Izumo country, Iwami Port.

Since His Royal Highness Taisun went east to Dongying and relocated the entire royal family to Yingtianfu, the exploration trade between the Ming Dynasty and Dongying has become a long-term trade.

A large number of Ming merchants entered the major ports of Dongying and transported countless Ming goods.

Today's Dongying has no industry, only some handicrafts, but compared with the Ming Dynasty, it is also far behind.

Therefore, the major ports have developed rapidly, forming one trade center after another.

The shogunate didn't have much to do in this process, and the merchants of the Ming Dynasty didn't dare to care at all, so they could only watch the cheap goods of the Ming Dynasty occupy the Dongying market.

The vast majority of Dongying people rejoiced because they could also have cheap clothes to wear, a job, and some willing home-grown people could even afford iron pots.

However, being good to ordinary people does not mean that the shogunate and the major daimyo of Toei like it, because in the past, they could take life and death from ordinary people, but now, more and more people are beginning to be disobedient.

These people were influenced by the merchants of the Ming Dynasty, learned about the outside information, and were personally uncertain, and they wanted to go to the rich Ming in every possible way.

What's even more odious is those Ming merchants, they have no right to manage them with the help of Dongying, and there are huge merchant ships that transport a large number of young men and women from Dongying to Daming.

The only thing the shogunate could now control on its own was the right to tax with the permission of the Ming Dynasty.

Through the collection of taxes, they quickly amassed huge wealth, but this wealth flowed to the Ming through trade.

The shogunate had a good time, and the Ming Dynasty helped them establish a tax system, and the entire Dongying had tens of thousands of tax collectors, who could collect much more gold and silver for the shogunate every year than before.

But for the daimyos, life is getting more and more difficult these days.

When the people's hearts are scattered, it will be difficult to manage, and if they are suppressed by cruel methods, the people will only flee to other daimyos, or even to Daming.

But with the Huairou method to the people, they don't have this condition at all now. Without the resources plundered from the common people, they simply cannot sustain the increasingly tense social situation.

In later generations, the most advocated by the folk is the craftsman spirit of Dongying, and it is the spirit of Dongying excellence that has shaped the quality of Dongying.

Many families of craftsmen, generations, dozens of generations, do one thing, so that they can create qualities that others can't match.

But in reality, this is not an active behavior, but a passive behavior.

Because the social structure of Dongying is rigid, the royal family will always be royal, the nobles will always be nobles, the daimyo will always be the daimyo, and the common people will always be the common people.

If you are a tofu maker, your family has been making tofu for generations, and you will never be allowed to go to school to change your fate.

Your family makes umbrellas, so your family will be honest to make umbrellas for generations!

Because of the compulsion, many families in Dongying have only done that kind of thing for hundreds of years, which has created their exquisite quality.

However, the Ming Dynasty has now moved the entire royal family to the Ming Dynasty, and a large number of Ming merchants have poured in, so the social structure of Dongying has undergone great changes.

This change left the entire nobility and ruling class at a loss.

Izumo Province, because of the separation of the central mountain system, has never been part of the central area of Toei.

But when Iwami Ginzan was discovered, it became more and more prosperous.

In the beginning, it was just a few freemen who came to work. Ji Gang had money and bought back a large amount of grain from Nanyang, and in Dongying, grain was hard currency.

In Dongying's own mines, laborers work hard for a day, earning a maximum of two people to support them.

But in the Iwami Silver Mine, Ji Gang greatly improved his salary, as long as he was not lazy, he could feed five people with the grain exchanged.

This kind of treatment is very attractive to the people of Dongying, attracting a large number of stonemasons and workers.

In addition to the freelancers, there were thousands of slaves on the silver mines, and these slaves were not captured by Kitsuna, but by the daimyo of Toei during the mutual conquest.

These people have no human rights, and after being bought by Ji Gang, they only need to be fed every day, and they will work honestly in the mines.

Sufficient manpower made the development of the silver mine soon enter a vigorous period, although it was only the third year, but the silver mine now has more than 500,000 taels of silver per year.

500,000 taels of silver, Ji Gang can leave 30%, which is a huge wealth.

Of course, he is not easy to take this thirty percent, in Dongying, he has to face countless assassinations, attacks, and a large number of subordinates.

Although the navy has a water village here, it will not promote the development of Ji Gang in Dongying except for the Gongwei mine.

However, the Discipline Outline is engaged in grain trade and population trade, but it cannot lack a force that can be trusted.

In order to enhance his strength, he recruited troops and horses, and also bought various weapons at a high price with Daming to protect his interests.

In particular, the cost of building the city belonged to him to the imperial court. It cost him 150,000 taels of silver to build the city, and he had to pay for these expenses, and until now, he still owes the court 50,000 taels of silver.

