Chapter 634: The Current Situation of Japanese Trade

"Is Your Highness here?"

As soon as Zhu Houhuang went back, Xu Song came to King Yong's Mansion to find Zhu Houhuang.

After the guards introduced Xu Song, Xu Song saw Zhu Houhuang, and after saluting, he said, "Your Highness, there is one thing that I think must be reported to Your Highness." ”

Zhu Houhuang asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"Things have changed in Japan." Xu Song said.

"How has the situation changed in Japan?" Zhu Houhuang asked. He hadn't cared about the situation in Japan for a long time.

"Since the opening of the two routes in the South Seas, His Royal Highness requires the focus on maintaining, coupled with the reduction of the supply of goods in the south of the Yangtze River, so Shaofu has a choice on the supply of goods, so he has to concentrate on the south, ignoring the Japanese route, the day before yesterday, Hosokawa pursued Song Suqing's visit, hoping to reduce the price and increase the number of goods. But I politely refused. Since Song Suqing left, the Japanese route has not been very peaceful. Since the beginning of this year, three merchant ships that have paid taxes have been intercepted. The Ryukyu side suffered a lot of tariff losses. Shaofu has investigated and suspected that the Hosokawa clan did it, and even the Hosokawa clan was the work of Japan's own daimyos. Xu Song said.

Zhu Houhuang knows everything Xu Song did, and these decisions were also made by Zhu Houhuang. Without him, businessmen seek profit.

No matter how Jiangnan restricts the supply of goods, while suppressing small businessmen, so that these small businessmen cannot directly do business with Dongyong, and if they do, they will borrow the knife of the government and kill them for the crime of opening the sea.

This situation is further and more restrictive.

For Shaofu, between trade with the West and Japan, which is more profitable? It is a self-evident thing, so the shortage of resources is tilted upwards towards Nanyang Airlines, which is also an inevitable result.

Therefore, from this point of view, Jiajing's policy of strengthening the maritime ban was of little use to Zhu Houhuang, but it had a considerable impact on Japan.

"You mean that the Japanese will use other means to get the goods?" Zhu Houhuang asked.

Xu Song said: "If it is only possible, the minister will not rush to disturb His Highness, and now the minister has determined, there is an eighty percent chance that the Japanese will start to act." ”

Zhu Houhuang took a deep breath. Suddenly thought of the chaos in later generations, and said secretly: "I didn't expect that I also played a role in fueling the flames in this rebellion. He immediately put this idea aside and said, "Pass Huang Shilong." ”

"Yes." Immediately outside the door, a guard answered.

In Dayuan, Yongwangfu, Changshi Mansion, Yongnan Prefect, Dayuan County Ya, and even the newly established Privy Council, are in the center of Dayuan, not far apart, when adding Dayuan to build, because the conditions are simple, it is simply the scale of a county town, these yamen, the scale of Yongwangfu, and the rest of the yamen are very small. And the Privy Council has only opened up two or three courtyards from the Yongwang Mansion.

So Huang Shilong came quickly.

Zhu Houhuang asked, "Huang Shilong, what is the strength of the Ryukyu Fleet?" ”

Huang Shilong didn't blink his eyes, and said: "Wei Dalin is the commander of the Ryukyu fleet, and he has thirteen three-masted ships and dozens of small warships, with a total of 3,000 sailors. ”

As soon as Zhu Houhuang heard this configuration, he knew that the strength of the Ryukyu fleet was too weak. All of Zhu Houhuang's warships are only a few models, the first lucky ship. It is the most widely used ship model in Dongyong. The big ship has five masts, and the small ship has three masts, but because of the structure of the ship, it is not suitable for loading guns on the ship. Therefore, after the Dongyong-type warship came out, the Fuchuan was already second-rate in the strength configuration of the Dongyong Naval Division.

There is also a type of Western ship, but most of these ships are captured from the Franco, and they are not the mainstream.

Then there is the newly built Dongyong-type warship. However, after a year's effort, only ten ships were built, one of which was used as Zhu Houhuang's ship in Dongyong, and the remaining ten were also in service in the Dongyong fleet. With Zhu Houhuang's usual style, he must have arranged for Dongyong's own team to take care of other fleets.

The three-masted warship had already shown its fragility when it was fighting the Franc plane. Therefore, the sailors unanimously agreed that the three-masted ship had been converted into an auxiliary warship and was no longer regarded as the main warship. Under the auspices of Huang Shilong, it was even more large-scale transfer to the Annan Naval Division, because the Annan Naval Division still had the task of blocking the Red River, and it was used. The rest of the fleet is no longer specifically replenishing the three-masted ships.

