Muromachi Chinatown is a common name for a narrow area located between Motomachi-dori and Sakae-machi-dori in Chuo-ku, Kobe City, and is also a registered trademark of the Muromachi Shopping Street Promotion Association.

As a Chinatown full of Ming flavor. Muromachi Chinatown, along with Yokohama Chinatown and Nagasaki Shinchi Chinatown, is one of the three major Chinatowns in Toei. Within an area of about 500 meters wide from east to west and 310 meters long from north to south, there are about 100 Daming stores.

More than 30 years ago, after the opening of the port of Toei Kobe, the Ming people came from afar with the ingredients of the Ming Dynasty to form the Onten Market, which was the predecessor of Muromachi Chinatown.

During the Ming Dynasty, the goods that were exported from the Ming Dynasty to Dongying were known for their exquisiteness, and they were deeply loved by the people of Dongying. At that time, Yingtian was not only a famous city in the Ming Dynasty, but also the trade fleet on both sides and the center of the export of goods, Yingtian ships and goods produced in Yingtian accounted for a large proportion, so the Dongying people called the Ming goods and even the goods from Southeast Asia "Yingtianwu", and even the Ming people were also called "Yingtianren".

Daming's hotel in Dongying was built on the west side of Muromachi Chinatown, and Zhang Shouren and a group of Jinyi guards were usually stationed here to collect the latest information on all parties in Dongying.

In the afternoon of this day, Zhang Shouren was studying Dongying's naval warfare skills in the conference hall of the hotel, and a black figure appeared in the conference hall.

Zhang Shouren was overjoyed when he saw the visitor, hurriedly put down the file in his hand, and bowed: "Dugu Shaoxia, you are back, everyone is worried about your safety." ”

Dugu Xiaotian put down his weapons and bags, sat down in the Taishi chair in the council hall, and said in a low voice: "Master Zhang, in the three days that I have been away, is there any latest situation?" ”

Zhang Shouren twisted his beard and smiled, "Shaoxia, the shogun knows that there is a Portuguese fleet to participate in the war, and he has already gathered soldiers and horses to the daimyo from all over the east, and it is expected that in ten days, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses of the princes will gather here in Muromachi." ”

Dugu Xiaotian nodded, "This time, the Portuguese army is extremely strong, and according to the current strength of the General's Mansion, it is difficult to win." ”

He pondered for a long time, took out the four treasures of the study, wrote a letter, sealed it with fire paint, and brought out the gold medal given by Emperor Xuande, and handed the gold medal and letter to Zhang Shouren.

"Master Zhang, you should go to Fuzhou immediately, meet the old general Li Yong, and hand over the letter and gold medal to the old general." Dugu smiled and commanded gently.

Zhang Shouren took the gold medal and the letter and carefully put it into his arms. He hesitated for a moment and reminded: "Dugu Shaoxia, when Your Majesty was leaving, he told us that this time the Ming Dynasty could not send troops into Dongying to participate in the war, so as not to fall into the tongue of the coastal countries and give Portugal and Spain an excuse to send troops to the coastal islands in a big way. ”

Dugu Xiaotian smiled slightly, "Master Zhang, don't worry, I will take care of the overall situation." Leave as soon as possible, remember to keep the letter confidential, and if you encounter danger on the way, destroy it immediately! ”

Zhang Shouren bowed and saluted, "Don't worry, the old man will definitely complete the mission!" Then he simply packed his bags and went to Fuzhou alone.

Dugu Xiaotian waited for Zhang Shouren to go, and looked through the files and annotations of the naval battles in the past two years collected by Zhang Shouren for a while. Seeing that it was getting late and there were few pedestrians on the street, he hurried to the Yagyu family mansion in Muromachi.

When Yanagi Yinan heard that Dugu Xiaotian was back, he was overjoyed, and took Yanagi Qianbei brothers and sisters to personally connect Dugu Xiaotian to the mansion council room.

"Dugu Shaoxia, how many troops did Portugal participate in the war this time?" As soon as the two sides sat down, Yanagi Kazuo asked eagerly.

Yanagi Senbei and Yanagi Yukiko also held their breath, waiting for Dugu Xiaotian's answer.