But no matter how you count it, he has now become the most powerful group of people in the world.

"Husband, it's been half a month late, why hasn't the grain from Nanyang arrived yet?"

Ji Gang frowned and asked his wife Tian to put on a robe for him, and sighed: "Not only has the grain not arrived, but even the messenger ship of the Ming Dynasty has not been seen for half a month. It's a north wind, but it's not like that! ”

"But what happened in the Ming Dynasty?"

"Taisun is now in your country, what can happen? In a few days, the Second Fleet's communications ships will finally appear. ”

"But the grain stock is less than 5,000 stones, and even if you save some, it won't last a few days."

This small area of the southern circle of Izumo Province has almost no flat land except for the slopes covered with pine trees.

Originally, there were few people here, but now, there are more than 20,000 miners alone, and their families, the population has exceeded 50,000.

There is no local production, and all materials have to be transported from Nanyang and Daming, which is extremely dependent on the supply of Daming.

Everything else is fine, but if there is no food, the mine will stop.

Ji Gang didn't have the slightest worry, and said: "I'll go to Shuizhai later, the food on the navy side should be relatively sufficient, go borrow a batch first." ”

Out of the door, a few Dongying girls kneeling under the porch hurriedly helped Ji Gang get the boots, without Ji Gang's hands, the boots were put on for him, the waist knife was put on for him, the money bag, the bullet bag, and the musket were all hung by several girls in their rightful position.

After coming to Dongying for a few years, Ji Gang has become accustomed to Dongying women's clothing that almost breaks through the bottom line, not only the body lets them do whatever they want, but even their self-esteem seems to be gone.

Although he couldn't do such a disgusting thing as letting them be human night pots and licking their buttocks after defecating, he was also completely corrupted by the two sexes here.

Although the Dongying woman is a little shorter and a little smaller, she is really comfortable in serving people.

Coming to the front yard, 16-year-old Da Lang and his younger brothers were wearing roller skates on the concrete floor of the front yard.

Since more than three years ago, roller skates have spread and have become a favorite toy for children.

Even in the army, there are some heralds who have learned to skate, and wearing skates to give orders is more than twice as fast as walking.

When a few children saw him come out, the originally noisy voice immediately became much quieter. Ji Gang didn't care about them, and came to the main hall of the City Lord's Mansion along the corner gate.

The guards guarding here saw Ji Gang come out, bowed and saluted one by one, and several guest secretaries also came up.

"City Lord, early this morning, a herald ship came from the Shuizhai side, and there will definitely be news."

Ji Gang nodded and said, "I'm going to Shuizhai to find Commander Sun to drink, there is no dispute in the mine today, right?" ”

"Everything is safe in the mine, but this grain can't be delayed any longer."

Pang Ying, the deputy city lord and head of the silver mine, walked into the front hall, and when he saw Ji Gang, he immediately said loudly: "My lord, my subordinates have an urgent report. Stand aside for now. ”

Ji Gang waved his hand, and several guest secretaries retreated first, leaving only Ji Gang and Pang Ying.

Pang Ying is a cool official, and he has always been unaccustomed to these literati, he is now vassal and elegant to Ji Gang, and he has found a group of talents, and he doesn't think so, and he has never had a good face for them.

Ji Gang didn't think so, even the emperor had to form a cabinet, obviously this literati also had some role.

Pang Ying and the others walked away, and then said in a low voice: "I just received the news that the emperor left the crown prince and appointed His Royal Highness the crown prince as the prison of the country, and now this news has spread all over the Ming Dynasty." ”

"That's true!" Ji Gang couldn't help but speak, but realized that Pang Ying would never talk nonsense about such a thing, and he was immediately overjoyed. "Since His Royal Highness is the eunuch of the country, then I should go back to Daming to celebrate His Highness."

Pang Ying shook her head and said: "Don't be excited, my lord, now that Your Majesty has not left, you will return to Daming, if you let Your Majesty know, I am afraid that it will not be good again." After His Majesty sets out on the expedition, it is only reasonable to return to Daming to congratulate His Royal Highness. ”

Ji Gang nodded and asked, "Since His Royal Highness the Prince is in charge of the country, what about the crown prince?" ”

"It is said that on the first day of February, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince vomited blood twice, and is still being treated in the Royal Hospital. When he is discharged from the hospital, he will go to the soup pond farm to recuperate. ”

Ji Gang pondered for a while, raised his head and said: "His Royal Highness Taisun's means should be taken over smoothly, so what's going on with the recent grain stoppage?" ”

Pang Ying turned her head and glanced out, before she whispered again: "That's why I'm going to put aside what everyone told adults." According to the report of the naval messenger, there has been major corruption in this internal prison, and hundreds of thousands of stone grain have been resold by Ma Qi.