Zhu Houhuang said: "Why is the Ryukyu sailor so weak? ”

Huang Shilong said: "The minister has checked the files, the Ryukyu sailors have been transferred south several times, Xu Dong has been transferred once from the time when the Ryukyu sailors left office, when His Highness was at war with the Franc Machine, he was transferred once, and the battle of Xiamen Bay was also transferred once. ”

Zhu Houhuang understood that the Japanese route had been cleaned up by Zhu Houhuang several times with the help of the aftermath of the Ming Dynasty, and it was too peaceful, so he himself relaxed his vigilance in this regard. Now there are signs of rebellion on the Japanese side. Zhu Houhuang immediately prepared to increase troops to the Ryukyus, he said: "Order Liu Laodao to lead the troops north, Huang Shilong, you have to allocate the ships well, you can't be too weak in the Dongyong Naval Division, and you can't have enough ships in the Ryukyu Naval Division." ”

Huang Shilong secretly said in his heart: "This is already a clear hint. He understood and said, "Yes." ”

Zhu Houhuang's meaning was to let Huang Shilong take some of the warships away and leave all the Dongyong-type battleships behind, Zhu Houhuang has wanted to use the new ships as the basis to establish a decisive battle-type naval division to distinguish it from the fleets in various places. And now it is none other than Magellan who is in charge of the training of the new ship, which means how Huang Shilong does not understand.

Huang Shilong and Magellan were disliked by these pirate people for different reasons, and they naturally formed a group under the same illness.

"Your Highness, it's just that if Lord Liu goes to Ryukyu, then how will Lord Wei be settled?" Huang Shilong asked.

Zhu Houhuang also had a problem when he heard it.

Wei Dalin's official road in Dongyong is also extremely bumpy.

His younger brother came to defect first, and with the support of Zhu Houhuang, he gave all the resources of the Wei family to his younger brother, but although his younger brother Wei Ruizhou had the strength of the Wei family, his own talent was not very good, and several battles could not be said to be successful, so he is still hanging in the position of commander of the Luzon Naval Division.

And Wei Dalin first presided over the merchant fleet in Shaofu, and for more than a year, he was unknown, and only in the battle of Xiamen Bay, he shined. However, the Battle of Xiamen Bay was a crushing victory after all, and the Battle of Xiamen Bay was only a lost ship, and it took more than a year to make up for it. And after all, this battle was the main force of the Fujian Naval Division, so Wei Dalin was promoted to one level and became the commander of the Ryukyu Naval Division.

It can be regarded as the same level as the Luzon sailors, but the Luzon sailors have the old foundation of the Wei family, which is far better than the Ryukyu sailors. In the sequence of the Dongyong Water Division, it is still under the Luzon Water Division.

Zhu Houhuang felt that this was a problem. It is impossible for Wei Dalin and Liu Laodao to be innocent and degraded. He thought for a moment and said, "Mr. Mai is now focusing on the training of sailors, and Gu will let Wei Dalin enter the Privy Council and be in charge of the manufacture of warships, firearms, and other weapons. ”

This position is quite suitable for Wei Dalin.

First of all, Wei Dalin is different from his younger brother, Wei Dalin is not only a pirate, but also a maritime merchant, and later entered the Shaofu, and in the Shaofu, he is in charge of the various workshops of the Shaofu. This is also a familiar road, and it has been fought on the front line. I'm the best person to do that. If it is described as a modern position, Wei Dalin is the chief of Dongyong's general armament.

However, now, whether it is the Yongjun army or the Yongjun naval division, there is a habit of leading troops heavily and ignoring the rear. is obviously a high-ranking position, but for generals from all walks of life, it is not the same thing at all.

"Yes." Huang Shilong's eyes lit up, he and Wei Dalin still had a little friendship because of the battle of Xiamen Bay.

Zhu Houhuang said: "You go down and make arrangements." ”

Huang Shilong was ordered to retreat.

Zhu Houhuang immediately said, "Please come and see me." ”

Wu Fengyi came quickly, and Zhu Houhuang immediately asked: "Gu heard that there have been many interceptions of ships on Japanese routes, is there a new pirate in the East China Sea?" ”

"This ---" Wu Fengyi couldn't answer for a while.