"These are just a small part, and the workshops in Tianjin cover a wide range of industries, including food processing, textile, printing and dyeing, papermaking, etc., and the scale is still expanding dramatically. According to the planning of the imperial court, with the development of Jiangnan, the textile industry may be shifted to Jiangnan, and the textile industry will be replaced by leather processing in the north......"

Yan Song smiled and introduced enthusiastically, but these words were like listening to a book from heaven to the Japanese people. It is difficult to translate terms such as various industries, and there is no such concept in the Japanese language.

However, there is one thing they understand, that is, the scale in front of them is not enough, and it still needs to be expanded! Amaterasu is above, and the industrial area you see from the pier alone is far from the eye, and the workshop that produces clocks and watches occupies only an insignificant corner of it.

And this industrial zone is only a part of the Tianjin Industrial Zone; Tianjin is only a relatively large one in the so-called Bohai Rim Industrial Circle, not the most technologically high, but also the largest, the largest one in Lushun.

The Japanese people quickly had an idea of the richness of the Ming Dynasty, but at the same time lost it, because the concept was too big and too complex to comprehend.

"Imai, you're also a businessman, and you have a lot of craftsman's workshops, if you are allowed to study and observe here for a while, can you build Kaimachi like this?" Katsuhito whispered to Imai Munetoi.

The purpose of his words was not to seize power, he had long been accustomed to the identity of a puppet, and there was no possibility or need to change, he was simply envious of Tianjin's wealth.

His demands were not high, if Kaimachi could have half, nay, one-tenth of the scale here, and then give one-tenth or one-twentieth of the proceeds to the imperial family, then the imperial family and the shogunate would not have to be embarrassed to be like before.

"Your Majesty, this ...... I'm afraid it's hard. Imai frowned and shook his head in embarrassment.

As a result of his active role in exhorting the emperor to visit the country, Imai was able to get a place as an attaché. When he was in Weihaiwei, Hosokawa and the others were full of unconvinced, but he humbly walked around every corner, wrote down every detail, and prepared to copy it when he returned to Kaimachi.

It was precisely because of his performance that Katsuhito would ask him about it and deliberately entrust him with a heavy responsibility. However, he could only disappoint Katsuhito.

"Why not?" Katsuhito's voice raised slightly, the hope of poverty alleviation is just around the corner, how can he say no? If you can't learn the essence, at least you can learn the appearance.

"Your Majesty ......" Imai paused for a moment, sorted out his thoughts, and then replied: "Their way of working is very strange, those tracks that connect the workshop and the cars on them seem to be exquisite......"

He pointed to a workshop he had just passed by, and smacked his tongue: "This seems to be a place for weaving and spinning, but your Majesty, you see, those female workers are all very strange mechanisms, but the efficiency is very high, from silk to yarn, from yarn to cloth, it is formed in an instant, and the process can even be seen with the eyes......"

"What is so particular about these, the adults of the Ming Kingdom didn't say it, and the villains couldn't understand it. Of course, if God is willing to teach it, the little people may be able to learn something, but the most important problem is that we don't have so many craftsmen! ”

Seeing Katsuhito's brows, Imai knew that his words might have caused ambiguity, and hurriedly explained: "Don't talk about Kaimachi, I'm afraid that if you gather the craftsmen in Kinai, you won't be able to reach one-tenth of what you see in front of you!" ”

Katsuhito wants to get out of poverty, why doesn't Imai want to get rich? But he really couldn't figure out how there could be so many incomprehensible things and craftsmen here, and in the end, it could only be attributed to the inherent magic of Middle-earth.

The craftsmen of the Wa Kingdom had a higher status than the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty, although they were not as good as the lords and samurai, but they were still higher than the commoners. Because it was the Warring States period, the princes of all walks of life looked forward to the victory of the war, and they knew very well that the craftsmen and the works brought by the craftsmen had an immeasurable role in the victory or defeat of the war.

On the contrary to the Ming Dynasty, the science and technology of the Wa Kingdom was inferior to the innate level, rather than the institutional problem.

"That's it......" Katsuhito was silent for a while, and nodded slowly, Imai is a famous businessman in Kaimachi, and even in Kinai, his knowledge is second to none, and there is no need to deceive himself, since he said no, it really can't be done.

However, he reluctantly turned his head and looked directly at the workshop area that represented wealth, alas, Baoshan was in front, but he returned empty-handed, he was really unwilling.

"There is the trading hall, all kinds of goods from all over the world can basically be found there, and the prices are also openly stated......" Walking through the workshop area, Yan Song pointed to a huge shed and introduced.

"Such an architectural ......"

From the outside, the trading hall was very rudimentary, about the size of a soup kitchen, but it was an infinite number of times larger, and the roof was protruding, like a Mongol tent. But when you get closer, you can hear the noise inside, and no one will still despise it.

