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"Your Highness, the envoy of the Ming Dynasty has arrived in Nagasaki."
It was still the Imperial Office of the General, and Tokugawa Ieji was still sitting as before, holding a folding fan in his hand. In front of him, only Mabu Konoya was the only one. As for Shiraishi, who is now in Kyoto, is helping the Emperor to arrange the matters before Prince Yoshikonai's marriage.
Nodding slightly, Tokugawa Iejue said that he knew, and then asked: "When will the Ming envoy arrive in Edo?"
"This... is hard to say. After arriving in Nagasaki, the envoy did not express his intention to go to Edo immediately. Instead, he stayed in Nagasaki temporarily, went to and from the city every day, traveled around and found some singers to drink and have fun..."
Mabe Junfang said with a wry smile. Before he came to see the general, he had just learned about this from the news that Masato Inoue had sent back. He was surprised and laughed and cried.
When Wang Dong first arrived in Japan, he acted as an aggressive stance in the Celestial Kingdom, and relied on the warships in his hands to threaten the shogunate with force, which led to the later negotiations between the shogunate and the Ming Dynasty. This time, this Ming noble named Zhu Yigui, a senior general in the army, showed a completely different attitude from Wang Dong. After arriving in Nagasaki, he did not have the idea of visiting the shogunate in Edo, and even the Emperor of Kyoto did not care about it.
In Nagasaki, Zhu Yigui moved directly into the residence prepared by Masato Inoue for him. Then he met many Ming merchants, merchants, gentry and even some daimyos who came to visit. He refused to accept any gifts from visitors and even women Zhu Yigui. Not only that, he was particularly interested in some of the romantic and romantic things he had in Nagasaki. He went to and from these places every day, looking happy.
"Didn't this Admiral Zhu be a famous general in the Ming Dynasty?" Tokugawa Ieji asked in surprise.
Mabu Quanfang nodded and said, "According to the news from the Ming Dynasty, Admiral Zhu and the title of Marquis are there. In addition, there is one more thing, that is, it is said that this Admiral Zhu seems to have some connection with the Ming Dynasty royal family and is a member of the royal family."
Hearing this, Tokugawa Ieji showed a sudden expression, and he smiled and nodded, "This is such an interesting person. I really want to see you soon."
When Mabu Quanfang heard this, he immediately laughed and said yes.
At night, Zhu Yigui, who was slightly drunk, was lying on the collapse, with a beautiful Japanese girl who was at least fifteen or sixteen years old on her head. The girl was pressing Zhu Yigui's head with her soft fingers. Zhu Yigui's comfortable eyes closed and enjoying all this.
After a long time, Zhu Yigui opened his eyes. The girl stopped the movement in her hand and looked at Zhu Yigui gently with her eyes as if she was waiting for his order.
"Go down." Zhu Yigui reached out and patted the girl's little face and said.
The female girl responded lightly, then moved away carefully to avoid discomfort by Zhu Yigui. Then she respectfully bowed to Zhu Yigui, then moved backwards to the door, opened the door in a elegant manner and saluted again, then left.
After the girl left, Zhu Yigui got up from the collapse and stretched out his comfortable waist.
These days, he has lived in Nagasaki very comfortably. Although Japan is a small country, and although Nagasaki is the largest port in Japan and is also the most prosperous place in Japan now, Nagasaki is far behind it compared to the Ming Dynasty.
Not to mention the rest, those cities and towns that are blooming in the eyes of Japanese people are just the size of ordinary county towns in the Ming Dynasty, not to mention that compared with Hangzhou and Yangzhou in the south of the Yangtze River, as for cities such as Nanjing, Shanghai, Ningbo, Tianjin and Beijing, they are even more than 100,000 miles apart.
However, there is one thing that is good in Japan, that is, women. Before coming to Japan, Zhu Yigui had heard rumors about Japanese women from other people. Now, after trying it, it is indeed worthy of its reputation, which makes Zhu Yigui extremely satisfied.
The girl who left just now was specially sent to him by the Dojima Association. As one of the largest chambers of commerce in Japan, the Dojima Association was very flattering to him, the envoy of the Ming Dynasty. He had just arrived at the Dojima Association, which was reported by Nagasaki, and he happily sent a generous gift, including the girl.
