Living in Tang Tongshi Mei Sanshilang's house can be regarded as a great affection.

The sailors and others in Karajincho were under the jurisdiction of the shipowner, the Japanese mayor, and the Tang Tongshi.

The so-called "there are also knife inserters at the door, guarding day and night, but anyone who buys a fish or a vegetable must be inspected by him before entering the museum." Originally, before the lockdown of the country, big businessmen could buy houses directly in Hirado and other places, but now this is no longer possible.

The town of the Tang Dynasty is also clearly distinguished, with the Jiangsu-Zhejiang Gang, the Fuzhou Gang, and the Zhangzhou Gang, and the people of the three parties are in the same situation.

After all, this kind of trade policy is like this, if you get one more trade license, others will get one less, Tang Ship has a total of 25 trade cards, and there is no more. Everyone can only roll up.

After living here for a few days, Liu Yu also inquired about the situation in Japan in many ways, and it seems that this trade is indeed a bit painful.

It is easy to say that raw silk, sugar, mercury, and medicinal herbs can be exchanged for money.

But it's hard to say if you go back, and the most supple goods today are copper.

100 catties per box, a box in Japan, counting bribes, transportation and other money, is about 13 taels of silver.

Shipped back to Dashun, as long as the goods arrive, 25 taels a box, as long as you go ashore, you can sell it.

If you can secretly transport it to the Dutch, you can make more money, and now Europe is also short of copper, not only for money, but also for cannons.

In addition to copper, there is not much that can be sold in Japan, and the rest are collectively referred to as "Tatamari".

It sounds like dried salted fish, shredded squid, dried kelp, and the like, but in fact there are porcelain, gilding, ornaments, and so on. Probably to prevent the porcelain from breaking, so fill it with some dried kelp, dried abalone, and the like.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the production of porcelain in China was blocked, and the Japanese seized the opportunity to fire porcelain on a large scale.

Relying on the advantage of shipping, the Dutch began to import a large number of Japanese porcelain, the so-called "Imari ware", after they could not get Chinese porcelain.

Over the years, Dashun has gradually stabilized, and the advantage of Japan's Imari ware has gradually decreased.

Looking at the posture, if the porcelain can be neatly organized, it should not take long, and Imari will not be able to sell it for export.

Copper can be sold at a good price when you go back, and the dried sea cucumber and abalone in this piece have not been easy to sell in recent years.

The south is okay, the north eats less, and the second is also produced in Liaodong and other places, and the Tanhu lowly registration was canceled that year, and some Tanhu immigrated to the coastal areas of Liaodong, which also made the coastal areas of Liaodong gradually began to pick abalone and sea cucumbers.

If you ask again, you really don't know what to ship for other things.

If you want to transport grain, it's okay to press the warehouse, but Japanese rice is not cheap, and you will lose money when you go back.

Arai Shiraishi, who made the new order of Zhengde, is a man of insight, and he said, "Grains and the like are like hairs, and there is no time to stop; Hardware and the like are like bones, no longer reborn", so a series of policies have been introduced to tighten the outflow of heavy metals.

In the past, Chinese businessmen were able to lower prices.

The capital is abundant, and after arriving in Nagasaki, they cooperated with each other, and the Jiangsu-Zhejiang Gang, the Fuzhou Gang, and the Zhangzhou Gang discussed together, and no one made a bid, waiting for the Japanese businessmen to take the initiative to reduce the price.

Japanese businessmen had to run copper, open mines, turnover, and interest...... I really can't suppress these maritime merchants, so I can only reduce the price by myself, for fear that the Chinese maritime merchants will not buy it, and rely on other goods to make up for the loss of copper prices, which is still profitable on the whole, and it is cheaper than pressing the goods to pay the interest.

Now it's the other way around, as soon as the trade token license came out, the three gangs fought first, and the price of copper also rose, although it was still profitable, but it has also risen from 100 catties and 10 taels to 13 taels over the years.

The three gangs, who used to be able to unite to lower prices, now hate each other, but it makes those generalists tremble, as long as the ship comes, they can receive bribes, and each shipowner only wants to get a trade license.

Liu Yu was too lazy to bribe, and directly engaged in contraband, not to mention that he had already obtained the first trade license, and also got 700 taels of silver "Commendation Silver".

There are 25 trade licenses on the Chinese side and 6 on the Dutch side, which seems to have a big advantage on the Chinese side, but Japan is actually more willing to do business with the Netherlands, at least the 'Imari ware' porcelain can be sold, but I have not heard of any Chinese merchants pouring porcelain from Japan back to China to sell.

Since I live in someone else's house, I don't have to say some things, for fear that the wall will have ears.

Some words can be idle casually, Liu Yu asked Lin Yunwen if the porcelain was shipped to Japan, whether he could beat the local porcelain in Japan.

Lin Yunwen didn't really understand the concept of free trade, but he still gave the answer based on his own experience.

