Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 20 Matsushima Town

On the beach three days later.

Zhao Xin and Liu Sheng waved goodbye to the people who were seeing them off, and boarded the Azimut 98 moored in the bay.

Despite the desperate efforts of these 170 people, Zhao Xin and the others still set off a day later than originally planned.

Zhao Xin finally let Sheng Haizhou go to Sendai instead of Wan Zao, because he felt that Sheng Haizhou was a real samurai, and he was much stronger than the other fake samurai.Whether it is to inquire about news with officials in the city or town, or to establish relationships with taverns, Wan Zao, as a farmer, cannot deal with those officials.

In these years, the farmers of the island country are a P!A peasant who cannot pay taxes is not considered a human being.

Li Ji cried and shouted that his wish to advance and retreat with the master failed, and Zhao Xin ordered him to temporarily manage the entire camp.

In the two days before he left, Zhao Xin also taught everyone how to use the flood control walls he had purchased; he ordered Li Ji to enclose the entire camp in a square with the scale of [-] flood walls on each side, and enclose the camp inside.As for the entrance and exit, there are only two entrances and exits, which is convenient for arranging people to defend.

Before he set off, Zhao Xin told everyone, especially to watch over the children. Even if you tied the children with ropes, you could not enter the forest. As for the women who went to eat wild vegetables, they should not go to the mountains and forests in the east of Bear Island.There are grains, pickles, and radishes, so don't be afraid.But if someone is gone, don't even think about it.

This time there were only five people on board, so after driving the yacht out of the bay, Liu Sheng increased the horsepower and drove east at a cruising speed of 27 knots.

After a day, the yacht has reached the west of the Tsugaru Strait.

"After this sea area, it is the Pacific Ocean." Liu Sheng shouted to Zhao Xin in the cabin in the sea breeze, and then reduced the speed of the boat.

At this time, the waves in this sea area began to be turbulent, and pieces of mist drifted on the sea.

"Slow down, the waves here are too fast, we have to be careful." Zhao Xin stepped onto the bridge from the cabin and reminded him.

While looking at the nautical compass, Liu Sheng carefully operated it against the paper chart in his hand.

"We have passed Longfeiqi and Baishen Cape, and we will pass in another 70 nautical miles." Zhao Xin shouted into the cabin.

At this time, Katsu Kaishu, who was wearing life jackets, and the other three also walked out of the cabin and looked at Longfeizaki in the mist. This is the closest place to Hokkaido on the main island of the island country, and the opposite is the southernmost point of Hokkaido, Shirakami Cape. The distance is 19.2 kilometers, and it can be regarded as a tourist attraction in later generations.

Zhao Xin was not interested in watching this. He observed the sea for a while, yawned boredly, and went down to the cabin to catch up on sleep.

Katsu Kaishu and the other three looked at Honshu Island, not knowing what they were thinking.

After the ship sailed east out of the Tsugaru Strait and turned south, Liu Sheng drove the ship very carefully.Sheng Haizhou several people have a telescope, responsible for checking whether there are ships passing by on the sea.As long as you see a boat in the distance, point it to Liu Sheng, and Liu Sheng either walks around far away, or stops the boat and waits for the other party to stagger far away.

After more than a day, at dusk, the yacht stopped in the waters outside Songdo.

This is Sendai Domain, which belongs to the Date family. The lord at this time was called Date Shigemura, and it was not famous in history.

It is said that the famous "One-Eyed Dragon Masamune" and his son Tadashi Date have always regarded domination of the world as their lifelong pursuit. Therefore, even after the Tokugawa shogunate established the shogunate system, the Sendai domain was the shogunate's heartache. Beware of the opponent's actions at any time.

Before leaving for shore, Zhao Xin and the other five had a small meeting in the cabin.Zhao Xin explained in detail what the three of Sheng Haizhou needed to pay attention to and inquire about after they went ashore.

Because he didn't know the specific situation of Matsushima Town, Zhao Xin handed Sheng Haizhou [-] yuan in a small sentence, so that he could use it to inquire about news in Matsushima Town and spend on food and accommodation.After landing, General Kuzang Heping accompanied Katsukaishu as his follower.

Zhao Xin, Liu Sheng and the three made an agreement that they would meet on the beach next to the port at every second in the night five days later.

So, after Sheng Haizhou and the others changed their clothes, put on the straw sandals and commoners of this era, and boarded the assault boat, Zhao Xin asked Sheng Haizhou and the three to turn their backs to the yacht, and he put away the yacht with a jade pendant.After a few people turned around and looked again, the huge sea was empty, and the huge clipper disappeared.

The three of Sheng Haizhou were naturally amazed and amazed at Zhao Xin's reappearance of the "magic technique", and they became more and more determined to complete the task in order to repay Zhao Xin.

Among the five, Jiuzang, who had the best eyes, sat on the bow and observed the front, while the other four carefully rowed the oars and slowly approached the coast.There were fishing fires in twos and threes on the shore in the distance, and several Anzhai boats and more than a dozen large boats were docked on the dock.

In this era, in addition to the Sekishou Ship of the Shogunate Navy, the Qianshi Bencai Ship was the largest ship in the island country.

A few meters away from the shore, Jiuzang, who was wearing straw sandals, rolled over and jumped into the knee-deep sea water, holding the assault boat in one hand, and wading ashore in the icy water.

Several people disembarked in a hurry, Sheng Haizhou and the other three bowed to Zhao Xin, then left quickly and disappeared into the darkness.

Zhao Xin put away the assault boat first, and then took out the van.

Liu Sheng opened the door of the carriage and quickly dodged in.

And at the moment Liu Sheng opened the door, a mournful cat meow came from the carriage.

