In the Ryukyu Kingdom, although the royal family and the people worshipped Han culture extremely, and the number of Han people in Ryukyu is also very large, they were defeated by the Shimazu family in the Battle of Qingchang Ryukyu, and the Japanese colonial era began for more than two hundred years. During these two hundred years, the Japanese culture and customs also influenced the Ryukyu Kingdom bit by bit.

Look at the city built along the mountains. There are Japanese hot springs everywhere, and there are chaotic taverns in the lodge. Ronins and merchants wearing wooden clogs are unrestrainedly holding singers with white powder on the streets. The sounds of the third line in the tavern are also entangled with Japanese and singing, which sounds different.

The team led by Xiao Letian and others is too large, and this is not something that can be accommodated by a house. With Liang Kun's advance arrangement, all four houses on the street were wrapped around. Among them, Xiao Letian lives in the famous Japanese-style house with the best scenery, "Sakura Sutra". Not only are there two century-old cherry blossom trees, but also attract a living water from the hot springs on the mountain, exuding a faint smell of sulfur. Updated at the first time

"Take a bath, take a bath... My body is full of the smell of sea water. If I don't wash it clean, I won't have the appetite to eat..." Xiao Letian said since he saw the hot spring. Yesterday's storm filled him with sea water, and he still smelled of sea salt.

In Japanese culture, what Xiao Letian likes the most is their custom of wind and rosy. The blue sky above his head is surrounded by carefully repaired stone platforms. The warm hot spring water wraps his body. The feeling of pleasure is really not something that can be described in words.

Just as Xiao Letian stared at the towel and closed his eyes to relax, a timid girl suddenly heard from behind him, "Keep, this is the sake you want, please use it slowly..." Xiao Letian listened to the strange Chinese, and when he turned around, he saw a little girl in a kimono kneeling behind him with a rosy face. The first update was made

"Well, thank you..." Before Xiao Letian could finish thanking him, what stunned him was that the little girl actually started to take off her clothes. The kimono was originally a piece of cloth and tied with a belt and even if she was put on it, the little girl unbuttoned the belt and then she was naked.

Xiao Letian suddenly remembered that in ancient Japan, the maid, had to work, but also sell himself. The lives of the lower-class people in Japan were extremely difficult, and Japan did not have the feudal ethics like China, so there was no guilt at all when Mai Huan was at all.

The little girl was naked into the water and began to use loofah pulp to help Xiao Letian wipe her back. She saw that she had practiced her skills and massaged her while wiping. The comfortable Xiao Letian was about to scream out.

"What's your name? How old is this year? Where is your hometown..." Xiao Letian asked casually while lying on the stone platform with his eyes closed.

"Minister girl... Qianxia, ​​I come from the distant Siguo. I am my father who accompanied me in business... Unfortunately, my father never came back after going to sea. I can only live here with my younger brother..."

Qianxia is an eighteen-year-old girl. Maybe it was the torture of life that made her numb. When she mentioned her father and her sick mother, there was no sadness in her tone, as if she was calmly explaining the affairs of strangers.

The young man rubbed Xiao Letian's skin. Qianxia seemed to be very experienced. She knew how to make men more comfortable. Just as she was about to help wash sensitive parts, Xiao Letian suddenly stood up from the water.

"Okay, help me put on my clothes, I'm hungry..." Qianxia was a little surprised. He knew that Xiao Letian's body had already reacted, but why did this Chinese man restrain himself? Could it be that I'm not beautiful? Or did he have no money?

Soon Xiao Letian made her even more confused. When she knelt in the water, holding two silver-shining eagle-yang in her hand, the little girl's tears remained.

"Aligado... Thank you, thank you..." The naked girl knelt in the water and she was excited and tears were all gone. She had never seen such a generous guest, and she gave so many rewards without asking for her own body.

Xiao Letian smiled at him, turned his head and walked back into the house. He knew very well how poor Japan was before the Meiji Restoration. It was an extremely strict country at the first time, and all the wealth was concentrated in the hands of the martial family. Even the emperor sometimes needed the help of military generals.

Among the low-level people in Japan, farmers who are squeezed layer by layer may not be able to eat a bite of the rice they grow in a year. After they pay the tax, the remaining rice will be exchanged with the merchants for miscellaneous grains as soon as possible, and even this may not be able to eat enough.

The girls in ordinary families are even more sad. They have to work hard since childhood. Once they are older and more than ten years old, they can sell them for money, and many of them will be sold directly. Those with better situations can get married, while those with miserable conditions will be sold directly to brothels.

A girl like Qianxia actually doesn't make much money when working in a house, but the boss provides him with food, accommodation and daily clothes. She may just give her a bunch of small money for a year. Usually, Qianxia can get a meager copper coins. When she meets the wealthy maritime businessman Qianxia, ​​she is happiest, because they sometimes give her hundreds of cents.

If you meet a local guest from Japan and Ryukyu, it would be very pitiful. She could only endure dozens of copper coins. What? Do you think she can refuse? Don’t even think about it. If Qianxia dares to reject the guest, the owner of the house would kick her out as soon as possible.

