Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 563 What to talk about, the sword solves it

Less than ten days after returning home this time, Song Qingshu had to embark on the journey again. Fortunately, this time he came back to solve the problem of the Japanese country. The fleet and army did not disband. Once again, he went to sea amidst the complaints.

The sea is still so fickle. There was a storm when sailing from Songjiang, but fortunately, with excellent navigation skills, only a few small boats were lost. After sailing northward for about seven days, the fleet arrived at the Outer Sea smoothly. Island chain, Okinawa island chain.

The Ryukyu Islands were originally a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty in history, and they were quite obedient. Unfortunately, at the turn of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Ming Dynasty has been unable to take care of overseas, and the landlubbers of Jiannu have no awareness of the role of the outer island chain. As a result, in later generations, the majestic China made the island chain of the United States and Japan tightly locked, unable to enter the Pacific Ocean, and sighed in vain.

But now, things have not deteriorated to that extent.

In the middle of the main island of Ryukyu and the affiliated Xishan Island, there is a large piece of coastal reef sheltered from the wind, full of ships from the Ming Dynasty, large and small hard-sailed junk boats fluctuate with the waves, among them, it is next to the capital of the original Ryukyu Kingdom Under the Xishan City, a particularly magnificent treasure ship is moored there like a sleeping dragon.

Zheng Zhilong's treasure ship!

There are so many ships, but most of them are merchant ships. The merchant ships running from Fujian, Guangdong and Guangxi to Japan were hindered by political turmoil, so they had to stop here. Some famous Japanese and illegal traders also brought goods here for trading. flourished.

During this period of time, the West India Company has improved more than a little. Wherever they go, they go to other people's palaces for meetings and residences. The guide ship has already delivered the news, and the military adviser Chen Ding personally brought people to the dock to welcome Song Qingshu into the palace. .

Although the Ryukyu Kingdom is small, the royal family can enjoy it enough. A hall is several hundred square meters, with stone pillars as thick as a person supporting the edges, and the floors inside are all polished with marble. This project is nothing to future generations. Today, But it is a miracle of clarity.

On a long row of mahogany chairs, Zheng Zhilong sat there early. This guy is a little self-aware. The seat belonging to the Ryukyu King is vacant. He just sits on the side. His old face is so handsome that it makes people jealous. But seeing Song Qingshu coming, the old guy raised his hand weakly.

"Song Dashuai, you are here! And Dalang."

To be honest, Zheng Zhilong's behavior is quite rude. Regardless of his official position or status, Song Qingshu is a head above him, so he has to stand up to greet him. However, looking at his appearance, Song Qingshu shook his head helplessly and pulled himself away. Pass the chair opposite Zheng Zhilong, turn around and sit down.

The so-called heroic lateness is probably like this. In the early years, Zheng Zhilong was also a man who came and went in the wind and rain, a man of iron, a pirate who led his brothers to fight sharks for food, but now, the recent storm has just cooled down. He actually wrapped himself in a thick leather coat and curled up into a ball.

These years of pampering and pampering have obviously deprived Zheng Zhilong of his bravery and blood.Even Zheng Sen, who followed Song Qingshu in, shook his head.

There are still a lot of chairs, but at this time there is no room for Zheng Sen and Li Xiangjun to sit down. Shi Lang is still busy with the navy docking outside. After all, there are too many boats here, and almost all the better sheltered places are taken up. Hai Dayu and the Dragon King of the South China Sea still needed to replenish fresh water, and this high-level meeting began without waiting for him.

"Mr. Zheng, this time Mr. Song brought 52 warships, [-] land and water troops, and [-] cannons to support the Zheng family. However, Mr. Song has never stepped on the plate of the Japanese, and he is not very familiar with the Japanese island. Why? Hit, Brother Zheng, please get a charter first."

"beat?"

Listening to Song Qingshu's words as a matter of course, Zheng Zhilong seemed to hear something from the Arabian Nights, his eyes widened in surprise, and then he shook his old head heavily.

"Brother Song, are you joking! We are all maritime merchants, how can we possibly compete with the country of Wa?"

Taking a sigh of relief, Zheng Zhilong narrated his idea again wearily.

"Chen Ding probably didn't make it clear. This time, Brother Song is invited to use some of the relationship in the court to mediate. I heard that Brother Song still has contact with Zhou Dashi. If we Daming come forward, the Japanese will not Dare to make too much noise."

"On this side, I have already contacted the popular person next to the shogunate, the old Nakamatsudaira, and he also thinks that breaking diplomatic relations with Daming is not a good idea for their country. I have already prepared 350 million taels for this side. As long as Daming comes forward, then Spreading money widely, resuming trade is not a problem."

"But brother Song, your family's tourism has to stop. Master Matsui said that Tang people will no longer be allowed to enter the mainland of Japan. They are only allowed to stay in the Nagasaki port area. Trespassers will be killed. Your share, brother I will make up for it from the Zheng family..."

"It's a small Japanese country, just fight it. How can I bow to a bunch of East Island clowns? Father, gather my Zheng family and the Song family's soldiers and horses, no less than [-], and more than [-] ships. There are countless cannons! How can the Japanese have a navy? He dares to arrest our people and ban our trade, at worst, he will go to Edo and capture General Tokugawa alive, and see who dares to be presumptuous against our Ming people!"

