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Chapter 720 Dongying's characteristic industries (fourth update, please subscribe)
Although the city of Hiroshima had just experienced a military disaster a few days ago, and the local citizens were still a little panicked, the arrival of the New Year still made the market lively.

For better or worse, there is always a year.

In this regard, Japan has followed the Chinese tradition. In fact, in the Confucian cultural circles in East Asia, including Vietnam, every bit of their life has been influenced by Chinese civilization. This influence has long been engraved in the in their bones.

After the sailors left the warship and went ashore, they went shopping as usual.

Occasionally, traces of rioters and arson can be seen on both sides of the street, but the street is very lively, full of people, and there are small stalls on the side of the road. The dazzling array of goods can always attract the attention of many people, making them willing Out of pocket to buy it.

Those Daming sailors wearing navy blue woolen short coats, even though they don’t need to buy New Year’s goods, seem to be leisurely strolling through the streets, while enjoying the respectful gazes from the locals along the way, whether it’s the shop owner or Vendors on the side of the road will warmly greet them in blunt Nanjing dialect.Show them your products.

"It's unexpected that there are so many people in Japan who can speak Nanjing dialect."

One of the officers with the rank of major sighed.

"Mr. Song doesn't know. My Ming Dynasty uses Jianghuai Mandarin as the official language, which is Nanjing dialect. This is also my Ming tradition. And as early as the Hongwu period, there were many foreign students from Japan, Korea, Siam and other countries. Studying in Nanjing, the "Nanjing Mandarin" that those overseas students brought back to China, in Japan, all the gentry have to learn Chinese and write Chinese poems, so naturally they use Nanjing Mandarin."

Dong Hachiro, who was with the chief, quickly explained that after the Meiji Restoration in another world, especially the signing of the Qing-Japanese Commercial Treaty in 1871, Japan needed to deal with officials from the Manchu Qing court, so the direction of learning Chinese in Japan was Turned to Beijing Mandarin.But everything has changed in this world. Japan is more willing to deal with the powerful, modern, and civilized Ming Dynasty than to deal with the Manchus, which they regard as barbarians. Especially after the visit of the Iwakura Mission to Ming Dynasty, Japan once again set off a climax of Sinology. If we say that Japan set off a climax of learning English around the time of the "Black Ship Attack", but the birth of the Ming Dynasty made more Japanese see new opportunities. Why is this so?Because compared to learning English, learning Chinese is easier!

The reason why it is easy is that all the gentry who are a little bit more particular can learn Confucianism, write Chinese characters, and speak Chinese. Even from as early as the fifteenth century until the Edo Shogunate, the communication between gentry in various parts of Japan was also in Chinese. It is Nanjing Mandarin, because there are different dialects in various parts of Japan, and the difference is almost equivalent to the difference between Nanjing and Cantonese.

Before the implementation of the so-called "national language", Nanjing Mandarin was the national language of Japan to some extent.Of course, farmers will definitely not.

"Hachiro, you still understand."

When Song Deji spoke, he turned his head and asked again.

"Hachiro, if I remember correctly, you are a naturalized citizen of Japanese descent."

Apart from the Japanese, how many outsiders know Xiangxi so well?
"Yes, sir, I was born in Kajiya-cho, Kagoshima, in Satsuma."

Tohachiro replied respectfully.

"Then what was your name before you were naturalized?"

"Togo Heihachiro!"

When speaking, Dong Hachiro looked very calm. After being captured in Ryukyu, they should commit suicide according to the Japanese tradition as captives, but Daming gave them a new chance. He became a member of the Daming Navy. In the middle of the year, his dedicated efforts in the navy paid off. Not only was he naturalized and naturalized as Daming three years ago, but he was also promoted to captain.

For the naturalized people, all this is extremely rare.It is also because of this that for the current Dongbalang, he has only one wish, which is to be loyal to the lord, that is, His Majesty the Emperor of Ming Dynasty.

"Dongxiang..."

Nodding his head, Song Deji smiled.

"Since you've been naturalized, you're from Ming Dynasty. You said yesterday that you want to show us the Japanese style today, so you can take us to enjoy it!"

"Of course,"

Dong Hachiro said quite proudly.

