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5 Years of Celebration (1600) December -
All Akashi, whose interview with Valignano ended badly, had become a man on the boat in order to return from Nagasaki to Sakami in disillusionment.
"... I just have to decide to be ready"
With that in mind, he decided to go around the Nanban-ji Temple in Regent, Hanoi, and Waquan, the territory of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and look for collaborators.
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As all the boards walked through the city of Sakami, they were called out.
"Isn't this Master Joan"
Looking back at the voice, it was the master of the mansion where Organtino lived.
But his face was not as dazzling as all the boards knew, but as if he was in a hurry somewhere.
"... did you?
and all the boards hesitated at their usual low, without being in tune with their rush.
As my husband regained some composure in that voice, I breathed and slammed to all the boards.
"Didn't you see Master Organtino?
As a matter of fact, as soon as I left the mansion five days ago, I'm not back yet. "
"Oh my..."
All the boards were unchanged by the tone of their voices, but distorted their faces by surprise. But let's just say it's a small change that you never realize you're not familiar with him.
One husband continued, turning his face bright blue.
"Every minute, I'm at that age...
I was worried you might be going down on the go...
I drove naive to Kyoto, but I can't get the good news, and I'm looking for the city of Sakami like this. "
"Hmmm... then that's the servant to help"
"Thank you, then make a split...
Dear Joan, please be there. "
"Aye, okay!
And when they split into two hands, they began their search without hesitation, including in a small alley.
To Organtino is someone who has taken care of everything since all the climbing was in the grinding. Praying in his heart for his safety, All Deng searched around the city of Sakai.
But there are a lot of people, and I can't even move on with those legs.
And after a while of searching, a crowd suddenly appeared in front of me.
- The big man's down.
- Sounds like a Southern barbarian to me.
To the words of such people, all the boards that are annoyed scratch the crowd.
"Dear Organtino!!
I don't see a man still falling, but there was something certain in all the boards, and he was shouting his name.
And when he finally went through the crowd, a big man, like a bear with a hairy face, was nodding and falling.
All the boards rush over and gently wake the big man's head. Still a familiar face... it was organtino that person.
"Dear Organtino! Are you ok!?
That's right. All the time, I felt anxious about the tone of my voice. Then, Organtino slowly opens his eyes.
"Are you okay!?
Against all the boards he spoke to again, Organtino opened his mouth shaking.
"Jo... Joan..."
"Dear Organtino! It's Akashi Joan!
Organtino stares at the whole climb with a weak eye.
All Deng also stared back with a strong gaze to respond to it.
What the hell happened...
I can see that I haven't changed my clothes in days either.
And Organtino looks pretty debilitated.
It was clearly understood by all the boards that it was not immediate.
And Organtino trembled and said...
"I'm hungry, Death..."
"... what?
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"Ooh! Resurrecting Death! Very tasty Death!!
and organtino with a satisfactory full grin. Before him, he tells the story of a large number of cubes already piled up and of him pouring a tremendous amount of meal into his mouth.
The master of the mansion and all the boards looked at it with a bitter laugh. And all the boards of the fallen organtino, and his master, brought them to the mansion, and fed them from his master.
"Well, anyway, you look fine, and I'm relieved"
And when my husband speaks in a quiet tone,
"I'm sorry to bother you, Death! Thank you for your health!
And, Organtino still shouts out loud so that he can't tell if he's apologizing with his mouth full of meals or simply responding well.
And...
"Welcome, Death!
And when I put the chopsticks down and put my hands together, all the boards slammed on the organtino.
"By the way, why did Master Organtino fall in such a place?
In response to that inquiry, Organtino answered as he rinsed his tea.
"Hahaha! I've been seen embarrassed, Death! Actually, if I was immersed in something, I'd forgotten to eat, Death!
And then I realized I was too hungry to fall over there, Death!
If Joan hadn't come, it would have been dangerous, Death!
Thank you so much, Death!
Then my husband told me.
"What were you so immersed in that you also forgot to eat like that?
To that inquiry, Organtino banged a few pieces of paper before all the boarding, as he raised his mouth angle in garlic.
"This Death!!! Joan, let's see.
When all the boards held those papers, they opened their eyes wide.
"Ko, this is haha!?
There was a line of Nambarians' names living in Sakai and Kyo. Many of them are baterens, but some of them are names that all the boards don't know, and they say it's a merchant.
"People who work with me as researchers at Joan's school DEATH!!
"hey... why..."
Against the astonishing whole climb, Organtino turns from a smile to a tight face.
"It all enriches the lives of the people… research for that matter.
Is there so much charity that the Lord wills?
That's what I thought, Death.
People are saved by words. But what is necessary before salvation.
That's to act.
In order to make the glory of God glorious, those who are sons of God must also glow.
We have to make a bright future for our children.
Work with Joan to enrich people and believe it's that action!
The moment I heard the word, all the boards hugged Organtino.
