Japan is rich in minerals, so don't be sorry.

Dunshe, however, was unfamiliar with the situation in Japan; Second, although he specially set up a shipbuilding office, he did not build many seagoing ships, only a few, which was obviously not enough to go to sea for trade. Therefore, he thought of Kikuzaburo and Fujimitsuhide.

Kikuzaburo is a native of Tsushima Island, and Fujimitsuhide is a pawn of the Southern Dynasty of Japan. Like most of the Japanese pirates, their original base was on Tsushima Island. Tsushima Island is located on the frontier of the Japanese archipelago, adjacent to Goryeo, no more than 100 miles away, and is mostly inhabited by fishermen, who have been the fiefdoms of the Jong family for generations.

Before the Yuan conquest of Japan, Tsushima Island had a relationship with Goryeo because of its mountainous terrain, lack of farmland, and lack of food, but it was still under the orders of Japan's central shogunate. Wu Henian had a lot of contact with the Japanese Kou, and Deng She had heard him say it before, and knew that the current Tsushima Wanhu, that is, the Japanese daimyo, was called Zongqing.

Deng She planned to take the opportunity of the New Year to prepare a batch of gifts and give them to Zong Qing through the relationship between Fujimitsuhide and Kikusaburo.

He did not expect to be able to connect with the Japanese shogunate from the beginning, and due to the influence of the two eastern crusades of the Yuan Dynasty, the Japanese shogunate was very wary of China and did not welcome Chinese ships to trade with each other. Only by first establishing a good relationship with Zongkei, and then depending on the situation, either directly contact the Japanese shogunate, or indirectly go to Tsushima Island, and exchange grain, silk and other goods for Japanese minerals and some goods urgently needed by the province.

This is a delicate job, and there is no rush.

Of course, Deng She would not tell Fuji Mitsuhide and the two of them the whole plan, but simply said: "I have long admired the great name of the Tsushima Zong clan, when the Mengyuan Expedition to the East invaded Tsushima Island several times, the Zong clan and I can be said to have the same hatred and hatred. When the Spring Festival is approaching, there are small gifts to prepare, and I ask the two of you to help me forward them, so as to show my good intentions. Is that possible? ”

Fujimitsuhide responded without a word, and said in a loud voice: "The name of the prime minister, Tsushima Island has also heard of it. The gift of the prime minister, the lord of the daimyo must be happy. ”

"Haha." Deng She smiled, clapped his hands, and turned out from the back of the hall an officer and two guards, carrying two boxes, one large and one small. The one in the big box was given to Zongqing, and the reward in the small box was with Fujimitsuhide and others, and Kikuzaburo and Fujimitsuhide were overjoyed. Deng She pointed at the officer and said, "This Liu Yang and Liu Wanhu will go with you, and he will be fully responsible for the negotiations with the Zong Wanhu." ”

It makes sense to choose Liu Yang as an envoy.

First of all, his family lives on the edge of the Yellow River, has never been to the sea, and has been on a lot of river boats, and it is water-permeable. Secondly, he was recently promoted, and the position of Wanhu is also equivalent to Zong Qing's status. Third, he has an honest appearance and seems to be trusted. Fourth, he has worked as a jailer, a mine, and a bandit, and he has seen all kinds of people, and he is well-informed and meticulous, so he is more suitable for diplomacy.

Liu Yang bowed, saluted Fuji Guangxiu, and said with a smile: "There are two Laos." ”

"Don't dare, don't dare." Fuji Mitsuhide's official rank was several steps lower than him, and he was flattered and panicked. A few people sat down, talked about business, talked a few words, saw that it was not early, and got up to say goodbye. Liu Yang invited the two of them to find a wine shop, and they didn't mention the relationship between drinking.

When it comes to minerals, there is good news in recent days.

There are many gold mines south of the Yalu River and north of Pyongyang, and Dunshe does not have enough manpower and experience to find new gold mines, but he can increase the mining of known gold mines, and the overall harvest is not small. In the vicinity of Pyongyang, there were many coal mines, and the previous Goryeo regime did not make efforts in this area, and after Deng She inadvertently learned about it, he also increased the mining of coal mines.

The use of coal has a long history in China, and legend has it that Nuwa mending the sky was the beginning of coal burning, and the earliest coal mining recorded in the history of the letter was during the Han Dynasty.

