"What should I do?"

Li Xiang glanced at her nephew, and the corners of her mouth turned up with a wicked smile.

"What else can we do at such a time, of course, to defeat them with all our might!" When Li Xiang said this, her teeth creaked. "If we don't give them a little bit of power, then Zheng Zhilong will definitely be bullied because of us. When the time comes, he will definitely attack Kyushu with all his might, and Kyushu will no longer have peaceful days. ”

At this time, the flag-bearer on the main pole shouted loudly: "Lord Admiral, the ships are asking if we have finished today's exercise?" ”

Hearing this, Li Xiang nodded and said to Yang Biao: "That's it today, let's go back to Hong Kong." ”

Yang Biao stopped chatting with his uncle and left.

After Li Xiang's order was conveyed, the ships on the sea began to turn around and sail towards the port of Nagasaki.

After two days of exercises, Li Xiang already had a very detailed understanding of the empire's warships.

In all fairness, the ships of the empire were very powerful.

At least, in Li Xiang's opinion, he had never seen such a powerful warship in his life as a pirate. If there had been such a warship under his command before, then he would not have been pressed and beaten by Zheng Zhilong.

Although he has a lot of grudges about this, Li Xiang also understands that he is just thinking about it.

Now that he has taken refuge in Zhao Hongyu and become the admiral of Kyushu, he is no longer the free pirate leader.

Therefore, he can recall many things, but he must not fall into such memories.

People, you have to look forward—

Dividing Line –

With the end of the exercise, at dusk the fleet returned to Nagasaki.

"Entering the port!"

When the fleet entered the port, a large number of Japanese hawkers suddenly gathered on the dock.

I don't know where they all came from, although there were small traders on the dock before, but there were not many of them.

But. As the fleet returned to port after the exercise, the number of small traders on the docks surged several times at once.

"Onigiri! Delicious rice balls! Yoshinoya's rice balls are fragrant! ”

"Takashima sashimi, a secret dipping sauce, you won't forget it once you eat it!"

"Brother Sang, come and sit in our spring breeze house~"

As soon as the soldiers of the fleet landed, these 'ready-to-wait' vendors immediately rushed up and began to sell their wares to the sailors.

Since the Song Empire conquered the entire Kyushu, Zhao Hongyu led the army to Nagasaki, and these local Japanese people in Nagasaki immediately felt what it means to be 'rich and handsome'.

The soldiers of the Song Empire were rich, and they were not stingy with their spending at all.

If you have a snack that will satisfy their appetite. Or it's a commodity that they can look at, and then they'll buy it.

The dicks here in Nagasaki, where have you ever seen such a rich man?

You must know that before Zhao Hongyu led the army here, the lord who ruled Nagasaki only ate a bowl of rice and a bowl of radish soup every day.

Such a standard of living was inferior to the beggars of the Song Empire.

For the 'rich and handsome', of course, the Japanese dicks here in Nagasaki are treated with the rhythm of 'local tyrants, let's be friends'. They used all their skills to make a lot of exquisite food. All he wanted was to be able to earn some copper money from the Imperial soldiers.

Yes, copper coins!

Although the Wa country is rich in gold, there is a great shortage of silver and brass, so silver and brass are very popular here in the Wa country.

That's why. Most of the maritime trade between the Ming Dynasty and the Wa Kingdom here was also based on copper coins. At the same time, in this kind of trade, the merchants of the Ming Dynasty made a lot of money.

But for Zhao Hongyu, who has a cheat, brass and silver are very easy to obtain.

And the gold of the Wa Kingdom. is exactly what Zhao Hongyu needs.

Therefore, it is impossible for Zhao Hongyu to let go of this opportunity to take advantage.

At the same time, in order to make it easier for the soldiers of the imperial garrison here in Nagasaki to spend their money. Zhao Hongyu also set up a money shop, which was specially used to exchange copper coins and silver dollars for gold.

As for the exchange rate, of course, it is necessary to follow the exchange rate on the side of the Japanese country.

You must know that you can exchange for one tael of gold for only seven taels of silver here in Kyushu.

The profit in this is known to anyone who is a fool.

At the same time, five hundred copper plates here can be exchanged for one or two pieces of silver. The price of brass in the virtual world is seven yuan a catty...... So how could Zhao Hongyu not earn it.

With this kind of exchange shop, it is also greatly convenient for the local imperial garrison.

After all, all they send out every month are silver coins, and if they go out to eat, drink, or have fun, it is difficult for those widows to find it.

Therefore, the soldiers stationed here in the empire always need to carry some copper plates.

