"Mother, I'm here." Zhao Qian said at the door of the living room. Without the old lady to say hello again, Zhao Qian entered the living room like this. I saw a lot of boxes in the living room, obviously divided into several piles. His sister Zhao Ruoshui was sitting next to her mother, fiddling with her ...... A box of pearls?

Seeing Zhao Qian, Zhao Ruoshui immediately shouted, "Big brother, you're finally here." Mother finally took the initiative to call you once, you are so abrasive. ”

"Oh......" Zhao Qian replied very casually, judging from the number of these pearls, it should have been sent by Cousin Qin. Cousin Qin originally cultivated pearls on the island of Siguo in the Wa Kingdom, and then the business was returned to the imperial court, and Cousin Qin returned to the Great Song Dynasty. After returning to China, Cousin Qin continued the pearl business, switching from cultivating seawater beads to cultivating freshwater beads in the vast lakes south of the Yangtze River. It seems that he has pearls and pearl powder and takes them back to his wife Xiao Meimei.

"That pile is yours."

Following the direction of the old lady's finger, Zhao Qian picked up the tied box. It's heavy to start, and I don't know how much my cousin has put in it.

"Da Lang, your cousin wanted to ask you personally, but I stopped him. Let me ask you, can you help your cousin find some way to sell pearls to the Eastern Mediterranean. ”

Zhao Qian was quite sure of his cousin's ability, so he asked, "Can't he find the Ministry of Commerce and the Maritime Safety Bureau by himself?" ”

"When your cousin went to the Wa Kingdom on an errand, he took the Great Song warship. Do you think that in that unfamiliar place in the Eastern Mediterranean, the Ministry of Commerce and the Maritime Safety Administration will really help him introduce him? ”

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Zhao Qian felt that the old lady's words were reasonable, but the pearl market has changed greatly in recent years. The rapid spread of cultured pearl technology has increased the supply of pearls by a hundredfold. It is said that the annual output is 50,000 to 100,000 times higher than it was 20 years ago. It is not unusual for a woman from an ordinary family in the Great Song Dynasty to have a pearl bracelet. At this domestic price, big ticket people want to go overseas to sell pearls. Is it too late for my cousin to do this?

Just in the midst of doubt, he saw the old lady beckoning to him. Zhao Qian walked over and saw the old lady take off the pearl earrings and hand them to Zhao Qian. After taking the golden pearl earrings and putting them in the palm of his hand, Zhao Qian heard the old lady say: "This is the South China Sea gold pearl produced near the Three Buddhas. ”

Zhao Qian touched it with his hand, and the beads were smooth, and the gold presented was not gold-coated or painted, but the original color. I felt that there was something different about the pearl, but I felt that there was a strange light flashing in front of me. When I looked closely, I was gone. Zhao Qian became interested, and slowly changed the angle between the pearl and the light, and sure enough, he saw the difference. At a certain angle, a different light appears from the pearl, which was originally just a beautiful red gold color, and a flame-like color rises from the pearl.

After watching it for a while, Zhao Qian was afraid that he would really be interested in this thing, so he hurriedly returned it to his mother. The old lady didn't say anything, but the sharpness in her eyes made Zhao Qian feel that she had been seen through. Then I saw the old lady take out two pearls from the open box, this pearl is bigger than a pigeon egg, although the color and shine are not as amazing as the one in the old lady's hand, at least there are very different places.

"Which of these two is cousin's?" Zhao Qian asked puzzled.

"The one you have in your hand now. If no one introduces such a large bead, it will not be able to sell it overseas. Your cousin really had no choice but to ask for your door. ”

"Well, I'd like to figure it out."

"Cut. Your father was a sailing guild back then, and I didn't see him sad when he was so big. Whatever you do, there will be opposition to it, so why worry about it. That's when you should learn from your father. Take out your righteousness. ”

Zhao Ruoshui was silent, but watched a little gloating as the old lady reprimanded the stupid eldest brother. Big brother has been so stupid since he was a child, always wanting to do the right thing. The eldest brother never seemed to understand, and only after doing it did he knew whether it was right or wrong. I was thinking about it, but I saw that the expression on my eldest brother's face changed, and suddenly changed from hesitation to decisiveness. Then I heard the eldest brother say, "Mother, I understand." I will try my best to help my cousin. Zhao Ruoshui was a little shocked at this time, how did the eldest brother change a person.

If Zhao Ruoshui could hear what Zhao Qian was thinking, he would probably soon feel that Zhao Qian hadn't changed. Because not long after Zhao Qian got into the carriage, he remembered the matter of the Wa Kingdom. Previously, the Kamakura shogunate of the Wa Kingdom had made some very unfriendly moves towards the Great Song Dynasty's ship, and Zhao Qian thought of this and began to think about it in his heart.

