In the blink of an eye, Li Mu has been in Yangzhou for half a year, and he has been separated from his family for a long time. He would be lying if he said he didn't want to. However, due to some concerns, he still couldn't let Bai Qiaoqiao and others come over, but he really couldn't bear it.
So he took the opportunity to send a letter to Li Chongyi and asked someone to send a letter to Bai Qiaoqiao, hoping that she would bring her family over for a reunion.
According to the rules, important ministers are away from home, and their relatives are not allowed to leave the capital. This is not an explicit rule, but an unspoken rule. It has been done this way in all dynasties. Watching the Hou Mansion packing up, the fans of Dongchang did not dare to be good at it. Pegasus
Directly report to the palace. Li Shimin hesitated for a while, and he didn't know what to think, but he actually acquiesced. Just a few days ago, Li Mu came back from writing a memorial and asked to transfer a group of students from the martial arts hall to train several generals for naval battles. Li Shimin
He asked the Ministry of War to allocate three ships to allow these students to escort Li Mu's family to Yangzhou for reunion.
At the same time, Li Mu was ordered to temporarily assume the post of governor of Yangzhou and devote all his efforts to building the Tang Dynasty Navy.
There was no doubt at all.
When Li Mu heard the news, he was grateful. He knew that Li Shimin knew that the only thing he cared about was his family. If Li Shimin was willing to let Bai Qiaoqiao and others come over, Li Mu would get on the boat and leave. The vast ocean would be filled by Li Shimin.
There is no way.
But Li Shimin didn't do that. This was his magnanimity. Li Mu thought about it and gave up the idea of going overseas immediately, and asked Gu Sizhi to help buy a garden to live in temporarily. The best garden in Yangzhou City is the Gu family's Gu Garden. Li Mu opened his mouth
The next day, Gu Sizhi vacated Gu Yuan, which made Li Mu feel a little embarrassed.
But he still accepted it, because if he didn't accept it, Gu Sizhi would be even more frightened and uneasy. Besides, he didn't stay here anymore. He could only live here for a short period of time and take care of other things.
Li Mu originally wanted to wait for Bai Qiaoqiao and the others to arrive, but the situation did not allow it. A few days ago, he asked shopkeeper Xiao to send people to search for the waterway from Mingzhou to the Japanese country. Combined with the experience of many old sailors, he finally concluded that according to the backtracking cycle of the ocean currents
, it is the safest time to leave for Japan recently. If you miss this half month, you will have to wait another three months, and the risk will be greatly increased.
In order to speed up the progress, Li Mu decided to set off. He took Li Chongyi and fifty Jinyi guards, plus two apprentices, Yixiu and Gemu, plus the Chang'an full of 150 sailors as the flagship, and led ten thousand-stone ships.
The frigate and the 25th search cargo ship chose an auspicious day and set out to sea in a mighty manner.
The purpose of his trip was for the silver mines in Japan. By the way, he also wanted to take a break for his disciples and solve a small problem.
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Alnaibo Island (Okinawa).
Okinawa was already inhabited during the Tang Dynasty, but usually no one settled there. Some fishermen came from the Japanese country or the coast of the Tang Dynasty. At the same time, it was used as a place for Japanese criminals to be exiled.
Fishing boats in Yangzhou basically know the waterways here. If they want to go to the Japanese country, they usually turn around here.
During the storm season, there are few people on this island. After all, if there are no special circumstances, who would want to face the storm here?
There are only a dozen people on this island now. They were all exiled here by the Suga clan that is now in power in the Japanese country. They have very few supplies and no ships, so they usually cannot survive this autumn.
All they can do is to be trapped on this island and wait for death. Day after day, all hope has been lost.
The only possibility for them to survive is that a lost fishing boat happens to dock for supplies, but this hope is really slim. It is not the fishing season, and even if it is fishing, there are very few fishing boats.
Coming this far, there are better fishing grounds to the south, and no one likes this useless place.
No matter how slim the hope is, if there is only one choice, there is no choice. Every day, these people will come to the coast and look to the west, hoping to see a ship coming.
Day after day, my eyes had hallucinations. Sometimes, I seemed to see a boat, but when I ran over to it screaming, there were only waves. After being disappointed for a long time, I became numb, but I had to come, just in case something happened.
What if a ship really comes?
Boat……
When will it come?
Suddenly, someone shouted: "There is a boat! Look, west!"