When I went in and saw the layout inside, I felt a little skeptical at first, but after observing for a while, anyone who had a little business concept saw the doorway, and then sincerely admired it.

The layout inside is very simple, each merchant occupies a table and two chairs, and at most more shelves. There are also very few commodities in each family, and there is only one sample of each type, which mainly depends on the verbal explanations of the merchants.

This arrangement is destined to be easy to enter and exit, and the large enough area ensures the diversity of the products here, and those who want to buy and trade do not need to go to many places, just take a turn in this simple hall. If you fall in love with a product and feel that it is not enough to just look at the sample, you can go directly to the warehouse to discuss in detail.

While the Japanese were in a daze with their mouths open, dozens of people came in and out of the hall. With a smile on his face, he naturally made the deal as he wished; Those who shook their heads in regret did the opposite, but the latter did not seem to be unwilling, but quickly continued to search the halls, apparently not thinking that he would return empty-handed.

"Order goods from here, and then you can load them to the sea, or go north and south, Tianjin's supporting facilities are complete, so that businesses can use the least amount of energy to achieve the most satisfactory business."

Leading the widows out of the trading hall, Yan Song waved his hand proudly, pointed to the canal and Chidao not far away, and said with a smile: "Tianjin's transportation is very convenient, you have just seen the harbor, there is a canal here, and the official road is also specially leveled, even in the rain, it can be passed, and it is not muddy......"

The Japanese people have little feeling about the canal, the Japanese country is an island, and the island is also a water network, there is no need to dig an artificial canal, and naturally there is nothing to envy. However, they were concerned about roads, with daimyo such as Hosokawa being considered for military purposes and merchants such as Imai being considered from the perspective of commercial fortune.

There are no more than two kinds of roads in this era, one is paved with pavement, such as stone slabs and the like, this kind of road pavement is not easy to damage, and it is relatively smooth, but the cost is relatively high, and it is generally only seen in the city, and Chang'an Avenue in the capital is paved with bluestone slabs.

The other is a more common dirt road. The most common is the kind of road that has been walked by many people and stepped out, between the villages of the Ming Dynasty and most of the roads in the Wa Kingdom. This kind of road does not cost money to build, and naturally it is not very easy to use.

The price ratio of the dirt road after smoothing and solid is relatively high, and it is also very convenient to use. However, when it rains, it is not easy to walk, and the wheels can easily get stuck in the mud.

When the Japanese suddenly heard that there was such a miraculous road, they all stepped forward quickly, observed carefully, and wanted to learn some advanced experience and go back. After seeing Tianjin, even the hardest Hosokawa Chengyuan has been completely deflated, and that bit of arrogance and inexplicable superiority is gone, as if he has become an envoy sent by the Tang Dynasty again, and his face is full of piety.

The road should have been leveled in the near future, but the key was not this, but some gray-black things laid on the road, Imai bent down to pick up a piece, put it in front of his eyes and looked at it repeatedly, sniffed it with his nose, and finally pinched it a few times.

It's crisp, it's light, it has a pungent smell, it doesn't look like it's dirt and stone, but it looks like something burned, yes, it's kind of like charcoal.

"This is coal ash, there are holes in it, which can play a role in absorbing water, as long as it is not heavy rain, it can ensure the dryness of the road surface to the greatest extent......"

The "......" Japanese people were stunned again, there was a lot of gold and silver on the island, but there were no large-scale coal mines, so they were quite unfamiliar with coal, let alone the use of cinders.

Fortunately, since they set foot on the land of Daming, they have been shocked many times, and they are used to it. For those Japanese who came to the Central Plains in the early Ming Dynasty, Shengren also began to be dissatisfied, what kind of news did these idiots spread back to China, saying that the Ming Dynasty was no longer the prestige of the Tang and Song Dynasties, but in fact, compared with the Japanese country, it was like another world!

Fortunately, he was cautious enough to come and go, otherwise, he would anger the great tomorrow, how could the small Wadao Island fight against such a magical Heavenly Empire? Thinking of this, he glared at Hosokawa, it was this idiot who wanted to confront Da Ming.

"There are still some offices in the city, but you are here to make an envoy, and you must not be very concerned about these details, or the itinerary is important, so let's leave for Beijing."

"Yes, but at your command." Although they haven't seen enough, Yan Song's opinion, the Japanese people can only agree.

"Lord Yan, do you take the canal or ......" The canal is densely packed with boats, and it must be impossible to go fast, but there is no carriage near the left, Lin Han is a little strange.

Yan Song smiled slightly and said, "I'm afraid it's not necessarily too late to take the canal, so let's take the railroad carriage." ”

(To be continued)