Good rope, good craftsmanship.

A bundle of abaca leaves was immediately sent down from the big ship, which had been dried and made for initial treatment.

"Get your tools." And the scribe said unto the man.

Is this a farce? Weave rope here!

But the Japanese people didn't think this was a farce, such a powerful ship as the Ming Dynasty, this big man was wearing silk, the crown on his head was made of gold, and the belt buckle was of high-grade jade, would such a big man be fooling around with you, a pariah?

Hu Hui asked slowly: "If that person is not a rope braider, what if it is a blacksmith?" ”

"There was a blacksmith furnace on the boat behind, and the lower officials watched them load it onto the ship." Wang Wen added a sentence later. Several people also reacted, the white crane was obviously prepared, so what did the white crane want to get on Wajima? Many highly skilled craftsmen?

What a hemp! The Japanese man sighed in his heart, he had never seen such a good hemp, he forgot that there were nobles of the Ming Dynasty here, and he forgot that this terrible giant ship had been cannon just now, and he forgot that there were people not far away who were bombarded to pieces by the artillery, and he only had numbness in his eyes, only ropes.

"My lord, good craftsmanship!" A soldier came over and whispered.

Soldiers have a knack for braiding ropes, and one of the most important tasks they do as sailors to maintain ships in peacetime is to braid. It's just that the demand for hemp rope is too great at the moment, so there is a workshop specializing in rope weaving. In addition to manpower, there are two types of runners that can be stepped on by foot, which can replace a lot of manpower.

After the hemp provided by the white crane was used up, the rope maker still had a feeling of unfinished.

"The price of such a rope in Daming is five feet and two cents, and a workshop with fifty people can hand over 150,000 feet of hemp rope to the official every month, which is almost an income of six hundred taels of silver. If you use what you have in front of you, it is 1,300 stone meters. ”

"That's the Ming people!"

"If you want to do it. I'm giving you this chance. Bai Minghe clapped his hands gently, and a porcelain bottle was placed on a tray by his hand and sent to Bai Minghe, Bai Minghe picked up the bottle and threw it over, and the widow quickly reached out to catch it. I only heard Bai Minghe say: "Every year in the Li family's Goryeo, 20 million such bottles are burned for the official. ”

Twenty million of these bottles.

A fat man dressed as a merchant rushed forward like crazy and threw himself to the ground. Holding a cup in both hands, he held it high.

A guard took it and sent it to the white crane.

"Well, this is a product of imitation of Yaozhou celadon, and the style is still Tang's, it should be Arita burning!"

"Hahayi!" The merchant knelt on the ground and shouted, obviously Bai Minghe guessed not badly, this is the product of imitating the Yaozhou celadon in the Tang Dynasty, compared to the five famous kilns under the eyes of the Ming Dynasty, the level is naturally far behind, but it can be placed on Wadao This is already a treasure.

Bai Minghe gave a look, just as Wang Wen guessed. Shirana Crane has prepared everything.

A ceramic spoon, snack plate, and chopstick rest were placed in front of the merchant, followed by a set of bowls and plates.

"Small, one stone can be exchanged for seven stones. The big one can be exchanged for nine stones. What do you think of the price? ”

This merchant can understand the Chinese language, and those who can imitate the famous porcelain of the Tang Dynasty must understand the Chinese language.

The terrible price of goods at the end of the Wamuro town can be described in two words, one is called the rice-based economy, and the other is called the hunger and thirst festival, which refers to the Japanese merchants pleading with the gods to make the people hasten the famine. In this way, you can raise prices and make more money.

The craziest event of the Japanese merchants. In 1431 A.D., the Japanese merchants jointly blocked the roads in Kyoto, artificially causing a food famine, and no tribute rice was transported into Kyoto, and no merchants transported grain to Kyoto. Countless civilians starved to death, while merchants earned several times the price of rice.

In Wajima. The highest wage at the end of the Muromachi period was paid by the army to speed up the construction of the castle, and it was usually five liters of rice. The thirty catties of rice given by the white crane are already extremely high.

One stone on Wadao Island is one hundred and fifty kilograms, and one stone on Daming is fifty-seven kilograms.

The price of rice in the Ming Dynasty is less than half a tael of silver at the moment, and the price of rice in Wadao is one stone for one gold. It does not count the price of gold and silver, but only the price of rice. The calculation method of converting it into a large amount is at least three taels of silver and one stone of rice. It's a very expensive price.

At the end of the Muromachi period, the entire Washima had a population of 14 million and only produced 13 million koku of rice, which can be said to be the most tragic era. The per capita is less than one stone of rice per year, and according to the Ming Dynasty's calculation, it is two and a half stone of rice per person per year.

According to modern calculations, each person has 120 kilograms of rice per year.

One stone porcelain, whether it is calculated according to the Ming Dynasty or from Wajima, this is seven times the amount of rice, which is already the sky-high price here in Wajima.

Bai Minghe lit a cigar and said slowly: "If the farmers are willing to plant mulberry and raise silkworms, the official will give 200 stone of rice for a load of raw silk, and a load of silk for seven acres of mulberry garden is equivalent to 30 stone of rice per mu." ”

The white crane finally sacrificed the big killing weapon.

