Banwu Bay, on the dock of the Luo family's navy, Zhengliang personally greeted the Luo family's fleet that returned triumphantly.

"Your Majesty greets Your Highness," Sun Goro saluted Masayo, who walked onto the deck.

"Hehe, this time I was lucky, how was the harvest?" Masahiro.

"Your Highness, there is a ransom of 3,000 pieces from the Huzi family in the cabin," Sun Gorouyu reported.

"Let's go in with me," Masarashi said as he walked briskly to the cabin.

When Sun Wulang personally opened a wooden box full of copper coins for Masahiro, Masahiro couldn't help but laugh. These three thousand guan coins basically spit out most of the benefits that the Yobuko family got from the Sashi family last time, and even Yokoko Otomo himself may not have thought that the wealth that he had finally snatched from the Sachi family actually flowed into the Luo family's pocket in this way. What's more, with these coins, the matter of buying ploughing cattle can be put on the agenda, and there is no longer a need to look at Dongxiang Heiji's resentful eyes. In this regard, Masahiro is quite happy.

After seeing that Masara was slowly regaining his composure, Sun Goro continued, "On the way back, the fleet eliminated a group of pirates, captured 4 small boats, rescued several fishermen, and a man who spoke a strange language. ”

"Someone who speaks strange language?" Masara asked.

"Yes, Your Highness, the man is wearing a different dress than ours," Sun Goro replied.

"Hmm. The fishermen told them to go back and bring their families to settle down in the territory, and as for the strange man, bring him to me," said Masaara.

People who speak strange languages? Could it be the Southern Barbarians? Zheng Conscience couldn't help muttering in his heart. No, the first Nanban to arrive here was three years later. In the memory of Masahiro, starting in the 15th century, Western European countries opened up new routes to the East, and the history of the world entered the Age of Geographical Discoveries (the Age of Discovery). Colonization and overseas trade arose. The so-called Nanban is the name given to Portugal, Spain, Italy and other countries that first arrived in Japan under the influence of China's Huayi ideology at that time. Most of these people sailed into Japan by boat around the Cape of Good Hope and the Philippine Islands from the southern sea near Kyushu, so they were collectively called "Nanbanians". Later, the British and Dutch became more and more powerful, and the Japanese also called the British and Dutch people red-haired. Japan's earliest contact with Nanban culture was in the 12th year of Astronomy (1543), when a Chinese sailing ship was hit by a typhoon and drifted to Tanegashima in Kyushu. The ship was originally a merchant ship between China and the Kingdom of Siam (present-day Thailand), and the crew was mostly Europeans and a few Chinese. The Portuguese captain of the ship had a tube in his hand that could fire like thunder, breaking copper and iron. That is, the so-called iron cannon (rifle) in the history books. Tanegashima Tokiyao, the lord of Tanegashima, purchased two from the captain for 2,000 taels of silver, and two years later they were copied by the craftsman Hachiban Kanebei Kiyoshi. This new weapon was quickly embraced by the Sengoku daimyos, and Kunitome of Omi Province, Sakai of Izumi Province, and Nerai of Kii Province became bases for mass production of rifles. The introduction of rifles changed the traditional tactics of Japan, and the main force of combat was changed from cavalry to ashigaru. Could it be that the history books are wrong, and the Nanban people have already arrived in Japan by now? No, if it were the Southern Barbarians, I believe that these subordinates of their own would definitely think that they were "ghosts", and they would definitely not be as calm as they are now. Let's see. Thinking of this, Zhengliang waited quietly for the arrival of the guests.

Soon, a man dressed in a black burlap coat was brought in.

"The villain meets the adult" The man saw that there was a young man on the main seat, and he was obviously stunned, and then quickly recovered, and hurriedly knelt down and said. Although there was no hope that the other party would be able to understand his own language, the man still saluted in Ming Chinese.

