Chinese characters were the common writing system in the vassal states of the Ming Dynasty, such as Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Ryukyu, Luzon, Sulu, Siam, etc. Although they had their own languages, they all used Chinese characters as their official writing system and adopted the same system and calendar as the Ming Dynasty.

During the Zhengtong period of the Joseon Dynasty, there was a King Sejong of the Joseon Dynasty, Yi Ye, who, out of national pride, convened people to create Korea's own writing system, Hangul. However, his efforts were not accepted by the literati. The ministers of the Yangban group objected bitterly, saying:

"We have worked hard for hundreds of years and finally got rid of our Dongyi identity. We wear Chinese clothes, use Chinese characters, and become part of the Chinese nation!"

'Oh, Chinese characters, I love you, what an honor, what a pride, what a firm belief! '

"Your Majesty, however, imitated the Liao, Jin and Mongolian times and created a strange and bizarre writing system. This is a serious mistake of "using barbarians to change China" and a step backwards in history. It is a serious mistake of willingly associating with the barbarians!"

The opposition was so fierce that Yi Ye had to change his words and say that it was just an auxiliary script to annotate Chinese characters. However, the ministers still did not buy it and soon threw the characters he created into a corner. Later, his descendant, Yeonsan, also issued an edict to ban the use of Korean throughout the country and burn Korean books, firmly supporting the orthodoxy of Chinese characters for 500 years without wavering!

Therefore, to be an official in Korea, being able to write Chinese characters is only the basic requirement. You also have to be able to speak the Ming Dynasty Mandarin with a northeastern accent, otherwise you will not be able to communicate with the literati.

Therefore, even a middle-level military officer of the Li Dynasty could speak Chinese. In addition, since it was located in Liaodong, its accent was naturally influenced by the people in Northeast China, which is also very reasonable.

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"What are you doing here? You speak Chinese fluently." Wang Rulong looked down at the short, dark-skinned officer of the Li Dynasty and said, "This is the land of the king. Isn't this the territory of the Ming Dynasty?"

"Yes, of course. Since ancient times, our dynasty has been an inseparable part of the Celestial Empire." Wang Rulong spoke with a strong aura of a superior. In Jiang Bula's opinion, only a military commander of the third rank or above in the Ming Dynasty could have such a demeanor, so he quickly nodded and bowed to show his loyalty to the Ming Dynasty.

"Then why are you asking?" Wang Rulong snorted unhappily.

"I, I am..." Jiang Bula wanted to say that he felt that the Ming Dynasty would never go abroad, but he changed his words and said with a flattering smile, "I want to ask if there is anything I can do for the Celestial Empire?"

"You really pick the right time." Wang Rulong sneered at Brother Haier standing beside him, "You won't show up until the battle is over."

"No, it's empty." Haierge replied in Yiwu dialect. Yiwu dialect belongs to Wu dialect, which sounds like bird talk to northerners, not to mention the people of the Li Dynasty who regarded themselves as Northeasterners.

This sentence probably means that you feel something is not right with the other person.

Today was really strange. The fleet's sailing time was irregular, but the Japanese pirates were able to accurately grasp their itinerary and wait in advance for an ambush on a small island near Tamra.

What’s even more strange is that there was smoke signals on Gapo Island, ten miles away!

You know, in the vast sea, ten miles is nothing. Since there is a beacon on the island, seventy Japanese ships coming from the east must have been discovered early in the morning. Why did they have to wait until the fighting started before lighting the beacon?

Wang Rulong looked at the Korean officer Jiang Bula with a gloomy face, which made the other party feel creepy.

Jiang Bula was also secretly glancing at the two strange Chinese gentlemen in front of him. He saw that they were wearing the same blue and black shorts. The only difference was that the one with red beard had three silver five-pointed stars embroidered on his left chest, while the younger one with yellow beard had three black five-pointed stars embroidered on his left chest.

