Win the Ding 1617

There are many shops on Heiwa Street outside Shuri Castle.

As the capital of Ryukyu, Shurijo Castle is also a city full of Chinese cultural atmosphere. At first glance, it seems to be in a county in Fujian or Guangdong. From the signboards of the shops, the pattern of the buildings, and the people on the street The clothes and the language they speak are the same as those in the mainland.If someone speaks the native language of the local people, then most likely he will be treated as an inferior person. There is no way around it. The upper class and rulers here all speak Chinese, just like Europeans speak French. Same as social language.

Ryukyu is actually a small branch branched from the big tree of my Chinese civilization, but unfortunately, this branch was forcibly grafted by a poison ivy next to it.

“It’s a bit like Hoi An and Hue.”

The second dog of Zhang's family, the trainee officer of Jinwei Right Battalion, lay on the side of the boat and looked towards the direction of the city, and couldn't help but sigh in admiration.

However, at this time, there was chaos on Pinghe Street.On the street, adults were crying and children were crying and shouting, and panicked people were running around. From time to time, vehicles and people collided with each other. The shop owner urged the guys to get on the board and close the door, and hide the valuable goods in a safe place. .

A fleet came from the sea, and it was a fleet with powerful force. Although I don't know if it is a pirate, but in this year, how many people have knives and guns in their hands and cannons on board? kind?

"Don't panic!"

Zeng Lin, the general manager of Naha Port in charge of maritime affairs and foreign trade, scolded several subordinates and servants around him, and they were ready to run away.

"You wait for the king's salary, but you can't share the king's worries."

He flicked his wide robe sleeves abruptly, straightened his head, and walked towards the pier proudly.

He knew very well that if the visitors were hostile, they would have sent small boats ashore to burn, kill and loot wantonly. How could they enter the port so slowly?I'm afraid that at this time, the entire Pinghe Street is already full of fireworks!I am happy to show my courage and strength of character.

On the dock, two small boats carried Mao Sihai and a group of soldiers onto the land of Naha Port. The moment their feet hit the ground, the leader of the team firmly planted the recognition flag in his hand into the mud !

"Look! This is the sun and moon flag of Ming Dynasty, and it is the banner of our South China Army. From now on, Naha Port will be the territory of our South China Army. Anyone who wants to take it away has to ask the man for the sword, gun and blunderbuss. Pao promises or not!"

Zeng Lin, who rushed over after hearing the sound, saw the flag fluttering in the sea breeze, and immediately put his heart into his stomach.Take a closer look.It turned out that he was a good son-in-law.The dear grandson's father was standing proudly in the crowd, and he felt even more proud all of a sudden.

"My son-in-law! My son-in-law!"

Zeng Lin has always been sweet-hearted about this guy who made the belly of his daughter who was likely to participate in the selection of the imperial concubine bigger.but.In his eyes today, this guy is not as annoying as before.

"Father-in-law, father-in-law!" Mao Sihai is also a good actor, and quickly entered the role state; but his audience is the soldiers and people on the ship who came with him.

"Please enter the city as soon as possible to inform the Lord Shang of your country that my general has arrived in Ryukyu in person, please arrange a ceremony for him to welcome you!"

Looking at the several giant ships lined up across the waterway of Naha Port, they are guarding an even bigger gunboat like stars holding the moon. From the sails on the ship and the densely packed gun ports on the deck, you can see It can be seen that the firepower of this ship is probably enough to withstand the soldiers of the entire Ryukyu country!

"Please wait on the dock tomorrow, I'll go and inform my prince, the Ming army is here, please come out to greet him."

The Ryukyu King's Mansion in Shuri City was already in a mess. The reigning Ryukyu King Shangfeng sat on the throne in a daze, watching the servants and ministers in the mansion running around like headless chickens.

When the first ship sailed into Naha Port, there was news from Yaliangza Sencheng Fort, and it was like a bolt from the blue hitting Lord Shangfeng.

"Samo, the Japanese of Satsuma broke through my Ryukyu back then and took away the former king. Could it be that such a bad luck will also befall this king today?"

He watched the ministers constantly arguing there, that is, fighting and arguing endlessly, but he couldn't hear what they were arguing at all. He just kept thinking about the time when Ryukyu was defeated by the Shimadzu family of the Satsuma domain with 3000 troops. More than a hundred ships were breached, the former king was taken away, and the royal family was looted.

