I am the king of the dead

Chapter 484 The man who flew at sea

Abnormal female households are vulnerable groups, there is no doubt about it.

The emperor of the Ming Dynasty threw the deformed female households into the handicraft workshop owned by the Supervisor of Rites to do handicrafts.

What behavior is this?This is an act of exhausting people's resources and deprivation.

So His Majesty will definitely be scolded for doing this.

There is no good solution to the problem of abnormal female households. At least they have entered the Weaving and Dyeing Bureau.

"Let's write a letter to His Majesty. After all, the Inner and Outer Weaving Bureau does not belong to His Majesty alone, but is also supervised by the Household Department. It is not His Majesty who is scolded, but the Household Department is also scolded." The branch doctor put forward his own ideas.

The internal and external weaving and dyeing bureaus, including the Shenbo hall under the weaving and dyeing bureau, are similar and are supervised by the household department, so the household department is scolded with His Majesty.

Xu Chengzong didn't say a word, his Yanyun Building is actually doing this business.

The seven villages in Bo'ai Township are indeed the breeding grounds for Yangzhou skinny horses.

But there are also some women who are unwilling to engage in the humble work of weavers, especially in the extravagant atmosphere, which leads some women to get lost in themselves and make their own private nests.

The bustard loves banknotes, and the daughter loves beauty.

In this business, he has met too many people, and he is drunk and dreamy in it. Men and women are all the same. They are immersed in the world of fireworks, unable to extricate themselves.

There are people coming and going in this business, and today they are chatting and laughing happily, but tomorrow they may disappear.

There are many reasons.

Either they were cheated of their money or their hearts were stolen; or they got sick and died in an unknown corner; or they got drunk and slipped into the Qinhuai River; Consumption, borrowing Qingdao money, borrowing money and not repaying it, and the person who was finally chased by the debt collector had nowhere to escape.

Yanyun Tower and Kagura Fairy Capital are both places known as the Golden Cave. Where are the places that ordinary people can afford?

But this kind of life is charming and confusing.

The discussion is still going on. Daming's resumption of work at the Longjiang Shipyard does not happen overnight, but slowly.

As for the Songjiang Shipyard, because the historical burden is extremely light, the speed will be faster. After the timber and tung oil from Guizhou arrive, they will immediately start building a treasure ship of [-] materials.

While Li Binyan, Li Xian and others were discussing how to resume work at Longjiang Shipbuilding Department, Ji Duo finally arrived at Kume Island by boat.

He went to Jilong Island. The island is not deserted, and the people on the island are not incapable of communication, but they themselves don't know how big the island they live on is.

The land of Jilong Island is very fertile, and the pirates seem to know nothing about the island, so the island is relatively peaceful.

Ji Duo took Tong Tong and the people on the island, and after a brief communication, 300 people were released, including astronomy students, boat masters, and soldiers protecting them.

They will stay on the island for several months, investigating the hydrology and geography in detail.

Ji Duo stepped onto the golden sandy beach, looked at the sky, and walked towards Gu Zhichuan City step by step.

There are three castles in the east, middle and west of Kume Island, namely Tomu Castle, Ue Castle and Gushichuan Castle.

The three cities were all built by the Kume gentry, and Ji Duo found Yue Qian who was busy in Gu Zhichuan City.

Ji Duo took a sip and said, "The new supplies have arrived, and all the proceeds from the tribute ships have arrived with the ships."

"Da Ming gave [-] silver coins just for the fish oil. After discussing with the Ryukyu envoy, I exchanged it for daily necessities."

"Salt, iron utensils, iron pots, brushes, ink, paper and inkstones, etc. Your Majesty is very satisfied with what Chen Fuyin has done, and asked Chen Fuyin to continue to work hard, and everything will be done according to circumstances."

"Has Commander Tang found it?"

When Ji Duo and Yuan Bin went to the island to find the coconut king Chen Fuyin, Tang Xing also followed. When they came back, Tang Xing disappeared alone.

"No." Yue Qian said helplessly.

He took the Kume gentry, sorted out all kinds of supplies, and said helplessly: "It's been two months, and I don't know where I went."

Yue Qian and Ji Duo were faintly worried. It had been several months, and they didn't know whether they were dead or alive.

But they can only worry about it.

Ji Duo let go of his worries about Tang Xing, sat up straight and said, "How is the battle on Ryukyu Island?"

Yue Qian took out a Kanyu map and said: "After receiving the military aid from the Ming court, Chen Fuyin did not start a full-scale counterattack immediately, but just stabilized the situation and began to steadily advance towards Zhongshan Mansion."

"At present, it has reached the vicinity of Shuri Castle and is trying to recover Shuri Castle."

Looking at the Kanyu map, Ji Duo realized that Ryukyu is really small, no more than a thousand miles in length and sixty miles in width.

This is an extremely narrow terrain with a lot of ocean in it.

