Forty years ago, Ouqu was originally an ordinary fisherman fighting for his life in the waves, living a miserable life every day.
But one day, when he was about to go fishing, he was called to watch the fun. It turned out that a countryman named Yuchang had returned to his hometown in fine clothes! He was now rich, wearing silks worn by nobles, and also brought
I got a vassal daughter and came back to get married!
Ouqu knew about Yuchang. He had been restless since he was a child. He had caused trouble several times and hurt his parents. After his parents passed away, no one could control him anymore. He got into trouble again and was killed by the villagers.
Being ostracized, they had to move away from home.
"I remember he went out to work as a sailor. Why is he so rich now? Is he doing business?" Oqu asked.
His friend Bian An shook his head and said: "It can be considered a business, right? He is now the owner of a large ship!"
Mei Island is a poor place and there are no respected clan elders. As a result, Yu Chang organized a seven-day running banquet and bribed the villagers on the island so that his wedding to the short black vassal girl would not cause any trouble.
They got married peacefully.
After the wedding banquet was completed, Yuchang stepped forward to recruit sailors, looking for some good men from these fellow fishermen who were willing to go out and make a living, so as to prevent too many sailors from other places and threaten his right to speak as the ship owner.
Many people speculated that Yuchang earned his fortune just by being lucky enough to discover a pirate's treasure, so they were not willing to go sailing with him, but stayed on the island and continued to live the same life they had for hundreds of years.
Fishing life.
Ouqu was originally unwilling to travel with Yuchang, but his friend Bian An encouraged him for a long time. After thinking about it, and considering the accommodation allowance of 10 taels per person, he still joined the group of fellow sailors recruited by Yuchang.
After boarding the boat, the boat owner Yuchang praised their courage and decision, and criticized the villagers who stayed at home and refused to come out, saying that they did not seek progress all day long, did not dare to take risks, and prayed to gods and Buddhas every day, thinking that heaven could
They dropped the treasure, what a bunch of idiots!
Such foolish faith is really laughable, so why not turn to the faith he brought from the Zhuluo Kingdom of India? That is the true god of kindness who will truly repay the sacrifices and bring fish to the believers!
Many of the people on the beach were devout Buddhist believers. Of course they were disgusted by Yuchang's statement and started to quarrel with him on the spot. So Yuchang said that he would take them to a place that subverted their beliefs. Everyone had already boarded the boat, but they didn't
Unable to jump, I could only endure my anger and wait to reach my destination.
Along the way, Yuchang never observed the sea charts or watched the stars at night. The feudal maid prayed to the gods on the bow of the boat every day, and she could tell Yuchang the direction of the boat. And according to Ouqu's observation, there seemed to be a fish under their boat.
Ocean currents are always carrying ships forward.
Along the way, it was smooth sailing and never encountered bad weather such as sea storms. Everyone began to feel suspicious and fearful.
After more than a month, the ship finally arrived at its destination. According to the captain Yuchang, this place is an island called Sado, a barbarian country in the north of Japan. Many indigenous hairy people live here.
After arriving on the island, Yuchang asked the crew to help move things down. He exchanged many cheap fired glass beads with the local Mao people for various gold, silver, furs and other goods. The leaders of the Mao people respected the vassal girl very much and almost
It is to pay homage.
This is very strange. One party is obviously from Tianzhu, and the other party is on the northern island of Japan. There should be no intersection.
After getting off the ship, Ou Qu wandered around and saw many ancient ruins made of stones on the island. When he asked the old crew members, they didn't know what era these ruins were. A crew member who could speak the Mao dialect asked him.
Mao Ren asked and received an answer that Mao Ren himself did not know.
In addition to the ruins, there are also many huge stone statues. The square heads of those stone statues are seven or eight feet high. The faces carved are not the faces of any human beings he has ever seen. That night, Ou Qu did a terrible thing because of this.
Nightmare.
Some of the stone sculptures closer to the shore have been greatly corroded by the sea water, and they are full of pictures of scary monsters. They are all frogs like fish, or fish like frogs, you name it, but they are all eye-catching.
I feel a chill in my heart.
But it has to be said that the local Mao people live a very prosperous life. They have endless fish to catch, and many kind-hearted gold bracelets, headbands and amulets and other gold objects. The main reason why the fish intestines come here is to exchange them with them.
These things are smelted back into gold.
"Wait a minute!" Wu Qiudao suddenly asked, "You said the gold in the fish intestines was smelted with Maoren's gold tools?"
The fish-headed man Ou Qu nodded, pointed at the golden crown in Wu Qiudao's hand, and said: "The golden crown in your hand, distinguished guest, is also a sacrificial vessel obtained from Sado Island."
Wu Qiudao nodded, said no more, and waved his hand to signal the fish-headed man to continue his story.
No one knows where the Mao people got these gold objects. They don't know how to mine or smelt. Even if an old crew member who knows the local dialect asks the ordinary Mao people, they can't answer.
They only know that it is very easy to catch fish here. Even when the Japanese country Honshu, which is only separated by a strait, cannot catch fish, they can easily catch a lot of fish. Life here is very comfortable and relaxed.
When the boat owner Yuchang learned that someone wanted to stay on the island, he gathered everyone together that night. When he asked the fellow countrymen who wanted to stay what they thought, he smiled and asked: "
If life on this island is so pleasant, why can’t we see so many old people?”
The fellow countryman hesitated for a moment and then said that the overseas natives were not yet civilized, so how could they know how to maintain health as compared to the Chinese Yan people?
Yuchang shook his head: "The hairy natives just don't know how to maintain their health. Life on this island is so leisurely, so what kind of health care skills are needed? Even if they eat and drink indiscriminately and damage their roots, there will definitely be a lot of hairy people alive.
Until your beard and hair are all white!"
Seeing that his fellow villager couldn't answer, Yuchang asked again: "Then let me ask again. The Mao people have no worries about food and drink. They have endless fish and shrimps all year round. Why are they still embarrassed by little Sado?
The island only has a population of less than 10,000 people?”
Some people speculated: "Perhaps the Japanese soldiers often come to attack, so the population consumption is too high?"
Yuchang still shook his head. If the Japanese soldiers could really kill so many people, they would have taken over Sado Island long ago. What's more, if there are always wars, how can this small Sado Island live a leisurely life? Mao
The appearance of a human being must also be like that of grass and trees!
Everyone really couldn't guess, so Yuchang said, tell me, do these hairy people look different from ordinary people? The three courts and five eyes are too far apart, and it looks like they have a dumb fish face?
Seeing that everyone was confused, Yuchang said: "Because they do have Merman blood!"