Coal has many names, the southerners call it "coal", the Sanjin Dynasty calls it "coal", and the northeast area is called "slag". Since the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, most of the fuels used in the capital have been salaries first, followed by coal. In the Yuan generation, the income from the coal tax "also depends on the country's economic use", although it is not as good as the monopoly of salt and iron, the input is also a lot.

Not much of the coal mines mined by Deng She were kept for their own use, and most of them went to Shandong and other places by pan-sea in exchange for military and civilian necessities. Although there was a shortage of soldiers, there were still merchants who specialized in the coal business, and they all had backstage, so they did not have to worry about the dangers of the road, and sold them to Dadu or some big cities in the south, and made a lot of profits.

Chen Zhe, who was in charge of the caravan, gave advice to Deng She more than once, instead of cheapening those second-class dealers, why not organize it yourself, go through the relationship along the road, and directly sell coal, sea salt, etc. with Jingshi and other places? Earlier, Deng She focused all his energy on military and political affairs, and he couldn't spare his hands to take care of it, but now that the situation is a little calmer, he has moved his mind.

A few days ago, in a letter to Wu Henian, he specially mentioned this matter and instructed him to draw up a charter, calculate the amount of profits, estimate the distance of the road, and whether it would be feasible or not if he went to Liaoxi. -- Wu Henian is familiar with civil affairs, and has worked in Yongping, and is familiar with the bureaucrats around Liaoxi and even in the hinterland, knowing their temperament and preferences, and naturally knowing whether they can get through the relationship.

In addition to gold mines and coal mines, there are many mountains in Goryeo and there are also many iron mines. Like gold mines, most of the iron ore is concentrated in the northern boundary. Compared with gold mines and coal mines, iron ore is much more important. It is related to the major affairs of the military state, and the people's livelihood is concerned. Deng She had a strict order that all iron ore mined was not allowed to leave the country for one catty or tael, and at the same time limited the amount of iron used by the people, and supplied it to the ordnance lifting department as much as possible.

After establishing the bureaucracy and initially determining the next steps in military action, Dunshe turned his attention to the economy.

Engaging in trade through Japan and opening mines to generate income are just the two most basic points. Hong Jixun is not very good at the way of economy, Yao Haogu sprinkled a 10,000-character note, analyzed the strengths and weaknesses of Haidong Province, and came to the conclusion that he believed: "If you want to strengthen the army, you must first enrich the people." Haidong Mountain is sparsely populated, the annual grain harvest is barely enough, and Haidong has no other products, if you want to enrich the people, in the short term, you can only work coal, salt, and iron. ”

On the one hand, the power of the government is mobilized to exchange coal and salt for real money, and on the other hand, the power of the private sector is mobilized. After all, the power of the official is limited, as Deng She often said: the puppet is not necessarily not a hero, and the subordinates have the wisdom of the superiors. There is no shortage of capable people with lofty ideals, what they lack is only an opportunity.

To put it simply, Yao Haogu's admonition can be summed up in 17 words: "Don't compete with the people for profit, hide wealth from the people." Freedom at home and control at the outside. ”

The so-called "internal freedom" is to widely promote and set up * stores and cooperatives to ensure the circulation of goods within the territory and meet the living needs of the people. The so-called "foreign control" is to prohibit or restrict the export of essential goods, such as iron and grain.

Yao Haogu's strip is very thin, which is similar to Hong Jixun's attention to detail. If you divide it down, it can be divided into seven in the management of private merchants.

First, the implementation of rewards. Anyone who buys goods urgently needed by the army or the people shall be given a reward of honor, silver, or tax exemption.

Article 2: Penalties shall be imposed. If a private businessman sells iron, grain, and other prohibited goods abroad without permission, he will be severely punished, and his home will be severely raided and his head will be killed.

The third is to prohibit or restrict the import of non-essential goods, such as luxury goods, maintain a simple style, and invest limited money in useful places, and do not do unnecessary waste.

Fourth, the import of items that can be replaced by local goods is restricted, and steel is used on the blade.

Article 5: Non-governmental businessmen involved in overseas trading must report to the government in advance and put them on the record. If there is a need for the help of the yamen, such as the guards along the way, they can help as appropriate.

