As soon as Zhu Youxiao returned to the palace, he received a report from Dongying: In February of the thirteenth year of the Apocalypse, the Tokugawa shogunate issued a decree to lock the country.

"Wang Liqian, why did the Tokugawa shogunate suddenly issue a decree to lock down the country?" Zhu Youxiao asked suspiciously.

Now the silver of the Ming Dynasty mainly comes from Dongying, Dongying locks the country, has a great impact on the imperial economy of the silver standard, and now the circulation of the entire imperial treasure banknote has accounted for more than sixty percent of the currency circulation, but in the people, because the Ming treasure banknote has had an experience of becoming waste paper in history, the folk money is still mainly Tibetan silver dollars.

All this makes the silver dollar in the market although the circulation is gradually declining, but there is still a great demand, once the treasure banknote can not be exchanged for silver dollars, the credibility of the treasure banknote will be greatly affected.

"According to the spies, the Tokugawa shogunate decided to order the closure of the country because the Satsuma clan had vigorously developed overseas trade, and third, to prevent merchants from opposing the shogunate, which had already posed a threat to the Toei shogunate system." Wang Liqian reported back.

"What is Yan Siqi doing now?" Zhu Youxiao asked.

"Although the Satsuma clan strongly opposed the lockdown order, it had little effect, and Yan Siqi was now maneuvering around Edo, but since Li Dan's death, Yan Siqi's relationship with the Tokugawa shogunate has not been as good as before." Wang Liqian replied.

"The Tokugawa Shogunate's lockdown decree not only harmed the interests of the empire, but also harmed the interests of Yan Siqi, losing overseas trade, Yan Siqi could not feed his army at all, it seems that Yan Siqi will have to turn against the Tokugawa Shogunate sooner or later." Zhu Youxiao said.

In order to avoid the suspicion of the Tokugawa shogunate, most of Yan Siqi's army was stationed in the Ryukyu Kingdom, and it would take some time for him to mobilize the army. Moreover, the minister thought that Yan Siqi's army was not yet the opponent of the Tokugawa shogunate. Wang Liqian said.

"It's really not time for Yan Siqi and the Tokugawa shogunate to turn their faces, and the shogunate's lockdown order is not strict, Yan Siqi can still take advantage of the gap, but Yan Siqi should be preparing for this war." Zhu Youxiao said.

"According to my dictation, if Yan Siqi comes to China to recruit volunteers or buy arms, he only needs to go to the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion for the record, and the specific affairs will be handled by the Metropolitan Governor's Office, and the arms eliminated from the Governor's Mansion will be sold to Yan Siqi at a discount if Yan Siqi needs it, but the army's standard weapons shall not be sold without my permission." Zhu Youxiao made an order.

"No."

"Yan Siqi's advantage is also very obvious, he has a stronger naval strength than the Tokugawa shogunate, he is already invincible for this alone, they were originally born as pirates, in case of failure, they can retreat to the sea, so Yan Siqi doesn't have to worry too much about it, as long as they don't die. But what is the situation on Lin Dan Khan's side? Zhu Youxiao said.

"The five leaders of the Han Dynasty, including Bada Xi Zhaisang, will lead more than 1,000 households to surrender to the empire in the near future, but the arrangement of this group of people, please ask Your Majesty for instructions." Wang Liqian said.

"According to the previous rules, the tribal leaders and tribal members were resettled separately, and the tribal members were resettled in the Yingchangwei area." Zhu Youxiao said.

"No."

"Two days later, I left for Beijing to return to Beijing, and it was rumored that Ma Shilong entered Beijing to discuss Lin Dan Khan." Zhu Youxiao said.

"No."

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Zhu Youxiao was not the first emperor to tour the south to watch the lantern boat, Zhu Houzhao of the Ming Dynasty once visited the Qinhuai River to watch the lantern boat. By the time of Zhu Youxiao, the lightboats of the Qinhuai River had begun to use a large number of yarn lanterns, and the sheep's horn lanterns that were once popular by the Qinhuai River were becoming less and less because of the appearance of Zhu Youxiao's glass factory.

Zhu Youxiao now owned more than ten glass factories in the entire empire, and the people, with Zhu Youxiao's tacit approval, also began to build glass factories, and it was under this circumstance that glass began to enter the homes of ordinary people. The song is the earliest place where the folk used glass.

The lightboats of the Qinhuai River are mainly concentrated in the area from Jubaomen Shuiguan to Tongjimen Shuiguan, especially Taoye Ferry, which is more concentrated, and Li Shiniang's Hanxiuzhai is in Taoye Ferry.

Among the people who participated in the rally today, in addition to a few people yesterday, Gu Mei specially invited her other three handkerchief sisters to come, one is Wang Yue, one is Wang Jie, and one is Aunt Li, and the other is that Li Shi Niang brought her niece Sister Li Mei.

These three people are also famous prostitutes by the Qinhuai River. Aunt Li, a small one, the word Wanjun, has the reputation of "chivalrous prostitute" by the Qinhuai River, and Wang Yue and Wang Jie are sisters, and they also have a sister named Wang Man, according to the "Banqiao Miscellaneous" record, among the three, Wang Yue is the most beautiful and the most talented, but it is also the most tragic fate, it is said that it was steamed and eaten by Zhang Xianzhong, of course, Yu Huai listened to rumors. And Wang Jie's fate is the best among the three sisters, and Wang Jie is the first person in Qinhuai's famous prostitutes to have a relationship with Mao Bijiang, and Wang Jie and Li Siniang are also handkerchief sisters.

Looking at the stories written by the Ming Dynasty about the Qinhuai River, Zhu Youxiao found that it seemed to be a normal thing for women to dig corners between their girlfriends, and women would never seem to have conflicts and conflicts over such things. I don't know if there is no such thing as a record, or if there is no such thing. According to records, when Mao Bijiang and Chen Yuanyuan were as good as glue, Dong Xiaowan really wanted to be good with Mao Bijiang, you must know that Chen Yuanyuan and Dong Xiaowan were also handkerchief sisters.

"Hengbo, it's only been a few days, and you've already combed it up. Why is there no news coming out of this Qinhuai River? Aunt Li said in surprise.

The Qingqi people in the Qinglou only comb their braids, and only comb their buns after receiving customers, which is called combing, famous prostitutes like Gu Mei, combing is to invite a merry man with a head and face to attend, and even set a few tables, but Gu Mei combed it quietly like this, which really surprised Aunt Li and others.

"It's not a big deal, don't worry about all the red tape." Gu Mei said with a smile.

"Meisheng, I wonder who is so lucky to get your favor?" Wang Yue asked.

"But the impostor?" Wang Jie asked with a smile. Wang Jie and others don't know Zhu Youxiao's identity, but those who understand will not break Zhu Youxiao's identity.

"No, no." Gu Mei hurriedly said, "Sisters, don't guess. ”

"A few girls are this Chen Gongzi from Beijing." Seeing this, Mao Bijiang also said.

"Chen Gongzi is a good fortune, just come here, you can get the favor of Hengbo, Hengbo is out of the mud and not stained, although he was born in this land of fireworks, but he has always been guarded like jade." Aunt Li said.

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(End of chapter)