C87 Glazed Ball!
In the glume Kingdom, although the Royal Family and Popular both worshipped the Han Chinese culture, and there were a lot of Chinese in the glume, but they lost to the Shimadzu in the battle to grow up, which meant that the Japan had colonized the epoch for more than two hundred years. In these two hundred years, Japanese's culture and customs were also slowly affecting the glume Kingdom.
There were Japanese hot springs, rooming house s, and messy taverns. wave man and Trader, who wore wooden clogs, presumptuously carried their white-powdered singers through the streets, while the sounds of the tavern's third string and the Japanese style intertwined with the sounds of singing, which sounded quite unique.
The Team that Xiao Letian and the others brought with them was too big, it was not something that a single rooming house could hold. Under the arrangements of Liang Kun, all four rooming house s on the street had been rounded up. Among them, Xiao Letian lived in the most scenic 'Cherry Blossom', the renowned Japanese-style rooming house. Not only were there two hundred-year-old cherry trees, but he had also attracted a living stream of water from the hot spring on the mountain, which emitted a faint smell of sulfur.
"Take a bath, take a bath …" "I smell like seawater. If I don't wash up, I won't have any appetite to eat …" Xiao Letian had stopped walking ever since he saw the hot spring. The storm yesterday had filled his body with seawater, and even now, there was still the smell of sea salt.
In Japan's culture, Xiao Letian's favorite thing was their tradition of doing things. Above their heads was a dark blue sky, surrounded by meticulously crafted stone tables, and warm water wrapped around their bodies. That kind of feeling was not something that could be described with words.
As Xiao Letian was staring at the towel and relaxing his body and mind, suddenly, Girl's timid voice came from behind him, "Dear guest, this is the sake that you wanted, please enjoy your meal …" Xiao Letian heard the weird sound in Chinese, but when he turned around, he saw Little girl in a kimono kneeling behind him with a red face.
"Mm, thank you …" Before Xiao Letian could finish thanking him, Little girl had already taken off her Clothes. The kimono was originally a piece of cloth. Little girl took off the belt and put it on.
Xiao Letian suddenly remembered that in the ancient Japan, female servants not only had to work, they also had to sell themselves. The lower levels of Japan, Popular's life was extremely difficult. Furthermore, Japan did not have the same kind of feudal etiquette as the China, so he did not feel any guilt buying a woman's life.
Little girl dived naked into the water and began to wipe Xiao Letian's back with a raspberry root. One could tell that she had trained her culinary skills before. While she was wiping and massaging, it was so comfortable that Xiao Letian was about to scream out.
"What's your name? How old are you this year? "Where is your hometown …" Xiao Letian casually asked while lying on the stone stage with his eyes closed.
"This humble girl … Qian Xia, I came from the distant four countries. I came here to do business with my father... "It's a pity that my father never came back after one trip to sea. I can only live here with my younger brother …"
Qian Xia was an 18-year-old Girl. Perhaps the torture in his life had made her numb, but when he mentioned her father and her mother who had died of illness, he didn't sound sad at all. It was as if he was calmly explaining the matters of strangers.
The young carcass rubbed against Xiao Letian's skin. It seemed like Qian Xia was very experienced, she knew how to make men more comfortable. Just when she was about to help wash the sensitive parts, Xiao Letian suddenly stood up from the water.
"Alright, help me wear the Clothes. I'm hungry …" Qian Xia was a bit surprised. He knew that Xiao Letian's body was already reacting, but why did this Chinese restrain him? Am I not beautiful? Or no money?
Soon, Xiao Letian made her even more confused. When she was kneeling in the water with two pieces of eagles shining in silver light in her hands, Little girl's tears had already flowed down.
"Aligado... "Thank you, thank you …" Girl, who was naked, kneeled in the water, so excited that tears were left on his face. She had never seen such a generous Guest before. He did not even ask for her own body to give him so many rewards.
Xiao Letian smiled at him and turned to walk back into the rooming house. He was very clear on how poor Minzhiweixin's previous Japan was. It was an exceptionally strict Country, with all of its wealth concentrated in the hands of the martial families. Even Celestial Emperor would sometimes need the support of a martial general.
In the lower level of the Japan, Farmers, who had been squeezed by layers of pressure for a year, might not even be able to eat a mouthful of the rice that he grew. After they paid their taxes, the remaining rice would immediately be exchanged with Trader for miscellaneous grains, and even then, they might not be able to eat their fill.
Girl of the Wu family was even more pitiful. They had to work hard since they were young, and once they were older than 10 years old, they could sell for money. Many of them were directly sold off.
For people like Girl, who worked in rooming house, he could not earn much money at all. It was just that Owner provided him with food and shelter, as well as daily Clothes. Normally, when Qian Xia sold her, he would only get his meager copper coin. He was the happiest when he met the wealthy merchant in the sea, Qian Xia, because they would sometimes give her several hundred gold coins.
If she met the Japan and their local Guest, it would be very pitiful. She could only endure giving dozens of copper coin to them. What? You say she can refuse? Don't even think about it, if Qian Xia dared to reject Guest, rooming house Liu Shuang Niang will kick her out immediately.
