Chapter 34: The Arms Trade and the Conspiracy Against Japan.

"You are guests from afar, but this king has been really entangled in all kinds of things recently, and he has been neglected a lot."

Zhu Daohua said, ordering someone to serve tea.

"This king is a cheerful person, please invite your envoy to come, one is to open up trade, and the other is to join hands tomorrow to fight against Xiyi."

"Tomorrow and Japan will join hands just to target Xiyi, what is the Qing court?"

Matsudaira asked.

"The expulsion of the Qing Tartars is the internal affair of the Ming Dynasty, and foreign countries do not need to interfere."

Zhu Daohua said.

Matsudaira Ieri nodded when he heard this.

In fact, Japan did not want to get involved in the war between the Ming and Qing dynasties.

"If the king wants to open up trade, may he open up Japan to buy muskets, grenades, mortars and other weapons?"

"It's nature."

The corners of Zhu Daohua's mouth showed a faint smile.

Now there is basically no industry in the Ming Palace.

The channels for the money were the ship tax and the savings of the two banks.

However, considering the financial security and Mingyuan's credit, the precious metal reserves absorbed cannot be used casually.

Therefore, the ship tax has become the bulk of the current income of the Ming Palace.

Of course.

In Zhu Daohua's opinion.

The ship tax belongs to the tax revenue of the Ming Palace.

The reserves absorbed by the two banks and the profits generated by the coinage could also be disposed of by the Ming Dynasty.

But Zhu Mingwang himself has a private property.

For example, Daohua Commercial Company, which makes money with "special drugs" in Europe.

Then there's the arms trade.

Because these arsenals use the technology provided by Zhu Daohua, and Zhu Daohua is also the largest investor.

Therefore, the proceeds of the arms trade naturally belong to King Zhu Mingwang himself.

Traditionally, it was difficult to separate the emperor's treasury from the treasury.

The emperor is selfless.

The whole country is yours.

If there is something in the country, do you want to pay money from your own pockets?

But the king of Zhu Ming has a clear distinction between public and private.

And his industry is taxed – even in the arms industry.

Therefore, Zhu Daohua will not restrict the arms trade.

It is absolutely a major industrial chain that can use the profits of the arms trade to continue to invest in weapons research and development, form a positive cycle, and cultivate the military industry, which is definitely no less than that of the automobile industry in later generations.

Moreover, it is impossible to become a strong country by buying weapons.

Which of the big countries in later generations did not have their own military industrial chains.

Even if it's India.

Don't you also pursue Arjun and brilliance?

Whether it can be done is another story.

Just this ambition.

in more than 200 countries around the world.

How can it be ranked?

Zhu Daohua is not afraid of the impact that the arms deal will have on him.

Don't say anything else.

Just such a thing as yellow powder, without any clues, made Japan and other countries open up to study.

If it weren't for luck against the sky.

I'm afraid I won't be able to do it in ten or twenty years.

A musket that fires a paper shell bullet with a fixed mercury thunder acid fire cap and yellow powder as propellant.

Grenades, mortars.

These things are "consumables".

"Because of Batam's small territory, the supply of grenades and mortars is limited and relatively expensive, because the raw material source of yellow powder is extremely precious, and the production is very small..."

Zhu Daohua said.

"So we can also sell grenade rip-fire devices and gun casings with only ignition and no gunpowder filling, and then we can also use black powder."

Zhu Daohua is right.

It is true that the production of yellow powder is not high - of course, this is not because the source of raw materials is extremely precious, but only because the army and navy of the Ming army are now carrying out "yellow powder" redressing.

It's not enough for yourself.

So just sell an empty shell grenade and an empty shell mortar shell.

When the time comes, it can be filled with black powder.

It's power...

That's a lot worse.

However, after hearing that these weapons can be traded.

Matsudaira Ieri was still very excited.

He thought for a moment and continued: "Your Highness, Japan is now in a state of isolation, can you allow the Japanese shogun to monopolize the trade with the Ming Prince's Mansion and exclude any Japanese regional daimyos?" ”

The power of grenades and mortars, Matsudaira is quite greedy.

And he knows it well.

If you let the local powerful feudal get such a weapon.

It won't be long before another battle is set off...

Let the Tokugawa shogunate monopolize the arms trade of the Ming Prince's Mansion.

This is also to maintain the stability of Japan.

Zhu Daohua smiled and said, "Your Excellency Songping, this king is for free trade. ”

Didn't wait for Matsudaira Ietoshi to reply.

Zhu Daohua continued: "However, the Tokugawa family is a friend of this king, and since they are friends, it is not that they cannot be discussed. ”

"The king, but it doesn't hurt to say it."

Matsudaira Kinorido.

It is necessary to let the Tokugawa shogunate monopolize the Japanese-Ming arms trade.

Then there is a corresponding price.

Everything has a price.

It's just a matter of how you choose.

"I can in principle allow the Tokugawa family to monopolize the arms trade between Japan and the Ming Dynasty, and I can even allow the Tokugawa family to monopolize Japan's foreign trade!"

Zhu Daohua said.

Support the Tokugawa shogunate.

Suppress local feudal powers.

This is something that Zhu Daohua has thought about a long time ago.

The reason for this was, of course, because the existence of the Tokugawa shogunate suppressed the strength of the powerful feudal clans in various regions.

On the other hand, the weakness of the Tokugawa shogunate also allowed the Ming Prince's office to exert more direct influence on Japan.

It is necessary to really let the powerful feudal lords in various places launch the curtain down.

Overthrow of the Tokugawa shogunate.

Hold up the Emperor of Japan.

Take that path in history.

Although Zhu Daohua is not afraid.

However, hundreds of thousands of people are so poor that there is only one knife left, and the skill of cutting people is quite exquisite, and it is still a big trouble to be able to select many Japanese samurai who "cut people and immortals".

It's best to consume some of these decapitated samurai....

Support the Tokugawa shogunate and let Japan maintain such a shogunate system.

Zhu Daohua believes that this is in the interests of the Ming Dynasty.

"Monopoly on Japan's foreign trade!!"

Matsudaira stood up with a sigh of relief.

He knows.

Zhu Daohua, who controls the sea power in the South Seas, can do this.

And for a long time, although Japan was known as a closed country.

However, the local powerful feudal lords can still ignore the national lockdown order and trade with foreign countries on their own.

For example, the Satsuma clan had close ties with the Dutch. Through trade with the Dutch, he built up a power that the Tokugawa shogunate feared.

"King, what are your conditions?"

Zhu Daohua immediately said: "My conditions are, first, I will set up a Japanese samurai corps for the South Seas battle!" ”

"Second, the Ming Dynasty wanted to set up an embassy in Edo, and had the right to establish a newspaper and distribute books and periodicals."

"Third, the Ming Dynasty can give the Tokugawa shogunate a hundred international students every year to recruit students who will enter the Army and Navy Military Academy and Dohua University."

"Fourth, I need to lease a port facing the Pacific Ocean."

When Matsudaira Ieri heard this, he began to weigh it in his heart.

These conditions made him very embarrassed.

To say that the conditions are harsh?

That's really not too harsh.

The Tokugawa shogunate did not lose anything by this.

But I'm afraid....

Other local powerful clans took the opportunity to make trouble.