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But if it was gathered indoors for a long time, it would be very stuffy, but Zhao Lie and more than ten other people could only discuss in the big tent of the Shidao Water Master Camp, because the matter was very confidential.

"Tokugawa Iemitsu, the shogun of the Wa Kingdom, has issued a decree that from last month, all merchant ships from the Ming Kingdom, Korea, the Ryukyus, as well as the Portuguese from Macau and the Spaniards from Manila will not be allowed to enter the Wakoku Kingdom, and only the merchant ships of the Netherlands will be allowed to enter Nagasaki Hirado for trade."

Du Li's unhurried voice echoed in the big tent, and everyone was silent, all of them were listening to him introduce the enemy situation of the Japanese state.

In addition, all missionaries were expelled, and all those who did not return to their home country for five years outside the country of Japan will never be allowed to return to Japan. The Japanese Navy Division Battalion has begun to investigate smuggling. Since two merchant ships from Macao could not enter Nagasaki, they had to go to Jeju for help, and were waiting in the open sea. ”

After Du Li finished speaking, he bowed slightly to Zhao Lie and sat down.

Immediately, Li Hu, Zhang Gusheng, Huang Han, Li Lu, Lan Mingshan, Wang Haizhou and others who were sitting around were all talking, they were not the soldiers below, and they were very clear about the importance of the Japanese state.

Nowadays, all merchant ships and ships that want to reach Japan through the East China Sea have to fly the banner of the Broken Army and pay taxes ranging from 1,000 to 2,000 taels of silver per ship.

The patrol ships of the Naval Division of the Broken Army were to discover the unpaid merchant ships smuggling into the Japanese kingdom, and they were immediately captured, and if they resisted, they were sunk.

The Ming people, Koreans, Ryukyuans, and even the Dutch and Spaniards were well aware of this situation.

They all pay this silver, at least the income from the sea trade is still very large, and the tax of the two thousand taels of silver is very painful, but compared with the income of the sea trade, they can afford it, and they can pay off this account.

In this way, the income brought by more than 700 sea ships last year to the army was more than 800,000 taels of silver. Even if the 100,000 taels of silver that rewarded the soldiers were removed, there would still be more than 700,000 yuan in income, which was equivalent to contributing more than 60,000 taels of silver to the army every month.

This is a bank treasury that flows on the sea, and the income created is higher than that of the Quanye Bank, which is constantly transformed into armor, war horses, artillery, and war ships, which further enhances the strength of the captive army.

Let's be honest. The generals of the Broken Army originally estimated that there would be more than 100,000 taels of silver for the amount of taxes collected, although it was beneficial, but it was still far worse than the benefits of salt goods and cement, but I didn't expect that now this income has been on a par with salt goods and cement.

If the Japanese state is closed off from the country, what is the use of relying only on dozens of merchant ships a year by the Dutch, and the difference in income is too much, I am afraid that it is only tens of thousands of taels of silver, which is unbearable for the broken army. After all, if you ask a person who is used to spending a lot of money a day, no one can stand it.

This will greatly affect the speed at which the Breaker Army can expand its strength, and it is indeed unbearable.

"Ladies and gentlemen, originally the affairs of Denglai Dusi Juntian and other affairs have not been fully completed, and it was not suitable for our army to go on a conquest again, but this time I have recruited you to discuss sending troops, that is because the advance of the Japanese country is a large part of the income of my broken army, and now our army is putting on war horses for all the soldiers and armaments. There are also a large number of Shandong refugees entering Beihua to open up, which requires a huge amount of silver. Therefore, our army is in urgent need of silver, although there are some stocks of silver taels in Shidao, Jeju, and Beihua, but if one or two years are empty, then everything will be over. ”

Zhao Lie looked at the descendants sitting down with blazing eyes, and the people sitting here were all his descendants and right-hand men.

Therefore, the Japanese state must end its seclusion. The so-called general order of the Japanese general to lock the country is not good, why, as the boss of this sea area, my broken army did not speak, and his general order cannot be implemented. ”

There was a burst of laughter from the crowd below.

"Brothers. I want to be the strongest in the Ming Dynasty, Korea, and the Japanese Kingdom, and there is no one, and this time the general order of the Japanese Tokugawa Iemitsu is to delay the strength of our army. He also calculated this account, if my Broken Army entered like this every year, there would be more sea ships, which would make the sailors of the Wa Kingdom never be able to catch up with my Broken Commanders. ”

Zhao Lie's words aroused the ambition of the generals, this was the first time that an adult had spoken the order to be the strongest army, and everyone listened to Zhao Lie with wide eyes.

"In this way, the Japanese sailors will use the land and merchant taxes in the country to build warships, and the construction of the warships and merchant ships of our Broken Army will be stagnant due to the lack of money, so that in three or five years, they will be able to greatly increase the number of warships with the help of the Dutch, even if we are not enough to break the army, but they still have a loyal dog, that is, the Dutch."

As soon as Zhao Lie's words came out, everyone immediately burst into laughter, the Dutch people really looked like lazy dogs.

"At that time, the general of the Japanese state and the Dutch people will definitely be embarrassed, one hates my army to the core, and the other covets the sea trade of the Japanese country and even my Ming Dynasty, it must be a hit, therefore, our army must not wait until they are ready to give our army a blow."

