Chapter Ninety-Eight: The Contract Is Concluded
Seeing this, Tsuruhime was a little unsure of who was on the other side.
"If Childe can help us obtain the documents that can be used for formal trade with the Ming Dynasty, then you will surely gain all the friendship and trust of the Tokugawa family."
The value of the Ming Dynasty's silver is too high, which has always been a disadvantage in the Central Plains. In the face of cheap Mexican silver mines and Japanese silver mines, Daming's silver mines can only be described as barren.
Therefore, Zhu Youzhen clearly knew that as long as he wanted to implement a new monetary system at a certain point in time in the future, then solving the problem of silver reserves and reducing the value of silver at the lowest price would be the most important thing in the ultimate success of this policy. It was only by diluting the value of silver coins in large quantities that, over time, a large number of silver coins began to be used as a common currency in the market, and thus silver ingots could be driven out of the money market.
To achieve this goal, Dongying's silver mine is the lowest cost and most convenient choice. Since the beginning of this year, Dongying, which has been engaged in Nagasaki's policy of closing the country to the outside world, is a rare time opportunity point in the Ming Dynasty.
It was not until a long time before the closure of the country was once again broken by the strong ships and cannons of the United States and the Netherlands, and from then on, Toyer's entry into Europe and the Meiji Restoration began. Of course, Zhu Youzhen doesn't want to be unable to break out of the original inertia in this world.
"The Central Plains and Dongying are brotherly states, and I am naturally willing to help the general. If you can represent the Tokugawa family, you can send me a list of ports that need trade and the materials you want to procure, and I can forward them to the Ming court on your behalf. In less than a month, there will naturally be relevant documents for you. ”
Tsuruhime was a little surprised.
Trade with the Ming Dynasty itself is still ongoing. However, the rules and trade methods of the Ming Dynasty were always different in different places and at different times. For the Tokugawa family, which made relatively simple decisions, the trade between Toei and the Ming Dynasty had always been a situation of high uncertainty. As a result, it has promoted many non-governmental smuggling in the Central Plains and Dongying, but has become more active. In response to this situation, Tokugawa Iemitsu has always believed that this kind of frequent smuggling does affect his own interests.
"If I can have a formal business document with Daming, it will be a great help to my father's policy of closing the country, then everything will get rid of the son."
Tsuruhime was well aware that this was almost an unlikely task. For the huge Ming bureaucracy and the mysterious Emperor His Majesty, the several missions they sent had little effect.
"The rampant Western doctrine has indeed made our land since ancient times a miasma. Regardless of my perspective, I would like to be able to assist Shogun Tokugawa in his decision to close the country to the outside world. I think that if you are sincere, your paperwork should be ready soon. ”
In this day and age, Tsuruhime knew that a class like theirs, though full of intrigue and deceit, would not have such direct promises. But what she knows is that once there is a commitment, at least it means that the other party definitely has the strength to do it.
She smiled and put almost half of her neckline under Zhu Youzhen's nose.
"I've met twice, and I haven't known the son's surname."
Zhu Youzhen admired it insolently, and said casually:
"What else can I have besides my surname Zhu. Call me Zhu Sangongzi. ”
"Alright." He reluctantly withdrew his gaze.
"If you don't leave, the blood of your companions will run out. If you want to send things and paperwork over, just go straight to the door, and don't bring these unfinished things. ”
After Heji left, Zhu Youzhen didn't get up for a long time. Instead, he pulled out the same glass bead from his sleeve. Obviously, this time he still didn't succeed.
"It's a real headache."
This is already the second defeat of coming to North Korea. The first time was when he used the puppet bead on Amin's body, and the second time was today. "Is it all past the expiration date?"
Zhu Youzhen thought a little puzzled. Now he doesn't dare to experiment randomly, there are not a few beads left, and there is no more suitable person around him.
"Okay, there are nine times out of ten unsatisfactory things in this world, and bad things are better than nothing. However, it may have an expiration date for those who have already used it. If so, will the rest of the plan be launched in advance? ”
He rubbed the puppet bead in his hand and lay on the floor thinking nonsense.
Fan Wencheng was also sitting in the lobby of Amin's residence at this time, drinking white water that had no taste, waiting for Amin to wake up from his drunkenness. From morning to noon, Amin yawned and dragged his shoes out of the back hall from the support of two North Korean beauties.
Fan Wencheng hurriedly knelt down with one leg and kneeled:
"Say hello to Erbele."
"Hmm............" Amin didn't look at it, and sat down on the seat in the middle of the lobby.
"This early in the morning came to mourn, let's talk about it. What's the matter? Amin didn't care about outsiders, just sat in his seat, tilted his head in the arms of the North Korean beauty, and took a sip of hot tea from the teacup handed by the beauty on the other side with his mouth open.
"Don't say hey. …… Bah...... Phew......" He spat out the tea leaves in his mouth, and didn't call Fan Wencheng, who was still kneeling on the ground.
"When I didn't have this before, I thought it was quite pleasant to drink milk tea made from a tea brick. In the past few years, I have become more and more aware that the southern barbarians of the Ming Dynasty will enjoy it. ”
As he spoke, he shook his head, arched his arms in the North Korean woman, and found a more comfortable position.
Hee-......, the woman in the back may be a little itchy, but she couldn't help laughing.
Amin suddenly stretched out his backhand, grabbed the woman's placket, and followed the chair to the blue brick next to Fan Wencheng. The woman may have felt that she had served this uncle quite well in the past few days, so she was a little dissolute. Who knew that Amin's sudden change of face was suddenly unguarded, and his head hit the green brick directly, and the blood on his forehead flowed down his fair face.
Hiss......
Amin also made a sudden move, and he has not stretched his muscles for a long time after indulging in wine and meat in the past few days. With such a strange posture just now, I felt that my shoulder clicked, and it hurt all of a sudden. He quickly held it with his other hand.
As soon as he raised his eyes, he happened to see Fan Wencheng's expression that seemed to be smiling.
This expression made Amin, who was already in pain, angry all of a sudden. In three steps and two steps, he walked to the woman who was still covering the wound on her head and lying on the ground with a confused face, and stepped on her slender neck.