Volume 3 The Fusang Years Chapter 38 Xu Fu and the Queen

The Fuso kingdoms are all on a barren island, which is mountainous and rocky, and there is not much of a wealth of products. Most of the islanders live on the four larger islands, and there is only yellow rice, wheat and other things, and the rice is not well cultivated, and the sea and rocks are barren, and the yield is very low.

Small people eat more small fish and shrimp, and big fish and shrimp are exchanged for money. Wheat is not easy to come by, and rice is comparable to silver, and only the rich and wealthy families buy some from pirates during the New Year.

Therefore, everyone from the shogun to the samurai and civilians tied their waists and ate - tightening their belts to make their stomachs smaller. They ate little, and the natural people were mostly short and thin, and it became a great secret method for living a long life in later generations—a blessing in disguise.

However, not everyone can resist the torture of hunger. Poor samurai and civilians, who were so hungry that they took the plunder, went to plunder fishing boats and became pirates.

For hundreds of years, a large fleet of ships with about eight or nine ships with broken masts and sails drifted to an unnamed island in front of Honshu Island.

The island was only a few hundred feet long, and the crew jokingly called it the size of a palm, and later the island was called "Hachijo Island".

They landed on Honshu Island in Komari Village on the coast of Ozaki, and at once they cheered, and one or two thousand people disembarked from the boat, including hundreds of handsome-looking children.

The first person has a white face and a long beard, a heroic figure, a fluttering crane dress, a soft armor outside, and a very elegant demeanor. The dwarf Fusang people saw that they thought that the gods were descending to earth, and they couldn't help but prostrate and bow down, kowtowing like pounding garlic, and many old fishermen who had heard of the fairy encounter were excited like rain.

The man looked surprised, and then made a mockery and asked the older fishermen in front of him: "I am Xu Fu, on the order of the emperor of my Great Qin State, I asked the immortals to ask, and I drifted to your island in the storm, there is no malice, don't be surprised." ”

After Xu Fu went to the island, he and his subordinates Han Zhong, Hou Gong, Shi Sheng, Gao Shizi, Hu Feizi and others were surrounded by officers and soldiers to welcome them into the palace. It turns out that this place belongs to the Yamatai country, and there is a heroic queen in the country, whose name is Himiko.

It is said that it is a royal palace, but it is actually very simple, because the people are many short and the palace walls are low. Xu Fu calculated in his heart that if he couldn't talk about it later, he could also escape over the wall. The leader stopped in front of two inconspicuous pear blossom wood doors, the doors were carved with phoenix patterns, and the man suddenly shouted: "The foreign minister worships my king!"

Xu Fu bowed his head slightly and entered with his head held high. The palace attendants shouted: "The foreign minister pays homage to the king!" Xu Fu thought to himself: You are a small country on the island, the palace gate is not as good as my Daqin's state capital yamen, I am dignified, although I have fallen so far, how can I bow down in humiliation and fall into the prestige of my country?

Xu Fu only took a deep look and looked up carefully: the one in the middle of the throne was a fair-skinned woman.

I saw that her skin was like cherry blossoms falling into snow, her nose was like looking at the moon on a spring mountain, and her eyebrows were like a quiet spring in the forest, clear and deep. Xu Fu was stunned for a moment, and praised in his heart: This girl looks like she wants it!

"Bold minister, why don't you bow down to my king?" The courtier shouted.

Xu Fu arched his hand and said: "The gift of a great country ends here." ”

The ministers were furious and were about to attack. But the queen above said: "Koizumi-kun, the country of foreign vassals, does not know etiquette, and let him say, cough...... The general, why are you waiting for a rash visit? ”

Xu Fudao: "I, Emperor Daqin, asked for immortals, and ordered me to take a hundred boats and a thousand boys and girls, a total of more than thousands of people, from Yanshui County to the sea to find the law of the immortals. On the way, I encountered wind and waves and dragon Jiao, and only ten of my boats survived and drifted to your island. All we need is a little food and water, and we will make a small gift to the Queen. ”

The retinue stepped forward and held ten horses of Shu brocade and ten ingots of gold. The brocade of Shu is as bright as clouds, and the yellow and clear gold is dizzy.

