This time, the Rose docked at the Tsushima Domain, which was completely an accident caused by the storm, and the trading company wanted to trade grain, but it was not Tang Mu's temporary idea.

The trading company had completely occupied Sado and formed a rule, but there was one problem that could not be solved, and that was the problem of food supply in Sado.

According to the preliminary statistics of the trading companies, the citizens, miners, and ruling class on Sado Island accounted for half of the population, and the trading companies had to garrison troops there, carry out construction, and more importantly, the number of food that the trading companies needed to cope with the counterattack of Japan.

Fortunately for now, the Edo shogunate did not react quickly, and the control of the grassroots was not strong. At the time of the Rose's departure, the Shogunate Heavenly Domain did not allow ships to sell food, but this was not the case in the territories of the foreign daimyos, and the trade continued, but with the reaction of the Edo Shogunate, this trade would eventually stop.

So how can Sado's food gap be filled?

Importing from freshwater is completely unthinkable, after all, freshwater grain itself is barely self-sufficient, and the price of grain in Guangdong is already high, and Sado is too far from the core area of the trading company, and transportation itself is a big problem. The food needs of tens of thousands of people cannot be met by one or two armed merchant ships.

If it weren't for the fact that Sado could produce millions of taels of silver worth of gold and silver precious metals every year, Li Zhaoji would never have opened up a trading company's territory so far away.

Near Sado Island, the only one that can meet Sado's food shortage is the Chao and Xian dynasties.

However, this country is a completely unfamiliar territory for trading companies, and there are inevitable dangers.

The current dynasty is no longer a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, but a vassal of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. The pro-Qing faction was in charge of the dynasty, the Xian regime, and the Oriental Trading Company revealed its relationship with the Ming Dynasty from top to bottom, at least the Eguan Bo Belt did not look like a foreigner.

When Tang Mu was still in Xiangchuan, he listened to Li Zhaoji and Chen Liuzi discuss this matter, and once talked about obtaining grain from trade with North Korea, but he was deeply afraid of being rejected by him. Now that he has something to do with the Tsushima Domain, Tang Mu thinks that this is a great opportunity, and the trading company can completely pretend to be Japanese to trade, after all, there are Japanese and Japanese ships under the command of the trading company.

Tang Mu faced the longship Yan Qilang and told the story of trade with North Korea, he said it very sincerely, but he did not say anything about the troubles of the trading company's trade with North Korea. Yan Shichiro Nagafune didn't know about this, and smoothly followed Tang Mu's introduction, and regarded the trading company's purchase of grain from the court as a homeopathic trend in trade, after all, as the pen of the Tsushima Domain, he didn't know the reality of Sado's lack of grain at all.

How could a retainer of Tsushima know about the situation of the Shogunate Heavenly Domain?

"I think trade is reasonable, just as peace is good for both you and me, and I think trade is the same." Yanshiro Nagafune said.

Chen Si'an nodded slightly and said, "This Nagasaki incident, our trading company can no longer trade with Japan, but if the horse clan helps, it can also profit from it." ”

Nagafune Yanshichiro felt very reasonable, he had already heard from the merchants from Nagasaki that the former Nagasaki Shoji Baba Toshishige captured a ship of the Oriental Trading Company, which was full of raw silk, silk, porcelain and other Ming goods, and the variety and quantity were abundant, which alarmed the whole of Nagasaki, and Nagafune Yanshiro felt that if the Tsushima Domain engaged in secret trade with the Oriental Trading Company in the future, it would make the domain prosperous.

"Okay, I'll go back and discuss with the feudal lord."

"Well, if you and I reach an agreement, within fifty days, I will personally lead the trading company's fleet back for the first trade." Tang Mu said, in order to motivate Yan Qilang of the long boat, he said: "For the convenience of both sides, please ask the Lord Long Boat to discuss with the merchants under his command to come up with a name, and the next time we go north, we can bring the goods that your clan needs." ”

"Okay, good, your company is really full of sincerity."

Tang Mu discussed with the longship Yan Qilang about the current trade, mainly the wood and iron needed for ship repair, and Tang Mu immediately took out the cash.

Under his command, the feudal lord Ashigaru forcibly dismantled the door panels of a nearby fishing village and sent the fishing boat to the seashore where the Rose was anchored, and also grabbed an iron pot hoe as iron material for the ship's blacksmith to make iron parts.

After an afternoon of busy work, all the materials needed to repair the Rose were available, but the surrounding fishing village was unlucky, and the cash given by Tang Mu did not fall into the hands of this group of people.

Back in Yanyuan Castle, the longship Yan Shichiro hurriedly went to meet the feudal lord Zong Yoshisei.

When Zong Yicheng heard that Yan Qilang of the long boat was coming, he immediately dragged him into the room, dismissed the servant's surname, and asked, "Long ship Jun, how is the situation, can the Dongfan thief make any changes?" ”

"Relax in the hall, I've handled it properly." Yanshichiro Nagafune said with a smile, "Not only will this time not bring danger to the domain, but it may also bring great benefits to the domain." ”

"Oh, let's talk about it." Zong Yicheng was very happy, after the longship Yan Qilang left, he had been anxious, thinking that if he could say that the Dongfan ship would be blessed, he would be blessed by God, and he never thought that there would be an accident.

After hearing this, the expression on Zong Yicheng's face changed rapidly, sometimes overjoyed, sometimes sad, and Nagafune Yanqiro said to him: "The main hall, there are retainers sent by the clan as the owner of the pavilion on the Wakan side, and there are people from our clan up and down, and there is no contact with the Edo side, so it should be safe."

