Li Xiao and Li Dan continued to discuss.

By the way, Li Xiao also asked Li Dan about the details of these maritime merchants who are currently going back and forth between tomorrow and carrying out smuggling trade.

In fact, whether it is Li Dan or his former boss Wang Zhi, in Li Xiao's era, they were all given a unified title.

When later generations mentioned the Japanese Kou, the first reaction was that during the Warring States Period, the monarch killed a homeless Japanese chalk ronin in battle, or a traitor who took refuge.

All this is due to the misdirection of the history books, which in fact is not.

Because even if a serious samurai becomes a ronin, he rarely goes to the sea to make a living.

At that time, the Japanese were actually all coastal sailors, and their status was not high.

In the early days, there were indeed organizations of the Japanese chalk themselves, such as the Matsuura Party who lived in the Hirado Kyushu Naval Army.

But this attack was only temporary, in fact, in the Jiajing period, the real manipulators behind the attack on half of the Ming Dynasty were natives such as Wang Zhi and Xu Hai.

In the second year of Jiajing, due to the Ningbo Rebellion, the Ming Dynasty banned the Kanhe trade with Japan and banned all smuggling trade.

This incident is equivalent to passing through the big Louzi, and the profits between tomorrow's trade at that time can be described as windfall profits.

According to the description of the chalky merchant Nanye Nishinobi, bringing a box of goods from the chalk, such as knives, fans, screens, etc., was only 1 in the chalk. The price of Guan, in the Ming Dynasty, it can be sold at a high price, and then from the Ming Dynasty to buy a pound of raw silk, transported to the chalk can be dumped at a high price of 5 Guan, such a profiteering chain, resulting in a large-scale maritime smuggling group along the coast of Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

At that time, after the Ming Dynasty banned the sea, it was equivalent to cutting off the financial route of the maritime smuggling group.

Cutting off people's financial routes is tantamount to killing people and setting fires, and it is impossible for a maritime merchant like Wang Zhi to give up this huge profit.

After the communication between the imperial court was ineffective, Wang Zhi began to violently resist France, united with the smuggling merchant fleet, and organized thousands of ships to start harassing the border, thus causing the largest Jiajing Rebellion in the history of the Ming Dynasty.

Because they were afraid that their families would be punished, Wang Zhi and other maritime merchants came to the coast to plunder under the guise of Japanese pirates, and in fact, Wang Zhi's maritime merchant fleet also employed a large number of Japanese chalk himself, Koreans.

The history of the Ming Dynasty once described that it was about three out of ten.

And the real widows are all mercenary-like existences, at best they are just cannon fodder for wage earners during the war, and the real mastermind behind the scenes, it is Wang Zhi and the entire smuggling maritime group who dominate all this.

By 1559, after Wang Zhi was booby-trapped, this smuggling maritime group was leaderless, and although the previous attacks on the coast were less organized, they were more frequent.

Thanks to Chao Zongxian, Qi Jiguang, Yu Dayuan and others exterminating along the coast, the situation did not deteriorate further.

But this is only a way to cure the symptoms but not the root cause, as long as the Ming Dynasty does not open the sea ban, this huge trade gap still exists, it will not be able to stop the crazy enthusiasm of these maritime merchants for smuggling.

However, Li Xiao knew that at this time, five years ago, in 1567, Emperor Longqing issued a decree to abolish the sea ban and allow private people to sell the east and west oceans, and this historical event is called the Longqing switch.

The Ming Dynasty opened Zhangzhou Yuequan Port for maritime trade, so that the smuggling channels of maritime merchants had a place to vent, and the trouble of the Japanese was finally largely subsided. During this period, the history of the Ming Dynasty gradually became less troubled, and Qi Jiguang, a famous anti-Japanese general, was also transferred from southern Fujian to Mobei in this year.

Qinglong switch and I answer the tribute (that is, the opening of Ming and Mongolian trade, so far between the Ming and Mongolia within a hundred years, there is no major war) and called the two enlightened governments of the Qinglong Dynasty, their role is to open trade, and finally ended the war for many years in the north and south of the Ming Dynasty.

After chatting with Li Dan and Wang Tanzhi so much, Li Xiao also had a new view of these maritime merchants.

During the sea ban, these people were the Japanese robbers, who raided the localities, but after the sea ban was opened, they were normal armed smugglers, because the profits from smuggling were far higher than the profits from plunder, and they did not need to do so.

Therefore, they are not all evil among the people, on the contrary, they are very prestigious in Fujian and Zhejiang.

Wang Zhichuan of the Ming Dynasty once commented that Wang Zhi was "a great work of prestige" among the people, and people ran for it. or to give fresh food, or to give wine and rice, or to offer children".

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The same is the maritime business, the Western government spared no effort to support their own maritime business, and finally created the Age of Discovery.

However, the living space of the maritime merchants of the Creceous Kingdom was squeezed, oppressed, and finally annihilated by the government.

From his words, it can be seen that Li Dan and Wang Tanzhi are quite dissatisfied with the attitude of the Ming court, and they also maintain a kind of disdain for the Japanese people.

In their eyes, they are not wicked people, they believe in Catholicism, worship Mazu, call each other brothers, regard themselves as heroes, and think they are the heroes of the green forest of the people, similar to Yang Mo, Liangshan One Hundred and Eight such heroes.

For this Li Dan, Li Xiao couldn't help but think that this person would become the largest maritime merchant leader in the future, and make huge profits from it, becoming one of the richest people in the world at that time, to the point that the British, Spaniards, and Tokugawa Ieyasu all asked him to borrow money.

