In this way, Lin Hai got more than 100 taels of silver tickets, which is a lot of wealth for the poor, and Lin Hai came to the exchange with excitement.

There is a surge of people here, the traders are all rich people, the investment is more than 10,000 taels, and according to the regulations, it is also a thousand taels, Lin Hai is naturally not qualified to trade.

But this is not difficult for the wise Chinese people, Lin Mei has been working in it for a while, she is familiar with the guy, she found a buddy, handed him the silver ticket, and bought it with others.

……

Tsushima Island, Shuaiying, Yang Xin woke up from his sleep, and the two peerless beauties were sticking to themselves, a comfortable mess.

Yang Xin stroked Li Xiangjun's back, and at this time she was sleeping soundly on her chest, her soft body made Yang Xin very satisfied.

After a while, Li Xiangjun opened his eyes and looked at Yang Xin sleepily.

"King, are you awake?"

Yang Xin smiled and said, "It's noon, still not awake?" ”

Li Xiangjun was startled when he heard this, and was about to get up with his hands propped up, when suddenly a red cloud appeared on his face, and he lay down again with a weak body.

Yang Xin laughed, and the footsteps of a maid came, perhaps because he heard movement on the bed and thought Yang Xin was awake.

"Lord Wang, there is news from the pro-soldiers, something big has happened in the country, the Ming Dynasty has been defeated again in Hangzhou, and the Qing army has occupied the entire territory of Zhejiang."

The soft voice of a servant girl came from the bedside.

Yang Xin sighed in his heart, Daming lost another province, since the last time he heard about Sun Liang's information, this result was expected.

Li Xiangjun was shocked when he heard this, sat up, and asked, "What about Emperor Ming?" …… Yes...... Did anything happen? ”

The maid didn't dare to look up and said, "I don't know, there's no news." ”

Li Xiangjun suddenly felt apprehensive in her heart, and at this time she was worried about Da Ming.

"Don't make a fuss, King...... Yes...... Go out...... Something big happens, what do we do? ”

Yang Xin said: "Hey...... What else can we do, we don't have the troops to help them now, and we can help him drag the Manchu 50,000 army in Pusan. ”

At this time, Jin Lianmei finally woke up, saw the scene in front of her, and smiled.

Yang Xin sat up and said, "Get up, let's have a meeting to discuss how to face this new situation." ”

It seems that Japan's actions have to be accelerated, and the Ming Dynasty now only has Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi and Yunnan provinces left, Yunnan and Guangxi are all places where ethnic minorities gather, and the Ming Dynasty's control is very small, basically relying on Guangdong and Fujian provinces.

Li Xiangjun was on the verge of amnesty, and hurriedly called the maid to change Yang Xin's clothes.

Soon, the high-level leaders of Daxing gathered in Shuaiying, and Yang Xin and Li Xiangjun finally came late.

"King Xing, the latest batch of fifteen lucky ships from Weihai Shipyard has been delivered to the sailor and arrived on Tsushima Island!"

Jiao Xuewen reported first.

Yang Xin was overjoyed, this kind of the most advanced sea ships in the Ming Dynasty, each of which can carry 2,000 soldiers, fifteen is not a small number, it can carry 30,000 soldiers at one time, and the firepower on it is powerful, equipped with cannons purchased by Macao, and each ship is equipped with as many as 72 guns on the left and right sides.

"Okay, with this batch of ships, the coalition forces immediately blockade Japanese waters and prohibit any foreign ships from approaching, focusing on Western ships and Zheng Chenggong's sea ships, and we will also taste the benefits of monopolizing Japan's maritime trade."

Yang Xin gave the order without hesitation, and Jiao Xuewen hurriedly agreed.

Li Xiangjun on the side quit and asked, "Lord Wang, why do you even have to block the sea ships of the Ming Dynasty?" ”

Yang Xin smiled and said: "This matter is not aimed at Daming, this king has a personal grudge with Zheng Chenggong. ”

Li Xiangjun suddenly didn't dare to speak, she naturally knew about the princess being snatched away by Zheng Chenggong before, but now that Yang Xin dealt with Zheng Chenggong, she was embarrassed to stop her.

