Chapter 414 Times Have Changed (Third update, please subscribe)
Is this Naha?
Almost from the moment they stepped into Naha Port, Wu Anping and his classmates felt an extremely special atmosphere.
Although they all grew up in Nanhua, they were all born in Tangshan. They had braids and wore Ma褂.
But now, in Naha, most of the people we see are wearing Han-style clothes, and many even wear Han-style turbans.
"Tsk tsk, that person is wearing the 'net scarf' from the Ming Dynasty!"
Wu Anping stared straight at a Ryukyu man wearing Han clothes and a net scarf not far away, and his expression seemed a little excited.
This was the first time they saw the Han-style bun with hair tied up on top of the head. The Han clothes and net scarves also looked new.
"I never thought we could see Ming Dynasty relics overseas."
Xie Zhanmin was also a little excited. Having grown up in Nanhua, they had long heard of the saying that the Marshal was a descendant of the Ming Dynasty, and Nanhua was the Ming Dynasty.
Of course, this Ming Dynasty was a little different. People shaved their hair in foreign styles, wore foreign clothes, and many even married foreign women. Of course, this was also because Nanhua was in a foreign country.
Now seeing that Naba actually has so many relics of the previous dynasty, how could Shuang not be excited. In his excitement, Wu Anping said to Xie Zhanming.
"Let's go and ask him. Maybe he can speak Mandarin."
The two men walked straight towards the young man wearing a net scarf. When they were three or four meters away from the man, Wu Anping bowed.
"Brother, please stay."
“You are…”
Ma Tao looked at the two men in foreign military uniforms with a little surprise. Can they speak Chinese?
"Can you speak Mandarin?"
Facing Wu Anping's surprise, Ma Tao answered directly.
"I am a descendant of the 36 surnames granted by the Ming Dynasty to the Fujian people. How can I not speak Mandarin? It's just that your Mandarin has a foreign accent and is not the Ming Dynasty Mandarin!"
Although they were criticized, Wu Anping and Xie Zhanmin were excited.
"Ah, you are Han Chinese!"
Wu Anping and Xie Zhanmin quickly introduced themselves.
"Nanhua Guard Fleet, Trainee Officer Wu Anping (Xie Zhanmin)."
"Nanhua?"
Ma Tao looked at the two of them and asked in confusion.
"I only heard from Tang Shang that the Heavenly Kingdom now occupies Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Could this Nanhua be the name of the Heavenly Kingdom?"
"How could this be? Nanhua is Nanhua, and Heaven is Heaven. I tell you..."
Young people always have endless things to talk about when they are together. After they got to know each other a little, Ma Tao invited them to the pub next door for a drink. When he learned from them that Nanhua was actually Daming, he opened his mouth in astonishment.
"This, this... Is the Ming Dynasty really still there?"
"My Lord is the descendant of the Ming Dynasty!"
Wu Anping emphasized again.
"Although Nanhua has not adopted the name of Ming, my Lord will ascend the throne sooner or later. By then, the world will see the sun and moon of Ming again..."
Just then, a burst of foul language was heard from the door. A Japanese man with two knives on his waist saw them and swore at them.
Without waiting for the man to finish speaking, Wu Anping stood up suddenly, stared at him and questioned loudly.
"What did you say!"
"Well..."
The visitor opened his eyes wide in astonishment.
"You can speak Japanese."
"Nonsense, all the prostitutes in Nanhua are Japanese, I..."
Seeing Wu Anping's angry look, Xie Zhanmin was surprised.
"What did he say?"
"This bastard said that we are wearing Western clothes and that we are just a monkey in a human costume..."
"Fuck him!"
Without waiting for Wu Anping to finish speaking, Xie Zhanmin directly threw the wine bowl on the table at the man. As military officers, they had never been scolded like this before.
I can tolerate my uncle, but I can’t tolerate my aunt!
"Baka!"
As soon as the Japanese man, who was covered in wine, drew his knife, Wu Anping swung his fist at him, and Xie Zhanmin also rushed forward.
"Stop fighting, my two friends. He is a samurai of the Zaifan Bugyo. You will cause disaster if you do this..."
The voice was cut short with a beautiful shoulder throw and a scream.
"A warrior? He's not worthy of that!"
Song Jing, who was thrown to the ground, could not stand Xie Zhanmin's sarcasm. He roared angrily.
"Baka!"
As he stood up, the knife was pulled out.
Matsui held the sharp samurai sword in his hand and stared angrily at the two guys in front of him.
"Yours are dead, dead...ah!"
Just as he was howling and attacking with a knife, Wu Anping had a pistol in his hand.
"Bang!"
The deafening sound of gunfire echoed in the tavern, and everyone was stunned by the sound. Ma Tao and other Ryukyu people looked at Wu Anping in astonishment, and then they turned their eyes to Matsui, only to see him kneeling on one knee on the ground with a knife in his hand.
"You, your... no, no Bushido..."
Blood was flowing out from the wound on his thigh. Matsui, leaning on the knife, glared at the other party and said sternly,
"What a despicable person!"
"Little man?"
Wu Anping sneered.
"Don't you know that times have changed? The samurai sword..."
Looking at Matsui's knife, Wu Anping shook his head and sighed.
"It's just to cultivate your sentiments..."
In fact, Wu Anping and his companions practiced swordsmanship in the Naval Academy, and their swordsmanship instructor was even a Japanese martial arts master, but so what? It was just to hone their will.
To fight a war...you still need to use guns and artillery.
Just then there was a commotion outside, and five or six warriors came running over in a hurry. Some of them had double swords on their waists, and some even carried guns.
The leading warrior shouted as he ran into the tavern.
"Matsui, how are you!"
Seeing that Matsui was shot in the leg, the Japanese with guns immediately pointed their rifles at Wu Anping and others.
"Why are you shooting?"
Ichiro Fujita was staring at the two men. He was originally furious, but when he found out that they were wearing Western-style military uniforms, his tone became a little more polite. He noticed the words "South China Guard Fleet" written on their hat brims and frowned slightly.
"Your Nanhua people?"
"You are quite knowledgeable."
Wu Anping said in a cold voice.
"Since you know we are from the South China Navy, your people actually dared to draw their swords against us. What is your intention?"
Is this a case of putting the blame on someone else?
Of course not, that's just arrogance.
"What's your intention?"
The other party's arrogant attitude made Ichiro Tengda quite annoyed.
"You are outsiders, but you came here and hurt us without permission. You even asked us what our intentions were. Do you really think we dare not arrest you?"
Staring at the two arrogant Nanhua sailors, Ichiro Tengda turned his head and gave an order.
"Someone, catch them!"
"Let's see who dares!"
Holding the pistol, Wu Anping sneered.
"Are you the only ones who have it? We have guns too!"
Teng Tian's words were met with laughter from Wu Anping and Xie Zhanmin.
"Then do you dare to shoot?"
(End of this chapter)
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