Xie Minxue came out of Shihu and returned to Yuyao by sea, and when he passed through Shuangyu, he suddenly thought: "My sister and brother-in-law seem to have some pimples, why don't I go and explore the mouth." ”

During this period of time, the East 'Gate' Qing in the coastal waters of Fujian and Zhejiang has become more and more powerful, its prestige has gradually increased, and the 'Gate' road has become wider, coupled with the vigorous help of Wang Zhi and Xu Weixue, Dai Tianchou has promoted it, and he easily bought enough raw silk. He gave half of the spices in Shuangyu and left half of the hoarding Juqi, and was about to go to Japan, when he suddenly heard that his brother-in-law Xie Min had learned it, and he greeted him on the boat.

There was only an awkward quarrel between Dongmenqing and Xie Susu, and the relationship between the two families was not evil, Xie Minxue was the most expensive person in the Xie family, so Dongmenqing was different from others to this brother-in-law.

Xie Minxue saw that he was still affectionate to him, and thought: "My sister and him should be fine." "When asked about Japan, the East Gate Qing explained in detail.

Xie Minxue heard that it was only ten and a half months to go to Japan with a tailwind, and if the ship was firm and the sailors were skilled, even if they were safe in the event of a strong wind, he suddenly felt moved and said: "I have nothing to do when I go back to Yuyao at the moment, so I might as well go to Japan and see for a long time!" ”

Dongmen' Qing couldn't help but be a little surprised when he heard that he was going to Japan, and said, "Ziwen, you want to go to Japan?" Grandfather Ken? ”

Xie Minxue said with a smile: "I told my family this time that I was going to Fujian to find my sister, by the way, I would travel to the mountains and rivers, meet friends, and the road between Fujian and Zhejiang is difficult to walk, and I didn't tell my family that I would take the sea route, and my grandfather said that I would take the land route." That's why it's okay to go with you to Japan and come back in a few months. ”

As soon as he opened his mouth, it was not easy for him to refuse, not to mention that he got along very well with this wife and uncle, and he was happy to walk with him, so he promised to set sail on the second day to see if the wind was good.

Just when Xie Susu was planning how to pull her husband back to the mainland, Dongmenqing and the others had already arrived at Wudao. This time Qinghuaxiang's fire chief is to calculate the good weather before setting off, and the last time in Shitanzhai against the wind to venture out of the port, the road to the wind, straight to the five islands, before and after the 'spent' less than half a month. Xie Minxue didn't expect it to be so fast, and thought: "It turns out that Japan is closer than the capital!" ”

The flotilla stopped at Goto before reaching Hirado. This is the second time that the East 'Gate' Qing arrived in Japan, after more than half a year of operation, Qing Huaxiang's shop in Hirado has become a scale, and the goods are directly entered into the warehouse after entering the port, Du Guo arranged the business, port affairs and personnel accommodation matters in the early morning, Wu Ping and Tang Xiuji respectively commanded the people on the sea and land, and settled down properly in less than half a day. Choi Kwang-nam was in charge of business in Jiezhen, and because he expected the East Gate Festival to come during this period of time, he came to Hirado half a month ago to wait.

The first person I wanted to see after the East 'Gate' Qing arrived in Hirado was Matsuura Ayako, but at the moment of official business, it was not good to be 'private' first and then public, so I only sent someone to send silk, supplements and other things to the past, just Xie Min learned, saw that these gifts were not bad, not like to be sold, casually asked if I wanted to send the Japanese officials, the East 'Gate' Qing hurriedly went over, thinking: "This time I made a mistake!" When I was still in Shuangyu, I forgot about Ayako, and I even agreed to bring Ziwen to Japan! Su Su is 'sexual' jealous, and if I let her know about the side room I set up in Japan, I'm afraid I'll make a big fuss again. So he thought of a way, sent Xie Min to learn a large sum of money, and sent a guide who was familiar with the situation in various parts of Japan to take Xie Min to Hakata and Yamaguchi to play around to distract him.

After sending Xie Minxue away, Dong'men Qingcai summoned the important cadres who stayed in Japan and promulgated the new system, with Cui Guangnan as the chief treasurer, Du Guoqing, Shen Wei, and Chen Baifu as the deputy treasurer, and Shingoro and Shinrokuro all leading the ranks. Everyone had already heard from the Chinese merchants who had arrived at the port first that the East 'Gate' celebration had reached a high level of power on the East China Sea, and at this time they had to be rewarded, and they were all happy.