The adult had a close relationship with Ma Qi before, and this time, if it doesn't get it right, it will implicate the adult, so you need to plan quickly. ”

Ji Gang shook his head with a smile and said, "Since Ma Qi wanted to plan for the position of Osaka town guard, but His Royal Highness Taisun didn't allow it, I knew that this Ma Qi was not suitable for deep friendship. Although I have traded grain with him all these years, I have done it all on official business, and I would rather spend more money than have a personal relationship with him. Your Highness is aware of everything, don't worry about this. ”

He thought for a while and said, "You go to the Yamana family and the Kyogoku family today to inform them of the news of the Taisun Prison Kingdom, and I will go alone to attract attention, and take them with me, it will not be conspicuous." ”

Although it is very comfortable to be the emperor of the soil here in Dongying, it is not a Ming Dynasty after all, and there is no atmosphere that makes them feel integrated.

The men here grovel, the women here flatter, elevate them high, but they are like brocade clothes walking at night.

If it was the crown prince who was in charge of the country, they would never dare to return to the Ming Dynasty, who knows if the prince would be bewitched by Confucianism, so he beheaded them.

His Royal Highness the Taisun will definitely not!

Pang Ying said with a smile: "The Dongying beauty that my subordinates prepared for His Highness is now thirteen years old, and I can also dedicate it to His Highness this time." ”

He managed a mine of tens of thousands of people, and found a stunning beauty in one of them, although the little girl was only ten years old at the time, he bought it for ten taels of silver, and had people carefully train her.

Zhu Zhanji doesn't like antiquities, gold and silver, or luxury, so he only likes women. One by one, his subordinates naturally fell in favor.

But Ji Gang said: "I'll go back first this time, and you will come back in the summer." In addition, prepare a copy of all kinds of detailed information on the mine, I am afraid that this time I will go back, His Highness will inquire about it. ”

Pang Ying is not afraid that Ji Gang will be greedy for his credit, now Ji Gang has no promotion, as a foreign minister, he has already positioned, and what he does is nothing more than to keep the position in front of him.

But Pang Ying is different, he also wants to be a soil king like Ji Gang and let the family continue.

He wanted to go back to Daming, and he also wanted to inquire about Zhuang Jing's news, but he didn't know how he was doing in Nanyang now.

Nanzhou, to the east of the city.

This is the future Brisbane, and it is also the mildest place in Southcontinent.

It started out as a simple supply point, but after three years of development, it has become a small market town.

When His Royal Highness Taisun left, he left here five hundred navies, three second-class warships, and two heralds.

In addition to the 500 navy, there were 1,600 Japanese led by Zhuang Jing.

The navy does not go out of supply points on weekdays, and the farthest they can go out to hunt for dozens of kilometers.

But in the past three years, Zhuang Jing led these Japanese robbers not only to have a clear understanding of the surrounding environment, slaughtering enough five disobedient tribes, but also attracting these tribes to develop gold mines on a small scale.

This matter was very difficult at the beginning, because His Royal Highness Taisun did not leave too many resources, and they did not win over those natives in their hands.

But less than a year after Taisun left, the first batch of supplies was delivered. In addition to grain, spices, there are also all kinds of cloth, tools.

Zhuang Jing is still relatively smart, he learned some local dialects in a year, and he also taught hundreds of native children to learn to speak Da Ming dialect.

These children learn to speak relatively quickly, and after a year, they have been able to communicate with the Ming people simply.

Through them, Zhuang Jing was able to begin to pass on his orders.

When he received the first batch of supplies, Zhuang Jing did not leave any gold, and handed it all over to the navy in exchange for sending more supplies for the second time.

Although these natives do not like to wear clothes, they do not refuse to wear shoes, even a fool knows that wearing shoes will be more comfortable and run faster.

They also liked Daggers, iron arrowheads, long knives, spears of the Ming Dynasty. But these require them to work for a long time to get them.

The superior life of the Ming people made them take the initiative to start imitating and learning, and a small tribe would try to find a large piece of gold to exchange an iron pot with the Ming people.

With an iron pot, they also learned to drink delicious soups, cook cooked food, and eat with chopsticks.

In the past three years, most of them have been able to speak a few words of the Ming Dynasty, picked up gold, and learned to exchange materials and bargain with the Ming people.

Of course, many more have become accustomed to exchanging their labor for food, in exchange for the supplies they want.

Relying on both sides of the Xiangdong River, more and more tribes have begun to settle down, and they have taken the initiative to become vassals of the Ming people.

When hunting in the wild, they often go hungry, but as long as they work for the Ming people, they can get endless food.

There are also many native girls who have taken the initiative to attach themselves to the Ming soldiers, and in the past three years, more than two hundred babies have been born to the Ming and the natives.