This Zheng Zhilong hadn't finished speaking yet, the first burst of rage had already interrupted his words, and Song Qingshu turned around in astonishment, but this time he brought it back from Taiwan on purpose, the teacher of the First Division of Taiwan, Zheng Zhilong's The eldest son Zheng Sen.

Full of anger, he pressed all his hands on the table, yelling at Zheng Zhilong in disbelief and aggrieved.

Zheng Chenggong, who was originally a hero, has followed Song Qingshu all over Southeast Asia these days, and those countries have long been ignored by him. He grew up in the country of Wa when he was a child. He doesn't know what the country of Wa looks like?Now Wa Guo dares to let the Zheng and Song families have a big somersault. Before he came, he had even planned how to punish Wa Guo and beat him to the ground. He never thought that the former leader of the Zheng family would be so weak now!He couldn't help but get angry.

Zheng Zhilong was also stunned by this roar, but immediately, Zheng Zhilong was also full of anger, the old shark finally showed a little blood, and also knocked on the table, Zheng Zhilong stood up furiously.

"I think you're getting more and more presumptuous! I'm talking to General Song, you son of a bitch, why don't you interrupt me, get out of here immediately!"

"Father!"

"Mr. Zheng, you go down first!"

Zheng Sen was still waiting to talk, but Song Qingshu also turned his head and waved lightly at him. Now he is no longer the ronin boy who just left the Japanese country, and he is also in awe of Song Qingshu and Zheng Sen. He has already spoken, and he has no choice but to hold back Furious, Zheng Sen turned around and left.

It seems that Zheng Zhilong doesn't like himself, the eldest son of a Japanese girl, and it's not groundless. Song Qingshu secretly glanced at the slightly obese face of Zheng En, Zheng Zhilong's third son, who was also serving behind him. think.

"Brother, I have no way to teach my son. Zheng Sen's dog has caused my brother to suffer. This little bastard will be punished in the future. If he is too stubborn, brother, even if you kill him, I will not complain. .”

After scolding Zheng Sen away, Zheng Zhilong was still angry and talked to Song Qingshu, but Song Qingshu was full of helplessness when he heard it, so he quickly shook his head with a smile.

"Brother Zheng is serious. General Zheng Sen is brave and decisive in battle. He is a rare good general. He is too excited today. He will naturally figure it out when he goes back. Brother, where did we just talk?"

"Yes, this bastard is confused, let's continue, please ask Mr. Zhou to intervene..."

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After discussing the matter for almost half the night, two heroes from the sea came, and the poor Ryukyu king's family was kicked out of the palace again, so they had to find a rich family to live in the city, and completely handed over the palace to Song Qingshu and Zheng Zhilong. A good place to shake, Song Qingshu didn't insist on going back to the Dragon King of the South China Sea, and had another dinner with Zheng Zhilong, and immediately stayed in the east of the Ryukyu Palace.

"Uncle, you don't really want to bow down to the Japanese, do you! The Japanese are greedy, if they give in this time, they will eat us forever in the future. Didn't we fight against these barbarian countries like Holland and Spain? Why fear him? A small Japanese country?"

On this side, before Li Xiangjun led the staff secretaries to finish moving the house, Zheng Sen came here angrily again, but this time he was not as rude as Zheng Zhilong. He suppressed his anger as much as possible and turned to Song Qingshu. Clasping fists and saluting, he controlled his voice and said.

Seeing the veins twitching on his forehead, Song Qingshu shook his head helplessly.

"I want to fight too! But you have to know that this country has always been the territory of your Zheng family. Brother Zheng doesn't want to fight. If I do it, I will do it for you! It is not good for Zheng and Song!"

"Moreover, there are still more than 1000 prisoners from the Zheng family and the Song family. The traveling businessmen are detained in the Wa country. It is said that most of them are locked up in Nagasaki. With this scruple, the Zheng family does not dare to act rashly. , the overall situation! Sen'er, you need to know the overall situation!"

"Okay, Ben is tired, you go down first!"

What's more, Song Qingshu's words are very pronounced, especially emphasizing the overall situation in the two sentences. Unfortunately, Zheng Sen didn't seem to listen to it when he was annoyed, and saluted Song Qingshu angrily, and then retreated. Let's go, Song Qingshu shook his head with an old-fashioned look.

"Young and energetic!"

"Mr. Chen, what do you think?"

Following Song Qingshu's voice, behind the screen that Ryukyu bought from Japan, a Mrs. Pang, dressed in pine brocade and green Confucian clothes and with a monocle of eyes, walked out slowly. tripod!Watching Zheng Sen leave, Chen Ding also shook his head with difficulty.

"The second son of the leader died early, and the third, fourth and fifth sons were either Confucianism or cowardice. They couldn't carry the banner of the Zheng family. Only this eldest son still has the blood of the leader, but he is too violent!"

"Otherwise, I think he will figure it out!"

Following Chen Ding's words, Song Qingshu folded his arms confidently.

(End of this chapter)