Kyoto Prefecture, Heian Port.

Heian Port, the largest port in Kyoto Prefecture, was crowded with Japanese people who had come from far and wide to see the excitement, and they whispered with great interest as they pointed to the five large ships docked at the pier.

Compared with the five large ships, the largest sea ship in the harbor of the Wa Kingdom is only about half of it, and the size of the two is immediately apparent when compared with each other.

This is not only a matter of the size of the ship, but also reflects the huge gap between the Ming Dynasty and the national strength of the Wa State, the Ming Dynasty can build dozens of three-masted warships under the planning of the Wutang, but each of the Wa States is very difficult to build a sea ship, which can be said to need to raise the power of the "country".

After all, sea vessels are different from river boats, the process is complex, the cost is huge, and the technical requirements are higher, which is a major event related to the national economy for the warlord warlord state.

Therefore, when Shimazu Naruto heard that the ships stopped at the port of exit had been wiped out by the Ming army's naval divisions, he would express such a gaffe, and the sea power of the Satsuma domain had been so badly damaged that it was no longer possible to effectively organize sea operations in the short term.

Due to Li Yuntian's arrival, the Ping'an Port wharf has been placed under martial law, and a large number of Japanese soldiers have been sent to maintain order and prevent the lively people from approaching the wharf.

Li Yuntian, who was dressed in a reckless dragon robe, leisurely flipped through the "Historical Records" in the cabin of the Mingyang, and according to the etiquette, he had to wait for Ashikaga Yoshihito to send someone to meet him.

Of course, Ashikaga Yoshihito is different from King Shoen, although both of them accepted the canonization of the Ming Dynasty and were overseas county kings of the Ming Empire, but the strength of the Wa Kingdom was not comparable to that of the Ryukyu Kingdom, and a single Satsuma domain was enough for the Ryukyu Kingdom.

Therefore, Ashikaga Yoshihito would definitely not go to the dock to greet Li Yuntian like King Naoyuan, and nine times out of ten he would send important ministers of the shogunate to come.

"Xianggong, as you expected, Jing Zhaoyin came to greet you." Not long after, Lei Ting walked into the room and said to Li Yuntian with a smile.

Given the feud between Hosokawa Katsumoto and Yamana Mochito, Li Yuntian had long expected that the two would come to greet him at the same time, and it was obvious that they would not give each other a chance to find external forces.

"Will they go." Li Yuntian closed the book in his hand, got up with a smile and left the room, he had more topics of mutual interest with Hosokawa Katsumoto and Yamana Mochitoyo than Ashikaga Yoshihito.

On the dock, Hosokawa Katsumoto and Yamana Chitoyo stood side by side, both dressed in Japanese costumes to show respect for Li Yuntian.

"The prince is famous, and it is really an honor for my country to come from thousands of miles away." When Li Yuntian got off the boat surrounded by everyone, Hosokawa Katsumoto and Yamana Mochitoyo hurriedly greeted him and bowed to him.

Although the relationship between the Wa Kingdom and the Ming Dynasty seems to be a little tense, since Li Yuntian came to meet Ashikaga Yoshihito, then Hosokawa Katsumoto and Yamana Mochitoyo naturally have to be treated according to the number of etiquette, and they can do a lot of this kind of hypocrisy and wrongdoing, otherwise they would not have sat in the current position.

"There are two of you!" Li Yuntian bowed his head slightly when he heard this, and replied in fluent Japanese without waiting for the translator on the side to translate.

As the prince of the Ming Dynasty, Li Yuntian naturally wants to maintain the majesty of the prince, although he wants to win over Hosokawa Katsumoto and Yamana Chitoyo, but he will not get too close to the two in public, so as not to lose his identity, after all, only Ashikaga Yoshihito, who was canonized as king by the Ming Emperor, is equal to his status in the Wa Kingdom.

"Lord Wang, Lord General has already prepared a banquet in Kyoto for the Lord to wash the dust, I wonder when the Lord will be able to leave for Kyoto?" Hosokawa Katsumoto and Yamana Mochitoyo never expected that Li Yuntian would know the Japanese language and sound very skillful, so they couldn't help but glance at each other in surprise, and then Hosokawa Katsumoto bowed down and said to Li Yuntian.

It is worth mentioning that because the title of "King of Japan" was given by the Ming Emperor to the shogunate who was in power, and the Wa Kingdom still had the power of the emperor who was set aside, although the shogunate general accepted the title of the Ming Emperor, he would not use "King of Japan" on official occasions, but still called "general", otherwise there would be a suspicion of trespassing.

This also leads to a strange phenomenon in the history of Japan, although the shogunate has controlled the state for nearly a thousand years, but the emperor has not been overthrown, which is really strange.

"This king wants to see the king of Japan as soon as possible, so he can leave immediately." Li Yuntian would not argue with Hosokawa Katsumoto about the title of Ashikaga Yoshihito, and nodded quietly, perhaps they would only surrender after the two sides fought a real battle and subdued the Japanese state.

"Lord Wang, please!" Hosokawa Katsumoto and Yamana Chitoyo turned to one side when they heard this, and made a gesture of invitation to Li Yuntian, and they had already arranged a sedan chair for Li Yuntian.

However, Li Yuntian did not ride in the sedan chair, but rode on horseback, smiling and waving to the Japanese people gathered on the side of the road, looking personable.

Since Li Yuntian did not take a sedan chair, then Hosokawa Katsumoto and Yamana Chitoyo could only follow behind on horseback, which was not Li Yuntian's intention, but he really couldn't stand the kind of sedan chair carried by four people in the Wa Kingdom, and the bridge compartment was like a low house, and he could only sit cross-legged in it, which was similar to the sedan chair of the Korean State.

