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Chapter 1, My Thousand Miles

The sea breeze gently brushed over the Anhaixing Tower, and the bells on the pagoda swayed gently in the wind, making a jingle sound. Takawa Qizaemon jumped and ran towards the Anhaixing Tower along the path covered with various weeds. At this time, under the pagoda, the child named Fukusun was looking at several Fukushu that had just entered the port, and more sailboats parked far away on the sea.

"This should be the boat sent by my father to pick me up, right?" Fu Song, who was originally only 7 years old and should still be a completely ignorant naughty child, had a strange mature and steady expression on his face.

"Brother!" Takawa Qizaemon had already seen Fukumatsu sitting under the tower from afar. He hurriedly waved his hands and started shouting while running.

Fusong slowly stood up, put the book in his hand and put it into the book bag next to him. Although he was only a seven-year-old child, these movements seemed calm and elegant, as if they had a musical rhythm.

At this time, five-year-old Takawa Qizaemon had already run to him, looking at his brother who was two years older than him but almost one head taller with envious eyes.

In Odagawa Qizaemon's heart, the brother is his idol. Unlike the children in his neighbor's house, the brother never bullies him. At least, in Tagawa Qizaemon's memory, the brother has never beaten him. Unlike the neighbor's house, Xiaowu bullies his younger brother Shinfu every day, and beats Shinfu to cry almost every day. On the contrary, the brother often tells himself some interesting stories, such as "the blue-skinned cat with a universal pocket", which is very interesting. Moreover, the brother knows words and writes a lot of Chinese characters. In Hirado, even most adults are not as good as the words he knows and has knowledge. The grandfather even praised his brother's demeanor, and even the children of the Matsuura family are not able to catch up.

"Brother, is there anything wrong? I ran and sweated heavily." Fukumatsu said slowly, and handed a towel to Takawa Shizaemon.

"Mom asked you to go back, saying that dad sent your uncle." Takawa Shizaemon did not take a towel, "I don't wipe my sweat, I will sweat when I go back."

"Dad?" In Fusong's memory, the image of this father was really vague. This was because in the past three years, some memories seemed to be gradually awakening in the past life. Because of the limitation of the child's brain capacity, the previous life was mixed with the things in this life, and they often couldn't figure it out clearly. It was not until more than this year that he barely figured out a clue. He found that he was actually a time traveler who passed through the souls of later generations. On the other hand, because his father rarely went home, he himself did not have much memory about his father.

His father was Zheng Yiguan, and he was an excellent maritime businessman. Of course, in this era, maritime businessman and pirates were actually the same thing. Of course, such a profession would be very busy, and naturally there would be few when he came back. Especially in the past two years, my father became an official in the Ming Dynasty, and his official duties became more and more busy, and he had less time to come back. In Fusong's memory, his father still had some residual images, but Fusong was sure that his younger brother probably didn't remember what his father looked like.

However, my mother has no resentment towards this father who has been away from home for many years, and even remembers what his father looks like. She is full of admiration for this father. Because my father is now an official of the Ming Dynasty in the Celestial Kingdom, he is definitely not the ones that the Hirado family ruled, and it is not even comparable to the head of the Hirado family. What's more, my father has never forgotten them. He always sends people to send a lot of money or items. Fukumatsu and Takawa Shizaemon can eat rice balls every day, and even such days may not be found in the Daming family. Because of the good food, both Fukumatsu and Takawa Shizaemon are taller than children of the same age around.

"Just as I remember, I don't know which uncle he sent him. Is he going to pick me up back to Fujian this time? Is the curtain of the big era finally going to be opened? And how should I face such a big era? Can those plans on my daily life be realized? Will it be just the water moon mirror flower in the end?" Although I had been preparing for this moment for a long time, Fusong couldn't help but think about it.

"Brother! Mom is waiting for us." Seeing that his brother seemed to be in a daze, Takawa Qizaemon couldn't help but remind him.

"Ah, yes, brother, let's go back together." Fu Song withdrew his thoughts and nodded to his brother and said so.

...

This time, my father still did not come back, only his uncle Zheng Zhie came. At this time, he was talking to Fusong's home with her mother and Fusong's grandfather, Mr. Weng.

"Sister-in-law, you mother and son have been living a hard life over the years. My brother said, "Let me take you mother and son back to our Fujian to enjoy the happiness!" Zheng Zhi'e said to Fusong's mother, Tian Chuan. His voice was very loud and full of a sense of complacentness.

"We are not having a hard time. Your brother often sends some money. Fukumatsu, Shizaemon and I live well. There are rice balls every day, and sometimes fish, which is better than most families, and even those old families." Takawa replied. She did not tell lies, this was indeed her idea.

"Sister-in-law, what's this?" Zheng Zhi'e laughed out loud, "What's the rice ball? What's the sea fish? You didn't see that my elder brother's life now in his hometown. The house is from the Tokugawa family, and it can't be compared with my elder brother's. Once it's a comparison, it will become a thatched hut. But sister-in-law, you also know that if you are in Japan, my elder brother can't give you too much money to make your life too good, because there are too many poor people in Japan. At that time, my elder brother was busy suppressing bandits, and there was no time to rectify the house. Now the Dutch and the pirates have been settled, so my elder brother will ask me to pick you up."

