Just when the Ming Dynasty was in turmoil by Yang Qing's land reform, the king of Jingjiang and the gentry of Guangxi, who bore the brunt of the attack, succumbed as quickly as possible......

They were really terrified.

Although the Ming army did not continue to advance after taking Nanning and Lianzhou, riots of varying scales had begun to occur in the neighboring state capitals because of the land reform in these two places. If it weren't for the fact that those gentry quickly recruited some of the wolf soldiers of Fang Yao from the nearest Guidong and temporarily suppressed the impatient poor people, maybe the latter would have stuffed the local officials into the station cage by himself.

But it costs money to hire wolf soldiers.

The wolf soldiers are essentially the house slaves of the Tusi everywhere, they belong to the Tusi, and they have no obligation to protect these gentry.

If you ask the wolf soldiers to help you defend it, you have to give them military salaries, and you have to give extra money to the toast.

Those gentry are not stupid.

At present, all Yang Qing wants is for them to buy 1 million treasury bonds, all they want is for the Imperial Bank to enter Guangxi, and there are various commercial conditions, but these do not necessarily make them really have to pay much money in the end, after all, treasury bonds are not donations. But they invited the wolf soldiers to really pay out the silver, needless to say, if they asked 50,000 wolf soldiers to block the Ming army, I am afraid that all kinds of expenses in a year will have to run millions, and this money is really given out for nothing.

Then it is better to simply buy the 1 million national bonds!

Of course, it's actually more than a million.

In the end, they had to pay 1.5 million, and the other 500,000 was paid for by the Ming army, in short, the gentry of Guangxi and the king of Jingjiang were sponsored by 1 million national bonds and 500,000 military expenses in exchange for Yang Qing to set up the Nanning Metropolitan Department in Nanning. And with the original garrison of Hainan Island as the backbone, plus the militia of Nanning, Lianzhou and Huangzhuang on Hainan Island, the 18th Army of the Army was formed, which was specially used for national defense in the direction of Vietnam. Because the combat range of this army is a rainy subtropics, it is given priority to equip all flintlock pistols, becoming the first flintlock corps under the army. As for the gradual withdrawal of the marines in the future, after all, this is specifically for mobile operations, and it is impossible to really be stationed somewhere for a long time.

In fact, in Yang Qing's plan, the First Marine Corps had to change its base every six months.

Stationed in Xiamen in autumn and winter.

Because you can take the coast of Fujian and Zhejiang to Humen at any time.

And in the spring and summer, he was stationed in Haikou, Qiongzhou.

You can also take the sea current to Humen at any time.

The process of changing guards in the middle can be used as a routine voyage training, and in the future, this army will maneuver along the southern coast to deter King Gui and control Vietnam at the same time.

The other is to give him a good look at iron ore.

Shilu's iron ore mine is ready for development, and in the past few years, his house slaves and brocade guards stationed in Changhua have used those exiled coolies to clear the vegetation of this mining area. They have even built roads that allow horse-loaded carriages to pass, and even the port of Changhua and the water transport wharf of the Changhua River have been built. The rest is to concentrate manpower to mine the stone and then transport it to the Changhua River wharf by horse-drawn cart, and then load it on a ship to Changhua Port, and load it on a sea ship in Changhua Port to ship it directly to Nanjing.

This is what Yang Qing has been longing for for many years, and those high-grade iron ores will make a qualitative leap in his steel production.

He can be a mass flintlock pistol.

In the past, he had to spend a lot of manpower to select the best iron ore for smelting high-quality pig iron, but the ore of Shiroku Iron Mine was higher than the iron content of the ore he selected.

This is a real national treasure.

At the same time, Zhang Xianzhong also accepted the task of selling two million treasury bonds, after all, Yang Qing gave him enough compensation, and this money did not mean that he was mainly responsible for it. He held high the banner of righteousness and forced those gentry to buy treasury bonds, unlike King Gui and King Jingjiang, who had little authority over the gentry, he still had a certain deterrent effect on the Sichuan gentry.

He really wanted to be rude, and the latter was afraid.

King Gui and King Jingjiang wanted to make a rough move, and they accidentally fell into the water.

In short, the problem of Daming's national debt, which has been tossed for so long, has finally been satisfactorily resolved, and the rest is a matter of time, but in any case, the fifteen million will definitely be made up before the arrival of winter......

In fact, it doesn't have to be winter.

Because immediately after that, the third person who delivered the money arrived.

"What's your name?"

Yang Qing looked curiously at the Japanese people in front of him.

This is Tokugawa Iemitsu's envoy.

With the Ming army increasing its forces on Oki Island and building fortresses and harbors, the island had been truly built into a fortress, and the naval control of the Beiyang Naval Division made it impossible for the Japanese to watch ships transporting soldiers and supplies set sail from the port of Pusan. Similarly, the naval blockade and harassment not only caused serious losses to the western coast of the Japanese kingdom, but also almost cut off the supply of Iwami Ginzan, after all, the 200,000 miners there could not be supplied by land, and some miners had already begun to flee from the mountain because of hunger.

Tokugawa Iemitsu is not a mediocre person.

