296: Chapter 296 Night Climb

Ganbei Sanjin was from Shimane; he brought the men from his tribe to the deep sea to fish.

Ganbei Sanjin's mother did not know who his father was. That night, several men had snuck into her wooden hut; it was pitch black, and she could not see who they were.

In Japan, this behavior is called "Night Crawling."

It means that at night, if you want to be with someone, you crawl into their bed.

Ganbei Sanjin's mother was a beautiful flower in the tribe, and many men had their eyes on her.

They had all been with Ganbei Sanjin's mother one after another, which left her unsure exactly which lucky man had won the prize.

After being with these men, she became pregnant with Ganbei Sanjin.

After she gave birth to Ganbei Sanjin, she did not know what to name him.

Just at that moment, a man who had been with her brought her some dried scallops.

The total weight of these dried scallops was exactly three jin.

Thus, she called the child in her arms Ganbei Sanjin.

Ganbei Sanjin and his group of three had come to the deep sea to fish.

One person was responsible for rowing the boat, and the other two were responsible for fishing.

"What, what is that!"

The sharp-eyed Ganbei Sanjin suddenly saw a black dot appear on the horizon.

When his companions, Okasaka Hikawa and Matsushita Daiyishi, looked in the direction Ganbei Sanjin was pointing, they saw a black line appear there.

"Could it be an island?"

Matsushita Daiyishi said doubtfully, "I don't remember there being any islands there!"

Okasaka Hikawa, bursting with curiosity, said, "Should we go over and take a look?"

"Let's not."

Ganbei Sanjin said, "We still need to head back!"

The people of Japan had not yet learned to use celestial phenomena to determine direction.

They usually rushed back to land before the sun went down.

Once they lost their way at sea, it meant certain death for them.

"That island seems to be moving!"

Matsushita Daiyishi exclaimed.

Hearing this, Ganbei Sanjin and Okasaka Hikawa looked towards that spot again.

Sure enough, just as Matsushita Daiyishi had said, the island was moving.

"That's unbelievable!"

Okasaka Hikawa exclaimed.

"Could it be a big fish?"

Ganbei Sanjin asked.

Matsushita Daiyishi and Okasaka Hikawa's expressions changed upon hearing this.

When fishing in the deep sea, what they feared most was encountering sharks.

These sharks were not only the same size as their boats, but they would also attack them.

Their boats were made of three wooden planks joined together, so they had no defensive capabilities.

Many fishermen had been killed because sharks rammed their sampan boats, causing them to be destroyed, which made the fishermen fall into the water and get eaten by the sharks.

"It doesn't look like it!"

As the black line grew larger and larger, Matsushita Daiyishi shook his head.

After the black shadow grew larger, Matsushita Daiyishi exclaimed, "That looks like a ship!"

"I see sails!"

"I see many oars too!"

"Hiss, what a huge ship!"

Ganbei Sanjin, Okasaka Hikawa, and Matsushita Daiyishi were all terrified.

It was no wonder they were so shocked and terrified.

A Great Qin warship was about one zhang and six chi wide and twelve zhang long. It could accommodate twenty-six soldiers, fifty oarsmen, three people to steer, four people to operate the long hooked spears and axes, and one official, servant, archer, and officer each, totaling ninety-one people.

In contrast, the sampan boat that Ganbei Sanjin, Okasaka Hikawa, and Matsushita Daiyishi were riding in was only three or four meters long; compared to the Great Qin warship, which was over thirty meters long, the difference in size was naturally enormous!