Chapter Ninety-Four: The Rise of the Ping Clan
"Zhengsheng, you preside over this auction, and after it's over, count the money, and we'll exchange it all for gold and silver and bring it back." Wang Neng instructed.
"No, Your Highness (After getting many islands, it is natural that he is a person who is also a feudal nobleman in China and Japan, and it is nothing to be called His Highness.) As for the dual nobility of the nobility, it is not a big deal, and the King of England was once a vassal of the King of France, the Duke of Normandy). Although Ping Zhengsheng is the focus of attention of the people who ask to accompany him, and he is also the most optimistic representative of the future agent of the samurai group in the crossing, he is not complacent at all, and he has a high emotional intelligence as soon as he meets him.
Crossing the collective to Fujiwara Shishi's house to fight tea and enjoy the flowers, leaving a few crew members to keep the goods and secret books, and instructed Wanpei Masamori to disappear at the shrine. The price rose from 500 taels to 50,000 taels, which was enough to buy 800,000 koku of grain in 11th-century Japan, more than the various government revenues of the entire Omi Province for three years. You must know that Japan has a total population of more than 5.6 million, and the annual grain production is less than 15 million stone. The average per person is only 300 catties of rations, which is still counting the total agricultural output of all vegetables, fruits, fish, meat, eggs and milk.
The mass production method of a pearl is equivalent to one-twentieth of a country's total agricultural output, and even the people who know the result afterwards are a little surprised. This amount of gold is equivalent to the gold production of the entire Song Dynasty in ten years, so the travelers really realized the significance of the Yellow Silver Islands in Japan.
"Your Royal Highness, because the price is too high in the later stage, it is difficult for someone to increase the price above 30,000 taels, so I thought of a way, adjourned the meeting for half an hour, and privately spread the rumors that several wealthy families with better relations jointly supported a weaker family to buy it and operate it together after getting it. As a result, when the auction began again, the price was immediately raised to 45,000 taels by several wealthy families who united many friendly families, and the last to buy the secret tome was a consortium of fifteen wealthy families in Omi Province, and Hideyoshi of the Sasaki family became the owner of this secret tome. Ping Zhengsheng reported to Wang Neng with an expression of hope for affirmation.
"You have done a good job, we have decided to choose you as the general agent of the western country, and all the Japanese regions west of Heiankyo, you will be responsible for the goods of our trading houses and the purchase in the western country. In addition, since you are from a famous family and have imperial blood, we have decided to ask the Emperor Shirakawain to give you the status of a northern samurai and a guardian of Nagato Province. You will have to choose a trusted confidant to replace you in one of these two positions, preferably your nephew or brother-in-law in charge of trade, and you yourself will serve the emperor in Heiankyo.
Let your wife and son build a castle in Nagato Province and preside over the state affairs of the country, but I am afraid that it will be very difficult, then you will have to travel between the two places a little harder.
As long as you manage it well, the people of the world are not dreams, and it is very likely to become true. Wang Neng encouraged.
"Swear allegiance to Your Highness!" Ping Zhengsheng knelt down deeply and kowtowed excitedly.
"You have to be loyal to the Emperor of Baiheyuan, not us outsiders from China, we just need to make money. Japan has a long period of peace and stability, the wind and rain are smooth, the military is cultivated, and the people are happy and prosperous. Wang Neng said duplicitously.
Zhao Shouzhong thought to himself, "Do you just want to make money?" You want to have the Emperor's panties looted. Three feet tall can only describe you as a little toe with the level of a quasi-colonial fanaticism to loot overseas. If you don't squeeze Japan dry, you won't stop. ”
"Well, these are all planned, and they are the rewards you deserve, and our principle is not to treat every loyal subordinate badly. How can we prove loyalty? It's up to you to do it all. Judging from the performance of the past two months and this auction, you are really good at handling things and always surprise us. So the reward that was originally only going to give you a few thousand pieces of money has also been increased to the current level with the increase in surprises, don't panic and be apprehensive, this is what you deserve. Lee Ki patted the grandfather of Kiyomori Hirai, who opened the precedent of Japanese samurai politics, on the shoulder.
"Your main job in the future is to train a group of obedient warriors to become the most relied on right hand and sword of the future Emperor Shirakawa, and at the same time have enough network and manpower to serve our trading. If we want to set up a civil and military academy in Heijokyo and Nagato Province, you will have to serve as the nominal head of the school, introduce more talents, and install them in various countries to run the industries needed in our territory. In less than ten years, you will be the most powerful prince of Japan, and the world will have it at your fingertips. Bai Jia advised.
"Also, don't forget to send those produced goods every year, that Hideyoshi is also arranged by us, in the future, the pearl production in Japan may reach 2,000 koku per year, gold may reach 60,000 taels, silver 200,000 taels, hundreds of thousands of timber and all kinds of seafood are our stable orders, you must run these industries as soon as possible, start to produce results as soon as possible, otherwise it will be a waste of our time, even if we change an agent at that time, we will not be able to make up for our gap in time, Even if you become a person in the world, you won't be too late to meet Amagasu. "The role of singing blackface is more appropriate to be played by Wang Xinyu, a habitual bandit. The height of 1.8 meters is enough to become a legend in Japan, where 1.4 meters is common, and the muscular character who can carry the top is a god-like demigod in the eyes of Japanese men who cannot carry more than 50 kilograms. The power of speaking naturally has a special deterrent effect.
Bai Jia came out again and sang red-faced, "These excellent chain mails and foot tools are all prepared for you, a total of 500 sets of internal and external armor, all of which are reserved for your own distribution, you can give them to the emperor, you can also arm your cronies, you can also sell them and give them away, in short, whatever you do." Swords and weapons, I think you don't need to weigh more than ten catties, you can buy domestic swords yourself. Sharp weapons such as bows and crossbows, the Great Song Empire is strictly forbidden to export, we can only bring a dozen pairs of parts to Japan every year at most, you can assemble it yourself. "Giving a red date is also a traditional method, and it is still necessary to arm a group of thugs. There are always many more poor people who don't have long eyes to see money than those who have a rational long-term vision, and if the property under his command is robbed, there will be more than a few weapons and equipment to be lost.
As a result, Ping's Junjie, who has not yet become a father, has become destined to become a powerful figure in the future. The Isehira clan became a member of the palace sixty years ahead of schedule, and a storm caused by a butterfly that became a man of the world seventy years ahead of schedule began to brew.