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In the ninth year of Qianyuan, it was February 13th.

Shi Lang personally led the flagship and a frigate, acting as an overseas Han merchant, to Kagoshima, the southernmost tip of Japan.

Military and political officer Wang Shouzhe, staff officer Zheng Zunqian and translators Li Xiangen and Cheng Minghao also accompanied him.

Speaking of which, Shi Lang and his party went south a few days after celebrating the New Year, and it took them more than thirty days to get here.

The reason why they did not choose a city in the north of Japan was also because of rogues.

According to the information they have learned, in Japan right now, only the Shimazu clan, the southernmost daimyo, has a higher chance of having merchants from the mainland, and there may even be merchants from the mainland permanently stationed there.

As for places farther south, Chinese businessmen are not willing to come here, and Japan is not very willing to let them come in for business.

In the words of later generations, the only serious treaty port in Japan today is Kagoshima.

Although the Kagoshima port at this time was considered a large port in Japan, in the eyes of Shi Lang and others, it was almost the same as the fishing ports in some coastal counties and towns in Dalei.

Looking around, there are hundreds of ships moored in the port.

And most of them are small fishing boats, and there are only twenty or thirty that look like warships.

Shi Langzhan stood on the dock and scanned with his binoculars. He saw three ships with big flags with the word "Chu" on them and a large ship with a long flag of "Wang's Trading Company". He suddenly shouted in surprise, "Consultant Zheng" , come and take a look, are those ships coming from China?"

Zheng Zunqian came over after hearing the words, took the telescope, looked in the direction Shi Lang pointed, and saw three ships worth about 2,000 yuan.

Zheng Zunqian is from Zhejiang and has seen many civilian ships.

After some inspection, I found that these three ships indeed looked like the folk ships of China.

With the flag as evidence, he nodded and said, "It's really possible. It seems we are lucky."

It should be noted that even though Kagoshima is Japan's current "treaty port", there may not always be Chinese merchants there.

If they can't meet anyone when they come, they will have to wait for the Chinese merchant ship to arrive, and then they don't know how long they will have to wait.

This will undoubtedly delay them from completing the tasks assigned by Liu Sheng.

Now that there are merchant ships from China, if nothing unexpected happens, they should be able to get more and more detailed information from China soon.

When Shi Lang and others looked at Kagoshima Harbor again, the fishermen, samurai and others at the port also discovered the large ship they were riding on.

Suddenly, the port was in chaos, and there was a loud sound of gongs.

But it's because Kagoshima hasn't seen a large ship with more than 3,000 pieces of material in several years.

Not to mention, the ships of Hailongwei are all warships. Even the specially-built ships used to explore the ocean are quite different from the civilian merchant ships at this time.

One of the most important differences is that the two ships use soft sails for ocean sailing instead of the hard sails that are popular on Chinese sailboats.

As for other differences, there are more.

It was inevitable that the crowd at the port would break into chaos out of shock and fear.

Wang Yuanyang had just left Qingshui City with his entourage, and he couldn't help but be surprised when he encountered such a scene.

Soon he noticed two large ships sailing towards the port, with equally surprised faces.

In his understanding, the ships that Wang's Trading Company used to travel to Korea and Japan were already rare large ships in the East. He never thought that he would see a larger ship in Japan today.

As for the smaller ship (frigate) next to it, although it is about the same size as Wang's ship, the dozen or so gun ports on one side of the ship show that it has more artillery than their merchant ship. Much more.

Finally, he noticed the big flags with the word "崋" on the two ships.

I can't help but think to myself: What? Which ship is this from in the south of China? Or are they Han survivors overseas?

Or maybe a group of powerful pirates?

Out of caution, Wang Yuanyang immediately ordered a follower: "Go to the ship quickly and send a message to let them be prepared. If the two large ships coming are pirates, they will assist the Shimazu family in resisting the pirates!"

"Yes!" the entourage responded and ran towards the dock where Wang's merchant ship was parked.

As the largest maritime merchant in the Oriental region, Wang's Trading Company would naturally not be unarmed on its merchant ships.

Each of their ships has eight to ten cannons, hundreds of musketeers, and dozens of elite swingers. Their combat effectiveness is still very strong, otherwise it would be difficult to do business in the Oriental region where pirates are rampant.

At the same time, after the initial panic, Shimazu's army at the port also made preparations in an orderly manner...
On board the flagship Explorer.

Shi Lang used his telescope to notice the open gun doors on Wang's merchant ship and the movement on several forts in the port. He couldn't help squinting slightly and asked a few people on the side.

"Translator Li, Translator Cheng, you know more about the Japanese country. Did they have cannons during the Northern and Southern Dynasties?"

Li Xiangen and Cheng Minghao both looked surprised when they heard this.

"Artillery?" Li Xiangen frowned, "The Northern and Southern Dynasties period of Japan is similar to our Yuan Dynasty period, right? How come there are cannons?"

Cheng Minghao also said, "The Japanese country really shouldn't have artillery at this time."

Shi Lang handed over the telescope, "See for yourselves."

Li Xiangen and Cheng Minghao looked at it through binoculars one after another, and both fell silent.

Wang Shouzhe on the side said: "It seems that not only is there a big Chu here, but the weapons and equipment are also stronger than ours at the same time."

Zheng Zunqian reminded, "Since there are artillery, there is a high probability that there are also muskets. We have to be careful later."

Shi Lang smiled and said, "We are not going to attack this port, so what are we afraid of? Besides, even if there is a fight, we may not be defeated."

Although he said this, Shi Lang still issued orders one after another to have the sea explorer and frigates pause outside the port warning area.

A speedboat was then sent to negotiate.

The origins of these people were compiled when Liu Sheng gave them the task of exploring the North Pacific waterway last year.

It doesn't matter who believes it or not.

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port.

As the general of the Shimazu family responsible for guarding the port, Emon Tadashi has ordered dozens of warships from various forts and ports to stand ready. Once it is determined that the incoming ship is hostile, they must defend the port even if they die, and prevent the enemy from landing.

No wonder he was so nervous.

The two ships were really too big, with more than twenty gun ports on one ship, which was too scary.

A Wang merchant ship with ten cannons made them admire them. A ship with more than twenty cannons naturally made them nervous and frightened.

Seeing that the other party finally stopped outside the warning zone and sent a speedboat over, Emon Tadashi couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.

"It seems that most of them are Dachu merchant ships like the Wang family. Fujino Kei, please contact them quickly to see if they are here to do business."

"Hayi!"

A warrior subordinate who looked quite smart responded and immediately led people to the dock to communicate with the visitor.

After a while, he came back.

"Reporting back to the general, they said that they are the survivors who lived overseas during the Tang Dynasty. Now they have established a country called "Dawei" on the far side of the Atlantic Ocean in North America."

"They were ordered by the king to come back to understand the situation in China and open up waterways and maritime trade routes."

Emon Tadashi can be regarded as a minor nobleman under the Shimazu family, and he is somewhat culturally sophisticated.

Hearing what Fujino Kei said, he couldn't help but be very surprised, "Remnants of the Tang Dynasty living overseas? What North America was founded on the other side of the Atlantic? Is there a continent to the east of Japan?"

Although Fujino Kei was clever, he couldn't answer this question. He showed an innocent look and said: "I don't know, maybe there is." (End of Chapter)