Just as Liaodong was on the offensive, the Tokugawa shogunate finally succumbed.

On 24 December, the two sides signed the "Ming Treaty."

The treaty reads:

First: The Tokugawa shogunate paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty, paying an annual tribute of 30,000 taels of gold and a number of special products, not less than 100,000 taels.

Second: The Tokugawa shogunate compensated the Shandong army with 30 million taels for military expenses, to be paid in five years.

Thirdly, the Tokugawa shogunate opened the market and port to the merchant ships of Shandong, allowed any daimyo to trade with the ships of Shandong, and enjoyed the right of exemption from customs duties in the capital, and the shogunate was not allowed to levy any miscellaneous taxes on the goods of Shandong. The shogunate has no right to try and punish the crimes committed by the military and civilians in Shandong, and must be handed over to the Shandong court for trial.

Fourth: The Tokugawa shogunate was not allowed to form a navy.

Fifth: Hokkaido was originally owned by the Ming Dynasty's 'Nurkan Duji', and the shogunate was required to withdraw all personnel from Hokkaido within six months.

Sixth, the Nagasaki Concession was established, and the Shandong Army was allowed to station 3,000 troops in Nagasaki to protect the overseas Chinese, and the Shandong Military Group had the right of asylum to the overseas Chinese, and the shogunate was not allowed to garrison more than 1,000 troops in Nagasaki and no more than 5,000 troops on Kyushu Island.

Seventh: Shandong can invest in mines on Kyushu Island, and the shogunate must not stop it.

Eighth: It is forbidden to conduct any trade with Daming merchant ships that do not hold a Shandong maritime trade license.

Ninth: The shogunate was not to carry out any obstruction of the movement of the merchant ships in Shandong, including searches.

10. In view of the above, the Shandong army withdrew from the Kanto region, and at the same time a cease-fire agreement was made between the shogunate and the Catholics. It is said that the Catholics withdrew from Shimabara and designated Amakusa Island as a place of residence for Catholics, breaking away from the shogunate. The shogunate was no longer allowed to wage war against Catholics, and Catholics were no longer allowed to carry out missionary activities in other parts of the country. The shogunate accepted this agreement unconditionally, and if the Catholics did not accept the armistice, the Shandong military group would use force to help the shogunate exterminate the Catholics.

After a period of negotiations, the shogunate finally succumbed to it under the constant actions of the Shandong army.

Because during this period, the Shandong army continued to increase its support for the Catholics in the ancient city of Daoyuan, not only sending soldiers and horses to directly participate in the battle, but also supporting a lot of supplies.

In early December, the Catholics launched a major counteroffensive.

In this counteroffensive, the 100,000-strong army of the Tokugawa shogunate was directly pushed back for 50 li, 20,000 shogunate soldiers were annihilated, and Shimabara Castle was successfully occupied.

Tokugawa Iemitsu could no longer drag on, so the negotiations with the Shandong army were retreated, and the Shandong army also changed the tribute of 50,000 taels of gold to 30,000 taels, and the condition that half of the saltpeter and sulfur belonged to Shandong was also changed to invest in minerals on Kyushu Island, which was also a step back and gave a step for the negotiators of the Tokugawa shogunate.

If these negotiators do not fight for something, they will inevitably be unable to explain it when they go back, so they will back down a little and give a step out.

The negotiators of the Tokugawa shogunate saw that there were steps down, and they also took advantage of the situation to come down, and soon the "Ming Treaty" was signed, which means the treaty signed between the Ming Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty.

It's an unequal treaty, and it's obvious at a glance.

But the Tokugawa shogunate was powerless to resist, and it was a huge gap in strength between the two sides.

After the signing of this treaty, Shandong will acquire the Hokkaido Fishing Ground, the world's largest fishing ground, located in the eastern part of Asia, in the waters near Hokkaido, where the cold current of the Kuril Island and the warm current meet.

The confluence of cold and warm currents can disturb the seawater, and the upper seawater will bring nutrients to the surface of the ocean, so that plankton can flourish, and then provide abundant bait for fish, and fishery resources are abundant. In addition, the convergence of cold and warm currents can create a "water barrier" that prevents fish from swimming and is conducive to the formation of large fishing grounds.

The 'water barrier' is caused by temperature, because different fish prefer different temperatures, and in places where cold and warm currents meet, fish will only stay in the sea that suits their temperature.

The main types of fish produced in Hokkaido fisheries are: salmon, pollock, Pacific herring, Far Eastern sardines, saury, etc. The value of the world's largest fishing ground extends even beyond Hokkaido.

The essence of the book was cut off from the map.

On the map of the Ming Dynasty, Hokkaido can be added. The Nurgan Dusi of the Ming Dynasty once nominally had jurisdiction over Hokkaido.

But the problem is that Nurgan Duji did not really occupy and develop Hokkaido.

And this time it was once again owned by the Ming Dynasty, and Zhao Yan was bound to develop Hokkaido and make Hokkaido a place to import fishing products to the mainland.

At the same time, in the "Ming Treaty," it was said that Ben would compensate 30 million taels for military expenses, to be paid in five years, and that Shandong would be able to increase its fiscal revenue by 6 million taels a year in the future.

There are also 30,000 taels of gold and no less than 100,000 taels of native products.

That is, there is a stable income of about 400,000 taels every year, but this is all small money, and the important thing is that the market is completely open to Shandong.