In fact, in the history of the Wa Kingdom, the evaluation of him was that he was not on par with his grandfather, and in this case, of course, he had to negotiate with Yang Qing.

"Contemptible Abe Tadaaki."

The messenger said respectfully.

In fact, at this time, people like those literate people could communicate in Chinese, after all, it was impossible for them to chant ancient Chinese poems in Japanese to pretend.

"You're an old man, aren't you?"

Yang Qing said.

"Yes, Your Excellency!"

Tadaaki Abe said.

"I am very satisfied with your sincerity!"

Yang Qing nodded and said.

At this time, Tokugawa Iemitsu had several old middle-aged people, Abe Tadaaki, Sakai Tadakatsu, and Matsudaira Nobutsuna, all of whom were genealogy daimyos, serving him in a rotational manner, and being able to send a person equivalent to the prime minister as an envoy, Tokugawa Iemitsu's sincerity could indeed be said to be enough.

Of course, this also means that he is really in a hurry.

Iwami Ginzan and Sado Island Kanayama are almost the two legs of the Tokugawa shogunate's economy, and now that one leg is broken, of course you have to hurry.

"But that doesn't make up for your mistakes."

Then Yang Qing said.

"Your Excellency, it is true that the Fukuoka Domain had sold rice to the Hu people in private, but the quantity was only two ships, and as far as we know, the rice was not transported to the Hu people, but was sunk by your navy on the way. Of course, the Fukuoka clan did disobey the order, and the Kuroda family is willing to apologize for it, which is really sorry, but it is true that we have no trade with the Hu people. ”

Abe Tadaaki said with his head bowed.

"First of all, I can't confirm what you said, of course, I still choose to believe you, after all, as a country leader, you shouldn't lie about this kind of thing. But whoever sells it, he is a member of your country, and you must be held accountable for their actions, even if it is smuggling, because of your negligence in supervision. Since it is your dereliction of duty, you must be punished, but in view of your attitude, I can exempt you from further punishment, but you must make reparations, after all, your actions have caused us losses, and we should also pay for the military expenses we have paid for it. ”

Yang Qing said.

"Your Excellency, please speak!"

Of course, Abe Tadaaki knew that it was impossible for the Kuroda family's elder seppuku to solve this matter.

In the end, it's all about paying for it.

"First, we send messengers to supervise the seppuku of the perpetrators."

Yang Qing said.

"Yes!"

Tadaaki Abe said.

"Second, cede Oki Island and the nearby islands."

Yang Qing said.

"This is hard for the country to accept."

Tadaaki Abe said.

"Do you have what it takes back? If you don't have the ability to regain it, why not admit the reality? Oki Island is already ours, and the Oki clan has returned to the Ming Dynasty, so why do you still bother with meaningless things? ”

Yang Qing sneered.

"Third, in addition to Nagasaki, one port in each of Kagoshima, Osaka, Edo, and Sendai was opened to the Ming Dynasty, and Ming merchants were allowed to set up concessions in these four places, that is, commercial settlements similar to those of Dejima. The concession is managed by the Ming merchants themselves, and a police force is formed to maintain law and order, you have no right to enforce the law and collect taxes in the concession, and the Ming warships have the right to dock at these concession ports. ”

He continued.

"This really doesn't work!"

Abe Tadaaki said with his head down.

"Fourth, the compensation of 1 million Qingchang is a small sentence."

Yang Qing said.

"Your Excellency, the Duke has come with sincerity to restore the friendship between the two countries, and I hope that Your Excellency the Duke will treat each other with sincerity, and the conditions that the Duke can accept, except for Article 1, only your country will set up a merchant house in Nagasaki in accordance with the southern barbarian customs, and you are also willing to compensate 10,000 Keicho small judgments for this, but your country needs to return Oki Island."

Tadaaki Abe said.

Anyway, he really can't bear this guy's greed, and he has a small sentence of five million, and it's hard to say whether there are five million in the whole of Japan! It's one million is equivalent to the vast majority of Qingchang Xiaoju in circulation on the market, and this thing is the main currency, so what will he use as money in the future? In fact, because of the trade between the two sides, a large amount of copper coins have been lost in recent years, and some places have begun to barter, and without these gold coins, they really have to print money.

"It seems that you still don't understand what a powerful empire you are dealing with."

Yang Qing said.

"Your Excellency, we are very aware of the strength of the Ming Dynasty, which we already knew fifty years ago, but your requirements are beyond the scope of what we can accept, although the country is small, it is not without dignity."

Tadaaki Abe said.

"Well, I guess the attack on Sado Island has already begun at this time, and we will continue to discuss these issues after our army conquers Sado Island. If you still have this attitude at that time, it will be time for my army to land in Niigata, but then you will have to pay not one million but two million, and if my army reaches Edo, Tokugawa Iemitsu will have to be prepared to pay five million. ”

Yang Qing said.

"Your Excellency, there are 10,000 elite soldiers waiting for the soldiers of your country."

Tadaaki Abe said with a confident smile.

"Ten thousand of your troops?"

Yang Qing smiled and said, "Then my 5,000 marines can have a good time!" ”