Article 6: No foreign businessman shall be detained or embarrassed except for detailed work.

Article 7: Cracking down on hoarding and balancing prices.

At the same time, after deeply understanding the value of * stores and cooperatives, he further clearly regulated their tasks. In addition to the responsibility of circulating daily necessities such as grain, oil, cloth, and salt, it also has the responsibility of regulating grain prices, providing relief to disaster victims, supporting the army and protecting their families, and promoting local trade.

Some of the contents of his submission were thought about by Deng She, and some were not expected, and he had a feeling of brightness, and after discussing with Hong Jixun and others, he immediately issued an order and implemented it in its entirety.

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The pace of the Spring Festival is getting closer and closer, in addition to sending gifts to Wang Shicheng and King Xiaoming, Deng She also prepared a generous gift to the Qi family in Dadu, and sent them one by one, and the messengers from all over the country who came to congratulate Deng She in advance on the New Year were also coming and going. The envoys of the king of Goryeo were expected, and to Deng She's surprise, Nahachu actually sent an envoy as well.

"What is this? What should be the courtesy? ”

One is the local prince of the Great Song Dynasty and the other is the local prince of the Mengyuan Dynasty. Song and Yuan are in a state of hostility, and the envoys sent by Naha should greet each other with official courtesy? Or a private meeting? Deng She couldn't figure it out, so he found Hong Jixun and Yao Haogu to ask for advice.

The two of them said in unison: "We should meet in private." Yao Haogu added, "The lord doesn't have to greet him personally, the envoy sent by Naha, but from the second grade, find an official rank equivalent to greet him." As for the evening feast, the lord can participate, and he can appear for a while to show the friendship of the landlord. ”

Deng She nodded, frowned, pondered, and said, "Guess the two gentlemen, what is the matter with this envoy?" ”

Hong Jixun said: "It's nothing more than because of his recent defeat and the great victory of the lord, he took the opportunity to show favor to the lord, and by the way, he watched the reality of my Haidong." ”

"Not bad. After Naha came out, after the nobleman, his nature has always been arrogant, and ordinary people can't get into his eyes at all. I heard that in the past, as long as he mentioned my Great Song Dynasty, no matter who he said, he would use the word 'thief' as a suffix. Before the Liaodong War, didn't the lord also send an envoy to Shenyang? He detained him and did not look at him at all, which shows the extent of his arrogance and pride.

"Now a messenger has suddenly been sent, and it is obvious that the main thing is to watch for my reality and show favor as a cover."

Deng She thought deeply and said, "Then, how should I deal with it?" ”

Hong Jixun and Yao Haogu glanced at each other. How to deal with it is very knowledgeable, and the key lies in Dunshe's next military action. Hong Jixun said: "The lord can show his strength. "Deng She's next military action is to train troops, and he has no intention of starting a war with Shenyang. Showing it strong can have a deterrent effect, so that Naha does not dare to act rashly.

Yao Haogu said: "Our army has ten percent of its strength, and it can be shown that it is twelve points." Of these, eight are divided into real and four are divided into virtual. "Even if you show strength, you can't show all your strength, and you still have to keep it secret and bluff on the basis of actual strength.

It was exactly what Dunsher wanted.

He said with a smile: "In this case, Zhao Guo will be responsible for greeting and entertaining." How can I show a strong way and leave it to Mr. Hong, okay? ”

The two had no opinion.

Deng She immediately issued an order to let the envoys from Naha enter the country, not to wear Mengyuan official clothes, not to beat gongs and drums, and completely had the attitude of doing private affairs. The messengers from Naha were knowledgeable and did as they were to be done. Zhao Guo ordered the officials of the relevant yamen and went to the Yalu River to greet each other.

Hong Jixun went down to the battalion, carefully selected the fierce veterans, and listed many artillery and guns as a review force; On the one hand, the cities along the Yalu River to Pyongyang are being spread and the city is vigorously tidying up. On the other hand, due to the long-term war, half of the warehouses in the city were already empty, and various methods were used, whether it was deception or fraud, or whether it was fake or real, all of them were filled.