And Mr. Chen and General Tang both said that when the Oriental Trading Company entered the Pusan trade, it could send our Japanese merchants there, and the ships could also follow the style of our Japan. ”

"If that's the case, then it's quite safe, but Nagafune-kun, have you ever thought that if you agree to trade with the Oriental Trading Company, they will inevitably provide us with a lot of Ming goods, which is a big omission, and sooner or later it will be known to Edo." Zong Yicheng said.

The trade between Japan and the DPRK and Xian, which was monopolized by the Tsushima Domain, although the DPRK Xian would sell some Ming goods in Japan in addition to ginseng, fur and books, but the main thing was the Chao and Xian specialties, of which cotton and cotton products were the majority.

As soon as trade with the Oriental trading companies opened, there would inevitably be an explosion of Ming goods into Japan, which would definitely trigger a reaction from the shogunate.

Yan Qilang, the long ship, smiled and said, "The Great Hall, I have carefully considered this matter, but it may not be as dangerous as the Great Hall thinks. ”

"Oh, tell me about it." Zong Yicheng said.

Yan Shichiro Nagafune said: "I consulted with Chen and Tang, and insisted on one point, trade with the DPRK and Xian can be carried out in Busan, and the Dongfan people must disguise themselves as us Japanese to trade, and disguise themselves as the Japanese of the Tsushima Domain.

In this way, the goods of the Dongfan people must go through our horses, buy the court, fresh goods, and sell their own goods. There is only grain trade, and we don't share in the profits. ”

"Well, that's good, it can guarantee our profits, and we can control the situation, so as not to be seen by few people, let alone known by Edo." Zong Yicheng was extremely satisfied with this detail.

Yan Qilang of the long ship smiled and said: "The main hall, since the goods of the Ming Kingdom obtained from the Oriental Trading Company are under our control, isn't it up to the main hall to decide where to sell them?" ”

Zong Yicheng is not stupid, as soon as he heard this, he immediately understood the intentions of Yan Qilang of Nagafune. No one stipulated that the Tsushima clan had to sell the goods of the Ming Kingdom to Japan, since it was to make money, sell them to the DPRK, and the fresh ones were to be sold to Japan.

There are too many goods in the hands of the Ma Domain, which will arouse the suspicion of the Edo side, but it is very normal that there are too many fresh goods in the court.

Moreover, the trade between Japan and North Korea has always been full of unfairness, in the words of later generations, Japan's trade with North Korea, fresh trade surplus, this is because Japan can not get North Korea, rarely attractive goods, often imported into North Korea, fresh are gold, silver, copper and precious metals, few serious goods.

As a result, the Tsushima clan traded with the dynasty and Xian, and had to have a large amount of gold, silver, copper, and precious metals in their hands. But the problem is that Tsushima does not have gold, silver and copper mines, and there are not enough precious metals in hand, which is the main factor that leads to the restriction of trade with North Korea.

With a wealth of Ming goods in hand, the scale of trade with North Korea will also expand.

Zong Yicheng said: "In the future, when trade rises, the number of Ming goods we import into Japan can increase year by year, so that there will be no suspicion."

Nagafune-kun, you are truly a genius, not only saving the day, but also finding such a good opportunity for my Tsushima Domain. It's just that in order to ensure the safety of the Tsushima domain, you and I still need to study carefully how not to be known to Edo. ”

Of course, Ganshichiro Nagafune knew this, otherwise he would definitely be pushed out to confess when Edo asked for the guilt one day.

Four days later, the longship Yan Qilang led the caravan to the beach again, at this time the Rose had been launched, anchored near the fishing village, this time, the longship Yan Qilang was invited to visit the ship, Aaron also asked him to conduct an artillery demonstration, and then Chen Si'an proposed talks, and the longship Yan Qilang proposed that the Rose go to sea and sail west.

Tsushima Island is not far from the Asahi and Xian countries, and when the weather is good, you can see Busan on the other side from the high point of Tsushima, and Nagasaki Yanshiro arrived at an island shortly after setting sail with the Rose.

"This is Hongdao, it is a dynasty, a fresh territory, but no one lives there." Yanqiro Longfune pointed to Hongdao and said.

"What does the longship-sama mean that in the future, my ship will come to Tsushima and anchor here, so as not to disturb His Majesty?" Tang Mu asked.

"It is precisely this reason that General Tang is really smart. Here, the goods are transferred to Japanese ships, which is convenient for entering the Wakan trade, I wonder what your company thinks? Hikushiro Nagafune asked.

Tang Mu nodded slightly, he had no opinion, so Chen Si'an also had no opinion, and an agreement was reached at this time.

Long ship Yan Qilang put forward some other rules for trade, and Tang Mu also agreed, and the trade with Tsushima was really not worth mentioning in Tang Mu's opinion, Tang Mu believed that the most important thing was to provide a large amount of grain for Sado.

This is Tang Mu's thinking as a soldier, in fact, after Li Zhaoji learned about this, he felt that Tang Mu's opening up of trade this time was really a huge success.

The Tsushima clan had a special status, like a flat dan, and it was able to trade with Japan on one side and the dynasty and Xian on the other, which was equivalent to opening up the markets of the two countries, and its influence was not small.

After reaching a trade agreement with Tsushima, Tang Mu and the Rose went south, since the last accident, Aaron became extremely careful, he no longer commanded the ship to sail, but handed it all over to the captain with peace of mind, and did not anxiously ask for navigation at night, last time because of the night storm, encountered danger.

Although much slower, the Rose still arrived in Freshwater City in only four days.

"Hang the Spanish flag." Tang Mu observed with a telescope, and suddenly said to Aaron's subordinates.