"Thank you... thank you..."
The hands tremble naturally.
"Ku, painful Death..."
And, holding him hard and blue-faced, Organtino is tapping lightly on the hands of all the boards.
My husband smiles happily at the way it is, but there is something glowing as it is. I guess that's because the depressed organtino here these days was looking as lively as something blew out.
"... sorry"
And, as he returned to me, when he left the organtino, he bowed his head gently. Organtino said to all such boards, lowering his voice.
"Joan. That's not the end of it yet.
As I've told you before, they're not experts. We need to attract more knowledgeable researchers.
And how was Lady Valignano? Did you agree to bring the researchers together?
To that inquiry, all the boards told the whole story with Valignano as he darkened his face and shook his neck to the side.
"Again, has it come... so there's something Joan wants you to do, Death"
"Yes, if that's what you can do."
"Toyotomi Hideyoshi has something to forgive me, Death."
"To Hideyoshi?
Organtino smiled and nodded loudly at all the boards that looked strangely at him, telling him what it was all about.
It was that I wanted permission to set up a church in the college, that is, in Kyo. That is to say, I want you to acknowledge the missionary activity in Kyo, which I refrained from following the Bateren expulsion decree.
When all the boards tightened their mouths and nodded, their masters prepared paper and brushes handily.
This is only ten days from now.
Hideyoshi Toyotomi, under the ink of Jiayang Tokugawa, allowed the construction of a church, albeit limited, in the school.
Originally, there were several temples and shrines in the college, and Hideyoshi set free the faith of researchers and those who studied in temple houses.
"Ooooooo!! I did it! Joan! I did it Death!!
"Uhm! Yay! We did it!!
All Deng and Organtino embraced each other and exploded their joy.
Researchers gathered, and yet the church was allowed to be built in Kyo…
Now Valignano will also have to shake his head vertically for his cooperation with the school.
The mind of all the boards was filled with light, as if suddenly the sight had opened.
Thanks also to Organtino, who is now in front of us.
All Deng bowed his head to Organtino many times. Strangely enough, however, the organtino has also bowed his head to all boarding many times.
Organtino finally felt off at this time...
There was an iron chain wrapped around him...
The smile of the girl being sold as a slave spreads misty.
He also felt in his heart the refreshment of the sunshine.
And to follow up on the letter received from Hideyoshi, all Deng's eyes stopped at one of them, reading it organtino.
"Soaked? … you can also build this…
What do you mean, soaked?
"Ooh! It's in an Islamic temple! Master Hideyoshi is generous!
"Hmm... is that right..."
All Deng did not think very deeply about this "permission to build a mosque" at this time.
But...
This permit will have a significant impact on the activities of all subsequent boards…
At this time, of course, I had no idea.
Now, between joy and restraint, All Deng and Organtino moved on to the next action as soon as possible.
It was a work for the merchants.
In other words, when visiting Manila, Macau and Sham, merchants traveling abroad were asked to call upon local people to participate in the school if they had the opportunity to meet experts from various fields.
All the merchants of Sakai, who understood that if there were any new policy or movement in the world, there would be business opportunities, took on the request with pleasure.
Some merchants named themselves as wanting some of them to learn in temples. That was because I found out that there would also be research on shipping at the college, and I thought it must be useful for their business as well.
The work of all the boards and organtinos became known to the common people in Sakami, and it was spread throughout the country by the merchants aboard the ships.
- Toyotomi Hideyoshi seems to be in the process of building a school under heaven.
- The boulder is the son of His Royal Highness Tai. It's a fancy thing to do.
- Whatever it is, "enrich the lives of all the people," he says... the late His Royal Highness Taiko must be happy in the afterlife.
- I hear Tokugawa-sama has forgiven you for this. Mr. Tokugawa is a very forgiving man.
and the reaction of Jiayang, who did not dispute the desire of excellence and the construction of the school, was favourably received by many people through the merchants.
Sometimes the war ahead didn't go far enough to change the impression that the Toyotomi were a "sunset," but it was enough to highlight a distinguished presence.
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Celebrating 5 Years (1600) Twilight -
A regular boat bound for Nagasaki left Sakano Harbor.
There was a man in the ship wearing a golden feather that stood out.
The figure is like a samurai, but to see its head cut off originally, did it give up the way of an officer young...
A merchant sitting nearby spoke to him like that.
"Samurai, you look kind of happy."
Then the man answers the merchant with a smile.
"Ha, you know? I'm not happy."
"May I ask why?
"Whoa, it's simple." My brother's reputation has soared, and on top of that, my minister... "No, I'm glad to see" Old Friend "working hard with Sakami."
"Was that so, I'm glad that"
And when the merchant smiled happily, the conversation broke off there.
And the man shrugged as he watched the streets of Sakai as he walked away.
"Good luck..."
At the man's feet, a rare red umbrella in this day and age...