Unbeknownst to Zhao Qian, a fleet of Iyo's naval forces was anchoring near Honshu Island in the Seto Inland Sea. The thick anchor was thrown into the sea, and the small boats began to cruise around the perimeter of the large ship to prepare for a possible attack. On the Honshu Island, which was directly opposite the fleet, the Kamakura Shogunate Army, which had already received the news, had set up camp.

The night passed, and at dawn the large ships of the fleet began to lay down the small boats, and Zhao Boren, the subject of the Four Kingdoms, ordered the landing. The news immediately reached the camp of the Kamakura shogunate, which did not grant Zhao Boren the official position of Shikoku exploration at this time. Hearing that the Iyo naval army was going to log in, the generals immediately let everyone eat.

The soldiers crowded around the pot, and the usual vegetable paste porridge turned into vegetable paste thick porridge, and they all wanted to eat two more bowls. The generals sat cross-legged in the open space in front of the tent, each with a saury and a bowl of rice on a tray in front of them. There is also a small pot of sake. The general said to the generals: "Everyone have a full meal, and kill those pirates back to the sea in a while." ”

Zhao Boren had already taken a small boat to the shore at this time, and a cauldron was set up on the shore, and the fragrance of steamed buns wafted out from the bamboo cage drawer covered by the cauldron. In front of the field kitchens, the captains and captains inspected the breakfast. The logistics chef boiled a large pot of corn and pumpkin soup, stir-fried pork with yuba with a big spatula, and stewed beef with potatoes. Some of the chefs did not satisfy the officers, and the officers simply went into battle to prepare the dishes themselves. The group of people who had been renamed the Four Nations Army worked hard to learn the Great Song military system, and the last test for the promotion of the Great Song non-commissioned officers to officers was to enter the cooking squad for six months. The officials of the Great Song Dynasty Zhao believed that eating was an important thing in the army, not to mention that the military food did not pursue the level of high-end restaurants, and the soldiers who couldn't handle it were not qualified to be officers.

Knowing that the army had begun to eat, Zhao Bocai began to order the generals to start eating. Zhao Boren grew up in the Great Song Dynasty since he was a child, so he can understand the truth that the army should let the soldiers eat first. The meat dishes are hooked with sauce, and the steamed buns are dipped in the fragrant soup, which is particularly comfortable to eat. Although it is also possible to eat on the ship, the Great Song personnel in the Four Nations Army still recommend eating on the shore as much as possible, which can reduce the chance of trouble due to swaying.

The war between the two sides is still relatively traditional, and the two sides finish eating, tidy up the queue, and then scold the formation. The Four Nations Army found a few high-voiced Kanto people who had defected, and shouted in a Kamakura accent: "Minamoto Yoritomo killed his own brother Minamoto Yoshitsune, and was punished by heaven." Genji's heir. To let the Hojo family pick up the cheap. Our Shikoku Army is a lineage of the Iyo Water Army, and the Iyo Water Army is the official army that follows Lord Minamoto Yoshitsune. You people of the Kamakura shogunate can hear clearly, we can't be more orthodox than you orthodox! If you know each other, you will quickly flee back and tell the boy of the Hojo family that if he does not agree to the commander of our Shikoku army to be the leader of the Shikoku Expedition, we will go to Kamakura and cut off the head of the boy of the Hojo family! ”

The Kamakura shogunate army on the opposite side naturally scolded the Iyo Navy for wanting to be a probing, and they didn't know that the sky was high and the earth was thick.

In short, the two sides first asserted their legitimacy, and then went to war. The Kamakura shogunate sent a fierce general, Domeiji, who was armed with a long-handled broadsword, and his subordinates were also armed with this long-handled weapon. After fighting with the Shikoku army for so long, the Kamakura shogunate army knew that the pirates of Shikoku had sharp weapons, and it was very disadvantageous to engage them in hand-to-hand combat. A long-handled weapon is more effective at restraining a katana.

Waiting for Daoming Temple to rush up, the chess players in the four-nation army array with dense flags suddenly raised their flags and pushed away, and an opening suddenly appeared in the array that was originally surrounded by them. The Four Nations Army, which was located behind the mouth, rushed out from the inside, and the troops facing the Daoming Temple were killed.

One of the captains of this unit was Adatsu Inichiro, who was covered in steel armor and had an iron shield lined with leather pads on his left hand. Because the figure of 168 was very tall among the Japanese people, and because he was in the front, the Kamakura army on the opposite side swung his sword and slashed at Nichiro. The shield in Iichiro's left hand was blocked with unloading, and the broadsword slashed onto the shield and continued to fall, slashing directly on the ground. Inoichiro rushed within the distance of the hilt of the broadsword, swung the steel axe in his right hand, and slashed into the enemy's skull with a single move.

This officer's axe is the third generation of battle axes provided by the Great Song Dynasty, because of the breakthrough in internal boring and wire engraving technology, the steel axe surface and steel handle can be screwed on through the thread. When tightening the fastener, raw tape is used, and the axe is as strong as welding to the handle. Together, pull the axe out of the enemy's skull. Nichiro faced the second enemy and killed him.

