There is a home in the depths of the white clouds

Chapter 410 Ryukyu People

When they got to the place, both of them were still a little dazed. Zhang Shen saw that it was okay?Hurry up and get someone to fetch water, wash them both, and refresh themselves.

Seeing the water basin, the two of them frowned and said in unison: "Do you still have to make trouble?"

When I saw the missionaries last time, I just dressed up, and now I'm still here?

"No need this time." Zhang Shen said: "The other party has already met our family in official uniform, this time only casual clothes are fine."

Besides, these two people didn't come out in official uniforms!

After tidying up and regaining my energy, I went to the living room to wait for someone.

Chuanbian, Zhang Shen told them that when the envoys from the Ryukyu Kingdom came, neither Wantong nor Wu Youwei showed up.

One is that Wu Youwei is a county magistrate, not the Minister of Honglu Temple who is in charge of foreign missions.

The other is that Wantong is the highest general in the local garrison, and he often leads the navy to the sea and has contact with an island country. It's easy to be impeached by the censors for trying to do something wrong. These days, There are too many people with ulterior motives, and Vantone has to guard against them.

Especially at this critical juncture, when some people in the court began to establish a prince again.

Therefore, the official representative to receive them is Zhang Shen. He is an eunuch and represents Emperor Xianzong, which is quite appropriate.

"Actually, Brother Qi Zhao should be called to come." Wu Youwei wanted Zhang Sheng to come over, but Zhang Sheng replied that he didn't have time.

Because he is developing real estate there, many construction teams have moved in, and the money from selling the land alone is enough to support him to reform Songjiang Mansion.

Because of this, Zhang Sheng became more and more busy. Cui Tieniu was responsible for providing him with support. He not only helped reform Songjiang Prefecture, but also Huating County followed suit.

At present, the opening plan of the three county towns and Songjiang Prefecture has been completed, and the daily passenger capacity of buses and horse-drawn carriages is increasing steadily. With a large flow of people, the entire Songjiang Prefecture has become active, and even more and more people are coming from outside. up. "If he doesn't come, don't come, our family is here!" Zhang Shen said: "They will come in a while, it is said that they are to thank Wantong for leading the troops to wipe out the Japanese pirates, I don't know if it is true or not.

While waiting, Wantong asked Wu Youwei to tell Zhang Shen about the situation in the Ryukyu Kingdom. Wu Youwei didn't know much about it. After a while, a translator came over. He was a middle-aged scholar who liked to study the languages ​​of various countries the most. He can speak all Ryukyu and Japanese Siamese languages.This middle-aged scribe is called Bai Mo.

Wu Youwei felt that the name was simple when he heard it.Too... so paradoxical, white ink?

"Da Ling thinks my name is contradictory?" Bai Mo said with a smile: "Actually, when my father chose the name, it was very contradictory with the name given by my grandfather, so in the end it was decided by my grandmother. Mo is one of the four treasures of the study. , the fourth child at home, so I took this name."

"What a good name!" Wu Youwei said with a smile, "Your life must be wonderful.

Bai Mo smiled triumphantly: "Of course!"

Later, Wu Youwei and the others found out that because he was the youngest of the family, he didn't want to take the formal imperial examinations to become an official. He only wanted to study various languages ​​he liked. You have to take the Jinshi exam and you can go to Honglu Temple to be an interpreter later.

In fact, as an interpreter in Honglu Temple, it is enough to recruit people, but the Bai family is a scholarly family, and the disciples are not allowed to fail, so Bai Mo was forced to take the imperial examination. Fortunately, he won the Jinshi. After a lot of work, he finally got his wish He entered Honglu Temple and worked as an interpreter.

Later, when Wantong and the others went to sea, they even volunteered to come to the coastal area. Now the family has settled down here, and the letters sent home every year are all showing off. Shanghai County, he came to the right place.

While chatting happily, an outsider came in: "The envoy of the envoy has arrived."

"Are you here?" Zhang Shen stroked the corner of his clothes without any wrinkles: "Please come in.

The warm look just now is completely different, and Zhang Shen now has the posture of a great eunuch in the palace.

Wu Youwei lowered his head, shrugged his shoulders suspiciously, and held back his laughter.

But Wantong and Bai Mo seem to have nothing to do, they are really different from each other.

There were seven people in total, including the three of them, exactly ten people.

Among the seven people, one was wearing a blue official robe, which was a bit like the official uniform of the Ming Dynasty, but it was a little different, because they were the kind with open fronts, like bathrobes of later generations.

The two were dressed in the official uniforms of ninth-rank petty officials, and followed behind the man in the blue official robes.

There were four more people following the two of them. Judging by their attire, they should be guards, but they looked...a little weak.

Although he was thin, Wu Youwei felt that it was an unhealthy thinness. Sailors were generally slim, but they were definitely not thin, they were all muscles.

Bai Mo played a role in communication, because after the seven people came in, four people stood guard at the door.

And at the door of Zhang Shen's living room, there were also four guards. These were hired by Zhang Shen himself. They were all injured in the navy and could no longer enter the water. They only injured their lungs and could no longer swim in the water. Yes, other aspects are not bad, Zhang Shen kept them, not so much as a guard, but as a support for them.

It's just that they don't get monthly money for nothing. They will do what the guards should do. In fact, who has nothing to come here to pick trouble in such a military supervisor's mansion built next to the barracks?Looking for a fight?

So they're just there to put on a facade.

Although their bodies have already healed in various foods containing spiritual water, they still haven't been noticed. They only know that they can't go into the water in the future, but they haven't found anything wrong with doing anything else.

