The Panasonic family has completely become a piece of on the road of history with the escape of Panasonic asking the boy.

All the samurai of the Matsushita family who were still alive and willing to surrender were included in the Nuzhou Army, and the two vicious dogs who were still fighting each other with swords and soldiers a few days ago became a family in the blink of an eye.

Whether there will be a mutiny or something like the camp roar is not within Zhu Houzhao's consideration. The Matsushita family's residence had already begun to expand, and the location towards the sea continued vigorously, and it was decided to build the place into a large settlement that was easy to attack and difficult to defend.

At this time, there were only about 200 guards on Zhu Houzhao's side, including masters of the special combat team and sharpshooters of the Shenji Battalion. The rest, whether it was the cavalry of the Liaodong Iron Cavalry or the people of the Nuzhou Army, were scattered, and they went around to clean up a few scattered daimyo in China, and by the way, they brought back all the men and women they could collect.

It took a lot of labor to construct new settlements, and although these men were still inevitably killed, it was rare to do [no] [wrong] labor.

Miyamoto Musashi, this kid surprisingly survived, and is currently dragging his scars all over his body as a foreman on the construction site, responsible for supervising the work.

Skirmishes continued, but overall Zhu Houzhao's life was calm.

I took the time to go to Nuzhou, where most of the inhabitants were cleared, but more than a dozen large and small silver mines were found that needed to be reorganized, and a large number of laborers were needed.

Laborers can be used to obtain local materials, and the half-dead slaves can dig up and clean up the silver. These are all good things, the status of the silver mine is roughly equivalent to the current banknote printing factory, as long as the silver can be dug up and sent back to the Ming Dynasty, it can be used immediately, and there is no need to worry about any messy inflation and other.

With the vigorous development of Daming commerce in the past two years, copper coins are no longer enough, and the copper plate created after mixing a piece of lead is still not enough for commercial circulation.

Warships cannot be requisitioned at will, so the Ming officials began to allow civilian merchant ships to go to Japan after the army gained a firm foothold, whether it was immigration or plunder, as long as they could bring one or two ships of supplies to the army in ten ships, they could report in the barracks by the Ming army.

Zhu Houzhao met with the major merchants who came to pan for gold as the main general, and this time there were 200 ships and more than a dozen businessmen of all sizes.

On the Qinglong flagship on the shore, Zhu Houzhao appeared in front of the merchant in a regular household clothes.

More than a dozen fat, thin, tall and short businessmen knelt down after seeing the main master, as a businessman with a very low social status, it is essential to kneel and salute after seeing the senior military officials of the Ming Dynasty who hold heavy troops.

Zhu Houzhao found a chair to sit on at random, and after waiting for the merchants to give gifts, Cai said lightly: "You have come to break the waves and send food and materials to the Ming Expeditionary Army, Zhu Shou is very grateful." ”

In any case, these businessmen also came voluntarily and saved a lot of money from the imperial court, so Zhu Houzhao, who said a few nice words, thought it was not too much.

The merchants immediately didn't dare to say anything, but only said that it should be.

A chubby businessman said loudly: "Our Ming soldiers are fighting for our face, and we have today's peaceful life thanks to the blessing of the Ming soldiers, and we should do these things." General, in addition to the five boats of materials brought by the government, there are also half a boat of good wine and half a boat of cured beef that Xiaomin gave to the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty as a reward. ”

After this person finished speaking, the other businessmen spoke one after another, what a mess of wine, meat and clothes, they almost sent some women over to relax the soldiers for a while.

Zhu Houzhao smiled and looked at the angry businessmen, and after they finished speaking, Zhu Houzhao waved his hand and said: "Your kindness, this general thanks you for the whole army." ”

The businessmen expressed their admiration for the Ming Expeditionary Force, Zhu Houzhao expressed his gratitude, and the two sides began to get to the point.

When the territory of the Ming Dynasty was already huge, the domestic affairs and government had not yet been completely completed, and the distant territory was really beyond their reach.

Therefore, the newly acquired land, such as the Korean Peninsula, which already has a mature management system, the government of the Ming Dynasty only symbolically sent a few people over to collect a large amount of taxes, and did not actually rule.

There was no mature system of governance in Nushu and Hiroshima, just a mess of impoverished islanders, barren materials, and nothing that interested the imperial court except for silver mines.

Since the imperial court doesn't want to manage this wild land, it's better to leave it to Shangjia. This class is completely the locusts in the entire human society, and as long as the policy is given, the land can be scraped away.

It is a good choice to hand over all the Nuzhou and Hiroshima that are now in a mess to the merchants, and now is the time to talk about what these merchants can scrape away and bring back to the Ming Dynasty.

"General, Xiaomin will tell the truth." The fat merchant rubbed his hands and said a little carefully: "Xiaomin wants to buy a piece of land in Nuzhou. ”

Zhu Houzhao is strange, the land thing is now the most useless time. The real estate wave has not yet begun, and no one intends to make a fool of the people in their houses.

The merchant said with a smile: "Speaking of which, it's no wonder that the general is not surprised, our shop has recently obtained a new crop, and we plan to plant it on a large scale. Where do the small people on the mainland have the silver to buy such a large piece of land, so now I heard that the land in Nuzhou is vast and uninhabited for hundreds of miles, so I think I can buy a large piece of land cheaply. ”

The others are trade secrets, and Zhu Houzhao has no interest in knowing what it is. In fact, no matter what kind of crop it is, in the end, it is the people of the Ming Dynasty who consume it. In addition to making a fortune at the beginning, after three or five years, as long as things are useful, all the people of the Ming Dynasty will plant them.

Of course, if it's potatoes, sweet potatoes, peppers, corn, etc., it's even better.

With a wave of his hand, Zhu Houzhao granted him a piece of land within a radius of fifty miles, and sold it for 200,000 taels.

The other merchants saw that the general had promised so well, and immediately said goodbye. If you want to do a mining business, as long as it is not a copper mine, a silver mine, a gold mine, and other Zhu Houzhao will be rewarded to him, let him look at it and get it casually.

Speaking of which, there is still a person who is most in line with Zhu Houzhao's heart, this kid has a thin face, a pair of eyes are rolling in the sockets, and he knows that he is a slippery character at a glance.

"General, I don't know if I can talk about Xiaomin's business." The lean man looked nervous.

Zhu Houzhao waved his hand and let him say casually.

"It's such a general, Xiaomin wants to buy people!" As soon as the thin man spoke, he was shocked: "Xiaomin wants to buy the right to arrest and sell the slaves!" ”

(To be continued.) )

Chapter 21 The Right to Arrest Japanese Slaves: