At its peak, Sado's gold and silver mountains could produce more than forty tons of silver and four hundred kilograms of gold, which was the most attractive place for Li Zhaoji, and now that Sado Island has been eaten, the next thing is how to digest it.

"With the silver here, I will reward all those who participate in this expedition, from the treasurer to an ordinary sailor, for successfully arriving here. But I also need you to know that we haven't established a rule yet, so the rewards will be delayed.

In a month's time, I'm going to take this island and make it do my bidding! Li Zhaoji shouted.

Everyone responded in unison, and Li Zhaoji immediately ordered the treasury to be closed, and came to the antechamber of the commission office with everyone. At this time, Shichiro Yoshida had already led the merchants to the side of the house to deal with affairs, and everyone sat on both sides and listened to Li Zhaoji's instructions.

"This is a rich port, and as long as Shichiro Yoshida takes care of his relations with the merchants, we will not be short of supplies for a month, but our real enemy will be the counterattack of the Edo shogunate, so we must quickly establish our rule.

Therefore, I am going to carry out a new round of reorganization of the army. Li Zhaoji said.

Everyone obeyed Li Zhaoji's orders, and the trading company carried a lot of armed forces on this voyage to the north, among which Haruki's volunteer team had 100 people, but after fighting and being wounded, only about 80 people could move, and the escort team and the fleet of armaments should have 100 people, but now there are only 90 people left.

In addition, Matsushita Fuming brought fifteen Chezhi Dan and was always in Li Zhaoji's personal guard.

However, this did not mean that the armed men of the trading company were limited to this, in fact, most of the sailors were involved in the battle, and two Dutch ships were captured along the way.

"Sixth son, you serve as the port guard, select fifty people from the Dutch sailors and English sailors, and arm fifty of our sailors as the garrison company, Guo Xu, you are the deputy of the treasurer Chen." Li Zhaoji took the lead in commanding.

After everyone heard this, they knew that Li Zhaoji was going to choose men and horses to defend, and let the elite troops take the initiative to attack.

As he spoke, Li Zhaoji had already opened the map, which was a sketch map he asked the businessman to draw, and it can be seen that the shape of Sado Island is similar to that of S-shaped, and on both sides are two mountain ranges distributed in parallel, the Great Sado Mountain Range and the Small Sado Mountain Range, and most of the gold and silver mines are distributed in the two mountain ranges, and between the mountains is a narrow plain - the Kunaka Plain.

Aikawa Port is located on the west side of the Osado Mountain Range, facing the Sea of Japan, while Kunakadaira is located on the east side of the mountain range, and the port is not located on the plain, because although Sado has 55 gold and silver mountains, the largest Aikawa gold and silver mountain is located in the mountains behind Aikawa Port.

The port has a population of more than 30,000, all of which are used for gold and silver mining, and more than 40,000 people are scattered across the plains of the country.

Li Zhaoji pointed to the port of Liangjin, which is located on the other side of the island, in the north of the Kunaka Plain, and said: "This is the port of Liangjin, and before the mining of Jinshan, this was the largest port in Sado. Liu Shun, you organize the escort team, the volunteer team and the armed forces, as well as Matsushita Fuming's Chezhi Dan, all of them to you and form an expeditionary battalion.

There are also two six-pounder field guns, also handed over to you, to the port of Liangjin. Haruki and Matsushita Tomaki will assist you, and I need you to go from north to south and penetrate the Kunaka Plain. ”

Liu Shun was overjoyed and immediately knelt on the ground to receive the order.

Since Tamsui set sail, he has rarely performed, and in a few land battles, he was robbed of the limelight by Chunshu's barbarian, which made Liu Shun very anxious, he gave up the position of the big shopkeeper and came out to lead the troops, just to make contributions to the battlefield, but now he is robbed of the limelight by others.

I thought that this expedition would be preempted by Haruki again, but I never thought that I would become a leading leader, how I didn't like it.

"When you march and fight, you will discuss with your subordinates, but if you discuss the strategy, please show the big treasurer." Liu Shun said loudly, although he was happy, but he did not lose his mind, as he thought, this expedition is just a sweep of some villages and towns, it is nothing, but this expedition is related to the rule of the trading company on Sado Island, Liu Shun does not dare to slack off.

Li Zhaoji nodded slightly: "After Ah Shun led the troops, the growth is really not small, the strategy I taught is related to the overall situation of the trading company, you have to implement it well, if there is disobedience, I will not be spared." ”

Haruki and Matsushita Tomaki also surrounded him, and Lee Zhaoji said, "The highest commander in Sado is Sado Commissioner, and his subordinates are divided into 'Yoriki', 'Tongxin', and 'Servants'. Since the shogunate did not have a garrison in Sado, I wanted to come to Sado to gather the strong men of the village community to fight against us, which is why you went to the trouble to go to the expedition.

On this trip, when encountering strength and concentricity, or capture or kill, do not be polite, these people are the retainers of the practice, and the servants are mostly ordinary people who have permanent property, if they are born in towns, they are merchants, they should be treated politely.

But those who are born in the countryside are the village servants, they have the famous master, the head of the group and the generation of the people, these people are the heroes in the village and town, that is, the 'own people' among the people, that is, the owner of the land, the head of the village is about equivalent to the village elder, and the people are selected from the people to supervise.

In the face of them, the head of the name and the head of the group and their families were all captured and taken to Xiangchuan, and the family property was confiscated. But the common people and the common people will not be violated. You're not just going to do that, you're going to have to advertise it, you know?

Especially the first village and town to be requisitioned, it is especially necessary to do a good job in order to show the policy and set an example for action! ”

The three of them hurriedly responded, but everyone in the hall discussed it one after another, and for a while, it was extremely noisy.