I don't know what the star means. I can only tell from the posture and tone of the two men that Red Beard has a higher official position.

He was now certain that the two men were wearing the Celestial Empire's new naval uniforms, and the smile on his face became more flattering.

At this time, Wang Rulong also showed a friendly smile and said to Jiang Bula, "Are you the boss?"

"No, no, our fleet is led by Park Yuhou." Jiang Bula quickly shook his head.

"Is Park Yuhou the military leader of this Jeonra Island?" Wang Rulong said with an increasingly friendly smile.

"Captain...oh no, we are under the command of General Park, the governor of the Jeolla Right Navy." Jiang Bula hurriedly said, "General Park is in the Jeju Port Navy Camp."

"You all have the surname Pu?" Wang Rulong said to Haierge: "What a fucking surname, it's really cool."

"Hey, are Big Pu Ke and Little Pu Ke father and mother?" asked Haier Ge.

"Yes, brother, brother." Jiang Bula pretended not to understand the other party's vulgar joke.

"Then call the two brothers to the boat quickly. I have something important to tell them." Wang Rulong patted Jiang Bula on the shoulder.

Jiang Bazong felt his bones soften, and said hurriedly, "We can call Park Yuhou now. Park Yushi is in Jeju... Oh no, that place in the north of Jeju Island. It's far away from here, and we can't call him after dark."

"Oh, then let's call Xiao Pu Ke first." Wang Rulong said with his hands behind his back.

"Okay, I'll go right away." Jiang Bula nodded and bowed to take his leave, then got on a small boat and headed towards his own fleet.

Wang Rulong leaned on his sword, looked at the boat going away, and said quietly: "Let's take a gamble, will little Pu Ke turn around and run away?"

"You can't come for money, otherwise it will violate the regulations." Haierge reminded.

"Isn't that nonsense?" Wang Rulong rolled his eyes and said, "Let's use the knife in our hands as a bet."

Haierge took a look at Wang Rulong's sword, which had already killed a hundred Japanese pirates, and said in a daze, "Okay, I bet he will run away."

"You kid, I was going to choose this one." Wang Rulong cursed with a smile, scratched his head and was about to say that this one didn't count, but he saw that Jin Ke had already arrested all the Japanese and entered the stage of cleaning up the battlefield.

He suddenly grinned and said, "Then I'll bet he can't get away."

Then he shouted at the top of his voice: "Beat the drum! Capture that fleet of North Korean ships!"

After a moment, the sound of war drums sounded again!

The captains of the Wuwei ships listened carefully to the drumbeats, and soon they gave orders one after another: "Turn the rudder, six o'clock direction, full sail to attack!"

"Fuck, Captain, you are cheating!" Haierge yelled.

"What do you mean by playing dirty?" Wang Rulong said sternly, "Since you guessed that the suspect might escape, how could you passively let him go and not pursue him?"

As he said this, he taught Haierge a lesson: "Young man, don't miss the important task."

"Hehe..." Haierge didn't believe his nonsense. He clutched his beloved silver-handled Nakahira sword in pain, feeling like he was being robbed.

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On the other side, Park Sung-in continued to circle on the deck, anxiously waiting for a reply.

He had already urinated several times and was really frightened by what he saw.

Countless pieces of wood and dead bodies were floating on the sea, and the blood dyed a large area of ​​sea several miles in radius red, attracting large groups of sharks and seagulls, which came in groups to enjoy this sudden feast... Although Jeju Island is in the north, it has a subtropical climate due to the influence of the Japan Warm Current, so it attracts a large number of sharks to come for food.

There were still more than 60 broken ships of various sizes floating on the sea, and the largest one had been burned to the point where only a frame remained...

Park Sung-in, the naval officer, did not get here entirely by connections. He was very familiar with the situation of the Japanese pirates in Mishima. From the flag on the Ataku ship, it could be seen that it was the ship of the head of the Matsuura family.

