very helpful to his family. The money was well spent, and two silver yuan bought a cart of grain (miscellaneous noodles) from the Ming merchants who docked at the temporary wharf, and loaded them with a dozen cans bought from the Ming quartermaster. Jiro Ushito went home in a hurry.

Seeing his father and younger brother ushering, Jiro Ushito strode forward. The first words that came out were: "Father, we have a surname." "Regarding the matter of having a surname, Jiro Ushito thinks it is the most important, because the Japanese people in this era do not have surnames. can have a surname, or a Ming officer. It shows that he has since gotten rid of the fate of the lowest level.

The laughter of this family soon became the focus of attention in the small village, and the samurai lord of the village also came to take a look, and saw that Niu Tojiro was wearing a Ming military uniform, and he could also take out a pack of Ming cigarettes as a gift to him. The warrior lord looked at the direction of the concession with envy and said: "I went to ask, what did Daming say, the warriors don't accept it now, and they need to wait for the next batch, what is Lord Chen of Daming, and he will personally recruit a group of warriors to have a chance." Speaking of which, the Ming Dynasty also came to invade Japan, forget it, you don't understand this to tell you, so let's go first. ”

The samurai lord looked infinitely melancholy, and slowly walked away with a few dog legs. This is the only landlord in the village, with more than 500 acres of land. However, from his eyes and tone, Niu Tengjiro can no longer find the disdain and arrogance at the beginning, is it because he joined some mercenary in the Ming Dynasty?

The short but pleasant vacation was over, and on the eve of departure, the women in the village who were a little beautiful walked past the door before dusk, and when they saw Ushito Jiro standing at the door, they all smiled, and then walked slowly. If it weren't for the three-year deed of sale, Jiro Ushito would definitely find a woman to marry.

Early the next morning, under the send-off of his younger brother, Jiro Ushito returned to the camp, found the instructor Gao Ming, who was good to him, and begged him to take care of his younger brother, as long as he could find a job in the concession, no salary, just give a bite to eat. Gao Ming was still good at talking, called the kitchen chef, and after explaining, San Lang had a chore to do, and his monthly salary was two silver yuan. In addition, Gao Ming also told Sù Niu Tojiro that he should not tell others about this matter.

Niu Tojiro explained to his younger brother and returned to his residence, feeling that these officers were actually good people. Compared to the samurai lords in the village and the city, I don't know how noble it is, and there is no shelf yet. This comparison, the high and low come out. Although these Ming troops came to Japan to kill people and prevent fire, Niu Tojiro felt that people were here to take revenge on the old man, and it had little to do with him. In contrast, they are more willing to accept the instructor Gao Ming who smoked himself with rattan.

The day of boarding is tomorrow, and after a month of training, I have simply mastered the formation and use of weapons, as well as some simple stabbing techniques. This kind of training, if it were for the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, would be unimaginable. For ordinary Dengzhou soldiers, three months of training is the minimal, otherwise they will be punished without teaching. Obviously, the Japanese don't have this treatment, according to Su Haochen's meaning, if he wasn't afraid that these Japanese would go to Nanyang to help, he would just send them a knife and send them on the road. It's also a training fart, Chen Xie thinks so too, the Nanyang side is suppressing the natives, and with the expansion of the occupied area, there is a gap in the troops. It is unrealistic to transfer troops from within the country, after all, there are only so many troops now. Chen Xie didn't plan to continue to expand the army, and that place in Liaodong was also a key point that he couldn't let go. Nanyang is very large, a Singapore, a Natuna, a Batavia, a Brunei, the construction of these four points, every moonlight to transport materials is incomparably capacity. This is also the main reason why Chen Xie encourages the private sector to invest in shipping, because it is too tiring and troublesome to do so many things on his own. Now Chen Xie's team just needs to grasp the main problems, heavy industry, shipbuilding, military industry, and others are almost all left to the private sector to do. It is inevitable to slowly withdraw from the private industry.

After floating on the sea for a month, during which he docked twice to replenish supplies, Ushito Jiro and his companions did not adapt at all. Sleeping in a hammock, I took turns training on the deck every day as a team. The same is true for eating, one boat is equipped with two teams, more than 200 people, eating, drinking, and Lazar are all on the boat, and it takes a lot of time to clean up every day. A group of Japanese peasants who did not know what hygiene was, within two months of the concession and on the ship, were trained almost reflexively. Wash your hands before eating and after using the toilet, and when you are resupplying at the shore, the first thing you do is to take a shower, and you have to cut off your nails when they grow.

At the end of the journey was the port of Batavia, which has now been renamed Xinghai Harbor. On the basis of the Dutch, the port was expanded and repaired, and thirty ships took turns to enter it, first with men and then with supplies.

Lin Ya on the dock frowned, watching those Japanese soldiers get off the boat quietly, and Li Zheng, the staff adjutant beside him, looked at these Japanese soldiers and sighed: "It's all some short people, can they do it?" Didn't the cabinet make a mistake? ”

"Joke, when did Cabinet-sama miss it? Since these people are sent, there is naturally merit. By the way, if you go on, let the three big names have some blood, and give these Japanese soldiers a good meal, there must be wine. Lin Ya ordered to go down, Li Zheng finished recording, turned around and handed over to someone to handle it. In fact, I am not afraid that the surnames of the three families will not work hard, you must know that these troops are all prepared for the children of these three families. There are only a limited number of local men, and it is difficult to assemble a police force. In order to compete for land and resources, these three families have deep contradictions with the natives. The riots more than two months ago were suppressed by the army, killing more than 1,000 people. But throughout the island of Java, there are many forces of resistance.

At the suggestion of Lin Ya, the three surnames co-opted some natives who had a good relationship with each other before, and divided and disintegrated the natives themselves. These tribal chiefs, large and small, are not of the same mind in the first place. After getting the benefits, he naturally joined forces with the three big surnames to fight those rebellious tribes, and then divide the benefits. Even so, with the passage of the battle line, Lin Ya's little force in his hands was obviously beyond his means, and it was no problem to control some trunk roads in Xinghai City, and he couldn't take care of the slightly remote places at all.

As soon as the three surnames saw this formation, they immediately found Lin Ya and asked to send another army from Daming, and they were willing to pay a sum of money. These three families have made a fortune from the natives, robbed many people's gold and silver mines, and made a lot of money. Naturally, there is no problem with the family background, Lin Ya said that she wanted to ask Chen Xie, but she didn't expect Chen Gebu to get him a group of Japanese.

The Japanese mercenaries who came ashore did not enter the city at the first time, but stayed in a simple military camp outside the city. The futon he had carried was useless here, and Jiro Ushito received two sets of short-sleeved military uniforms, realizing for the first time that the weather was hot. In the next two days, I didn't say anything about going into battle, but there were people who kept coming to give lectures and telling everyone to fight here, what problems should we pay attention to? When I heard that there was going to be a battle, the mercenaries were a little nervous, and so was Jiro Ushito. But thinking of every meal and the temptation of fifty acres of land, he was not so nervous, and listened carefully to the instructor's lecture, because his family's hopes were in the land of Nanyang. On the third day, we went out of the barracks and did acclimatization training in the nearby woods. After ten days in the camp, there was a short day off to visit the city. (To be continued......)