It's just that, because of image problems, many of the navy soldiers who changed guards didn't want to take these native girls back to Daming, and these babies were also kept.

The navy has been replaced twice, one year at a time, leaving behind more than forty mixed-race children who live with their mothers.

However, because Zhu Zhanji had confessed at the beginning, with such a baby, the Ming army should be responsible.

So these babies and their mothers were raised, and their mothers also became domestic servants in the barracks.

When these babies are a little older, they will start receiving free education and learning to speak the language.

Zhuang Jing has no interest in these, he just fights and kills, and whoever is disobedient will clean him up.

Secondly, he has been bothering to find a suitable site for himself to develop.

He knew very well that because Nanzhou had no external enemies, it was impossible for him to directly share a silver mountain like Ji Gang.

The more than 1,000 Japanese pirates he led will also be often dispatched in the future, so the fiefdom must look for an area near the sea.

Since this is the case, it is necessary to find a place that is coastal, can farm, be self-sufficient, and preferably have some minerals.

About two hundred miles south of the eastern city, he searched about twenty miles upstream along a small river, and found a treasure land.

Surrounded by mountains on three sides and facing the sea on one side, it has a large flat grassland, abundant water, and fertile black soil.

What made him even happier was that although only a small gold mine had been found here, a peat mine had been discovered.

The main thing is that the area here is not large, and the entire plain area is only two hundred miles in radius, which is not large, but it is easy to feed tens of thousands of people.

Those clansmen, nobles, don't look down on such a place, but they are very suitable for him.

Therefore, while arranging people to vigorously develop gold mines in other places, he also organized natives to reclaim land here.

He doesn't fight for those big gold mines and prairies, but no one here can compete with him.

Those would-be robbers were even more excited than Zhuang Jing, they only had more than a thousand people, and even if they all moved over, there were less than 10,000 people.

This isolated place, which can only be brought from the sea, will be their home in the future.

Zhuang Jing relocated a tribe of less than 3,000 people and helped them cultivate their farmland.

By the time the Spring Festival of the eighteenth year of Yongle was approaching, the hundreds of acres of first-season rice developed here were also about to be harvested.

Looking at these heavy ears of rice, Zhuang Jing is full of hope for the future.

"My lord, yesterday our settlement was attacked by wild men again, and one person died."

"Do you know that the nearby tribe did it?"

"We killed two people, and now the bodies are outside. Looks like someone from the Tawa tribe. ”

The two corpses were stacked haphazardly on a flatbed, with no clothes on them, and they could only be judged by their ornamentation and the weapons they used. ”

Zhuang Jing looked at it, waved his hand and said, "You take a thousand people to the Tawa tribe and arrest all their men, women, and children for me." If there is resistance, the man will be killed. ”

There are few people in Nanzhou, you can't kill people at will, you kill all the people, who will help the Ming people work.

So even if it was a massacre, it was only the old man and the man, and the women and children were all left as slaves.

If these women could conceive children, it would be possible to escape the status of slaves in the future.

Ichiro Kobe, who had been authorized, immediately gathered a thousand men in high spirits, and although their numbers were not many, they were all young and strong.

What's more important is that they are all fully armed, and these tribes in Nanzhou have very few iron tools.

As long as it is a tribe with a population of no more than 5,000 people, it is not a problem for them, and the tribes with more than 5,000 people around here do not dare to provoke the Ming people at all, they still want to exchange iron tools from the hands of the Ming people.

It was not until the evening of the next day that Kobeichiro returned to the valley with a large number of captives on his toes.

Seeing so many people, Zhuang Jing was a little dumbfounded, why did almost no one get hurt, so many people were arrested?

Seeing Zhuang Jing's question, Kobeichiro said proudly: "They didn't resist at all, and as soon as they heard that we were going to arrest them back, they surrendered directly." If it weren't for the rags of their tribe, they would have come back yesterday. ”

"You're saying they surrendered on purpose?" Zhuang Jing felt that his head was a little insufficient, and when he saw these people looking at the grain in the field, he suddenly understood.

His grandmother's, these people are using themselves as a restaurant here, relying on themselves!

However, as long as they are obedient and raise so many people, it doesn't seem to be a big problem.

He looked around and said, "Take them all to the foot of the opposite hill and settle down, and start to-morrow to build them a plank-house." These people were brought back by you, and you will settle them. ”

Kobeichiro was in a hurry. "My lord, I only know how to kill people, where will I place them, not to mention, there are more than 7,000 people!"

"If you don't worry about whom, Lao Tzu will return to Dongcheng tomorrow, and now there is not enough food to eat!"

(I don't want to take up too much space, and I want to write about the general environmental trends, so today's chapter is not very well written.) I'll adjust as soon as I can. ）