Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 278

After signing and exchanging the text of the treaty with the representatives of the shogunate, Zhao Xin raised anchor and set sail the next day as agreed, under the supervision of the shogunate navy.

Then, the Raytheon stayed on the Miura Peninsula for a day, waiting for Pan Xiucheng's troops to board the ship.However, when the prisoners captured before were released, a bearded warrior refused to leave, saying that he would go to Beihai Town to open his eyes.

The person claimed to be Misawa Ihei, 25 years old, from the Morioka Domain. (I’m afraid I can’t remember just the name of the domain, but when it comes to the southern iron pot, many people may say “oh”.)
This person was originally an instructor in a swordsmanship dojo, and he was a student of the "Ono School Ichidao Style".

It is said that there are few people who learn martial arts these days, and basically only high-level warriors who can eat enough and have two bad money will do it. Others might as well learn to calculate accounts and become cooks.

Ihei belonged to one person who was full and the whole family was not hungry, and life was still passable.Who knew that the eruption of Volcano Iwaki three years ago, coupled with the disaster, caused more than half of the population of the entire Morioka Clan to run away.

The economy was getting worse and worse, and the kendo hall could no longer be opened. The laid-off Misawa Ihei had to go to Edo to make a living.The problem is that the competition in martial arts schools in Edo is more intense. Yihewei's two moves are okay in a small county town, but in a big city with a million people, he can't even be considered a low-level one.In desperation, he can only look for work to make a living.

When the Tianshogunate sent troops to Uraga a few days ago, Yibingwei thought it might be an opportunity, so he spent two-thirds of his savings to buy a leather armor with an iron heart and followed.He thought to himself that if Tang Yi was beaten away, and if he could be approved for a long-term meal ticket, it wouldn't be too beautiful.

Facts have proved that Ihei thought too beautifully.Beihai town only fired two shots, and then charged more than half of his team as prisoners.

Facing the weapons of Beihai Town, even Yagyu Munemoki and Miyamoto Musashi are useless. As the saying goes, "No matter how good your kung fu is, the machine gun will fall down"!
The reason why Misawa Ihei wanted to go with Beihai Town was not only because he was envious of Beihai Town's weapons, but also because he had eaten captive food for a few days, and was overwhelmed by Beihai Town's "half a catty plus four taels" of food.Needless to say, vegetables, soy products, fish and poultry eggs, the most important thing is meat!The most important thing is to eat any staple food!

Zhao Xin and his subordinates did not intend to mistreat these captive island warriors, and treated them in accordance with the principle of multiple chopsticks for multiple people.As a result, after a few meals, Yibingwei decided to join the gang.

Pan Xiucheng didn't dare to decide this kind of thing privately. After consulting Zhao Xin, Misawa Ihei was left behind.

When almost all the people in Beihai Town boarded the boat and were about to set off, a new situation occurred.An unremarkable old man and a young man actually sneaked into the team of cooks, and the two of them were still wearing the coats of soldiers from Beihai Town. If it weren't for the soldiers guarding the gangway, they would have been confused. pass.

Now it's a big mess!Pan Xiucheng angrily asked each company under his command to gather on the deck to identify people. He had to figure out how these two people got in together.

In the end, I recognized it for about half an hour, and suddenly two soldiers pointed at the old and the young and shouted angrily: "It turns out that you two took my clothes away. I invited you to eat out of good intentions, but I took them without telling me!"

Things finally figured out.The old one and the young one came to the Whale Cutting Field at noon yesterday, saying they were looking for a friend, but the Whale Cutting Field had already run away.The old man was very courageous, and when he saw that Beihai Town was about to open lunch, he asked the two soldiers if they could give him a bowl; the two soldiers whose clothes had been stolen saw that the old man was quite old and skinny, so they gave him two bowls .In the evening, the old man and the young man had another meal before leaving.

Unexpectedly, when they got up to gather today, the two soldiers found that their shirts were gone.Fortunately, each soldier in Beihai Town had a spare set in the salute. When the two of them wanted to find clothes again, the order to assemble came.

"What are the names of the old man and the young man?"

"The old man's name is Lin Ziping, and the young man's name is Xinyuan. Commander, I'll send a boat to take them back to shore."

"Wait!" Zhao Xinteng stood up. "What do you say the old man's name is?"

Pan Xiucheng scratched his head and replied, "Lin Ziping. This name is really weird. It sounds like a Han Chinese."

"Take them both to the conference room."

"Ah? Yes!"

Lin Ziping, 48 years old, formerly known as Okamura Yuzhi.His father, Okamura Yoshimichi, was once a senior samurai of 620 shi, who was the governor of the shogunate. Later, for some reason, he was stripped of his feudal status and changed his surname to Lin.The young Lin Ziping and his siblings then went to the home of his uncle who was the doctor of the Sendai feudal clan.So don't think that this person is of Han Chinese descent, that he is 100% islander.

