It was the first time that Tokugawa Yoshimune had heard such a "sincere and unpretentious" statement.

The fleet brought grain and rice, just because they heard that there was a great hunger, so they fought to send charcoal in the snow, and the purpose was to get a few more trade cards?

Is it so sincere?

Tokugawa Yoshimune was really speechless.

Looking at the reply on the paper, I felt that these words were very credible.

This person thinks that the three holes of the cunning rabbit will change with the times, and in this era, there are holes if there is money.

It's a big deal to run to Europa, as long as you have money.

The politics of the shogunate were not exactly the same as those of the Daisho, but the monarch had almost unlimited power. The saying that a companion is like a tiger is not bad at all.

Tokugawa Yoshimune himself also knows it, but under the feudal system, he is still a little short of the power of the Great Shun Emperor.

This Liu Yu wants to make money, just to plan for the future?

If you can't tolerate it in Dashun, you have to run away, so you are desperate to make money?

This is a very smart person, because of that pamphlet and the matter of warriors and war horses, Tokugawa Yoshimune was very interested in Liu Yu, and specially asked Nagasaki to do so.

Nagasaki also told him about what he had seen for the first time, and said that this man knew the truth of the long stream, and would not sell too many things, lest something big happen and it would be difficult for him to facilitate trade.

This smart man is so straightforward and refreshing, although he is a little disdainful and feels that this is a disloyal, unrighteous and selfish person, he also has to admire this person for being good at making a living.

I heard Liu Yu say that there is a way to alleviate the famine, as long as you can give a few more trade cards......

If someone else said it, Tokugawa Yoshimune would definitely not believe it, thinking that it was a lie.

However, with the previous pamphlet on currency reform as a foreshadowing, although in Tokugawa Yoshimune's opinion, Liu Yu's character is extremely poor, but he believes that the other party has talent.

If you dare to say this, you will definitely be able to do it.

This famine brought about by climate change really made Tokugawa Yoshimune anxious.

In the previous ten years, he had managed to survive the financial crisis by reducing the time spent on the pilgrimage and giving more rice to the daimyo at the cost of weakening the foundation of the shogunate's rule.

But I just survived, I just canceled the rice system last year, and this year there is a famine with a sudden change in climate.

Around the Seto Inland Sea, the temperature drops suddenly, and it is cold all summer.

According to the later history book "Tokugawa Chronicle", 969,990 people starved to death, and it is not known how such accurate statistics were counted.

This winter's weather is still not right, and next year will be a famine, and there is already a famine in many places around the Seto Inland Sea.

The price of rice has risen, but ...... But this is not at all the way Tokugawa Yoshimune wanted to raise the price. With such a price increase, the price has risen, but there will definitely be no less things like this.

The few boatloads of grain and rice that Liu Yu brought with him were not even better than nothing, and they had no fundamental effect on the famine at all. No matter how financially critical the shogunate is, it will not be short of these boatloads of rice.

Perhaps, this person really has a solution?

He knew that Liu Yu didn't know Japanese, so he talked to the Confucian official Aoki Kunyang, who served and followed him as an interpreter, and did not choose to communicate with pen and paper again.

Liu Yu doesn't understand Japanese at all, and can understand a few words somewhat.

The thing he came up with in exchange for a trade letter card was, of course, sweet potatoes.

If you don't do this thing yourself, the Japanese will do it themselves.

Aoki Kunyang, a Confucian official who was the first to engage in orchid studies, wrote a book "Sweet Potato Examination", which made sweet potatoes quickly popularized in Japan. Before, the sweet potato may have been called Satsuma taro, Liu Yu also saw it in Nagasaki, and it may also be called Tang taro.

All in all, the promotion of sweet potatoes is also forced by this great famine. If the people starve to death, who will farm and pay the taxes?

He doesn't have half a point of guilt as a "capital enemy", anyway, sooner or later, he has to do it sooner or later, a year or two away, wouldn't it be beautiful to change a few trade cards by himself?

At this time, Kunyang Aoki, who was in charge of translation, never thought that the credit that he would be remembered by Japan in the future was snatched away by the person in front of him.

He translated the words of Tokugawa Yoshimune.

"If you can really save the people from famine, then trade tokens can give you more. Since you're going to have three holes, these trade tokens won't be canceled until you can still trade. If it really works. ”

Hearing such a promise, Liu Yu was overjoyed, thinking that since he said so, why would he be embarrassed to give himself one or two, right?

If you can give ten cards, then you will get about half of the Huashangxin card.

You can contact the Jiangsu-Zhejiang Gang, the Fuzhou Gang, and the Zhangzhou Gang, and those who follow me will prosper and those who oppose me will die, and become a group specializing in operating against Japan, squeeze out those who do not cooperate, and turn involution into cooperation.

Only by turning the involution into cooperation will there be a chance to twist into a rope against the Dutch in the future.

lest they want to engage the Dutch on their side, and the various maritime gangs will pull their own hind legs behind.

But he also knows that he can't ask at this time, otherwise it's like a deal, and the other side doesn't look good, maybe he will mess up a good thing.

So he handed over the "Sweet Potato Test" written by himself in his arms, which was all in Chinese, and the Japanese should be able to understand it.

He didn't know that the Confucian official in front of him who was doing translation was Aoki Kunyang, and as soon as Li Ghost and Li Kui's hands touched, the book was sent over.

It records in detail the yield per mu, planting and other methods, and writes many benefits.