"Although the customs and characters of the Tomorrow Dynasty far exceed those of Japan, Japan also has its own characteristics."

"Haha, everyone knows this, and women, it's really good."

"No, the sailors were so anxious that they couldn't go ashore a few days ago! I can't wait to go ashore to suppress rebellion."

"Who makes a woman so affectionate and able to serve others? Of course they are impatient if they can't go ashore!"

Although they are a group of naval officers, they are open to chatting about some topics. After all, they have been sailing at sea all year round.

If we talk about what they have learned about Japan the most during their time in Japan, of course it is Kazuna.

Those women can definitely make every man addicted to them with their tenderness and affection. Of course, most of those addictions are just acting on occasion.

"Oh, sir, where the sailors go is not worth mentioning at all."

Dong Hachiro, who is a long-term customer of Huajie, waved his hand and said.

"Those women standing in the cage are like goods, they can be chosen by others, and they have no style at all. Sir, if you want to experience the style of Japanese women, you still have to go to a high-level store. There are people who have been there since childhood. The trained geisha are not only beautiful and charming, but also versatile.”

When mentioning those geishas, ​​Tohachiro's eyes were full of memories. God knows, what he missed the most in the past few years were Japanese geishas.

"Haha, Hachiro, after all, your hometown doesn't bring such bragging."

"Haha, brother Xu, when you get to the place, you'll know if I'm bragging, I promise to make you happy! After all, unlike ordinary prostitutes who can be a woman, it's really not easy to be a geisha. Learning art generally starts at about 5 years old, and it takes seven years to complete courses ranging from culture, etiquette, language, decoration, poetry and books, qin and se, to bowing and serving wine. ", and then you can turn into a geisha. This process is very difficult..."

Dong Hachiro emphasized again.

"Besides, you don't know that many of the high-ranking officials in the reform government now have their wives as geisha. Haha, speaking of which, geisha are also heroes of the reform! I don't know how many reformers back then relied on the cover of geisha Gather information and hide your identity!"

Dong Hachiro's description made everyone immediately curious about geishas. In fact, they have been curious since they had dinner together last night.

As Tohachiro said, even Hirobumi Ito and Takayoshi Kido's wives are geisha, and they really want to see what a geisha is.

When the crowd arrived, even though it was their first time, as soon as several military officers came to the door, Gui Gong immediately stepped forward and bowed, and entertained them in blunt Nanjing dialect, and soon an old bustard with a face painted white greeted them in person.

"Oh, what kind of wind brought some generals from the Celestial Dynasty here. This is really the blessing of the shop."

Compared with Guigong’s blunt Chinese, the old bustard’s Chinese is not only fluent, but also has a little Qinhuai flavor. It’s no wonder that the Japanese are good students and can learn everything they want to learn. Why can the old bustard speak Chinese? Entertaining bigwigs and gentry from all over the world, those who speak native language will lose their value in Japanese, so of course they have to speak Chinese in an arty manner.

"Oh, you are too polite, hurry up and call the best girl here."

Dongbalang was generous when he invited guests, not because he was generous, but because the Ming Navy had high salaries, the Japanese were poor, and their consumption levels were limited, and the sailors spent half a day in brothels for only a dime.

Even for a place like this, a few bucks will do.

Lead these distinguished guests into the private room.After the group of people sat down cross-legged one after another as they did in the countryside, the old bustard ordered the food to be served quickly.

The wine is Japanese sake. The dishes, that is, the dishes placed in small plates, look exquisite, but they are very simple, but the focus of this place is not food, but... color.

After a while, geisha entered the private room and started their performance. When the geisha with white face like porcelain dolls danced their limbs to the music, five geisha with faces as white as frost and snow came in from the side of the door. Xue's geisha came in, and as soon as they entered the room, they knelt and sat next to several people, pouring wine for them.That docile appearance really fascinates people, and just getting in touch with them, I feel that Tohachiro is not exaggerating that these geisha do have their own advantages.

But I just don't know if they have any advantages in other places that make people taste the depth.

Although this kind of tone is a bit boring to them, this kind of exotic style is also unique. Of course, the more important thing is that the women around them are very good at serving people.

Just as a few people were drinking and admiring the geisha music and dancing with smiles on their faces, someone outside the door suddenly shouted...

(End of this chapter)