"Master, if Japan allows porcelain to be sold, Jiangxi porcelain will definitely be able to defeat Imari burning. However, there is now a ban on the sale of foreign porcelain in Japan. Several ships had come with porcelain before, and even the trade license was deprived, and they had to return in their original form. ”

Lin Yunwen said what he knew about porcelain, and Liu Yu judged it and agreed with Lin Yunwen's statement. It seems that Japan still has a lot of oil and water to squeeze.

For the next two months, Liu Yu has been wandering around the town of Kara and Nagasaki, although as long as he goes out, there are samurai to follow, and he only treats the other party as if he does not exist, so he should increase his knowledge.

I inquired about the Dutch trade here, and found that it was similar to what I had guessed. After the Dutch were able to get the goods directly from the Chinese port, they did not go far and no longer went to sell Indian cloth, but directly chose the porters between China and Japan.

The Dutch cargo was similar to that brought by the Chinese shipowners, except that there were more Western goods, but the share was not large.

This is a huge risk for the Dutch.

Or maybe these years have been so calm that the Dutch have completely forgotten to consider the risk of a sudden ban on sales to the Netherlands on the Chinese side.

After repeatedly asking and confirming the composition of goods in the Netherlands in the past ten years, Chinese goods accounted for more than eighty percent, Liu Yu also knew it in his heart.

After two months of wandering, the shogunate finally sent someone over. A samurai named Tomita Masaemon was sent to personally inspect the riding and archery techniques used by Shi Shi.

Liu Yu brought war horses and warriors, and the shock to the shogunate was still very great. Ogiyu Soshichiro was both a master of Confucianism and a close confidant of the shogun, and although it sounded like a closed door when compiling and training books such as the "Great Ming Law", Ogi Soshichiro basically understood the political structure of the former Ming Dynasty through books such as "The Great Ming Law" and "Ming Huidian".

Some things are guessed, and some things can be asked directly after immigrants from the previous dynasty crossed to Japan, but about the situation of Dashun, Ogibu Soshichiro knows nothing.

The situation in the south is good, whether it is Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Fujian maritime merchants, Feng Shushu can know a lot of the situation in the south of the Yangtze River.

However, the north does not open the port, and the second is closed, and it is difficult to obtain a comprehensive understanding of many situations within Dashun by reading and guessing at home.

The Liangjia subgroup is also a rather closed circle, and it is naturally impossible for businessmen to know the internal situation.

Ogibu Soshichiro had written eighty questions to the Sinology masters of Nagasaki, and if they could all answer them, they would improve the shogunate's understanding of the internal situation of Dajun.

This time, he heard that the cronies of high-ranking officials on the Dashun side may be involved in smuggling, and Ogibu Soshichiro thought that this was a rare opportunity.

The shogun also agreed with this statement and sent Tomita Masaemon, who was highly skilled in martial arts, to inspect the skills of the "skillful archer" Daijun samurai, and at the same time asked Ogiyu Soshichiro to write some new questions.

There were some inquiries for intelligence gathering, and there were also some goods that he wanted to obtain, and he urged the Nagasaki government to handle them together.

And think that the value of this merchant is very large, unlike those merchants who can only transport raw silk, and the value of this merchant should be valued. If it is confirmed that this person has brought a powerful samurai, then it is appropriate to give him more trade cards in order to gain trust and long-term contact.

Nagasaki Hosoi Yasuaki had already seen Shi Shiyong's skills, and he didn't dare to report it first without seeing it. Now that the people from the shogunate who specially verified the matter also arrived, they set up a banquet and invited Liu Yu, Shi Shiyong and others.

Since arriving in Japan, Liu Yu has not talked to Shi Shiyong about Japan again, because he has said enough before.

Shi Shiyong also understood what Liu Yu meant: Teach casually, and personal martial arts can be taught casually.

Liu Yu had also instructed Shi Shiyong before to stay here with peace of mind, not to deliberately collect information, just remember what he saw and heard in his mind.

Now that he knows that the Japanese shogunate sent a special person to come and see, Shi Shiyong is also vigorous, riding a horse like a mule, taking out his treasured horn bow, and showing some bow horse skills while galloping.

Lots of fancy moves, but also lots of practical tricks.

Tomita and Saemon is a connoisseur, and when you see it, you know that this person is indeed a talent, and the means are extremely high, although I don't know how to do swordsmanship, but as far as the bow horse is concerned, it seems that there is no one in the Saikaido who is invincible.

The rest of the people present, such as Hosoi Yasuaki, Fukami Youlin and others, were also amazed.

Seeing that Youlin is a cultured person, looking at Shi Shiyong's skills, he used an allusion and sighed.

"With such talent, and making it fall into a coincidence, the prime minister's fault is also!"

After the translator lost the flavor of this sentence, Shi Shiyong read out the words that he had rehearsed countless times in his heart impassionedly.