Yue Qian said nonchalantly: "Yes, it's a little small, but the location is extremely superior, and it's a place we can't give up."

"And isn't this a big island with a chicken coop island?"

"I heard that the old lair of the Wa Kingdom was found in Nanshan Mansion."

Ji Duo thought for a while, the geographical location of Wan Guo Jin Liang is indeed extremely important, how can he give up?

He asked curiously: "That's true, how did you find the pirate's lair?"

Where is the most troublesome part of Hirawa?

It is impossible to find the old lair of Japanese pirates. There is a group of real Japanese pirates entrenched in Ryukyu, all composed of Japanese. Finding their lair means that the balance of victory in the war will slide to Ryukyu in an all-round way.

Yue Qianman said strangely: "It's the news from Chen Fuyin of Nanshan Prefecture. It's a little strange. The source of this news is accurate, but I don't know who found it."

Ji Duo turned his head back and forth, searched for a long time and said, "Where's Yuan Bin? Where did Yuan Bin go? Did he find it?"

Yue Qian looked at Dongfang: "He is in Nanshan Mansion, he can't stay idle, he went to fight Japanese pirates."

In the southeast direction of the Ryukyu Kingdom, because it faces the Atlantic Ocean, it has been washed by sea water for an unknown number of years, and finally formed a golden sandy beach.

The sea water here is about ten feet deep, forming a shoal.

The Ryukyu people will organize the people to go into the water after the tide goes out to get Li Zhu, which is pearls.

The original meaning of Ryukyu is glazed jade and pearl balls.

And when the tide was low that day, the industrious Ryukyu people climbed out of the sea and put the pearls they had harvested on the boat.

They soon spotted a sloop sailing in the wind from the northeast, along the golden beach.

Under the blue sky and white clouds, the sailboat made a streak of water and rushed towards Aowu City very quickly.

The ship is flying rather than sailing on the sea.

There was a strong wind, and the boat seemed to be floating off the water, drifting forward like a dragonfly on the water.

All the fishermen stared wide-eyed, who is this person?So brave, dare to go to sea in this sloop.

Did he die?

At sea, the fastest ship is naturally a sloop, because it is lighter, but no one dares to use a sloop to cross the ocean.

On the sea, a little farther from the shore, there is a piece of sea water in the front, back, left, and right sides, and there is a slight strong wind. Because of the top-heavyness of the sloop, it is easy to capsize on the sea.

Owu Castle is the last city in the southeast of Ryukyu Island, and it is also the home of Nanshan Prefecture to fight against Japanese pirates and pirates.

Chen Fuyin, the king of coconuts, is in Aowu City.

The flying sloop skimmed the sea, and under the surprised eyes of the Ryukyu people, it floated into the pier of Owu City.

The man who steered the boat was naturally Tang Xing. When he was about to reach the port, he furled the sails very skillfully, and the speed of the boat dropped immediately.

This sloop adopts a vertical sail layout and a hard sail structure. There are stays on the sail surface, which are equivalent to ribs, and support the canvas.

Although this kind of sail is heavy and laborious to raise, it has extremely high wind-receiving efficiency and makes the ship extremely fast.

There is no fixed girder on the mast, which can adapt to sudden changes in the sea.

But it is not so easy to subdue, obviously Tang Xing is someone who can subdue it.

This kind of sloop was built when he was in Mizhou Shipping Department.

At the earliest time, he once took this sloop to Jeju Island alone to inquire about the Japanese pirates.

Now he started his own rafting to sea again.

A clock the size of a bamboo tube is pinned to his waist, and there is a compass on the bow of his boat. The box of the compass is filled with water and sealed with tung oil.

As long as the sailing is stable, you can observe the direction.

He also carried a quadrant with a short front and a long back, which could easily determine his approximate position, a cowhide kettle, and two pieces of salted fish.

This is all the equipment he has for going to sea.

He is the most free man in Ming Dynasty. Because of his status as a relative, he cannot command a large number of troops, and no one cares about him. He always takes risks by himself.

But he never took anyone out to take risks with him. He was afraid that if he cheated someone, His Majesty would kill him, and even cheated his daughter and grandson, which is His Majesty's third prince Zhu Jiancheng.

He slung the line over the pier, jumped ashore, and picked up a sailfish from the boat.

This swordfish was caught by him when he returned to Aowu City, Nanshan Prefecture.

This swordfish can be made into sashimi, that is, sashimi, because it is a sea fish.

Of course, as Tang Xing, who is familiar with "Prescriptions for Prevention and Hygiene", he would not eat raw food unless he had to.

Tang Xing carried more than 40 kilograms of sailfish and walked into the city along the pier. When he was intercepted by the guards, Tang Xing threw out his badge.

"Commander Tang is back!" The sergeant guarding the city immediately shouted loudly, and the news quickly spread to the city lord's mansion.

Chen Fuyin and Yue Qian, who were busy improving the method of frying salt, soon found Tang Xing.

