Kaori Shimazu is the second daughter of Tadamasa Shimazu, who was originally prepared to marry the Sagara clan.

However, Zhongchang's third daughter and youngest daughter are too young, and the rest of the daughters are already married, so they have to use Shimazu Kaori to marry Dongqin.

Regarding the dowry demanded by Dongqin, Shimazu Tadashi also responded very happily.

Because Tatsuhiko Akiyama came back to report that there was something in Eastern Qin, called a telescope, which may have the magical power of clairvoyance.

This made Shimazu Tadashi impatient for a moment, and it only took a few days to settle the matter.

In order to ensure the concealment of the matter, he also specially held a funeral for his daughter, announcing that his daughter was dead.

When everything was ready, he took a hundred taels of gold, ten thousand taels of silver, plus a hundred pieces of silk and satin, five screens, ten pieces of lacquerware, and some bronze ware, and sent his daughter on the ship to Ryukyu.

Thinking that in the future, he and Dongqin would be a state of marriage, and Shimazu Tadamasa was faintly excited in his heart.

Under the guidance of Dong Qin, the mystery of his iron cannon has also gone further, he finally understood the three-stage strike skill of the musket, and his secret method has also been upgraded to the ultimate three-stage strike of the iron cannon.

As long as he listened to the sound of the musket firing, Shimazu Tadamasa felt that the liver Fu clan and the Sagara clan were nothing more than dry bones in the mound.

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"Teacher, why did my father send me to such a distant place!"

Sitting on the boat, watching the familiar land gradually disappear, Kaori Shimazu, who was fourteen years old, couldn't help but cry.

One of the two teachers is called Xi'an Qingshu and the other is called Shang Wuyao.

The two looked at the child-like Kaori Shimazu and sighed.

Haruki on the west bank arched his hand and said: "Princess, don't be sad, for the sake of the great cause of the head of the family, it is worth it for you to go to Dongqin this time, and the Shimazu clan will definitely remember your contribution today." ”

Kaori Shimazu wiped her tears: "But, I can't come back in this life, can I?" ”

Shang Wuyao hurriedly coaxed: "The princess said that she laughed, if it is ...... in the future If your mother returns with her son, you can go back to Satsuma Province. Even if the princess is married to a certain city lord, this is true! ”

Kaori Shimazu was stunned, but she understood the meaning of the mother's return to the child.

Xi'an Qingshu smiled and said: "Princess, and this Eastern Qin is not a wild place, in recent days, a lot of Eastern Qin goods have also flowed into Satsuma, their iron pot is small and light, their Xia cloth is wide and soft, such a place should be an extremely rich place." ”

Shimazu Kaori nodded: "Father said to me, our Shimazu clan has a request for Eastern Qin, and please ask me to serve the monarch of Eastern Qin well, saying that only in this way can we get more Eastern Qin guns, and he can defeat the old enemy one by one!" ”

"Exactly!" Haruki on the west bank smiled kindly and said: "So the princess must remember that from this moment on, you are a tie between Eastern Qin and the Shimazu clan, as long as you are the concubine of the monarch of Eastern Qin one day, Eastern Qin will look a little bit good!" And this trip, just like when we sent Tang envoys to Tang, we would bring women to Tang. ”

"There was a woman in the Tang envoy at the beginning?" Kaori Shimazu's mind jumped out of the homesickness.

Xi'an Qingshu nodded with a smile and said: "At that time, the Tang Kingdom was strong, so we sent a lot of talented people to study, and in addition, we also brought a lot of women, these women are not civilian women. After they arrived in the Tang Kingdom, they were either married to the officials of the Tang Kingdom, or married to the Tang families, and some were given to the wealthy merchants and scholars of the Tang Kingdom! As slaves and concubines, they didn't complain, they just wanted to be able to let these people be more lenient with Japan. ”

"And some women often return to China after they are pregnant, and the Tang bloodline they gave birth to is all dragons and phoenixes among people, and many of them have grown into heirs of famous families! Today, the princess went to Dongqin, in fact, she was a hundred times luckier than those women, at least the princess didn't have to be so humble. ”

"This is also the reason why the princess will work hard to learn Chinese in the future!" Shang Wuyao also bowed.

