Zhen Qian and Zhang Wanqing left Nagasaki Town, not many people accompanied them, Zhang Wanqing left Tangjin Port with more than 100 soldiers, along the way was attacked by bandits, lost more than 20 people, this time with Zhen Qian returned to Tangjin Port, worried that the road would be attacked again, so the Tang merchants here gathered more than 100 escorts.

And Zhen Qian, in addition to Kong Ni, also hired more than a dozen Japanese porters and a comfortable carriage, which seemed extremely lonely and gloomy.

On the other hand, Zhang Wanqing, in addition to the more than 70 soldiers accompanying him, was also a very tattered carriage. When he left Nagasaki Town, there were three or four carriages filled with various gifts, which was the result of Zhang Wanqing's selection and claiming to carry some souvenirs.

Zhang Wanqing suddenly realized that this trip was not in vain, and the ports of Nagasaki and Karatsu were also not affected by the war, but the situation was completely different.

Although the port of Dangjin was preserved, because it was a military fortress of the port, it was first garrisoned by the Japanese army, then occupied by the Silla army, and finally recaptured by the Japanese army.

Nagasaki Town is completely different, firstly, Nagasaki Town is not famous, secondly, it is a leased place for Tang merchants, and thirdly, the Silla Army is in an urgent war, and there is no time to scruple about the port located in a remote corner of the southern end of Saikaido, making Nagasaki Town like a paradise in the midst of war, and even some wealthy businessmen from the Japanese State who have rich money have taken refuge in Nagasaki Town with their families, making Nagasaki Town more prosperous and peaceful.

The town of Nagasaki has become the most peaceful place in the whole of Saikaido, and even if the war ends, the town of Nagasaki will rise unstoppably.

Because Zhen Qian was still pretending to be sick, Zhang Wanqing was embarrassed to urge the team to move quickly, but he was anxious, and came over from time to time to "shh the cold and ask for warmth", saying that he would take a break after rushing to Songpu City first, and look for a famous doctor and good medicine for Zhen Qian, and pay a posture for Zhen Qian's sake.

If Zhen Qian hadn't understood Zhang Wanqing's thoughts, he would have really been deceived by Zhang Wanqing.

In this way, Zhen Qian was also tirelessly engaged by Zhang Wanqing, and along the way, Zhang Wanqing, who was bored in every way, talked with Zhen Qian from time to time about literature, poetry, and recitation, obviously to learn from each other, but in fact he was exploring Zhen Qian's fiction and reality. In addition to a few famous poems and verses in Zhen Qian's stomach, if he really talks about poetry and songs, he is not even as good as Zhang Wanqing's toes, and he can't resist it in three or two strokes.

Fortunately, Zhen Qian has a well-educated Kong Ni by his side, and Kong Ni also knows that he is not good at poetry, and leads the topic over from time to time, which avoids Zhen Qian's embarrassment and embarrassment.

After a long time, Zhang Wanqing also vaguely knew that he was not good at this, but if he talked about governing the country with Zhen Qian, the opinions of the two often differed, and even Kong Ni stood on Zhang Wanqing's side and had a fierce debate with Zhen Qian, which was completely a collision of ideas between the two worlds, and was disapprovingly disagreed by the shocking arguments that Zhen Qian often came up with.

In fact, not only Zhang Wanqing, but also many literati of this era made a lot of noise about Zhen Qian's remarks that he did not regard Confucianism as a grand ceremony for governing the world.

On the contrary, Zhang Wanqing and Kong Ni quickly became intimate, Kong Ni is the cultural inheritance of the Kong family after all, although this branch has declined, but the heritage is still there, coupled with the prestige of the Kong family, Zhang Wanqing does not dare to despise Kong Ni.

Soon the group came to Matsuura Castle in the midst of debates and arguments.

