Chapter 323
A fleet of ten blessed ships on the sea was swaying towards the north.
The fleet left Tamsui Port and entered the East China Sea. Soon after, it encountered wind and waves. The 400-ton-class blessed ship was roaring in the strong wind and huge waves.
Wang Jiaqin was swaying around and vomiting in a mess. Even Zhou Hezhi, who had been sailing on the sea for a long time, couldn't stand it.
Fortunately, the fleet still relied on its experience to Ryukyu in the wind and waves, stopped in the port and avoided the storm.
After the wind and waves stopped, the fleet continued to sail. After more than ten days, it finally arrived at Nagasaki Port, Japan.
When China was banning maritime, Japan had already implemented a decades-long maritime ban, leaving only Nagasaki for foreign trade.
At this time, the ship was docked, and a team of Japanese warriors came over on the dock, surrounded by the two of them and spoke Japanese to the ship for a while.
"General Zhou, what did they say?" Wang Jiaqin couldn't help asking.
Zhou Hezhi smiled and said, "It's nothing, that's the Tang Tongshi and Feng Shi officials sent by Nagasaki, Japan. Later, they will board the ship to inquire about our origin, the goods we ship, and some situations in the Ming Dynasty and surrounding areas."
Wang Jiaqin frowned and said, "They also have to ask about the Ming Dynasty."
Zhou Hezhi nodded, "It is said that Japan was closed because in order to monopolize the trade with Japan, the Dutch reported to the shogunate that the Spaniards and Portuguese who came to Japan first, saying that they intended to invade Japan. At this time, Catholic rebellion occurred in the territory of Japan. In addition, the Spaniards destroyed Luzon, so the Japanese believed in the attacks of Spain and Portugal, so the Tokugawa Shogunate immediately issued a maritime ban. However, although the Japanese banned the sea, they would go to Nagasaki to inquire about the news outside, which was called Fengshuogun. The news I heard from the Dutch was called Lan Zhifeng Story, and the news I asked for from us was called Tang Zhifeng Story. After these Fengshuogun were sorted, they would send them to Edo."
Wang Jiaqin said: "I didn't expect the Japanese to be so alert."
At this time, the two Japanese in kimonos had already boarded the boat. They nodded and bowed politely, then stood up and asked, "I, Kato Eagle, dare you ask your name, why are you here in Nagasaki?"
Zhou Hezhi smiled and said, "Kato, this is Mr. Wang, Huaxing Company's large display cabinet. I am Zhou Hezhi, the leader of the fleet guard."
"Wang Sang, Zhou Sang, what goods did you transport?" Kato Eagle made a routine business.
Zhou Hezhi continued: "Kato, what he is transporting is tea, porcelain, and books. The company is preparing to purchase a batch of raw silk and knives after it is sold in Nagasaki and fan it back."
"Soga!" Kato Eagle nodded, no longer asking about the goods, but began to inquire, "Zhou Sang, I heard that the Tatars had attacked the Yangtze River and entered Fujian, right?"
Zhou Hezhi waved his hand, "The news about Kato Jun is outdated. Not long ago, the Ming Dynasty defeated the Qing army in Fujian, annihilated more than 100,000 Qing army, and killed the Qing prince. The situation has changed."
"Si Guoyi!" Kato Eagle heard that the army defeated the Qing army, and couldn't help but sigh, "The Ming Dynasty is worthy of being the Ming Dynasty!"
At that moment, Kato Eagle learned something from Zhou Hezhi. When the conversation was just around the corner, a Dutch merchant ship outside the harbor slowly drove into the harbor.
Seeing this, Kato Eagle nodded and bowed, "Wang Sang, Zhou Sang, say goodbye."
Wang Jiaqin and Zhou Hezhi also saw the Dutch merchant ship driving into the harbor. Their faces were a little unnatural. Zhou Hezhi hurriedly said, "Please give me a gift, I will definitely come to visit you later."
Kato Eagle nodded, then took the samurai out of the boat and went to the pier to wait for the Dutch merchant ship to dock.
At this time, Wang Jiaqin looked at the Dutch flag flying on the mast of the merchant ship, and his face showed a melancholy look, "The red-haired ghost is here too!"
Zhou Hezhi said: "Sir, let's get off the boat first!"
At that moment, Wang Jiaqin left behind people to look at the ship, then got off the sea boat. After inspection, he left the dock and before he could reach the city town, a Chinese man in Ming Dynasty costume led a group of Japanese samurai and went up to ask, "But Mr. Wang, General Zhou?"
Wang Jiaqin and Zhou Hezhi nodded, and the person introduced himself that it was Chen Yonghua, a business in Nagasaki. After receiving the company's letter, he had been waiting in the port for more than half a month.
The group followed Chen Yonghua to the city town. Along the way, you can see the Japanese style. There are shops on both sides of the street. Xiao Si in the store nodded and bowed when he saw the guests, and met everyone, "Wao, his aunt died." He was so polite.
This made Wang Jiaqin, who had been to Japan for the first time, feel a little fond of Japan.
Chen Yonghua introduced as he walked: "Nasaki is a major port in Japan, directly under the Tokugawa Shogunate, with a prosperous business. There are nearly 10,000 Ming merchants here."
Wang Jiaqin looked up and saw that the shop signs on the streets and alleys were full of men, but some of the meaning was already different from the Central Plains.
At this time, everyone walked all the way, and Chen Yonghua took several people to a hotel. "It's getting late. Mr. Wang and General Zhou are running all the way. Let's take a night off first. Tomorrow I will come to see the Ming merchants from Nagasaki."
Wang Jiaqin nodded and looked up. The inn was not called the inn, but Kaga Oya.
The group entered the inn, and the Japanese woman in a kimono took a few steps and arranged a room for them. In every sentence, "Aligado" was so gentle and polite.
At this time, Chen Yonghua escaped from five taels of silver, paid the house, and said goodbye and left, indicating that he had been here long ago.
Wang Jiaqin, Zhou Hezhi and more than a dozen guards accompanied him, a total of more than 20 people, almost filled the inn.
"Sir, have a good rest, I'll call you in the morning!" Zhou Hezhi smiled mysteriously at Wang Jiaping, and then entered a house.
Everyone was running around the sea, and they were really tired and tired, so they guided the lower girl in a kimono and entered the room. There was no bed in the room. The lower girl took a small step, pulled the cabinet and took out a quilt, spread it on the tatami, and Wang Jiaqin realized that the Japanese actually slept on the ground.
At this time, the girl brought a wooden barrel and poured hot water into it.
Wang Jiaqin was tired at sea and really wanted to take a shower. She was about to ask the Japanese woman to go out, but the lower woman in a kimono suddenly loosened her belt and took off her clothes. She knelt naked and wanted to take off her clothes for Wang Jiaqin.
Wang Jiaqin was shocked. He didn't expect that ordinary hotels would have such services. It was really insulting and extremely vulgar. He quickly drove the girl out.
Wang Jiaqin was soaked in the wooden barrel tiredly, and the warm boiled water made him fall asleep in a daze. At this moment, an indescribable sound came from the next room.
There is no sound insulation effect in Japanese wooden houses, and the sounds on both sides of the left are one after another. Wang Jiaqin never expected that a mere five taels of silver could provide such a service. He couldn't help but be amazed at the low prices in Japan.
That night, Wang Jiaqin couldn't sleep, and he was sleeping uneasy, and he was even more tired than not sleeping.
Chapter completed!