"Huh?" As soon as he heard the accent, Masashi immediately stood up. Although the accent is a bit of a local vernacular, Masahiro can hear it, which is a language from the Ming Kingdom. I didn't expect to meet someone from my hometown here. The man was taken aback by Masahiro's sudden move, mistakenly thinking that the other party was going to be unfavorable to him, so he quickly knelt on the ground, and his body trembled faintly. …,

"You... Can you understand me? Zheng Liang asked in Mandarin. It's not that he doesn't want to imitate that man's voice, it's just that he didn't grow up in that place and really can't imitate it.

The man was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly kowtowed and said, "My lord, please forgive the villain's life."

Obviously, he understood what Masahiro said. The so-called three happy events in life, the title of the gold list, the flowers and candles in the cave room, and the old acquaintances in other places, the current man can be said to have a deep understanding. Without him, his experience in the past two days is truly legendary.

"Get up." Masara said. The man looked up at Masahiro and confirmed that Masato had indeed asked him to stand up before standing up cautiously, but it was obviously a little restrained.

"Hehehe, don't be nervous. Are you from Mingguo? "Zhengliang can be regarded as a foreign country today, although this old knowledge is a Ming country hundreds of years later.

"Returning to my lord, the grass people are from She County, Huizhou Prefecture, Nanzhili, and the adults can call the grass people Wang Hai," the man said in a low voice.

"Nanzhili Huizhou Mansion?" Masashi thought about it, and roughly determined its geographical location in his heart, "Since you are there, why did you come to the Wa Kingdom today?" ”

"My lord...", the man paused, as if there was something unspeakable.

"Hehe, you are now in the Wa Kingdom, not in the Ming Dynasty, and I am not a high-ranking county master. Now that you and I know each other, what can't we say? Zhengliang picked up a cup of tea and handed it over, patted the man's shoulder and said. A young man patted a man in his thirties very old, no matter how you look at it, it's a bit abrupt.

"Ah, sir. Tell the truth. The villain also came here out of desperation. The man sighed, and then recounted his experience.

It turned out that Wang Hai was originally a small family in Jielin, She County, Huizhou Prefecture, Nanzhili, with an elderly mother, wife and children, and an older sister who entered the palace as a palace maid at a very young age. Originally, although the family lived a hard life, they were still able to barely live. But one day, there was the bad news that the sister in the palace was executed because she accidentally provoked the emperor, and before the family could recover from their grief, there was a rumor that the Son of Heaven wanted to connect the nine clans. In a panic, Wang Hai hurriedly packed up and prepared to flee as a family. A friend who happened to go to sea to seek a living came to visit, and after learning about Wang Hai's situation, he immediately assisted Wang Hai's family to escape to Chongming Island.

After hearing Wang Hai's experience, Zhengliang couldn't help but express deep sympathy. In Zhengliang's memory, the current ruler of the Ming Dynasty should be Emperor Zhu Houxi and Jiajing. This Zhu Houxi is a lustful emperor who firmly believes in immortality. Zhu Houxi is greedy for women, indulges in excessive desires, and his own physical condition is getting worse and worse, and the more this is the case, the more he is obsessed with Taoist immortals, in order to live forever. Some famous monks and ministers made a fortune by offering secret recipes or alchemy in the room. For example, Tao Zhongwen was one of Emperor Jiajing's most favored scholars, and he was originally favored by the emperor by offering secret recipes for sexual affairs. Emperor Jiajing's reward for him at one time was 100,000 taels of silver, an official to a grade, and a double salary, and his descendants also benefited from this. In order to vote for the emperor's favor, at that time, the trend of collecting and offering various secret recipes for sexual affairs, refining or concocting all kinds of elixir and Chinese medicine was popular all over the country. At that time, the secret recipes and alchemy offered were varied. Among them, "red lead", as the most popular alchemy method, is made by mixing and roasting virgin menstruation and medicinal powder, which is shaped like cinnabar. There is also a type of "real bread", which is a blood clot in the baby's mouth when it is born. These drugs are said to have a strong and libido effect. Two years before the "Renyin Palace Change", this alchemy in the palace reached its extreme. Emperor Jiajing's credit Fang Shi Duan Chaoyong and others refined the elixir, and did not hesitate to sacrifice the body of the palace maid, and even the young life. In order to collect enough alchemy raw materials, the emperor forced the palace maids to take drugs that induced menstrual bleeding, which greatly damaged the body and mind of the palace maids, and caused excessive blood loss or even blood collapse, and many people died as a result. In addition, in order to prevent the secret of alchemy from being revealed, it is even possible to kill the palace maid who has taken blood. Now it seems that Wang Hai's sister's death is probably related to the emperor's special hobby. …,

