Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 245, Japan
On the ocean to the east of the country of Wa, ten big fortune boats were sailing with the wind and the water at an extremely fast speed.

On the 'Taishan', Du Mingen took out the calendar and crossed off a day on the calendar again.

"It's been a full month since I left Daming, and today happens to be the sixth day of July."

Du Mingen counted the days he crossed out, took out the map again, and carefully compared and calculated.

"Tomorrow afternoon, we will be able to arrive in the Guanzhong area of ​​Wa Kingdom."

Du Mingen carefully looked at the map of the Wa country, and had already learned more or less about the situation of the Wa country from various channels before coming here.

The Wa country was in the Warring States period at this time. Since the Onin Rebellion more than [-] years ago, the shogunate completely lost control over the daimyos of various places, and daimyos from all over the world have risen one after another.

Of course, this time was still in the early days of the Warring States Period, and the Muromachi Shogunate still had a lot of control and influence over the Wa Kingdom, and even tried repeatedly to restore its previous influence.

Only in about a few decades, some extremely powerful daimyos were born after the daimyos conquered each other and annexed each other, which opened the climax of the Warring States Period.

The rise and fall of Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Tokugawa Ieyasu and other heroes in troubled times staged the most exciting period in the history of Japan.

Of course, these are all things for later. At this time, Du Mingen only knew that Wa Kingdom is in chaos now, and the Muromachi Shogunate's control over all parts of Wa Kingdom has been greatly reduced because of the Onin Rebellion, and daimyos in various places are constantly rising.

The war between daimyo and daimyo, the war between daimyo and the Muromachi shogunate, in short, the war continued.

In the afternoon of the next day, on the sea of ​​Hyogo Tsu of the Wa Kingdom (Kobe of the later generations, it belonged to the Harima Kingdom during the Warring States Period. During the Warring States Period, there were 66 countries in the Wa Kingdom. In many cases, a place as large as a county was a country). The ten big fortune ships finally arrived here.

Hyogo Tsu was the largest military and material distribution center of the Wa Kingdom in this era. It was very close to the Kyoto area, the core of the Wa Kingdom, and it was still under the control of the Muromachi Shogunate at this time.

At the port of Hyogo-no-tsu, a Japanese man saw ten big fortune boats on the sea, his eyes widened and he couldn't help shouting loudly: "Boat, what a big boat~"

Soon, Akamatsu Maru, an official of the Harima Kingdom from Hyogotsu, hurriedly brought a large group of samurai to the port.

Akamatsu Maru is a member of the Akamatsu family, and the Akamatsu family is the actual ruler of the Harima country. This Hyogo Tsu is also the most important industry of the Akamatsu family.

It belongs to the Seto Inland Sea, and it is also the core area of ​​Kyoto. It belongs to the Guanzhong Plain of the Wa Kingdom. important source of income.

Now there are ten large ships that have never been seen before appearing on the sea, and they are heading towards Hyogo Tsu at a high speed, which makes Akamatsumaru highly vigilant.

Now it is not the past. Now the Muromachi shogunate’s rule is weakened, and its influence and control over various places are greatly reduced. The great Mings in various places are constantly conquering each other. The internal affairs of each daimyo are also fighting for power. Waiting things happen from time to time.

This made Akamatsumaru have to be highly vigilant, fearing that the ten large ships would be troops hostile to Ming Dynasty.

"I've never seen such a big boat before."

Akamatsumaru looked at the ten daifuku ships on the sea, and was deeply shocked. At this time, there were not only daifuku ships on the sea, but also some Japanese ships. Compared with the daifu ships, these ships seemed very small. Just like a child's toy.

"Where did it come from?"

Akamatsumaru frowned, and then said to the people around him: "Does any of you know this kind of big ship?"

"My lord, these ships should not be from our Wa country, but most likely from Daming. If you look at the flag on the ship, it should be the dragon flag of Daming."

Next to Akamatsumaru, Ichiro Uzuki thought for a while and said that the Uzuki family is a family subordinate to the Akamatsu family, and they are mainly responsible for managing Kazuki Castle for the Akamatsu family. Hyogo Ritsu is very close to Kazuki Castle.

"Da Ming's ship?"

When Akamatsumaru heard this, he was slightly surprised, and then he widened his eyes and carefully looked at the flags flying on the ship. The bright yellow dragon flags really didn't seem to be the colors and flags that the Wa family likes to use.

"Yes, it's Daming's ship. This kind of ship should be called Fu Chuan. In the past, we also had Fu Chuan from Daming here, but we have never seen such a big Fu Chuan, and there are ten Da Fu Chuan at a time. .”

Ichiro nodded last month and said that he was relatively old, and he still vaguely remembered seeing Daming's lucky boat once before.

Hearing last month's Ichiro's words, Akamatsumaru also heaved a sigh of relief, as long as it wasn't another daimyo's ship, it would be fine, and he didn't have to worry about being attacked.

"What do you think this Ming's ship is doing in our Wa country with such a mobilizing force?"

Akamatsumaru thought about it and asked again.

"I don't know about that. Daming is a country with thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, rich things and rich people. Naturally, it is not comparable to our Wa country."

Ichiro shook his head slightly last month and said that he learned more about Daming from books, and he had never been to Daming, nor had he met any Daming people.

Hearing what Ichiro said last month, Akamatsumaru did not have any objection, because it was a fact. In the eyes of these surrounding countries, Ming Dynasty in this era is the upper kingdom, an existence that needs to be looked up to.

While the two were talking, a small boat hurried back to the port, found Akamatsu Maru and said, "My lord, these ten ships are from Daming's fleet. They are here to do business. Buy and sell goods and replenish supplies."

"It turned out to be a merchant ship. I thought it was an envoy from the Ming Dynasty."

Ichiro frowned when he heard it last month. Such a large-scale fleet is actually just a merchant ship. It's just a few big ships, and there's nothing to be surprised about.

Soon, as the ship got closer and closer to the port, Akamatsumaru and the others were able to clearly see everything on the ship. As for Du Mingen and the others on the ship, they had already used binoculars to see everything in the port clearly. Chu.

"The hair of these Japanese people is too ugly, right?"

Du Mingen looked at Akamatsumaru and the others in the port with a telescope. Chimatsumaru and the others had their heads shaved in the middle, with hair on both sides, and a glistening white skull. This is Yuedaitou and Tangluntou. It is said that such The head is good for the warriors to fight, so it gradually became popular in Japan.

"And these Japanese people are too short."

In addition to this eye-catching hairstyle, Du Mingen also soon discovered that the Japanese people are really short, not only short, but also the houses in the port are also very short.

Du Mingen smiled and put down the binoculars in his hand. The reason why he was willing to give up his comfortable life was that he could see the endless kingdoms and the world outside of Ming Dynasty.

But now that he came to the country of Wa, and saw the people and architecture of the country of Wa, which are completely different from those of Daming, Du Mingen also looked forward to being able to experience the customs and customs of the country of Wa here.

　If there is something wrong, please point it out~~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)