On June 25, the seventh year of the Apocalypse, Jeju was sunny and sunny, with clear skies and a light breeze, which was a good weather for going out. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the middle of the morning, outside the newly built wharf in Jeju, Zhao Lie's personal guards on the wharf were boarding the Weiqing.

Zhao Lie and Alexandra hugged each other goodbye, and Alexandra wanted to accompany Zhao Lie to the trip.

It's just that Zhao Lie didn't agree, this was an adventure itinerary, and he wouldn't take Alexandra on an adventure, but fortunately, Alexandra didn't complain, but prepared for him with all his heart.

Since the fleet was the first time to go to Ezo, there were many things that needed to be built, and Zhao Lie requisitioned thirteen 500-ton newly built Galen ships, with Wei Qing, Huo Quai, and Wei Yan as escort warships.

Nine Galen merchant ships, including Xingkaihu and Chaohu, as well as warships such as Zhao Yun, Ma Chao, and Huang Zhong, who unloaded their lower deck cannons, served as the main force for transportation.

After all, the volume capacity of Zhao Yun, Ma Chao, and Huang Zhong is amazing, and the northern Japanese country does not have giant ship cannons, and the smaller tonnage of Wei Qing, Huo Quai, Wei Yan and other warships are enough to use.

As for the Anui people in Ezo, they only have pitiful fishing boats, which are not worth mentioning.

This is the reason why Zhao Lie dared to land directly with a large number of people.

In addition, there were five clippers accompanying them, and the fleet was full of 2,000 troops, 3,000 artillery brigades, 3,000 strong Liao people, 1,000 Jeju horses, 10,000 stone grain, cement, salt, groceries, etc.

Due to the deep draft of the Taejeong and Hwasan ships, they were abandoned this time and stayed in Jeju to transport Seokdo refugees.

Since it is sailing with the current. It was another summer tailwind, and the whole fleet maintained a speed of eight or nine knots, when it was dark. In order to prevent the ships from colliding, the fleet lowered the mainsails, hung night navigation lights at the bow and stern, and each ship was stretched to a distance of one and a half miles, and moved slowly at a speed of about two knots per hour.

In the early hours of the morning, there was a heavy fog at sea, and the night sailors on each ship activated the emergency filing. Most of the sailors began to be on duty, and the lookout set up double posts.

Zhao Lie was also awakened and saw the fleet moving in the fog. He suddenly had the illusion of time and space, which has the charm of sailing in the fog in the pirates of the Caribbean in later films.

The only difference is that the real ship in the fog is not quiet, but the deck sailors and lookout posts are constantly shouting and communicating, and even shouting and reminding the sailors of the ships in front and behind. Prevent collisions.

The fleet groped its way through the fog.

At the beginning of the hour, the fog dissipated. After the sailors had breakfast, the flotilla raised its mainsails and accelerated to the northeast, and half an hour later a land field loomed to the north, where Tsushima Island was.

Since the fleet traveled through the strait between Tsushima Island and Kyushu in order to take advantage of the ocean currents, the land that appeared in the north was Tsushima.

In the early years, Tsushima was a dependency of Joseon. Later, it was invaded by the daimyo of the Wa Kingdom, therefore. Up to this time, Joseon still claimed sovereignty over Tsushima, and the Emperor of the Wa Kingdom and the Shogunate had enshrined the daimyo there.

Today's Tsushima daimyo is even more to the two countries to pay tribute, after the Toyotomi invasion of the dynasty, Korea and the Wa Kingdom did not resume exchanges out of face, on the surface there is still no contact.

In fact, the two sides exchanged letters of state from the Tsushima Domain, and they had secret exchanges, especially Korea, which had been ravaged by the Japanese for more than ten years, and the government and the opposition were very opposed to the resumption of exchanges.

However, the two countries are separated by a strip of water, and it is impossible for them to have no contacts, even if they start from understanding their opponents, it is impossible to have no contacts, so the Tsushima clan is the matchmaker in the middle.

After the fleet sailed northeast for two hours, it came across a number of Japanese fishing boats, none of which were large and not many of them were on board, and they were not very afraid of the Galen ships, and there were still occasional merchant ships of the Francos and the Netherlands.

However, when one giant ship after another appeared, most of them chose to leave the main channel and retreat in the direction of Kyushu.

Lan San is now the boatswain of the Flying Eagle, as a flying clipper ship of less than 100 tons, it only needs more than ten sailors, but when sailing in the ocean, Galen ships are equipped with double sailors, after all, Galen and other Western-style sailing ships have many sails.