Yang Xin sighed in his heart, he didn't expect that Chongzhen, who had crossed over, was not as good as Nanming in history, in just two years, he lost Zhejiang, and Nanming still insisted on it for more than ten years in history.

I wonder that there are people who have crossed over in this Qing Dynasty, otherwise how could the firearms be so sharp, could it be Dolgon?

Yang Xin saw that Li Xiangjun no longer spoke for Daming, and then said: "Aunt Chen, you send someone to Dengzhou to build another Daxing shipyard, the scale cannot be smaller than the current Weihai shipyard, the speed of our sea ship construction is still too slow, the lack of craftsmen can be recruited in Goryeo, there is no shortage of shipbuilding craftsmen in Goryeo, as long as there is a Ming craftsman command, there is no problem in building a Ming ship. ”

Yang Xin has already begun to plan to develop Dengzhou, which will be called Qingdao in later generations, and it is naturally a super promising port.

Mrs. Chen hurriedly promised, now Daxing is not short of money, but the place is too small, there is a shortage of talents, shipbuilding craftsmen are concentrated in the south of the Yangtze River, the previous Weihai shipyard, recruiting 20,000 craftsmen has been a painstaking effort, and now with the full support of the Koreans, Daxing hired workers are paid a high salary, and naturally they are enthusiastic to go to Daxing to work.

Now the shipyard has become the workshop with the most employees in Daxing, employing up to 20,000 people, and it is also the most mature industrial base in Daxing, followed by the musket workshop, Daxing business and Yuxin trade together have about 10,000 employees, as for the artillery factory, it has just begun the preparatory stage, and even the technical craftsmen who can make cannons have not been found, and they are only trying to copy the Portuguese artillery.

Then, it was the matter of smuggling, including how the coalition fleet cooperated with Chen Da Niang's Daxing business, which only made Chen Da Niang happy, and even Jiao Xuewen, the chief soldier of the naval division, had to listen to her deployment, and there was no reason why she was unhappy.

On the other hand, Tokugawa Iemitsu was not idle, and was in full swing to convene a meeting of his henchmen.

Yanagi Sozhi first said: "General, we have paralyzed the coalition forces with a peace agreement, and they have not continued to attack for the time being, what should we do next?" ”

Tokugawa Iemitsu said coldly: "Our people have already found out clearly, everything at present is made by this Daxing King, this general has now decided to implement an assassination plan against Yang Xin, the king of Daxing, codenamed Killing God, as long as he is killed, everything will be solved, who wants to be the first to go, the time has come to show our samurai spirit!" ”

The Tokugawa family glanced coldly at everyone in front of the palace, Edo is known as the city of samurai, Tokugawa started as a samurai, and his henchmen are all famous samurai, especially Yagyu Sochi, who is the leader of the Yagyu faction.

The hall was silent, and at this time, a young man stood up, knelt down in front of Tokugawa, and said: "General, last time in Busan, the Iga ninja failed to assassinate Yang Xin, but only injured the Qing Dynasty general Haoge, this time the last general is willing to personally lead people there, not to kill Yang Xin, willing to commit suicide!" ”

Tokugawa Iemitsu saw that this person was the leader of the younger generation of the Iga faction, Hattori Masao, and he still had confidence in the Iga ninja, so he nodded and said, "Okay, if it succeeds, this general will make you the lord of the Iga faction!" ”

Hattori Masao hurriedly agreed, stood up after speaking, and strode out of the palace.

After he left, Yanagi Zongzhi continued: "General, the assassination is not necessarily successful, we also need a set of backup plans, Weichen thinks that the coalition forces are too strong at sea, we can't fight them hard at sea, if the war resumes, we should give up the sea, let them land on the island, and fight them to the death on land." ”

The Battle of Tsushima had already knocked Yagyu Sochi out of the shadows in his heart, and the powerful artillery fire of the Great Kofu Ship made his own samurai have no chance to play at all, and most of the casualties occurred in long-range strikes before contact, including muskets and artillery.

