The Beijing Daily, which had been silent for four days, finally began a fierce counterattack, and all the pages were articles that analyzed the causes of the death of the Ming Dynasty, discussed the status and responsibilities of the gentry, and expounded the new policy.

As soon as this issue of the Beijing Newspaper came out, it immediately caused a huge sensation in Beijing, not to mention the attitude of the imperial court, just for the names of these famous ministers and Confucians, it was enough to attract everyone to rush to buy and circulate, and the Beijing Newspaper was quickly snatched up.

As victims of the New Deal, the gentry were naturally particularly concerned about the New Deal, and when they saw the posture of the Beijing News, all the gentry were bitter in their mouths and cold in their hearts, and they saw that the imperial court did not compromise because of the strong opposition of the gentry in the world, which was preparing for a new round of public opinion publicity.

In the following days, the Beijing News confirmed their conjecture, and a large number of articles written by the court officials also began to appear in the Beijing News, both Manchu and Han, and there were more Han people, and the continuous news made the gentry even more chilling, and the court made up for the losses of the officials by guaranteeing and improving the officials' resignation period, and the welfare of the officials after the official service, and separated the officials from the gentry.

The reaction of the Ning Pao to this was naturally extremely fierce, not only did a group of gentry and businessmen hire gunmen to violently attack the new deal in the Ning Pao for their own interests, but a large number of talented people who dreamed of becoming famous overnight also dug out their minds and spared no effort to write articles to refute it.

In the continuous debate between the Beijing newspaper and the Ningbo newspaper, the popularity of the Ningbo newspaper rose all the way, and soon everyone knew that there was an endless stream of gentry and businessmen who lost money and advertised, and Lang Yanji, the governor of Liangjiang, was extremely happy, and rapidly expanded the scale of the Ningbo newspaper, and soon developed the Ningbo newspaper into a daily newspaper published once a day. The quality is also constantly improving.

Seeing that Ning Bao so openly attacked the new policy of the imperial court, there was nothing to do. Many cautious scholars in the north and south who were on the sidelines began to hold back, and some began to write articles to join this unprecedented debate, some opposing and some supporting.

Scholars from all over the north and south submitted articles in the vicinity, which led to a slight change in the Ningbo newspaper, and the articles published in the newspaper changed from the previous one-sided opposition, and articles supporting the new policy began to appear. However, the Beijing Daily did not publish articles opposing the New Deal at all. As a result, the gentry of the Beijing division complained endlessly, and many people rushed to Tianjin to join the Tianjin gentry to implore Shi Shilun, the governor of Zhili, to establish the Tianjin newspaper.

Not only did the gentry in Tianjin have this idea, but the gentry in Guangzhou, Fuzhou, Hangzhou, and Xi'an also began to implore local officials to follow the example of Ningbao and set up local newspapers.

When the debate between the government and the opposition over the New Deal was in full swing. However, the attention of the princes and nobles of the Jingshi was attracted by the slaves of the Wa Kingdom, and rumors spread that the Wa Kingdom would provide 300,000 skilled craftsmen and young farmers to the Qing Dynasty from this year.

As soon as the news spread, all the princes and nobles were greatly moved, and immediately rushed to Prince Lian's mansion to inquire about the specific situation.

The fiefdoms of the Americas are vast and sparsely populated. What was most lacking was the slaves who cleared the wasteland. Because the imperial court limited the number of people who were given the national flag, there were no slaves. It was difficult for the feudal kingdom to develop rapidly, and the princes and nobles were originally waiting for black slaves in Africa, but they did not expect that the Japanese kingdom would provide 300,000 skilled farmers and craftsmen.

For them, this is tantamount to a timely rain, skilled farmers are much stronger than the black slaves who are not familiar with farming, although the land is fertile, the water and grass are abundant, and there are many wild things, but relying on hunting or grazing can not solve the survival problem of a large number of people, and the feudal country must develop rapidly, it must be planted on a large scale, and if the food problem is not solved, everything is extravagant.

A group of princes and nobles waited in the West Flower Hall of Prince Lian's Mansion until the beginning of the afternoon, and then heard the report that Prince Lian had returned to his home, Prince Jian Yaerjianga, Prince Xian Yanhuang, Prince Yu Baotai, Prince Kang Chong'an, Doluo Shuncheng County King Bu Muba, Keqinping County King Nalsu, Shuncheng County King Leerjin and others all got up to greet each other.

Yin Yu came back from Changchun Garden, washed up slightly, changed into regular clothes and rushed over, entered the door and saluted everyone, he went straight under the main seat, and after everyone sat down, he smiled and said: "You are all here for the 300,000 skilled craftsmen and young people of the Japanese country." ”

Prince Yu Baotai smiled slightly: "Starling, don't worry about your appetite, are these craftsmen and young men of the Wa Kingdom slaves?" How much silver a piece? Is there a limit on the number of flagmen in the American feudal states, but is there a limit on the number of slaves? ”

Yin Xi took a sip of tea, and said slowly: "This group of craftsmen and young men of the Wa Kingdom was agreed by the emperor not to sell gold, silver, copper and other metals from the Wa Kingdom within three years, and exchanged 1.5 million stone rice with the Wa Kingdom, not slaves, but only ten years of long-term labor. ”