Tang Xing had just finished bathing and was handling the 40-jin sailfish.

The sailfish in his hand has a strange appearance. The first dorsal fin is blue, and the second dorsal fin is reddish brown. In fact, his fish should be called bluefin tuna.

Tang Xing said with a full smile: "It's just in time, this fish is so fierce, it still wants to bite me, and I stuck it with a harpoon. It dragged my boat and ran for half an hour before I fished it out. .”

Yuan Bin cut off a slice with a sharp knife and asked with a smile, "What's the situation on Xijie Island now?"

Fish meat is a way of eating sea fish.

"Eat it when it's cooked." Tang Xing knocked out the fish stick in Yuan Bin's hand and said, "Can't you eat arsenic?"

Arsenic is a medicine for treating worms in the stomach. Taking a small amount can poison the worms in the intestinal tract, and eating a large amount will be the end of Wu Dalang.

"This is a sea fish." Yuan Bin looked at the fish fillets that fell on the ground, feeling quite sorry.

The texture of this fish looks very delicious.

Holding the knife, Tang Xing continued to handle the bluefin tuna in his hand and said, "We are at sea, and getting sick is not a trivial matter, so take it easy."

Yuan Bin said very dissatisfied: "Let me take it easy, you go out to play all day, why don't you take it easy?"

"Don't take me either."

Tang Xing didn't answer, he lit a fire and said: "There are two thousand Japanese pirates on Xijie Island, all of them are Japanese from the Shimadzu family in Qingshui City, Satsuma Kingdom."

The Shimadzu family in Shimizu Castle is the guardian daimyo of the Satsuma Regime, conferred by the Muromachi Shogunate.

The strength of the Shimadzu family is not weak in Japan, and they control the three kingdoms of Satsuma, Osumi and Hyuga.

While cooking, Tang Xing introduced the situation on Xijie Island: "There are firecrackers in Japan, but no artillery. Although there are not many of them, they probably look a bit like the earliest Yongle-made sidebarrels."

Originally, Yuan Bin and Chen Fuyin, who were quite happy to see Tang Xing come back, changed their expressions when they heard Tang Xing mentioning that Japan actually had firecrackers.

"Thieves, they are all thieves!" Yuan Bin said indignantly.

The Japanese pirates who stole things from Daming actually still have firecrackers to use.

Tang Xing shook his head and said: "Third out of ten rounds of their firecrackers can be fired. As for where they hit, it all depends on their gods."

Rizhao God is a Shinto deity of Japanese and Ryukyu native religions.

The Shinto sect originated in Ryukyu and is divided into Ryukyu Shinto and Yamato Shinto.

Yamato Shinto, also known as Yamato Island, belongs to Beishan Prefecture and is now controlled by Japanese pirates.Kijie Island is not far from the east side of Yamato Island.

The Shinto sect declined and became a vassal of Buddhism.

Tang Xing explained the various types of Beishan Prefecture. The population of Beishan Prefecture is not large, and [-]% of the population of the old Ryukyu Kingdom is concentrated in Nanshan Prefecture and Zhongshan Prefecture.

"I have a map here, which is the location of the towers, barracks, city walls, towers, arsenals, flying cannons, and iron cannons of Xijie Island. The iron cannons are their firecrackers, not artillery. Flying cannons are similar to bowl-mouthed guns. "

Tang Xing took out a map wrapped in oiled paper, on which he sneaked into the camp on Xijie Island these days and did investigations.

Chen Fuyin opened the Kanyu map, the drawing was very rough, but very easy to understand.

Chen Fuyin looked at Kanyu map and said: "If we can get rid of the Japanese pirates on Xijie Island, then the Japanese pirates on Yamato Island, that is, Beishan Mansion, will be completely isolated."

Tang Xing nodded and said, "I think so too."

"It's true that the Japanese pirates are brave and fearless, but their equipment is extremely poor. I think we can take Xijie Island with [-]% certainty if we attack at this time."

Chen Fuyin looked at Kanyu map and said, "Then go tomorrow."

The Ryukyu Kingdom has been in chaos for nearly a year, and the anger of the Ryukyu people has reached its peak. Chen Fuyin's volunteer training has exceeded 3 people.

Coupled with the armament brought by the Ming Dynasty and the nearly one-year training, it is not difficult to deal with the Japanese pirates on Xijie Island.

Tang Xing shook his head and said: "Not tomorrow, there will be heavy rain tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow, there will be 5000 people, that's enough."

"Four three-masted ships and eight warships are completely enough."

Yuan Bin interrupted the deployment of the two of them and said, "Shall we ask His Majesty for instructions first?"

Yuan Bin has his reasons for saying this. If the Ming Dynasty wants to transform the Ryukyu prefecture into a county, the best way is for the Ming army to fight against the Japanese. The Ryukyu people are grateful.

If the people of Ryukyu win by themselves, will there be turmoil in the prefecturalization of Daming?
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