The Matsuura family was the guardian of Hizen Province and the daimyo of Hirado Domain, controlling the three islands of Hirado, Tsushima, and Iki. In Japan, the Matsuura Party is synonymous with "Japanese pirates". Although the Matsuura Party is not a particularly strong vassal in Japan, it is not inferior to the so-called Murakami Navy, Shimazu Family and other maritime powers at sea.

Now, the head of the Matsuura family, who led the main navy, came in full force, but was tragically wiped out by the Celestial Empire fleet in just half an hour. Even the head of the Matsuura family was unknown whether he was killed in the battle or captured?

What a terrifying power of heaven!

Great and Mighty Heavenly Dragon, Buddha Ksitigarbha, my eldest brother has actually provoked such a terrifying monster. Is it death, death, or death now?

At this time, Jiang Bula, who was sent to scout the situation, finally came back.

As soon as he climbed onto the deck, Park Sung-in anxiously asked in Korean: "How is it? What's the situation?"

"It is indeed the navy of the Celestial Empire, and it is the main force, the elite among the elite!" Jiang Bula replied with certainty: "But it may be newly formed, and I can't tell where it came from."

"Where did the Chinese navy come from?" Park Sung-in's brows twisted into a "川" shape, thinking, isn't this the fleet of the Sand Boat Gang? When was it recruited?

"I didn't dare to ask more, but there's no doubt about his style. He's definitely a genuine general from the Celestial Empire." Jiang Bula scratched his head and said, "Hey, don't guess, Yu Hou. The Celestial Empire's lord invited Yu Hou to come over for a chat, and then we can ask him in person."

"Please let me go over?" Park Sung-in's face turned pale, and his voice trembled slightly as he asked, "What for?"

"He said he had something important to discuss." Jiang Bula said.

Park Sung-in was so scared that he wanted to pee again, but he was guilty as a thief, so how could he dare to face the questioning of his superiors from the Celestial Empire?

I thought to myself, I better go back quickly. If the sky falls, my brother will hold it up. I can’t hold it up…

Just as he was about to give the order to turn, there was a sudden and intense drumbeat from the south. Park Sung-in turned his head and was immediately terrified.

He saw ten mighty Ming warships with full sails rushing towards him rapidly.

"Oh, they are here to welcome Yu Hou. The Celestial Empire is indeed a country of etiquette, so particular." Jiang Bula, who was still in the dark, could not help but yearn for it. In the next life, he wished to be born in the Ming Dynasty...

"It's over, it's over..." Park Sung-in was terrified, the head was spinning, water was flowing silently, and his pants were soaked.

"Yu Hou, what's wrong with you?" Jiang Bula was stunned. He had only seen people burst into tears of excitement, but he had never heard of people peeing in their crotch with excitement.

"Run, run..." Park Sung-in said in a trembling voice with a sallow face.

"Run? Why run?" Jiang Bula asked puzzledly, "Why didn't Yu Hou obey the order of the Heavenly Dynasty's superiors?"

Park Sung-in thought to himself, if I obey your command I will die...but he couldn't say those words out loud.

But after he peed his pants, he came to his senses and remembered that he had been told where he was. Can you run away without saying anything? If you can run away from the monk, can you also run away from the temple?

If the fleet of the Celestial Empire cannot catch me, they will most likely go to Jeju Port to settle accounts with my big brother. The capital city is right next to us, and by then, under the watchful eyes of the public, this matter will be completely unconcealable!

Well, let's be honest and go over to take a look first... I heard that military officers of the Ming Dynasty also love money. My brother has 300,000 taels of silver in deposit in the Ming Dynasty, so it should be able to buy us peace, right?

Thinking of this, he ordered everyone not to act rashly and to obey the orders of their superiors.

As a result, all the officers and soldiers on the ten Korean ships were taken prisoner...

ps. The third update. The war is over, and I haven't been out for a week. I have a few things to do tomorrow, so I'll apply for a day off to run some errands and take care of the kids. See you on Sunday.