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Looking at the four widows in front of him, Shouhan secretly laughed for a while.

The representatives of the three daimyo with different interests were manipulated by the Morihan in this way, and when the representatives of the Goto family, the clan family, and the Tosa family found each other, the excitement was difficult to describe in words.

Goto Shengqing and Gui Bo Xuanfang began to scold each other, accusing each other of breaking the agreement between their allies, and Shengqing of the Goto family talked about playing tricks, how was it the opponent of the famous diplomatic liar, who had deceived the Ming court and the Toyotomi Hideyoshi shogunate? A few words were squeezed by Xuan Fang and he was speechless, and Sheng Qing, who was embarrassed and angry, simply escalated the debate into a martial fight.

However, when the two found out that the Tosa Clan's Yamauchi family had sent a combination of dry and three, Fukao Shigemasa, one old and one young, they quickly abandoned their previous suspicions and worked together to try to find out the intentions of the Tosa family.

After some testing of each other, everyone is a stone and falls to the ground, it turns out that they are all the same undisciplined, with the same purpose!

It's all here for trade!

However, the Tosa Yamauchi family was a little different from the clan and the Goto family, and they also wanted to have exclusive trading rights in Japan, in other words, to eat alone.

How can this work? It is said that the Yamauchi family does not agree, and the Zong family and the Goto family do not want to see each other eat alone. Even Kazuo Koga, who is doing the business of a marriage agency in full swing, will not agree!

"The ministers of the Wa Kingdom, Qianhesan (Gui Bo Xuanfang, Goto Shengqing, and Fugao Shigemasa) meet the generals of the Celestial Empire! May the general's heavenly prestige spread far and wide! ”

I heard the Cheng Qi officer at the door shouting a salute, "The general has arrived!" Several guys jumped up one after another, kneeling on the ground as fast as they could, and the standard of posture was that the adults in charge of public etiquette would find fault with it, and I was afraid that they would not find anything wrong.

According to the order agreed before, the four of them were sorted according to their respective ages, and the Qianhe San, who was 4500 Shi Zhixing, deservedly ranked first in terms of age and position.

However, as soon as the negotiations began, Qianhesan was very sad to find that his age seemed to be far less convincing than the real money in the hands of the Zong family and the Wudao family.

At the beginning of their arrival in the port, Qianhesan and Shenwei Shigechang were very sad to find their economic strength weak when they were discussing with Li Peilin, Hanyuan Firm and other bigwigs.

"Although my Wudao family (Zongjia) is a small state, there are a lot of gold, silver, copper and lead things in the country, and I am willing to exchange them for the products produced in the country of adults!"

"As long as the adults are willing to export, we are willing to buy it, and I just hope that the adults can sell the things that are sold to the Shimazu family to the country!"

"We promise that the amount of each trade will not be less than 100,000 taels of silver. Whatever your adult needs, or something that is produced in North Korea, we are willing to buy it for you! ”

Listen up! Listen up! In front of the little daimyo whose two stones were less than 40,000 stone high, Qian Hesan felt weak and powerless for the first time. Compared with the Goto family and the Zong family, who have been doing business for many years and sharing the spoils with the maritime merchants, the finances of the Yamauchi family are really bad. So much so that the Tosa clan couldn't even remember what decent supplies they could use to exchange.

"Mr. Qianhesan, what are you thinking?"

Shouhan saw that his beard was all white, and he was a little bald, and his face was embarrassed, combined with the situation of Li Peilin and others reporting to him about the meeting with the three families, he probably guessed what the representative of the Yamauchi family of the Tosa clan was worried about?!

Without him! I want to trade, but I don't have any cards to play!

No no matter what I can do to you!

"The foreign minister does not dare to hide the general! It's just that our country is remote, the land is barren, and the land is narrow and densely populated, and I can't think of anything that can enter the eyes of adults for a while, so I am anxious! ”

Qianhesan also thought about it, the situation of his own family can't be hidden from the Goto family and the clan family, these two unpopular daimyos, and so close to those many maritime merchants and townspeople, my Yamauchi family naturally can't hide from them, rather than waiting for them to be demolished, it is better for me to say it myself, and I can save some face for myself!

