Li Xiao was lying on the recliner in the conservatory, and the sunshine in winter was very rare. Tokugawa Chihime planted all kinds of flowers in the conservatory, and the blooming was so beautiful that the whole conservatory was warm and smoky, and it was pleasant to smell.

After living for two lifetimes, Li Xiao knew that there was actually no flowering period for flowers. As long as the temperature is right, it doesn't matter how many months you take for the flowers to bloom. There is a begonia at the foot of Li Xiao, and there are potted gardenias next to his head, all of which are in full bloom.

Tokugawa Chihime doesn't have any other hobbies, but planting flowers is a spirit of flowers. As a super nymphomaniac, the greenhouse that is drummed out is absolutely world-class. Li Xiao felt that the Queen's greenhouse probably didn't have her own cattle.

The steel structure frame is inlaid with rows of heavy and highly transparent glass. There is still a mezzanine in the middle, but it is cold and windy outside, but it is warm as spring inside. There are several thermometers hanging in different places to measure the temperature at each location.

On a normal day, Tokugawa Chihime is busy here almost all day. Li Xiao picked a few flowers and made a wreath, wanting to please his wife, but the ass was firmly slapped on the horse's hooves. Tokugawa Chihime, who has always been gentle, actually drove Li Xiao out of the flower room, and strictly forbade Li Xiao to get close to the flower room.

Li Xiao, who was furious, not only entered the flower room, but also found the best place to grow vegetables. Why do you plant flowers, don't eat or drink. Growing vegetables is not only good for the body and mind, but also beneficial. This woman just can't live.

"Dashuai!" Xie Youcai stood respectfully in front of Li Xiao, as the real God of Wealth of the Ming Dynasty, everyone held and respected him wherever he went, and now he didn't even dare to straighten his waist when he bowed in front of Li Xiao.

"Hmm!" Li Xiao snorted and put down the small shovel in his hand. Scooped a scoop of water from the water tank and handed it to Xie Youcai!

Xie Youcai hurriedly took it and carefully poured it on Li Xiao's hand for Li Xiao to absorb.

"Have you done what you were asked to do?"

"That's it! The order has been given to the Wa people, but there are some problems with the beef. The Japanese people are still the law of our Tang Dynasty, and to kill cattle is to kill their heads. Xie Youcai carefully poured water for Li Xiao, for fear that the water would splash on Li Xiao's clothes.

"Of course, ploughing cattle can't be killed casually, and we used to be like this in the Ming Dynasty. It's easy to have a big animal at home, which is similar to a family member. has sold his whole life for his family, and he has to contribute meat to people when he dies. It's inhumane!

But beef cattle are no problem, this kind of cattle are raised to eat meat. Tell the Japanese people to use concentrate feed and listen to drum music. Oh yes, I have to give them a massage every once in a while. In short, let these cows live comfortably and well. ”

"Listen to the drums! To give...... Cow massage? "Xie Youcai's jaw almost fell to the ground, he has lived for forty years, and he has never heard of playing drums for a cow, and he has to massage ......! That's not a fucking cow, it's Uncle Niu!

"That's right! Beef has to be raised with snowflake-like textures, and as long as such cattle are raised, I will pay a lot of money to buy them. For every ten catties of beef, one silver coin. ”

"A silver coin ......!" Xie Youcai suspected that he had heard it wrong, a silver coin could buy three cows in Daming, and ten catties of beef could be bought here in Li Xiao? This is fucking just throwing money into the country.

"You make it clear to Tokugawa Katsuyori and Mori Hidetada that as long as there is this beef, I will buy it at this price. Whoever of them can research it, remember! The beef should have a snowflake-like texture! ”

"Snowflake-like lines!" Now Xie Youcai is a little suspicious of the mental state of the handsome, what kind of snowflake pattern is the beef. These people did not eat a lot of beef, and they also ate a lot of beef from Mongolia. I have eaten all the tender and chewy ones, but I have never seen a cow with snowflake patterns. Is that a cow?

"That's right! Also, a large number of acquisitions of Japanese knives. The price can be a little higher, telling them that they only need to make it by hand. If there is a slight trace of machining, it will be accepted. ”

"No!" Xie Youcai didn't know what happened to Li Xiao, so he plundered the Japanese in the past and began to care about the Japanese people. Recently, he instructed himself to approve a large amount of trade with the Japanese state, and he threw a large amount of money into the Japanese country. All of them are traditional handicrafts, from mud dyeing from Kagoshima to Japanese knives from the south, Okinawan stone fungus and steamed green tea from Nagasaki, folding fans from Kyoto, lacquerware, woodblock prints, and doll ...... from Edo!

It's all worthless stuff, and Li Xiao wants to buy it at a big price. We have even signed a contract to acquire it for a long time in the future. Isn't this giving money to other people's countries?

