Chapter 376: Maritime Merchant Li Dan

A church built in the middle of Iwase Minato.

This is one of two churches that Li Xiao allowed the Portuguese to build in Iwaseminato.

Right now, Li Xiao was now standing behind the curtain on the second floor of the church, looking at the visitors from the Ming Kingdom who were slowly coming from the port.

It seems that these dozen people are both young and old, and although they are not burly, they are all very strong. Each of them had a knife at their waist, and the last few had a box in their hands, wondering if it was a gift or something.

Li Xiao looked at this group of people, first of all, the two young people led by him, and guessed in his heart that they were the backbone of this group.

The first young man, about twenty years old, was talking to each other with Masuda Nagamori and walking slowly, although he was young, his demeanor exuded a calm, and sophisticated taste.

The other person, though older, always consciously fell half a step behind him.

Li Xiao looked at this young man with the title, and said in his heart: I didn't see the first person in my homeland, but I actually encountered this kind of powerful horn.

Li Xiao is not a half-immortal, and he can infer the depth of a person by looking at his appearance, but because he knows that this young man is Li Dan, a famous maritime merchant leader in Jiangsu and Zhejiang in history.

Although Li Dan's name is unknown now, Danshi's influence is enough to leave a heavy mark in history.

Li Dan is a native of Quanzhou, Fujian Province, and his person was originally the match of Wang Zhi, the owner of Wufeng, and later Wang Zhi was killed by Hu Zhongxian Y-U, and Li Dan became the leader of the maritime merchants in the trade of tomorrow after Wang Zhi.

Well, in other words, they are more practical in the sense of pirates, or armed maritime merchants in this era, engaged in maritime trade, and illegal activities such as smashing, looting, and burning.

Li Dan's greatness is not only that he inherited Wang Zhi's trade business, but also that Tokugawa Ieyasu unified Japan in history, and to a large extent, Li Dan's financial support was also in it.

In addition to the trade of the Si Dynasty, Li Dan was also very fierce at sea, plundering everywhere, and even the Westerners of the time called him 'CaptainChina' in awe. That is the meaning of the Chinese captain, or the name of the Kabitan Li Dan.

In 1623, in order to recapture Penghu, the Ming Dynasty fought the Penghu naval battle with the Dutch East India Company, and both sides asked Li Dan to act as a mediator to communicate the relationship between the two sides.

By the way, Zheng Zhilong, the father of the country's surname, once served as Li Dan's translation assistant (there is also a saying that Li Dan's righteous son, but there is no doubt that he has made a translation), after Li Dan's death, Zheng Zhilong inherited Li Dan's armed fleet and became a big pirate with more than 1,000 armed merchant ships.

Li Xiao looked at this future to dominate the sea, the big pirate leader, at this moment Li Dan has not really made a fortune, he succeeded Wang Zhi, before Zheng Zhilong, really rose to dominate the sea, it should be at the end of the sixteenth century.

At this time, Li Dan raised his head intentionally or unintentionally and glanced at the curtain where Li Xiao was.

Li Xiao met this person's sharp gaze like a sea eagle, but Li Dan didn't look at it for a long time, and then turned his head away.

However, Li Xiao knew that the other party had noticed him.

Li Xiao moved a chair to sit down, closed his eyes and waited, after a long time in Japan, Li Xiao sat on the floor all day, and he didn't feel like sitting on a chair for a long time.

Soon after, outside the room M-N, Masuda Nagamori's voice was heard, saying, "The lord is waiting in the inner room, the two of you are invited to come in, and the rest of the entourage is resting in the living room, and tea is already prepared." ”

"I'm tired."

Fang M-N squeaked open, and Li Xiao opened his eyes and met the gaze of the two.

The three looked at each other for a moment.

Li Dan smiled politely first, clenched his fists and said, "Under Li Dan, I have seen Master Li." ”

But another person said: "In Xia Wang Tanzhi, I have seen General Li. ”

Li Xiao smiled slightly when he heard the different names of the two, and said in Chinese: "Please take a seat."

When Li Dan heard Li Xiao's words, he was first stunned and said, "Lord Li, is this the accent of the Houguan?"

Li Dan also spoke in a similar tone as Li Xiao, and Li Xiao also admired his language ability, because his language of inquiry was the common language of the Ming Dynasty at that time, Nanjing Mandarin, but now it has been converted into a tone similar to Li Xiao.

You must know that Li Dan is a native of Quanzhou, and the most Jing is definitely Hokkien, and as for the Japanese level, he just talked and chatted with Masuda Nagamori, which is not bad. …,

It seems that to be a pirate in this era, you still need such international language talents.

However, I heard that Zheng Zhilong is a cow, in addition to being proficient in Hokkien, Nanjing Mandarin, Japanese, but also Dutch, Spanish, and Portuguese, otherwise he would not be able to become Li Dan's language translator with this ability.

danshi Li Xiao was noncommittal to Li Dan's words.

And Li Dan also realized that his talented move was to take the liberty of asking others about the details, glanced at his companions, and sat down with each other.

After that, two sh- came in to serve tea, using the local Japanese tea soup.

Li Xiao observed the actions of the two drinking tea, Li Dan was very skilled, obviously because he had lived in Japan for a long time, while the other person m-o hands and feet a little, and also showed a very bitter expression on the tea soup, it seems that this Wang Tan has just arrived in Japan and has not adapted to the local eating habits.