"Stop yelling, Matsushita-kun, you must be dazzled again, don't disturb my sleep! I wake up hungry, can you give me your food?"
Ribei heard the quarrel between the two and slowly opened his eyes. The sunlight was a little dazzling, which made him a little uncomfortable!
"If there is really a ship, I will never think of it as... Oh my god, such a big ship must be more than ten feet tall!"
More than ten feet? Ribei wanted to open his eyes and take a look, but he lost interest in an instant. It must be another hallucination. How could there be such a big ship? He was about to close his eyes and continue sleeping. Suddenly, the quarrel stopped and people noticed
He ran up and down like crazy and shouted loudly: "Is there really a ship? Is there really a dragon flag? Is it the ship of the emperor of the Sui Dynasty?"
"It's already the Tang Dynasty!"
"Any time is good, I am willing to be a slave, as long as I leave this place!"
Ribei turned over and sat up. He looked far into the distance and saw one ship... two ships... three ships... four ships...
A total of thirty-six ships...
Ribei couldn't believe his eyes. How could there be so many ships? Even the largest port in Japan did not have so many ships of this size, especially the most exaggerated flagship, which was really more than ten feet wide.
!
In this era, Wanshichuan has exceeded people's imagination.
Not to mention the thousand-stone ship, even the thousand-stone ship is extremely rare. Because operating a larger ship means more labor and more money are needed. Moreover, there is another disadvantage of a big ship, that is, if something goes wrong
Son, the loss is too great.
What is even more difficult for Ribei to understand is that with such a huge fleet, what are they doing in this barren place?
Unless...there is an enemy attack?
Impossible. With such a large fleet, who can be his opponent? Even if all the ships of the Japanese country are brought over, they may not be able to defeat that flagship. It is not an order of magnitude at all.
Could it be said, lost?
It's impossible. How can such a large fleet not have a good guide? Besides, if they get lost, they have to stay close to them. Where is such a large fleet going to get lost here?
If not, then there is only one possibility.
This is to attack Japan!
But it's impossible. Is there anything in Japan worth attacking? As a Japanese, Ribei never thought of anything worth attacking in Japan.
Although he couldn't figure it out, it didn't hinder his will to survive. Before he could figure it out, his feet were already running wildly with him.
I couldn't see clearly on the mountain, but when I ran to the coast, I finally saw clearly.
This is an extremely huge ship. Even though it is parked far away from the shore, the visual impact is very strong and very scary.
The Wanshi ship's draft was too deep, and there was no port built on the shore, so the Chang'an could not reach the shore. Li Mu and others could only take a small boat to the shore. In fact, it was okay not to dock. The supplies brought out were enough, but since they were passing by
, it would be good to replenish some fresh water. Especially after comparing the map and knowing that this is Ryukyu, Li Mu is even more interested in landing. He wants to build a stone tablet and bury it underground. After a thousand years, whoever digs it out will give it to future generations.
People have left one 'since ancient times'.
I didn't expect there would be anyone here, not even Ikkyu.
When he saw people, he had no choice but to dock. Li Mu's maritime law formulated by himself included a section on humanitarian assistance, so he had to set an example. He ordered people to dock in small boats and brought some food.
On the shore, Ribei stared with wide eyes, and his heart almost jumped out of his chest. Suddenly, he seemed to see something, and then his body was shocked.
That's...Ikkyu?
Although he has grown taller and grown up, he will not admit his mistake. The young man sitting on the boat at the front and leaning forward to talk is the Ikkyu he knows.
It turns out that Ikkyu has come back with reinforcements! With such a huge fleet and the huge dragon flag on the mast, has he invited all the navy of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty over?
If this was really the case, Ribei didn't dare to think about it anymore. He was afraid that if he thought too much, his heart would jump out.
Ribei felt that his breathing had stopped.
His mind was buzzing.
Just like the huge waves and the roar of the tide, they suddenly stopped.
His chest heaved, and suddenly the tears in the corners of his eyes blurred his eyes like broken beads. The scene in front of him was something he would not have dared to dream about when he was dreaming!
He was afraid that all this was false. Ribei's eyes widened, he rubbed his eyes vigorously, and continued to look in that direction. Yes, it was him!
"Ikkyu!"
He whimpered and burst into tears.
"Ikkyu Sojun!"
He shouted louder!
Ribei knelt down on the beach with a snap. The sharp sand cut his knees, but he felt nothing. He only held his head and said: "Ikkyu, you are still alive, that's great!"
This is the name that haunts him.