Could it be said that in order to love his wife, the handsome man opened up to the Japanese people. That's not right! Dashuai has always had a deep prejudice against the Japanese people, and he will never change his mind because of the woman.

"All cooperation projects require a deposit. Let people have money to buy raw materials, and let people see our sincerity. The amount of the deposit is paid in 30%. ”

"Deposit? Still thirty percent? "When did business with the Ming Dynasty and the Japanese and North Korea, when did it have the bad habit of paying a deposit. They all advance money to make things and send them over, and they will pay after the Ming inspection is qualified. The current policy ...... It's too loose!

What's so good about those things in the Wa Kingdom, I don't believe that what mud dyeing is brighter than the cloth dyed by the Ming machine? Also fold the fan...... The Japanese people used fans, but they learned it from our ancestors.

The Japanese knife is very famous, with a good steel mouth, and can even cut the barrel of a heavy machine gun. But the Japanese knife is too brittle, let alone encountering the Liao army. The garrisons in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, when encountering the pirates of the Japanese State, often held a heavy machete and split the Japanese people in half with knives.

The steel smelted by Daming can be said to be the world's advanced level. The only thing that seems to be comparable to this is the steel mill built by India in Mumbai. That's because India can get good iron ore, and with Australia's iron ore going north, Daming Steel will soon be able to stand alone in the world. If it is used to fight knives, the knives are scum.

"In short, we must now support the handicraft industry of the Japanese country. Of course, we only want the boutique. The things that were purchased were transported to Xinjiapo, and the price was ten times that it was said that it was the top finished product of my Ming Dynasty. Remember! To be auctioned, ten times the price is just the reserve price. ”

"Reserve price? Dashuai, the Europa people are not stupid, they ......! ”

"The Europa people are not stupid, but they just can't make such good crafts. You put your heart in your stomach, and now the maritime merchants of the Japanese country will not go to sea. They just transported the goods to Canton, they didn't have such a good ship to cross the South China Sea. Who do you think has a 10,000-ton giant ship?

In short, let's give the world the impression that the handicraft industry of the Wa Kingdom is the best. If necessary, encourage the people of Daming to buy. You are quiet, and the leather bags made by the Japanese people are good. If you look at this kind of leather shoes called crocodile, people killed crocodiles in the Philippines, and after peeling them, they were transported back to the Japanese country. Look at the leather shoes made by others, from the style to the durability are good.

I've made it several times, which one has made it so good? These shoes can be sold for at least ten silver coins in Europa. Li Xiao pointed to the crocodile leather shoes that were placed aside.

"Handsome! Rest assured, this is in order. And lo and behold! Xie Youcai's eyes rolled, and he immediately felt that there was a lot to be done here.

The Europa people are a complete weakness when it comes to handicrafts, especially something so oriental that they can't even think of it. Not to mention, after spending a lot of money to buy it from the Japanese state, it can only be sold to the Europa for a higher price. Besides, the handicraft is definitely not sold. Just the huge market of Daming can be easily eaten.

Over the years, the wealthy people of the Ming Dynasty have gradually increased. Gold in troubled times, antiques in prosperous times. There are already many people eyeing the art industry, last year someone in Feng Bao's old house turned out a "Qingming Riverside Map", which is said to be an ancient painting of the Song Dynasty.

At Sotheby's auction house in Suzhou, it sold for 18,000 silver coins. It is said that on the day of the auction, almost all the rich people in Jiangnan arrived.

There's a head!

"There are also some handicrafts unique to the Japanese country I don't know, you can inquire carefully, if those things are really good, do what I said above. This kind of crocodile leather shoes, simply set up a factory in the Japanese country, remember! You can't use machines, you have to build them by hand, that's our selling point, you know? ”

"No! Handmade things, all are unique. That's the value! "Xie Youcai is worthy of being a person who has been a big teapot, and his brain is aura.

"That's it! Let's go on an errand! After Li Xiao finished speaking, he walked out with a basket of freshly picked radishes and cucumbers. It is a pleasure to be able to eat such a dipping pickle dish in winter.

Tokugawa Chihime's eyes were watery, and she leaned on Li Xiao's arms and called a little bird.

"You are so good to the Wa Kingdom for the sake of your concubine?"

"Of course!" Li Xiao smiled and hugged the beauty in his arms, it is rare for an old husband and wife to be so crooked.

Xie Youcai got Li Xiao's order, of course, he did it with the greatest enthusiasm. When the news reached the Wa Kingdom, the whole country was jubilant. In these years, the Wa State could only continue to mine gold and silver and buy industrial products of the Ming Dynasty. The traditional handicraft industry of the Japanese Kingdom has long been destroyed by the industrial production of the Ming Dynasty, and the upper nobles are still passable.