Lin Ziping's life was full of ups and downs, but he had a good second sister who was taken by Ida Zongcun, the sixth generation head of the Sendai clan, and became a concubine.Lin Ziping also became a naturalized Sendai feudal clan after taking Yuanfu; no matter how much he was not treated by the shogunate in his life, he could always eat and drink without worrying about it.

The most famous person in history is that he wrote a "Three Kingdoms Overview", which clarified the ownership of Ryukyu, Xyu Island and Bamboo Island, and was listed as the most hated book by the governments of later island countries.

Every time the governments of later generations of island countries declare that this place is mine and that place is also mine, someone will bring this book out and slap their faces in the face.

As for the young man, named Sato Nobubuchi, he is just 17 years old this year.His father, Nobuki Sato, was good friends with Hayashi Tzu-hei. Originally, when he was young, he was traveling and passing by Edo. Hearing that his father's friend was also there, he rushed to see him, but was fooled by the old man to come to Uraga.

But don't underestimate Sato Nobubuchi. This person will become a famous strategic theorist in the island country in the future. He has written [-] books in his life, with a total of [-] volumes.To put it simply, it advocates "education and training, bravery and courage, and the unity of soldiers and farmers", and is called the pioneer of the theory of island nation's external expansion by later researchers.

When Zhao Xin came to the meeting room to meet the old and the young, Lin Ziping's face was pressed against the TV hanging on the wall, trying to figure out what happened, while Sato Shinbuchi sat there obediently Not a word.

"Tell me, you two, what are you planning to do by stealing clothes and boarding the boat?"

Lin Ziping turned his head to look at Zhao Xin, and said with a smile: "How can something elegant be called stealing? Don't speak so harshly."

Sato Nobuhiro walked up to Zhao Xin, knelt down in the tunnel and said, "It's really causing you trouble, the teacher and I want to go to Beihai to learn more."

Zhao Xin smiled and looked at the young man with circles under his eyes, and said to himself that it is good to be young. The young man has a blank sheet of paper. In the future, stop writing about "island-centered theory" and write "China-centered theory".Just write that China's defense circle should be far away from the mainland, and finally expand to the opposite continent, and write the Pacific Ocean as its own bathtub.

"Then are you planning to become a Beihai citizen and give up your status as an island nation?"

Lin Ziping went to sit diagonally across from Zhao Xin, and said, "The Xiantai clan is almost wearing the same trousers as Beihai Town, so I don't think it's necessary for me to leave my citizenship?"

Zhao Xin shook his head and said, "My Beihai secret skills cover everything from astronomy and geography to scholars, farmers, businessmen, etc. Come back."

"The young man's tone is crazy, but the old man likes it." Lin Ziping laughed, and suddenly asked: "What is your boat powered by? Why can it run so fast without sails?"

"Hehe, do you want to know? I won't tell you. Naturalization, I'll take you to see it if you become a citizen of Beihai Town." Zhao Xin thought Lin Ziping was interesting, so he teased him on purpose.

Who knew that the old man smiled and said calmly: "This old man is alone, and the shogunate will not allow me to write this book, so what if I get out of the book. Now that Beihai Town has taken the land of Xizo, I wonder where His Highness's next target is? "

"You know who I am?"

"One hit Matsushima Town, then Nagasaki, and now Edo is also hit. Your Highness, King Zhao, is now well-known in the world. Hearing His Highness's name in Nagasaki and Edo can make children stop crying at night."

Zhao Xin smiled slightly and said, "Oh? I'm so famous? You two haven't introduced yourself yet."

Lin Ziping clasped his hands and saluted in Han etiquette: "Old man Lin Youzhi, styled Ziping, is a member of the Sendai clan."

Nobubuchi Sato bowed and said, "I'm a vassal of the Kubota clan of Dewa Kingdom, Nobubuchi Sato, styled Yuanhai. See Your Highness King Zhao."

Zhao Xin got up and cupped his hands at Lin Ziping: "Mr. Jiuwen's name, I am honored to meet you today. Please sit down, both of you."

Lin Ziping laughed, and asked abruptly after sitting down: "Your Highness hasn't said where to fight next? I guess it's Samo?"

"I won't beat anyone anymore, I will go back to farm and study and marry a wife."

"Your Highness has strong troops and strong horses, and a weapon that has never been seen or heard before. Why don't you send your troops south to expel Beidi and restore Shenzhou?"

For the islanders of this era, especially Confucian scholars, they actually look down on the Qing Dynasty in their hearts.

Because of Shenzhou land sinking, the Han people are no longer in the country; just like there was no China after Meng Yuan Yashan, the whole country wore mourning and mourned for the Southern Song Dynasty; the so-called Yi Di could not be orthodox no matter how they changed their appearance.

The news that the Manchu Qing entered the customs did not reach the island country until one month later, and the shogunate was very worried about this, because they were afraid that this was another enemy like the Mongolian Yuan.

