Ming Zuo

"East Japan has always wanted to take Ryukyu as its own, and Toyotomi Hideyoshi's era had this ambition."

Hong Zhang, the head of Liguo Village, is well-informed and tells Lin Jiahui about the past history.

"But at that time, Toyotomi Hideyoshi was busy fighting with North Korea, and he didn't care about Ryukyu. After Tokugawa Ieyasu became the shogun, he repeatedly asked Ryukyu to pay tribute to Dongying."

"But our Ryukyu Kingdom has been a vassal state of China for hundreds of years. How can we be a minister of another country? At that time, King Shang Ning firmly rejected Dongying."

"Who knew that the Dongying people were not afraid of Daming's might at all, and the Satsuma clan sent troops to attack, forcing King Shangning to choose to surrender."

"But every Ryukyu person knows that the purpose of the Dongying people is to annex us completely."

"However, Ryukyu is too weak, and it is not an opponent of Dongpu at all. We also sent people to ask for help from Daming, but there was no news at all."

"Is Ryukyu really abandoned by Shangguo?"

Hong Zhang burst into tears while talking.

Like the Koreans, the Ryukyu people are also full of affection for the Kingdom of Heaven.

It's a pity that their luck cannot be compared with that of the North Koreans.

The same is the Japanese aggression.

North Korea received all-round asylum from Shangguo, and Guozuo was able to continue.

However, Ryukyu has fallen under the power of Japan, making every day unresponsible and the earth not working.Seeing that Japan's influence on Ryukyu is deepening day by day, the demise of the country is already foreseeable.

Regarding this situation, Lin Jiahui still knew the reason.

"Tomorrow is waning, I can't take care of myself, and I have no ability to set foot in the ocean, so I can't help Ryukyu at all. But our Xia Kingdom is different, and we will never sit back and watch our subordinate country be invaded by others. As long as I go back, Xia Kingdom will definitely send a large army to punish the hateful Dongying people."

Lin Jiahui is not bragging, but very confident.

Although he is just an ordinary businessman, because he has received a new type of education since he was a child, he has a vision and insight beyond this era.

Xia Guo has already implanted the maritime strategic thinking into the hearts of every commoner.

Where is Ryukyu, Lin Jiahui has already looked carefully on the map.

Not to mention anything else, just relying on the position of Ryukyu, Xia Guo will never allow other forces to get involved.

Moreover, Xia Guo's thoughts on Dongying are well known.

Zhengchou has no excuse to start.

Now Ryukyu is the best starting point.

"Whether it's Ming Dynasty or Xia Kingdom, in the minds of us Ryukyu people, they are all the kingdoms of heaven. We only want to be the subjects of the Shang Kingdom, and we will never bow our heads to the Dongying people."

Hong Zhang's rhetoric represents the belief of the vast majority of Ryukyu people.

The tributary relationship with the Central Plains has been deeply rooted in the minds of Ryukyu people for thousands of years.

After seeing the prosperity, power and civilization of the Central Plains dynasty, who would want to have anything to do with the barbarians?
People's hearts are available.

Lin Jiahui was more confident.

"Village Chief, I need a boat. Without a boat, I can't go back."

These days, Lin Jiahui wandered around Liguo Island for a long time, but he never found a ship that could cross the ocean.

"The Dongying people were afraid that we would go to Shangguo to complain, so they took all the big boats away."

Hong Zhang told the reason behind it, which made Lin Jiahui's face sad.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, Hong Zhang suddenly showed a smug smile.

"But the old man has been looking forward to going to Daming and reporting the situation here to the country, so he secretly hid a boat."

Lin Jiahui was inexplicably surprised and jumped up all of a sudden.

"Is there really a boat?"

Hong Zhang hurriedly held him down and warned him cautiously.

"Keep down, don't let the Dongying people hear."

There was still some anger on his face.

"There are also some people on the island who have surrendered to the Dongying people. They are willing to be lackeys. Once they learn about the situation, they will definitely betray us. Sigh, speaking of it, why isn't that King Shangfeng like this?"

King Shang Ning, who had to surrender to Dongying, had already died of depression.

The current King Shang Feng is the nephew of King Shang Ning.

It was only because King Shangning's own son was too young that he was proclaimed king.

But in fact, there is naturally the result of the operation of the Dongying people behind this.

King Shangfeng chose to cooperate with the Dongying people to sit on the throne of the king.

For power, he did not hesitate to sell his country.

Now that there is a boat, Lin Jiahui doesn't want to wait for a moment.

With the mature and prudent Hong Zhang around, this matter was limited to a very small area.

Hong Zhang asked Lin Jiahui and An Ran to prepare food and drinking water quietly, and took them to the bottom of the cliff by the sea one night.

This place is extremely remote, and the road is very secret, and the old people on the island can't find it at all.

Even in the dark night where you can't see your fingers, Hong Zhang is still walking on the ground.

He took the two of them around.

After turning around a large rock, Lin Jiahui suddenly discovered that there was actually a large cave sunken into the cliff.

Standing on the top of the cliff, you will never find this place.

And because there are several huge rocks standing in front of the cave, which tightly block the entrance of the cave, so even from the distant sea, it cannot be found here.

The three of them entered the cave, and sure enough there was a centipede boat docked here.

During the Jingtai period, Ryukyu asked the Ming court to build ships.

So the Ming Dynasty sent many craftsmen over here, so the Ryukyu ships are in the same line as the Ming Dynasty.

Fortunately, it was a centipede boat. If it was bigger, Lin Jiahui and An Ran would have nothing to do.

Taking advantage of the darkness of night, the three jumped into the water and pushed the centipede boat out of the cave.

"Village Chief, you must be patient. Brother Lin and I will definitely invite the army from Shangguo."

An Ran hugged the old village chief and burst into tears.

Hong Zhang seemed very indifferent.

"I've been waiting for more than [-] years, and it's not too late. It's a long way to the Central Plains. You must be careful not to let the Dongying people see it. If you encounter it, you must never say that you are from the Ryukyu. will die."

Without his orders, Lin Jiahui and An Ran also knew the danger of being discovered by Dongying people.

Even at this moment, danger may come at any time.

Lin Jiahui didn't dare to delay, he pulled An Ran onto the boat, and skillfully hung up the sails one by one.

With the last light of the moon, I waved goodbye to Hong Zhang.

On the pitch-black sea, no one noticed that a small boat quietly left Ryukyu and headed northwest.

After bidding farewell to Hong Zhang, only An Ran and Lin Jiahui were left on board.

This brave Ryukyu girl only thought of the lonely man and widow at this time, and her heart beat a little faster.

She secretly looked at Lin Jiahui.

But he only saw Lin Jiahui's eyes shining brightly, adjusting the sail from time to time, without hesitation.

An Ran was always in fear and could only seek comfort.

"Brother Lin, are we going to get lost?"

Lin Jiahui chuckled, and took out something from his bosom.

"Don't worry, with this, we will never get lost."

That thing is the compass.

During the storm, all the measuring tools on board fell into the ocean.Only this compass was carried by Lin Jiahui, so it was preserved.

This little thing was the only thing he could rely on when he returned home.