Tokugawa Iemitsu frowned when he heard this, and said: "We Japan is an island country, and there is sea on all sides, if we completely abandon the sea, the enemy can attack wherever he wants, and it will be difficult to defend." ”

The ministers were all worried, and after thinking for a moment, Yanagi Zongzhi said: "General, Daxing wants to dominate Japan's maritime trade, which will affect the interests of the two forces, one is the Dutch who cooperated with us before, and the other is Zheng Chenggong, the Daming sailor who has been secretly smuggling us through pirates, we can unite the two of them and use their sea power to deal with the navy of the coalition forces!" ”

Tokugawa Iemitsu thought about it, this reason is naturally very simple, but these two parties also want to benefit from Japan's sea trade, which is a strategy to drive away tigers and wolves, and there will be endless troubles.

"You go and contact first, see what conditions they have, if it's not too much, it's decided, the three parties will organize a joint fleet, and there will be another naval battle with Daxing."

Tokugawa Iemitsu had to nod.

……

The closer they got to their destination, the more worried Captain John became, the news of the Battle of Tsushima had already reached the ears of the Dutch, but they were now competing with European powers for maritime supremacy on a global scale, with a focus on the Americas, and there were not many fleets transferred to the Far East.

John only hoped to avoid Daxing's fleet this time, after all, the sea was so big, and if he wanted to run into it, he could only say that he had to try his luck.

What he didn't know was that Yang Xin had already ordered the blockade of the Sea of Japan, and soon, several fortune ships of the Combined Fleet appeared in front, and the leading flagship was Xue Laosan, who happened to be patrolling this sea area today, which was the only way to go to Japan, and to blockade the Sea of Japan, it was impossible to patrol without the Daxing Naval Division here.

Xue Laosan saw the Dutch fleet with a telescope, and immediately said to his subordinates: "Wave the flag to them, and ask them to stop their ships immediately and return to the sea, the Sea of Japan has been blocked by our Daxing Combined Fleet, and no ship is allowed to pass without permission!" ”

The pro-soldiers hurriedly began to play the flag.

Captain John saw the flag of the Great Xingfu ship, and immediately became furious, the Dutch fleet has always been rampant and unscrupulous in the Far East, and the other side actually wants to blockade the Sea of Japan, is it tolerable?

"Gun demonstration!"

John's command was simple and straightforward.

Boom, boom, three cannon shots, the cannonball flew far away, and fell on the water still far away from Xue Laosan, of course, it was impossible to hit, and it was not yet within the range of the cannon.

The Dutch cannons were of better quality than the ones Daxing bought from the Portuguese, and had a slightly longer range.

Xue Laosan was furious, at this time, there were five patrolling Daxingfu ships, while the Dutch fleet only had three warships and five ordinary merchant ships.

In terms of firepower, the two sides can be said to be evenly matched, but what John doesn't know is that there are nearly 2,000 soldiers on each Fu boat, and the five ships are 10,000 sailors, all of whom are fully armed and equipped with arquebuses, and some of the elite troops are equipped with tunnel guns, about 500 people.

A naval battle of no small scale ensued.

The Dutch ships were smaller, but equally more agile, and a fierce artillery battle ensued, and John was surprised to find that the other side was not only very seafaring, but also full of firepower, and each ship was equipped with thirty-six cannons on each of the left and right strings, a total of seventy-two cannons.

After a short artillery battle, both sides were hit by artillery, killing and wounding dozens of soldiers.

John soon decided to withdraw from the battle, the Westerners and the Japanese are the same urine, they are both bullying the weak and afraid of the hard, and they found that the other party is strong, if they fight to the death, they will inevitably lose both, and they have come thousands of miles to make a fortune, but they don't want to die at sea so inexplicably.

John ordered: "Raise the white flag, I will negotiate with them!" ”

Xue Laosan soon saw that the other party stopped firing, raised a white flag, and asked for negotiations, thought about it, and agreed to the other party's request.

Soon the flagships of both sides approached, leaning together, planks laid with the ship's strings, and a group of Dutchmen came up.

The leader was wearing a blue navy uniform, a Western sword, and a short firearm pinned to his waist, and walked over with an angry face, and said to Xue Laosan: "We are a Dutch merchant ship, going to Nagasaki to do business, why stop for no reason?" ”

He naturally spoke Dutch, but the Europeans were used to running around the world at that time, so they brought a Ming guide with the ship and translated his words to Xue Laosan.

