The merchant ships walked along the sea trade road, passed several islands on the way, and finally entered Hakata Bay in the evening.

There are roughly three origins of Hakata Bay: one, that is, the land is vast and there are many people; two, because of the spread of the wings, it is called feathers, and later gradually became homophones Hakata; three, the shallows of the ships - the moored boats. Later generations generally believe that the first statement is more reasonable. Because it is close to the Korean Peninsula and mainland China, the commercial here is developed. It is also because of the development of commerce that this place has become a place where various powerful people attempt to get involved, and many conflicts broke out.

During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the Muromachi shogunate placed the Issei clan in Hakata, and the Kamakura Shogunate set up the Kyushu Exploration in Kyushu. However, around the rule of Kyushu, the samurai led by the original local Shao Er, Otomo and Shimazu and Kyushu Exploration in Kyushu were always fighting openly and secretly. With their cooperation, the Issei Fan clan was finally driven out of Hakata. In the fourth year of Ying'an (1371), Imakawa Yasushi became a new Exploration in Kyushu. With his support, the Ouchi clan entered Kyushu as reinforcements and gradually gained control of Hakata. The Ouchi clan and the Ouchi clan had wiped out Japanese pirates and laid the foundation for future foreign trade. After that, Shibukawa Manrai also sent Hakata merchant Hiramong Yoshihisa (son of Chen Zongke) and the abbot of Miaoleji Temple, Wuya Ryoni, to Korea. The Li Dynasty also sent an envoy Song Xijing to visit Hakata, which enhanced the exchanges between the two countries.

The Muromachi shogunate attached great importance to the economic profits brought by foreign trade, which made Hakata the main port for foreign trade. In the eighth year of Oyoyo (1401), in accordance with the order of Ashikata Yoshiman, Hakata's merchants made a trade application to the Ming Dynasty, which was locked in the country, which became the beginning of Kakata's trade. However, this situation lasted only ten years. The general Ashikata Yoshiki felt that this form of tribute was very humiliated and ordered it to be cut off. Kakata's trade was only an official form, which had no effect on Hakata's commercial significance at all, because at that time the trade form of merchants here was not only limited to the official. Their trade objects were no longer limited to the Ming Dynasty and North Korea, but they had already expanded their routes to Southeast Asia through Ryukyu. The profits obtained were very amazing. For example, after the copper introduced by the Ming Dynasty to Hakata, the price could be increased to four to five times the original price, and raw silk could be increased to twenty times the price. At the same time, they could also export Japanese knives or sulfur to foreign countries, and many merchants became rich because of this.

In the first year of Yongxiang (1429), Otomo announced his control of Hakata and supported merchants such as Sojin to start trade with North Korea. However, he only dominated for a while, and everyone in Kyushu wanted to get a share of the pie, and the competition had already reached a fierce moment. In the third year of Yongxiang (1432), the trade of Himming began again. The subordinates of Shao Er's retainer Mihara's resignation and the subordinates of Akitsuki's retainer Junta Harada's subordinates made a big fuss in Naeyuan Yamakasa, and the death toll on the Sanhara side reached more than fifty. In the following years, the Shao Er's retainer and the Ouchi clan had many conflicts in Hakata.

In the second year of Wen'an (1445), the Ouchi family drove the Ouchi family back to Fenghou. Due to its huge strength, until the Yingren Rebellion, Ouchi and Shao Er jointly regained Hakata. At this time, Hakata's population was about 10,000 households, of which more than 6,000 households in the "Xihama" generation of Hakata Bay were under the jurisdiction of the Ouchi family, while more than 4,000 households around the Hokyu Temple on the southwest and more than 4,000 households around Chengtian Temple were under the management of the Shao Er family. In the tenth year of civilization (1480), Ouchi Masahiro made a comeback and expelled the Shao Er family. Since then, Hakata was jointly owned by Ouchi and the two families.

The competition around control of Hakata was very fierce, and the same was the trade dominance of the Ming Dynasty. The Sakai merchants supported by Hosokawa were always the main competitor of Hakata. In the third year of Oekai (1523), the Hakata merchants supported by the Ouchi clan clashed with the Hosokawa merchants in Ningbo, and finally controlled the shogunate's dominance of trade.

Now Hakata is basically controlled by the great family, who is just like the great one.

After the ship docked, a cloakhouse and two boatmen were left to guard the ship. The rest were divided into two groups. One was two cloakhouse escorted the woman back to the house of Shenwu, and the other was to escort Masara to temporarily stay at Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido

As for the history of the Holy Fuku Temple, Masayoshi knows a little about it. In the early Kamakura era, many monks from the country went to mainland China to study Zen and promote it, among which Rongxi was the most famous. He traveled to the Song Dynasty twice to study Buddhism, and established Shengfuji Temple in Hakata in the sixth year of Jianji (1195), which was also the earliest Zen temple in the country. At the same time, Rongxi also planted tea brought back by the Song Dynasty in the temple, combining tea drinking and Zen practice. Since then, tea began to become popular in China and was widely planted, so Rongxi was also respected as the "Japanese tea ancestor". At the same time, many things were introduced to Hakata at this time, including noodles, buckwheat, steamed buns and other foods.