Dugu Xiaotian didn't think about it, and said in a deep voice: "There are sixteen large gunboats, more than 130 assault boats, and about 25,000 sergeants in the Portuguese invasion. ”

"In addition, the actual strength of the pirate regiment returned to Tibet Takeo is also stronger than the previous intelligence, they have nearly 70,000 people and six gunboats."

Hearing this, Liu Sheng was in a daze for a moment, and his hands trembled. Liu Sheng Qianbingwei's face was like earth, he was silent for a long time, and said softly: "Xuezi, Dugu Shaoxia has just come back, quite tired, you go down first to prepare some wine and food, my father and I have important matters to discuss with Dugu Shaoxia." ”

Yanagi Yukiko's face turned red, she glanced at Dugu Xiaotian affectionately, bowed her head and walked out of the council room.

Dugu Xiaotian met Yanagi Yukiko's warm eyes, his heart trembled, and then he retracted his mind.

Liu Sheng coughed and asked, "Dugu Shaoxia, how are your family affairs now?" How many wives and concubines did you marry? ”

Dugu smiled and bowed and said: "The head of the Liu Sheng family, my parents died early, wandered the rivers and lakes, just started to start a family last year, and now there are four wives. ”

Kazuo Yanagi and Senbei Yanagi looked at each other and smiled. Liu Sheng Qianbei sighed: "I heard that the nobles of the Ming Dynasty had a group of powerful wives and concubines, and I thought that the status of Dugu Shaoxia was at least three wives and four concubines, but I didn't expect that there were only four wives, so few." ”

Dugu Xiaotian's heart moved, and he vaguely guessed their thoughts.

Liu Sheng said happily: "Dugu Shaoxia, I have twenty-two wives and concubines, eight sons and three daughters. Among my children, the best are Senbei and his sister Yukiko. ”

"Yukiko's mother died young, and I have always regarded her as the jewel of my palm. She is also very competitive, not only beautiful, but also one of the best geniuses in the Yanagi family, I am very pleased. Yagyu Kazuo sighed.

"Tokugawa Ryunobu is the first person of the younger generation of Toei, both civil and military, and he proposed to my Yagyu family last year to marry Yukiko. I didn't agree immediately, I really couldn't bear this sweetheart. ”

"I heard that Qianbei said that you like Xuezi, the martial arts character of Dugu Shaoxia, our Yanagi family has heard of it for a long time, I want to marry Xuezi to you, I don't know what you think?" Yanagi Kazuo said sincerely.

Dugu Xiaotian was in a daze for a moment, and he had no idea for a while.

Yanagi Yukiko is as beautiful as a flower, gentle and lovely, and for more than a month, he has learned the Dongying language from Yanagi Yukiko, and gradually has a good impression, which is already a fact. If you want to come, others can see that you can't deny it. But he already has a family in Middle-earth, and Yanagi Yukiko is a nobleman in the East, which involves the inextricable relationship between the two countries, which is extremely complicated.

Yanagi Yinan saw Dugu Xiaotian's expression, and his heart was relieved. "Dugu Shaoxia, do you have any concerns?"

Dugu Xiaotian clasped his fists and saluted, "The head of the Liusheng family, you are very grateful for the importance you attach to me." It's just that I already have four wives, and marrying Yukiko again may disappoint Yukiko's feelings and youth. ”

When Yagyu Kazuo and Yanagi Senbei heard this, they couldn't help laughing.

Dugu Xiaotian saw it in his eyes, he understood that in Dongying, the marriage of a woman from a big family was just a victim of political transactions, and he couldn't help but sigh secretly.

Yanagi Qianbei stopped laughing, "Brother Dugu, I admire your martial arts character, but your understanding of women is a little shallow. In Dongying, as long as you are strong, there will be women who are willing to live with you, regardless of whether you have ten or eight wives. ”

Liu Sheng and a man also nodded yes, "Dugu Shaoxia is really different, but in a strong person at our level, how can a wife and concubine care about sharing their husbands." ”

Dugu Xiaotian stood up when he heard this, bowed down to give a salute, and Liu Sheng and a man were full of laughter, thinking that he was going to agree to the marriage.

"Master of the Yanagi family, I'll have a good chat with Miss Yukiko tomorrow, and then I'll reply to you!" Dugu Xiaotian said respectfully.

Yanagi Qianbei was about to interject, but Yanagi Kazuo waved his hand to stop, "This matter is not in a hurry in the next day or two, you young people can have a good talk." ”