According to the Korean manuscript "Questions and Answers of Piaoren" and the archives of Zheng Chenggong's envoy Zhang Guangqi, in 1660, when Tokugawa Iezuna, the fourth Tokugawa head, was in power, the shogunate army was guided by the Ming Dynasty survivors who lived in the island country. Headed to Beijing, but encountered a strong wind on the way, suffered a lot of losses, and finally returned without success.After that, they only agreed to support some strategic materials of the Zheng family, and allowed the Zheng family to buy and sell gold from the island country.

Right now, there is a Beihai town with a mighty military force and two defeats in the Qing Dynasty, and it is also a descendant of Zhu Ming. It originally excited the Confucian scholars in the island country who still regard Zhu Zi's Confucianism as orthodox.Had it not been for Zhao Xin's arrogance and rudeness when he attacked the island country three times, even Lin Qinshan, a hereditary Confucian who was the head of the shogunate (equivalent to Guozijian Jijiu), would have come to help with ideas.

Zhao Xindao: "Mr. Lin, Mr. Sato, the system of Beihai Town is different from what you imagined. It is easy for me and my companions to send troops to the south to overthrow the Qing Dynasty, but what we want is not a hereditary feudal dynasty, continue to be similar The Shogunate Banner or the decadent rule of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty, what Beihai Town wants is to find a way for the world's poor to survive."

Lin Ziping's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he solemnly cupped his hands and said, "Your Highness, please teach me."

At the same time, in a village near the sea in Nakamura County of Baihe Fan, a group of thugs were beating a farmer named Quan San.

"Hit me! This is what happens if you don't pay the rent!" Hu San, the owner of the brothel, commanded a group of thugs to beat Quan San violently with a big stick.

Quan San, with a bruised nose and swollen face from the beating, and blood all over his face, propped up his upper body, forced his swollen eyes open, glared at Hu San and the others, and said, "I, I can't pay the rent, you, you, why? We must arrest A Bin! A Bin is my woman, and she is going to marry me!"

Hu San looked calm, went up and kicked Quan San to the ground, and said humanely, "Tie it up, and throw it into the sea tomorrow morning!"

When the thugs heard this, they swarmed up, first wrapped Quan San in thick straw, and tied a few ropes around the outside. Four or five people lifted him and threw Quan San into the woodshed in the backyard.

Outside the door of the brothel, Quan San's parents knelt on the ground with tears all over their faces, kowtowing unceasingly, begging Master Hu San to spare their son.At this time, a middle-aged man in green clothes walked up to Quan San's parents, and said to the two old people with a smile on his face: "My husband and I can't pay the rent, you can borrow money."

"How can we pay it back!" Quan San's father and Ba He's wife grinned loudly.

"Tsk tsk tsk, don't you just watch your son being beaten to death?"

Not far away, a group of villagers who came to hear the news stood under the eaves with sad and indignant expressions. They all sighed with regret at what happened to Quan San's family.But so what?

Rent-collecting agents are like wolves and tigers, and every family is the same. If they don't want their wives and daughters to be sold to brothels to pay off their debts, they can only borrow money from usury.If you can't borrow money, you can only pay with flesh.

"What kind of world is this! Officials, brothels, loan sharks, they are all in collusion, waiting for us to sneak in every year!"

"You don't want to live anymore! Keep your voice down, Hu San's subordinates heard that they are going to beat you again."

"Hey! It's just that Ah Bin is so beautiful. Hu San has been eyeing him for a long time."

"What can I do? Now that I have paid the rent, how can I live in winter!"

"Be patient, maybe the harvest will be better next year. The gods must let people take a breather?"

After a while, a few village women who couldn't bear it finally came out, knelt down in front of Quan San's parents and said, "Get up first, let's go back and discuss how much money we can get together. Sigh!"

After all, several people supported Quan San's parents, and walked towards the village step by step.

In the early morning of the next day, thugs from the brothel carried the dying Quan San wrapped in straw rolls and threw him into the river outside the town.The cold and swift river rolled eastward, and the straw rolls quickly disappeared from everyone's sight.

At noon, the Thunder God was heading north along the coastline, and had entered the coastal area of ​​Mutsu Kingdom, and all the large and small ships encountered along the way turned around and ran away.

Suddenly, a crew member who was on duty on the deck suddenly pointed to the sea not far away and shouted: "Someone fell into the water over there!"

It is impossible to stop the ship, but it is possible to reduce the speed of the ship.After the crew put down the assault boat, the two of them drove the boat towards the person who fell into the water.

The person who fell into the water was holding a log with his head resting on it, his face was bruised and his face was swollen, and he was already dying.After returning to the Thunder God, the military doctor who heard the news checked the injury and found that the person had only suffered severe skin trauma and was severely dehydrated; so he hung up a bottle of anti-inflammatory drugs first, and was fed some rice porridge. After the injured fell into a deep sleep, he reported to Ding Guofeng.

When Ding Guofeng heard this, he could only say that it should be like this first.Although the origin of this person is unknown, he can't be left alone. There have been too many people like this in Beihai Town before.

Forget it, take it back.

(End of this chapter)