Kaori Shimazu tilted her head sideways and thought about it, she didn't know much about the twists and turns, but the fear in her heart was a little less.

"That journey is boring, you might as well learn a thing or two first!"

"If the princess has this heart, the head of the family can rest assured!"

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Seven days later, the ship arrived at Kume Island on a rickety boat.

Shimazu Kaori walked off the boat in a daze, don't talk about learning Chinese in the past few days, she has vomited and lost weight.

After getting off the boat, the four maids immediately supported her, and almost all five maids collapsed to the ground.

Kaori Shimazu thought of her identity and stood up straight, realizing that there was a group of strangely dressed soldiers in front of her.

There were some peculiar red houses in the distance, and the officers at the head were unusually tall and stood in front of them with a fierce face.

"Wolver? What about Kumejima? If you are trade, go to the port of Naha. ”

"This general is good, we are sending the envoy corps!" Haruki on the West Bank smiled and explained the marriage in detail.

Long Rukang stared at a few widows, but he wondered in his heart, why did the king marry a widow?

But thinking of the rhetoric in the play, he felt that this should be the harmony of the Shimazu clan, which also made sense, why did the king accept a widow.

"That's here to kiss?"

Shangwu Yao hurriedly said: "It's this, the second daughter of the head of my family, Kaori Shimazu!" ”

"Phew, what did my girlfriend tell me to do?" Long Rukang scolded and said: "Since you are going to make peace, let's stay here for two days first, and it is estimated that in two days, the boat to and from Dongqin will arrive here!" ”

"There's General Law!" Haruki on the West Coast said with a flattering smile.

Saying that, they hired some dock laborers to carry the dowry, but they were surprised to find that this group of people were Japanese!

Haruki Nishiki's horror was that the laborers were staring at them when they found out who they were Japanese.

Shangwu Yao also had a chill in his back, and the two didn't dare to speak more Japanese, for fear of letting these people know that they were from the Shimazu clan!

After all, these Japanese laborers are most likely the ones that the Shimazu clan sold to Eastern Qin.

Xi'an Qingshu hurriedly said in Chinese: "We should ask that the general to send soldiers to protect us, otherwise there will be an accident at night!" ”

Shang Wuyao nodded in agreement and said: "What I said is that we will give one or two orders later, so that others don't say more, in the eyes of this group of people, I see hatred!" ”

Haruki on the west bank glanced at it secretly, and his heart became even more scared.

Unbeknownst to Shimazu Kaori, the group was taken to a red brick house. Because of her special status, she was specially given a better one.

She looked at it curiously, and felt that although it was not luxurious, it was very comfortable to look at.

The space inside the house is also large, and all kinds of utensils are very simple, but they reveal a sense of sophistication.

She lay dazed on the big bed, thinking about her future fate.

Thinking about it, she felt that there was no fate to speak of, and she could only accept all this.

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Early the next morning, Kaori Shimazu was woken up by the sound of gunfire and cannon roar outside.

In a foreign land, she was so frightened that she hurriedly called the maid.

But the cannonade soon stopped, followed by a passionate and beautiful singing.

She is proficient in Yale, and she thinks this song is very good, a melody that she has never heard before.

She involuntarily got dressed and walked out, and found that it was a group of soldiers, singing in a procession.

Their eyes were focused on a slowly rising flag.

Although Kaori Shimazu had doubts in her heart, she was still infected by this ritual and atmosphere.

She felt that the people of the Eastern Qin Dynasty must be like the Tang people, who knew music and etiquette, but their style and etiquette were different from those of other countries.

Trying to figure out some melodies, Kaori Shimazu had her Satsuma lute come out. This dowry included a complete set of Japanese musical instruments.

She recalled, and played a few tones on the lute.

It's a pity that the timbre of the pipa doesn't seem to match the temperament of that song.

When Xi'an Qingshu saw her pondering the song of the Eastern Qin, she was immediately relieved: "Princess, if you can learn this song, when you meet the monarch of the Eastern Qin Kingdom, you will play a song, and you will definitely win his favor!" ”

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