Contrary to what Dolgon knew, the victor of the First Japanese Qing conflict that took place on Sakhalin was actually on the side of the Great Qing State!

Although more than 100 "mink cavalry" sent by Nuergan Meljangjing Mulima (mainly Sauronians, but also a small number of old Eight Banners) were repelled in an encounter by more than 120 people of the Japanese Matsumae Domain (there were more than 20 horseback samurai, and the rest were ashigaru), eight were killed and six were wounded - in fact, the casualties of the Matsumae Domain were similar, but the Qing army retreated first, so the winner of this battle was the Japanese Matsumae Domain.

However, the Qing army's "mink cavalry" was not vegetarian, although they were defeated by the guns and cannons of the Matsumae clan in the encounter (the mink cavalry did not carry muskets), but a group of cavalry found several small wooden boats of the Matsumae domain to transport heavy supplies under the leadership of indigenous guides when the main forces of the two sides were fighting, and burned them with fire.

It was not only the wooden boats and supplies that were burned, but also the fishing gear carried by the Ashigaru of the Matsumae Domain, which was a "stone-free high domain" because no rice was produced in the domain, and the economy depended solely on commerce and fishing. The Twelve Pavilion clans, which formed the basis of the Matsumae Domain's rule, were in fact a group of low-ranking samurai engaged in commerce and fishing. During the turmoil of Japan's Warring States period, he went to Ezo Island near Honshu Island, occupied a piece of land, and by trading furs with the Anui people, he could trade with merchants from Honshu, earn some food, drink, and live his own small life.

Therefore, the samurai of the Matsumae Domain were all "merchant samurai", while Ashigaru was mostly fishermen. As long as they had fishing gear, they could catch fish on Sakhalin and eat them.

After all the grain and fishing gear they were carrying were destroyed, the army of the Matsumae domain could no longer stay on Sakhalin Island, and there was no food to eat! Without fishing gear, they had to hunt, but the fishermen and samurai of the Matsumae clan were not good at hunting, and they were afraid of being attacked by the Qing army and the natives of Sakhalin, so they had to retreat.

Who made them Matsumae Domain? They were not strong feudal clans like the Satsuma Domain, Choshu Domain, and Hizen Domain. These are all cut from real swords and real guns in the troubled times of the Warring States, the combat effectiveness of the samurai is very strong, there are many people with samurai status, and the equipment is relatively sophisticated, which is very difficult to deal with.

But the Matsumae Domain is not good, the Matsumae Domain was just a soy sauce daimyo in the Warring States Period, and it didn't fight a tough battle at all. Encountering such a strong enemy as the Qing army on Sakhalin Island, Matsuzen Juhiro, who led the troops, panicked at that time. Where would you dare to stay on the island without supplies? Hurry up and "open the way and die"!

And his "opening the way", the cavalry sent by the Qing army to the island to collect mink, is the only armed force that can symbolize the sovereignty of a country.

In other words, Sakhalin has been returned to the Qing Dynasty without the knowledge of the Qing Dynasty!

Matsumae Takahiro, the lord of the Matsumae Domain, who lived in the Edo Domain and sold salted fish part-time, received a report from his son and was half scared to death. This is because his dead ghost father, Matsumae Clanhiro, proposed in 1644 to draw a map of the whole of Japan for the sake of sending Tokugawa Iemitsu to the horse, and it was for the "Shoho Imperial Province Map" that he drew the entire Sakhalin Island (called Kata Island in Japanese) and made it the territory of Japan.

Moreover, Matsumae Shihiro did not seriously measure the size of Sakhalin Island, and as a result, Sakhalin Island was drawn very large, and it was almost catching up with the Japanese mainland!

Now that the big Sakhalin Island has been lost to the Matsumae Domain, how can this be explained? This is a great sin of losing the land! It's going to be seppuku! To seppuku......

Seppuku hurts! Matsumae Takahiro was afraid of death and pain, so of course he refused to cut it.

So you have to find an excuse for the Matsumae family to fail, it's not that the Matsumae family doesn't work hard, but the Qing army is too strong!

I don't dare to say that there are only more than 100 people, and more than 100 people have captured such a large Birch Island, so it is not Matsuzen Takahiro who wants to cut the stomach!

Therefore, Matsuzen Takahiro reported false accounts and expanded the number of the Qing army by 30 times, saying that there were more than 3,000 people, and they were all Eight Banner Strong.

But the problem is that Tokugawa Iemitsu and Matsudaira Nobutsuna are not easy to deceive, they will not listen to the Matsumae family's words, and will find a way to investigate and verify.