After appeasing the subordinates in the Japanese army, the East 'Gate' Qing Cai asked how effective it was, Cui Guangnan took out a new trade map, but it was re-ordered by him in the past six months, and explained the development of Qing Huaxiang to the East 'Gate' Qing in various parts of Japan, among which the results exceeded the expectations of the East 'Gate' Qing, and there were also less than the expectations of the East 'Gate' Qing, thinking that Cui Guangnan was alone in a foreign land to support the situation, the East 'Gate' Qing appreciated what he expected, and understood what he did not expect. But there was one thing that made him very suspicious.

It turns out that Keikasho has two major bases in Japan, one in Hirado, one in Jiezhen, and before the last time he left Japan, Dongmen' Kei has opened up a new channel, from Hirado to the south, bypassing the southern part of Kyushu Island, going to the open sea, crossing Shikoku Island, and passing through the Kii Suido directly to Jiezhen, (the waterway and geographical location, see the "Hirado Map of the Tokai Maritime Base" and "Map of Japan's Warring States Period" in the book "Related to the work", if you can't find the relevant chapters in the outer station, you can check the first website) but the east' At this time, Men'qing listened to Cui Guangnan's debriefing report, and found that during this period when he was not in Japan, the personnel and goods between the two strongholds of Qinghuaxiang were still through Chikuzen, Changmen, or by water through the Seto Inland Sea, or even by land to get to Jiezhen - the natural conditions of this road are not bad, relatively speaking, the wind and waves of the inland sea are smaller than those of the open sea, and the shipping route is safer, but on this road, there are many big names and water villages, and the cost of buying a road is too great compared to the open sea! Moreover, it takes longer to 'spend' money by knocking on the level and buying money every day.

At first, Dong 'Gate' Qing thought that Cui Guangnan did this because he had opened up the joints along the Seto Inland Sea, and that taking the Inland Sea could save costs, but after listening to him patiently, he found that the transportation cost of taking the inland sea channel was twice as high as the transportation budget of taking the open sea channel, and he was very dissatisfied, so he asked Cui Guangnan why he did not go to the open sea, but to go to the inland sea, and said: "The Japanese shipbuilding technology is not good, so they are afraid of going to the open sea and choose the inland sea, but this inner and outer sea channel is no different for our Qing Huaxiang sailors!" It's not like I didn't leave a ship for you! Why are you more expensive? Is it to eat kickbacks? ”

Cui Guangnan said aggrievedly when he heard this: "Master, what are you talking about!" I want to eat rebates, and I won't choose such a stupid way to eat! It's not that I don't want to go to the open sea, it's that the open sea can't go! ”

"Nonsense!" Higashi' Keidao: "The open sea is the sea road opened up by Andrew exploration and mapped by Hideyoshi, I returned to Hirado from Jiezhen, and this is the road I walked, how could it not be done!" ”

Cui Guangnan was still aggrieved, Chen Baifu was beside him, and hurriedly said: "Boss, when you were still there, this route was still open, but soon after you went back, this route was closed." ”

East 'Gate' Qingqi said: "Why is this? It is possible that the strait between Nagamon and Chikuzen was blocked due to an earthquake, but the outer sea route is a vast ocean, and the entire ocean can be blocked? ”

"It's not like the whole ocean is blocked!" Du Guoqing said: "Someone set up a water village on the southwest corner of Kyushu Island, and sent warships to patrol, and the ships had to 'pay' a large amount of money to buy the road if they wanted to go around this cape to the border. ”

Dongmen' Qing was stunned for a moment, and then sneered: "I opened this waterway, if someone follows the trend and goes to the open sea, it will be fine, but there are still people who set up cards to ask for money on the financial road that I have passed?" And it's going to come to me? ”

Cui Guangnan said again: "If you just want to 'pay' money, then that's it, the hateful thing is that they just collect money from other families, but for us Qinghuaxiang, they are not allowed to cross the sail!" ”

"What!" Dongmen' Qing said angrily: "Who is so bold! ”

Cui Guangnan took out a map of Kyushu, pointed to the southwest corner, and said, "Satsuma, Shimazu family!" ”

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I'm going to Beijing on a business trip on the 16th, and I'm back on the 21st, and I haven't saved the manuscript, so it may be difficult to guarantee the update in the next few days, so please forgive me.

I heard that the weather in Beijing is very cold, and the coldest temperature I have ever experienced seems to be 4 degrees, and I have never seen snow in my life...... It's scary to think about......

Alas, how did you write that Qingguan was about to raise a knife to slaughter, and he happened to be on a business trip. Depressed...... But the book will probably become less and less depressing.