Matsuura Castle is the road from Nagasaki Town to Karatsu Port after all, and it was occupied by the Silla army not long ago, but when Zhang Wanqing returned again, the banner of the king of the castle had changed, although there were still many famous lords and thieves who were not dead and were eyeing each other, but in the face of Yamamoto's fifty-six strong strength, they could only choose to retreat.

Yamamoto Fifty-six didn't dare to press too hard, after all, the Silla army two or three hundred miles away from Matsuura Castle had not yet been completely evacuated, and no one knew whether the Silla army would make a comeback, and at the same time, the Japanese army defending in Karatsu Port had not taken any action, as if everything in Sekaido had nothing to do with the Japanese army, which made many daimyo dare not act rashly, for fear that they would lose the whole game if they made a wrong move.

Zhen Qian also didn't know if the Japanese army would participate in the struggle for hegemony in Xikaido, but judging from the information he had received, Fujiwara Nakamaro and the Japanese opposition had reached an agreement in private, and on the surface, neither side would support either side, of course, it was difficult to say what they did in private.

At this time, Zhen Qian was not good to come forward again, but the Tang merchants of Nagasaki Town flocked to Songpu City one after another, bought houses and land in Songpu City, and in a few days, they swallowed a quarter of the industry in Songpu City, and more than a dozen shops opened for a while, and their identity changed from the previous merchants to sitting merchants.

Those wealthy merchants of the Japanese Kingdom who were hiding in Nagasaki Town saw that they were afraid of falling behind the Tang merchants, and they also took advantage of the withering of commerce in Matsuura City to start annexing other industries, as fast as a spring breeze blowing through the night, giving the dilapidated Matsuura City a trace of vitality.

Zhang Wanqing knew what was going on, and when he rushed to Nagasaki Town and passed through Matsuura Castle, it was still a bleak scene, so much so that Zhang Wanqing felt that he had arrived in a ghost town.

That is, in just a few days, it was less than ten days for the Silla army to leave Songpu City, and when he stepped into Songpu City again, Zhang Wanqing was a little unbelievable in his eyes.

At the height of its glory, Matsuura Castle had a population of more than 50,000, and during the war, the people in the city fled one after another, and there was no one in ten, and the whole city could not even hear the roosters and dogs barking, and it was not an exaggeration to say that it was a ghost town.

"It's changing so fast here!" When Zhang Wanqing was in Nagasaki Town, he heard the news of the Silla Army's withdrawal from Songpu Castle, and subconsciously wanted to avoid Songpu Castle, worried that the famous lords in various places would start a civil war again, compete for Songpu Castle, and affect Chiyu, but he didn't expect that things were completely different from what he imagined.

"It's all the credit of the young Aoi Hime!" Kong Ni pretended to sigh, and naturally knew what was going on in his heart.

"Then we want to pay a visit to this young woman, Director Zhen seems to have been saved by her, this is a life-saving grace, you can't see it", Zhang Wanqing quipped.

Zhang Wanqing naturally wanted to ask Zhen Qian about the process of this distress, but Zhen Qian shirked it with the excuse of "it is difficult to say a word", Zhang Wanqing subconsciously made up for the experience of Zhen Gan's death, this is not a glorious experience, Zhang Wanqing is not good to expose Zhen Gan's scars, but I heard that the reason why Zhen Qian was able to escape from the clutches of pirates this time is thanks to the help of Kwai Ji, which can be regarded as Zhen Gan's life-saving benefactor.

Zhen Qian and Kwai Ji's matter, only a few people know the context, Zhen Qian naturally won't say it, but if he wants to get involved with Kwai Ji, he has to make up lies.

"Yes, if there is no help from Kwai Ji, a certain person may be killed at the hands of pirates", Zhen Qian naturally said that he wanted to go to the Guardian Mansion to meet Kwai Ji, in fact, he used his current identity to support Kwai Ji and his son, even if Zhang Wanqing didn't say it, Zhen Qian would take the initiative to mention it.

(End of chapter)