And the easiest way to investigate is to find the Ming Embassy in Uraga Town to verify. And recently there is news that the Ming Emperor has sent a high-ranking envoy to visit, and he will be there soon.

When the time comes, the Shogun will definitely ask for it himself!

So Matsumae Takahiro immediately found his own royal merchant, and Kojiro Omiya came forward to communicate with Zheng Zhibao - Omiya and several other merchants from Omi Province formed the "Ryohama Group Chamber of Commerce" in 1600 and became the royal merchant of the Matsumae Domain.

The business of the Matsumae Domain, of course, is a salted fish specialty store......

When Dagong Luo and Zheng Zhibao arrived, the middle hall of the Daming Embassy in Uraga Town was exuding a strong salty fishy smell!

The smell of salted fish is emitted by the seafood of pickled fish and shrimp piled up in the middle hall!

It doesn't smell bad at all, and the pickled fish, shrimp and abalone are not small, which is obviously a good thing.

Dagong Luo, who grew up by the sea, also likes seafood, but he just fainted from the boat for a month, and now he wants to vomit when he sees the word "sea"!

"Ambassador Zheng, what's going on?" Grand Duke Luo covered his nose and asked Zheng Zhibao.

Zheng Zhibao was also surprised, as if he didn't know anything.

One of Zheng Zhibao's housekeepers immediately explained: "Master, this is a gift from the merchants of the Lianghama Group, saying that it is a little bit of heart from the lord of Matsuzen Domain to the Great Tomorrow Envoy. ”

"Matsumae Domain? Who is he? Luo Dagong endured his nausea, "Why do you want to send seafood to this official?" ”

"I don't know about this little one, Xu is the lord of the Matsumae Domain, and wants to ask Luo Taishou for help, right?" The housekeeper of the Zheng family clearly knew it, but he didn't say it.

Grand Duke Luo turned his head to look at Zheng Zhibao, Zheng Zhibao just smiled, then waved his hand and sent his housekeeper away, and led Grand Duke Luo to his study.

After the guests and hosts sat down and the servants of the embassy served tea, Zheng Zhibao said straight to the point: "Luo Taishou came at the right time, and now there is no one in Japan who cares about being threatened by us a while ago...... Because everyone's attention was attracted by the fact that Huatai Island, that is, Kuwu Island, we are talking about, was occupied by 3,000 Qing army iron cavalry. ”

"What? Kuwu Island? Where is it? ”

Zheng Zhibao said: "Just under the original Nuer Gandusi, in the early years, we also set up Nangharwei, Wulie River Guard, and Polo River Wei on the island. Later, the slave Gandu Division withdrew, and these guards gradually became uncontrollable. ”

"We can't control it, so Dongyu and Japan will occupy it?" Grand Duke Luo was a little puzzled, "Where the birds don't, can you send 3,000 troops to rob it?" So what's good on the island? ”

"I heard there is mink."

"How many minks are there on that island?" Grand Duke Luo was stunned for a moment, "Can you send 3,000 troops?" In that kind of wild place, with 3,000 soldiers, what should I do with logistics? Is there food on the island? ”

Grand Duke Luo also knows a little bit about military affairs, so it was wrong to hear Zheng Zhibao's words.

Zheng Zhibao laughed, "So people send you seafood!" ”

"What does this have to do with seafood?"

Zheng Zhibao smiled: "Brother Duke, don't pretend to be confused!" ”

What does this mean? Grand Duke Luo was not happy when he heard this-he was a clean official! There is never corruption and bribery, and the entire Shanghai shopping mall knows it.

The iron-faced selfless Grand Duke Luo is him!

Moreover, the family of the Grand Duke of Taluo has millions of assets, so will he care about this bit of seafood? If you want to send something, send some good ......

Zheng Zhibao looked at Dagong Luo's appearance of iron-clad blue sky, and smiled: "I know that you Dagong Luo is a Qing official, and you can't accept other people's seafood...... Then I'll take it for you, but you still have to help with it! ”

Zheng Zhibao knows that the seafood is just spread on the surface and pretended, and the bottom is gold! He's good at bribes! But Grand Duke Luo didn't know this rule, obviously he was a true official, and he didn't know why the official reputation was so bad? So much money......

Zheng Zhibao said again: "If you don't help, the public side of Edo may abandon Kuwu Island to form an alliance with Dongyu!" If you have to help, Japan and the Eastern Captives may go to war for Kuwu Island! Won't we get the benefit of the fisherman? ”

"This ......," Grand Duke Luo squinted, "then what do you want to say?" ”

"You just said that there are not only mink on Kuwu Island, but also a big gold mine, so Dongyu will send 3,000 troops to fight!"