Mr. Duofu...

"I'm going! I forgot about this ancestor."

Before leaving Xiong Island, Zhao Xin was afraid that the tabby cat would run away and get lost, so he put it in a cage and put it in the truck compartment.

Zhao Xin didn't think much about it, Liu Sheng had already thumped a few times in the carriage.He hurriedly put away the truck, wiped the jade pendant, and in a blink of an eye, he came to the modern Songdo seaside.

On the seaside path of Matsushima-cho at night, a van without a license plate was parked.If passers-by take a look at it, they will find that this car is not made in the island at all.

The door of the carriage was open, and a gleam of light shone from inside.Liu Sheng stood at the door of the carriage, rushed inside and said, "How are you?"

Zhao Xinzheng squatted in the carriage and put the changed cat food and water basin into the cage.At this time, the tabby cat huddled in the corner of the cage and looked at Zhao Xin with a resentful expression.

"Don't be angry, don't I know I'm wrong? When we get back to the island, I'll let you out. The whole island is yours, do whatever you want."

Zhao Xin kept muttering, pinching his nose and pouring the cat litter mixed with excrement into a plastic bag, and then tying it tightly.He waved at the tabby cat, then picked up the flashlight on the ground and left the carriage.

After locking the door and taking the truck back, Zhao Xin saw that there was a garbage can by the roadside, so he walked over and threw the plastic bag into it.

"How do we deal with these five days?" Liu Sheng asked Zhao Xin expectantly.

"Go to an izakaya for a meal, then go to Matsushima Ichinobo."

"What's that place?"

“Hot Spring Hotel.”

the other side.

"Master Sheng, where shall we go first?"

At the same moment in different time and space, the three of Katsukaishu stood on the edge of the street in Matsushima-cho, which was not very bright.

At this time, in the streets and alleys of Matsushima Town, the shadows and pupils were filled with the hungry people who fled.This gave Sheng Haizhou a headache. He originally thought of making do with the night under the eaves of someone else's house.

Helpless, the three had to walk towards the brightly lit place in the town.When they walked to a place where a lantern was hanging at the door of a house, the three of them took a closer look and were overjoyed.

This is a "travel cage", that is, an inn for the samurai and commoners.

Sheng Haizhou knocked for a long time before the door opened.A middle-aged man rubbing his eyes and holding a lantern stood in front of the three of them.

"what's up?"

"We live in the shop."

The middle-aged man looked like the boss here. He yawned, held the lantern in front of the three of them, moved up and down, and looked at the three of them.

"One hundred cents a day for the first night, fifteen cents a day for the next night." Well, he saw the samurai sword on the waist of Sheng Haizhou, otherwise he would just close the door and ignore it.And the upper and lower accommodation mentioned here refers to the upper and ordinary rooms, and of course the middle accommodation.

"What? It's so expensive?" Ping Tai used to be a shop assistant, and he became anxious when he heard the price.

"Master Samurai hasn't spoken yet, why are you so anxious?!" The innkeeper was unhappy when he heard it, and then he explained to Sheng Haizhou: "The situation in various places is not very good now, and the price of food is one per day. I can’t do anything without raising prices here.”

Hearing the words, Ping Tai was about to come forward and reason with him when he heard the words, but Sheng Haizhou raised his right hand holding the knife to stop him.

"Okay, let's live. One for the first night and two for the second. Prepare some tea and rice for us."

"You have to pay first." The innkeeper stretched out a hand towards Sheng Haizhou.

Sheng Haizhou held back his anger, took out a gold coin from his arms and put it in the opponent's palm.

The innkeeper suddenly felt his palms sink. He moved the lantern to look at the gold coins in his hand. After seeing it clearly, he immediately smiled, and immediately changed his face.

In the Edo period, these small gold coins cast by the shogunate were actually not pure gold.Sheng Haizhou gave the innkeeper a gold coin minted during the Yuanwen period with a content of 65%, which can be exchanged for [-] Wenkuan Yongtongbao; in normal years, he can buy two buckets of rice for one stone.Its purchasing power is evident.

After the Yuanwen year, the Tokugawa shogunate was financially embarrassed.The most obvious example is that only two small sentences can be used to go to Yoshihara Yuguya outside Edo City to find a Taifu to play once. The price has doubled, which is such a fool!

The innkeeper took the gold coins into his arms, then turned around and shouted into the shop.Soon, two shop assistants walked out of a room quickly, leading the way for Katsukai Shuhe, Heita and Kuzang respectively.

Sheng Haizhou nodded to the two of them, and the three of them separated immediately, each followed a guy to different directions in the inn.

The shop assistant led the way with a lantern, passed through a door, and came to a yard.Sheng Haizhou knew that this was the courtyard where Shangju was located.

The two came to a room. The guy first opened the shoji door and went in, and after lighting the candle in the room, he left the room and asked Katsu Kaishu to enter the room.

Sheng Haizhou looked at this accommodation, the environment was very good.The guy laughed again and said that there is a place to take a bath in the yard. The adults can go to wash first, and the tea and rice will be delivered in a while.Then, while bowing to Katsu Kaishu, he closed the shoji gate.

Sheng Haizhou first went to the backyard to take a bath, and came back into the house after washing.

During the Edo period, these "rice maidens" in the travel cage ostensibly served the guests with meals, and waited while the guests were eating to prepare meals for the guests, but most of them were "wandering girls", who also It's a kind of prostitute.

After Shenghaizhou finished his meal hastily, he asked the "fansheng girl" to clean up and take it away, and rejected the other party's provocation.

After waiting for the people to go, he sat cross-legged on the tatami, under the dim candlelight, thinking about what to do tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)