In fact, not only the Dojima Club, but also the well-known Japanese people in Nagasaki gave gifts. Some little daimyos even gave Zhu Yigui a small servant in addition to gifts. The so-called small servants were similar to Shutong in the Ming Dynasty, but they also had different uses.
This custom is very common in Japan, but it is actually found in various dynasties before the Ming Dynasty and even before. It has to be said that the name of the young servant who gave him was thoughtful. Zhu Yigui had also seen the young servant who sent him, who looked white and pure, with a beautiful appearance, and even more beautiful than some female girls. Unfortunately, Zhu Yigui did not have this kind of hobby and refused this unbearable kindness.
After leaving the room, I walked to the garden. The garden in Japan is different from that in China. It is famous for its smallness and exquisiteness. Zhu Yigui, who had never seen him before, was very interested in this pattern.
Standing in the garden, listening to the sound of running water and the rustling sound of the wind blowing, Zhu Yigui smiled at the corner of his mouth.
"Come!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the guards not far away rushed over.
"Send the order and sort it out. We will board the ship and go to Edo tomorrow!"
What surprised the guard was that Zhu Yigui suddenly gave the order to leave Nagasaki and switch to Edo. The guard was stunned at first, then agreed, and then rushed to send an order.
A moment later, Huang Dian and Wu Wai rushed over and asked Zhu Yigui if he would notify him to leave Edo tomorrow.
When Huang Dian learned that it was indeed an order from Zhu Yigui, hesitated and said, "Master, this is too sudden, right? Do you have to prepare for more time? At least you have to settle it with Nagasaki before leaving."
Listening to Huang Dian's words, Zhu Yigui had a smile on his face, and then looked at Wu Wai who was beside him: "You think so too?"
Wu Wai hesitated for a moment and nodded awkwardly.
Who would have thought that Zhu Yigui's face changed suddenly, and the kindness of his face just now flew away instantly, replaced by a stern and coldness: "A few days in Nagasaki, are you feeling comfortable? Are you planning to stay here for a long time? If you are interested, just tell me, it is not impossible to place it for you..."
As old brothers, the two of them didn't know that Zhu Yigui's words were completely slander. If they really believed it, they would be fools. They immediately shook their heads and denied it, just saying that they felt that tomorrow was too tight. Besides, they were entertained by Japanese places these days in Nagasaki, and it seemed that they had passed away without even calling one to greet them.
"Have you passed? Did you really have it?" Zhu Yigui asked coldly, and then sneered: "Why do I need to look at others' eyes when I do things in Ming Dynasty? I came to Japan to look down on them. As for when I will leave and where I will go, I have my own arrangements. By the way, go find Masato Inoue and tell him about my decision. He is a member of the shogunate, and is different from others. Besides, it is more convenient to take him to Edo this time, so that he can set off with me tomorrow, and that's it."
After saying that, Zhu Yigui turned around and walked towards the house without waiting for the two of them to answer. Seeing Zhu Yigui entering the room and pulling up the door, Huang Dian and Wu Wai looked at each other, not knowing what to say for a moment.
"What's wrong with the boss?"
"You ask me, who will I ask?"
"I said brother, what should I do if this girl sent by this family? How to resettle it? The boss didn't explain it!"
"How do I know? Why don't you ask the boss?"
The two looked at each other speechlessly, and finally could only sigh and leave. Soon Masato Inoue received the news that Zhu Yigui was about to leave tomorrow. He was shocked and couldn't figure out what Zhu Yigui sold in the gourd, so why did he suddenly say that he would go to Edo and Edo?
For a moment, Masato Inoue had no time to pass the news back, and he did not dare to stop Zhu Yigui's action arrangements. He was thinking about Zhu Yigui's intention to do this, and at the same time told the visitor that he would definitely board the ship with Zhu Yigui to Edo.
Early the next morning, Zhu Yigui and his friends came and left. As for the mountain of gifts, even the mistresses, Zhu Yigui stayed at his residence in Nagasaki, and only brought the people and things they had when they got ashore. Then he boarded the ship directly. Without many people in Nagasaki, Zhu Yigui's warship slowly left the port and then turned east at the port, heading towards Edo, which was not far away.
Chapter completed!