Then he selected some lucky ones among the remaining women to fetch water for cooking, and simply organized the rest into groups and arranged for them to move things.
Seeing that these people had been arranged to leave, the remaining Japanese were angry and envious, but they really settled down. Because they can also see that these Akito really have no intention of killing anyone.
As more than a thousand people joined the Ming army, their actions naturally accelerated. The pirates were only responsible for searching for supplies and loading them onto ships. The Japanese were responsible for all the intermediate transportation, and the whole process became smoother.
By the evening, Tojiro, who was covered in sweat, already felt cramps in his abdomen! I have done a lot of work today and haven't eaten yet, so I am really hungry! But he didn't dare to stop what he was doing. It can only be carried out with nine people working hard to move the goods.
When he just returned to Chengxiating from the dock, he heard a pirate shouting hello: "That one, that one, it's you, go to the front to eat, and after eating, hurry up and work!"
Surprised, Tojiro looked along the pirate's hand and saw a large group of Japanese women carrying a load not far away. And he seemed to vaguely see the figure of his mother-in-law. So he hurriedly led the people to catch up, and sure enough he saw that his own mother-in-law had just put down the burden on her shoulders.
Tojiro was overjoyed and shouted: "Zhizi, Zhizi!"
His mother-in-law turned around and saw him. She immediately smiled in surprise and waved to him. When Tojiro arrived in a few steps, Zhizi had already opened the white cloth spread on the basket. He took out a few washed bamboo leaves and put them in Tojiro's hands. Then he turned around and took out two rice balls from the basket and placed them on the bamboo leaves. Then he said: "Master, eat quickly. These Ming Dynasty adults are very generous!"
Tojiro was shocked when he saw the rice ball in his hand! There were actually two rice balls, and they were white rice balls! Each rice ball is topped with three pickled green plums, which not only look great, but smell delicious too! How is this generous? It is simply too generous! Even the samurai-sama can't eat such good white rice balls on weekdays!
Seeing the white rice ball in his hand, the nine people around him also became commotion and rushed forward to receive the rice ball. So Zhizi distributed bamboo leaves to everyone, and then rice balls. Sure enough, everyone got two white rice balls.
Tojiro held the rice balls and asked: "Zhizi, are these white rice balls really distributed by those Akito gentlemen?"
Zhizi smiled and nodded repeatedly and said: "Don't worry, it is really distributed by Master Mingguo. Master Mingguo said that these white rice also have to be transported away. Let us eat some and save space on the ship."
Tojiro felt more relieved after hearing this, but then he said anxiously: "Where is my daughter?"
Zhi Zishou kept distributing rice balls to others, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, the rice balls for the children are the first to be delivered. They are also white rice balls, and they are given according to the number of people."
This time Tojiro was completely relieved. The nine people who called him walked aside and started eating rice balls slowly. While we were eating, some women came over carrying burdens. The burdens were filled with bamboo tubes filled with water, and one was given to each person. This made people like Tojiro feel that Master Mingguo was more generous than his own master. This further strengthened their idea of leaving here with Master Mingguo!
By the time they finished eating the rice balls, it was getting dark. Then soldiers brought torches. All Japanese leaders are responsible for holding torches, and the rest are responsible for carrying them. All work continues. The people of Wu'an Army completely broke away from this work and went to set up defenses in distant places to prevent Japanese raids at night.
Everyone worked like this until the middle of the month before taking a complete rest. Moreover, the Japanese received two more rice balls as a midnight snack, so naturally they burst into cheers! Hearing their cheers, the hungry and tired Japanese in the city walls were envious, but no one dared to make any move.
After dawn, Tojiro and others received the rice balls again. Naturally, I worked harder and finally had all the boats filled before noon. Just when they thought they could get some rest, they were ordered to gather together and their families were sent over.
Tojiro was panicking at this moment. He looked at the big ship on the seaside uneasily, wondering if he could follow him on the ship?
Now he suddenly no longer thinks about getting the land, he just wants to follow these Ming Dynasty masters and leave here. If he stays here, when the Shimazu family comes back, I'm afraid his whole family will die!
At this time, the pirates set up a long table near the pier. There were many literate Wu'an Army officers sitting behind the table acting as secretaries. The pirates who knew the Japanese language stood beside the table and began to call the Japanese people to come forward in batches.
Upon seeing this, Tojiro immediately commanded nine of his men and rushed there with his wife and children. They were then led by a pirate to a table and lined up. Then the pirate asked: "What's your name?"
Tojiro bowed and said: "The villain's name is Tojiro."
The pirate shouted loudly to him and to the whole team: "If you leave with us today, you are no longer Japanese, but Han! Since you are Han, you must have a Han surname and a Han name. You all understand." Alright?"
The men, women, and children in Tojiro's group almost all exclaimed in surprise when they heard this, and then everyone looked happy, and some even knelt down on the ground and kowtowed. Because at this time, ordinary people among the Japanese only had the character Miao but no surname, just like savages! Only those with status had surnames.
In fact, the Japanese Miao characters are not equivalent to surnames, but they have the function of surnames. The Miao character originated from the ancient clans of the Japanese state. Starting from the Heian period, the original clan was gradually divided into several families. These families called each other by names such as night watch, official position in the place of residence, etc. These names are Miao characters. But the Miao character is not a surname.
Nowadays, there is basically no difference between Japanese surnames and Miao characters, and they can be collectively regarded as Japanese surnames. However, in ancient Japan, surnames were unique to Japanese nobles and nobles, and common people only had Miao characters. In the 8th century AD, Japan imitated the Tang Dynasty and established a household registration system, and civilians could use Miao characters in their household registrations.
At that time, the representative surnames given by the emperor to the clans were Minamoto, Taira, Fujiwara, and Tachibana, while the Miao characters for common people were mostly related to their occupations and residences, such as mountain, mountain, and dog breeding. In the late Heian period, lower-level nobles who could not become high-ranking officials went to local lords to become lords. For example, the descendants of the Genji and Fujiwara clan began to form samurai groups to guard their territories. When introducing themselves to the outside world, they no longer mentioned their surnames, but used the territory from which they came. Baojiamen, some new Miao characters appeared.