Today, Xiao Letian had actually generously given her two silver coin, these kinds of refined and exquisite Western silver coin, one of them was worth at least 1000 copper coin, at that time Qian Xia was so happy that he was going crazy.
Xiao Letian left Qian Xia and returned to the house. At this time, lunch had been served and everyone else had already started to gobble down the food. Only Xiao Letian's portion remained untouched.
"sake, Sky Woman Luo, Japan Tofu, Flavor Enhancement Soup, Sashimi …" It was a very small and exquisite dish, but it was filled to the brim with food. Although it was pretty, it also gave off a feeling of being a small family.
Now that Xiao Letian had recovered from the fatigue from his journey, he ate while discussing the next step with Shi Dakai. Xiang Shaolong and the Green Forest experts led by him were scattered around the rooming house, carefully guarding the surrounding grass and trees.
"Military Advisor, I have already secretly contacted King of the Glazed Ball, they said that Japanese is keeping a close eye on us right now, and that it is very difficult for us to meet Liu Zhu Wang Shang Tai in private, but the envoy also said that King Chantale will prepare a wild trip the day after tomorrow, and royalty will think of all ways to create a chance to meet him in private …"
After all, Shi Dakai had already been to the glume once, and he had a secret connection with Liu Zhu Wang Shang Tai. This was not a secret, as the scouts of the Japan had been paying attention to him.
Liu Tie held onto the sake cup and thought for a while. "Let's talk about Japanese's current situation. How many troops do they have and who is Commanders?"
At this time, Liang Kun took over the topic, "The glume Kingdom is still a subordinate of the Samoan, and this place is not directly under the control of the Japan's Mu Manor. Furthermore, the control the Shimadzu has over this place is also invisible.
Although Liang Kun's appearance looked rough, but to be able to become a qualified general, he was very meticulous and understood the history of glume very well.
Although the glume Kingdom had always recognized itself as a Subordinate Country of the China, even the glume King had intentions of attaching himself to China. However, because the Ming and Qing dynasties disregarded the oceans, the China's control over them did not extend to the glume islands. Most of it was due to the influence of culture.
In the year 1609, when Japan was celebrating for four years, during the ten thousand year period of the Ming Dynasty, the Shimadzu of the Nine Prefectures sent Hua Shan and three thousand Soldiers to invade the glume, marking them as part of the Shimadzu's territory.
But strangely, the Shimadzu did not cripple the glume King. On the contrary, the Shimadzu only hid behind the glume King and secretly controlled the glume Kingdom. Official, who was assigned to the Shimadzu, could only function after being conferred another title by the glume King. Furthermore, the glume did not obstruct the diplomatic activities of the Ming and Qing dynasties.
Did the Shimadzu not have the strength to annex the glume? The answer was no, the Shimadzu almost unified the entire Nine Regions when they were in Japan. If not for Feng Chenxiuji's suppression by force of the nation, the history of the Japan would still be unknown.
Speaking to there, Xiao Letian already understood that Liang Kun's words overlapped with some of the records in his previous life, so the conspiracy in the history of Shimadzu was actually real.
The root of all this was still trade. Due to the close of the Ming and Qing dynasties, the trade situation was very distorted. He was carrying on in the form of a tribute. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, trade between the overseas countries had always been restricted. Overseas countries could not be traded just because they wanted to, he had to take the arrangement made by the Ming and Qing dynasties' court at the specified time and place in order to trade legally.
In this way, the right of distribution is extremely important to the surrounding small Country. Being able to increase the number of transactions with Mainland, naturally, it would strengthen our nation.
The purpose of the Shimadzu keeping King of the Glazed Ball was to make use of the right of the glume Kingdom to conduct trade for the benefit of his own Family. In the real history, during the period when the Mu Clan of the Dechuan was locked away from the nation, the Shimadzu used their schemes to secretly trade with the Ming Empire, and from then on, accumulated a lot of wealth over the course of a hundred years.
In the wild history of Xiao Letian's past life, it was recorded how the Samoan was able to support the Royal Family in the campaign against Minzhiweixin. The reason was because the wealth that he had accumulated for the past two hundred years had provided them with a strong backing.
To put it bluntly, without Samoan's selfless support, the Dechuan's Mu Manor would not have been pushed down so easily, and Minzhiweixin would not have been able to do it so smoothly.
"The current head of Shimadzu's army stationed in glume is a clan elder called Hua Shanliyuan. He is the descendant of Hua Long Shan who invaded the glume years ago. "As for the head of the civil service, he is called Zhu Zhongjingshang, is proficient in Chinese and is fluent in foreign languages …"
"As for E Balang that wharf saw, he was just a hoodlum who bullied the good guys to collect protection fees and live on. He was nothing to be afraid of …"
Just as Liang Kun was introducing the inner workings of the glume Kingdom to Xiao Letian, Xiang Shaolong's shout came from outside the rooming house, "Where did this little thief come from? How dare he show off in front of me …" After saying that, clanging sounds of metal clanging came from outside rooming house.
The military generals around Xiao Letian had all picked up their weapons and surrounded Xiao Letian to protect him.
"Don't make such a fuss, let's go out and take a look …"