Carrying AK into Ming Dynasty

Chapter 794 Sail to Japan

It's no wonder that Zhu Cihong is like this, he is almost like his father, he has not received much orthodox court education since he was a child.

Oh, it seems impossible to say that. Zhu Cihong was deeply influenced by Confucianism before, but before he had time to get in touch with the art of war and war, Uncle Chongzhen couldn't hold on.

With the national power of the Chahar Khanate, it would definitely not be able to beat Rakshasa, but with the firearms support provided by Ming, it would not be a big problem to survive for a few months.

Moreover, the war has not yet started, and Liu Hongjian's plan to go to Dongying is only to explore the situation there, and he thinks he will be back in three or two months.

"Liu Qing means...hehe!" Zhu Cihong felt as if he had been beaten up when he heard these words.

"Well, children can be taught!" Liu Hongjian said shyly, with no outsiders around.

"But if the Chahar people come to ask for help at that time, how will I respond?" Zhu Cihong didn't care at all, but continued to ask.

"Just push it on me, you, I have to go to the martial arts hall tomorrow, and ask Yan Jiaoyu to come to the palace to teach you a special trip, this is not going to work." Liu Hongjian rolled his eyes at Zhu Cihong and said.

On the third night after the full moon banquet, Liu Hongjian bid farewell to his family and set foot on a merchant ship bound for Dongying.

Due to the current tense situation in Ming Dynasty, in order to avoid unnecessary panic, except for a few people such as Zhu Cihong and Gu Jia, even the courtiers were not aware of Liu Hongjian's movements.

Even Liu Hongjian deliberately chose the time for the fleet to depart at night.

The fleet sailed eastward through Bohai Bay and Liaodong Bay without any danger. It took only ten days to reach the Korean Strait. According to the established plan, it will arrive at the destination of this trip—Nagasaki in two days.

It's just that before reaching Nagasaki, Liu Hongjian saw some small and medium-sized Japanese ships floating on the sea from time to time, which made him very surprised.

We must know that Japan had already promulgated the lock-down order a few years ago, and because of this, the trade between Ming Dynasty and Japan was almost interrupted.

It was not until later that the Tokugawa shogunate gradually discovered that Japan lacked local resources and could not live a normal life without doing business with China, so it decided on Nagasaki as a place to trade with Ming merchants.

Moreover, the Tokugawa family has a mind, and added the Netherlands as a trading country besides Ming Dynasty. Firstly, the two countries will not be cheated, and secondly, the Dutch country is also Japan's veteran trading partner - Japan during the Warring States period. Many muskets were bought from the Europeans.

Here I want to say that in terms of the use of muskets, Japan is actually no later than Ming Dynasty. In the early Ming Dynasty, the Fran machine artillery was copied from the Fran machine, while Japan produced the Fron machine gun.

Nobuhiro Takeda, one of the three heroes of the Warring States Period in Japan, had a Franc machine gun team under his command.

"Old Wu, hasn't Dongying already locked down the country? Why are there so many Dongying fishing boats out here?" Liu Hongjian asked Wu Yunzhong, the steward of the fleet, who was looking towards Nagasaki with a binoculars.

Wu Yunzhong, about 40 years old, has been in charge of the trade between Xishan Shanghe and Dongying. He can not only speak fluent Dongying, but also has a good understanding of Dongying's trade.

"My lord, the Japanese also eat fish!" Wu Yunzhong put down his binoculars and smiled.

"That's right, but you can't call him that when you arrive in Nagasaki, you have to call him Master, don't forget my identity!" Liu Hongjian said.

Yes, if the Japanese want to eat fish, someone must go to sea to fish. This habit cannot be banned not only by the lock-up order, but also by the United Nations Convention on the Seas of later generations.

The famous Dolphin Bay records the crimes of Japanese poaching dolphins in violation of international law. What's more, in order to satisfy the Japanese desire to eat whales, later generations of Japanese even hunted and killed whales in the name of scientific research with great fanfare.

Even to kill thousands of whales a year, even if it is not necessary to study more than 1000 whales every year, the degree of shamelessness can be seen.

Liu Hongjian went this trip as the young owner of Xishan Shanghe. Xishan Shanghe has several partners in Japan, such as the Tagawa family, the Chiba family, and so on.

However, only one of Liu Hongjian's twelve large merchant ships was loaded with some tea, and the other eleven ships, except for the necessary supplies, only loaded one thing - people.

Eleven large merchant ships carried a total of more than 300 people, including more than a thousand elite sailors from the Beiyang Navy, more than a thousand fierce men from the Imperial Guard, and more than a thousand guards from Liu Hongjian's personal guard battalion.

It's just that due to the long-term docking, only sailors are dangling on the decks of the ships, and everyone else is hiding in the huge cabin of the cargo ship. Of course, this sailor is not an ordinary sailor.

"Hey? Old Wu, I saw that these fishing boats have a basin hanging from their masts?" Liu Hongjian pointed to a medium-sized Japanese fishing boat in front of him.

"Hehe, my lord, that ship is the Kawada Maru, I know the owner, as for the basins they put on?
Hey, my lord, it's actually filled with excrement and urine! "Wu Yunzhong approached Liu Hongjian and said mysteriously.

Most ships in Japan like to call them pills, and pills were translated as dung balls, urine, and stool in the Edo period. This is about the strange beliefs of the Japanese at that time.

During the Ming Dynasty, fishing boats on the southeast coast had to worship Mazu to pray for safety.

But Japan was different at this time. People in Dongying believed in tengu and believed that excrement and urine could exorcise evil spirits, so that every Japanese fishing boat had a urinal hanging on the mast.

The urinal is full of excrement and urine. When dealing with storms and other ominous disasters, the Japanese will throw the excrement and urine into the sky in order to scare away the filth.

"Pfft—these Japanese people are really..." After hearing Wu Yunzhong's explanation, Liu Hongjian burst out laughing.

The Japanese are really different and ingenious, just like the Japanese who have read countless Japanese movies in later generations, they have reached a new level.

The fleet passed by the Kawada Maru, and Lao Wu even greeted the owner of the Kawada Maru across the sea.

After another two hours, the fleet could almost see the coastline, and Liu Hongjian suddenly became anxious again.

Although he was fully prepared this time, when he went to a strange place before, he never brought tens of thousands of troops to walk there.

But this time, limited by their status, they only brought about [-] people. Not only that, but according to the plan, these people are naturally not allowed to land, at least it is impossible for the Tokugawa shogunate to agree before they turn their faces, so these thugs must be parked with the fleet in Changsha. rugged port.

"Old Wu, are you sure you can escape the inspection of the Japanese?" Liu Hongjian asked Wu Yunzhong in a low voice.

"Don't worry, master, I know Amano who is in charge of the inspection of the port. Our Xishan Shanghe is still doing business with his family. This person is greedy for money, and his subordinates are sure to deal with him.

There is no need to say much when the master is on the shore, let's see what his subordinates do! "

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(End of this chapter)