"There was a shortage of gold and silver in our country, and we had only some copper, dry goods, tassels, folding fans, folding screens, paintings, lacquerware, swords, and sake, which I had intended to trade with the shogun. However, when I arrived at the main city of the general, I found that the contemptible person was a frog at the bottom of the well! Dry goods, the Wudao family and the Zong family also have them, and the place where the adults are located is the seaside, so they can't sell it for any price. The swords that our craftsmen have painstakingly built are not as good as the knives equipped by the big people, and the sake is not as good as the sugarcane wine and rice wine sold in the market. ”

Come on! Don't just play seppuku at every turn! Isn't there a lack of hard currency? I tell you what I want!

"That's it! Mr. Qianhesan, why don't you choose a few things you have, what I want, how about we use them for trading? ”

Hearing this, Fukao Shigeshoto's eyes lit up! It turns out that there is something else in the Tosa Domain that can be looked down upon by the Celestial Empire generals? It's a good thing to listen to!

Wudao Shengqing and Gui Bo Xuanfang on the side were also stunned and listened carefully, for fear of missing a word.

"Mr. Qian, I want copper, dry goods, blue grass, and timber from your Tosa Domain, which can be bartered with me in addition to gold and silver."

"As for the two of you," Shouhan turned his gaze and glanced at Goto Shengqing and Gui Bo Xuanfang, "the purple roots, madder, sulfur, timber, lead, zinc, and inkstones you have here can be used together with gold and silver to trade with my Nanzhong region." ”

Hearing this, Qianhesan's heart, which was already ready to go back to seppuku, suddenly became excited, copper and dry goods are not enough, not to mention wood, how can the blue grass cultivate the blessing? Can you be favored by the general? Can it be used to trade with South Africa?

After thinking about it, Qianhesan got up and left his seat and knelt on the ground, "The foreign minister asked the general to take back his order, and the foreign minister did not dare to deceive the general!" ”

"The general is a person of elegance and elegance, I think it is a mistake to treat Feng Jing as a horse cool, the blue grass produced in our place is a thing that is everywhere in the mountains, not the blue grass that the general wants, the blue grass is noble and pure, it is a thing raised by the literati and scholars, one is worth a thousand gold, where did we come from such a blessing in the small state, so I implore the general to take back his life!"

Shouhan couldn't help but laugh a little dumbly, this old devil was also honest, for fear that he would treat the bluegrass produced in the Shikoku Kyushu region as an ornamental plant, so he quickly explained. (Phew!) What honestly! He's afraid of strength! For fear that once the South Chinese Army turned its face, he could not afford to bear the guilt. Devils! Always! ）

"Bring the pen!"

Someone on the side took the pen and ink, and Shouhan wrote a big "blue" character on the paper, "This is what I want!" ”

Bluegrass is not an ornamental plant, but a cash crop. Blue grass is mainly distributed in Sichuan, Hebei, Liangguang and Fujian in China, and the yield in the 17th century was not high. The leaves of bluegrass can be mashed to make zuò dye, and the root of bluegrass is the famous banlan root.

What is Banlangen used for, everyone knows it, right?! In the 17th century, the flu was also fatal. Not to mention the seventeenth century, even today, the flu in the Western world can still cause panic in the whole society. Moreover, the stems and leaves of bluegrass are mashed, and it is still a good hemostatic and anti-inflammatory drug.

"However, that thing seems to have no other use than to mash it into dye!"

"I'm going to use it as a dye! Also, they all have to come with roots, otherwise, the original ship will be shipped back! Disqualify from trade! ”

Shouhan waved his hand impatiently, and Fukao Shigechang helped Qianhesan up and sat back in his place.

"In addition, the burdock and konjac you produce there can also be sent to exchange for rice, knives, guns and armor!"

Amaterasu bless! Can this burdock, bluegrass, and konjac be used as real money? Can you even exchange it for weapons and armor and white rice that the samurai coveted?

"Our Tonghe dyeing workshop needs all kinds of dyes."

In order to give the seller a reasonable explanation, Shouhan said a word.

That's logical!

Shigemasa Fukao's heart put down a stone! It turned out that it was only used to make dyes! I thought that the masters of the Celestial Empire were of any other use! If you know that there are other uses, it seems that you can raise the price and mention the conditions!

The two of them were overjoyed, and hid aside to quietly calculate how many times a year they could come to trade, how many goods they could bring in each time, how much rice, cloth, knives, guns, armor, canned food, sugar, and many other things that were liked by the samurai lord and the untouchable people.

The equipment of the Shimazu family's Hachimoto samurai and the mother-in-law is even more luxurious and sophisticated than the equipment of the ten people in Osaka! They were all equipped with swords, guns, and armor exchanged from Nanchu!

"The Goto family is willing to serve the general!"

"The Zong family is willing to serve the general!"

