As soon as I heard Zhao Zhenchang say that he went to the place of Houjin, and also dealt with the people of Houjin. So King Charles immediately became interested, after all, his Royal Highness went to Daming, and if he didn't have a whim, there was a great possibility, and he would take people and horses to Liaodong for a walk.

Although King Charles and Zhao Hongyu have not been in contact, they are like people, and they have heard about the character of His Royal Highness from others, so King Charles has such an inference.

What's more, after Kyushu fell into the control of the empire, the top level of the umbrella and the Ministry of Intelligence had already issued instructions to let the Ministry of Intelligence and the departments of the umbrella stationed here in Kyushu obtain as much information as possible about Houjin and Goryeo, as well as other eastern countries.

Therefore, when King Charles heard Zhao Zhenchang say this, how could he let go of such an opportunity.

You must know that Nagasaki is still under construction and development, and for a long time, there is no way for them to go to Houjin or Goryeo.

Therefore, obtaining information through maritime merchants has become an option.

Of course, when Kim Yong-tae and the others leave, King Charles will send some people to follow them to Goryeo, which is said to be to train Goryeo guys, but the real role of these people is to obtain information.

In fact, to some extent, the umbrella company and the intelligence department are connected, and some personnel within the company also have the identity of the intelligence department.

It's as if King Charles himself was also a member of the intelligence.

Using the identity of a businessman as a cover, in fact, is to do something like a spy, which is actually not uncommon in the Republic of China in another time and space. Even in fact, such practices were common in ancient times on another time and space.

Just like in this era, some spies of the Later Jin Dynasty would often dress up as merchants in Liaodong and take caravans into various important towns in Liaodong to spy on intelligence.

It can be said that such an identity and way. It's a very common thing.

It's just that King Charlie doesn't look like intelligence agents at all, so Kim Yongtai and they don't think about this at all.

Because although they don't have much contact with King Charles, King Charles feels very philistine, just like a real businessman.

"Zhao Zhenchang has been to Liaodong and knows more or less about their lightness. So should I send more personnel, use the pretext of training his buddies to follow him to Goryeo, and then take a trip to Liaodong by the way? ”

King Charles thought to himself.

The hired would-be workers were still carrying the goods, and there was nothing going on anyway. Charlie Wang began to chat with Kim Yongtai and Zhao Zhenchang.

And, as Zhao Zhenchang opened the conversation, King Charles began to lead the topic to Houjin.

"Oh, Zhenchang-kun, have you been to Houjin?" King Charles deliberately showed a very shocked look, "I have heard people talk about this place, those maritime merchants from the Ming Dynasty said that Houjin is a very barbaric country, and the people in this country eat human flesh raw." ”

King Charles's words were, of course, false, and so was his shocked expression.

What a bullshit Daming maritime businessman. Since the war in Kyushu ushered in, the Ming maritime merchants have long disappeared. These guys run faster than rabbits, and are always good at avoiding evil.

But that's what King Charles said. It's just to make Zhao Zhenchang say more.

Sure enough, hearing King Charlie say this, Zhao Zhenchang showed a little proud look.

"Of course, the Houjin in the mouths of those Ming people is so barbaric, but you don't know the way. Because Daming was pressed and beaten by Houjin in Liaodong, they didn't even have anything to do about it. ”

After all, Zhao Zhenchang went to Houjin to do business, so he still knows a little bit about Houjin.

Although the people he came into contact with were not high-level people. But whether you want to stay on Houjin's side or not, you will always hear something about the battle between Houjin and Daming.

Therefore, Zhao Zhenchang has heard a lot of information about this.

"Oh, the Ming is very powerful, at least so many of the maritime merchants who came to Nagasaki said. Even the local Japanese people talk about the Ming Kingdom, it is also full of yearning, why is the Ming Dynasty being pressed and beaten by Houjin now? Isn't that a bit unreliable? ”

King Charlie pretended to be a little disbelieving and said to Zhao Zhenchang.

Jin Yongtai, who was standing beside King Charles, nodded in agreement and said, "Zhenchangjun, the Ming Dynasty is very powerful, there is absolutely no doubt about this. The Jurchens of the Later Jin Dynasty have only just risen, and they don't even have a little bit of background, how can they compete with the Ming Dynasty, which has a large land and a large army. So I think their momentary success is just a little bit of luck. ”

Jin Yongtai is an absolute fan of Daming, and he respects Daming.

Although he was excluded from doing business in the Ming Dynasty, this did not stop his yearning for the Ming Dynasty.

Because the Ming Empire in this era, for the people of its surrounding countries, it is like the existence of the modern rice country.