"Since you have escaped from the tiger's mouth, why did you fall into the hands of the pirates of the Japanese Kingdom today?" Masara asked curiously. Before meeting Wang Hai, Masashi heard Sun Goro give a general report on how he had discovered these people.

"My lord, the villain followed the owner of the ship to the country to sell supplies this time, but he didn't expect to encounter a typhoon last night, the villain accidentally fell into the water from the boat, grabbed a plank and floated in the water for half the night, this morning was rescued by a few fishermen who went to sea, I thought that the villain would not die this time There will be a blessing, but I didn't expect to suddenly rush out of a group of pirates, and catch those fishermen and villains again. Later, it was the adult's men who killed the group of pirates and saved the villain's life. At the beginning, the villain thought that he had fallen into the hands of a strong man again, but he didn't expect to meet an adult, which is really a blessing for the villain," Wang Hai said in a slightly choked voice. Whoever encounters a series of big changes in one day will also have the feeling of the rest of his life.

"Ha Lu Haha, this can be regarded as a fate between you and me," Zhengliang Ha Lu Ha Da smiled, "By the way, this time you came to trade in the Wa Kingdom, I don't know where Lu Dao is going to anchor?" ”

"Adults, villains don't know what to do. This time we are all the first time to come to the country, last night suddenly encountered a strong wind, I don't know what happened on the ship, if the adult is interested in trading with our shipowner, the villain can convey on behalf of the "manzi seems to have gradually become familiar with Zhengliang, the topic is more and more."

"Hehe, I'm also looking forward to meeting your shipowner" Zhengliang also wants to open up a trade route with Mingguo. If you can get a certain amount of Ming porcelain and silk, then the Luo family will not have to worry about the expenses for several years.

"Don't worry, after the villain goes back, he will definitely introduce the adult to the owner. Our shipowner is a fellow villager friend who saved the villain's life last time, named Wang Zhi, who is already a well-known person in the coastal area of the Ming Kingdom," Wang Hai patted his chest and promised.

"Hahaha, okay, then... What the? Again, what is the name of your shipowner? Zhengliang, who was about to ask the other party for a "brush", stood up, and then looked at Wang Hai with a surprised face.

"Big... My lord", Wang Hai was taken aback again, could it be that his own shipowner had a holiday with this adult?

"You... You mean, your ship's owner's name is Wang Zhi? Zhengliang took two steps closer in the direction of Wang Hai and confirmed again.

"Huh? Yes, yes, my lord, the villain's boat owner is the villain's fellow townsman and friend, Wang Zhi, a forester from She County, Nanzhili, Huizhou Prefecture, Wang Hai was so frightened that he took a step back and replied a little nervously. Now he was more and more suspicious that his friend had offended the adult. Although this adult is now in the kingdom of Wu, judging by his appearance and fluent Ming Chinese, it may be that he was persecuted in the country of Ming and fled to the kingdom. Thinking of this, Wang Hai's legs couldn't help but tremble a little, disaster happened, he really just got out of Longtan and entered the tiger's den. I regret that I didn't say so much at the beginning.

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(PS: I believe that book friends who have been following this book can see that before this chapter, it was mainly to describe how a grassroots gradually established their own power to seek survival, and now that the right to survive has been guaranteed, then it will begin to develop, so from this chapter onwards, it will gradually enter the familiar historical process, grab land, and collect names...... Those familiar names, familiar historical events will appear one by one. At the same time, the Warring States are not just constantly fighting and killing, so this book will strive to describe the strategy in addition to the strategy, there will be more different things, as for what it is, everyone will know the Tao if you keep reading it. After the last, I begged everyone for votes and collections. ）