Zhao Lie waved his hand vigorously,

"The purpose of our army is to divide and attack, while they have not yet jointly attacked our Broken Army Naval Division, first defeat one of them, the will choose the Japanese State, after all, the Japanese Kingdom is near the left of our waiting, if the number of its naval divisions is greatly increased, I am afraid that our army will have a bloody battle, therefore, destroy it before its naval division rises."

Everyone applauded and cheered excitedly, now that the Broken Army had this background, of course they felt the same way, this was the result of years of fighting for these people here.

"Let's discuss below, how to conquer the Japanese state, as for the name of the conquest, just look for it, such as the Japanese navy robbing my Ming merchant ships, such as the Japanese country forcibly occupying my Ming subject country Ryukyu, and conquest is not a minister, which is the duty of my army." Zhao Lie.

"My lord, the most important thing here is the Japanese naval division, just Du Liyou said, now the Japanese naval division has more than 60 Galen warships, and the combat power is still far from our army, but if it does not fight, it is to carry a fireboat in the narrow waters of the Seto Inland Sea to deal with our army, which is not easy to deal with."

Li Hu put forward a problem that must be solved, to attack the Japanese state, it must be a naval division, and the naval division must carry the war horse soldiers to the Japanese country, that is, heavy load, if the Japanese naval division attacks the fleet, coupled with the sneak attack of the fireboats, it will indeed be a big trouble in the narrow terrain of the Seto Inland Sea.

"It is said that the Japanese Naval Division will not take the initiative to attack, after all, if the shogunate thinks that it has this strength, it will come out to fight with me, why lock up the country." Zhang Drum said.

"Then attack it and save it, and force the Japanese Navy Division to fight a decisive battle." Huang Han said, he has tasted the sweetness of attacking and saving.

"Oh, where is the place where he will be saved." Zhao Lie asked with a smile.

Next, everyone searched for this place according to the map, and everyone found that this place was really difficult to find, close to the direction of the Broken Army Naval Division, Kyushu in the southeast, and almost all places in the west were surrounded by foreign daimyo such as the Ogi Domain, and most of the direct leaders of the shogunate were in the middle and southeast of Honshu, and in the south.

Everyone discussed for a while, and they were all dumbfounded.

"Looks like you've forgotten a place, here." Zhao Lie pointed with his hand, and everyone fixed their eyes on Zuodu Island.

"Your Excellency, I guess I mean the Sado Gold Mine." Li Hu said, this place is less than 100 miles northwest of the central part of Honshu, the population of the island is not large, but there are gold and silver mines on the island, and a lot of output is produced.

It is located 200 miles southeast of the shipping route from Jeju Island to Bukhwa.

In fact, Sado has been famous for 30 years, and the generals of the Broken Army Naval Division all know this place, so after the Broken Army Naval Division became strong, many captains joked that the money for shipbuilding was not enough, so they just snatched Sado Island.

"There are gold and silver mines, but the output may not be very large, if the Japanese state closes its doors, it is to let our army mine for a few years, and after colluding with the Dutch in the future, we will fight a decisive battle with our army, and once we win, we can take it back." Li Lu wondered.

"Li Lu, you're just a martial artist," Zhao Lie scolded with a smile.

Li Lu smiled and didn't care, he was talked about too much by Zhao Lie back then, and he couldn't make his head stupid.

"The Emperor of the Kingdom of Japan called the Emperor of Heaven, what an arrogant title, the Son of Heaven of the Ming Dynasty did not dare to use the title of the Emperor in this way, think about their temperament, and then when the Emperor invaded the Dynasty, he fought with my Ming Army for several years, and they found that the combat power of the Ming Army was only so, so it fueled their arrogance."

Zhao Lie said here, all the generals are angry, most of them are the descendants of Denglai sailors, how much they have a deep enmity with Jiannu, and they didn't find the Japanese people to take revenge.

"In the end, this place is the direct territory of the shogunate, if it falls, the Wa Kingdom will be in an uproar, and the Japanese samurai who have always looked down on my Ming military strength will have a strong desire to fight, if the war is avoided, what is the face of this great general, so I estimate that the Wa State Naval Division will go out of the army." Zhao Lie decisively said.

"This is easy to do, as long as you occupy Sado, and then wait for the Wa Sains in the open sea of the Ogi Domain, and the Wa Sailors will attack Sado and Jeju as the only way." Zhang Drum said.

He was very familiar with this place, and he often came to the left and right when he commanded the plundering fleet.

"I ordered Li Lu to lead the two thousand troops of soldiers and horses in Jeju Town to send troops to Zuodu, bring more huge artillery, and capture the city and defend the city are sharp weapons, and Li Hu sent 20 patrol ships and Tang-class warships to escort them, and merchant ships to transport soldiers ashore. Be sure to take the Sado Gold Mine. ”

Li Lu and Li Hu stood up to receive the order.

"In addition, the Jeju Navy Division is fully prepared for the Wa Naval Division, and you will set off with Sado's fleet and cruise in the waters off the coast of the Ogi Domain, ready to meet the enemy at any time. Zhao Lie looked at Li Hu.

"Subordinates obey." The two stepped forward to salute and receive the order. (To be continued.) )

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