Four of them went out, and there were three left. The envoy was naturally the one in the blue official robe. He was ordinary, with the tan of an ordinary fisherman by the sea, and he bowed his hands as a salute.

Wu Youwei's eyes widened. Can he speak Chinese?

He thought he would hear the familiar "you" and "die, die, die"!

"Well, good morning, envoy." Zhang Shen, as the representative, took over the work of the dialogue. Of course, Bai Mo was required to translate it.

It was only then that Wu Youwei knew that the other party was the same as he treated the missionaries, and would say a few words, the meaning of which could be understood, such as "hello", "the minister is here", "the minister obeys the order" and so on.

It was later that Wu Youwei learned from Bai Mo that their most complete sentence was "Long live my emperor, long live, long live", and the words were very correct.

The envoy of the Ryukyu Kingdom saluted Wan Tong again: "Thank you, my lord.

Wantong said flatly: "You're welcome.

He knew that the "thank you" said by the envoy meant that Wantong led people to exterminate the Japanese pirates and pirates. In fact, he was really just a coincidence.

It was the last time I met Wu Youwei. Although Wu Youwei considered himself a small official, they had already seen the prosperity of Shanghai County after they arrived at the post station, and they still respected Wu Youwei, the county magistrate of the "seven ranks", so He also saluted, and after Wu Youwei returned the salute, everyone took their seats.

The magnificence of the room has fascinated the other party for a long time, especially the milk porcelain that was served later, which made them love it even more. There is no way, they don't produce this there.

After drinking the first sip of tea, they spoke, and this time it was their language.

The Ryukyu language is indeed different from the Wa language, but with Baimo, they can communicate.

The reason why they chose to take a detour was actually to come for Wantong.

"For me?" Wantong was taken aback: "What happened to me?"

The other party chattered a few words, Bai Mo blushed a little, he didn't know whether it was angry or ashamed, and said directly: "He said that they are willing to pay Master Wan, and he only hopes that Master Wan will lead troops to visit them often. Go around and kill some Japanese pirates and pirates, especially Japanese pirates." What does this mean?Hong Guoguo's bribery!

"Tell him that last time I went to chase pirates and Japanese pirates, I didn't go on purpose, and where the navy goes to encircle and suppress, there is a certain range. My Ming's navy is also human, and it is impossible to go for a foreign country. Go to fight." Wantong said with a straight face: "If they have difficulties in Ryukyu, they can raise it with our emperor. I am a general who leads the army, so I am not suitable."

Moreover, how could Vantone agree to such an act of abusing military power?

Bai Mo chattered, the other party seemed surprised, and said something, Bai Mo started talking back and forth with him.

The three of them couldn't understand, so they just drank tea and ate snacks.

And the two people who followed were also carefully looking at the glass fruit plate.

They have never seen such a good thing, and they even want to take it back.

"If they dare to steal from our family, our family will definitely peel their skins!" Zhang Shen covered his mouth with a teacup and said viciously, "That's our fruit plate."

The fruit plate was made of crystal clear glass, in the shape of a multi-petal orchid, Zhang Shen's favorite style.

"No way?" Wu Youwei was also a little dumbfounded. Although the glass products are cute and beautiful, they are envoys and represent the face of a country.

Be a thief?

Too...too cheap, right?

"What's the matter?" Zhang Shen popularized knowledge to Wu Youwei: "When did the receptionist of Honglu Temple not lose anything? After many envoys left, it was as if they were patronized by bandits, except for the large pieces of furniture. Don’t go, the small vases and other decorations, even the scrolls have been rolled over, in fact, they are just drawn by their people, not famous works, and they are often lost!”

So much so that all the people in Honglu Temple are versatile. Anyway, those foreign people don't know who is famous or not. If the words they wrote are taken away, they should be taken away.

Wu Youwei was dumbfounded.

The ancient envoys are really impressive.

After the other side had finished talking, Bai Mo said: "They know they are wrong, but they just hope that I, Da Ming, will help their loyal vassals a lot.

To be honest, when the Ming Dynasty’s vassal states were the most prosperous, there were more than 30 in the Yongle Dynasty, and it is not known how many are left now.

Especially when paying tribute at the end of the year, there are only a few countries, and at most there are less than ten, which is much worse than the prestige of the ancestors.

"You tell them that they need to stand up by themselves. Don't always point at others. It's not easy for us to go across the vast sea." Only then can we know how big the threat at sea is.

Now he wants Ryukyu to stand up, at least to have an equal share with Wa, and not to be beaten all the time.

The two talked for a while, and Bai Mo said that the other party knew.

"Also." Wan Tao said, "Ryukyu people also joined the Japanese pirates, and they were all killed at the time. Let them take care of their own people after they go back."

In fact, from the second time on, fewer people were killed, and they were all sent to the gold mine to mine gold. The gold mine urgently needs a lot of labor, but there is no need to let them know about this.

Anyway, those who are sent there may still have a chance of being pardoned from their own country, while those from other countries have to die so that they cannot leave the island.

"Yes, my lord." Bai Mo chattered to the other party, the other party blushed, and after a long conversation, Bai Mo said to Wan Tongdao: "The other party said they were pirates. They are no longer citizens of Ryukyu. They don't want such people in Ryukyu.

After saying this, Wantong just nodded coldly.

Wu Youwei and Zhang Shen didn't express their opinions, but Zhang Shen looked at the time: "Our family seems to have a good conversation with each other, why don't we have lunch together? It can be regarded as a banquet for our family.

Bai Mo translated it, and when the other party heard about the banquet, they nodded happily: "Okay, okay!"

Well, this sentence does not need to be translated by Bai Mo, because he speaks Chinese.