Unexpectedly... after a break, he came back.
"What the hell!" Li Mu couldn't help but frowned when he saw a savage yelling in the house on the shore. Because this man was not speaking Chinese, but Japanese, it sounded very awkward to him. But judging from this man's mood
Li Mu was so excited that he didn't want to get too excited and refrained from swearing. He was about to ask Yixiu to translate for Yixiu, but when he saw that Yixiu was also in tears, he stood up, jumped directly into the sea, and swam to the shore with all his strength.
"Is it still short of this? Just a few more strokes and we'll reach the shore, hey!"
Li Mu shouted to no avail, Yi Xiu had already swam over.
"Uncle Ribei!" Ikkyu threw himself into Ribei's arms. He was so excited that he spoke faster and gibberish: "Uncle Ribei, I thought I would never see you again in this life! You are still alive.
It’s really great!”
"I'm very happy to see you too!" Ribei stroked Ikkyu's head and said, "It's great that you are alive. I found out that you followed Master Huiri to the Kingdom of Heaven, but no news came back.
, I thought something had happened to you, but I’m really happy to see you alive and kicking now." He glanced at Li Mu and others who had just arrived at the shore, and whispered: "Did you find all these noble people? They
Are we here to help you?"
Ikkyu shook his head and said: "I just asked Master to help rescue my father, Uncle Ribei. I plan to live in the Tang Dynasty in the future."
"How can this be possible!" Ribei became excited and said: "Your father, Yamagata Daisei, is the heir designated by Emperor Suiko. You are his child and the future emperor. I hate this traitor Soga Ezo.
, you have tampered with the Emperor's will, and now you have received help from the nobles of the Celestial Dynasty. It is time for you to take revenge. How can you escape?"
At this time, Li Mu also came forward. Ribei didn't care about arguing with Ikkyu, and quickly bowed to the ground, not daring to raise his head to look at Li Mu's face. He considered himself a lowly person, and looking at the appearance of a noble person, he was very disrespectful.
one thing.
Seeing that Yixiu was a little depressed, Li Mu raised his eyebrows and asked, "What's wrong? Who is this person?"
Ikkyu didn't dare to hide it, so he told Li Mu the truth: "Master, this is Ribei, an uncle who has taken care of me since I was a child."
"What are you arguing about?"
"This..." Ikkyu hesitated for a moment, sighed, and then said it all.
The current emperor of Japan is called Emperor Shumei. But originally, the emperor should not have done what he did. The previous emperor, Emperor Suiko, appointed a nephew as the crown prince because he was a woman, called Prince Shotoku. Prince Shotoku was short-lived and died in
Before the death of Emperor Suiko, when Emperor Suiko died, Prince Shotoku's son, Prince Yamakako, was designated as his successor.
But when it came time to inherit, something went wrong. The Soga clan was in charge of the government. The head of the Soga clan, Soga Ezo, in order to consolidate his power, actually changed the will of Emperor Suiko and lied that she would pass the throne to another person.
Prince Tamura, who also had the right to inherit, is now Emperor Shumei. The original successor, Prince Yamagata, feared the power of the Soga family and did not dare to speak out, so he was placed under house arrest.
Yixiu was the son of the elder brother King Shanbei. When he was about to be placed under house arrest, a group of dead men under him sent the child out and hid him in the temple.
This Ribei is one of them. He opened a small grocery store at the foot of the temple and silently guarded Ikyu.
Later, Soga Ezo discovered traces of Ikkyu and sent people to kill him. Master Huihi, who was about to go on an envoy to the Tang Dynasty, happened to pass by. Ribei entrusted Ikkyu to Master Huihi and managed to escape.
Tribulation.
After wandering around the Japanese country for several months, it was still not safe. Finally, Master Huiri decided to take Ikkyu to the Tang Dynasty. No matter how arrogant Soga Ezo was, he would never be able to control the ground of the Tang Dynasty.
After Ribei Ikkyu left, he also abandoned the grocery store. After hiding for more than a year, he was captured by Soga Ezo. Together with the subordinates of the Yamakabe elder brother who were captured before, they were exiled to
Fend for yourself on Alnebo Island.
Unexpectedly, by chance, he met Ikkyu again here. He also brought back the navy of the Tang Dynasty. In Ribei's view, this was simply a blessing from God.
Seeing such a huge fleet, Soga Ezo must have been scared out of his wits and had to obey obediently. He could not understand why Ikkyu would choose to give up!