Sun Yuan plans to spend this year's Spring Festival with Dafang and them in Chongming Shasuo, and now, the entire Yangzhou town is preparing for the Northern Expedition, and all the resources are tilted towards the army. In contrast, Sun Yuan's attention to the water master is a little weaker

。

"Master Hou, our sailor has now become your money bag, wandering around the sea all day long, and when will the last general be transferred to fight a few battles. Now, you are about to go north, and after this battle is fought, I don't know how many meritorious deeds others will make, so it is difficult for you to let your subordinates watch from the side. This...... It's not fair! ”

Seeing Sun Yuan's face, Dafang began to complain: "I won't do this sailor general, Hou Ye should transfer me back." Even if I make you a personal guard, as long as I can go to the battlefield, I am willing. ”

Sun Yuan sat there leisurely, holding a teacup in his hand: "You have a lot of complaints, what else, just say." ”

Dafang: "It's rare for Lord Hou to come to Chongming Shasuo, and when he came here today, he must be short of military salaries." ”

Sun Yuan laughed: "Dafang, you have brought a water master for so many years, and other skills have not increased, but this ability to figure out people's hearts has improved." ”

Dafang was a little embarrassed: "Master Hou forgives the sin." ”

Sun Yuan smiled, touched his forehead, and sighed: "On October 15, Ma Shoufu promised to give a military salary of one million taels of silver as the military expenses of the Northern Expedition, but unfortunately, until now, I haven't even seen a copper coin. Now, Jiannu is fighting a decisive battle in Shaanxi, the Central Plains is empty, Hebei is empty, and it is the time for my generation to recover the country. Don't miss the opportunity, and never miss it. So, I'll go to Chongming Sha to see how much silver can be squeezed out here. Generous, is it okay? ”

"My subordinates are terrified, my sailor's silver is naturally Hou Ye's silver. If you want to use it, you just need to say a word. Dafang hurriedly replied.

Sun Yuan: "You kid speaks nicely, if you really squeeze out some military expenses, you will complain." Don't worry, you have to fight. ”

Hearing that he could fight, he generously came to his senses: "However, Master Hou, this Northern Expedition is all a matter of the army, and it is impossible for our sailors to drive the boat to the shore, how can we fight?" ”

Sun Yuan: "There are two ways to use troops in the north this time, one is from Xuzhou to Henan, and the other is to go straight to Shandong along the Grand Canal, and then go straight to Beijing. If you use the second plan, not only will your ships be responsible for transporting troops and grain, but the vigilance along the river will also be placed on your shoulders. ”

Dafang said in a loud voice: "Capture the thief first and capture the king, go straight to Beijing, and you can directly capture the puppet emperor of Jiannu alive." And after occupying Gyeonggi, they can cut off the route of the Jiannu army to flee north, close the door and fight the dogs. The subordinates suggested using the second set of plans, and my Yangzhou Town Water Master would definitely not let you down, Master Hou

。 ”

Sun Yuan said with a smile: "As for which plan to use, I still have to discuss with Mr. Huang You and Mr. Fu Shan. Moreover, this battle is related to the national fortune of our Ming Dynasty, so we must be cautious. ”

Dafang: "Yes, yes, Hou Ye is right." ”

In fact, the second set of plans is indeed tempting, if the army goes north along the Grand Canal, it can directly eliminate the central organ of Jiannu. However, there are two problems with this, one is that it is now the middle of winter, and the northern section of the canal should be frozen and cannot be sailed. We will have to wait at least two months for the weather to warm up. When that time comes, I don't know what the situation in the world will look like.

Moreover, the sea-going ships of the sailors could not sail on the inland canals.

Hearing Sun Yuan's concerns, he said generously: "Master Hou, it doesn't matter if it's two months late." As for the problem of the boat, you don't have to worry about it either. My sailors are not all big ships, and the big deal is to load the cannons on small boats when the time comes. If it doesn't work, our naval army can also go ashore to fight. We are dragons on the sea, and tigers on the land. ”

Sun Yuan: "Well, if our army wants to implement the second set of plans, it is naturally indispensable that you will have the opportunity to show your face generously." ”

Dafang rubbed his hands happily and said, "Master Hou, according to the schedule, it will be within these three or five days." Kazuo Shimazu of Japan will traffic a boatload of gold to buy copper coins minted in my Yangzhou town. At that time, Hou Ye can discuss with the Shimazu devil whether he can borrow his ship of gold envoys first. ”

Sun Yuan was pleasantly surprised: "There are such good things, it seems that a certain is really going to celebrate the New Year here." ”

Yangzhou Town made a copper yuan bureau as early as a few years ago, which was used to cast the eagle issued by the Ningxiang Army. Up to now, Yingyang has been popular among Jiangnan businessmen. But Shan Yingyang's little money and interest could not satisfy Sun Yuan's appetite. After all, there is only that amount of circulation every year, and in recent years, in order to prepare for the army, Sun Yuan has invested all the profits he has earned into the army and the recruitment of displaced people, and he is still a little embarrassed at hand. As a result, Yangzhou Town extended its claws to money.

After all, silver, as a precious metal, was only circulated among merchants and families. And ordinary people have an income of a few taels of silver a year. Many poor people have never seen what silver looks like in their lifetimes. Therefore, the larger amount of copper coins in circulation in the market is the copper coin.

As a result, Yangzhou Town began to cast Chongzhen Tongbao. Recently, it has been one step ahead of the imperial court to issue Hongguang Tongbao, and the imperial court is helpless to take Sun Yuan.