Seeing that the Tosa Domain, which was not optimistic about himself, was the first to complete the trade negotiations with the Nanchu Army, the self-confident Goto family and the Zong family were immediately jealous. Originally! We have more gold and silver than you, and though we do not have as much of our possessions as you do, we have much more goods to organise than you do!

Negotiations on full trade and open doors to the Japanese state were officially launched.

The two daimyos, Goto and the Zongjia, are both well-known for their trade, so wouldn't it be a waste of resources to trade with them alone? Shouhan here is focused on finding a market for his products and getting more raw materials and resources at the same time.

"My idea and request are very simple, use your connections, and the merchants of Osaka to say, buy a qiē for me, and I will provide you with a qiē I can sell to you!"

These words are not only addressed to the Goto and Munegawa families, but also to the Yamauchi family.

In view of the various intricate relationships between relatives, in-laws, branches, and families in China, Shouhan felt that it was better to find a few agents.

"The three of you, as well as the Shimazu family a few days ago, are the agents of my Nanzhong goods in Kyushu, of course, if you have the ability to sell the goods to Shikoku and Honshu, it doesn't matter, but you can't hedge the four and compete viciously with each other."

"In the same way that goods and personnel transported to the daimyo and goods in the area where the daimyo are opened, goods and people in the area where the daimyo pass through must be protected."

"Specific terms, you go to negotiate with the gentlemen of the ceremonial room, the household room, and the Han Yuan firm, negotiate it, stamp the seal of the respective head of the family, and our good times will begin!"

Shouhan's demeanor is a bit of a big bad wolf that tempts an ignorant girl to eat a red apple.

The four of them thought about it, and such a clause seemed to be beneficial and harmless to them. Purchasing goods for Nanzhong, obtaining agency rights, and obtaining exclusive sales rights in their own expanded areas, then, isn't it the same as the cooperation of maritime merchants, sitting on the ground and sharing the spoils? !

With such a good thing, why not do it?

The old and young of the Tosa clan are also full of confidence!

The two of you pride yourself on good relations with the merchants of Osaka, but I, the Tosa Domain, are related to many daimyos!

The negotiations reached a climax in a joyful and peaceful atmosphere.

In the spirit of cordiality, friendship, and mutually beneficial cooperation, the two sides signed trade agreements one after another.

Sulfur, copper, lead, timber, bluegrass, gold and silver, dry goods, and one by one materials entered Shouhan's treasury from the Fusang Islands.

Rice, dyed cloth, swords, mourning guns, armor, and gunpowder were shipped to the Kyushu region one by one.

Large quantities of furs, Korean copper, and ginseng were also transported to Ha Tinh as trade goods with the cooperation of the Goto family and the clan family.

At a celebratory dinner, Fukao Shigemasa proposed another trade proposal to Shouhan.

"General, the foreign minister has a reluctant request and wants to tell the general a word or two."

Fukao Shigema, whose face was flushed with alcohol evaporation, whispered in front of Shouhan after saluting and toasting Shouhan, and glanced at Goto Shengqing and Guibo Xuanfang slightly, and at this time, Qianhe San raised his wine glass and toasted to the two.

"Come on, come on, borrow flowers and offer Buddha under the next, and wish the two of you a lot of money!"

Shouhan knew in his heart that this was because the Tosa clan wanted to do some welfare for himself, or simply these two envoys wanted to give him a ride to do some business. It doesn't matter, as long as you guys have what I want!

"Your Excellency!"

In the secret room, the two envoys of the Tosa clan saluted the Morihan in fear, and then got up and sat down on their chairs.

"By the grace of my lord, my Yamauchi family started trading with Nanzhong to relieve the plight of the people. However, I was in the Tosa Domain, which was narrow and densely populated, and recently the two of us met someone from the Shimazu family on the streets of Nanchu, and I had this idea. ”

"In addition to providing a bride to Nanchu following the example of the Shimazu family, I, the Tosa Domain, can also provide the general with the common people as a ,......"

Qianhe Sanyi couldn't think of how to describe this term for exporting labor. It's Chongchang, and young people have fast brains.

"I, the Tosa Domain, am willing to provide at least 3,000 long-term workers to the Great Shogun every year. So that the people can find a way to make a living. ”

That night, Li Shouhan reached an agreement with two representatives of the Tosa Domain's Yamauchi family to export labor, and the Tosa Domain would provide Li Shouhan with at least 3,000 young and middle-aged laborers every year, with no upper limit, depending on the number of people arriving in Ha Tinh or the relevant port. In order to show the kindness of the Celestial Empire, Shouhan provided 10,000 koku of rice to the Tosa clan every year as a fund for organizing this labor export activity. At this time, the price of japonica rice on the streets of Ha Tinh was 45 wen per stone.