This is not the end, he found the envoy sent by the king of Goryeo, and vaguely revealed that the famous Naha had sent people to offer gifts. Let's knock on the mountain and shake the tiger, scare and scare the king of Goryeo, and show the majesty of Haidong Province. By the way, they were asked that when the messenger from Naha arrived, they must also attend the feast in the evening.

Hong Jixun's idea was to use Naha to offer gifts to scare the king of Goryeo, and then to use Goryeo to offer gifts to show Naha's strength. The Goryeo envoy was clear about this, but he was under the eaves and had to bow his head, not daring to refuse, but Nuo Nuo agreed.

From the Yalu River to Pyongyang, it is only a few days to walk along the avenue. Soon Naha's messenger arrived.

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1. Trade with Japan.

For about 30 years before and after the two wars, "the relationship between the two countries was very dangerous when the two countries were at war, but trade was still peaceful."

"Since the beginning of the first year of the Yuan Dynasty, Yuan Shizu wanted to use peaceful means to summon Japan to come to Shun,...... As for Japanese businessmen, they are even more welcome, because it can be used as a medium for good communication. After the two battles of Wenyong and Hongan, the ancestor never forgot the idea of peace, so in the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the Yuan was very lenient to Japan to trade,...... Good profits for Japanese businessmen, more flocking. ”

"Japanese merchants went to Yuan, not only not forbidden by the shogunate, but also received preferential treatment from the Yuan court, so there were many Japanese ships coming to Yuan."

In the Yuan period, he was also harassed by the Japanese Bandits. In the early days, most of these Japanese were Japanese merchants, most of them were half-merchants and half-criminals, and they failed to trade, so they became Japanese merchants, "and by the end of the Yuan Dynasty, there were pure Japanese criminals, openly plundering." In response to this situation, in the middle and late Yuan periods, relatively strict defenses were made along the border coast.

The appearance of the Japanese in the middle and late Yuan Dynasty was related to the nature of the inhabitants of the island country, "the development of the outward map is the characteristic of the people of the island country", and the other was related to the war between the North and South Koreas of Japan at that time, "when the Japanese and the North Koreas were divided, the border people even went overseas and plundered Korea and the coastal areas of China."

The so-called "border people" included coastal border people such as Tsushima Island and Matsuura Party, as well as the defeated side that lost the Japanese Civil War.

2. Trade procedures.

The Japanese who do business are called Japanese traders and Japanese merchants.

Once a year, the Imperial Court gave the Japanese people living in Japan the right to trade with them in a state of clothing. The certificate given to them by their local Japanese chief is called a 'line'. The name given by our dynasty is still the name of the Yuan Dynasty and is called 'public document'.

——This is a record of the Ming people, which shows the general trade procedures of the Yuan period.

3. Gold mines.

The Goryeo gold mine is mainly produced south of the Yalu River and north of Pyongyang in the north. In 1936 production was 17,000 kilograms.

It is mostly in quartz veins where gneiss and granite meet. The Yunshan Gold Mine is the richest in terms of output, followed by the Changcheng Buddha Gold Mine, the Dayudong Gold Mine, and the Sancheng Gold Mine.

In addition, there is the Suian Gold Mine in Saikaido and the Jishan Gold Mine in Yangguang Road.

4. Most of the fuel used in the capital is first for salaries, and then for coal.

Most of the inhabitants of the capital are about four or five hundred thousand, plus the huge palace and army, the fuel required is huge. "After Emperor Yuan Shun to the sixth year of the Yuan Dynasty (1340), the prime minister said: 'Dadu has a population of one million', this figure shows that the population of Dadu has increased a lot in the late Yuan Dynasty, of course, there may be some exaggeration."

"Judging from some available information, most of the fuel is mainly firewood and grass (including reeds), followed by coal,...... Until the end of the Yuan Dynasty, most of the fuel was still mainly salary. On the other hand, it must also be noted that there are quite a few people who use coal in most of the cities. …… There is a coal market. ”

Most of the coal used in Dadu is mined around Dadu, and many are transferred from Shanxi and other places.

"Marco Polo and Ibn Batu, foreign travelers who came to China during the Yuan Dynasty, were amazed at China's use of coal as fuel, and recorded it in their travelogues, which shows that most parts of the world did not know about the use of coal at that time."

5. Economic measures.

Refer to the economic measures of the liberated areas during the Anti-Japanese War and the Civil War.