Li Zhaoji took a sip of tea and said, "If you have any opinions, you can say them and discuss them together, don't chatter, it's very noisy." ”

Everyone looked at each other, and finally looked at Chen Liuzi, after all, he had a respected status and was not afraid of offending Li Zhaoji.

Chen Liuzi said: "The big treasurer, according to what you said, the lord and the head of the house are the class that rules a village, and if we want to deal with them, won't the village and town be in chaos and be our enemy." ”

Li Zhaoji said lightly: "It is better for them to be our enemies than for the brothers of the trading company to rebel and make trouble." ”

Chen Liuzi grinned, quite embarrassed, and said, "Brother Shangfu is making trouble, how can this be?" ”

Li Zhaoji said: "Ladies and gentlemen, after the conquest is successful, I will reward the whole army, from top to bottom, all of them will be rewarded with silver." I ask you, what did the soldiers do when they got the gold and silver? ”

"Drinking, playing with women, gambling, in short, doing whatever you can do to have fun." At that moment, Liu Shun said. He added: "Alcohol is restricted in the army, gambling is strictly prohibited, and those who can play will play with women." ”

Li Zhaoji smiled: "Ah Shun, do you want to play with women!" ”

Liu Shun blushed, bowed his head and didn't dare to speak anymore, now his status is extraordinary, especially this time in Beihang, Tang Mu is married, and his heart is even more itchy.

Li Zhaoji looked around and said, "What about you, don't you want to play with women?" ”

Everyone laughed, Li Zhaoji stood up, and said: "There are still half of the people present who have not married wives, and there are even more brothers below, the foundation of our trading company is in Tamsui, and the people who migrated from Guangdong Province are mostly men, I have heard that in Tamsui City, a widow with a child dares to ask for a bride price of twenty taels, and because the woman of Kaida Gran married the man of our trading company, Atta does not know how many letters she wrote to me."

Ask the brothers below, after the conquest, do you want thirty taels of military merit silver or a Japanese yellow flower girl? ”

"Don't talk about the yellow flower girl, even if it is a woman, she will be robbed." Tang Mu shouted.

Li Zhaoji nodded: "That's the truth."

There is a shortage of women in the trading company, a shortage in the army, a shortage in the company, and a shortage in Tamsui City. But this time, I have to let all the meritorious soldiers marry their daughters-in-law, but where do the women come from, I can't castrate the captured Japanese to them. ”

"You can't have children." Chen Liuzi knew that Li Zhaoji was in a good mood, and said half-jokingly.

Li Zhaoji nodded: "But Sado is a place where the trading company wants to rule, so I can't let the brothers go around and rob women." This port is gone, what should we do with food and clothing? The mines in the mountains are all men, and if you want women, you have to get them from the countryside.

You are from a poor background like me, and now you are in charge of the sword soldiers, if you bully those tenant serfs, you can do it!

If you want a woman, you should find a landowner and a rich peasant! I want their wives with fine skin and tender flesh and daughters who wear gold and silver.

Moreover, in the future, the trading company will garrison troops here, where will the land come from, you ask tenant farmers and merchants for it, do they have it? It's not the main thing to find land. Do you need me to say the rest of the words? ”

"Everyone, don't forget, even if it's Matsushita Fuming, don't forget that we are all outsiders." Chen Liuzi took over the words, and he said: "If we want to establish rule, we must change the order here, and the biggest beneficiaries of the original order are the officials of the institute and the landlords in the countryside.

If we want to change, we have to hurt their interests, take people's money and property like killing their parents, are they willing? Even if they had patiently accepted and sent troops from the Edo shogunate to fight them, they would have been the first to rebel and stab us in the back. ”

"The big shopkeeper and the shopkeeper Chen are right, after killing all these names and house owners, most of the land belongs to the trading company, and with the right to dispose of the land, we can encircle the largest number of farmers on this land." Liu Shun said.

"That's right, the rest of the people are going to be busy, Liu Shun, Haruki, Panasonic, you stay, and the rest of the people are busy." Li Zhaoji said.

After the rest of the people retreated, Li Zhaoji said, "I have already asked clearly, the name of the Sado Shrine is Okayamaso, and he is a banner samurai from Edo, and there are more than 40 samurai in total who manage the Imperial Office, the Imperial Camp House, and the Katsuba, and there are also overseers in each mine.

There are all kinds of people, and it is not difficult to pull up a team of 1,000 people.

I have sent you to conquer this trip, one is to collect the villages and towns and establish order, and the other is to attract Okayama Village to fight. If we can inflict a heavy blow on its main force in one fell swoop and achieve a big victory, we will be able to quickly pacify this place. ”

"The big treasurer means that he is done in one battle." Liu Shun asked.

Li Zhaoji said: "Although the number of troops under your command is far inferior to that of the enemy, it is sharp in artillery and fully equipped with armor, so it should not be difficult to win." ”

"It's not hard." Where would Liu Shun say a bad word?

The other two nodded their heads one after another, and none of them wanted to miss this opportunity to make a great contribution.

Li Zhaoji looked at Matsushita Fuming again: "Panasonic, this expedition requires your more efforts, although this is an outlying island, it is still Japan, and for you Chezhitan, it is your hometown."

As long as the trading company has a firm foothold, you can recruit Kiritan and return to your hometown. ”

"Big shopkeeper, can we come here?" Matsushita Fuming's eyes instantly turned red.

Li Zhaoji said: "When I was in Tamsui, I didn't allow you to buy a house on the land in Chezhidan, because your beliefs are incompatible with us, and if you live together, there will be conflicts. But Sado is different, after the requisition is completed, I will re-examine the land, select 1,000 acres of high-quality land from it, and reward you with Chezhidan, and in the future, Chezhitan will act here and will no longer be restricted. ”