And copper plates are very scarce here in the Wa Kingdom, and their value is so high.

As a result, the Imperial soldiers, who used copper plates to pay for their purchases, were welcomed by merchants and people here in Nagasaki. It is important to know that they obtained copper plates from the imperial soldiers, and they could smuggle them into Shikoku and Gyeonggi in exchange for a huge profit difference.

Therefore, the soldiers of the Empire, for the people here in Nagasaki, are no different from the God of Wealth.

And in order to get money from the God of Wealth, the people here in Nagasaki have begun to use their brains, but anyone who has some ability will not sit at home.

They either work on the docks and get paid for it, or they make snacks at home to sell.

Anyway, the masters of the Song Empire have money, and they won't care about this little money.

After all, the vendors on the docks are small vendors, which in modern times are the equivalent of selling egg pancakes on the street. Because it's cheap, their business is always good.

The well-paid Imperial soldiers, with their pockets bulging, spent a lot of money in Nagasaki every night.

There is a big consumption, and there is a small consumption.

In short, the Japanese people here in Nagasaki, as long as they are not lazy, then they can make a lot of money.

Of course, this is in contrast to the previous days when they were ruled by the Japanese lords.

The soldiers of the empire got off the ship and were immediately surrounded by piles of hawkers.

They are constantly selling their snacks, and at first glance they are very energetic to the vendors who set up stalls in front of the station in the county seat of the Celestial Empire in the nineties.

Fortunately, the soldiers of the Imperial Sailors had money in their pockets, so when they faced these vendors to sell, if they saw the food they liked, or if they happened to want to eat it, then they would not be stingy at all.

It can be said that for these vendors who peddle their snacks here at the docks, the soldiers of the Imperial Sailors are their first customers.

"Nagasaki is getting more and more lively, and these Japanese people don't seem to be so rigid. It's completely different from the Japanese we've seen before. ”

At this time, Yang Biao accompanied his uncle Li Xiang to get off the flagship, and he looked at the direction of the lively dock and said to Li Xiang. Li Xiang's flagship was not docked at the dock, but at the private military port.

Only the building ships and fighting boats will stop at the dock, such as the imperial warships left by Zhao Hongyu, which are docked in the berths of the military port where idlers are not allowed to enter.

Originally, the military port was also part of the Nagasaki wharf, but it was later placed under the jurisdiction of the naval division and separated from the civilian wharf.

The purpose of this is mainly to ensure that it is a copycat Dutch warship that is the absolute strength of the Kyushu Sea, after all, these warships like the Empire cannot be docked at civilian docks casually.

It would not be good if someone with ill intentions did the sabotage.

And by parking at a military dock, such a thing can be prevented.

The military dock is right next to the army camp, and there are plenty of patrol sentinels during the day and at night, so even the 'well-intentioned' hidden here in Nagasaki can't do anything they want.

Military powerhouse, close to a range of 100 meters to kill on the spot, this order is definitely not a word.

Several people have already paid with their lives for this.

Therefore, everyone also knows that the military stronghold of the Song Empire is not allowed to trespass. People really dare to kill people, and they don't care about killing or burying them......

"Yes, Nagasaki is a lot more lively than it used to be." , Li Xiang just stepped off the landing board, and after hearing the words, he also glanced at it and nodded in response. "Maybe the rule of the Song people is much more enlightened than the rule of the Japanese people, I think the Song people are very encouraging of commerce, and they do not prohibit the people from doing business at all."

Although the national conditions of the Song Empire are not too clear, Li Xiang can feel this.

That is, the Song Empire was still very enlightened.

Under the rule of the Song Empire, the people of Nagasaki were free to choose what they wanted to do, and no matter what the imperial officials were, they would not stop it.

Of course, there is a major premise for this, that is, it does not affect public order and stability.

Under such a premise, you can do business, farm, or work for others. And the Song Empire, which ruled Nagasaki, also gave some support and help to those who were interested in doing business.

As far as Li Xiang himself knows, there are quite a few officers and soldiers in the imperial garrison here in Nagasaki, who have applied for commercial loans and bought a lot of business here.

Today, Nagasaki has sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, or the yakiniku restaurants, ramen restaurants, and fried fast food stores that are under construction are all run by people from the imperial garrison.

This made Li Xiang very curious.

Because, he can't understand why the empire doesn't stop this at all, doesn't this have an impact on the combat effectiveness of the soldiers?

It's just that, as a newcomer, he can't say anything about it.

And, at least for now, it seems that the opening of these shops by those of the army and the navy has little effect on things in the army. (To be continued......)