In addition, the temple is also a huge force in Hakata, and its influence is even more deeply rooted than the Da Neijia who currently rule here. Near Shengfu Temple, there are Chengtian Temple and Dongchang Temple, which are more famous temples, all have their own territory and monks, and they are like powerful people.

Chengtian Temple is said to have great causes and conditions with China. During the Song Dynasty, many people settled here after traveling to Hakata. Among them, Xie Guoming was famous. He was a merchant in Lin'an Prefecture of the Song Dynasty. After moving to Hakata, he lived in Kushida Shrine. It is estimated that he had a lot of financial resources and served as the land of Xiaolu Island. In the third year of Renli (1242), he welcomed the Master of Shengyi (Yuaner) who returned from the Song Dynasty as his founder.

Chengtian Temple was built. Xie Guoming respected Buddhism very much. The following year, the Wanshou Temple in Jingshan unfortunately encountered a fire. He and Yuaner supported thousands of wooden boards. Because Yuaner was proficient in Buddhism, Chengtian Temple did many good deeds, it was deeply loved by local residents. In the second year of Baozhi (1248), when the temple suddenly suffered a fire, Xie Guoming built eighteen halls within one day and rebuilt them. Now the temple is his descendant.

Tokakaji Temple. This temple has a long relationship with China. In the mid-6th century, Hakata and Baekje exchanged very frequently, and Buddhism was introduced to Japan through this place. Silla, who was also on the Korean Peninsula, formed an alliance with the Tang Dynasty to fight against Goguryeo and Baekje. In 655 AD, Goguryeo and Baekje jointly attacked Silla. Emperor Gaozong of Tang sent troops to support him, but the outcome was not decided. In 659, Emperor Gaozong of Tang led a large army of 100,000 to attack Baekje with the General of the Left Martial Guard, Su Dingfang. In order to support Baekje, in March 663, the prince of Nakata also dispatched an army of 27,000 people, divided into three legions to set out from Hakata Bay and headed to the Korean Peninsula.

But on August 27, they were defeated by the Tang navy at the mouth of the Baicun River and forced to retreat to their homeland, and Baekje was destroyed. Because of the concern that Tang and Silla would have further offensives, the court moved the Najin official family, which was originally along the coast of Hakata Bay, to the inland south (now Dazaifu City). Later, they built mountain cities such as Ono, Kiei, Nagamon, and others, and built water cities on the main road to the Daizaifu Bay and the ridge to the west of Ono Castle and Shinoji Mountain to assist in defense. In fact, after the "Battle of Hakata River", the Tang Dynasty had no intention of attacking Kyushu, and the relationship between the two gradually eased and communicated with the envoys. So Dazaifu set up a zizuka in Hakata.

As diplomatic envoys, the guesthouse was welcomed by the guesthouse to entertain the envoys of Tang and Silla. After gradually getting to know each other, the Yamato court realized that the Tang Dynasty was the center of Asian cultural exchanges at that time, so it decided to send "Tang envoys" to China to learn advanced culture. In the second year of Shuming (630), Emperor Shuming sent Odashi to the mainland for the first time as a Tang envoy. In the following 260 years, the Yamato court appointed a total of 19 Tang envoys, of which fifteen were officially launched. In the early stage, the envoys were small, generally only one or two ships, with one to two members, and later it was expanded into four ships, about 500 people. They all first joined the envoys.

Gathered at Hakata Port and set out from the place. The interactions with the Tang Dynasty also made various cultures of Hakata flourish one after another. In the 23rd (804), in the 11th Tang envoy, there was a monk named "Konghai". After arriving in the Tang Dynasty, he followed Master Huiguo from Qinglong Temple in Chang'an to study Buddhism. Two years later, Konghai (Master Hongfa) returned to Hakata and founded the Dongchang Temple of the Zhenyan Sect. It is considered to be the oldest temple in its country. The wooden statue of Thousand-Handed Guanyin Bodhisattva preserved is still considered an important cultural heritage. In the fourth year of Chenghe (837), due to the prevalence of the Tang Dynasty, the Ziguan was renamed Hongluguan.

After arriving at Shengfu Temple, a young monk opened the door. After Zhengliang general Xuanzhi asked him to pass the letter from the temple host, the temple host immediately came out to greet him in person and arranged a secluded small courtyard for Zhengliang. That night, Zhengliang once again used the tea and Zen knowledge of later generations to taste tea and discuss teachings with the Shengfu Temple host.

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Chapter completed!