At this time, Ashikaga Yoshimasa finally arrived, and his soldiers pushed away the onlookers and came to Shirana Tsuru. Shirana turned around and sat back in his chair, took a cigar in his mouth, and looked at Ashikaga Yoshimasa with a smile.

"The shogun is ......" A samurai opened his mouth but was stopped by Ashikaga Yoshimasa's uncle, at this time, there is no difference between talking crazy and looking for death, don't think that the smile on the face of the person in front of you, but it is a really ruthless person, when he really needs to kill, he will not even see blood, and thousands of people will die.

"Honorable ......" Ashikaga Yoshimasa spoke, but Fan Liang interrupted him: "Are you just talking to my family?" ”

"How do you talk about that?" Ashikaga Yoshimasa's temper also came up: "This general is also the king of the Wa Kingdom who was canonized by the Ming Emperor!" ”

Hahaha! Bai Minghe laughed heartily: "Very good, you have a kind." You can go, I guarantee that you are the last one to die, and the three words of Spoo can only be seen in the history books in the future, maybe after a little longer, this name will be forgotten. ”

The white crane's smile turned cold and shallow.

It's very obvious, you can try it and see how it turns out.

The people's support for the General's Mansion was not high, and there were several incidents of peasant rebellions a few years ago. The shogunate's finances had always been very tight, and in this way, the Ashikaga family had come to an end by issuing a decree to forgive the debts of farmers and small craftsmen to appease the anger of the rebels.

In real history, there will be another ten years, and the shogun's palace, like the emperor, will become a puppet. There are even daimyo who said that if the emperor has to be replaced, it is really impossible to make a porcelain and put it there.

"You, what do you want?" Ashikaga Yoshimasa's tone already meant that he was afraid.

"Get on your knees!" Fan Liang burst into applause, and Ashikaga Yoshimasa knelt on the spot, followed by several samurai about to cut their stomachs. The white crane had already commanded, and waved his hand at the moment. A few crossbow arrows killed the few who were about to cut their stomachs.

The white crane did not shy away from it at all: "Seppuku, joke." ”

didn't even give the opportunity to seppuku, the ruthlessness of the white crane made Ashikaga Yoshimasa really frightened, you must know that seppuku in Washima is sacred, it is blessed by the gods, and interrupting the sacred seppuku is disrespectful to the gods.

"Next time you want to show loyalty, you can try to cut off the flesh on your body piece by piece, a total of three thousand six hundred and one knives, one less knife is unfaithful. I ended up with two knives, and I died too easily, in the eyes of my officer, this is a joke, and you don't understand the real brave. ”

Shirana's disdain for seppuku made many Wajima samurai angry, but more often than not, they were afraid.

"You!" Ashikaga Yoshimasa didn't dare to say anything, the only thing he could do was to bow down to his body.

"The moment you sent troops to attack me, you should have known that I would definitely come to you for trouble. You are not small, you dare to attack this official. Now you answer, do you pay as Spoo, or as the king of Wajima. You only have one chance to choose, don't ask the official price code, you are not qualified to bargain! ”

Shiranaka got up and slowly walked in front of Ashikaga Yoshimasa.

The people behind Ashikaga Yoshimasa, whether it was the nobles of the shogun's mansion or the samurai who guarded them, all quickly retreated. They don't know if they will be killed by the white crane's guards if they don't retreat, and those guards make people feel terrible.

"Compensation, as a king!" Ashikaga Yoshimasa used all his strength to say these words.

"Good!" Bai Minghe nodded in satisfaction, and motioned to bring the table to prepare to write the treaty.

While the scribe was preparing, Shirakawaru said to the people around him, "Your general will make reparations in the name of this country, not in the name of his family. My white name crane has never bullied the people, whether it is to the people of the Ming Dynasty or to you people. ”

The white crane began again, and continued to recite his declaration of love for the people while the scribe there wrote the treaty.

At the end, Bai Minghe said: "Those Japanese soldiers attacked their own officials and also attacked their guests, and their sins lie in the orders of their superiors, so they can be exempted from capital crimes, but living crimes are inevitable. Sinners can choose to do hard labor for eight years, those who have skills can be reduced or exempted, and those with good martial arts can also serve in the military for the Ming Dynasty, according to the number of years, or according to the merits of the war to make amends! ”

"There is cannon fodder, there is a workshop, and there is a raw silk base, so then the white crane will start to ask for the dock." Yu Qian stood on the boat and said to himself.

As Yu Qian guessed.

The treaty of Shirana Tsuru was an indemnity payment, and the four ports of Kumamoto, Hiroshima, Kyoto, and Kiyosu were opened as free ports. The Ming Dynasty can trade freely here, and each free port has set aside a thousand acres of land for the Ming merchants to build their own business districts, called the concession, and the implementation of the Ming Dynasty's laws in the concession is the law.

Term, one hundred years!

Then there is the white crane that can choose the cooperation of the major names of Wajima to open mines, and the contract is also for 100 years. Invested by Daming, jointly developed with the Wa Kingdom. The investment of the Ming Dynasty is not less than 10 million taels of gold, and the excavated ore is 40% to the Ming Dynasty, and the rest is to the Wa Kingdom. (To be continued......)