Three months passed in a blink of an eye, and the Kanto Development Company fundraising meeting presided over by Ashikaga Ryū was about to begin, and Edo Castle at this time could be described as an empty alley, where countless heroes, merchants, Ming people, and Nanban people gathered. However, at this time, Ashikaga Molong was not here, but was making tea elegantly in the castle tower on the top floor, but his slightly trembling hands showed the turmoil in his heart, without him, Ashikaga Molong sat in front of two people he cared about very much: Wang Zhi, the overlord of the East Asian sea, and Zhou Dingguo, who was supposed to return to the Ming Kingdom.

As the largest pirate leader in the entire Asian region, Wang Zhi is not without competitors internally, so facing the Kanto region or even the whole day in the future? Ben's big cake, he still chose to go out in person, and took Zhou Dingguo, who had returned to Mingguo, back by the way...... Uh, fished back from the execution ground. Zhou Dingguo was born in a military family, and to put it nicely, he is a family of generals, but this word is not a compliment in Daming. Despite the experience of the Great Song Dynasty, in the Ming Dynasty it was still a pattern of civil and military affairs, and because there were very few people, the wind of civil official corruption was extremely prevalent, and if the military generals wanted to live a peaceful life, they had to pay bribes to civil officials. However, the generals also do not have much income, so they can only stretch out their hands to the guards, and the elite of the guards who swept the world during the Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di periods gradually degenerated into serf soldiers, and they couldn't even beat the Eight Banners. Zhou Dingguo's father is a rather pure soldier, he can't bear to attack the guards under his command, although he has preserved his combat effectiveness, but there is no money left to bribe and give gifts to civilian officials, before he was put on a table by civilian officials, the whole family was imprisoned, and Zhou Dingguo was almost only spared. finally encountered the amnesty of the world, but a few days after I went back, I was framed by the civil officials again. Fortunately, there was an experience, Zhou Dingguo informed Wang Zhi of this matter in time, and the result was that Wang Zhi arranged for someone to replace Zhou Dingguo's family, and Zhou Dingguo, who had died in the legal sense, could no longer stay in Daming, so he had to move to Japan with Wang Zhi's fleet? Root.

"It's good to come back," Ashikaga Molong couldn't help but say happily: "Right now, I am employing people, giving you a quota of 7,000 people, and you will come forward to recruit soldiers among the immigrants of the Ming Kingdom, and in five years, the family will go to Luo to take the world, you have to hurry up." ”

"It doesn't matter, the elite of the army is no better than the sailor, and a year is enough to train a strong soldier. It's just that this recruitment should not be all Ming people, otherwise it will be clear in the future, and it will not be a good thing for both public and private. Zhou Dingguo shook his head and said with a smile. Ashikaga Molong trusts himself is Ashikaga Molong's business, but this trust is based on the premise that Ashikaga Molong has not taken the world, and he must make plans in advance, and must not form too much estrangement between the locals and the Ming immigrants, otherwise once something happens, the first unlucky person will definitely be the highest position among the Ming people.

"Hmm." Ashikaga Molong nodded to Zhou Dingguo, and then turned to Wang Zhi. For such a legendary figure destined for tragedy, Ashikaga Molong still has a good feeling, but that's all. "Thank you very much for Brother Wang's rescue, I heard that you are trying to contact the imperial court and accept Zhao'an, right?"

Wang Zhi's eyes narrowed slightly, this matter of Zhao'an was very hidden, and Zhou Dingguo didn't know either, so how did Ashikaga Molong know? Could it be that those Japanese people under his command are under him? "We can't float on the sea for a lifetime, it's best to be born somewhere."

"How about the two of us make a gentleman's covenant?" Ashikaga Moryu suddenly said with a smile.

"A gentleman's covenant? But you and I don't seem to be gentlemen, do we? Wang Zhi joked with a smile.

Ashikaga Molong didn't care at all, and still said: "If Brother Wang succeeds in receiving Zhao'an, then I will pass Brother Wang's day?" The identity of this king requests the canonization of the Ming Dynasty. ”

As soon as these words came out, Wang Zhi's breathing suddenly suffocated, without him, day? In addition to the nomads, this is the most troublesome neighbor of the Ming Dynasty. This area is almost twice that of Nanzhili, and it is a farming civilization similar to the Ming Dynasty. This was excluded from the tribute system of the Ming Dynasty. But if he promotes Japan to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty, it will be enough to shake the imperial city, and the entire Ming officialdom will be impressed by him.

"If Brother Wang fails to recruit peace, but suffers an accident, then I will shelter your family and fleet." Ashikaga Ryon continued.

"Do you have no faith in me?" Wang Zhi shook his head a little unnaturally, obviously he was also very worried about the discipline of the Ming officials. Moreover, Wang Zhi's subordinates do have a large number of Japanese people, but they are all low-level wage earners, and there are no Japanese people who can call the boss brothers and sisters like the Age of Exploration game, and they will be able to stand up to the sky when they reach the middle leadership. If he can't recruit and be killed, then it is also feasible for Ashikaga Molong to absorb these Japanese people.

"In addition, I need a large number of ships, and I need to open at least ten slipways in the Kanto region, after all, it is much easier to march by sea than by land."

"Ten?" Wang Zhi couldn't help but be dumbfounded, but he was relieved when he thought of the terrain of the Wa Kingdom, especially the richest Kai Town in the entire Wa Country was on the seaside, even if it didn't land on a large scale, it was very cost-effective to grab a wave and run. "Well, I'll help you." Of course, Wang Zhi will not refuse this kind of proposal, he has emigrated to Kanto in large numbers over the years, if he is building a slipway, it will be completely a climate in Kanto, as long as he does not die, he is half the king of Kanto, and he is still very concerned about things that have his own territory.

"So, let's go see what's going on downstairs." Ashikaga Molong smiled and drank the tea, leading the two of them downstairs.

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"Two, twenty million?" From Echigo, who ran to contact Ashikaga Molong about his sister's marriage, Nagao Aya's jaw was about to hit the ground, and her husband Nagao Masakai was besieging the city in North Vietnam under the leadership of his sister Nagao Jinghu, after all, in that little place, there are many powerful cities in the local area are still outrageous, and I don't know when they will be completely pacified, I guess in the end I still have to make peace and compromise with each other. But Ashikaga Molong raised funds by selling stocks and got such a sky-high fortune of 20 million kan, which still challenged Nagao Aya's heartbeat.

"Investment, investment, do you understand? As long as I can unify the world, then this business will be profitable, not only an investment in Kanto, but more importantly, an investment in me. "Look at the Kanto Infrastructure Company, the Kanto Shipbuilding Company, the Kanto Forestry Company, the Kanto Mining Company...... This bunch of Kanto development companies, Ashikaga Molong can't help but experience the joy of monopoly hundreds of years in advance, so it's time to consider setting up a real stock exchange, and then manipulating the stock price to cut leeks This is also necessary, cutting down one stubble after another, slaughtering those retail investors, and a desperate monopoly consortium is almost formed

"That...... Can you lend us some money? Aya Nagao asked with a twist.