China is too far away. Takawa has never been to. She has only heard the legend of this magical land from her adoptive father and her husband more than once. This is a magical land, much richer than Japan, and even poor people will never have eaten rice balls in their lifetime. And her husband is already a high-ranking official there. Whether or not to be willing to go to China is not a question at all. Not to mention that everyone told her that China is much better than Japan, and isn’t it a matter of being with a woman? As for homesickness or something, it is not something a woman should consider. So, she shouldn’t have hesitation.

"Well," Takawa replied with his head down, "So, what should I do if Shizaemon?"

"Sister-in-law, my brother said that he would not regret what he promised before, so Qizaemon will continue to stay in Japan. And Mr. Weng also said that he would take good care of Qizaemon." Zheng Zhie said as he answered, he looked at Mr. Weng standing next to him. He knew that as the only daughter of the Takawa family, neither his sister-in-law nor Mr. Weng would compromise on this issue. So Takawa Qizaemon must stay in Japan.

Mr. Weng's name is Weng Yihuang, and he is the adoptive father of the Takawa clan. He married the widow of the Takawa clan and thus inherited the Takawa clan's family name. In the past, when Zheng Zhilong married the Takawa clan, he promised to adopt his second son, who was born by the Takawa clan, to the Takawa clan as the heir of the Takawa clan. Since that era, both China and Japan have attached extreme importance to the family heir.

"But Shizaemon is still too young now. Such a young child cannot be without his mother." Takawa still lowered his head, his tone was gentle, but his attitude was firm.

"Sister-in-law, what are your thoughts?" Zheng Zhi'e asked.

"You can take Fukumatsu away, I want to stay here and wait for Shizaemon to grow up."

At this time, Qizaemon's shout came from outside: "Mom, my brother and I are back."

As the shouting sounded, the door was removed, and Shizaemon and Fukumatsu walked in.

"You are back." Takawa turned around and said to them. Fusuke saw tears flashing in the corner of her eyes.

"Mom." Fusong said. He immediately understood that this time, his father really wanted to take him to China to join a magnificent era. Since he traveled to Fusong, no, from now on, he will not call this name again. He will be called Zheng Sen. After Guan, he can still be called Damu. In the future, there will be a more loud name: Zheng Chenggong. He has been waiting for a long time at this moment, and he even felt that his life is to turn the tide in this great era. But at least at this moment, when he was about to say goodbye to his mother in this life, he couldn't help feeling sad.

"Fu Song, why don't you call me uncle?" This is the voice of my grandfather. This voice awakened Fu Song. He turned to Zheng Zhi'e, stood up straight, and saluted respectfully: "Fu Song greets uncle."

"Haha, this is Fusong, he has grown up so big! It's really good! It's worthy of being the eldest brother's son!" Zheng Zhi'e first praised Fusong with a smile, and then said: "Fusong, your father, my eldest brother is now an official in the Ming Dynasty. The sea is now peaceful, so he asked me to pick you up."

"Uncle, what should I do?" Fusong asked.

"Fukumatsu, you go back with your uncle first." Takawa said, "Nazaemon will inherit the Takawa family in the future. He cannot leave Japan. Your brother is still too young now. I want to stay here to take care of him. Moreover, the shogunate does not allow the Japanese to leave the country, so I cannot go to China."

Fukumatsu of course knew that the so-called shogunate did not allow the Japanese to leave the world was not a real obstacle. The Zheng family had thousands of warships and tens of thousands of warriors. If the shogunate was really unaware of it, relying on such power, the Zheng family was fully capable of playing at Luo and turning the Tokugawa shogunate into the Kawata Shogunate. In fact, in the first year of Hongkong more than ten years later, when Zheng Zhie E brought the fleet to pick up the Takawa clan again, the Tokugawa shogunate retreated in front of the Zheng family's warship. The Takawa clan was also able to leave Japan and come to China to reunite with Zheng Zhilong.

However, this reunion was not a good thing for the Tianchuan family. Just a year later, he just wanted to save his wealth. When a wealthy family member Zheng Zhilong surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty became a plunder. After Zheng Zhilong surrendered, he still entered Zheng Zhilong's hometown Anping, burned, killed and robbed, and robbed 700,000 taels of gold in one breath. The Tianchuan family also committed suicide due to humiliation. In the original history, this was also an important reason why Zheng Chenggong and the Qing Dynasty were incompatible.

The matter about Fusong was determined like this. The next morning, Tianchuan took his family and sent Fusong to the dock. When he was about to board the boat, Tianchuan held back his tears and pulled Fusong's arm and said gently: "Fusong, you are going to China now, and you should use the Chinese name. Your father gave you a name called Zheng Sen. From now on, you will be called Zheng Sen. Do you remember?"
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