As soon as I heard that it was not a slave, a group of princes and nobles couldn't help but be disappointed, the difference between slaves and long-term workers is not ordinarily big, at the very least, long-term workers have to pay wages and silver, and they have to pay compensation for death, besides, they are transported to be transported, this expense is not small, Yarjianga turned his head and asked: "Eighth brother, the navy will go on an expedition to Africa in September, and before June next year, can the black slaves arrive in Luzon?" Furthermore, would black slaves farm? ”

Seeing the disappointment on everyone's faces, and listening to Yarjianga's question about the black slaves, Yinyu couldn't help but smile slightly, and then said: "African black slaves will definitely have next year, whether they can arrive in Luzon before June, no one can say at the moment, whether they will farm, it's not easy to say, black slaves can farm, and some can't, besides, the Europeans are also wantonly catching black slaves in Africa, and now everything is too early, and you must have a foothold in Africa in order to have a quasi-trust." ”

The Europeans who listened also caught black slaves in Africa, everyone couldn't help but be speechless for a while, and they all hesitated in their hearts, whether to want these long-term workers of the Japanese Kingdom, groaned slightly, and Prince Xian Yanhuang spoke: "The emperor has always had the intention to change the relationship between the clan and the vassals, and he has no good impression of the Japanese country, ten years later, who knows what the situation is?" ”

Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but rejoice, Zhenwu has always been warlike, and he is bent on changing the relationship between the clan and the vassal, judging from his various methods for the Japanese state, it is not a matter of good feelings, but hatred, ten years later, what scale will the navy develop? I'm afraid that the Wa Kingdom has already been included in the territory of the Qing Dynasty, what about Changgong?

Yinxi nodded slightly, and then said with a smile: "The emperor has decreed that the price of this batch of young and strong people in the Wa Kingdom is twenty-four taels of silver a pair." ”

Twelve taels of silver each? Everyone was slightly stunned, and they were very happy, since it is a long-term worker, it is impossible to sell, Zhenwu is obviously to sell this group of young people as slaves, twelve taels of silver for a skilled young and strong peasant worker, this price is not expensive, this transaction is absolutely cost-effective.

Yin Yu glanced at everyone, still smiling: "You don't have to worry about slaves, next year, African black slaves and Mughal slaves will have a continuous supply of energy, you don't have to fight, you can do what you can according to your own financial resources and transportation capacity." In addition, there is no limit to the number of slaves in overseas feudal countries, and the number of banner people will be gradually relaxed, and furthermore, the emperor has allowed overseas feudal countries to be equipped with old firearms, but it is not for free, it is necessary to buy it with silver, and new firearms will be gradually liberalized after three years. ”

As soon as they heard this, everyone couldn't help but secretly rejoice, there was no limit to the number of slaves, and there was enough supply of slaves, wouldn't it be high in the sky for birds to fly? As for firearms, they are not very concerned, since the new firearms began to relax after three years, why spend money to buy old-fashioned firearms, it is better to buy slaves with that silver.

Prince Yu Baotai bowed slightly and said: "Starling, we all want to buy slaves, but now that we are really short of money, can Starling mention it to the emperor and let the 'Four Hengs' lend us another batch of silver?" ”

"You can't afford this bit of silver?" Yin Yu said with a smile: "Even if there are 5,000 people, it's only 60,000 taels, why do you need to borrow?" ”

"The eighth brother is divided in Africa, which is a lot of silver savings." Yarjiang Apo said a little sourly: "The silver for buying slaves is only a small head, transportation and food supply are the big heads, even if it is from Yokosuka to the Americas directly, it is also a voyage of nearly half a year, and it takes half a year to see the benefits of reclamation, grain and freight are more expensive than silver, and besides, there are more and more people, and the size of the fleet is also expanding." ”

It turned out to be to expand the size of the fleet, Yinxi nodded, and said: "The emperor has always been a strong supporter of overseas feudal countries, and the next time I meet, I will try it on the side." ”

When everyone heard this, they were all overjoyed, and they all thanked each other, and Yinxi returned a salute before saying: "There is a little explanation that is needed, the craftsmen and young men of the Wa Kingdom are both men and women, and the craftsmen are allowed to carry a family of old and young, and the sale is also sold in pairs." ”

The princes and nobles couldn't help but be stunned when they heard this, what kind of young and strong woman is a woman? Twelve taels of silver a piece? Isn't this a pit for them? There are also craftsmen, a craftsman with a large family, all according to the head, isn't it a loss?

The king of Shuncheng County, Bu Muba, glanced at everyone, and then said coldly: "Eighth uncle, we can't afford such slaves, are African black slaves and Mughal slaves sold in pairs like this?" ”

Yin Xi was not annoyed, but still smiled and said: "African black slaves and Mughal slaves are only sold for men, and the price is lower than that of Japanese slaves, the preliminary price is ten taels, for these 300,000 Japanese young and strong, the emperor is really reluctant to sell them to the Americas, and stipulates that each person can only buy up to 2,000 people per year." ”

Purchase limit? Everyone couldn't help but be puzzled, and Prince Yu Baotai hesitated: "Why is this?" ”

"It's simple." Yinxi didn't sell Guan Zi either, and said succinctly: "The Japanese people are hardworking and willing to work, one person is worthy of two African black slaves, women are also good at farming, and slaves with children are easier to manage, besides, isn't this child a child?"

Listening to this, everyone was not relieved, who of them is not a large number of slaves, naturally understand this truth, the women of the Japanese country are good at farming, so what else is there to say? (To be continued.) )