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Chapter 1342 Shamisen

Ramin said:
"That's okay. I'll go and find out if there is a boat to Naha Port. Dongxiangjing is too powerful here, and it is inconvenient for us to do anything."

"Besides, Naha Port is very convenient to go to Shanghai or Hong Kong. After all, Nagasaki is a military port, and many ships don't come here."

Fang Linyan nodded:

"Yes, but remember not to only investigate the ships in Naha Port, but also ask the ships going to the rest of Japan."

La Ming hesitated for a moment, then suddenly his eyes lit up and said:

"high!"

Fang Linyan's explanation to La Ming was actually aimed at Dongxiangjing. As far as the current situation is concerned, Dongxiangjing may send someone to watch him. Once his intelligence system gets Fang Linyan, the young master of the Hu family, What would Dongxiangi think when he was asking about the departure ticket?
First, Fang Linyan clearly felt Jiu Guiyuan's hostility, and felt that he was doing something bad, and the arms talk could not be reached, so he left sadly.

Second, after Fang Linyan was assassinated, he was very timid, and then he felt that the water here was too deep, so he ran away.

No matter what Dong Xiangjing thinks, there must be a high probability to appease himself, how to appease?

Dong Xiangjing didn’t have the money, and he wouldn’t give it if he had it.

Dongxiangjing has arms, but if he wants to hang Fang Linyan with them, he still won't give them.

Therefore, Dong Xiangjing could only appease with the head, either it belonged to Jiu Guiyuan or the gang of assassins! ! !

The group of people who assassinated Dongxiangjing were heroes to the Dahe nation, and they were the anti-rape group, but to Fang Linyan, they were an out-and-out stumbling block, the bastards who hindered the progress of the war, every death counted as one.

Of course, these assassins may be difficult to catch, but Dong Xiangjing is not a judge, and he can attack the "suspected" assassins without any evidence!

For example, Yuya Kuroda, who was slapped by Togoi in public,
For example, I have long disliked Dong Xiangjing, who scolded him countless times while drinking in private
Another example is those justice officers who cursed Dong Xiangjing behind his back.

If Dong Xiangjing really did this, then Fang Linyan would really wake up laughing from his dream tonight. If this method of borrowing a knife to kill people is used, it will be so satisfying.

Fang Linyan felt at ease when La Ming went to work. A professional spy is at least more reliable than himself.

At this time, his thoughts flew to the assassin who had fought against him again, and his dagger stabbed his thigh. This group of people confirmed that they were not soft persimmons, so they should not come to trouble him in the short term, after all, Dongxiang Jing is their primary goal.

At this time, replaying the battle in his mind, Fang Linyan quickly judged that the assassin must still be in a dizzy state after being hit by his blade flying, so he was probably equipped with a relatively powerful bodyguard equipment.

This equipment should have a passive ability of "triggering teleportation when receiving a certain degree of damage", oh yes, it will also drop a smoke bomb that delays the enemy, so it disrupted my overall plan.

Fortunately, you will learn your wisdom from the pitfalls. The next time you meet this bastard, Fang Linyan will use the tentacles of mental power to entangle him in advance. Heh heh heh, after you teleported, you found that Lao Tzu followed me, what a surprise! Not surprisingly?

Standing in the street for a while lost in thought, Fang Linyan seemed to hear the strange sound of musical instruments again, shrill, weird, and a kind of strangeness that penetrated into people's hearts.

He suddenly realized that there was a musical instrument store next to him, and Nagasaki was a port, so the boss's business should still be very good, and he could see a wide variety of things inside, and even guitars brought back from overseas.

Of course, this thing was called Liuxianqin in China at this time, and people in the Westernization Movement called it Fan'aling.

Fang Linyan's heart moved, and he walked in in a strange manner. The boss inside immediately stepped forward to greet him with a smile.

"Hi boss, I'm here to inquire about a musical instrument."

Fang Linyan didn't talk nonsense, straight to the point: "This instrument is somewhat similar to the Chinese pipa and erhu, with a sharper sound. It should be a unique Japanese instrument. I have never seen it in other places."