Today, Xiao Letian actually generously gave her two silver coins. This kind of exquisitely minted foreign silver coins, one of which had to be exchanged for at least one thousand copper coins. Qian Xia was so happy that she was crazy.

Xiao Letian left Qianxia and returned to the house by himself. At this time, lunch had already been put on, and the others had already started to feast on it, but Xiao Letian's part had not been moved.

"Save wine, tempura, Japanese tofu, miso soup, sashimi..." The food, which is as delicate as it is, is full of food, and although it is beautiful, it also exudes a slim atmosphere.

Now Xiao Letian has recovered from the fatigue of the journey. While eating, he worked with Shi Dakai and others to study the next plan. Xiang Shaolong and the Green Forest Masters led by him were scattered around the house, closely guarding the surrounding grass and trees.

"Military advisor, I had a secret contact with the Ryukyu royal family just now. They said that the Japanese are very strict now, and it is difficult for us to meet with Ryukyu King Shangtai alone. However, the envoy also said that the day after tomorrow, the King Shangtai will prepare for a wild tour, and the royal family will try their best to create opportunities for a separate meeting..."

After all, Shi Dakai had been to Ryukyu once. He had a secret connection with Ryukyu King Shangtai, so it was no secret. Japanese spies have been paying attention to him.

Xiao Letian held the sake cup and pondered for a while, "Tell me about the current situation of the Japanese. How many troops are they? Who is the commander?"

At this time, Liang Kun next to him took over the conversation, "The Ryukyu Kingdom is still the territory of the Japanese Satsuma Fan Shimazu family. It is not directly controlled by the Japanese shogunate, and the Shimazu family's control over it is also invisible. They also claim that Ryukyu is a kingdom..."

Although Liang Kun looked very thick, he was still very meticulous in his heart and knew the history of Ryukyu very well.

Although the Ryukyu Kingdom has always considered itself a vassal state of China, and even the Ryukyu King had the intention to possess China. It was updated at the first time, due to the indifference of the Ming and Qing dynasties to the ocean, the actual control of mainland China did not extend to the Ryukyu Islands, but was more of a cultural influence.

Japan is different. In 1609, the fourth year of Changqing in Japan and during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, Kyushu Shimazu Ieha sent Kazutao Kazutao to lead 3,000 soldiers to invade Ryukyu and place it into the territory of Shimazu Ieha.

But it is strange that the Shimazu family did not abolish the Ryukyu King. On the contrary, the Shimazu family just hid behind the Ryukyu King to secretly control the Ryukyu Kingdom. The officials stationed by the Shimazu family must be enthroned by the Ryukyu King again before they can perform their functions. Moreover, the Shimazu family did not stop the diplomatic activities of the Ming and Qing dynasties.

Did the Shimazu family not have the strength to annex Ryukyu? The answer is no. The Shimazu family almost unified the entire Kyushu during the Warring States Period in Japan. If it weren't for Toyotomi Hideyoshi's entire nationwide attack, then there would be no idea what Japanese history would have become.

Speaking of this, Xiao Letian understood it. Liang Kun's words and some records in his previous life finally overlapped. The conspiracy in the history of the Shimazu family turned out to be true.

The root of everything is still in trade. Due to the closeness between the Ming and Qing dynasties, the trade situation was very distorted. He was conducting it in the form of tribute. The Ming and Qing dynasties had always been in a state of restraint on the trade between overseas vassal states. Overseas countries were not allowed to trade. They had to take the exploration and settlement issued by the Ming and Qing courts at the prescribed time and place to legally trade.

In this way, the right to converge is crucial to small surrounding countries. It can increase the number of transactions with the mainland and naturally strengthen national strength.

The Shimazu family retained the Ryukyu royal family, and his purpose was to use the Ryukyu Kingdom's kamyoji trade rights to make profits for his family. In real history, during the period of the Tokugawa Shogunate's policy of closing the country, the Shimazu family used their conspiracy to secretly trade with the Ming Kingdom, thus accumulating very strong financial resources over the past century.

Some unofficial histories of Xiao Letian's previous life also record why the Satsuma family was able to become a pioneer in supporting the royal family in the fall of the curtain movement before the Meiji Restoration, because the financial resources he had accumulated over the past two hundred years provided them with strong support.

To be honest, without the selfless support of the Satsuma clan, the Tokugawa shogunate would not have been knocked down so easily, and the Meiji Restoration would not have been so smooth.

"Now the head of the Shimazu family stationed in Ryukyu is an old man named Kuriyuan, who was the descendant of Kurigata Kazuya who invaded Ryukyu. Under his command, the head of the military general is Yamamoto Kiyoshi. He is known as a gun master and has a very powerful iron spear. The head of the civil servant is Takenaka Inoue, who is proficient in Sinology and is proficient in Western literature..."

"As for the Eagle Rou seen on the pier, he is simply a gangster. He is not afraid of oppressing good people to collect protection fees and living... "

Just as Liang Kun was introducing the domestic situation of the Ryukyu Kingdom to Xiao Letian, Xiang Shaolong suddenly heard outside the house shouting, "Where are the little thiefs coming from? You dare to show off in front of me..." After that, there was a jingling metal collision outside the house.

The generals around Xiao Letian copied all the weapons and protected Xiao Letian in a ring.
Chapter completed!