Chongzhen's open life

Chapter 403 Battleships Arrive!

The endless sea is as clear as blue sky, and a large number of seabirds take advantage of this rare good weather to circle and fly on the sea surface, making all kinds of noisy birdsong.

From time to time, a few seabirds that found a chance sprinted straight down and slid away, and after a while, they swung away with a sea fish that couldn't stop thumping...

Today's Nagasaki Port is as busy as usual, with an endless stream of ships coming in and out of the port, and countless merchant ships docking, supplying, unloading, and loading here.

The sunny weather also puts the busy people in a good mood. Except for the coolies who are still carrying the goods with a hard face, everyone else has a happy smile on their faces.

"Yo! Morita-kun, are there many boats coming today? How much tax did you collect?"

In an exquisitely shaped building with the tax office hanging on the side of the port, a samurai with a Tsukishiro head, a samurai sword across his waist and a mole on his chin greeted his friends who had just been idle in the hall and wore official uniforms. .

Kazuo Morita, who is 1.3 meters tall and wears a rendanhu, looked up subconsciously when he heard a familiar voice, and smiled when he saw the person coming, nodded and smiled and replied:

"It turned out to be Mr. He Gu! I haven't seen you for a few days. I heard that you were in the limelight two days ago. You chopped in half a pariah who ran into Mr. Feng Xing's sedan chair for no reason, but got Mr. Feng Xing praise."

Kazuo Morita, a tax official at the Nagasaki Enforcement Office, is responsible for collecting taxes on merchant ships entering and leaving Nagasaki Port full-time. There are more than one such officials, and he happened to be on duty today.

The one who was talking to him was his friend Katani Ichijo, a samurai in the family of Nagasaki Magistrate, the highest official of the Nagasaki Magistrate.

They grew up together and have been friends for many years.

He Guyi waved his hand, walked into the lobby of the tax office, came to sit down next to Kazuo Morita, was not polite, poured himself a glass of water skillfully and drank it down, then sighed:

"Oh! Forget it.

Morita-kun, you don’t know, do you still remember Iwata Ken who I told you about competing with me for the title of the number one samurai in Nagasaki? "

"Remember, didn't you say that he is a villain who can make tricks?"

Kazuo Morita thought for a while, and remembered such a person.

"That's right! But this villain is just too despicable and shameless!"

He Gu slapped the table angrily and said angrily.

Kazuo Morita asked curiously, "What happened?"

He Gu started talking.

"That day I managed to find an opportunity to perform in front of Mr. Feng Xing, and I was praised by Mr. Feng Xing. He also said that I have the ability to be the number one warrior!"

"What then?"

"Later, later on, that despicable little man found some untouchables from nowhere and blocked the road when the adults went on patrol again, and then this guy went up and hacked the group of untouchables to death. There were five people in total. I think It is clear that no one resisted, this is clearly playing tricks!"

Kazuo Morita was puzzled when he heard the words: "Although those untouchables are stupid, they are not stupid enough to send them up to be killed by him, right?"

"Who said no!"

He Guyi slammed down the table again, so he said angrily: "Later, I found out that that guy promised to give each of those untouchable families an acre of land, and that's why they willingly acted for him and were killed by him."

"Did he give it in the end?"

Kazuo Morita asked curiously.

"Give?"

He Guyi glanced at his friend and said with a sneer, "What the hell, those families of untouchables all died not long afterwards, he is so generous."

Kazuo Morita suddenly realized that he had asked a stupid question. In their eyes, those untouchables were as humble as ants on the ground. How could they keep their promises to such ants.

"Won't you learn from him too?"

Kazuo Morita gave his friend an idea.

He Guyi shook his head and explained:

"It's not that I haven't thought about it, but the untouchables nearby have heard about it, and they don't believe it.

hateful! "

He Guyi once again patted the table indignantly.

"Forget it, let's not talk about this troublesome thing, I will show him a good look sooner or later!

Morita-kun, I heard that the tax collected at the port has been reduced a lot recently, and even Makoto-sama has heard about it. "

Kazuo Morita nodded, and also sighed: "That's true, I don't know why recently, a single merchant ship from the Ming country did not come, and those Ming people who were doing business with us have also left one after another. I am a foreign businessman, the tax revenue at the port has plummeted, and my superior has been getting angry every day these days, and I have been slapped several times by him."

"Have you found out why?"

"It seems that there is something wrong in Ming Dynasty, but more businessmen are unwilling to tell me."

"What can go wrong in the Ming Dynasty, so that all the merchants have left?"

He Guyi frowned and began to think.

"Then who knows, forget it, He Gu-jun, let's go have a drink together after I am on duty, Xifu Izakaya seems to have a few beautiful girls recently, how about we go and have a look together? "

Morita waved his hands as if to get rid of all these troubles, and then he showed an expression that any man could understand, and sent out an invitation wretchedly.

Hearing this, He Gu immediately showed a bright smile, and hurriedly asked: "Really! When did it arrive? Why haven't I heard of it?"

"Only two days ago, I heard that Mrs. Xio at the izakaya accepted a blond and blue-eyed Xiyi. I don't know how many people have come to try something new these two days! Look... Do we want to..."

Morita showed a meaningful smile.

He Gu immediately understood what he meant, and nodded again and again: "Yes! Of course! Tonight I must show off my Fusang majesty and let the Xiyi woman see the bravery of my Fusang man!"

"Hahaha! Mr. He Gu is so ambitious! Let's fight side by side!"

"Good brother! Forever!"

"Hahahaha!"

Just when the two were chatting happily, there was a sudden burst of commotion outside, and there was this faint exclamation of panic mixed in it.

The laughter of the two stopped immediately, they looked at each other, then got up and walked outside quickly.

When they came outside and saw the situation in the distance on the sea surface of Nagasaki Port at this moment, their expressions changed immediately, and a look of horror surfaced uncontrollably.

At the end of the line of sight, at the horizon of the sea, a large black shadow is constantly approaching.

After a while, people with good eyesight can already see what it is.

Those are terrifying behemoths, they are as huge and terrifying as groups of whales!
And it is constantly approaching Nagasaki Port.

The muzzles of countless black holes are facing the direction of Nagasaki, and a fool can see that the other party is not good.

At the very center of this huge fleet, a huge warship that looked twice as big as the blue whale they had ever seen was hanging on a pair of gold-rimmed red background with gold and white embroidered in the center. The sun and moon pattern,
And next to this flag, there is a Zheng Zi flag with black characters on a red background hanging at a slightly lower place!
Kazuo Morita stared blankly at the two flags, and murmured with dull eyes: "Red background! This is a red background! This is not the commercial flag of the Huangming Chamber of Commerce, but the official flag of the Ming Dynasty! Flag, this is not for diplomacy, this is for war!

It's over!It's over!Something big is going to happen!
Ming Kingdom—Calling here! "

(End of this chapter)