Back then, Huashan Kugao landed on the big island of Ryukyu on April [-], and broke through Shuri Castle within four days. One month later, he took the then Ryukyu king Shangning and more than [-] prince officials as prisoners and escorted them back to Kyushu.Unfortunately, the current Lord Shangfeng is one of them.

Not long after King Shangfeng came to the throne, the Shimadzu family also sent people to ask Ryukyu to pay tribute to Satsuma. At the same time, they sent officials to measure and allocate fields in Ryukyu, draw a clear border, and formulate taxes, just like an occupier.Not only that, the Ryukyu Kingdom will also grant official positions to the personnel sent by the Satsuma Domain, so that these people can become officials of the Ryukyu Kingdom and carry out administrative affairs in Ryukyu more legally.

Not only that, Ryukyu will build a pavilion on the so-called three provinces and the five northern islands of the 36 islands for the Shimadzu family to live in, so as to facilitate the management of trade and tax collection by personnel sent by the two countries.Of course, the Shimadzu family will not pay taxes to Ryukyu, and most of these taxes go into the Shimadzu family's pockets.

It was so easy to look forward to the Shimadzu family. I don’t know why, and they quietly withdrew their troops back to Kyushu Satsuma bit by bit. Although they still need to plant a large amount of sugarcane, King Shangfeng was finally able to issue orders after a few days in Ryukyu I had a happy life, but I didn't expect that today, there was another strongman attacking at sea!

never mind!Even if the Shimadzu family went and returned, so what?Can it be more miserable than the situation back then?It was the former king who was taken away back then, but now it is me!

Lord Shangfeng made up his mind, and just about to ask someone to prepare a blue hat for him, he was going to kneel at the gate of Shuri city to meet those barbarians, hoping that they would reduce the death and killing of his courtiers and people.

Before he had time to speak, Zeng Lin's hoarse voice filled with surprise came from a distance outside the hall.

"Your Highness! Your Highness! Congratulations, Your Highness!"

With this series of shouts of incomplete words.Zeng Lin stumbled and ran in.

"Your Highness! Your Highness! Congratulations, Your Highness! There are soldiers coming from tomorrow at sea, please arrange a ceremony and music ceremony to welcome you at the pier!"

Hearing this, Shang Feng, who was just about to change into a vassal costume and go to the gate of the city to meet his fate, suddenly put his heart in his stomach.Ryukyu has always regarded Daming as the country of their parents. If there are heavenly soldiers coming here, it is nothing more than proclaiming the decree and canonization. There will be nothing else, at least it will not pose a threat to the personal safety of the Ryukyu King.

Shang Feng also had a happy expression on his face, "But the Great Heavenly Angel is here? Why didn't you receive the pond report and bill beforehand? How can you prepare in such a hurry?" Although there was a little complaint in the words.But also full of joy.

"How do you do things?"

Lord Shangfeng turned his head and reprimanded the 15 watchmen who performed the six functions in the tone of a superior.His eyes were fixed on the "Tribute Envoy" who had once been sent to Ming Dynasty.

"So that His Highness will know. The person who came is not an angel of heaven, nor is he here to announce the decree." Zeng Lin on the side relieved the 15 people.

"Huh? Who is it? Why don't you come to see me?"

Hearing that the person who came was not a great angel, King Shang Feng raised his nostrils immediately, since the person who came was not an angel.So at most it is a maritime merchant of Ming Dynasty.I am a person who enjoys the treatment of the county king's clothing.The natural status is unmatched by these businessmen. (The grades of the Ryukyu kings have never been found, but judging from the circulating portraits, they are wearing the costumes of the princes. Therefore, to be on the safe side, it is better to regard their rank treatment as enjoying the costumes of the princes.)

"The person here is Li Shouhan, the president of the South China Army, who led the army here." Zeng Lin heard the change in the Ryukyu King's tone, and knew that if he didn't show his hole card, the Lord Shang in front of him would be killed by him. A little bit of clumsy face will be pitted to death!

The cannons and soldiers on the pier, as he saw with his own eyes, were many times stronger than those farmers and soldiers of the Shimadzu family carrying bamboo spears. It would be too easy for the prince to become a prisoner again!