Then Li Xiao changed to Hokkien and talked with the two of them about the way to drink this tea soup.

This scene made Li Dan and the others even more surprised by Li Xiaoshen, among whom Wang Tan was very much.

In fact, when Li Xiao was a child, he lived in southern Fujian for a year, so he knew some about southern Fujian, at least when watching the legend of the Thunderbolt group, he didn't have to look at the Chinese translation throughout the whole process.

However, this move dispelled the doubts of Li Dan and Wang Tanzhi, and they were now convinced of Li Xiao's fact that he was a native of the Ming Kingdom.

Li Dan said with a smile: "Lord Li, it is really unbelievable that you can worship the marquis in the land of the Japanese kingdom with your own strength, and Li deeply admires it." It just so happens that Li and Master Li belong to the same clan, which is not a coincidence. ”

The corners of Li Xiao's mouth moved, and he thought, thank you, although they have the same surname, I don't want to have any kinship with you.

Li Xiao said gently: "Li is polite, after the so-called Yanhuang, everyone will be one family for five hundred years." ”

Li Xiao said this to the three of them, and their faces were filled with joy.

At this time, Wang Tanzhi said: "General Li, please forgive me for being blunt, Your Excellency has expanded the territory of the Japanese Kingdom with his own strength, and now he is at the point of becoming a man, it can be seen that he is an ambitious and courageous hero, but why is he a barbarian, you must know that Your Excellency is a general of the imperial court, even if you do not return to your hometown, you can find other means, it is better than doing things under the Japanese people." ”

Li Dan listened to Wang Tanzhi's words quite politely, coughed lightly, and said to Li Xiaoyan: "My brother wants to speak out, please don't be surprised." ”

Li Xiao laughed when he heard this, in fact, he admired Wang Tanzhi's outspoken x-ng.

And Wang Tanzhi's view is also the concept of Huayi distinction that the Chinese have always adhered to.

In his eyes, even if Li Xiao is not an official for the imperial court, he should not go out of the country, even if he is a pirate like him, he can be at ease at sea.

Li Xiao said with a smile: "When I came here, it was also a helpless move to survive, and after a long time, the lord of the country was kind to me, so I left a reciprocal return, and now I can achieve the current career, which is also unexpected, and I have started a family here, and it is impossible to leave." ”

Speaking of this, Li Xiao changed the conversation and said: "What's more, Lu-N has a hero in the world, and now the country is leveled by the four seas, and the Son of Heaven is ruling vertically, and we and other martial artists do not have a good opportunity to show their ambitions, but although this place is small, it is an opportunity that has not been seen for thousands of years, and I also want to make contributions here, and in the future, I may return to my hometown in fine clothes and meet the Son of Heaven one day." ”

Wang Tanzhi was about to speak, but was stopped by Li Dan, who said: "Lord Li is ambitious, and it is not beyond our reach. ”

Then Li Dan and Li Xiao directly communicated about sea trade.

Li Xiao also had a plan for this, before returning to Yunjin Mountain, the gold and silver produced by Shengang Silver Mountain were all purchased by Shioya Qiuzhen, and then resold to another merchant, and then resold by this merchant to the Portuguese or Ming.

Because he changed hands several times halfway, the intermediate profits were squeezed, which made Li Xiao very unhappy.

After conquering Yuezhong, Li Xiao had an outlet to the sea, and directly asked the Portuguese to come to Yuezhong to buy gold and silver.

At this time, the Ming maritime fleet approached Li Xiao for a line, and Li Xiao was also very happy to agree, and the two sides met and negotiated.

For the sake of the people of the Ming Kingdom, Li Dan gave Li Xiao a very generous price for exchanging Yongle Tongbao for gold and silver.

And how much to promise, how much to acquire.

Li Xiao nodded, very satisfied with this in his heart, thinking that after he captured Sado again and obtained the Sado Gold Mountain and the Hezi Silver Mountain, his gold and silver mining volume would reach an astonishing level.

At that time, Li Xiao has this money, which can be used to recruit standing reserves, replace weapons, and become the cornerstone of his future hegemony in the world.

Except for the intention of reaching a point, all three were very happy.

Li Dan and Wang Tanzhi were obviously overjoyed by the opening up of a trade route and the vast wealth resources, while Li Xiao seemed to see a new army that was overwhelming, holding the sun and moon double-patterned flag seal, equipped with iron cannons, and large cylinders.

Later, Li Xiao also promised to give Li Dan the right to live in Iwase Minato like the Portuguese.

In addition, a piece of land was set aside for M-N, which was leased to the residence of the maritime merchants of the Ming Kingdom, and at the same time, it enjoyed extraterritoriality in Iwase Minato.

Li Xiao's generous behavior made Li Dan's hearts bloom.

Li Xiao's move is also to emulate the Hojo family's move to open a Karachito town in Odawara Castle, so it can be regarded as a better way to attract investment.

And Li Xiao's purpose is to better promote the trade of Iwase Minato, so that it can become the same status as the port of Hirado in Hokuriku.

Otherwise, in terms of Jiāo's geographical advantages, Iwase Minato is not as good, and it is also the two good ports of Hokuriku Province, Wajima Minato in Noto, and Naoetsu no Town in Echigo Province.

Therefore, if Li Xiao wants to develop Iwase Minato trade, he must have his special attraction point.