Chapter 62: His Majesty the Great Emperor
Li Temporary Worker ......
Lee's temporary worker is certainly not qualified to refuse.
At this time, he was flattering Zhu Yuanzhang like a loyal dog, and Zhu Yuanzhang had already hinted at him that if he behaved well, then he could consider making him the king of Korea.
As for what does it mean to perform well?
The first is naturally that the treasure money will pass through North Korea in the future.
During Yang Feng's trip to the north, Zhu Yuanzhang has quickly solved the watermark and color-changing ink technology of treasure banknotes, the former was originally available at this time, nothing more than weaving the silk screen of the pulp at the time of papermaking, and the new version of the treasure banknotes of His Majesty the Emperor has a watermark of a square hole money on it......
Vulgar!
Tacky!
But you can't use dragons.
The sun and the moon are not good, because the emperor's robe is the sun and the moon on his shoulders.
Let's use Brother Fang Kong!
As for the color-changing ink, it is the kind recorded by Song Yingxing that Yang Feng taught him, soaking the wick with comfrey juice and then burning tung oil to scrape the lamp black to make ink, so that the printed handwriting will be red when obliquely looked at in the sun. However, the cost of this ink is high, so the words and patterns of the new version of the treasure banknote, including the size, have shrunk significantly, anyway, these two things are basically enough for short-term anti-counterfeiting. Those counterfeit banknotes may solve the watermark in the short term, but the color-changing ink really can't solve the problem in the short term, because where the ink is made, even the ministers of the DPRK and China do not know at all.
It is estimated that a special factory was set up in the health office of the tung oil-producing area.
He has no shortage of such guards.
Therefore, now the new treasure banknotes have begun to circulate and exchange the old banknotes at the current currency value for one to four.
As for how to publicize and distinguish between real and fake banknotes, this is very simple for him, because he has a wooden priest at this time, that is, there are special elders in fixed places in various places, holding a copper bell, but the bell is made of wood, and then preaching and indoctrination to passers-by.
For example, we should honor our parents, accumulate virtue and do good deeds, and so on.
Now it is enough to teach people to distinguish between real and fake banknotes.
He rewarded Li Chenggui with 20,000 guan, and then allowed Korean merchants to trade in Liaoyang, Dengzhou, Taicang, Ningbo and other ports of the Ming Dynasty, but they could only use treasure money, that is, to carry gold, silver and copper coins, etc., they must first go to the city to exchange them. As for the lack of treasure money, and there is no gold, silver and copper money, it doesn't matter, you can sell it with grain and horses, and if you sell it, won't you have treasure money to use?
However, it is strictly forbidden to directly use gold, silver and copper coins, and if it is found, it will be hacked to death.
Mutual reports are also allowed.
The whistleblower gets the property of the person being reported.
Li Chenggui was ecstatic!
Because he knows that his spring has come.
He can be a second-class dealer, buy those goods from the Ming Dynasty for overseas trade, and then sell them to these places in the Wa Kingdom to make money.
As for the question of the need to exchange gold, silver and copper coins for treasure money, it is not important, because he must collect gold, silver and copper coins when he sells them to the Japanese people, so as long as he controls this kind of commerce, then he can solve the financial ......
Your Majesty, the Great Emperor!
Of course, His Majesty the Great Emperor earned more.
After all, no matter how much gold, silver and copper money he earns, he will have to exchange it in Daming in the end.
Then it all went into the hands of His Majesty the Emperor.
Thirty-seven points!
Seventy percent are from other people!
How many people can't get it if they want to!
After all, at present, the import and export trade of the Ming Dynasty is only open to him and the Ryukyus!
And His Majesty the Emperor's second request for Li Temp was to lease the land.
It's a leased land!
Because the shipping from the Ming Dynasty to Liaodong was unstable, there were often ships that missed the wind season, which eventually led to a long delay and capsized from time to time, so His Majesty the Emperor chose to open up a new shipping route according to Ambassador Yang's suggestion. That is, out of the mouth of the Yangtze River to the east into the East China Sea circulation, and then into a warm current north to the coast of North Korea, and then stick to the North Korean coast all the way to Liaodong route, that is, the southern half of the north-south route conceived by Yang Feng. But the key to this route is that it can't go to Dengju to replenish, and a new supply depot needs to be built on the west coast of North Korea, so Daming needs to rent a place in North Korea.
Look!
Look!
This is the Son of Benevolence!
He could have grabbed it directly, but he still had to lend.
In short, this issue is still under discussion.
Li Chenggui knew that he couldn't refuse, but he was not too willing, after all, he was also afraid that Zhu Yuanzhang was actually worried about his broken place, in short, he was cautiously tempting.
But to give is to give.
Of course, he actually thought too much, Zhu Yuanzhang was not interested in him, His Majesty the Emperor was just preparing for the march into the Japanese Kingdom, after all, Yang Feng described to him that the Golden Mountain of Sado Island and the Silver Mountain of Iwami were too tempting, and Zhu Yuanzhang was sure to take it, but first establish a springboard for the march in Korea.
As for Yang Feng's investment plan, His Majesty the Emperor readily agreed.
Where can I find such a good wrongdoer?
What's more, they still took the initiative to come to the door.
If Yang Feng does a good job, it means that the Ming Dynasty really actually controls the Songhua River Basin, and if he messes up, he will lose money.
His Majesty the Emperor doesn't have to pay.
