Fight the Giants

  Chapter 373 Yang Fu arrives in Japan

  Huo Xi found out about Huo Erhuai, the two heads of the village, and the woman who raised silkworms in the village, and formulated some measures.

  Both Zhuangzi are raising silkworms for the first time this year. They are inexperienced, the mortality rate of silkworms is relatively high, and the number of cocoons produced is not ideal.

  In the case of not increasing the mulberry field, if you want to increase the income of the mulberry field, you still have to work hard to increase the survival rate of silkworms, and then see if you can raise silkworms one or two more times. To increase the benefit with a large quantity.

  The growth cycle of silkworms is generally about 40 days. Logically, as long as the temperature in the silkworm room is maintained, with the continuous supply of silkworm leaves, silkworms can be raised more than four times a year.

  In the Jiangnan area, snow only falls in November, and the weather will warm up in April of the following year. It should be possible to raise five or six silkworms a year.

  Who wouldn’t like to get more cocoons and sell them for more money?

  After hearing Huo Xi's words, the two bosses expressed that they would sum up their experience and try to increase production next year.

  It was the end of autumn at this time, and thinking of Yang Fu saying that he would come back to spend the New Year with his family, I wondered what was going on with him and whether it was going well.

  According to the history that Huo Xi knew, the Eastern countries at this time were all vassal states of Ming Dynasty. Even if this dynasty is called the Wei Dynasty, the history is highly overlapping.

  During the reign of Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, the policy of "restraint" was implemented for overseas countries.

  The 15 countries including North Korea, Japan, Ryukyu, Annan, Chenla, Siam, Champa, Sumatra, Xiyang, Java, Pahang, Baihua, Srivijaya, and Boni were listed as "non-expropriation of barbarians".

   also warned future generations not to conquest at will.

  Taizu's policy is to treat these small surrounding countries as vassal states and make friends with them as sub-states.

  This policy also caused the Ming Dynasty to have a lively situation of "everywhere is salty, and all nations come to court".

  But among them, the Wa Kingdom is a special nation.

   Has always been cunning and changeable, capricious, feed him enough, he wants to eat more, you quit and he will enter.

   During the reign of Taizu, it was listed as a country not subject to conquest, but the vagrants of the Japanese state continued to provoke, frequently violated borders, and constantly harassed the coastal residents of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, causing panic and panic.

   Taizu was angry, and directly closed the maritime trade route with the country of Wa, and imposed a sea ban on the country of Wa.

  When Emperor Yongle came to power, in order to control the pirates along the coast, for long-term peace and stability, and to show friendship, before sending Zheng He to the west, he first sent Zheng He to the Japanese country with a hundred thousand sailors and the imperial decree of the upper country.

  In the second year of Yongle, Zheng He, on behalf of Emperor Yongle, read the will to Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, the third general of the Muromachi Shogunate.

   "Let them suppress bandits by themselves, and rule according to their own laws."

  That means that the Japanese are required to "wipe their buttocks" themselves, and these coastal wanderers are admitted, and Daming is given a happy answer.

  I am Shangguo, if I cut off your country's trade routes, I will not lose much, but you may be hurt. Just because I don't treat you, doesn't mean I don't have the ability. All my hundred thousand sailors have gone to your door.

  I let you self-government to show the friendship of my country.

  As soon as Emperor Yongle's decree was promulgated, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu immediately acted upon hearing the news, and immediately arrested more than twenty Jiangyang thieves.

   There are a little few people, but this nation is like that bird.

  They have brought hundreds of thousands of sailors to the door, so you have to show an attitude no matter what.

   And in order to show it to Daming, the general also ordered that these pirates be sentenced to death by the method of "steaming and killing".

  It is to put these pirates on a big steamer, light firewood underneath, and steam them to death alive.

  After Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, he was rewarded by the Ming Dynasty and formally established diplomatic relations with Ming Dynasty. The two sides signed the "Treaty of Exploration and Cooperation", and the Wa Kingdom also carried out tribute trade with the Ming Dynasty in the name of a "subject country".

Emperor Yongle gave Ashikaga Yoshimitsu a gold seal of the "King of the Wa Kingdom", and presented valuables such as crown clothes, Wenqi, gold and silver, porcelain, calligraphy and painting, and allowed the Wa Kingdom to pay a tribute for ten years. .

  Ashikaga Yoshimitsu also replied very humbly, calling himself the "King of the Wa Kingdom".

And presented "a thousand taels of gold, ten horses, a thousand postcards with thin samples, a hundred fans, three pairs of screens, a collar of armor, a collar of copper balls, ten waists of swords, a handle of a knife, a combination of inkstones, and a Tongwen platform. "

But it is a pity that this nation has always been cunning and changeable, and it is different from the suzerain-vassal relationship between North Korea and Ming Dynasty that has been maintained for nearly three hundred years. The southeast coast has maintained a peaceful situation for only ten years. The year is over.

  Huo Xi knows this period of history for later generations, as long as the ship going out to sea can withstand the wind and waves, Yang Fu's trip should be safe.

  Even if they encounter a small group of pirates, Yang Fu and the others have a big ship, and the small boat of the pirates dare not approach them.

   At this time, Yang Fu and his party had arrived in Hirado County of the Wa Kingdom.

  Before the ship docked at the port, the merchants of the Wa Kingdom were on the move.

   Not only the Japanese country, but also businessmen from the neighboring North Korea, the Ryukyu country, and other island countries, and even businessmen from Western countries, have already flocked here.

  The large ship from the Eastern Kingdom docked, and the supply of exotic goods was in short supply, and everyone wanted a piece of the pie.

  Yang Fu drifted on the sea for three months, and encountered a storm again. At this time, he finally saw the land, and his whole person seemed to be alive again.

  With Zhufeng Tayue and Tinglei Muyu, the four went ashore.

  There is nothing to do on the boat, he learns Japanese with a translator who understands Japanese day and night, and now he has achieved a small amount of success. Before I had time to take a look at the scenery of Hirado, I got into a tavern and ordered food in a Japanese language that the other party could understand.

  Although the food from the Wa country is not very appetizing, it is better than those eaten on the boat.

   There is also a little wine to drink. good.

   It’s just that this flagon and wine utensils are so small? How many sips can this drink?

  After eating two mouthfuls of rice and stuffing his stomach, Yang Fu also had leisure time to observe these foreigners.

  Hey, Niangle, it is true that the wind is different in ten miles, and the customs are different in a hundred miles. Look at the clothes of the Japanese people and the clogs on their feet. Isn’t it too cold?

   Look at the room again, not to mention that he has forgotten how he got in just now.

  He came in with a nod and stooped, not to mention that there was no chair, and the table was so short, he just sat cross-legged for a while, and his legs became numb.

  Looking at the four of Chasing the Wind, they were also like him, changing positions frequently as if there were nails under their buttocks. The five looked at each other and couldn't help but smile wryly.

  The five of them had enough to eat and drink, and ran to hang out on Hirado Street to enjoy the scenery.

  I found that the houses here are not built high, and the walls are also very short. You can see the scene in the courtyard on tiptoe. The houses in the neighborhood are all next to each other, very compact, all made of wood, with high foundations, and the houses are all built on wooden platforms.

   Could it be that the ground is too wet because of the sea?

  The lanterns hanging on the door are also very different from those of the Wei Dynasty. Most of them are square or long, like fish tails.

  Pedestrians on the street wore clogs and walked in small steps, walking very fast. Stepping on the stone road, there was a crisp sound. I stared blankly at Yang Fu and the others.

  (end of this chapter)