"If this thing can be promoted, don't say that the public four people are six, it is the public six people four, the public seven people three, why not? However, if the public is seven and the people are three, then the name is growing stronger, and the grain is more and more abundant, and for the sake of the general, trade should still be widespread. In order to let them exchange the excess rice for money, wear more silk, and use more expensive things. That's for later. ”

"And now, if it can be promoted, it will also reduce the starvation of many people. Man is not an animal, and if an animal starves to death, he will starve to death. If a man starves to death, will he starve to death? The praying mantis that must serve the arm. The affairs of the Celestial Empire must not be overlooked. ”

talked about many benefits, but in his heart he wanted to wait for his mother's sweet potatoes to be promoted, this famine had long passed, and those who should have starved to death had already starved to death.

But with sweet potatoes that can keep the bottom from starving, the daimyo can charge a lot more taxes. Either it is used to accumulate strength to rebel in the future, or it is advantageous to have more money and more rice and luxury, either of which is advantageous.

The only thing I think about is that apart from gold, silver and copper, Japan really doesn't seem to have anything to trade. Maybe in the future, shipping will develop, and you will be able to buy rice from Japan?

It is not impossible to think that Bangladeshi rice can be sold to the UK, and as long as the navigation technology is a little more advanced, it should also be profitable.

If Japan can be forced to open the country in a few years, it will be the Japanese Imari porcelain that will be strangled first, and then the silk weaving industry, so that Japan can become a place for exporting rice, gold, silver, copper, and sulfur, and the rest of its resources are scarce anyway, and it is not afraid that it can develop industry under such serious exploitation.

The commodity shock of initial industrialization will inevitably bring about the tragedy of the disintegration of the small peasant economy and the bankruptcy of farmers.

If Japan is not miserable, Dashun will be miserable, and the whole of East Asia can only accommodate one initial industrialized country within a hundred years.

Before he came, he had already thought of all kinds of rhetoric, and at this time he was even more gushing, talking about many fallacies and heresies.

It's just that these fallacies and heresies are of great interest to Tokugawa Yoshimune.

Whether it can save the famine or not, it seems that it is about the same now. There is some truth in this tired name's statement.

I took a look at this "Sweet Potato Test", and it used detailed records and data to prove that this thing can indeed be promoted in Japan.

The most important thing is that it does not occupy good land and can be planted on some hillsides. The leaves can also be eaten.

Liu Yu said: "Japan has been a herbivorous people since ancient times, and when I came to Nagasaki, I have never even seen beef, goats and sheep. This sweet potato can eat not only the roots, but also the leaves. It is said that farmers are like sesame seeds, the more they squeeze, the more oil comes out, and this is very reasonable. If you plant sweet potatoes, you can squeeze the last drop of oil from the sesame seeds. ”

As a Confucian official, Aoki Kunyang really didn't want to continue translating, thinking to himself, how did this person say it?

Thinking about Liu Yu's actions again, there is no loyalty in his heart, no king and no father, only himself, and only loves money...... He could only sigh slightly, and said in his heart that this person's conscience was greatly broken.

However, the latter words made Aoki Kunyang completely speechless.

"The so-called etiquette is the difference between the upper and lower levels. The top can be used but the bottom can't be used, and the bottom knows the difference between the top and the bottom. In the future, when sweet potatoes became widespread, it would be stipulated that samurai could eat rice, and farmers could only eat sweet potatoes. If you eat rice, you will be caught as an economic prisoner. Since sweet potatoes can be eaten to a fill, why should you eat rice? ”

"Anyway, the farmers in your country can't afford to eat polished rice now, and can only eat some rice bran and wheat rice, and sweet potatoes are popular, which will not cause rice cheapness to hurt farmers."

Tokugawa Yoshimune listened with great interest, but he couldn't show it, so he said, "If we can relieve the famine, it will be a good thing." Your book "On the Coinage" also makes a lot of sense. According to what you say, the Yuan Lu was recast, and more tin and lead were added to the gold and silver coins, so that the prices of goods soared; Zhengde is recast, the gold and silver are too sufficient, the market has less money, and the price of rice is low. If it can be recast, it may be able to control the price of rice. ”

"It's just that you and others come to trade, and you only care about gold, silver, and copper, and you don't care about things. Arai Shiraishi said, gold, silver and bronze, if bone, can not be renewed. Do you have no other goods to profit from but gold, silver, and brass? ”

Speaking of this, Liu Yu was also depressed.

Heart, yes, that's right, you don't have anything but gold, silver and bronze. There was brimstone, but the trade was not large.

The Celestial Empire does not dare to say that it has everything, but for now, what other handicrafts can produce, the Celestial Empire really does not look down on.

Not to mention Japan, but what about France and the United Kingdom? Not yet a trade deficit every year? Out of stock?

"In addition to gold, silver, and bronze, rice can also be. As the saying goes, the grain is cheap and hurts the peasants, and the farmers are the foundation of the country. If you don't eat rice, you will spoil in three years. In the future, if the price of rice is too cheap, you may be able to buy rice. Other than that, I don't know what else to sell. ”

This is Liu Yu's idea, Japan's resources are too scarce, and it can take away Japan's gold, silver and copper for starting. The rest, if it can open trade, the market is not small, and the first pot of gold should be enough.

Tokugawa Yoshimune also knew that there was no point in discussing the sale of rice now, and that the price of rice would remain high for at least a year or two, so he said, "If the disaster year continues, you can also sell grain and rice to Nagasaki, and you can buy it with gold yuan." If you offer both the coinage method and the "Sweet Potato Test", I can't break my word. Nagasaki letter cards, a total of 25 Tang merchants, you can get 13 cards, for your 'three caves'. As long as you come to Nagasaki to trade, the letter will never change. ”

"In addition, if grain and rice can be transported, it will no longer be in the trade of the trust brand, but there will be no copper for return. For every 100 stone of rice, a number of goods such as raw silk and sugar can be carried, all of which are purchased with gold and silver. ”