Japan and Korea do not produce copper, nor do they have their own currency

。 Therefore, the people of both countries used the money of the Ming Dynasty. In the past decade or so, the Ming Dynasty has been in constant turmoil, and copper coins imported into Japan and Korea have become less and less. The price of copper coins has doubled compared with the Wanli period. Seeing the profits, not only the Yangzhou sailors, but also the two Shimazu Kazuo they also began to buy copper coins in Yangzhou and traffick them to Japan to buy gold.

With Kazuo Shimazu's boatload of gold, the military expenditure of this Northern Expedition should not be much worse.

The problem is that the shipping in this era is really unreliable, and it is generously said that Shimazu Kazuo can reach Chongming Shasho in three or five days at most. But when Sun Yuan finished the New Year here, on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, he saw the family crest flag fluttering on the bow of the Shimazu family's ship on the pier like a sniper rifle scope.

Every time Shimazu's fleet arrived in Yangzhou, he would stop in Chongming for a short time to make simple supplies before going to Nantong.

Kazuo Shimazu usually carries a fleet of more than 40 large ships on the route from Yangzhou to Japan, but the scale of the fleet is extremely unprecedented, reaching an astonishing 100 ships. According to Dafanglai's report, there were also Goryeo pirates who came with him.

"Knock on the Marquis of Yingchuan." Kazuo Shimazu knelt down in front of Sun Yuan and kowtowed respectfully: "I was on the dock just now, and I have already heard from Governor Fang that Lord Hou wants to borrow my ship of gold." Since Hou Ye spoke, he could afford to look down on him. There is no need to say whether to borrow or not, I am willing to dedicate this ship of gold to the Hou Ye. ”

Shimazu was so generous, but Sun Yuan was surprised: "Shimazu Kazuo, what do you want, just say it." If it's really okay, I'll promise you. I know you've always wanted to be a daimyo, but unfortunately, my main focus now is on the mainland, and I can't take care of Japan yet, so I can't send troops to Kyushu. ”

Shimazu: "No, no, no, even if you have to pass through Kyushu, it's a matter of the future." There is still some lack of power under it. ”

"Oh, I see." Sun Yuan nodded: "You want a certain cannon, iron cannon and ordnance at hand." ”

Kazuo Shimazu kowtowed again: "The iron cannon of Yangzhou Town is the best in the world, better than the Australian iron cannon, and I don't invite you, please ask Hou Ye for permission." ”

Sun Yuan: "Yes, I will sell all the soldiers under you a set of armor and weapons for each." ”

Kazuo Shimazu was overjoyed: "Thank you Lord Hou, I heard that Lord Hou is about to go on a Northern Expedition, and I, the Mosa Samurai of Kyushu Island, am also willing to participate." ”

Sun Yuan was taken aback: "Shimazu, you also have to participate in the Northern Expedition, this is a matter of our Ming Dynasty and Jiannu, you don't have to participate."

。 Let's talk ...... again."

Kazuo Shimazu: "Don't worry, Master Hou, the military expenses required for my Mosa samurai to participate in the war will be borne by myself." Although my Mosa warrior is brave, I will not be able to go ashore. I want to use this Northern Expedition to train a strong army, or Hou Ye's words, the elite troops are fought. ”

"You want to participate in the Northern Expedition, that's good!" Sun Yuan was even more happy, it was about to be an unprecedented national war, and one more person would give him more strength: "How much power do you have at hand?" ”

Kazuo Shimazu: "Master Hou, I can organize a team of 2,000 people." ”

"The Shimazu Wing is only 2,000 people...... Sun Yuan was speechless for a while, the scale of the war of the Japanese dwarves is really small, for example, their so-called war during the Warring States period is just a group fight between one village and another village.

"Okay, you can bring the troops to Yangzhou, and then you can act with a certain one." It was difficult to resist the enthusiasm, and Sun Yuan had to nod helplessly.

As he was talking, there was a commotion outside: "Let me in, I want to see Yingchuan Hou." ”

The guard at the door shouted: "Go away, this is not a place for you and other barbarians?" ”

A loud voice sounded angrily: "What barbarians, I am waiting to read the "Four Books" and "Five Classics", and I am learning the way of the sages. I am subject to the feudal of the Great Tomorrow, and it is the land of the king's holy religion, what kind of barbarian is it? Sage Yun: 'If Yi Di enters China, China will be Chinese, and if China retreats from Yi Di, Yi Di will be Yi Di. It can be seen that the difference between Chinese barbarians has always been about indoctrination and identity, not bloodline. Get out of the way, let me go and see the Marquis of Yingchuan. ”

But it is a standard Beijing official dialect, the words are strong and round, sonorous and powerful.

Sun Yuan glanced at Dafang suspiciously: "What's the matter?" "Chongming Shasuo is the base camp of the Yangzhou Town Water Division, not the Ningxiang Water Division and the friendly forces that have interests in Yangzhou Town, and they cannot be supplied on the shore at all.

The high-pitched voice outside was very unfamiliar, but I didn't know it.

Dafang also shook his head suspiciously, indicating that he didn't know who this person was.

At this time, Kazuo Shimazu, who was kneeling on the ground, was so frightened that he jumped up and rushed to the door like an electric shock, shouting repeatedly: "Don't scream, don't you scream, didn't you say that you should stay on the ship?" If you can't do your business well, you have to come over and make trouble and alarm the Hou Ye. ”

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