"A certain wanted to take the Wude Palace, but his teacher was injured, and a certain killed several people in a row in order to take revenge. Exactly, chivalry violates the prohibition with martial arts, and murder pays for life, and this law is also. Since he couldn't get into the Wude Palace, he didn't want to waste his skills, so he crossed east here. The husband is in the world and has made meritorious contributions. Uncle Qian, the Song people, is obvious to Qin. I don't follow the story of the ancients. ”

These words have been rehearsed countless times in my heart, and I have been holding back for nearly a year, and when they burst out at this time, they are really full of emotion.

After finishing speaking, Fukami Youlin couldn't help but praise: "The wind of the true ancient scholar is also!" ”

Hosoi Yasuaki asked Tomita Masaemon who was sent by the shogunate to investigate, and Tomita Masaemon also said that this person's martial arts were indeed extraordinary, and there were many skills that samurai did not know, which could be learned.

Nowadays, the tradition of eagle hunting has been restored, and some people should be sent to study with this person and compile it into a book to pass on to future generations.

Since he was very satisfied with Shi Shiyong, Hosoi Yasuaki also fulfilled his original promise, plus what he had given before, and issued Liu Yu a total of three trade licenses that he had enjoyed for fifteen years.

Two are split from 25 Tang ship licenses, and the other is a temporary license that allows temporary entry to the port for trade next year.

[Those who wait for the Tang ships to trade with their own country have been in an endless stream for many years. However, the people from it are mixed and nonsense, so that the profiteers violate the prohibition. The quota of ships in each port is now limited. In this year's trafficking vessels, there are several ships at the port gate, and the goods carried by each ship are valued at about a certain amount. The terms that have been exceeded, take the ship's owner's confession and settle the case, and now the joint bank will give a photo, that is, a letter card, as evidence. 】

[On the day of entering the port, the license ticket will be verified, and the vessel will be accepted into the port upon payment. If they do not have credentials, they can be repatriated. If there is a violation of the regulations, the license will not be granted. Investigate according to the rules and never take loans lightly. Everyone should be cautious ......]

[It is given on November 20, 14th year. 】

After getting a total of three trade licenses, Liu Yu was still quite satisfied, and Hosoi Yasuaki asked Liu Yu to talk in private after the banquet.

This time, there was no outside interpreter, but a special Tang language general sent by the shogunate.

"Captain Liu, there are too few two war horses. If possible, bring another batch of horses next time, this can be issued a special trade letter, according to the price of 60 taels of silver for a horse, or the same price of copper. ”

"In addition, there is some remaining cargo. If you are able to bring it with you, not only will you receive it all, but you will also get more trade cards. ”

After speaking, he handed a name to Liu Yu.

A complete set of "Dashun Huidian", Wude Palace Art of War textbooks, buffalo horns, horn bow craftsmen, Chinese medicine, prescriptions, war horses, horse doctors, the art of war, official attendance standards, grain yields, soldiers' salaries, the establishment of sailors, and the intelligence of sailors and warships......

Liu Yu just glanced at it, then he was "shocked", got up and said: "If it goes on like this, it is okay if this trade is not done." Do you not know the truth of the long stream? If there is another invasion of North Korea in the year of Imchen, how can this business continue? Besides, when the time comes, I will wait for my life, and hundreds of thousands of people in my family will be killed! Let's go! This trade letter card will be returned to you, and this trade will not be done. ”

When Hosoi Yasuaki saw Liu Yu's attitude, he was even more convinced that the person behind Liu Yu was an official figure. If you change those maritime merchants and see this form, at most they will say with a sad face that it is difficult to get, and they will find a way, and they will inevitably hate themselves for their lack of ability.

And this person was shocked when he saw it, and he also mentioned the invasion of the dynasty in the year of Renchen, obviously this is a person who knows the severity.

In other words, the person was shocked when he could get what was listed on the paper, and if he couldn't get it at all, why should he care?

Hosoi Yasuaki made a judgment and hurriedly spoke to appease.

"Sir, don't panic, it's not what you think."

Liu Yu shook his head and said: "This horse, bow horse warrior, are all used by the general eagle hunting. It's nothing. But these ......"

"Sit quietly, sir, since the retreat in our country, there is no news. The reason why I inquired about the Chinese system was just to imitate and learn. Don't you want to learn from China, but you want to learn from Western Yidi? Our country has no intention of conquering the dynasty again, but the two countries have not been in contact for a long time, and they admire the rules and regulations of the Celestial Empire, so I asked Mr. to bring these things. ”

Hearing this, Liu Yu's face seemed to be a little calm, and he nodded: "If you say that, it seems to make sense." It's just that this matter must not be shown everywhere like this, in case it leaks, it is inevitable that you will think that your country has the intention of raising troops again. At that time, the court of the Celestial Empire banned Oriental trade, so what could it do? If it is just because you admire the rules of the Celestial Empire and want to learn it, it is not impossible to do it. But the matter should no longer be mentioned with the rest of the merchants. There are many people, and I am afraid that someone will take the opportunity to make trouble. Just leave it to me, and if you can do it, I'll do it. If I can't do what I can't do, I can't do it, but no merchant who comes here can do it. ”