It is late autumn in October in the capital of Daming, and it is still in full swing in Shuri Castle.

For the people of the Ryukyus, the queen who is about to ascend the throne is a true blessing. Although she had been traveling abroad, as soon as she returned to Ryukyu, she discouraged the old Ryukyu king's desolate tyranny.

The old Ryukyu king also knew that he was wrong and voluntarily abdicated. From then on, he only planted flowers and grass with his new wife in the palace, and no longer managed the government.

Queen Jiang Dai is not only young and beautiful, but also extremely talented. She single-handedly supported the new leader of the Gong Guard, Duhe. This Duhe is actually the eldest son of the old general, but he also has a certain amount of popularity in the Gong Guard Army. The old general can be said to be smiling and pushing his son to the throne.

This time, the change of the throne, and the change of military and political affairs, was a smooth transition and did not make any waves.

To the surprise of the people, shortly after the old king announced his abdication, an envoy from the Ming Dynasty landed in the Ryukyus. And brought the will of the Ming Emperor: to garrison troops in Ryukyu to ensure the stability of the people of Ryukyu and not from the invasion of other countries.

Most of the people of the Ryukyus don't understand the meaning, but it's always a good thing to have someone to protect, isn't it?

Everyone even respects their queen as a goddess in their hearts. I feel that as soon as she ascends the throne, she will bring so many benefits to the Ryukyus.

Although Ryukyu is a small state, the queen's accession to the throne is a major event. Every ritual code made several old ministers blush. Whenever everything is handled, Jiang Dai is the most unbusy.

Of course, it's not just the Ryukyu Imperial Palace that's in full swing. On this day, the Shurijo Castle Pier was also full of people. More than a dozen porters carried mouthfuls of large wooden boxes on their backs, and sent them to the official ship from Daming at a low price. In addition to the utensils carried by the envoys of the Ming Dynasty, these boxes also contained hundreds of boxes of rare treasures that were paid tribute to the Ming Emperor.

This time, it was not Zheng He and Ji Changan who came to issue the decree. The two of them are celebrities in front of the emperor, and they have been away from Beijing for a few months, so naturally they have their own priorities to deal with urgently.

This envoy's name is Taixing Dynasty, and just after the year of his establishment, he has become a foreigner. Now it is a supreme honor to be able to proclaim the edict for the Son of Heaven.

He stood on the dock at the moment with his hands in his hands, watching the Ryukyu porters busy back and forth, and his heart couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion.

Not long after ascending the throne, the people have been able to live and work in peace and contentment, and now the prestige of the Ming Dynasty is spread all over the world. Even in such a small country, there will soon be a garrison of the Ming army.

He was rejoicing when he suddenly saw a tall young man on the dock, carrying his belongings to a boat moored beside him with two porters.

This young man was tall and handsome, and he looked fair, not like a Ryukyuan man with warm nature and dark skin.

I saw him walking in front of him with a large wooden box gently and skillfully. Behind him, two porters carried a suitcase of equal size.

It's just that the young man's box looks quite large, and there may not be many things in it, so he describes it as extremely relaxed.

The two porters behind him were carrying much heavier boxes. I don't know what was put inside, but the two porters were tired and sweaty, and they still walked very slowly.

When Tai Xingchao saw this, he felt slightly unhappy in his heart, and his brows furrowed. The young man carried such a light box himself, but let the porter carry such a heavy box.

Although the box looks about the same size, it shows that this handsome young man has used his mental skills on such trivial things. What a shame for them!

What I didn't expect was that the three of them, the master, the two servants, carried the box all the way to a Western warship.

Tai Xingchao's gaze was always firmly on the young man's body. Although this person should be Han no matter how you look at it, is he the owner of a Western warship?

Tai Xingchao suddenly woke up, and the two big words "pirate" came out of his heart. In this way, he stared at Fang Zhongjin's face even more firmly, wanting to see a clue from this face.

Suddenly, the man turned his head to himself and smiled politely as if he felt his gaze.

This young man is none other than Fang Zhongjin, who plans to return to China.

It's just that a few years ago, he rushed back to the capital from his hometown, and it happened that someone was staring at him closely on the dock.

At that time, he was young and vigorous, and he broke the jobs of those who stared at him for a small thing the size of a sesame seed.

This is the same as the sentence "The river is full of hooks and lines, and from now on fishing out right and wrong".

It was from this moment that Fang Zhongjin's fate experienced great ups and downs. And he has since understood a truth: whether it is a common man or a civil and military general, no matter how competitive he is, how can he win the imperial power and wealth?

Today, on the same pier, another person stared at him closely, and his expression was full of vigilance and hostility.

Fang Zhongjin had long lost his fiery temperament back then, so he just nodded and smiled politely at him, and planned to pass like this.

It's just that Fang Zhongjin smiled and continued to turn around to collect it, but this smile did not dispel the concerns in Tai Xingchao's heart.

On the contrary, this person is only in his thirties, and he has just experienced such things as exceptional promotion and envoy by order that are worthy of everyone's praise.

He has the arrogance and reserve unique to a scholar, and if you see some outstanding people, you must always pay attention to them secretly.

Everyone likes to say that literati are light, but in fact, this does not stop at one of the "literati". Tai Xingchao didn't understand in his heart why he was a little dissatisfied with this young man who looked tall and handsome, but also calmly and indifferently. He understands this sentiment as an alertness to a "pirate".

Tai Xingchao stared at this busy figure for a long time, and suddenly found that the young man shook the rope of the boat, as if he was about to raise the sail and set sail.

This immediately made Tai Xingchao feel dissatisfied. He hurriedly said to his subordinates: "Tell that ship not to anchor! It means that the official ship is about to set sail in the blink of an eye, and other ships will avoid it for the time being!"

His subordinates immediately took the order to stop Fang Zhongjin from setting sail, but he didn't expect that after a while, he came back with a bitter face. He bowed to Tai Xingchao and replied, "Lord Qiqi, the owner of the ship said that if there is an emergency, you must go to sea immediately. I hope you will be considerate. ”

Tai Xingchao is quite clear about the temperament of his subordinate. In the past, he was sent to drive people out, but he never came back with such a bitter face.

Either he drove the idlers away arrogantly, or he took the benefits of the people and came back to intercede with the smiling face.

Now looking at him like this, not only does it not seem like he has gained benefits, but it seems that he has been eaten and hanged.

His subordinates did not dare to complain in front of him, but asked him to be sympathetic to the shipowner. Things are so weird, there's definitely something wrong with that!

Tai Xingchao looked at the subordinate coldly for a long time, and the cold sweat from the subordinate's gaze flowed. Finally, Tai Xingchao turned his head and nodded to a dozen accompanying soldiers, and said to his subordinates: "You lead the way." I'm going to see what he's in a hurry. ”