"In the eighth year of Yamato, in midsummer, today is my first day at sea!
Humph, those bastards in the countryside are timid and say I'm worthless. Let me show you what I'm capable of. I'm going to sea! Have you ever experienced being hundreds of miles offshore? A bunch of frogs in a well!
And the village chief, that old scoundrel, is still raising little brats at home and bullying our family every day. When I become rich in the future, I will definitely come back and kill you!
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The second day at sea
I'm so tired from wiping the deck, so I won't write today.
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The third day at sea
Wipe the deck.
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The fourth day at sea
Wipe the deck.
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The fifth day at sea
I'm so tired today. I hid in the cabin all day and didn't wipe the deck.
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Thirteenth day at sea
The master finally started to teach me how to hoist the sail, pull the sail, and set the sail. I wonder when I can touch the winch? "
Wu Qiudao smiled, the old man Yu Chang could compete with Hu Shizhi who played mahjong in the diary.
Reading further, Yuchang wrote a lot of interesting things about the voyage, and even drew a nautical chart in the diary. It might be of great use to shipowners engaged in ocean trade, but Wu Qiudao only glanced at it hastily.
According to what was written in the diary, the sailors on the ship were all paid. Every time they arrived at the port, they would always go down to find prostitutes to have a good time. Even those rough-skinned black girls in Southeast Asia, they would not refuse anyone who came.
But after Yuchang followed them to find a prostitute for the first time, he didn't feel any comfort because it was too painful, so he never liked to go to those prostitutes. Instead, he asked the boat owner to save his money for him every time he returned to Quanzhou.
Just take it out all at once and take it to the bank.
Yuchang had a very strong obsession with returning home in fine clothes after getting rich. Wu Qiudao saw him writing dozens of times in his diary. However, after two years as a sailor, he had no money to spend money even though he had nothing to spend.
How much.
He knew that it was impossible for him to get rich through hard work, and he could only find other ways, so every time he got off the ship, he would wander around in those weird places, thinking that he could make a fortune by picking something up.
Until one day, the ship was anchored at the port of Zhuluo Kingdom in Tianzhu for several days to replenish supplies.
Yuchang got off the boat and walked around the market there, looking at the strange slaves of all races. He thought that one day he would make a fortune, so he would buy a bunch of them and take them home to serve himself.
When he was passing a group of female slaves, he suddenly heard someone speaking in his ear, which was still in Tang Dynasty Mandarin. He was very surprised and turned around to see that there was no one around him.
The voice came again, and after some explanation, he realized that the original speaker was not the person standing next to him, but a vassal girl who was locked in a cage with short fists and black body.
The vassal girl said that she was a witch from the local Dragon Girl Temple. She suffered disaster because of the Zhuluo Kingdom's efforts to eradicate witchcraft and evil worship in recent years. The government cut down mountains and destroyed the temple to cut off the worship. All the witches, goddesses and Han in the temple were also arrested.
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The other sect members didn't know where they were caught. She was the only one who was lucky and was sent to the market as a slave for sale. However, the local Zhuluo people knew that she was a witch and did not dare to offend the government to redeem her, so the vassal girl only
She could ask foreigners for help, but it was a pity that no one was willing to help her.
In fact, as long as you save the feudal maiden, you can get a big reward! Because Dragon Lady's followers are all over Southeast Asia, and they all have a lot of gold from the sea. As long as the feudal maiden goes to ask for some money as a witch in the Dragon Lady Temple,
You can get a lot of gold.
Now, as long as Yuchang, a Tang Dynasty man, goes to a slave merchant and buys her for three taels of silver, either broken silver or copper coins will do. The Tongbao copper coins of the Tang Dynasty are also very popular coins in Southeast Asia.
After the feudal lord is freed, she will definitely take her benefactor, Yuchang, to the Dragon Girl's followers to receive the reward. Not to mention three taels of silver, thirty taels of gold will be returned to him!
After hearing the message from the feudal lord, Yuchang was a little hesitant. He had saved money for more than two years, and the total amount was just over three taels of silver. He really wanted to redeem the feudal maid, in case the feudal maid cheated him or was not trustworthy.
He was the equivalent of being destitute overnight.
When writing this, Yuchang did not continue writing, but skipped directly to the next day.
After going through a complicated psychological struggle (which was not written in the diary, but Wu Qiudao guessed that this was the way to get rich that Yuchang dreamed of), Yuchang used more than 30 taels of bank notes to withdraw 30 taels of silver from the ship owner the next day.
The remaining half of the ship's owners happily accepted the offer.
The fish intestine savings were wiped out in a wave, it was really a big gamble!
To be honest, if you want Wu Qiudao to bet that he won't go this time, it would be too much like a scam of "I, Qin Shihuang, make money". But fortunately, Yuchang won the bet and he redeemed the vassal girl.
After that, the vassal girl did not run away, but tried every means to repay the fish intestines.
The vassal girl could no longer hang out in the Zhuluo Kingdom and would be arrested again by the government at any time. However, women could not board Yuchang's ship, so she secretly climbed into the warehouse in the middle of the night and asked Yuchang to bring it to him.
Eat.
On the way back to Quanzhou, there were strong winds and waves, and another pirate attack occurred that night. Yuchang did not write down the specific situation in detail, but only wrote a general situation three days later.
After the pirate attack, the owner of the ship died, and many of the crew members on the ship died, so Yuchang became the owner of the ship, and the feudal lord was able to stay on the ship openly.
After so many people died, Yuchang did not return to Quanzhou, but directly took the remaining crew members and continued sailing in the direction instructed by the feudal lord until they arrived at Sado Island in the north of Japan.
The feudal maid got off the boat and had a conversation with the hairy natives on Sado Island. The furry people all worshiped the feudal lord. Not only did they help the feudal lord pay the fee, but they also traded goods with the fish intestine ship very docilely.
goods.
In this way, Yuchang returned to Quanzhou loaded with rare local products and marine gold. Not only did he make a fortune, but he also transferred the ship to his own name through formal channels. In this way, Yuchang directly became a rare treasure in Quanzhou.
wealthy merchant ship owner.
During this process, Yuchang developed a secret love for the feudal girl. He found that the feudal girl was just a little tanned, but her facial features were actually quite pleasing to the eye. However, the differences in skin color, nationality and language put him off.
He never spoke, but in the name of making a fortune and continuing to go to Sado Island for ocean-going trade, he dragged the vassal girl to continue sailing and adventure with him. The vassal girl did not find another place to rebuild the Dragon Girl Temple, but stayed there all the time.
On the boat, he also began to try to learn the Zhuxia language.
In this way, Yu Chang set out for Sado Island specifically during the stormiest season. He did not look at the monsoon or the sea chart. His ship had no route at all. He only relied on the feudal maiden to pray every day to guide the way. His companions could not find it at all.
Where is Sado Island?
Yuuchang went back and forth to Sado Island several times a year to earn sea gold, accumulating more and more wealth and becoming more and more famous.