During the conversation, Li Xiao also began to knock on his side, hoping that he could provide him with the labor and methods for making a thousand-stone ship.

But Lee Dan very clearly refused. He would never have divulged the foundation of his life to others.

Immediately, Li Xiao turned to the next and said: "Li Dangjia thinks about it like this, and it is also your Excellency's thoughtful consideration, but at present, my naval ship is small and does not withstand the wind and waves, and there is no big ship in charge during the period, so I really can't protect this place. ”

Li Xiao understood that this request was a bit of a lion's mouth, Li Dan smiled and said, "Lord Li, it is difficult for a strong man." Five big ships are too much, and if there are two, I can still ask my father to be accommodating. ”

Li Xiao was overjoyed when he heard this, he did not have a house ship in the navy, it was because of the incomplete combat strength, with Li Dan's consent, this problem was solved.

In the end, after Li Xiao entertained the two for lunch, the two said goodbye and left.

Iwase Minato's travel cage house.

After Li Dan and Wang Tanzhi washed up, they were about to rest.

Li Dan opened his mouth and said to Wang Tanzhi: "Brother Wang, what do you think of this Li Xiao? ”

Wang Tanzhi hesitated for a moment, Li Dan pressed his hand down slightly, signaled that there was nothing to do, and said: "You can rest assured that there are our people all around, and there will be no ears on the wall." ”

Wang Tanzhi nodded and said: "Brother Li, let me tell you the truth, this Li Xiao is indeed a talented person, but he has lived in the land for a long time, and he seems to have forgotten that he is the foundation of the Han people, which is a pity." ”

Li Dan glanced at Wang Tan and said with a smile: "Brother Wang, it's wrong to look at it like this." ”

Wang Tanzhi said: "Oh, I wish Brother Li a high opinion.

Li Danyan said: "Contrary to Brother Wang, I don't dare to judge whether this Li Xiao is talented or not, but looking at his eyes, watching his words and deeds, I conclude that this person is a person with great ambitions in his heart." ”

"Oh?" Wang Tanzhi was slightly surprised.

Li Dan nodded and said, "Trust my judgment, Brother Wang." Right now, I'm interested in marrying Li Xiao, not for a while. ”

"How?"

Li Dan Chengzhu was in the chest, and said: "The reason is that the three caves of the cunning rabbit are taking precautions, since the death of the owner of the Wufeng ship, although the imperial court has opened the sea ban, but in fact, it is still loose on the outside and tight on the inside, and it is regarded as a problem for us and other maritime merchants, and I have long had the idea of dealing with it together." It has become more and more difficult for us to gain a foothold in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. This text is provided by Qihang Dagger Qishen

I heard that Brother Yan (Yan Siqi, another pirate with the same name as Li Dan) had led 3,000 seafarers to cross the sea with Min and settle in Dayuan (the old name of Taiwan). Lin Daoqian also led the crowd to the chicken coop (now Kaohsiung), but the big man, the chicken coop is too barren and difficult to cultivate, so it is uncomfortable, and the best place is still chalky. ”

"Why is that?" Wang Tanzhi asked.

Li Dan smiled and said: "It's very simple, the first grandfather originally designated the country of the Japanese as a country that is not to be conscripted, and I am waiting here, so I don't have to worry that the imperial court will send troops to conscript, and second, the chalk is more than a large man, the chicken coop is quite rich, and there are many good ports, which are easy to supply." ”

"At the moment, Hirado is too small, especially the old thief in Matsuura, but he is greedy for the profits of the sea trade, and in fact he is very strict against us, and the local people in Kyushu are also very wary of us. So we don't have a chance to show it, but it's different now. ”…,

Wang Tanzhi was shocked when he heard this: "Could it be that Brother Li, there is a plan to seize this place and replace Li Xiao?" ”

"Why not", Li Dan's eyes flashed, and he said, "If this Li Xiao can be bullied, then I can use his momentum to slowly infiltrate, take the opportunity to gain a foothold in Beilu, and then replace him, and use this person as the second Pinghu, if Li Xiao's wrist is strong, we can't succeed, we can also cooperate with him, at least he is also from our Ming Kingdom, how to say it, it is much better than the old thief in Songpu." ”

Wang Tanzhi nodded and said, "Brother Li is really far-reaching, but I'm worried that Li Xiao is also wary of us, and it is difficult to trust us." ”

Li Dan laughed and said: "Then you can rest assured, Li Xiao's plan is far-reaching, and it will definitely be used in our place in the future, and he will come back to us by himself when the time comes." ”

It's in the church at the moment.

Li Xiao was also thinking about it, and just had a conversation with Li Dan and Wang Tanzhi.

In fact, Li Xiao understood that the two big seafaring ships were not readily available, and Li Dan was willing to invest so heavily in himself, which was by no means untargeted for a businessman.

Could it be that they also value their identity as Ming people, and then want to seek something from themselves.

However, Li Xiao will not refuse, at present, the scale of his own naval army is still small, the shipping route has not been opened, and it is impossible to carry out any transoceanic trade.

Therefore, if he wanted to trade gold and silver, he relied only on the Portuguese and Li Dan's maritime smuggling fleet.

However, this Li Dan is plotting against himself, but it is not only about gold and silver trade.

is the so-called seeking skin with a tiger, Li Dan is like a tiger that eats people and does not spit out bones, Li Xiao feels that if he does not deal with it well, he may be swallowed up by the other party, so he can't help but be more vigilant against this person in his heart.

But for Li Xiao now, after adding two thousand-stone-class ships, his Vietnamese-Chinese naval army has also become larger, and he is fully qualified for the battle of Sado