Although the merchants and envoys of various countries will be despised and rejected by all kinds of unfairness when they come to the Ming Dynasty, they still cannot make them give up their yearning for the Ming Dynasty.

This concept is similar to those modern intellectuals, although they complain and smear the United States, but as long as they have the opportunity, they will definitely go to the United States, and even get a passport of the United States.

If you like someone, send him (her) to Daming, because it is heaven!

If you hate someone, you will also send him (her) to Daming, because it is hell!

If this modern poem is changed, its practical application is quite appropriate for the people of the surrounding countries of the Ming Dynasty in this era.

Because Kim Yong-tae, a Korean who stood beside King Charles, he had such a mind.

"Yongtai-kun, although I agree with your point of view many times. But in the situation of the Later Jin Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, I have a different view from you. ”

It's rare that Zhao Zhenchang actually refuted Jin Yongtai.

You must know that Zhao Zhenchang has been working with Jin Yongtai for a long time, just like Zhao Zhenchang himself said, many times it is Kim Yongtai who is making ideas and giving orders, and he, Zhao Zhenchang, just needs to listen to Jin Yongtai.

Even, Zhao Zhenchang doesn't even have his own opinions.

Therefore, after Zhao Zhenchang's statement, Jin Yongtai actually froze.

He couldn't have imagined that the guy who usually only agrees with his words would have the courage to say a different point of view today.

"Oh, what the hell is going on?"

King Charlie was not in the mood to pay attention to Jin Yongtai's thoughts, and he was now bent on finding out some information about Houjin from Zhao Zhenchang.

And what Zhao Zhenchang said just now, King Charles agrees very much.

Because according to the normal historical development, then the Ming Dynasty will indeed be defeated by the Jurchens between the rise and the white water of Montenegro, and will bury a huge empire with it.

Of course, the reasons for this are very complicated, first of all, the internal struggle within the Ming Empire, and Li Zicheng's rebel army is also the culprit who consumed the last breath of vitality of the Ming Empire, and then it was the turn of the Jurchens to take advantage.

There are some very coincidental things in this, that is, Li Zicheng's subordinate Liu Zongmin seized Chen Yuanyuan, which provoked Wu Sangui to take refuge in Houjin for Hongyan, and directly opened the Shanhai Pass to let the whip's cavalry go south directly.

In fact, at that time, Wu Sangui intended to surrender to Li Zicheng.

The ghost knows how Liu Zongmin did such a thing.

As King Charles, who has modern knowledge, of course knows this history.

Therefore, he felt that although Zhao Zhenchang was not very good, his vision was still very sharp.

Because in fact, the Jurchens finally defeated the Ming Dynasty and became the masters of the Hungry Splendid Country.

And Jin Yongtai's vision is much worse, because he didn't see the internal and external troubles of the Ming Dynasty, and always thought that the boss's Ming Empire could still support it.

In fact, the current Ming Empire is full of holes and decay.

The crumbling building is about to collapse, but no one wants to burst it.

"The Jurchens of the Later Jin Dynasty were brave and good at fighting, and they were not afraid of death in battle, which was far from being comparable to the Ming soldiers in Liaodong. At the same time, because the Jurchens lived between poor mountains and bad waters, they wanted to change their lives, so only through war and looting, so the Later Jin Jurchens could fight with knives when they reached the age of thirteen, on the other hand, what were the thirteen-year-old children of the Ming Dynasty doing? ”

Ignoring Kim Yong-tae, and without waiting for Kim Yong-tae to continue talking, Zhao Zhenchang began to talk about what he saw in Houjin.

"Now the Houjin has annexed some tribes in western Mongolia, and they have incorporated those Mongolian cavalry into their combat units, and at the same time, because of those small Mongolian tribes, the strength of the Houjin has increased a lot, because they have a large source of war horses......

Zhao Zhenchang was talking about the Houjin strategy war against Mongolia, and King Charles secretly remembered it in his heart, and at the same time thought: It seems that the Houjin has now begun to wage war against Mongolia, but fortunately, the Houjin has not completely conquered the tribes in western Mongolia, so they are still weak now.

After the Later Jin conquered all the tribes in western Mongolia, it would be a disaster for the Ming Dynasty.

In normal history, the development of Houjin is indeed like this.

Because Nurhachi of the Later Jin Dynasty felt that he was not the opponent of the Ming Dynasty, and at the same time, in order to have a source of soldiers and a horse production area, he set his sights on the eastern Mongolian tribes connected to the Later Jin.

You must know that the Mongols are a horseback people, but any man in his teens can fight with a bow and a horse, which is an excellent source of soldiers.

It is precisely because of such a strategy that Houjin will slowly increase his strength and become able to compete with the Ming Empire. (To be continued......)