Those small owners and small craftsmen are almost unable to survive. Under the increasingly difficult life, the news of Daming's full help is simply a relief in the snow. Suddenly, Da Ming and Li Xiao became the characters of the Buddha in their hearts.

Many families quickly made a statue of Li Xiao and enshrined it at home or in the shrine with incense.

The rumor that Li Xiaohao threw thousands of dollars and a beautiful smile spread in the capital, which immediately replaced the news that Wang Shilang had a stroke immediately, and firmly occupied the top position on the gossip topic list in the capital. There are many young ladies in the boudoir, and when they hear the name Li Xiao, little stars pop out of their eyes. I can't wait to marry into the Li family immediately, as for being a concubine, if you want to reap, you must pay!

As for the restaurant and tea shop, it is said that there is everything. Some say that Li Xiao is a beauty and mislead the country, some say that Li Xiao is reincarnated as Tao Zhugong, and some say that Li Xiao disregards the national system. Under the crowd, in addition to paying attention to Li Xiao, everyone is also looking forward to the beef with snowflake patterns, or a peerless sword.

"Huh! A good gold for the red face. Sun Chengzong fiddled with the leaves of Junzi Orchid, and a heavy smile appeared on his face.

"Grandpa! Li Xiao is destroying the foundation of the Ming Dynasty, the ambition of the wolf son of the Japanese people, you will not forget that they invaded Korea during the Wanli period. At that time, their national power was at its peak, and the Ming Dynasty also paid a heavy price to win.

After all these years of plundering the Wa Kingdom, we are already very weak. As long as this policy continues, the Wa Kingdom will always be our subject state. At this time, give them a sigh of relief, isn't it a waste of all the previous efforts? Sun Zhijie didn't understand why his grandfather could still laugh.

"Huh! Do you think so? Brother Xiao has always been very wary of the Japanese people before, and even their people are mercenaries, but they can't get the latest weapons of the Ming Dynasty. Could it be that it wasn't a Japanese woman who slept next to him at that time?

Counting Tokugawa Nobuo is his brother-in-law, and fighting for the Ming Dynasty in Ceylon and Mumbai is a life and death. The department fought extremely fiercely, and in the end, there were only two or three out of ten who could come back alive. ”

"Could it be that the marshal did this for the sake of the fierce fighting of the Japanese soldiers?" Hearing his grandfather's words, Sun Zhijie understood a little. He had heard of the hardships of the Japanese soldiers in Ceylon, and of the brutality of the Battle of Bombay.

If it was because of the tragic fighting of the Japanese soldiers in these two battles, Sun Zhijie would be understandable. Soldiers don't want to treat their comrades-in-arms who have lived and died together.

"Yes! It's not ...... either! ”

"Grandpa......!" Sun Zhijie is very confused, what is it called, and it is not.

Because the Japanese soldiers fought hard, showing the iron-blooded side of the Japanese people, it really scared Li Xiao. Jun Cao died on the small flag, the small flag died on the flag book, and the distance between Wu Sangui and the city in the first battle ......of Mumbai was only five miles, but he couldn't rush through.

Let such a person continue to fight, and after repeated training, even my Ming army has no certainty of winning. Remember! The horizontal ones are afraid of being stunned, and the stunned ones are afraid of dying. Those Japanese soldiers, they really dare to play with their lives.

Since then, Brother Xiao has said that he can no longer use mercenaries. Let them experience the battlefield and come down in blood, which will cause a very big disaster to Daming in the future.

If you look at the industries he supported this time, they are all handicrafts. Tell me, if everyone goes to the handicraft industry to make money, who else will do the same industry as the Ming Dynasty? They all go to the handicraft industry, who else wants to farm and make money?

Those samurai could not resist the temptation of money, and they no longer studied martial arts, but wanted to learn a technique that could make money. The most powerful thing about Brother Xiao is that Eli tends to people, and Bushido is vulnerable in the face of money. There aren't as many samurai as you might think, it's really very few. ”

"What you mean is that if everyone in the country is busy with handicrafts to make money, no one will go to the machinery industry anymore. Those samurai will also run their business in order to make money. After a long time, the Japanese people will become accustomed to making things better, and their bushido spirit will not be taken care of. ”

"That's right! One generation may remember, but two generations later? What about three generations? The old man dares to bet with you. Sixty years later, there was no longer the spirit of bushido, and there were only a group of craftsmen with the spirit of master craftsmen. Do you think that this kind of country deserves to be the opponent of the Ming Dynasty? Sun Chengzong fiddled with Junzilan again, Li Xiao's hand was really ruthless and desperate. Sun Chengzong boasted that he didn't have this kind of ruthlessness!

"I didn't expect that Dashuai was so deep and ruthless!" Sun Zhijie's jaw fell to the ground in surprise.