One word for heaven and one word for hell, this sentence is not bad for today's Lord Shangfeng.Just now I thought that the person who came here was a powerful maritime merchant, but I didn’t want to be the commander of the Nanzhong Army who could ship countless white rice from Nanzhong to Ryukyu and exchange the sugarcane they planted with the residents of Ryukyu islands? !

"Hurry up! Order to go down along Heihe Street to Naha Port, and build colorful archways along the way. All shops will be decorated with lanterns and festoons at the front of the street, with incense tables and fruits, ready to welcome General Li of the South Central Army!"

"Change the widow's clothes, and bring the widow's county crown uniform, and the widow will go to the pier to meet the general."

The servants of the palace rushed to fetch Lord Shangfeng's mysterious set of red crowns, which consisted of seven rounds in the front and back, and five picks and seven rounds each round, and put on him a blue dress made of five chapters of natural color collar and skirt. He is waiting to hang a jade pendant with a jade pendant inscribed with Yunyun and a golden hook on it for the prince, and wear a large belt with plain vermilion on the upper surface, vermilion on the upper fur, and green on the lower fur. Shou waited there, and when he was about to welcome Li Shouhan in a full set of county royal attire, a voice interrupted Lord Shangfeng's enthusiasm.

"Your Highness, wait a minute."

The person who spoke was the Prime Minister of Ryukyu.

"I don't know if Your Highness knows about Li Shouhan's official background? So you have to greet him with such courtesy? Is it against the rules of etiquette?"

He waved his hands to tell the servants to stop first, Lord Shangfeng looked at the Prime Minister with some doubts.

"Where did you say that?"

"Your Highness, merchants from Nanzhong came to the middle school to buy sugarcane and rough sugar, and exchanged rice with us. One mu of sugarcane can be exchanged for two stones of rice, which saved Ryukyu from starvation. I have also expressed my gratitude to Nanzhong merchants in many ways. An act of profit."

"However, during the communication, the courtiers learned that Li Shouhan was just an official of a thousand households with the rank of garrison! Moreover, I was a family member and had never reported to the Daming Yousi. The so-called president of the South China Army who is also in charge of money, grain and civil affairs is just a private The official titles given to each other are not worth showing."

"Therefore, I think that in order to show my Ryukyu's magnanimity, I should wrong my son for the time being, and greet him at the pier with the honor of a son."

"We treat each other with courtesy, invite him to the palace, His Highness entertains him with a banquet, and just comfort him with kind words."

Under the protection of "Kuri", the royal guard, the son Shangxian came to the seaside of Naha Port holding a flag, gong and umbrella fan.

port at this time.The atmosphere of fear and anxiety is no longer everywhere.It was replaced by a warm and noisy atmosphere.

The sailors twisted the huge winches, threw the heavy iron anchors into the water, and in the sound of neat chant, they lowered and arranged the huge sails.A few short and strong guys tied cables that were almost as thick as a child's thigh to the stone piles on the pier.

The militiamen, known as the Interim Army, stood on the only way to Pinghe Street, watching groups of guards descending from the boat, lined up neatly, amidst the sound of the trumpeter's horn, Walking towards him at the same pace, he didn't feel anything at first, but after walking more than a dozen steps, he felt a strong pressure coming towards him.

Hundreds of people are like one person.When the left leg is out, the left leg is all out.When the right leg is out, the right leg is all out.Apart from the occasional crisp sound of armor colliding with weapons, there was only the sound of footsteps.

A group of cutting troops who were on guard at the exit of the pier were suddenly at a loss and could not help dodging aside.Make way for this team.So as not to offend this group of military masters who can walk hundreds of steps uniformly.Let yourself suffer for nothing.

When Shi Ziye's Taoist team came to the pier.The pier has been controlled by the South China Army, and a busy unloading activity has begun.

Close to the trestle, the guns of each door are blocked by the pulleys installed on the ship.The arms protruding from the side of the ship were easily placed on the trestle, and the amount that was also unloaded from the ship was more supplies: ammunition, food, cooking oil, various cured meat, salted fish and salty Eggs, bacon, etc., were piled up on the pier in different categories, and soon, the piles of goods were covered with huge tarpaulins.A temporary cargo yard was formed.

Between the wharf and the freight yard, there were about a dozen strange vehicles set up by the heavy soldiers, and they started to prepare meals for the fleet with the cauldrons and stoves on the vehicles. The people watching the excitement on the pier couldn't help sniffling.

