Yakushima is a large island with many mountains and dense forests, the shape of the island is almost round, and the mountains are more than 70% larger, and you can see it everywhere in the mountains, deep streams, streams, waterfalls, etc. Such a topography is not suitable for large-scale cultivation and planting, which is one of the reasons why Shaoji Higashi gave up on Yakushima.

Countless mountain streams and streams flow from the two mountains to the sea east of Yakushima, forming a wide impact plain at the mouth of the sea over an unknown number of thousands of years, and it is also the largest relatively flat area in Yakushima.

Since last year, many people have migrated to this plain, including the Japanese people, the Silla people, and many Tang people, and the number has skyrocketed from hundreds at the beginning to nearly 10,000 people.

Matsuda was a member of the Wajin auxiliary, and he was burly and powerful, and it would be difficult to tell at a glance that he was a Wajin if it weren't for the characteristic Wajin bun on the top of his head.

At this time, the sunset has just set on the sea, and the sea surface is sparkling, a dazzling gold, and people are fascinated to see it.

Such a beautiful view, if you look at it every day, it will also make people have visual fatigue.

Matsuda leaned under a big tree that could only be hugged by three strong men, holding a snow-white steamed bun in one hand and a bowl of pale green kelp soup in the other.

A few widows on the side stared at the last steamed bun in Matsuda's hand, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and then looked down at the relief grain in their hands that was as hard as a brick, their faces full of envy and jealousy.

"Take it and divide it!"

Matsuda found that the atmosphere around him was not right, looked at the snow-white steamed bun in his hand, and then looked at the relief food in his companion's hand, and without hesitation, he stuffed the steamed bun to a companion, feeling that his stomach was still a little hungry, and took out half of the relief food from his arms again and gnawed it.

"Head! Can you tell Mr. Ke that this relief food is really unbearable, even if it is a bowl of porridge! A companion's voice pleaded.

"Yes! Oh, yes! We've all eaten relief food for almost three months, and we're about to vomit when we smell it! ”

Seeing that someone spoke, more than a dozen widows under the big tree gathered around, and every word you said and I said expressed dissatisfaction with eating relief food every day.

"Shut up!"

Matsuda didn't want to say anything, but when he saw that the people around him were getting more and more excited, he finally couldn't help but say angrily: "You guys have too many good days, do you still want to live the days when you didn't have enough to eat in the past, if you have the courage, go to Mr. Ke and talk to him!" ”

As soon as the people around heard that they were going to talk to Ke Ming in person, they all shrunk their necks and sat back in their places, not daring to speak out against it.

At this time, a thin but handsome young man came over, pulled the Japanese people on Matsuda's side aside, sat down next to Matsuda and said: "Brother, the brothers are not dissatisfied in their hearts, if it weren't for the island owner to bring us brothers from Saikaido here, even if we don't starve to death, we will be arrested by the government to be soldiers, but we eat hard and dry relief food every day, brothers want to change the taste, it's really not good, our brothers can go into the mountains to hunt by themselves!" ”

"Whoever violates the rules and acts without permission will fast for three days for the first time, be whipped ten times for the second time, and be put to death for the third time, Tanaka! You've already violated it once, you won't want to violate it a second time! ”

There are not many people who know the origin of Matsuda, two years ago Matsuda was not called the current name, he was a farmer who did his duty, but last year a disaster that swept the entire Saikaido, so that Matsuda's village starved to death Many people, Matsuda had no choice but to go up the mountain and fall into the grass, but in the disaster year, the robbers would also starve to death, and at that time, Matsuda gave himself his current name.

With more and more people following Matsuda up the mountain for the Kou, at first he could find some wild fruits and hunt some game to satisfy his hunger, but later thousands of mouths had to eat, Matsuda could only lead his subordinates to take risks to attack a mountain villa, but not only did not harvest, but also lost soldiers and killed many people, the hearts of the people on the mountain were scattered, and Matsuda could only go down the mountain to find a way to live.

Unexpectedly, at this time, I met some "good people", and as long as I followed these people, I would have food.

At that time, Matsuda was eating delicious relief food for the first time, and he almost burst into tears, so he followed these people to Yakushima without hesitation.

At that time, Matsuda thought that those people did not have any good intentions, but the temptation of food was too great, that is, let Matsuda kill people and set fires, I believe that no one will say the word "no", as long as they can survive.

But what Matsuda didn't expect was that he and a group of companions actually went to Yakushima to work for a man named Ke Ming, and not only could get a piece of relief food every day, but also a new set of clothes, and Matsuda felt that he was living in heaven.

Because Matsuda had a lot of strength and a flexible mind, he quickly stood out from a group of people and became a hundred households of the auxiliary soldiers, with more than 100 widows under his command, who either built houses or went up the mountain to cut wood every day, and this kind of day was more than three months in a flash.

During this time, Matsuda also gradually understood some things, the Tang man named Ke Ming, there is also a person called the island owner behind him, it is said that Yakushima and Tanegashima are the territory of the island owner, and there are countless elite soldiers and strong generals under him, ruling a lot of islands, even the Japanese country does not dare to provoke the island owner.

Of course, these are all hearsay, and no one dares to ask Ke Ming in person.

As more and more people on the island grew, Matsuda also learned more and more news that Ke Ming was going to build a shipyard here, and he was doing these things.

And there are at least five places like this in Yakushima, each of which can accommodate thousands to tens of thousands of people, and several of the companions who came to Yakushima with Matsuda have also been assigned to work in various places, and maybe you will be able to see your companions in the future, and you may never meet them again in your life.

The young man's name is Tanaka, which is the name given to him by Matsuda, and he is a clever person, and he inquired about a lot of news that others don't know.

Tanaka's eyes rolled quickly, and he said with a mysterious expression: "Brothers, I have heard a good news, do you want to hear it?" ”

"Is there anything delicious?"

"You can't come up with any ideas again, we were miserable by you last time......

"Forget it! Good news for you, not good news for us! The people around immediately disdained, Tanaka had a lot of ghost ideas, but they were basically unreliable, what ran to have a tryst with the widow, what went to the beach in the middle of the night to catch fish, etc., and even cut corners when building a house, and the people around were almost killed by Tanaka, if it weren't for Matsuda's face, Tanaka would have been beaten up a long time ago.

(End of chapter)