The lid of the gift tray was lifted, and the humble palace was filled with exclamations. The queen eagerly urged the maid to fetch it, stroked the Shu brocade with her hand, smiled like a flower, and said in her heart: No man has ever given me such a fine cloth, let alone that he is so tall and elegant......

The queen was in ecstasy from her heart, her face was sunny and rainy, her beautiful eyes were like smoke and mist, looking at the tall and heroic Xu Fu, the afterglow swept by, and the ministers were like turtles. She drank alcohol, and her heart couldn't help but rise and fall, and her face was full of peach blossoms.

The ministers were waiting for the queen to deal with these outsiders, and after a long time there was no movement, the greedy ministers thought: Since there are ten ingots of gold, and there are fifty ingots and one hundred ingots, why don't you kill these people? Those who are afraid of causing trouble think: It is better to send these people away quickly, if the response is wrong, then the great power of Middle-earth will come over, how to resist?

Everyone had their own concerns, the court was silent, and the first minister, Koizumi Fumizaburo, said sadly: "Ahem...... My king, how to deal with these three people——, please advise. "The end of the word "disposition" is long, and it sounds ill-intentioned.

The drizzle outside, the atmosphere was a little awkward, and of course Koizumi's mind was to kill everyone and leave no one alive to avoid future troubles.

The queen was still in longing, so she came back to her senses and asked, "Xu Jun is not easy to come by, what do you think?" "In the past, the grain and wheat harvest failed, and in the event of an earthquake and tsunami, the fish and shrimp missed the fishing season, and the palace did not have enough to eat, let alone the common people.

They often masquerade as pirates and plunder ships passing through Goryeo, Luzon and Java to fill their granaries, and distribute the surplus to the destitute people. Yes, this queen seems to be weak, but what she does is also licking blood from the knife edge. However, because she cherishes the people, she is still very popular.

"Since these foreign ministers have no ill intentions and are from Middle-earth, although there are rudeness, there are also gifts. Why don't you give them some water and let them go? Koizumi saw that the queen looked at Xu Fu differently, and it was not easy to embarrass these people.

"That's it?" The queen hurriedly asked.

"That'...... Then, it's better to solve it as soon as possible-" Koizumi said viciously, secretly thinking: The queen means killing people and seizing ships? Let's talk about it early!

Hatoyama Toshishin behind Koizumi said: General Xu has become Xu Jun, this old bastard still wants to use the knife? Hatoyama hurriedly stepped forward and said, "I heard that the middle earth is vast, the land is vast and there are many people, and the cultivation technique is very exquisite. It is better to let them good cultivators communicate with us, or they can increase the income of the acreage, and this adventure is not in vain. ”

The queen was overjoyed and said, "What Hatoyama-kun said is extremely true! Let's explore the art of wine-making together, I once drank the wine given by the king of the Ryukyus, mellow and sweet, not as sour, bitter and light as my state, and it is said that it was also given by the king of Qin.

"Come, pass on my will: give Xu Jun and others 100 stones of wheat, 500 big fish, and small fish as you go, go and arrange the pavilion post quickly, give a banquet, and Hatoyama Jun will accompany me to pick up the wind and wash the dust for General Xu!"

That Koizumi looked ignorant, and said in his heart: This change is too fast, the king of the Ryukyus has not come to send so much wheat and big fish, and we can't eat so well in normal times.

Hatoyama glanced at Koizumi, who was frowning, and laughed secretly: Such a thing at a glance is not interesting.

This old thing is really stupid, find a chance for him to return to his hometown, wouldn't it be good for me to be the first minister?