A few days later, Murong Longcheng returned to Suzhou, and the "Maria" was also brought and anchored in Liujiagang with the "Yangming". Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

At the same time, Su Mingkang and others also prepared 500,000 catties of raw silk, and everything was ready, only the east wind was owed.

According to the agreement between the two parties, several major silk banks joined forces to transport raw silk to Liujiagang for loading on inland rivers. 500,000 catties of raw silk is almost the total output of the entire Suzhou for half a year, using dozens of large and small canopy boats, stretching for several miles, the scene is very spectacular, many people are on the shore to watch the lively.

Chang Wei also hid in the crowd, staring at these ships that should have belonged to him with vicious eyes. He now knows that the madman who committed the murder in Le Yunlou is the same person as the wealthy businessman in Guangdong who cut off these hundreds of thousands of catties of raw silk halfway. can have such a big deal, it is understandable that Suzhou Governor Yang Fengyin has been delayed in arresting people, and he must have received a lot of benefits. But knowing that he knew it, he had no way at all, because the impeached godfather sent a message from Nanjing to give up this plan of empty gloves and white wolves, and don't make trouble again. Without his godfather's protection, he couldn't do anything.

After the fleet arrived at Liujiagang, the goods were loaded onto two clippers, and Xia Nan also fulfilled his promise and paid more than 500,000 taels of silver.

Su Mingkang and the others, who made money, were in a good mood and affectionately instructed Xia Nan: "When Brother Xia returns triumphantly, don't forget our agreement, there are still hundreds of thousands of catties of goods waiting for you in Suzhou." ”

Xia Nan smiled: "Certainly, I plan to do this business for a long time, and there will be more opportunities to deal with you in the future!" ”

Under the farewell of Su Mingkang and others, Xia Nan and his entourage boarded the ship and went to sea.

"Yangmei" and "Maria" were very fast, and after entering Japanese waters, they reached the Goto Islands two days later.

According to the introduction of Murong Longcheng, Japan's main trading ports are Hirado and Nagasaki, and you can trade in either port, and there are many Ming Dynasty merchants in both places, and Hirado is the place where Zheng Zhilong made his career.

Xia Nan thought for a while: "Then let's go to Nagasaki." ”

The Zheng family's power in Hirado is too great, it seems that Zheng Zhilong also has a Japanese wife who is also a native of Hirado, and before the Zheng family goes head-to-head, he doesn't want Zheng Zhilong to know too much of his details, including the raw silk business. And Xia Nan remembered that it would not be long before the Japanese shogunate would issue a lockdown decree and only keep Nagasaki as a foreign trade port, so it was better to take precautions and run his own contacts in Nagasaki as soon as possible.

After arriving at Nagasaki Port, the two uniquely shaped clippers also attracted the attention of the fishermen in the port, but did not cause more sensation and onlookers. In the sixth year of Chongzhen, the shogunate had not yet issued a decree to close the country, compared with the port cities of the Ming Dynasty, the trade in Nagasaki and other places was more prosperous, and there were many Western sailing ships moored in the port, and the locals were already familiar with Western-style sailing ships.

After going ashore, the unique Japanese scenery of the 17th century aroused a strong interest in Natsuminami. He has also been to several tourist cities in Japan in the old time, but the business districts of Tokyo and other places are not fundamentally different from the big cities around the world, but the civilians in kimonos in front of him make him feel like he has entered the world of the game.

I have to say that Japan's "Taiko Rishiden" and other games highly restore the customs of Japan during the Warring States Period, Xia Nan looked at the ancient Japanese, and actually had an inexplicable sense of intimacy, as if he had become the hero of the game.

Xia Nan didn't know anything about Japan at the moment, and the task of contacting the local townspeople (merchants) to conduct transactions was entrusted to Murong Longcheng, who was familiar with the way, and Liu Quan, who was good at calculation. He took Lin Weiye and the others and the soldiers of the guard team to go shopping with a swagger.

Lin Weiye had never been to Japan before and after the crossing, and when he saw Japanese buildings and pedestrians, he was also very curious, and said to Xia Nan: "This Japanese people, both men and women, seem to be shorter than the Chinese, and they are dressed very strangely. ”

Xia Nan smiled: "Do you know that in this era, the average height of the Japanese is not as good as that of the Han people in the Ming Dynasty, and they are all short winter melons, so they wear shoes to increase their height - the clogs they wear on their feet are called clogs, in order to make themselves look taller." ”

This is typical serious nonsense, clogs were introduced to Japan from China, and the soles have two teeth, which are not slippery for walking on rainy days or muddy ground, and are not intended to increase height.

Although Lin Weiye didn't know the origin of this kind of shoe, he could also hear that Xia Nan was joking, and replied disdainfully: "I'm talking nonsense again." I don't know much, but I'm not a fool......"

At this time, a group of people dressed as samurai passed by, and overheard the conversation between the two, and one of them shouted: "Yaga! He drew his katana and aimed it at the two of them.

Xia Nan was originally smiling, but when he heard this familiar Japanese sentence, his heart was on fire, and he looked at the samurai intently, glaring angrily.

The samurai, who was a head shorter than him, had to look up at him, and his momentum was suppressed, and he became angry, pointed his satana at him, and said a lot of things.

How could Yang Youji, who was responsible for guarding the guard, let people point a knife at Xia Nan, take off the Qionghai-style rifle wrapped in oilcloth, knock it one by one, and hit the katana in the middle, this samurai's attention was on Xia Nan, defenseless, and under the sour mouth of the tiger, the katana took off his hand, turned around a few times in the air, and stuck his head in the ground.

This exploded the hornet's nest, and the sound of "bang" was endless, and the group of people pulled out their knives one after another and surrounded the two. The guards were quick to react, rushing over to separate the samurai, removing the rifles from their shoulders, untying the tarpaulins and revealing their bayonets.

The two sides confronted each other, and the number of Japanese samurai was below, only about a dozen, while the soldiers of the guard who followed ashore numbered more than twenty.

The samurai at the head was not afraid at all, his eyes showed a fierce light, staring at Xia Nan, and said in jerky Chinese: "Yours, you must admit your mistakes and apologize to us and take back your words!" ”

Xia Nan smiled contemptuously and replied, "You are talking about the phrase dwarf winter melon, right?" What if I don't apologize? ”

The samurai at the head shouted excitedly: "Yours, insult us, I swear to Amaterasu to cut off your head!" ”

Xia Nan scoffed: "Dwarf winter melon is dwarf winter melon, people are expensive and self-aware, you have to recognize the reality, huh?" ”

He is nearly one meter eight tall, it is very common in the old time and space, and he stands out in the ancient times when general malnutrition is common, and the average height is not as obvious as the Japanese in the Ming Dynasty, this samurai looked at the height of the other party, and then called the height of his companions on the left and right, and felt the deep malice of Xia Nan, and shouted "Yaga!" "Swing the knife and slash at it.