Xue Laosan used to be a pirate, this kind of scene is also common, Xue Laosan said with a smile: "Tokugawa Iemitsu has signed an exclusive maritime trade agreement with our Daxing, and in the future, when you go to Japan for sea trade, you can only go to the ships allowed by my Daxing, and no ship is allowed to go to the Sea of Japan without permission, otherwise it is equivalent to smuggling, if you want to trade with the Japanese sea, you have to go to the port built by our Daxing in Tsushima Island." ”

John said angrily: "It's too unreasonable for you to be so angry, such a big Japan, you actually want to monopolize the sea trade, it's simply the behavior of barbarians!" ”

Xue Laosan laughed and said: "I'm just a general, only responsible for execution, if you have any opinions, you can ask our Xingwang to say, Lao Tzu doesn't care about this, you either return or go to Tsushima Island, otherwise you will continue to fight!" ”

John was helpless and discussed with a few people around him, and one of the first mate said, "Captain, why don't we go to Tsushima and negotiate with them?" ”

Another boss and deputy shook his head and said, "You have been at sea for so many years, don't you know that power is justice, there is nothing to talk about, and nothing can be achieved from it." ”

At first, the man said: "We have sailed so far, it is impossible to return like this, it is a big deal to sell it to them cheaper, and make less money." ”

The boss smiled and said, "It's a small problem if you don't have money, I'm afraid you won't be able to come back." ”

The man retorted: "No, the Chinese court has always been a state of etiquette, and it will not engage in such blatant banditry. ”

The two argued, John was a little embarrassed, thought for a while, and decided to go to Tsushima Island to see what the attitude of this suddenly rising Daxing was, after all, wealth and danger are sought, they run at sea, and are not afraid of adventure.

So he said to Xue Laosan: "Okay, I'll go to Tsushima Island with you, please lead the way in front!" ”

As a result, the fleet came to the port of Tsushima Island, and a group of more than ten ships was also a large maritime force.

When he arrived at Tsushima Island, John was surprised to find that there were many ships that were blocked by the Daxing sailors like him, there were more than ten of them, most of which were one or two acting alone, as well as the ships of the Daming Jiangnan Maritime Merchant, their team was the most crowded, with eight sea ships.

At this time, they all docked at the location specified by the port of Tsushima.

Soon, he met the legendary King Daxing in the handsome camp not far from the pier, a tall young man with a smile on his face, and a beautiful oriental woman in red by his side.

"I protest, you can't be so unreasonable!"

John yelled when he saw him.

Yang Xin is also looking at this Dutchman, he came to this world for the first time to deal with Westerners.

Yang Xin smiled and said, "This gentleman, I don't know what to call it yet?" ”

John hurriedly said: "My name is John, and I am the commander of this Dutch Far East Fleet. ”

Yang Xin nodded and said: "Mr. John, Japan is already a protected country of my Daxing, and no longer enjoys the right to separate foreign maritime trade, and all of Japan's maritime trade is carried out by me Daxing in a unified manner, in this case, you have nothing to protest, right?" ”

John was taken aback and said, "What do you mean by that?" Do you not only want to monopolize Japan's maritime trade, but also want to monopolize Japan? ”

Yang Xin laughed and said, "Mr. John thinks too much, Japan is our brotherly alliance, and we have signed a peace agreement to protect their maritime trade." ”

John began to think about Yang Xin's words, and no matter how he listened to them, he felt that he wanted to annex Japan alone.

"Aren't you afraid of a war with the Netherlands when you openly rob us of the Netherlands' maritime trade with Japan?"

John turned on the intimidation mode again, and said: "We have an invincible huge fleet around the world, if we are all transferred to the Far East, you Daxing will not be an opponent at all!" ”

In fact, today's Netherlands is far less powerful in the Far East than in history, Nanyang has been occupied by the Zheng family, and even the Strait of Malacca is controlled by the Zheng family.

And all this, Yang Xin didn't know, Daxing's fleet had not penetrated to the south for the time being, and Yang Xin only wanted to pocket Goryeo and Japan.