When he was talking, he had already placed a five-yuan Japanese currency, and then he bowed slightly as he entered the country:

"Thank you."

The boss happily accepted the five-yuan Japanese currency, and said:
"What the guest said should be the shamisen, which is a unique musical instrument in our country."

As he spoke, he turned and entered the counter, and quickly walked out holding a musical instrument. Fang Linyan saw that it was similar to the one he had seen, even if there were some differences in appearance.

However, the shamisen that the boss took out looked like a kind of Zhongzheng and peaceful instrument, and it didn't feel like the old man was carrying the evil spirit on his back.

Because the "information fee" was paid, Fang Linyan continued to ask:

"Some details are different from what I saw. The bow arm of the musical instrument seems to be bone, and the processing is not as delicate as yours. The work is much rougher than yours."

"By the way, there is a blood-red pattern on the skin of that musical instrument, which looks like it was painted on."

Hearing Fang Linyan's description, the boss suddenly took a breath and said:

"How long is the blood-red pattern?"

Fang Linyan gestured smoothly, and the boss was stunned:
"Three feet long blood soul!!"

After being shocked for a while, he should have explained to Fang Linyan for the sake of the five yen:

"Guests, you mainly don't understand the production process of the shamisen. It is divided into two parts, the slender piano arm, and the music box below."

"When making a shamisen, the three most important things are the wood that makes the arm, the skin that wraps the instrument, and the strings that are used to play."

Fang Linyan nodded and said:
"I can understand that the choice of the three things you mentioned basically determines the quality of the finished product."

The boss said:
"Yes, under normal circumstances, we use metasequoia as the wood for the piano arm, and the more precious rosewood from Indonesia will be used. However, the skin is very particular. The first choice is cat skin, and then It’s dog skin, and deerskin and pig skin are the most inferior ones.”

"But in the eyes of the older generation, the shamisen that uses cat skin is the authentic shamisen, and the one that uses dog skin can only be inferior (local dialect: meaning defective products), and the rest of the skin is completely heresy. It cannot be included in the category of shamisen.”

Having said that, the boss sighed and said:
"As for the shamisen you saw, the customer, it was produced in the chaotic period of the end of the Bakumura. I have only heard of the production method. It can be said to be very cruel, and normal people would not choose it. Nothing like this would happen in the world.”

Fang Linyan said:

"Understood, thank you."

He then looked around and found that there were quite a lot of musical instruments wrapped in leather in the store. With a thought, he took out the strange leather bookmark, pointed at the boss and said:
"Boss, there is one more thing to bother me. Can you help me identify the specific material of this bookmark? If there is a result, then thank you very much."

"Even if you can provide some clues, I will also give relevant gifts."

The boss took the bookmark, looked carefully at the light, and said with some doubts:

"It doesn't seem to be some common leather, but does it look familiar?"

Fang Linyan said in his heart that what you are talking about is nonsense. If it is common, then people in Shanghai would have figured it out long ago.

After a while, the boss turned around and entered the back hall, and then took out a palm-sized wooden carving.

"I can't be sure of its material, but I have seen something similar at my uncle's place. Take this wood carving to my uncle. He should be able to answer your doubts."

Fang Linyan didn't expect that another village would be revealed in the shadows of the willows. He found this thing in Cheap Daddy's anthology, but he couldn't find the answer in China. Instead, he found a clue in Japan thousands of miles away!It was a real surprise.

Then the boss told Fang Linyan the address of his uncle's residence. The name of the place was also very strange. It was actually called "Navel Hair Village". Fortunately, it was not too far from Nagasaki.

For those who can help him, Fang Linyan has always been generous. He just took out a stack of yen and stuffed it to the boss without counting.

The boss suddenly smiled, and then added:

"My uncle's name is Cunhe Guian. He has a very weird temper. You may not be able to impress him with my token, but he likes to drink, so if you bring some wine over, he will probably be able to help him."

Fang Linyan nodded and wrote down, Boss Xindao, you look like a big-eyed guy, but you are actually very scheming. If I don't give you this stack of banknotes, you won't say the following words, right?