Adjusting sails and maintaining them requires manpower, and a team of sailors cannot be on duty all day, but must be rotated in two shifts. In addition, there were more than twenty armor-worn gunners, ten gunners, and four nine-pounder guns on board.

Lan San, who is less than twenty years old, can become a boatswain, mainly because he grew up in a boat, has excellent water quality, is skilled in boating, and knows a few words, and he is the first batch of sailors, so after the completion of the Flying Eagle this year, he was promoted to boatswain, and Lan San is still very proud of this.

But when he thought of Zhang Huan, who was already the boatswain of the Weiqing, Lan San immediately felt that there was no excitement, the twenty-year-old boatswain was probably unique, and the Weiqing was still Lord Zhao's ship.

"Boatswain, it's time to get to our waters." Fang Mao, who was nearly 30 years old, looked at the southern sea with a monocular, Chen Tao turned out to be the deputy boatswain of the Sea Dragon, and the sailors greatly expanded the army, and he became the captain of the flying clipping ship Sea Eagle.

"Captain, two miles ahead, fifty nautical miles to the east is where we are waiting to scout." Lan San hurriedly replied, Fang Mao is an old sailor, he has served on the warship for more than ten years, and he has rich experience, and Lan San admires him very much.

The red and black Fang Mao nodded, and he was extremely satisfied with this boatswain who was young but very clever.

"So, from here, I'll wait to explore the east, and remember what the lord said." Fang Mao said.

"Yes." Lan San replied.

When the five clippers went to explore the port of Ezo, they listened to Zhao Lie's account with the other captains and the generals of the land division.

According to Mr. Zhao, he heard from a captain who had been to Ezo that a peninsula in the southwest of Ezo was occupied by the Japanese people, but only tens of thousands of fishing and hunting tribesmen were occupied in the central and northern parts of the country, and the central part was a large plain, and there was a natural harbor in the southwest of this plain, and the water depth and port were wide enough for the construction of a port.

This port is no more than 100 miles from the largest plain, and it is the most suitable for landing and unloading of personnel and baggage, and based on this place, it will open up acres of land to the east and north. Resettle the Liao people, as for the Japanese people in the south, it will not be too late to clean them up after the resettlement stops in the future. It is not appropriate to conflict at this time.

The reason why Zhao Lie remembers so much is because Zhao Lie once visited this northern harbor, its name in later generations is Otaru, in addition to Tokyo, Zhao Lie traveled to this small northern port in Japan, Zhao Lie is not a Chinese woman who went to Japan to shop, Zhao Lie, who was bored with the metropolis, deliberately chose this remote Hokkaido port, so he remembers it very clearly.

Zhao Lie, Lord Zhao, drew a map of Ezo. After passing through the capuch, after rounding a peninsula, the five captains should be exploring.

Five ships began their voyage along the coast along the southern edge of Ezoland, after passing a peninsula. The five ships found themselves sailing from south to east, and the place where the Lord had commanded them to begin their exploration should begin.

The lord posted a reward, first discovering that the captain of this port was rewarded with a hundred taels of silver, and also named the name of the port after the captain.

For this. The five ships were cast in order. As soon as they crossed the peninsula, each ship probed ten nautical miles, and the adults said that it was within fifty nautical miles.

The Flying Fish that had been the first to explore before had not been detected, and at this time, the Flying Eagle was delayed with a wilting head, and the Flying Eagle began to go into battle as the second exploration ship, Fang Mao looked back at the three flying clippers that were following closely behind.

"God willing, I'll find the harbor." Fang Mao prayed sincerely.

"Ugh. That, Captain. Recently, it has been popular to be blessed by Lord Zhao, and it is said to be extremely effective. Lan San said with a smile in his eyes, he is not a nonsense, the old mother and sister of the family are so worshipping at home, and the old mother also said that it is very effective, and this day is getting more and more prosperous.

"Oh," Fang Mao looked at his boatswain, "Lord Zhao's blessing, I'll find the harbor." ”

The Flying Eagle explored the coast to the east, not only to explore the harbor, but also to mark the large and small islands, reefs, and water depths along the way.

After exploring for three miles, a bay surrounded by towering mountains and rocks appeared in the distance, Fang Mao was excited, and silently thought in his heart that it must be, it must be.

After marking the depth of water along the way, the Flying Eagle approached the bay, and in the telescope Fang Mao found that it was actually a harbor surrounded by three low hillsides, with a simple trestle bridge, and a few small boats tied to the side of the bridge, and behind the trestle was a gentle slope, where a small fishing village stood.

