Although the Ryukyu Kingdom is small, only the size of a county in the Ming Dynasty, it is a treasure land.The domestic agriculture and fishery are developed, the resources are sufficient, to provide supplies for the coming and going merchant ships, and the annual income is a lot, plus he is a vassal of China, qualified to pay tribute to China, and has the opportunity to tributary trade, so although the country is small, it is very rich.Kim Byung-jung feasted in the palace, and the Ryukyu Kingdom adopted the pre-Song system of separate meals, where everyone knelt on the floor and placed a table in front of them, which was filled with various foods, melons and fruits, and the food was quite rich.During the banquet, the king of Ryukyu asked about the Central Plains several times, and after learning that the situation of the Ming Dynasty was not optimistic, he wanted to speak several times, and even Jin Bingzhen felt that this Ryukyu country seemed to have something wrong and was not quite right.Early the next morning, Ryukyu officials came and said that they already knew where the ash was, so they left Shuri with Kim Byung-jung and led the fleet to a volcanic island.After the ship docked, the Ryukyu officials recruited locals to help with the shipment, but the captain of the ship found that not far away, several sneaky figures seemed to be spying on them."
My lord, something is not right!"
The old ambassador of the ship gave a look.Jin Bingzhen followed her gaze and had already found the group, but this group of people was just watching from a distance and did not show any intentions, so she said, "Leave them alone!"
”With the help of the locals, the two fortune boats were quickly filled with volcanic ash, and Kim Byung-jung asked the locals to give them some silver, and instructed them to repair the wharf, saying that they would come over in the future, so they set sail with the two fortune boats and returned to Jintang Island.At this time, the Ryukyu officials who came over with Jin Bingzhen came to the group, put their feet together, their hands drooped, and bowed and saluted, "Xintian-kun, the people of the Ming Kingdom are gone, but it seems that they will still come." ”The samurai of the Wa Kingdom, who was dressed in clogs and Tang costumes, frowned and said, "The people of the Ming Kingdom often come, and the matter of Ryukyu being controlled by our Shimazu Domain will be revealed sooner or later." ”The Ryukyu Kingdom is rich, but it has no strength to protect itself, just like a child walking on the street holding a piece of priceless jade, which will inevitably attract the prying eyes of others.The Ryukyu Kingdom is also aware of this, so it has always hugged China's thighs.Decades ago, when Toyotomi Hideyoshi was conquering Korea, he asked the Ryukyu Kingdom to provide money and grain, but the Ryukyu king refused, and the news was passed on to the Ming Dynasty.After the end of the Wanli Aid War, Japan fell into chaos, and the southern daimyo and the Shimazu family of the Satsuma domain, coveting the wealth of the Ryukyus and the status of the Ryukyu tributary state, sent 3,000 Satsuma warriors to occupy the Ryukyus.However, the Satsuma clan did not dare to offend the Ming Dynasty, so it did not annex the Ryukyus, but only supported the Ryukyuan people who were close to the Satsuma domain, and set up the Ryukyu royal family, so as to control the Ryukyu Kingdom.At this time, the Ryukyu official said, "Nobuya-kun, I thought you were too worried.Ming Guo is now too busy to take care of himself, but what if they know?
”The samurai named Nobuta was still not at ease, and the battle of Wenlu Qingchang made the Wa Kingdom still a little jealous of the Ming Dynasty, "Yinsang, you should still ask you to go back to Satsuma!"
Please!
”The ships were sailing on the sea, and the sailors on the deck adjusted the direction of the sails from time to time according to the requirements of the ship boss, so that the fleet could return to Jintang Island smoothly.The sea is surrounded by water, there is no reference, and the slightest misdirection of the ship can make a difference of thousands of miles, so it is especially important for experienced sailors and ship bosses.At this time, the captain of the ship was directing the sailors to handle the sails, and the ship had moved away from the Ryukyus and approached the Zhoushan Islands.The trip to Ryukyu Island made Jin Bingzhen feel that there seemed to be something wrong with Ryukyu, but now that the Ming Dynasty is full of lice, he has no time to care about Ryukyu affairs.At this time, the ship looked at the sailors on the bucket from a distance, and looked at the sailors on the bucket, but suddenly exclaimed, "My lord, there is a large group of ships in the distance to greet you." ”The boat boss frowned when he heard this, "What kind of ship is it?"
”The sailor on the bucket, holding a pergola with his hand, looked from afar, "I can't see clearly, but it's all bamboo sails!"
”In the Age of Discovery, it was very dangerous to sail on the seas, and almost all maritime merchants could become pirates, even if it was a country's navy, sometimes they would become pirates, and even some countries' navies were pirates.Sailing in the East China Sea is also dangerous, but the other party is not a soft sail, but a hard sail, and most of them are Ming ships."
Hang up the Zheng family's flag!"
The boat boss hurriedly said.When Cheng Bi went to Fujian before, he asked Zheng Sen to get a few yellow flags of the Zheng family, and most of the ships on Jintang Island would fly the Zheng family's flag when they sailed alone on the sea.Zheng Zhilong crisscrossed the East China Sea and the South Seas, and even the Dutch had to buy his face, not to mention other maritime merchants and pirates."
It could be the Zheng family's fleet!"
The captain of the ship groaned and said to the sailors: "Swing the rudder to the left and continue to sail forward!"
”Because of the blockade of the coast by the Qing army, the scale of smuggling merchant ships in Zhejiang was greatly reduced, and most of the ten sea ships in front were ships from Fujian.The sailors on board, hearing the greeting, immediately pushed the rudder, and the rudder at the stern of the ship suddenly swayed, and the hull creaked and tilted sideways to change the direction of the voyage.Jintang Island and the Zheng family have a feud, and in order to avoid trouble, the ship still decides to avoid the oncoming fleet."
My lord, the opposite fleet has changed direction, as if to intercept us!"
The sailors on the lookout shouted again.On the sea in the distance, ten sea ships were riding the wind and waves, and on the first warship, Lu Wei, the general under Huang Binqing, wearing a suit of armor, stood on the ship's floor, sneering and staring at the two sea ships in the distance.Zhao Ming annexed Huang Binqing's 1,000 men, which made Huang Binqing hold a grudge, he knew that Zhao Ming had made great contributions to the Yangtze River, and he didn't dare to do it openly, so he played yin.Huang Binqing asked his subordinate generals to go to Dayuan first, wanting to destroy Jintang Island with the help of the Dutch, and at the same time agreed to the suggestion of his brother-in-law Lu Wei to send a fleet to accompany pirates to plunder the merchant ships of Jintang Island.After Lu Wei received the order, he took ten warships and roamed the sea from time to time, but because the Qing army blocked the coast, the smuggling trade was not easy to do, and there were almost no ships coming out of Jintang Island recently, and Lu Wei had no harvest, which made him very depressed.At this time, Lu Wei was standing in the shipbuilding, behind him were the soldiers holding spears, the sailors on the deck, who had already pushed open the gun window and pushed out the guns, and the rest of the soldiers also excitedly picked up their weapons."
Full sails, stop them!"
Lu Wei ordered loudly, a cruel look on his face.There are rules on the sea, and if you rob a ship, the soldiers and sailors on board can share a lot of wealth, and the Huang soldiers on the ship immediately cheered, roared and steered the warship, raised the speed of the warship to the highest, and rushed in the direction where the two lucky ships were going to pass.On the lucky ship, the captain of the ship saw that the other party actually changed course, and immediately understood the other party's intentions, and suddenly exclaimed, "It's not good, it's a pirate!"
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