In the spring of the 11th year of Eiroku (1568), when the sea breeze was still a little unbearable, the people of Awaji Province were still busy farming and fishing for their own livelihood and the survival of their families. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Lu Guo said that it is a country, but in fact it is just a relatively large island. However, compared to the Kuroda family's strategic location, Awaji is still a relatively high-grade large island. The island has a wider area of land than in the area of Oki Kuni, and there are small rivers that originate from the central mountains on the island, which can be used for agricultural irrigation. During the reign of the Miyoshi family, a lot of farmland was reclaimed on the island, and only in this way could the Awaji Naval Army be fed by the growing scale.

At the same time, offshore fishing is also a daily routine for Awaji Navy. In the fishing season brought by regular ocean currents, a large number of fish and aquatic products greatly enrich the table of the water army, and aquatic products are also one of the main food sources of the water army.

And some of the more precious ingredients obtained by the people of the water army during the fishing season will be presented to the big people of the Miyoshi family to enjoy, which is all free of charge.

The beginning of spring is not the best time to fish, and it can even be said that it is difficult to get too many gifts from the sea. But at the turn of winter and spring, for the people of Awaji Province, who were already short of food and some materials, and even for the sailors of the Miyoshi family, going out to sea to fish was a must, because it was already a matter of life and death.

Harima Beach is a shallow sea off the island in the western part of Awaji Province near the Harima Country side. Because it is a shallow sea, the flow of water in this sea area is relatively fast, the water quality is relatively good, and it is rich in nutrients. Even before the start of the marine fishing season, Harima Beach became a great place for people from Awaji Province to catch fish.

The fish caught here are more nutritious because of the convection of the water up and down, so they are fatter than the fish in other places. These fish are the favorite food of the people of Awaji Province, and they can fill their stomachs, and they taste good.

If the fisherman is lucky, the nets will be pulled up to catch shellfish, mussel shells, and the like, which are delicious ingredients that can be presented to the local lords.

If you're lucky, some of the mussels that are caught together will also have jewels such as pearls. For ordinary sailors, or fishermen, these small transparent beads, which cannot be eaten or drunk, have no value except for being slightly better-looking. However, I heard that if it is sold to a big merchant from Sakai Town, or even a (smuggling) merchant from the Ming Kingdom, it is said that if you are in good condition and large in size, you may be able to exchange it for Jin Xiaoju. They think that a small judgment of gold is a great property, but they don't know how much of a small judgment of gold can be exchanged for this pearl in other places.

Facing the biting sea breeze, several small fishing boats that met and went out to sea from Awaji Province to the waters of Harima Beach. They came here to carry out their fishing operations, and that was the purpose of their trip. These poor people, in order to have a stutter to eat, these poor people, in order to have a stutter, can only try their luck. Otherwise, it is a question whether their family can survive until the fall of this year.

A small boat went down the net first, and after a long time, several fishermen on the boat, who were already sweating profusely because of rowing and casting nets, and only wore crotch cloths, shouted neat trumpets, and began to pull up the nets. The nets are very large, and the nets are divided into many sections, so the nets are pulled up little by little under their hard pulling.

However, it is a little disappointing that there is nothing in some of the nets, and in some of them there are a few live fish, jumping around in the nets, and some other aquatic plants or something.

"Gorou, it seems that we won't have a good harvest this time."

"Yes! That's so little more than ever. Goro, the young Awaji Kunisamu Captain said.

"It's still fish season!" A young, slightly older fisherman sighed.

"Yes! I don't know how much I can gain today! ”

"Okay guys, please don't be frustrated, let's walk for a short while, and then take a look at the net, we must try to bring back enough food for our families today." Gorou said with a smile and clapped his hands.

"Hey!"

He has always had everyone in his heart, his family, and he is positive and optimistic, and Gorou has become the bow of the ship with such charm.

The boat waved forward again, and just as Gorou and his men were about to get out of the net, one of his men pointed to the distance and said, "Gorou, see if there's a fleet coming over there." ”

Gorou didn't pay attention to it at first, there were too many ships crossing the Seto Inland Sea at this time. Because the Harima Beach is windy and suitable for boating, as long as you don't have a sick head, you will pass by here, so it is normal to have a fleet.

However, when Gorou looked closely, he saw that there were dense black spots to the west of him, and he finally knew why his men were surprised.

He took a cursory look, and the number of this fleet was estimated to be no less than one hundred and fifty ships, and it was the bow of the Anzhai family's naval army. Gorou is keenly aware that this fleet is definitely not an ordinary merchant fleet, but a naval army.

Yes, it's a water army, and it's a relatively large water army, but I don't know which one it is. Not good, is it......

Gorou looked at the fleet with a solemn gaze, and his men all noticed the fleet in the distance, and all of them stopped what they were doing. Not only Gorou's boat, but also several other small fishing boats also vigilantly stopped their operations.

Don't look at Gorou as he is young, but he is definitely an experienced bow of the ship, he squints at the fleet in the distance, he is looking at the situation of the other ship.

His senses had always been very accurate, and he could tell that the other party's ship was fast, at least faster than the one that was in the house, just by his naked eye.

When the fleet got closer, and Gorou could roughly see the fleet, he could clearly see the outline of the other ship. He had seen these ships, and that was the only time he had gone to Sakai to trade in Sakai Town, and he had seen them in the port, and they were ships of the Ming people.

The ship was huge, much larger than the largest Ataka ship in the Ataku family, and the size of the ship was good. The problem is that at the bow of that ship, there is the Kuroda family's finger flag, which confirms his idea just now, this fleet is the Kuroda family's navy.