The Kamakura army calculated that the enemy would engage with melee soldiers with short weapons, but they did not expect that these melee soldiers would use shields and battle axes instead of katanas. Their broadswords can't deal with iron shields, but the battle axes of the Four Nations Army can easily cut through bamboo armor and split skulls. Soon after the battle, the first battle of Daoming Temple was killed, and the soldiers behind saw that the situation was not good, and they turned around and ran away.

However, the vegetable paste provides so few calories that it can't be compared to the potato goulash. The physical strength of the first formation of the Four Nations Army could not even be depleted. Seeing the enemy fleeing, the Shikoku army roared in pursuit, and before the second formation of the Kamakura shogunate could be dispatched, the Shikoku army ran into the Kamakura shogunate's military formation.

No one can shout a complete long sentence in a battle to the death, and the words that echo on the battlefield are probably short words such as 'Yaga', 'Sinai', 'Ah', 'Ah', and 'Ah'. But it didn't matter, the battle of two thousand men each didn't last long. The Shikoku Army broke through the main position of the Kamakura shogunate army with only the first charge, and killed the general's position. After another twenty minutes, the general fled, and the entire Kamakura shogunate army collapsed and dispersed.

In the days that followed, the Shikoku Army headed north for Kamakura. At this time, the Hojo family was in a civil war with the Ashikaga family, and they could only temporarily mobilize two troops to meet the enemy. This hastily mobilized force was no match for the axe men of the Four Nations Army, and they were all routed in half a day.

Seeing that the Shikoku Army had reached a position three days away from Kamakura, the Kamakura shogunate was frightened. Since you can't beat it, let's talk about it. Soon an envoy from the Kamakura shogunate arrived at the Shikoku Army. The first to find out that these teams with big flags were Yin Ichiro, and he immediately stepped forward to stop them, but he didn't mean to make things difficult for them. Nichiro is a member of the Anda family, and just by looking at the flag, he knows that these people are messengers.

The two sides looked at each other, and Inoichiro couldn't help but widen his eyes, and the one in the core position turned out to be Keiji Matsuoka. Matsuoka was also quite nervous here, staring at the group of steel-armored soldiers in front of him and not daring to take his eyes off. But the leader took off his helmet and shouted, "It's Matsuoka who is the envoy?" ”

Seeing that the Shikoku officer was a little familiar, and then looking at his height, Matsuoka shouted in surprise: "Is it His Excellency Nichiro?" As a result, the current criminals who sold meat and the current criminals who ate meat a few years ago unexpectedly reunited in such a situation.

Matsuoka had long known that Inoichiro was not a civilian, and after the two sides met and talked, Inichiro easily accepted Matsuoka's status as an envoy. Although still vigilant, the number of courtesies is sufficient. Matsuoka simply got off a Japanese horse the size of a donkey and walked with Inoichiro.

The two chatted while walking, and Matsuoka saw that Nichiro's steps were quite brisk, but there was sweat on his forehead, so he asked, "Your Excellency Nichiro, isn't it hot to wear armor?" ”

Inoichiro smiled and handed the helmet in his hand to Matsuoka. Matsuoka took the helmet puzzled, and his face changed instantly. Picking up the helmet and examining it carefully for a while, Matsuoka sighed, handed the steel helmet back to Inoichiro, and knocked on Inoichiro's steel armor with a small fist. The face became even more ugly. Matsuoka, as a high-ranking official of the Kamakura shogunate, had a 'big armor' at home. A lot of metal is used in this large armor, and the protection is very high. But it also requires a lot of physical strength to wear and fight. Even if Matsuoka is a meat eater, he can only run half a mile in armor when he exhausts his physical strength.

Just looking at the luster, Nichiro's full-body metal armor is not light, and Inoichiro has already walked more than a mile in such armor. Fang just punched Inichiro's chest with a small fist, and Matsuoka's last illusions were shattered. It's really metal armor. With such physical strength, such height, and the group of soldiers around him who were also wearing similar types of armor, Matsuoka felt that he understood why the Shikoku Army was able to defeat the Kamakura Shogunate Army so easily.

As the commander-in-chief, Zhao Boren made his request very bluntly after seeing Matsuoka, first of all, to admit the historical fact that the Iyo Navy followed Minamoto Yoshitsune. The second is to grant Zhao Boren the official status of the Four Kingdoms Exploration Topic.

These two demands did not come as a surprise to Keiji Matsuoka, and the Kamakura shogunate was already very inclined to accept such conditions. Matsuoka asked, "Your Excellency Zhao, do you have any other requirements?" ”

Zhao Boren said decisively: "In the future, the ships with the flags of the Great Song Dynasty and the Four Kingdoms will not be difficult for the Kamakura Shogunate!" ”

Matsuoka was stunned, he could see from Zhao Boren's face that maybe this request was what Zhao Boren cared about the most.