After the raw silk auction, the next step is the silk. Because Japan did not raise silkworms at this time, and the Japanese aristocracy loved silk fabrics, raw silk and silk were the most urgently needed and profitable goods in Japan.

In addition to 2,500 quintals of raw silk in the fleet, there are more than 50,000 horses of various kinds of silk and satin, red silk, white silk, plain silk, silk, satin, silk and other prices vary, and there are also more than 1,000 horses of white linen and raw linen.

More than 50,000 pieces of silk and satin, divided into categories, were auctioned. The same method was sold at more than twice the price of previous years.

In addition to silk, there are many goods on the fleet, such as porcelain, a total of more than 100,000 pieces of various porcelain, in addition to mercury, iron nails, iron pots, medicinal materials and other goods, that is, there are more than 20,000 copies of Confucian books, and the price of these books is very high, more than ten times that of China!

Since the Tang Dynasty sent Tang envoys, the Wa State has been proud of learning Chinese characters, Chinese characters are widely popular in its upper class society, and there are many Wa nobles who can speak Chinese, which is somewhat similar to the Korean State, so in the Wa State, books from the Ming Dynasty are very popular.

It will take some time for the cargo of a total of sixteen seagoing ships to be sold. In the following hours, the entire fleet was busy, with ships coming and going in the bay of Fukue Island, bringing a large amount of cargo to Nagasaki and then a large amount of silver!

Although they were extremely busy, no one complained in the whole fleet, and all the crew and soldiers were happy, because everyone knew that the sea trade had made a lot of money, and the fleet had made a lot of money, and the allowance for them would be high. Mao Liangzhe had already announced on behalf of the Royal Maritime Trade Company that all the crew and soldiers would be rewarded heavily, each with at least fifty taels of silver, and those with more than two or three hundred taels of silver.

The income from a trip to the sea is several times or even ten times the income in the Ming Dynasty, and it is such a rich return that makes countless people along the coast willing to take risks to plunge into the ocean.

The fleet of twenty seagoing ships, with all the crews and soldiers combined, was three thousand, and the reward alone was two or three hundred thousand taels of silver. But this little bit of silver is nothing compared to what the fleet has gained!

Although the goods have not yet been sold, it is roughly estimated that the income from this sea trade will be more than three million taels of silver!

Three million taels of silver, this is really a huge amount of wealth, almost worth a year's tax revenue from the treasury of the Ministry of Households.

The so-called reward is not overdue, after selling the raw silk, Mao Liangzhe announced that half of the reward will be given to all the crew. The reason why only half of it was issued was because I was worried that the crew would spoil the money in Japan, after all, the port of Nagasaki was relatively prosperous, and there were many Japanese theater gambling houses. The soldiers from the Praetorian Guard in the fleet are better, and Zheng Zhilong's former subordinates are all pirates and are used to wandering, so the other half of the reward will not be issued to them until they return to the Ming Dynasty.

Although it was only half of the silver bounty, there were also dozens of taels of silver, which was equivalent to the income of ordinary people for one or two years. It's easy to come to Japan, so naturally you need to see the Fuso style.

"Brother Zheng, I'm still worried that something will happen, can they go to Nagasaki so swaggering?" Mao Liangzhe said worriedly.

Zheng Zhilong said with a smile: "Didn't you leave half of the people to guard the fleet, don't worry, nothing will happen." ”

Mao Liangzhe said: "I'm not worried about the safety of the fleet, I'm worried about those of them who go ashore. They carry a lot of money, and they are in a foreign land......"

Zheng Zhilong laughed and said, "You don't have to worry about this Brother Mao. There will be absolutely no accidents around the port of Nagasaki. The Japanese people of Nagasaki lived by sea trade, and they respected me very much for the Ming maritime merchants, and no one dared to mess with the Ming people. ”

"Alas, how can they risk the waves to make some money, and throw it in this brothel of the Japanese restaurant? It's better to bring Daming back to his wife and children. Mao Liangzhe shook his head and said.