As for Yang Feng's use of these merchants to plot misdeeds?
Let's let these merchants live first!
April.
On the Songhua River.
"Looking at it now, it's a different world than it is in winter."
Zhang Fu looked at the scenery on both sides of the strait with interest.
However, there is no warship under their feet, it is still being built in the Jilin shipyard, after all, even if it is used improvisedly, it must be cut down and dissolved first, and at least it must be slightly shaded.
We can't let these ships rot before they reach Nuer.
Not to mention having to come back.
What's more, there are still two vassal kings on board.
If any of the ships were to be wrecked and drowned, the craftsmen would inevitably kill the whole family.
In short, there must be the necessary treatment.
So Yang Feng's choice is very simple, just do it directly to make a wooden row, anyway, he went straight downstream, he cut wood in the Wuzhi Department, and then made large rafts, all of which were made of those big pines that could be said to be in the primeval forest, and he didn't even bother to pick up the bark, and then just like a platoon person, he directly made a giant raft to carry the cavalry and drift along the Songhua River.
It's like a giant aircraft carrier on the river.
The rafts were all vultures, and they were supposed to do that.
And not just a raft.
At this moment, there were a total of thirty such giant rafts on the Songhua River, carrying a total of three thousand cavalry.
Among them were only a thousand Ming troops.
As for the other two thousand, of course, they are vultures.
Zhu Di did not object to Yang Feng's action but did not support it, and sending Zhang Fu's 1,000 artillery team to follow him was in the nature of friendship sponsorship, but he would not deliberately transfer troops to do private work for him.
It was he who wanted to engage in Brother Timur, and it was not that the Ming Dynasty wanted to engage Brother Timur.
The people paid tribute to Li Chenggui.
Theoretically, the subjects who belong to the subject state of the Ming Dynasty are fundamentally different from Xiyangha.
The latter was originally subjugated to the Ming Dynasty, but betrayed the Ming Dynasty, and had plundered Liaohaiwei, which belonged to a rebellion that must be severely punished, but Brother Timur was not, as for Yang Feng said that those ......
He deceived people, could His Royal Highness King Yan also follow him to deceive people?
If you don't expose it, it's already a face-saving one.
In short, Yang Feng wants to get Brother Meng's Timur, this Zhu Di will not stop him, but don't expect Zhu Di to send troops to help him, and the task given to Zhang Fu is only to inspect the Huli River, and if attacked, you can decide whether to counterattack or not, but it does not include taking the initiative to attack Xi Guancheng, unless the Jurchens in Xi Guancheng attack them.
So......
The attack was not attacked or not, it was not their own mouth, could it be that the fierce brother Timur died and could still get up and confront them?
"That's why I said, the great rivers and mountains, can't just be lost in vain, there is no really worthless land in this world, the more land this thing, the more the better, even if it looks worthless at this time, it does not mean that it will be worthless in the future, because you don't know what minerals have not been found underneath. Now in the desert on the other side of the world, the natives are so poor that they can survive with two dates a day and a cup of goat's milk, and all around them are sand that can't even feed a few sheep, but by that time, because there is oil under their desert, they have all become very rich.
As long as it's land, it's always right to take more.
Even if there is no one and cannot live in it, then it has to be painted on its own territory.
into their own state and county.
In this way, future generations will be justified.
Even if you can't go, as long as you have a map in your hand and open up a territory on the map, you have to open it first. ”
Yang Feng instilled the way of expansion in Zhang Fu.
Then in front of them, a vast estuary appeared......
"My lord, Huli has arrived!"
Nanghana, the leader of the vultures who was waiting next to him, said humbly.
"It's a terrible name!"
"Well, Lord Hui, in fact, our name is Mudan Hada upstream, and it is called Qujiang in Chinese."
"Then let's call it Mudanjiang, take care of your name!"
Yang Feng said casually.
Immediately after that, with the roar of the front row, all the platoons around the raft took action, holding the penny to push the raft to the shore, they could not enter the current of the Mudanjiang River, so they would be washed to the north bank, and they had to dock before entering.
Of course, there is no pier on the shore, that is, it runs aground directly in shallow water.
Then the cavalry went down.
From here, they had to travel upstream along the Mudanjiang River.
"My lord, a boat is coming!"
Nanhana shouted.
Yang Feng immediately raised his binoculars and looked at the Mudanjiang River.
There three dhows were going down the river.
"Who is this?"
He asked.
"From the upper reaches, it is either the Huli Reform Department or the Huduoli Department, they live together in Xiguan City, and the Huli Reform Chieftain Aha is out, and he is married to the Mengge Timur for generations."
Nanhana said.
Yang Feng adjusts his telescope.
They were also spotted on the other side, and many people soon gathered on the deck, and one of them was still commanding his men, and these Huligaites immediately took out their bows and arrows and erected their shields, and waited on the ship, while adjusting their course and preparing to enter the Songhua River. As long as they enter the Songhua River, they can go straight downstream, and they can avoid it at that time, after all, these rafts can't catch up with the sailboats.
"Open fire and sink their ship."
Yang Feng said.
Then he pointed his binoculars at a slender figure on the ship.
The latter was staring at him with his bow and arrow, and then pointed at his telescope as if he had a heart.
"There are still women?"
Yang Feng said and continued to adjust the telescope with interest.
And on the raft behind him, on the back of a camel lying on its head, rapid-fire cannons were spewing flames......