"The son of the Ryukyu Prince, Shangxian, came to welcome General Li of the South China Army."

Mao Sihai reluctantly took the greeting card from his father-in-law Zeng Lin, boarded the boat along the gangway, and sent the card, which seemed to be completely personal, to Shou Han's cabin.

In the cabin, Shou Han was holding a copy of "Water Margin of Loyalty" with 120 chapters horizontally typesetting, and from time to time he discussed the plots in the book with the officers around him.

"You said, the Liangshan army conquered the other two groups of the four bandits. Huaixi Wang Qinghe Tianhu recruited several 10 horses, but why didn't he return to attack Bianliang and let Song Jiang be the emperor? Do all good men become generals?"

This question surprised the officers present!The stories of the heroes in the Water Margin have been circulated for a long time, but no one dared to think why they didn't attack Tokyo Bianliang and let Song Jiang's brother be the emperor?

When everyone was sweating profusely because of the imaginative question of defending the Han, Mao Sihai's timely report saved everyone.

"Tell him I'm not feeling well, don't see him!"

Shou Han threw the lacquered red card on the floor, and all the officers were also aggrieved. We have come here in a big way, and my lord condescended to meet a mere Ryukyu king. He didn't put on a full face It's fine to greet him with honor and ceremony, but send your own son to greet him in a personal tone, what's the matter?Could it be, how does his mere Ryukyu compare to Siam?How is Shuri Castle compared to Thang Dragon Castle?

"My lord, I'll take someone to Shuri Castle and capture that old man Shangfeng, why bother talking to him?!"

Lin Sihai, the battalion officer of the right battalion of Jinwei, felt a little excited that he was afraid that the world would not be chaotic. He kept rubbing the handle of the knife with his fingers, waiting for the guard to give an order.

"No need! Send someone down, tell him directly, just talk about feeling unwell, see you!"

This task was given to Zhang Ergou, the lowest rank among the officers present, because he was only a trainee in the martial arts hall, and strictly speaking, he was not an officer. His purpose was to tell Shangxian, you are not worthy enough!Call your father to come!

The majestic Zhang Ergou came to the queue of Shizi Shangxian with a shy chest, and patted the shoulder of the drummer who was playing fine music in front of the queue, signaling him to stop playing.

"Which one is the Ryukyu Prince's son, Master Shangxian? My lord has said that he is not feeling well today, so stop him!"

I can't help but admire the vicious vision of this group of officers in selecting candidates for this task. Zhang Ergou's cultivation in irritating people and swearing without swearing is almost equal to his uncle's skills at sea.

After all, Shangxian, who is also the son of the Ryukyu prince, has become a young master in his mouth, and is almost the same as the son of a landlord. How can Shangxian, who is usually in charge of the wind and rain in Ryukyu, accept it?Before Shang Xian, who was sitting on the shoulders of the four people, got mad, there was a sound of gada gada clogs from the corner next to him, and a burst of harsh laughter came over.

"The Ryukyu barbarians have contacted the people of the Ming country behind our backs. How about being insulted by the people of the Ming country?"

"That's right, you still have to listen to us Satsuma people obediently. Our Satsuma Shimadzu family is your patron saint! May you not be bullied by Ming people."

Two guys with sky cannon buns and clogs squeezed out of the crowd.

Some people in the crowd knew these two people. They were both from the Shimadzu family and the Huashan family. Although the Shimadzu family withdrew all the officials and warriors, some of these businessmen stayed and bought some for the Shimadzu family. Native products.

These two guys don't know the inside story of the upper echelon. They usually just run rampant in Shuri City. Today, when they saw a Ming ship coming, they wanted to come and disturb them, so that the Ming people would know whose family it was. All over the world, if the news spreads back to Kyushu, maybe the Lord Guardian will promote himself to become a warrior!

Being so humiliated by two lowly Fusang businessmen in front of everyone, Shangxian's face turned blue and red, and he wanted to order Curry who was on duty by his side to take down these two guys who didn't know what to do, but he didn't. that guts.

"His Royal Highness, forbearance. Endurance becomes gold. Back then, my Ryukyu was attacked and destroyed by the Satsuma people, and it was destroyed wantonly. The gold treasure genealogy of many people's homes was taken away by the Satsuma people!"

The entourage at the side also reminded Shangxian softly to be patient.

He can bear it, but not all people can bear it. (To be continued..)

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