Zheng Zhilong smiled: "It doesn't cost a few taels of silver, and the price of meat in this country is very cheap." And maybe it doesn't cost you at all. ”

"It doesn't cost money? How can it be! Mao Liangzhe was surprised.

Zheng Zhilong said: "Brother Mao is the first time to come to the Wa Kingdom, and I don't know much about this place. You don't know, for the Japanese country, my Ming Dynasty is the Heavenly Empire, and the Japanese people admire me very much. The people of this Japanese country, both men and women, are very short, so they very much want to introduce the 'seeds' of our Ming Dynasty and improve their bloodline.

So I am in the country of the Ming people, and it is easy to find a woman, and many times there is no need to spend money at all. For example, Brother Mao, as long as you show your identity as the emperor's favored minister, any big name in this Wa Kingdom will welcome you upside down and take the initiative to offer his wife and daughter to sleep, even if you want to sleep with the princess of Wa Kingdom, it is not difficult. ”

Mao Liangzhe hurriedly waved his hand: "Brother Zheng, don't talk nonsense, I am not His Majesty's favorite minister." The mouth is humble, and the look is already extremely expectant.

Zheng Zhilong smiled and asked, "Brother Mao, why don't I take you to Nagasaki for a tour and see the customs of Japanese women?" ”

Mao Liangzhe was very moved, thought about it and sighed: "Forget it, the big thing is important, the cargo of the fleet has not been sold out, I have to stay on the ship." ”

Zheng Chenggong smiled: "Then there will be Brother Lao Mao, but I have to go to Pinghu." ”

"Brother Zheng, go as soon as possible, I have everything in the fleet." Mao Liangzhe knew Zheng Zhilong's situation and hurriedly said.

Zheng Zhilong came to Nagasaki to trade in the third year of the Apocalypse, and at that time slept with a woman from a good family in the Wa Kingdom, the woman's surname was Tian Chuan, and his father Weng Yihuang and Zheng Zhilong were friends, and they couldn't start the chaos and abandon it. A year later, Tagawa gave birth to a son named Mori, also known as Fukumatsu, who is now six years old. Since then, Zheng Zhilong has come to Japan every year to trade, and he will spend several months with the Tagawa clan, and two years ago the Tagawa clan gave birth to a son for Zheng Zhilong, named Saemon.

Now that he has been in Japan for a few days, Zheng Zhilong has not been to see his wife and children for the sake of trade, and now that the trade matter has been settled, he naturally wants to go to Hirado to get together with his wife and children, which Mao Liangzhe can understand.

After Zheng Zhilong repeatedly apologized to Mao Liangzhe, he took a small boat to Nagasaki Port first. As a Ming official, he must be approved by the Japanese shogunate to enter before he can meet his wife and children. The port of Nagasaki is the only port of entry into Japan.

He has been running around at sea all the year round and has come to Japan many times, living for several months each time, so he is naturally no stranger to Nagasaki Port.

Nagasaki Port is also prosperous, but after all, it can't be compared with the Ming Dynasty, not to mention a metropolis like Hangzhou, even Quanzhou is not as good, there is really nothing to see.

However, the annual trade volume of the port of Nagasaki is not to be underestimated, and hundreds of ships from the Ming and Xiyi come to trade here every year.

At the same time that Zheng Zhilong looked at the situation in Nagasaki at random, the Japanese people in Nagasaki Port also looked at Zheng Zhilong and his party, dressed in splendid clothes, carrying swords and swords, from the point of view of service, they were big men from the Heavenly Empire, and the guards accompanying Zheng Zhilong were all tall and magnificent, and they were by no means low-slung Japanese people.

Zheng Zhilong walked down the street, walking towards the shogunate's official residence, which managed trade. Suddenly, a Japanese boy rushed from the front and rushed into Zheng Zhilong's team, and behind him, several Japanese people chased after him like crazy.

ps: There is one more more.