These laborers are paid one tael of silver a month in Jiulongjiang, in Guang'an, in Haining, and in Fulang Mountain. He is engaged in heavy labor such as land reclamation, mining, horse breeding, and rubber tapping.

"In every paddy field of the Jiulong River, under every rubber tree, lies the bones of a Fusang laborer!"

This is the righteous cry of the public knowledge hundreds of years later.

For this reason, the descendants of many of the old and important ministers of the Tosa Domain, who were in charge of the export of labor at the time, scoffed at this.

"Brutal exploitation? Inhuman oppression? Each exported laborer signs a three-year labor contract, and the monthly wage is not less than one tael of silver, and the laborer is three meals a day, with fish and meat at a meal, and three meals a day with white rice! In Japan at that time, even the daimyos, generals, and emperors did not dare to think about such food standards, and they could also take one day off every ten years, and two sets of labor uniforms were distributed every quarter. ”

"That's it! After the expiration of the three-year period, those who have excellent forms can be extended, and those who have served for more than five years can be considered for naturalization. And at the end of the year and holidays, there are overtime pay and welfare bonuses, if you give up the rest, you can get no less than five buckets of overtime pay on each rest day. Every year, various materials and commodities were imported into Japan from the Nanchu region, which greatly alleviated the supply shortage in Japan at that time. (Note the price of rice mentioned above.) ）

However, with the implementation of immigration and naturalization policies, such a scene can often be seen in various parts of South China.

"Baga! Which is the same as you?!! ”

"Get four milks! Everything is Fuso blood?!! Lao Tzu will show you Lao Tzu's Huaxia household post! ”

"This Dongying dwarf has obviously just come from his hometown, ignore him!"

"That's it! Don't get out of here! If you don't roll, you will have to give three bins! ”

Four short figures left behind a Fuso migrant worker crying in the corner, and stepped on the clogs under their feet and walked away.

After arduous and meticulous negotiations, the four envoys of the Tosa Domain, the Clan, and the Goto Family, with the deep friendship between the military and the people of Nanchu, left Ha Jing Mansion and returned to their homes, ready to do a big job with great ambition.

Mr. Qianhesan looked at the various goods piled up in the cabin with satisfaction: the bottom compartment was full of rice, knives, guns, armor, and canned food, and his cabin, Fukao Shigemasa's cabin, the entourage's cabin, and the sailor's cabin were piled up almost without turning their bodies: cotton, silk, and glassware.

"Anchor! We will go back and give good tidings to your lordship!" ”

As soon as the ships of the Tosa clan lifted anchor and hoisted their sails and left the berth, they saw a chaotic situation from the city to the commercial port, and countless soldiers galloped quickly with guns, and a puff of white smoke rose from the Yuehailou fort, which was immediately torn apart by the strong sea breeze, but the loud sound of cannons followed to the ears of the people.

"Nani?!" Qianhesan, who is old and refined, is keenly aware that something big must have happened, otherwise, he would not have made such a big move.

Before he could react, a Tempest ship was already on the course of the Tosa Domain's fleet. "Stop the boat! Get checked! ”

Before the cables of the two sides could be thrown, several menacing sailors jumped onto the ship of the Tosa Domain, and the firearms in their hands were pointed directly at the sailors, "Drop the sail!" Anchor! ”

"Probably to check smuggling, the South Central Army here attaches great importance to taxation." Fukao Shigemasa whispered his analysis of the matter to Kazuzo.

"Really?" Qianhesan's snow-white eyebrows moved, and the cunning man instinctively thought that this was definitely not an action to check smuggling.

The sailors did not look at the various tax documents handed over by the captain, but only took the customs clearance documents and checked each one of them, and for some suspicious characters, they simply asked him to take off the clogs under his feet to distinguish whether he was a Fuso as the documents said.

Soon, the Tosa Domain's fleet proved its innocence, neither smuggling, nor did the goods on board pay export duties in real money, or had documents proving that they were gifts from the shogun's palace, nor harboring treacherous people.

Looking at the sailors of the Nanzhong Army who sailed away and closely checked the ships leaving the port on the route, Qianhesan had a big question mark in his mind, "What happened to the Nanzhong Army today?" Will this matter have a detrimental effect on us? ”

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