At the same time, the treaty also restricted the Ming ships that did not hold the maritime trade license issued by Shandong, and the Tokugawa shogunate was not allowed to trade with them.

In Zheng Zhilong's maritime trade, the biggest benefit is the capital. Zhao Yan is the envoy of Daming City this time, so he naturally has so many rights.

As soon as the treaty was signed, Wang Wenyue immediately stepped up his plundering of the Kwantung Plain.

At this time, the First Fleet also returned to Edo, and drove back the original 500 or so ships, saying that it was an order from the military headquarters, and continued to use these ships to transport Japanese slaves. Then he escorted the second batch of Japanese slaves to Daming. During this period, Wang Wenyue captured 200,000 Japanese slaves again, and this batch of return ships sailed back to Edo, and directly stuffed another 150,000 into it, so that the First Fleet could directly get all of them back.

At the same time, the First Fleet also informed that a large fleet would soon arrive in Edo and that Wang Wenyue would catch more Japanese slaves.

When Wang Wenyue received this news, he hurriedly launched a sweep again.

The money is robbed, the young and strong are captured, and the samurai are killed.

Three lights!

This sweep is absolutely insane.

…… The 500 ships full of Japanese slaves escorted by the First Fleet arrived in Qingdao smoothly, and the journey was only about half a month.

Although the ship was a little crowded, the time was still relatively short, and there were not many Japanese slaves killed on the road, only more than 10,000 people died, and the mortality rate was less than one-tenth.

When the 140,000 Japanese slaves arrived in Shandong, Zhao Yan was obviously very happy.

Conscription was about to begin, and without enough labor, it was easy to wreak havoc on production, so the slaves came at the right time.

In order to get more Japanese slaves to come back, Zhao Yan asked the First Fleet to drive the more than 500 ships back to Edo and continue to transport piglets.

At the same time, all the more than 170 sailing ships recovered by the Nanyang detachment will also go to Yueben for transportation.

Just as Zhao Yan was preparing to transport the Japanese slaves to the Ming Dynasty, the Spanish fleet came to Qingdao, Shandong. Zhao Yan heard Zhao Quan's report, and more than 20 galleons came.

"What did the Spaniards come to Qingdao for?" Zhao Yan was puzzled.

"They said that we were not keeping our promises, and this year's goods were not shipped to Nanyang to them. So they came to buy the goods themselves, and they also gave us a special explanation, how many glass mirrors we have, and how much they wanted. Zhao Quan said, "It seems that they brought a lot of silver." ”

"Immediately entertain them, get them what kind of mirrors they want, and sell them more glass products."

Zhao Yan immediately said loudly, these Spaniards actually came to buy mirrors, this thing is about to drop the price, isn't this coming specifically to kill pigs for him?

This fat pig took the initiative to send it to the door, and it can't be let go!

Selling glass products is the most cost-effective, it is definitely a huge profit in a huge profit, which does not require much production cost at all, but can be exchanged for a lot of gold and silver.

"It's been arranged, and I'll explain it tomorrow." Zhao Quan said happily, this year is really a lot of money!

…… The Spaniards who came to Qingdao were very warmly received on the same day.

The Shandong officials took them to eat and drink in the restaurant, and the seafood feast was served one by one, and even the Spanish sailors were invited.

In the evening, some slave girls were also sent over, which made the Spanish crew very excited.

The Spaniards in Luzon waited for a year this year, but they didn't see Shandong send the 5 million taels of goods they wanted, and they originally planned to come to Shandong to sell goods, after all, the season is not a matter, and the speed of driving against the wind is too slow.

But at this time a treasure fleet came from Central and South America, bringing nearly ten million taels of silver, and conveyed an order from the king of Spain to buy more glass mirrors back to Spain.

Some of the five million taels of goods the year before last were glass mirrors.

As soon as these glass mirrors arrived in Europe, they were immediately snapped up by the princes and nobles of various European countries.

Since the French stole the manufacturing process of glass mirrors a few years ago, the price of glass mirrors in Europe began to dive, but as soon as Daming's glass mirrors arrived in Europe, the sales price was unusually strong.

Shandong's glass mirrors are larger, brighter, and more exquisitely made, which are not at all comparable to the small mirrors of Italy, which have become obsolete.

The aristocrats of Europe usually have nothing to do but eat, drink and have fun, and compare all kinds of luxuries. With the European colonization of the Americas, precious metals are in abundance.

The Spaniards, who relied heavily on gold and silver, soon tasted the sweetness of glass mirrors after trading with Shandong. If these glass mirrors were shipped to Europe more, more gold and silver could be obtained.

For this reason, the king of Spain directly ordered all this year's silver to be transported to the Far Eastern colonies, and ordered the Philippine Governor's Palace, the Far Eastern colonies, to buy more glass mirrors to go back.

Because the Far East had found a very good ally, the Spaniards had an open channel to buy Ming goods, so they shipped all the silver to the Philippines.

It's only about 10 million taels, mainly to buy the goods grabbed by the American fleet, and there is no silver to buy, although the American colonies mine a lot of silver every year, but they can't help it.

"This is the gold supreme version, three meters high, two meters wide, carved dragon on the top, engraved phoenix on the bottom, and inlaid with gold, as long as the silver is six thousand six hundred and sixty-six taels, it is definitely worth the money......"

A shopper introduces a large mirror to Spaniards in a glass shop. And the Spaniards, stunned by this big mirror.

(To be continued)