After Fang Linyan walked out of the shop, he found a place to eat a bowl of ramen, and saw La Ming hurried back, and said simply:

"I've found out that there are four ships departing within three days, including Hong Kong, Shanghai, Naha, and even direct flights to London."

Fang Linyan said:

"It's better not to get on the Japanese ship."

Ramin said:
"The Japanese still mostly use fishing boats in this port, and their merchant ships are mainly for trade in the Asian region. There are no Japanese merchant ships among these four ships."

Fang Linyan said:

"it is good."

Then he changed his mind and said:

"I have inquired about that assassin before."

Then Fang Linyan told La Ming about the shamisen. La Ming was very impressed with the old man. After hearing what Fang Linyan said, he wanted to go to the store to have a look.

Fang Linyan knew that Laming had another mission, which was to collect information on these planes for the goddess.

The gods' desire for knowledge in this unknown field is not low, especially under the premise that Athena's priesthood is still the goddess of wisdom, so they nodded in agreement.

Needless to say about the process of exploring the store, it is La Ming’s forte to get close to the boss. Fang Linyan spent five yen to get the information, and La Ming easily chatted with the boss for at least one hundred yen. something comes out.

After leaving the store, Fang Linyan noticed that La Ming was in a low mood, and said:
"What? Did the news I found out just now make you very uncomfortable?"

Lamin sighed and said:
"Yes, the shamisen carried by the old man is very special. It is made in a very cruel way. It is called Yamatai shamisen. To make this thing, you need to raise a female cat and raise it from an early age. , fed a special diet."

"When the female cat becomes an adult, she must impregnate her once a year, and then throw the kittens she gave birth to to death directly in front of her, and then chop up the dead kittens and mix them into food for her to eat, and so on. ten years"

"Kill this female cat, soak its skin and bones in a hundred catties of human blood, and use a special method to refine it. If the refining is successful, a bloody pattern will appear on the skin, also known as blood soul. , the longer the blood soul, the better."

"Then, the refined bone is made into the main body of the shamisen, and the cat skin is covered on it. Finally, the final string is rubbed out with dead people's hair and cat fur/tendon. However, this is just a prototype, and finally To kill."

"Every time you kill a person, you have to dip his body in his blood while it's still hot, and play an ancient shamisen score called Shixiyin. When the strings finally become colorless and transparent, that's how it is. It can be regarded as a success in refining."

Fang Linyan was a little dumbfounded, and then asked:
"It's such a painstaking thing to make, so what's the use?"

Lamin shook his head and said:

"The boss said all these things from the drunken chats of the elders, and I probably don't know the rest."

The two walked on the street, Fang Linyan went to buy a lot of drinks for later use, and then La Ming said:
"Right, one more thing."

"Tokugawa Baba sent us a message, saying that the assassination of Togoi yesterday was likely to be related to a businessman, and this businessman was very close to one of our previously planned targets, and he could even be called a close friend."

Hearing what La Ming said, Fang Linyan's eyes lit up and said:

"who is it?"

Ramin said:
"Eiji Fukushima."

"It's him!" Fang Linyan suddenly said.

This person is also a skilled person, and he is very good at repairing steam engines for ships. Even the Wilson Company, which manufactures ships in the UK, wants to lure him at a high price.

Of course, Fukushima agreed without hesitation!
However, when Fukushima left, the entire United Fleet immediately found that it had been greatly affected. The maintenance cycle of the ship instantly increased by more than 50%, and the quality of maintenance was not as good as before.

That's all right, the key is that after more than half a year, the frequency of hiring foreign technicians has doubled.Not only that, the additional expenditure of military expenditure in this area has increased by 60% compared with last year. The key is that it has only been more than half a year.

In the end, it was all right, and the military could only invite Fukushima back with a high salary, and still half threatened it with family members. Although the Japanese military has learned a lesson and has since then paid attention to the cultivation of talents in this area, but after all, it is a matter of talent. Four years later, the importance of Fukushima can also be seen.

However, this guy doesn't usually go on board, so he will only have an indirect impact on the Sino-Japanese War, so Fang Linyan ranked him at the bottom.

(End of this chapter)