Although the sedan chair prepared by Ashikaga Yoshihito for Li Yuntian this time was carried by eight people, Li Yuntian still felt extremely awkward when he sat in it, so he simply rode a horse, saving himself from bending over and being uncomfortable inside.

I heard that a prince came to the Ming Dynasty to meet the shogunate general, and the people of the villages and towns along the Heian Port to Kyoto gathered on the roadside with great interest to watch the excitement, all wanting to see what the prince of the Ming Dynasty looked like.

"The prince of the Ming Dynasty is so young!"

"He is wearing the dragon robe of the Ming Dynasty, which can only be worn by the prince and the emperor."

"Our general seems to have a set of dragon robes."

"Don't look at him years ago, but he defeated the cavalry of the Yuan Dynasty and drove the people of the Yuan Dynasty to the desert."

"What is a desert?"

"It's the land where the sand of the ocean floor is piled up, and there is an animal called a camel on it."

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Everywhere Li Yuntian and his entourage passed, they caused a sensation among the local people, and the people chattered privately about the young Ming prince, and they were full of curiosity about Li Yuntian's every move, word and deed.

The 1,000 soldiers of the Ming Army who accompanied Li Yuntian to guard Li Yuntian were even more attention-grabbing, all of them were burly, brightly armored, well-equipped, and their average height was a head taller than that of the soldiers of the Wa Kingdom, which could really attract people's attention and show the majesty and majesty of the Ming Army's naval division.

Even though the hundreds of Japanese soldiers that Keiko Yamaguchi brought to Kyoto were about the same height as the soldiers sent by the shogunate to escort them, they were all sturdy and stout, and they looked a size or two older than the shogunate's soldiers.

The Japanese soldiers under Keiko Yamaguchi were very satisfied with their lives after joining the Ming Dynasty, not only could they eat rice and white noodles every day, but also meat and vegetables every day, which was even better than the life of those retainers in the Daimyo's mansion.

To tell the truth, after nearly a year of living in the barracks, Keiko Yamaguchi's Japanese people have become accustomed to the food provided by the Ming army's sailors, and it will be difficult to swallow if they are allowed to eat dried fish and wild vegetables again.

Keiko Yamaguchi's Japanese were mainly responsible for escorting the goods unloaded from the transport ships this time, and Li Yuntian naturally did not come empty-handed this time, and the two transport ships were loaded with a large amount of goods, ready to be transported to Kyoto to trade with the merchants there.

Trade with the Ming Dynasty is exactly what the Wa State needs most now, otherwise Hosokawa Katsumoto and Yamana Chitoyo's people would not have fought in Ningbo City because of the battle for tribute, so Li Yuntian deliberately did what he liked, preparing to use money to win over and divide the upper echelons of the Wa Shogunate.

It is worth mentioning that 20% of these goods were rewarded by Li Yuntian to the soldiers under Keiko Yamaguchi, who fought bravely in Vaulting Horse Harbor, and they could make a fortune as soon as the goods changed hands.

After all, those Japanese people under Keiko Yamaguchi finally came back once, and Li Yuntian always wanted them to return to their hometowns in fine clothes, so that they could send a fortune to show off to their families, and then attract more Japanese people to come to Keiko Yamaguchi.

Hosokawa Katsumoto and Yamana Mochitoyo are bound to get this batch of goods in Li Yuntian's hands, and Li Yuntian has made it clear that since he is coming to the Wa Kingdom for the first time this time, all the goods will be sold at a low price, so that the price difference in the middle will be canceled, and whoever can get the goods in the Wa Kingdom will be able to make a big profit.

Li Yuntian naturally did not let the two of them down, and each gave the two of them two percent of the goods, and then gave two percent of the goods to Ashikaga Yoshihito, and the remaining forty percent was fought for by those powerful people in Kyoto.

As the shogun's general, Ashikaga Yoshihito's expenses were very large, and the economic level of the Wa Kingdom was limited, so Li Yuntian could be said to have given Ashikaga Yoshihito a big gift.

With these goods as a bridge, Li Yuntian had a very happy conversation with Hosokawa Katsumoto and Yamana Chitoyo.

Hosokawa Katsumoto and Yamana Mochitoyo originally suspected that Li Yuntian had come to ask for the guilt this time, but with the contact with Li Yuntian, the two found that this Zhongwu King, who was prominent in the Ming Dynasty, was actually very easy-going, which made the two of them can't help but relax their vigilance against Li Yuntian.

According to Hosokawa Katsumoto and Yamana Chitoyo, Kyoto Castle is full of cherry blossom trees, and the city's magnates will enjoy cherry blossoms and wine at this time, which is an important leisure and social way for the upper class of Kyoto.

However, what made Li Yuntian feel a little disappointed was that he might not be able to go to Mount Fuji this time, Mount Fuji is now not only a barren place but also a rugged road, it will take more than a month to go back and forth, he does not have so much time to spend on the road, and when he arrives at the cherry blossoms, he will already be grateful.

Of course, Li Yuntian didn't go to Mount Fuji to see the cherry blossoms and soak in the hot springs, he just thought of a wish and personally led his troops to climb Mount Fuji.

Due to the rugged and difficult journey to Mount Fuji, Li Yuntian could only wait for the next opportunity, perhaps when he went to Mount Fuji, the entire Honshu Island had become the territory of the Ming Dynasty!