Fang Mao looked at Lan San in surprise, Lan San ordered to approach the trestle, when two miles offshore, the Flying Eagle put down the dinghy and explored the water depth in front, four sailors rowed on the dinghy, and the two sailors used a penny more than a zhang long to explore the water depth, the sea water in the bay is quite deep, and the preliminary exploration of hundreds of tons of Galen ships can enter the port, this is a real natural harbor.

On the gentle slope of the small fishing village, Xiang Xi'a, dressed in a friendly attire, watched the dinghy slowly approaching the trestle, and the strange sailing boat a hundred paces behind it, and then in the depths of the sea several more identical sailing ships appeared, and sounded the horn of the screw to Xi'a, and the low horn of the screw resounded throughout the bay.

The crew of the Flying Eagle, who was in ecstasy, immediately became vigilant, and the dinghy immediately returned to the Flying Eagle, and the armor, firecrackers, and several crossbowmen on the ship were all draped, and the Flying Eagle issued a warning cannon, and several clippers behind them accelerated towards the Flying Eagle when they heard the news.

More than twenty men from the fishing village gathered in front of the village, most of them with harpoons and axes, and a few with long knives and bows and arrows.

Behind these people were three people, they looked at the several sea ships in the bay in disbelief, they knew that this was the Xiyi sea ship, but why did Nanban come to this wild place.

"Go to the West, report to the patriarch." A stout man said.

"Yes." Xiang Sia understood that Yanayahi did not look down on his thin body, and asked him to deliver the letter.

Walk towards the back of the fishing village.

Others approached the dock with weapons in hand.

"Slowly," said Kazuto, the shortest, "these ships are Nanban ships, and I have seen them in Kyoto, and I wonder if they have been lost and come here." You can ask first. ”

"Oh," Anayashi hesitated, he was skeptical of what the Wato in front of him said, these Wato people sold grain, iron tools, salt, cotton silk, and even armor here, and also bought furs, ginseng, logs, etc. from here to make a profit, according to the patriarch Sisna's guess, they also shouldered the heavy responsibility of collecting the inside information of the western tribes for the Matsumae clan lords, and they had to be guarded against.

However, for the sea ship in front of them, maybe they are right, once there is real danger, this gang and people have nowhere to escape. "Okay, can you come up and ask?"

"Yes, but you'll have to train me a good eagle." For the Nanban people know a thing or two, are businessmen running around for profit, in the businessmen everything can be discussed, do not feel that there is any big risk, on the contrary, has always had an adventurous spirit and want to have a good contact with the Nanban, although they do not know the Nanban language, but the Nanban people who come here to do business will not know the language.

Hirokatsu Yamada straightened his clothes and led the two guards to the trestle.

Fang Mao on the Flying Eagle also noticed that the three of them walked up to the trestle, and there were no other weapons except for the Taidao they carried, which did not look like a battle.

He bowed to the Flying Eagle with his escort and shouted in a Japanese language, "We are Matsuzen merchants, and I hope you will understand your intentions." ”

Each flying clipper ship has a Japanese translator, the source is the plundered hundreds of Japanese people, Du Li selected from which 50 people with father and brother in the hands of Shidao, taught Chinese for half a year, and now there are 25 Japanese people who know Chinese roughly led by Su Jianshan to go with the fleet.

After translating, Fang Mao ordered the Flying Eagle to lean on the trestle, and more than twenty armorers in black armor escorted Fang Mao to the trestle.

Yamada Hirokatsu was shocked at this time, and as the armor disembarked, he found that there was no Xiyi among them, all of them were people of the same color as him, which made Yamada, who thought that he knew about the Xiyi people, regret it and came here to join in the fun.

"My family is the Ming Army, who are you?" Fukudaoka translated Fang Shigeru's words in pure Japanese.

"Yamada Hirokatsu, a merchant from the Matsumae Domain, did business here." Hirokatsu Yamada replied respectfully. After all, if you don't agree with each other, you can lose your life, and he must be cautious.

"Yamada-kun, my family will soon come here to open up territory for the Ming Dynasty. I hope you tell the local Anui people that it is better not to fight each other with swords and guns, but to cooperate. Fukudaoka and Rong Naiyan said that Fukudaoka, who had seen Zhao Lie's strong strength in Jeju, was now desperate to work for Zhao Lie.

"Yes, I will definitely tell the patriarch here." Yamada replied humbly, although he was not impressed by how many people from the Ming people could come here, he knew the sea very well, and it was impossible for a team of hundreds of ships and 10,000 people to get here, and how to defeat the Anui and Matsumae clans without 10,000 soldiers.

Fang Mao and the others thoroughly measured the depth of the water near the trestle, and after knowing that the thousand-ton Galen had no problem docking, they got on the ship and left. (To be continued.) )